Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Diamond and Pearl arc
DP026 · Getting the Pre-Contest Titters!
ポケモンコンテスト！ソノオ大会！！
Synopsis
What happens.
With one day before the Floaroma Town Pokémon Contest, Dawn is training hard. Pikachu demonstrates to Pachirisu how to store electricity in order to gain more appeal. Pachirisu follows suit, releasing its stored electricity and creates a sparkle show similar to Pikachu.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP026 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.