Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Sinnoh League Victors arc
DP161 · Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!
開幕！ポケモンコンテスト・アサツキ大会！！
Synopsis
What happens.
The day before the Daybreak Contest will take place, his friends arrives in town. Dawn and her Pokémon are enthusiastic to win their fifth Ribbon, so they all head towards the Contest Hall to practice.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP161 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · DP158-DP193
Sinnoh League Victors.
Lily of the Valley Conference. Ash defeats Paul in the quarterfinals (the franchise's most-cited rival victory). Falls to Tobias's Darkrai then Latios in the semifinals. Cast splits at the end.
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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 Sinnoh League Victors.
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.