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Titles

  • United States Mounting a Coordinator Assault
  • Japan ヒカリ!コンテストデビュー!!
  • Japan Hikari! Contest Debut!!
  • Japan Hikari! Contest Debut!!
  • Germany Lucias allererster Wettbewerb
  • France Premier Concours Pokémon !
  • Spain Preparando el debut de una coordinadora
  • Sweden Sekunda varor!
  • Italy Che lo spettacolo abbia inizio
  • Mexico ¡Coordinadores En Entrenamiento!
  • Finland Koordinaattorit kilpakentällä
  • Taiwan 小光!首次的華麗大賽!!
  • Poland Koordynatorzy przypuszczają atak
  • Netherlands VLIEGENDE START VAN EEN COÖRDINATOR
  • Brazil Montando um Ataque de Coordenadora!
  • Czechia První koordinátorský zápas
  • Norway Debut som koordinator
  • Denmark I gang som koordinator
  • South Korea 빛나, 포켓몬 콘테스트에 데뷔하다!!
  • Portugal Preparar o Ataque de um Coordenador!
  • Russia Как сложно быть координатором!

Airdates

Staff List
Anime Studio Logo
Team Iguchi

Japan Screenplay 冨岡淳広 (Atsuhiro Tomioka)
Japan Storyboard 浅田裕二 (Yūji Asada)
Japan Episode Director 浅田裕二 (Yūji Asada)
Japan Animation Director 岩根雅明 (Masaaki Iwane)

OP/ED List

君のそばで ~ヒカリのテーマ~
Kimi no Soba de ~Hikari no Theme~
Pokémon Diamante e Perla
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
웃어봐
Smile
함께 가는길
On the Road Together
寶可夢點點名
Pokémon Roll Call
Screenplay
脚本
Storyboard
絵コンテ
Episode Director
演出
Animation Director
作画監督
Summary
Ash is in the contest arena. He sends out Aipom. Aipom uses Swift, Double Team, and then Focus Punch. Dawn is dressed up in a dress, and she twirls around. Ash has never seen Dawn in a dress before. Because it is Dawn's first contest, she wants to look nice. She thanks her mother for the dress. Her mother asks Dawn if she also got her choker. Dawn didn't see a choker in the package. Suddenly, a Glameow walks up to them. Ash look sup Glameow in his Pokédex. Glameow has the choker on its tail, and it gives it to Dawn. Glameow's trainer walks up to them. Ash wonders how she knew the choker belonged to Dawn. The trainer tells them that Dawn is the only one that would match up perfectly with it. Then she leaves. Dawn's mother tells Dawn to concentrate and not to be absent-minded. Ash and Brock reminds Dawn's mother that they will look after her. Dawn's mother wishes Dawn the best of luck, and then she hangs up.

Ash and Dawn decide to have a practice battle outside. Pikachu starts off with Quick Attack. Piplup fights back with Bubblebeam. The bubbles get close to Pikachu, so Pikachu has to run backwards to dodge them. Then Pikachu uses Iron Tail, but its attack misses. Dawn commands Piplup to use Peck. Piplup's beak glows with light, but then its beak grows. Dawn states that she and Piplup have practiced storing power. During the battle, Brock is caring for his Pokémon. He notices that Dawn is focused and knows what she is doing. Piplup begins to attack Pikachu.

Suddenly, Aipom steps into the battlefield and uses its Focus Punch on Piplup. Ash and Dawn wonder why Aipom has decided to interrupt their battle. Aipom then uses its Double Team attack in the air. It uses its Swift attack between all five clones so that a huge star is formed. Then it lands safely on the ground. Ash and Dawn are stunned by Aipom's performance. Brock thinks that Aipom wants to compete in the contest. Ash isn't too sure about it. Dawn says that it will be a lot of fun, and maybe her and Ash could compete against each other. Ash gives it some more thought and decides to go for it. He reminds Aipom that they will have to do a lot of training. Brock tells Ash that he has to first register. Dawn has totally forgotten about the registration, and they all run to the registration desk.

