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{{ChapInfobox
|title_en=Putting a Crimp in Kricketot
|subtitle=Piplup and Pride
|title_ja=VS コロボーシ
|title_ro=VS Korobohshi
|image=PS341.png
|scheme=Diamond & Pearl
|pub1=Shogakukan full volume
|pub1-data=Chapter 341 in [[Pokémon Adventures volume 30|Vol. 30]]
|pub2=VIZ Media full volume
|pub2-data=Adventure 4 in [[Pokémon Adventures volume 30|Vol. 1]]
|location=[[Oreburgh City]]<br>[[Oreburgh Mine]]
}}

'''Putting a Crimp in Kricketot''' (Japanese: '''VS コロボーシ''' ''VS Kricketot''), titled '''VS Kricketot''' in the [[Chuang Yi]] translation, is the 341st chapter of the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga, and the fourth chapter of the {{MangaArc|Diamond & Pearl}}. It is subtitled '''Piplup and Pride''' (Japanese: '''ポッチャマとプライド''' ''Pochama and Pride'') in the [[VIZ Media]] translation and '''Young Master and Pride''' in the Chuang Yi translation.

==Plot==
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{{adv|Diamond}}, {{adv|Pearl}}, and {{adv|Platinum}} exit the [[Oreburgh Gate]] and arrive in [[Oreburgh City]]. Reading from a guide book, Platinum tells the others that Oreburgh City is a coal-mining town. Diamond and Pearl make a joke about this, then Platinum explains {{wp|Coal#Formation|how coal is formed}}. This makes Pearl realize that Platinum could be an adequate tour guide.

Suddenly, a vent expels hot steam at them. Diamond gives [[Tru]] some water to stop its leaves from wilting, and offers some to Platinum's {{TP|Platinum|Piplup}}, who turns its head away. Pearl explains that Piplup are a proud species, and do not like being fed by others.

Platinum says that they should decide where to stay for the night and tells Diamond and Pearl to look for a good place. As Pearl begins to argue against this, a bulldozer comes rolling down the hill. Piplup blocks it with a {{m|Bubble}} attack, and the bulldozer stops in its tracks. The group hears shouting, then turns to see a {{tc|Worker}} loudly scolding his {{p|Psyduck}}, named Yellow, for playing with the machines' controls. The Worker apologizes to Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum and asks if there is anything he can do to make it up for them. Hoping to experience what it is like to mine for coals, Platinum requests a tour of the mines. Excited, she starts to pretend to dig, drawing confusion from Pearl. When he comments on it, she denies doing anything. 

Because his supervisor isn't around to give him work, the Worker allows Platinum to tour the mines. Pearl, uninterested in a tour, decides to find an inn to stay at and takes Diamond with him. Platinum is surprised that her bodyguards would let her go on her own, but believes it is because they have deemed it to be perfectly safe.

At the Oreburgh Grand Hotel, Diamond and Pearl practice their stand-up routine. Afterwards, Diamond begins to feel concerned that they didn't go with Platinum into the mines, as trouble often follows her wherever she goes. Just as Pearl tells him that he doubts that there will be any problems, [[Chatler]] flies in through the window, mimicking the Worker's speech habits. Claiming that he wants to do research at the mines for a new comedy routine, Pearl begins to rush out of the building. 

At the mines, Platinum's tour is cut short when Yellow goes back into the bulldozer, causing the Worker to chase after it. As she walks by herself, Platinum begins to hear music coming from a cave. When she walks inside to inspect it, she is shocked to find herself surrounded by angry {{p|Kricketot}} and {{p|Kricketune}}. 

Following Chatler's lead, Pearl charges into the cave, but freezes when he sees Platinum and Piplup surrounded by fainted Pokémon. He learns that the two had been attacked by the Pokémon, but were able to defeat all of them. The Worker enters shortly after, explaining that the cave is not actually a coal mine, but a place to train against {{pkmn2|wild}} Pokémon. When Platinum realizes that Piplup's pride is hurt despite its success, the Worker teaches her about Pokémon [[Gym]]s. Realizing that winning a Gym battle would be a good way for Piplup to feel better, Platinum decides that is their next plan.

As Diamond and Tru struggle to catch up with the others, a voice over the intercom informs the miners that the foreman, [[Roark]] is back.

==Major events==
* {{adv|Diamond}}, {{adv|Pearl}}, and {{adv|Platinum}} reach [[Oreburgh City]].

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===Debuts===
* [[Roark]]

====Pokémon debuts====
* {{p|Kricketot}}
* {{p|Kricketune}}
* {{p|Cranidos}}

==Characters==
===Humans===
* {{adv|Diamond}}
* {{adv|Pearl}}
* {{adv|Platinum}}
* [[Roark]]
* {{tc|Worker}} ([[Chuang Yi]]: Mr. Foreman)

===Pokémon===
* {{p|Munchlax}} ({{adv|Lax}}; {{adv|Diamond}}'s)
* {{p|Turtwig}} ([[Tru]]/{{tt|Wig|Chuang Yi}}; {{adv|Diamond}}'s)
* {{p|Chatot}} ([[Chatler]]/{{tt|Chahiko|Chuang Yi}}; {{adv|Pearl}}'s)
* {{p|Chimchar}} ([[Chimler]]/{{tt|Chimhiko|Chuang Yi}}; {{adv|Pearl}}'s)
* {{p|Piplup}} ({{OP|Platinum|Piplup}})
* {{p|Cranidos}} ({{OP|Roark|Cranidos}}; debut)
* {{p|Psyduck}} (Yellow/{{tt|Yeller|Chuang Yi}}; {{tc|Worker}}'s)
* {{p|Kricketot}} (multiple; debut)
* {{p|Kricketune}} (multiple; debut)

==Trivia==
===Errors===
* In the [[Chuang Yi]] version, when {{adv|Diamond}} thinks that Mr. Foreman said "well" four times and "my bad" six times, he was correct about "my bad" but Mr. Foreman said "well" only three times.
* In the Chuang Yi version, Diamond says "Starlies" and "Bidoofs" instead of {{p|Starly}} and {{p|Bidoof}}, respectively.

==In other languages==
{{Epilang|color=FFCCCC|bordercolor=9999FF
|zh_cmn={{tt|VS 圓法師|VS Kricketot}} (Taiwan)<br>{{tt|VS 圆法师|VS Kricketot}} (Mainland China)
|fr=La fierté de Tiplouf
|de=VS. Zirpurze
|it=VS Kricketot
|ko={{tt|VS 귀뚤뚜기|VS Kricketot}}
|pt_br=VS Kricketot
|es_la=VS Kricketot
|es_eu=Contra Kricketot 
|vi=VS Korobohshi - Lòng kiêu hãnh của Pochama
}}
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