Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Battle Dimension arc

DP073 · Crossing Paths

Name: Crossing Paths
Released: 2008-08-23

さよならドクケイル！

US air. 2008-08-23 JP air. 2008-04-03 Season. Diamond and Pearl: Battle Dimension (S11) Position. Episode 73 of 191 in Diamond & Pearl

Synopsis

What happens.

Pikachu and Piplup are singing as they walk along a path. Piplup stops suddenly, and Dawn asks it what the matter is.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP073 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · DP053-DP104

Battle Dimension.

Continues the gym challenge; Dawn enters Sinnoh Contests. Team Galactic's plot escalates; Mt. Coronet research begins. Includes the Pokémon Origins-style Spear Pillar setup.

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Pokémon featured · 20

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.

Other episodes in Battle Dimension.

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.