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'''To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!''' (Japanese: '''ポケモンピンポン大会！エテボースがんばる！！''' ''Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament! {{tt|Eteboth|Ambipom}} Does Her Best!!'') is the 124th episode of the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, and the 590th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on April 23, 2009 and in the United States on September 12, 2009. | '''To Thine Own Pokémon Be True!''' (Japanese: '''ポケモンピンポン大会！エテボースがんばる！！''' ''Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament! {{tt|Eteboth|Ambipom}} Does Her Best!!'') is the 124th episode of the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, and the 590th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on April 23, 2009 and in the United States on September 12, 2009. | ||
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==Blurb== | |||
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<i>Ash, Dawn, and Ash’s rival Barry are all competitors in Sandalstraw Town’s Pokémon ping-pong tournament, where Trainers form doubles teams with their Pokémon. Ash and Dawn warm up with a practice match, but Dawn’s partner Ambipom smashes the ball so hard, it nearly hits a passing ping-pong player. As Barry later explains, that player is none other than O, the defending tournament champion! When practice is over and the tournament begins, Jessie and Meowth are among the competitors. But when Meowth gets carried away and uses a Pokémon move to slice the ball into bits, they’re disqualified! | |||
Ash and Pikachu are taken out by an experienced player and his Farfetch’d, but Dawn and Ambipom beat a Trainer and Alakazam to advance to the second round. Agile Ambipom can use its tails to return just about any shot, and as O watches from the sidelines, he can hardly believe Ambipom is new to the sport! Dawn and Ambipom defeat their next opponent, and now it’s Barry’s turn to take on O. O and Shiftry make short work of Barry and Empoleon—that means O is Dawn’s next opponent. | |||
Though O quickly takes the lead against Dawn and Ambipom, Dawn is determined to fight back. But when she tries to return Shiftry’s shot, it smashes her paddle into pieces! As Dawn helplessly watches, Ambipom takes over, using its tails to play O and Shiftry at the same time. Ambipom wins the second of their three matches and Dawn gets a replacement paddle for the third match, but O still wins and moves on to win the entire tournament. However, he’s so impressed by Ambipom that he offers to take it on as a student. | |||
Dawn doesn’t know what to do, but she sees how much Ambipom enjoys ping-pong. So she leaves the decision to Ambipom: pursue Pokémon ping-pong, or stay with Dawn and her Contests? Ambipom wants to play ping-pong, so it joins O and heads to O’s training center in Kanto. Our heroes say a fond farewell to their old friend, who surely has a bright future in Pokémon sports!</i> | |||
==Plot== | |||
"Following {{an|Dawn}}'s {{to|Sandalstraw}} Pokémon [[Contest]], our heroes have decided to stay in Sandalstraw Town for some [[Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament|Pokémon Ping Pong]]." {{Ash}} excitedly bursts out of [[Pokémon Center]], enthusiastically practicing his swing along with {{AP|Pikachu}}. Dawn, {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}}, {{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}} and {{an|Brock}} come out, as {{an|Barry}} comes from around the corner just as excited as Ash. Barry proclaims his [[Sinnoh]] Pokémon Ping Pong conquest, practicing his swing along with Ash. Dawn, however, has only a vague knowledge of the rules and she announces this fact, much to Ash and Barry's dismay. Barry explains to her that Pokémon Ping Pong is where a Trainer and one of their Pokémon compete as a team. The Trainer is the only one allowed to have a paddle, while the Pokémon is allowed to use a part of their body instead. The Trainer always serves, and the first team with 11 points wins a game and first to win 3 games wins the match. Dawn enthusiastically decides to enter the tournament as well. | "Following {{an|Dawn}}'s {{to|Sandalstraw}} Pokémon [[Contest]], our heroes have decided to stay in Sandalstraw Town for some [[Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament|Pokémon Ping Pong]]." {{Ash}} excitedly bursts out of [[Pokémon Center]], enthusiastically practicing his swing along with {{AP|Pikachu}}. Dawn, {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}}, {{TP|Dawn|Ambipom}} and {{an|Brock}} come out, as {{an|Barry}} comes from around the corner just as excited as Ash. Barry proclaims his [[Sinnoh]] Pokémon Ping Pong conquest, practicing his swing along with Ash. Dawn, however, has only a vague knowledge of the rules and she announces this fact, much to Ash and Barry's dismay. Barry explains to her that Pokémon Ping Pong is where a Trainer and one of their Pokémon compete as a team. The Trainer is the only one allowed to have a paddle, while the Pokémon is allowed to use a part of their body instead. The Trainer always serves, and the first team with 11 points wins a game and first to win 3 games wins the match. Dawn enthusiastically decides to enter the tournament as well. | ||