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epcode=DP122 |

altepcode=EP588 |

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title_en=Stopped in the Name of Love! |

title_ja=進化！その時ポッチャマは！？|

title_ja_trans=Evolution! This Time for Pochama!? |

broadcast_jp=April 2, 2009 |

broadcast_us=August 29, 2009 |

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en_op=[[Battle Cry - (Stand Up!)]] |

ja_op=[[High Touch!|ハイタッチ！]] |

ja_ed=[[Get Fired up, Spiky-eared Pichu!|もえよ　ギザみみピチュー！]] |

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art=志村泉 |

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'''Stopped in the Name of Love!''' (Japanese: '''進化！その時ポッチャマは！？''' ''Evolution! This Time for {{tt|Pochama|Piplup}}!?'') is the 122nd episode of the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, and the 588th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on April 2, 2009, as part of a one-hour special along with [[DP121|''The Lonely Snover!'']] and aired in the United States on August 29, 2009.

==Synopsis==

As {{an|Dawn}}'s upcoming {{pkmn|Contest}} in [[Sandalstraw Town]] approaches, {{ashfr|the group}} stops at a local [[Pokémon Center]]. Dawn decides to {{pkmn|training|train}} and summons {{cat|Dawn's Pokémon|all her Pokémon}}, knowing she only needs one more [[ribbon]] to enter the [[Grand Festival]]. {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} runs forward and collapses, everyone asking if he is okay. Piplup tries to get up and falls again, concerning Dawn. {{an|Barry}} suddenly appears and crashes into {{Ash}} as usual. {{si|Kenny}} also appears and after calling Dawn Dee-Dee (much to her annoyance), asks if she's entering the Contest. Barry reveals that he also knows Kenny since they are both from [[Twinleaf Town]]. Kenny plans to enter the Contest while Barry decides to enter the upcoming [[Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament]] which is also being held in Sandalstraw Town, showing Ash a flyer about it. {{an|Brock}} mentions that a {{pkmn|Trainer}} and one of his or her [[Pokémon]] will partner up as a team to enter. Barry summons {{TP|Barry|Empoleon}} in order to train, planning to enter with it. As everyone watches, Piplup starts to glow, causing Piplup to jump around. Kenny mentions that Piplup is starting to [[Evolution|evolve]] into {{p|Prinplup}}. Everyone's excited, but Piplup braces himself, stopping the evolution and exhausting Piplup to the point of collapse. Brock urges everyone to go to the Center.

At the Center, [[Nurse Joy]] checks Piplup as she reassures Dawn that Piplup only needs to rest. During dinner, Dawn mentions that it still surprises her that Piplup will evolve. Kenny tells Dawn it's no surprise considering how well she's raised him and Barry also congratulates Dawn on a good job but advises that the evolution path from Piplup to Empoleon only gets harder. Kenny then mentions that as Prinplup is double the size of Piplup, she'll have more to show off in contests while Ash mentions that she will need to adapt her battling style just as [[DP100|he adapted]] when {{p|Turtwig}} evolved into {{AP|Grotle}}. Although Ash is skeptical of Dawn mentioning her adaptation to {{TP|Dawn|Mamoswine}}, Dawn is still excited, but Brock displays concern. Outside, {{TRT}} listens in and decides to steal the [[List of Pokémon by evolution family|Piplup evolutionary line]].  

During the night, Piplup wakes up and looks at himself in the window's reflection, imagining himself as Prinplup. Dawn comes up from behind and presents Piplup with {{pkmn|food}}, but he refuses. Dawn reveals her excitement for Piplup's evolution, but Piplup doesn't seem enthusiastic as Dawn tries to reassure Piplup. Piplup jumps around as he begins to glow again, the evolution process starting. Dawn tries to get Piplup just let the evolution happen, but Piplup uses {{m|Bide}} to stop evolving, exhausting himself in the progress. Dawn questions Piplup's motives and brings up the positives of evolution, but Piplup gets angry that Dawn appears to be ignoring his unwillingness to evolve and jumps out the window and flees the Center, prompting Dawn to follow. Barry and Empoleon pressure Brock, Kenny and Ash to train for the Ping-Pong tournament (despite the fact that Brock and Kenny don't plan to enter), but Dawn shows up and mentions her situation. Outside, Brock mentions his concerns that Piplup does not want to evolve, using Bide to stop evolution and expend energy. Everyone splits up to search as Kenny summons {{TP|Kenny|Prinplup}} to help search. As Dawn searches on her own, she spots a light in the forest.  

