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'''Sticking With Who You Know!''' (Japanese: '''ピカチュウポッチャマくっつかないで！！''' ''Pikachu, {{tt|Pochama|Piplup}}, Keep Apart!!'') is the 149th episode of the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, and the 615th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on October 29, 2009 and in the United States on March 20, 2010.

Meanwhile, Ash and {{an|Dawn}}'s efforts to talk to their Pokémon fail. Ash decides to try to pull them apart, so he and Dawn grab their Pokémon and struggle to pull them apart, but the two seem stuck together. Ash manages to pull Pikachu away by a little, but Pikachu suddenly shocks everyone. Piplup gets hurt too, but he recovers and they go back to hugging again. Brock suggests that Dawn should recall Piplup, so she brings him back into his [[Poké Ball]]. Pikachu falls over, his body still posed. Piplup comes out of his Poké Ball and the two return to hugging. Ash and Dawn try to separate them again, but this time Brock suggests to split them and face them away from each other, identifying it as the situation being similar to a magnet, suggesting that having them face away could create a repulsion. It appears to work at first, but they spin back around and hug again. They decide to go to Nurse Joy and as they head inside, Meowth and James notice and decide to watch.

Inside the Center, they find out that other Pokémon have been affected just like Pikachu and Piplup. Brock notices that all the affected Pokémon are in a pair, with one {{t|Water}} type and one {{t|Electric}} type. Nurse Joy mentions that none of the other Pokémon in the center have been affected. Meowth listens in and concludes that Professor Kodama's experiment must be responsible, so he takes James back to the lab. When they return, they find the professor still hard at work. When Meowth asks the professor about his experiment, Kodama reveals that his invention is dubbed the Affinity-Enabler, which broadcasts a form of {{m|Attract}} over an antenna and causes Pokémon to cease any rivalry and become attracted, regardless of gender, but it seems to fail on his test subjects. It doesn't help that the two Pokémon have hated each other for some time. The two battle and cause destruction, but only Kodama's orders cause a ceasefire. Trying to help, he increases the machine's power, which causes the Pokémon at the Center to get even closer and hug more intently.  

* This was the first episode after the release of {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} to air in the United States.  

* The English dub title for this episode is based on the phrase: "Sticking with what you know".

* The original English dub title was announced as ''Sticking With You Know Who!'' but was later changed.

* In the Japanese version, Brock mentioned that Pokémon with the same [[gender]] cannot be attracted to each other normally. This is likely a reference to the game mechanic.