Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Sinnoh League Victors arc
DP162 · Playing the Performance Encore!
ダブルバトル！VSプラスル・マイナン！！
Synopsis
What happens.
Dawn and Ursula have made it past the Performance Stage and must now face each other in battle. But Ursula has a secret plan for Plusle and Minun. Will Dawn be able to defeat Ursula and win her fifth and final Contest Ribbon?
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP162 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.