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| Season | Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl (Season 10) · Eterna Forest: Cheryl & the Amber Castle arc (DP030–DP033) |
| Episode | Season 10, episode 33 · English episode 497 · Japanese episode 500 · Bulbapedia code DP033 |
| English title | All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go! |
| Japanese title | スキです！ポケモンなりきり大会！！ Suki Desu! Pokemon Narikiri Taikai!! — “I Like It! Pokémon Cosplay Convention!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 10 May 2007 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 20 October 2007 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Aya Matsui |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Together – Fumie Akiyoshi · Kimi no Soba de ~Hikari no Tēma~ (By Your Side ~Hikari’s Theme~), Pop-Up Version – Grin |
| English opening | Diamond and Pearl – Chris “Breeze” Barczynski |
| Previous episode | An Angry Combeenation! (DP032) |
| Next episode | Buizel Your Way Out Of This! (DP034) |
Plot episodeBrock wins an EggDress-Up Contest
All Dressed Up With Somewhere To Go! is the 33rd episode of Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl, the tenth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 497th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 500, Bulbapedia code DP033). It first aired in Japan on 10 May 2007 and in the United States on 20 October 2007. It falls within the season’s Eterna Forest: Cheryl & the Amber Castle stretch (EP30–EP33).
Synopsis
A highlight reel from last year’s Pokémon Dress-Up Contest plays on Sinnoh Now, where Rhonda announces this year’s prize, a mystery Pokémon Egg, before Jack’s boom microphone smacks her in the face again. At the contest hall, Rhonda opens proceedings in a Cherrim mask and introduces the judges: Mr. Sukizo, Officer Jenny in a Growlithe hat and Nurse Joy in a Chansey hat. Pokémon must imitate other Pokémon as closely as possible, and Team Rocket enter in disguise: Jessie’s plan to win with her own acting is foiled because only Pokémon can compete, so James enters Mime Jr. and Jessie enters Meowth. Backstage, Brock is desperate for the Egg, convinced it will impress girls, and Ash imagines each of his Pokémon in costume until Pikachu volunteers, pulling a series of faces that wows the other contestants.
Ash enters Pikachu, Dawn Piplup and Brock Croagunk. The first round brings a Mightyena dressed as Suicune, a Weepinbell posing as Sunkern for a perfect score, a Gyarados as Caterpie, a Doduo failing to be a Dodrio, and Croagunk as a Politoed that will not stop clapping. Meowth imitates Weavile, Mime Jr. switches between impressions for full marks, and the defending champion’s Chatot sings like a Jigglypuff. Piplup, dressed as a Weedle, gets carried away and knocks itself out with Bubble Beam, but Pikachu’s shape-shifting faces earn a perfect score. The final brings together Pikachu, Croagunk, Mime Jr., Meowth as a Sunflora and Chatot, which imitates a Lapras. While Jessie distracts the crowd, Meowth sneaks toward the unguarded Egg, but Croagunk notices, and James is dragged away before he can perform.
Croagunk alerts Brock, who sees Team Rocket fleeing with the Egg. Officer Jenny’s Growlithe blocks their path, Seviper’s Haze is cleared by Staravia’s Gust, and the trio escape in their mechanical balloon with the Sinnoh Now helicopter in pursuit. Ash cannot risk a Thunderbolt near the Egg, Dustox’s Poison Sting stops Staravia and Mime Jr. copies Piplup’s Bubble Beam with Mimic, while Croagunk keeps on clapping. Then James, flattered by the commentator’s praise for Mime Jr., orders Teeter Dance, which confuses Meowth and Dustox so badly that the balloon lurches and Meowth knocks the Egg out of the basket. Buneary Bounces up to catch it, and Pikachu’s Thunderbolt blasts Team Rocket away. In the final judging, Croagunk, which stayed in character through the whole chase, is named the winner, and Brock receives the Egg.
Major Events
- Brock wins an Egg. The Pokémon Dress-Up Contest, won by Croagunk disguised as Politoed
- Meowth as a Sunflora
Trivia
- The English title plays on "all dressed up with nowhere to go".
- The screenplay is by Aya Matsui.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Sinnoh storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- On the first airings the made-up script on the Sinnoh Now title screen was replaced with English text; the DVD keeps the original
- Polka O Dolka and Gotta Dance!! as background music
- Music from Pikachu & Pichu used for the first time
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