DP040

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DP040   チャンピオン・シロナ登場！ Champion Shirona Appears!

First broadcast Japan July 19, 2007 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜(PopUp.Version)

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka Assistant director 宮原秀二 Shūji Miyahara Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: チャンピオン・シロナ登場！ Champion Shirona Appears!) is the 40th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on July 19, 2007.

Paul challenges the Champion of the Pokémon League, Cynthia, to a battle.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Major events

• Paul battles Cynthia.
• Cynthia beats Paul using only her Garchomp.
• Paul's starter Pokémon is revealed to have been Turtwig.
• Paul is revealed to have traveled through Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn and participated in the leagues of each.

Debuts

• Cynthia

Pokémon debuts

• Garchomp
• Torterra

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Cynthia
• Paul
• Nurse Joy
• Lucian (on TV)
• Yūka
• Announcer (Seiyū: 堀川　仁 Jin Horikawa)
• Sinnoh Now staff
• children
  • Boy 1 (Seiyū: 川上とも子 Tomoko Kawakami*)
  • Boy 2 (Seiyū: 早水リサ Risa Hayamizu*)
  • Boy 3: (Seiyū: 佐藤智恵 Chie Satō*)
• Pokémon trainers

* No official credit was given for this character.

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Garchomp (Cynthia's; debut)
• Ursaring (Paul's)
• Torterra (Paul's; debut)
• Weavile (Paul's; new)
• Chimchar (Paul's)
• Murkrow (Paul's; new)
• Bronzong (Lucian's; on TV)
• Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
• Furret

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Cynthia with next to a tablet that has Unown on it

Trivia

• No Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture was aired; instead, a promotion for Dialga vs. Palkia vs. Darkrai aired.
• The tablet that Cynthia was reading before battling Paul had Unown on it.
• Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew was used as background music.
• Dawn narrates the next episode preview.

Dub edits

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