Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Diamond and Pearl arc
DP052 · Smells Like Team Spirit!
タッグバトル！ファイナル！！
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash is kneeling down to the Chimchar that Paul released moments earlier. Impressed by the way Chimchar always gives it his all in battle, Ash would be thrilled to have him on his team.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP052 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.