DP012
Arrival of a Rival
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First broadcast
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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Arrival of a Rival (Japanese: コンテストバトル!ライバル対決!! Contest Battle! Rival Confrontation!!) is the twelfth episode of Diamond & Pearl. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 14, 2006.
Synopsis
Major events
- Zoey, Dawn, Ash and Jessie advance to the second round.
- Zoey defeats Ash's Aipom in the second round with Glameow.
- Zoey defeats Dawn's Buneary in the second round with Glameow.
- Zoey defeats Jessie, who is using James's Carnivine, in the second round with Glameow.
- Zoey obtains her second ribbon.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash Ketchum
- Dawn
- Brock
- Jessie
- James
- Zoey
- Nurse Joy
- Johanna
- Marian
- Contesta
- Sukizō
- Coordinators
- Audience
Pokémon
Trivia
- Dawn reads the title card.
- Sir Aaron's theme from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew are used as background music.
- The two eyecatch shots switched places with each other.
- Professor Oak's lecture: Pokémon Contest Battle Round
- Pokémon senryū: ごふんかん みせてしょうぶだ コンテストバトル A five-minute battle for show, that is a contest battle.
Errors
When Aipom uses Swift, Zoey's Glameow is able to dodge it, despite Swift being a move that's sure to hit.
Dub edits
In other languages
- Italian: Una rivale per Lucinda & Una Gara mozzafiato
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