Ash and Dawn tells the employee that they need to register. The employee asks for their contest passes, but neither Ash or Dawn has one. The employee assumes that this must be their first contest, so she tells them to put their Pokédexes into the slots below. Both Ash and Dawn insert their Pokédex into the slots, and their identification information gets downloaded. Then the employee presents Ash and Dawn with their contest passes. The passes are used throughout all the contests in Sinnoh. Finally, the employee gives Ash and Dawn a ball capsule, a seal for the capsule, and a rule book. Ash and Brock have never seen a ball capsule before, nor does Ash know what to do with the seal. Dawn shows them by placing her Pokéball into the capsule, sticking the seal on the front of the Pokéball, and throwing it. A burst of pink hearts appear, and Piplup comes out of its Pokéball. Dawn explains that there are many types of seals. Ash wants to use them all.

Meanwhile, Jessie is in a disguise. She plans on entering the contest, too. She wants to use James' Carnivine for the contest. Meowth is having a difficult time getting the seals on the Pokémon. Jessie tells Meowth that the seals go on the ball capsules. James suggests they sell seals for lots of money. Team Rocket plans on being a success with Jessie's win and James' sales expertise.

At night, Ash and co. are sleeping at the Pokémon Center. Because of the big contest tomorrow, Dawn can't sleep. She gets out of bed and walks onto the balcony. She takes Piplup and Buneary out of their Pokéballs, and the three of them stare at the city. In Dawn's hand is the ribbon her mother gave to her. She shows it to Piplup and Buneary. Dawn tells Piplup and Buneary that she can't wait to show the audience how great they are.

The next day is the big day of the contest. James and Meowth are selling seals to people. Someone goes onto stage and begins to introduce the contest to everyone. Brock runs up to Ash and tells him that he can't find Dawn anywhere. Ash knows the contest is going to start any minute, so he runs off to find Dawn. Dawn is in the dressing room trying to get her hair straighten up. The trainer with the Glameow walks in and helps Dawn with her hair. Dawn introduces herself to the trainer. The trainer's name is Zoey. Dawn asks her if she has won any contests before. Zoey tells Dawn that she won one ribbon, and she shows it to Dawn. When Dawn's hair is done, Zoey leaves.

The host of the contest shows the audience the ribbon that the coordinators will be competing for. Then she introduces the judges of the contest. The host introduces herself as Mary. Mary tells the audience that the first round is about to begin. The first round is where coordinators make their Pokémon shine on stage. Ash and Dawn meet up with Brock. Dawn explains that she was having trouble with her hair, but Zoey helped her out. Dawn wonders where Zoey is at. The first coordinator on stage is Zoey. She sends out a Misdreavus. The seal that Zoey used sends out a fog which hides Misdreavus. Misdreavus starts off with a Double Team to form a silhouette. Then it uses Confuse Ray. The fog disappears, and Misdreavus is revealed. Dawn looks up Misdreavus in her Pokédex. Finally, Misdreavus uses Shock Wave to show off how powerful it is. The judges all compliment on Zoey's performance.

A few more coordinators have their performances, and then Jessie is up. James and Meowth plan to watch Jessie's performance. However, they get a few angry customers. The customers are angry that James and Meowth sold them fake seals. James and Meowth become nervous, and they begin to run away with the customers chasing them. Jessie sends out Carnivine. She throws several lollipops in the air, and Carnivine hits them all with its Bullet Seed attack. Then Jessie orders Carnivine to use Bite. Carnivine jumps into the air, and then it bites Jessie's head. It hurts Jessie, but the audience loves it.

Ash is up next. He sends out Aipom. Aipom starts off with a dazzling Swift attack. Then it uses Double Team to create many copies of itself. Finally, Aipom uses Focus Punch to spin like a top, and it knocks out all of the copies. The judges liked Ash's performance, and the audience cheers. Brock and Dawn noticed that Ash was really good on stage. Dawn is up next on stage. Before Dawn heads onto stage, Zoey wishes her the best of luck. She also meets up with Ash. Ash tells Dawn to do her best.

