Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Galactic Battles arc

DP109 · Leading a Stray!

Name: Leading a Stray!
Released: 2009-06-06

迷子のホエルコ！

US air. 2009-06-06 JP air. 2009-01-08 Season. Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles (S12) Position. Episode 109 of 191 in Diamond & Pearl

Synopsis

What happens.

With Ash's sixth Gym Badge won, he and his friends prepare to head to Chocovine Town for Dawn's next Contest. However, the boats are unable to leave because the Canalave harbor is blocked by a school of Wailord.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP109 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · DP105-DP157

Galactic Battles.

Team Galactic captures the Lake Guardians (Uxie, Mesprit, Azelf). Cyrus tries to remake reality. Climax features Champion Cynthia confronting Cyrus in person.

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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 Galactic Battles.

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.