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Staging a Heroes' Welcome!
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みんなライバル!ミクリカップ!! Everyone's A Rival! Mikuri Cup!!
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First broadcast
Japan
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May 8, 2008
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United States
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September 20, 2008
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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Staging a Heroes' Welcome! (Japanese: みんなライバル!ミクリカップ!! Everyone's A Rival! Mikuri Cup!!) is the 77th episode of Diamond & Pearl series, and the 543rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 8, 2008 alongside Pruning a Passel of Pals! as part of a one-hour special, and in the United States on September 20, 2008.
Synopsis
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Ash and his friends have arrived at the Lake Resort where the Wallace Cup will take place. They reunite with Zoey who has caught a Finneon. Dawn becomes nervous and has trouble keeping her composure. Meanwhile, May decides to enter with Wartortle, and Ash with Buizel...!
Major events
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
TV episode debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Trivia
- Both May and Dawn had most of their rivals appear in the episode either in cameos or throughout the course of the episode: Drew, Solidad, and Harley for May; and Zoey and Kenny for Dawn. It should be noted that Ash's rival, Paul, also had a brief appearance. Nando was the only one of Dawn's main rivals not to appear.
- The two children running wearing Lucario and Weavile masks may be a reference to Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
- Instead of Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture, the end of the episode featured a memorial to Spell of the Unown. This is part of a countdown to Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
- This is the second time in a row that Dawn's Ambipom's Poké Ball almost slips out of her hand in a contest due to her embarrassment.
- This episode marks one of the extremely rare occasions that Jessie actually sends out her Wobbuffet as opposed to it popping out of its Poké Ball.
Errors
- When Croagunk drags Brock away from the woman selling crepes, May's gloves disappear.
Dub edits
In other languages
- Dutch: De Terugkeer Van Een Held!
- German: Der Schmetterling des Meeres
- Polish: Powitajmy bohaterów!
- Italian: La prima prova!
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Bienvenidos todos nuestros heroes!
- Iberian Spanish: ¡Bienvenidos Héroes al Escenario!
- Czech: Vítání hrdinů
- Brazilian Portuguese: Rivalidade a Mil