As soon as Dawn enters the stage, she begins to get nervous because of the enormous crowd. She tries not to worry about it. Dawn sends out Piplup, and it uses Bubblebeam. Piplup follows up with Peck. It begins to store up energy in its beak, and then it pops all the bubbles with its Peck attack. The audience loved Dawn's performance, and the judges compliment on Dawn's performance, too. Dawn's mother has been watching the contest on TV. She noticed Dawn was stiff, but overall she also thought it was a good performance. Dawn goes off stage. Ash and Brock congratulate her. Dawn is glad that the first round is over. Zoey reminds Dawn that they still have another round to go. Finally, Mary is about to display the results on the screen. Many coordinators spent a long time training for the contest, but who will continue on?

English Official Summary

Dawn's mother Johanna has sent her a special outfit to wear for her first Pokémon Contest, which is just a day away! While Dawn tries on out her new Contest outfit, she meets another Coordinator, Zoey, who has a Glameow. Then Dawn is due for some friendly training with Ash and Pikachu, and Dawn's Piplup looks good until Ash's Aipom interrupts the battle to show off its moves. It seems that Aipom doesn't want to watch a Contest, it wants to be in one! So for Aipom's sake, Ash decides he'll enter the Contest too. As Ash soon finds out, not only do Coordinators in Sinnoh like to dress up for their Contests, they use some special effects as well. In Sinnoh Pokémon Contests, each Pokémon's Poké Ball is put into a Ball Capsule and decorated with seals that create quite a showy entrance! Ash and Dawn aren't the only ones hoping to make a big entrance in the Jubelife Contest; Team Rocket is around, and Jessie has her sights set on a big victory while James and Meowth have settled on starting a seal-selling scam. As the Contest begins, Dawn is backstage trying to fix her hair. Zoey shows up to help her out and as the two Coordinators talk, Dawn learns that Zoey already has her first Contest Ribbon. Zoey also has a Misdreavus which she shows off in the first round with some spectacular moves. Jessie borrows James' Carnivine to make her Sinnoh debut as Jessilina, and Ash and Dawn pull off their first round appeals without a hitch. All four Coordinators—well, three Coordinators and one Trainer—will move on to the next round!

French Official Summary

Johanna, la mère d'Aurore, lui a envoyé un costume spécial pour son premier Concours Pokémon qui a lieu dans un jour !

German Official Summary

Ash beschließt, selbst bei Lucias allererstem Pokémon-Wettbewerb mitzumachen, und Lucia gewinnt in Mitstreiterin Zoey sowohl eine neue Freundin als auch eine Rivalin!

Italian Official Summary

La madre di Lucinda le ha inviato un abito bellissimo da indossare per la sua prima Gara di Pokémon che si terrà l'indomani!

Portuguese Official Summary

Ash decide se unir a Dawn em seu primeiro Torneio Pokémon e Dawn encontra uma nova amiga e rival numa colega Coordenadora chamada Zoey!

Finnish Official Summary

Ash päättää liittyä Dawnin mukaan heidän ensimmäiseen Pokémon-kilpailuunsa, ja Dawn löytää uuden ystävän ja kilpakumppanin kanssakoordinaattorista nimeltä Zoey!

Spanish Latin America Official Summary

Ash decide unirse a Dawn en su primer Concurso Pokémon, y Dawn descubre a una nueva amiga y rival en otra Coordinadora llamada Zoey.

Spanish Official Summary

Casilda, la madre de Maya, le ha enviado un traje especial para que se lo ponga en el primer Concurso Pokémon, ¡que es justo al día siguiente!

