DP086

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DP086   ヨスガコレクション！ポケモンスタイリストへの道!! Yosuga Collection! The Road to Becoming a Pokémon Stylist!!

First broadcast Japan July 10, 2008 United States

English themes Opening We Will Be Heroes

Japanese themes Opening Together (2008) Ending 風のメッセージ

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami 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: ヨスガコレクション！ポケモンスタイリストへの道!! Yosuga Collection! The Road to Becoming a Pokémon Stylist!!) is the 86th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on July 10, 2008 .

Ash and his friends have returned to Hearthome City to challenge the local Gym Leader who had been absent during their last visit. However, they hear that the Gym Leader is still gone, making Ash unable to have his Gym Battle. The group meets an Idol Pokémon Stylist called Paris and her Lopunny. Upon seeing Dawn's Buneary, the woman suggests her to enter the so-called "Pokémon Collection", a famous fashion show...

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

Major events

• Ash and co. return to Hearthome City.
• Ash, Dawn, and Jessie participate in the Hearthome Collection Contest.
• Ash is unable to battle the Hearthome City Gym Leader again.
• Dawn wins the Hearthome Collection Contest.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Lopunny

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Zoey (flashback)
• Paris
• Enta
• Hoshino
• Chōko

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Lopunny (Paris's)
• Mismagius (Chōko's)
• Bellossom
• Chikorita
• Magikarp
• Toxicroak
• Roselia
• Arcanine

Trivia

• Details of this episode were made known in K-Zone, a children's magazine, before any official Japanese episode listing.
• Ash's Gliscor and Dawn's Swinub were added to the opening and ending.
• The outfit Ash and Pikachu wear for the Collection are based on Fūjin and Raijin, the Japanese gods of wind and thunder, respectively.
• The Toxicroak here is shown to be the same color as Saturn's Toxicroak.
• This was the last episode to air before Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin premiered in Japanese theaters.

Errors

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Buneary's feet

• When Buneary wanted to touch Chōko's dress, her feet are brown-colored.

Dub edits

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