Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Galactic Battles arc
DP149 · Sticking with Who You Know!
ピカチュウポッチャマくっつかないで！！
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash and his friends stop in a large town, deciding to go to the local Pokémon Center. There, Ash decides to train with Pikachu, but as Piplup follows, he runs into Pikachu and they both fall, Pikachu shocking Piplup out of reflex.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP149 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.