English Great Britian Official Summary

Dawn's mother Johanna has sent her a special outfit to wear for her first Pokémon Contest, which is just a day away! While Dawn tries on out her new Contest outfit, she meets another Coordinator, Zoey, who has a Glameow. Then Dawn is due for some friendly training with Ash and Pikachu, and Dawn's Piplup looks good until Ash's Aipom interrupts the battle to show off its moves. It seems that Aipom doesn't want to watch a Contest, it wants to be in one! So for Aipom's sake, Ash decides he'll enter the Contest too. As Ash soon finds out, not only do Coordinators in Sinnoh like to dress up for their Contests, they use some special effects as well. In Sinnoh Pokémon Contests, each Pokémon's Poké Ball is put into a Ball Capsule and decorated with seals that create quite a showy entrance! Ash and Dawn aren't the only ones hoping to make a big entrance in the Jubelife Contest; Team Rocket is around, and Jessie has her sights set on a big victory while James and Meowth have settled on starting a seal-selling scam. As the Contest begins, Dawn is backstage trying to fix her hair. Zoey shows up to help her out and as the two Coordinators talk, Dawn learns that Zoey already has her first Contest Ribbon. Zoey also has a Misdreavus which she shows off in the first round with some spectacular moves. Jessie borrows James' Carnivine to make her Sinnoh debut as Jessilina, and Ash and Dawn pull off their first round appeals without a hitch. All four Coordinators—well, three Coordinators and one Trainer—will move on to the next round!

Russian Official Summary

Эш решает присоединиться к Доун в первом для ним Состязании Покемонов. Доун же находит новую подругу и соперницу в лице координатора по имени Зои!

Dutch Official Summary

Ash besluit mee te doen met Dawn bij hun eerste Pokémon Wedstrijd en Dawn ontdekt een nieuwe vriendin en rivaal in een collega Coördinator genaamd Zoey!

Norwegian Official Summary

Ash bestemmer seg for å bli med Dawn på deres aller første Pokémon-konkurranse, og Dawn får en ny venn og riva i en med-koordinator ved navn Zoey!

Swedish Official Summary

Ash bestämmer sig för att delta tillsammans med Dawn i deras allra första Pokémon-tävling, och Dawn finner en ny vän och rival i en medtävlande koordinator som heter Zoey!

Danish Official Summary

Ash beslutter sig for ligesom Dawn at deltage i sin allerførste Pokémon-konkurrence. Her finder Dawn en ny veninde og rival i en anden koordinator ved navn Zoey!

Characters

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  • United States Ash Ketchum
  • Japan サトシ
  • Japan Satoshi
  • Japan Satoshi
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  • United States Ash's Pikachu
  • Japan サトシのピカチュウ
  • Japan Satoshi no Pikachu
  • Japan Satoshi's Pikachu
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  • United States Brock
  • Japan タケシ
  • Japan Takeshi
  • Japan Takeshi
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  • United States Meowth
  • Japan ニャース
  • Japan Nyarth
  • Japan Nyarth
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  • United States Jessie
  • Japan ムサシ
  • Japan Musashi
  • Japan Musashi
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  • United States James
  • Japan コジロウ
  • Japan Kojirō
  • Japan Kojiro
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  • United States Nurse Joy
  • Japan ジョーイ
  • Japan Joy
  • Japan Joy
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  • United States Dawn
  • Japan ヒカリ
  • Japan Hikari
  • Japan Hikari
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  • United States Ash's Aipom
  • Japan サトシのエイパム
  • Japan Satoshi no Eipam
  • Japan Satoshi's Eipam
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  • United States Ash's Starly
  • Japan サトシのムックル
  • Japan Satoshi no Mukkuru
  • Japan Satoshi's Mukkuru
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  • United States Brock's Bonsly
  • Japan タケシのウソハチ
  • Japan Takeshi no Usohachi
  • Japan Takeshi's Usohachi
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  • United States Brock's Croagunk
  • Japan タケシのグレッグル
  • Japan Takeshi no Gureggru
  • Japan Takeshi's Gureggru
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  • United States Johanna
  • Japan アヤコ
  • Japan Ayako
  • Japan Ayako
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  • United States Johanna's Glameow
  • Japan アヤコのニャルマー
  • Japan Ayako no Nyarmar
  • Japan Ayako's Nyarmar
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  • United States Jessie's Wobbuffet
  • Japan ムサシのソーナンス
  • Japan Musashi no Sonansu
  • Japan Musashi's Sonansu
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  • United States Marian
  • Japan モモアン
  • Japan Momoan
  • Japan Momoan
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  • United States Sukizo
  • Japan スキゾーさん
  • Japan Sukizō-san
  • Japan Sukizo
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  • United States Raoul Contesta
  • Japan コンテスタ
  • Japan Contesta
  • Japan Contesta
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  • United States Dawn's Buneary
  • Japan ヒカリのミミロル
  • Japan Hikari no Mimirol
  • Japan Hikari's Mimirol
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  • United States Zoey
  • Japan ノゾミ
  • Japan Nozomi
  • Japan Nozomi
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  • United States Zoey's Glameow
  • Japan ノゾミのニャルマー
  • Japan Nozomi no Nyarmar
  • Japan Nozomi's Nyarmar
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  • United States Zoey's Misdreavus
  • Japan ノゾミのムウマ
  • Japan Nozomi no Muma
  • Japan Nozomi's Muma

