Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Galactic Battles arc

DP140 · Historical Mystery Tour!

ネイティ、ネイティオ…不思議な森!

US air. 2010-01-16 JP air. 2009-08-27 Season. Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles (S12) Position. Episode 140 of 191 in Diamond & Pearl

Synopsis

What happens.

Ash, Brock, and Dawn are walking with Johanna and enjoying the Twinleaf Festival when Barry runs into Ash. Barry says he is entering the Festival Battle Challenge, so he challenges Ash to a practice battle.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP140 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.

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.