Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Diamond and Pearl arc
DP024 · Cooking Up a Sweet Story!
対決！サトシ対ピカチュウ！？
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash and Dawn are having a practice battle with Pikachu and Piplup in order to prepare for the Floaroma Contest. Pikachu attempts an Iron Tail but Piplup dodges and uses Bubble Beam.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP024 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.