Wild Pokémon

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  • United States Rapidash
  • Japan ギャロップ
  • Japan Gallop
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  • United States Beautifly
  • Japan アゲハント
  • Japan Agehunt
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  • United States Bidoof
  • Japan ビッパ
  • Japan Bippa
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  • United States Buizel
  • Japan ブイゼル
  • Japan Buoysel
12:19

Paint Edit

Ash's white shirt collar is not showing underneath his jacket.
10:55

Eyecatch Diamond and Pearl Eyecatch

Fourth variation of the Diamond and Pearl Intro and Return Eyecatches featuring Hikari, Satoshi and Takeshi.
23:05

Okido Segment Pokémon Encyclopedia

Pokémon Encyclopedia & Senryu
Theme Pokémon Contest (ポケモンコンテスト)
Japanese ポケモンが かれいにまわるよ コンテスト
Romaji Pokemon ga karei ni mawaru yo kontesuto
Translated

Episode Music Regions
Music Player

Japanese Music:

Time Track Notes
Japan 00:00 フライゴン登場
Japanese (Romanized): Flygon Toujou
Japanese (TL): Flygon's Appearance
Movie 6 BGM - Satoshi uses Eipam during the Appeal Stage of the contest (cold opening).
Japan 00:24 Together <TVバージョン>
Japanese (Romanized): Together <TV Version>
Japanese (TL): Together <TV Version>
Opening Theme for Japanese Version
Japan 01:52 2006-2010(DP)-Subtitle Diamond & Pearl Title Card
Japan 02:04 Hanada Gym - Swimming Ballet Hikari spins while doing a dance, showing off her pink dress.
Japan 02:51 2002-2005(AG)-M28 A Nyarmar appears, with the owner soon appearing briefly.
Japan 04:12 2006-2010(DP)-M05 ~君のそばで(ヒカリのテーマ)~ (BONUS-TRACK)
Japanese (Romanized): Kimi no soba de (Hikari no Theme)
Japanese (TL): By Your Side (Hikari's Theme)
Hikari trains her Pochama for the contest with Satoshi's Pikachu.
Japan 05:14 Movie 6 BGM - Final Trick Movie 6 BGM - Eipam uses Iron Tail on Pochama.
Japan 06:01 2006-2010(DP)-M14 Satoshi is skeptic about Eipam wanting to participate in the contest.
Japan 07:20 2006-2010(DP)-M08 201ばんどうろ(昼)
Japanese (Romanized): 201-ban dōro (hiru)
Japanese (TL): Route 201 (Day)
Satoshi and Hikari insert their Zukan in the slots to obtain a Contest Pass for each.
Japan 09:03 2002-2005(AG)-M31 Muskippa shows its face with seals attached on it.
Japan 09:52 2006-2010(DP)-M06B ~君のそばで(ヒカリのテーマ)~ (BONUS-TRACK) 君のそばで〜バラード・インストVER.〜
Japanese (Romanized): Kimi no soba de (Ballad/Instrumental VER.)
Japanese (TL): By Your Side (Ballad/Instrumental VER.)
Hikari releases Pochama and Mimirol in the balcony, where she oversees Kotobuki City and tells the Pokémon to do their best in the next day's contest.
Japan 10:56 2006-2010(DP)-Eyecatch B Eyecatch Break
Japan 11:02 2006-2010(DP)-M21 210ばんどうろ(昼)
