Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Galactic Battles arc
DP123 · Old Rivals, New Tricks!
ポケモンコンテスト！タツナミ大会！！
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash, Pikachu, Barry, his Empoleon, and Dawn's Ambipom are exercising and practicing for the upcoming Pokémon Ping Pong Tournament while Brock, Dawn, and Piplup watch.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP123 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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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 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.