| EP# | English title Japanese title | Air Date | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| J# | E# | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 543 | 536 | "Our Cup Runneth Over!" (The Contest Master - Mikuri Appears!!) "Kontesuto Masutā, Mikuri Tōjō!!" (コンテストマスター・ミクリ登場!!) | April 17, 2008 | September 6, 2008 | October 29, 2008 |
| Ash, Brock and Dawn meet the Champion of the Hoenn Region, Wallace. He says he will be holding a Pokémon Contest and the winner receives a ribbon that can be used anywhere. The group spends the day with him, resulting in advice from Wallace for Dawn to play with her pokémon more and for Ash to enter Buizel in the contest. At the end of the episode, Ash receives a phone call from his old friend, May. | |||||
