Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Diamond and Pearl arc
DP009 · Setting the World on its Buneary!
ミミロルとあそぼう！？
Synopsis
What happens.
At sunrise, Dawn screams and wakes up a flock of Starly. Nearby, a familiar set of ears perk at the sound. Brock is preparing breakfast, as Dawn's protests wake Ash. He rushes to Dawn's tent, but she tells him to keep out because her hair is messy.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP009 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · DP001-DP052
Diamond and Pearl.
Ash arrives in Sinnoh, meets Dawn and her Piplup, reunites with Brock. Picks Turtwig from Rowan; the Sinnoh badge run begins. Paul introduced as a foil.
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Who appears.
Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.
More from this arc
Other episodes in Diamond and Pearl.
Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.