Japanese (Romanized): 210-ban dōro (hiru)
Japanese (TL): Route 210 (Day)
Sponsor Message
Japan 11:12 2006-2010(DP)-Eyecatch C Eyecatch Return
Japan 11:44 2006-2010(DP)-M07 スーパーコンテスト!
Japanese (Romanized): Super Contest!
Japanese (TL): Super Contest!
Momoan presents the Kotobuki City Contest.
Japan 14:53 2002-2005(AG)-M25 戦闘!四天王
Japanese (Romanized): Sentō! Shitennō
Japanese (TL): Fight! Elite Four
Nozomi begins her Appeal Performance.
Japan 17:06 2006-2010(DP)-M19 Musashi begins her Appeal Performance.
Japan 18:04 Movie 6 BGM - Final Trick Movie 6 BGM - Satoshi begins his Appeal Performance.
Japan 19:59 2006-2010(DP)-M05 ~君のそばで(ヒカリのテーマ)~ (BONUS-TRACK)
Japanese (Romanized): Kimi no soba de (Hikari no Theme)
Japanese (TL): By Your Side (Hikari's Theme)
Hikari makes her debut in the contests with her Appeal Performance.
Japan 21:31 Movie 8 BGM - Mew Teleports Movie 8 BGM - Momoan's reveal of the Appeal Stage's results is suspended by a cliffhanger.
Japan 21:54 君のそばで〜ヒカリのテーマ〜
Japanese (Romanized): Kimi no soba de 〜Hikari no Theme〜
Japanese (TL): By Your Side 〜Hikari's Theme〜
Ending Theme for Japanese Version
Japan 23:15 2006-2010(DP)-M22 206ばんどうろ(昼)
Japanese (Romanized): 206-ban dōro (hiru)
Japanese (TL): Route 206 (Day)
Professor Okido's Pokémon Encyclopedia
Japan 23:20 2006-2010(DP)-M08 201ばんどうろ(昼)
Japanese (Romanized): 201-ban dōro (hiru)
Japanese (TL): Route 201 (Day)
Okido explains the characteristics of the Pokémon Contest.
Japan 24:04 Okido's Senryū Theme Okido recites a Senryū.
Japan 24:15 2006-2010(DP)-M24 新サトシのテーマ
Japanese (Romanized): Shin Satoshi no thema
Japanese (TL): Satoshi's New Theme
Diamond & Pearl Episode 12 preview
Japan 24:45 2006-2010(DP)-M01 けんきゅうじょ(オープニング)
Japanese (Romanized): Kenkyūjo (Opening)
Japanese (TL): Laboratory (Opening)
Sponsor Message

Dub Music:

Time Track Notes
United States 00:24 Diamond & Pearl English opening
United States 01:09 Hanada Gym - Swimming Ballet Dawn does a little spin, showing off her dress.
United States 08:07 2002-2005(AG)-M31 Jessie wants to use Carnivine in the contest.
United States 08:55 2006-2010(DP)-M06B ~君のそばで(ヒカリのテーマ)~ (BONUS-TRACK) 君のそばで〜バラード・インストVER.〜
Japanese (Romanized): Kimi no soba de (Ballad/Instrumental VER.)
Japanese (TL): By Your Side (Ballad/Instrumental VER.)
Dawn talks with Piplup and Buneary on the balcany.
United States 10:27 2006-2010(DP)-M07 スーパーコンテスト!
Japanese (Romanized): Super Contest!
Japanese (TL): Super Contest!
The contest is about to begin.
United States 20:39 Diamond & Pearl English ending

Music Statistics:

Number of Assigned Tracks to the Japanese Original: 26
Number of Assigned Tracks to the English Dub: 6
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