Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Diamond and Pearl arc
DP038 · One Big Happiny Family!
爆誕！サイクリングロード！！
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash, Dawn, and Brock are riding on the Cycling Road. Ash has his Pikachu in his basket, Dawn has her Piplup in her basket, and Brock has his Pokémon Egg in his basket. Brock says now that Ash has gotten the Forest, Dawn can compete in her next Pokémon Contest.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP038 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.