Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Battle Dimension arc

DP079 · Strategy with a Smile!

Name: Strategy with a Smile!
Released: 2008-10-11

決戦！ヒカリVSハルカ！！

US air. 2008-10-11 JP air. 2008-05-15 Season. Diamond and Pearl: Battle Dimension (S11) Position. Episode 79 of 191 in Diamond & Pearl

Synopsis

What happens.

After the collision between Bubble Beam and Sludge Bomb, Dawn orders Piplup to go in the water. Kyle sends Crawdaunt into the water as well.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP079 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 · 15

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.