Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Battle Dimension arc
DP082 · Cream of the Croagunk Crop!
ノモセ大湿原のグレッグル祭り！？
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash and his friends arrive at Pastoria City and run into Crasher Wake. He introduces himself and Ash immediately challenges him to a Gym battle. Crasher Wake says he has some business to attend to and asks Ash and his friends if they would like to accompany him; they agree.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP082 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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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 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.