Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Diamond and Pearl arc
DP029 · The Champ Twins!
サトシとヒカリ！タッグバトルで大丈夫！？
Synopsis
What happens.
On their way to Eterna City, Ash and his friends are approached by Sinnoh Now reporter Rhonda. Dawn explains to Ash that Sinnoh Now is the most popular television show in the whole Sinnoh region.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP029 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.