Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl · Sinnoh League Victors arc
DP171 · Dawn of a Royal Day!
トゲキッス舞う！王女さまのポケモンコンテスト！！
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash and his friends are still on their way to Valor Lakefront so that Dawn can compete in the Sinnoh Grand Festival. Passing through Arrowroot Town, Ash, Dawn, and Brock notice that one of the final Pokémon Contests before the Grand Festival is due to take place that day.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's DP171 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.