Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Galactic Battles arc

DP156 · A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!

Name: A Meteoric Rise to Excellence!
Released: 2010-05-08

フカマルとりゅうせいぐん！！

US air. 2010-05-08 JP air. 2009-12-17 Season. Diamond and Pearl: Galactic Battles (S12) Position. Episode 156 of 191 in Diamond & Pearl

Synopsis

What happens.

While en route to Daybreak Town, Ash and his friends witness a display of Draco Meteor, an extremely powerful move only known by Dragon Pokémon.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP156 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 · 12

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.