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|BubbleBeam}} 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 BubbleBeam 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.

As Barry and Kenny continue searching, a {{m|Bullet Seed}} attack knocks down Prinplup and Empoleon before two mecha arms grab them. Empoleon and Prinplup try to use {{m|Hydro Cannon}} and BubbleBeam, but the hands spin and disorient them as Kenny and Barry notice a large [[Team Rocket's mechas|mecha]]. Meanwhile, Dawn carries Piplup to a lake as Piplup wakes up, Dawn thanking her Pokémon. Dawn mentions how [[DP001|a similar situation occurred]] when they first met and how Dawn [[Starter Pokémon|chose Piplup]]. Ash and Brock find Dawn and are relieved that they're okay. Suddenly, another mecha arm grabs Piplup as a giant Prinplup mecha shows up, revealing the captured Piplup evolutionary line. Team Rocket recites [[Team Rocket mottos|their motto]] but Barry cuts them off. Ash has {{AP|Pikachu}} fire {{m|Thunderbolt}}, but the mecha redirects the attack to harm Prinplup and Empoleon.  

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 BubbleBeam, 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 BubbleBeam 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.

At the Center, Nurse Joy finishes tending to Piplup, Prinplup and Empoleon and three happily run to their respective trainers. Nurse Joy then tells Dawn she has something for her, and {{TP|Nurse Joy|Chansey}} presents Dawn with an {{evostone|Everstone}}, which has the power to prevent a Pokémon from evolving for as long as it wants. Dawn and Piplup gratefully accept the gift, knowing this means Piplup won't have to use Bide to prevent the evolution anymore. With the excitement over for now, Ash and Barry start training for the Ping Pong competition while Dawn and Kenny practice for the Sandalstraw Contest, with everyone more focused than ever on achieving their goals.

* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends}} meet up with {{an|Barry}} and {{si|Kenny}} again.

* The gang learns about an upcoming [[Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament]] which Barry is planning to enter.

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

* [[Nurse Joy]] gives {{an|Dawn}} an {{evostone|Everstone}} to prevent Piplup's evolution.

* {{p|Chansey}} ({{OP|Nurse Joy|Chansey}})  

[[File:Piplup web 122.png|Piplup on another web|thumb]]

* There is no [[Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture|Professor Oak's lecture]] following this episode.

* Music from ''[[PK07|Pikachu and Pichu]]'', ''[[M04|Celebi: Voice of the Forest]]'', and ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes]]'' is used during this episode.

* In this episode, Dawn and Piplup underwent the same experience against a group of wild Ariados as when they [[DP001|first met]]; the same encounter that helped Piplup trust Dawn.

* When the dub's title was revealed, it was originally thought to air with ''[[DP123|Old Rivals, New Tricks!]]'' on September 5, 2009 but was pulled back to August 29, 2009.

* The dub title is a reference to ''{{wp|Stop! In the Name of Love}}'', a song recorded by {{wp|The Supremes}}.

* In the dub, when Dawn was talking to Ash she said "Plinplup" instead of "Prinplup".

*In the European Portuguese dub, {{si|Kenny}} reads the title card.

== In other languages ==

{{Epilang|color=FFCCCC|bordercolor=9999FF

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

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

|pl={{tt|Wiecznie młody w imię miłości|Forever Young In the Name of Love}}

|ru={{tt|Отказ во имя любви!|}}''' ''Otkaz vo imya lyubvi!

series=Diamond & Pearl series |

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