DP011

DP011

ヒカリ！コンテストデビュー!!
Hikari! Contest Debut!!

First broadcast

Japan	December 7, 2006
United States

English themes

Opening

Japanese themes

Opening	Together
Ending	君のそばで〜ヒカリのテーマ〜

Credits

Animation	Team Iguchi
Screenplay	冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
Storyboard	浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Assistant director	浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Animation director	岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane

<*Screenshots on Filb.de

(Japanese: ヒカリ！コンテストデビュー!! Hikari! Contest Debut!!) is the eleventh episode of Diamond & Pearl. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 7, 2006.

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

Synopsis

Major events

Hikari participates in her first Pokémon Contest.

Debuts

File:Contestgroup.jpg

The Participants of the Kutobuki Pokémon Contest.

Ash participates in an official Pokémon contest for the first time. (He previously entered an unofficial contest in AG190.)
Hikari participates in a Pokémon contest for the first time.
Nozomi, Jessie, Ash and Hikari compete in the first round with Misdreavus, James's Muskippa, Aipom and Pochama, respectively.

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Pikachu (Ash's)
Meowth (Team Rocket)
Aipom (Ash's)
Pochama (Hikari's)
Nyarmar (Nozomi's)
Misdreavus (Nozomi's)
Nyarmar (Ayako's) (Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura)
Rapidash
Beautifly
Buoysel
Beadull

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

The Buoysel flying with its two tails is a reference to Tails from the "Sonic the Hedgehog" series, a likely source of inspiration for the Pokémon.
Music from Jirachi: Wish Maker, an instrumental version and the ballad instrumental version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ are used as background music.
Pokémon senryū: ポケモンが　かれいにまわるよ　コンテスト Pokémon, oh they spin beautifully; that is a contest.
The next episode preview is narrated by Ash.

Errors

Dub edits

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