Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Galactic Battles arc
DP128 · A Pyramiding Rage!
バトルピラミッド!シンジVSジンダイ!!
Synopsis
What happens.
Just after Ash has earned the Icicle, Paul arrives at the Snowpoint Gym and challenges Candice to a Gym battle. Candice tells Paul that her Pokémon just finished a battle and that they need to rest and asks if he would be okay waiting until tomorrow.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP128 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.