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==Blurb==

<i>When Dawn and Ash reach Sandalstraw Town, they meet two familiar friends: Kenny and Barry! Kenny plans to enter the Sandalstraw Contest, while Barry is training for the upcoming Pokémon Ping-Pong competition—but their conversation is cut short when Piplup glows as if it's ready to evolve! However, Piplup isn't well, so it's off the Pokémon Center so Piplup can rest. Dawn uses this opportunity to talk to Piplup about Evolution, but it gets upset and runs away!

Piplup sits under a waterfall, stopping the evolution into Prinplup but collapses into the water. Dawn arrives and picks up Piplup, questioning his reason to not evolve. Piplup gets angry again and jumps out of Dawn's hands before firing {{m|Bubble Beam}} and running off. Dawn searches as she spots Piplup stuck in a web. She runs forward as an {{p|Ariados}} attacks her with {{m|Sludge Bomb}}. While she dodges, Piplup uses Bubble Beam to stall Ariados. Dawn runs forward as another Sludge Bomb grazes the top of her head, causing her to trip. The attack frees Piplup and sends him airborne, but Dawn quickly catches Piplup. However, multiple Ariados confront the two and all prepare to fire {{m|Hyper Beam}}. Just before the [[Move|attacks]] hit, Piplup jumps forward and uses Bide to take the attacks before retaliating, sending all the Ariados flying. Piplup collapses exhausted as Dawn picks up Piplup.

The mecha deploys tank treads and proceeds to escape, but Dawn spots Piplup and decides to run after the mecha, getting on the side. Dawn notices a hatch up top and gets in that way. While Dawn demands her Pokémon back, Piplup destroys the ventilation gates with {{m|Peck}} and Bubble Beam, getting into the control room with Dawn. {{MTR}} {{pkmn2|Talking|translates}} Piplup's talk as he plans to take them down and that he wants to protect Dawn just like the first time, revealing that past events have motivated him to stay the way he is. Dawn accepts Piplup's decision and has him attack with {{m|Whirlpool}}, destroying the mecha and freeing everyone. Outside, Team Rocket gets up and summons {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}} and {{TP|James|Carnivine}}. They attack with {{m|Poison Tail}} and {{m|Vine Whip}}, but Piplup's Bubble Beam stops both in their tracks. Piplup starts to glow again as he tries to stop the evolution, leaving him and Dawn vulnerable. [[James]] wants Piplup to not evolve to maintain the family, but [[Jessie]] opts to let it and instead present the boss with Empoleon triplets. Seviper and Carnivine rush to attack the defenseless Piplup, but Pikachu's Thunderbolt stops both Pokémon, Ash and the others arriving on site. Piplup is still immobile as Seviper and Carnivine attack again with Bullet Seed and Poison Tail, but Pikachu defends with Thunderbolt. Piplup manages to stop evolving and attacks with Whirlpool, sending Team Rocket flying away.

==Major events==

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Sandalstraw Town]] and meet up with {{an|Barry}} and {{si|Kenny}} again.

* [[Dawn's Piplup]] begins to [[Evolution|evolve]], but chooses not to.

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==Trivia==

[[File:Piplup web DP122.png|thumb|250px|Piplup on another web]]

* There is no [[Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Examination]] following this episode.

* {{p|Darkrai}} and {{p|Giratina}} replace {{p|Dialga}} and {{p|Palkia}} respectively in their appearance before and after the preview of the next episode.

* This episode is similar to ''[[EP051|Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden]]'', where [[Ash's Bulbasaur]] was in the process of evolving and ultimately decided not to.

===Errors===

** Also, the background repeats the same frame the whole time.

* When {{TP|Barry|Empoleon}} is first sent out, the claws on its left flipper are missing.

===Dub edits===

==In other languages==

|nl={{tt|Gestopt uit liefde!|Stopped out of Love!}}

|fi={{tt|Rakkauden pysäyttävä voima!|The stopping force of love!}}

|it={{tt|Per sempre insieme!|Together forever!}}

|no={{tt|Stoppet i kjærlighetens navn!|Stopped in the name of love!}}

|pt_br={{tt|Parado em Nome do Amor!|Stopped In the Name of Love!}}

|pt_eu={{tt|Adiado em Nome do Amor!|Adjourned In the Name of Love!}}

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