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| Season | Pokémon DP: Sinnoh League Victors (Season 13) · The Daybreak Contest arc (DP161–DP162) |
| Episode | Season 13, episode 4 · English episode 623 · Japanese episode 628 · Bulbapedia code DP161 |
| English title | Yes in Dee Dee, It’s Dawn! |
| Japanese title | 開幕！ポケモンコンテスト・アサツキ大会！！ Kaimaku! Pokemon Kontesuto Asatsuki Taikai!! — “The Curtain Rises! Pokémon Contest – Asatsuki Tournament!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 28 January 2010 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 26 June 2010 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Saikō – Everyday! (The Greatest – Everyday!) – Fumie Akiyoshi · Dotchi~nyo? (Which One ~ Is It?), Version 1 – Moomoo Milk and Araki-san |
| English opening | We Will Carry On! – Adam Elk |
| Previous episode | A Marathon Rivalry! (DP160) |
| Next episode | Playing the Performance Encore! (DP162) |
Plot episodeDaybreak Contest, part 1“Dee Dee” explained
Yes in Dee Dee, It’s Dawn! is the 4th episode of Pokémon DP: Sinnoh League Victors, the thirteenth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 623rd episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 628, Bulbapedia code DP161). It first aired in Japan on 28 January 2010 and in the United States on 26 June 2010. It falls within the season’s The Daybreak Contest stretch (EP161–EP162).
Synopsis
At the Daybreak Contest, Dawn meets her rival Ursula again and reveals why a Plusle and Minun terrify her. Ursula’s Cheering Pokémon send Dawn’s hair standing on end and she faints, while Team Rocket prepare Jessie’s comeback as Jessilina.
At the Pokémon Center, Dawn explains that in kindergarten she squeezed the class Plusle and Minun too hard and they shocked her, and her childhood friend Kenny began calling her “Dee Dee”. Ash insists Pokémon never attack without reason and urges her to face Ursula, who overhears and laughs.
In the Double Performance round, Jessilina’s Carnivine and Seviper dance in sync, Dawn’s Piplup and Buneary bounce among frozen bubbles before bursting them into glitter, and Ursula’s Gabite and Jigglypuff close with Jigglypuff balanced on Gabite’s claw. Marian announces that Dawn, Ursula and Jessilina all advance to the Battle Stage. Then Ursula reminds Dawn of her fear, Plusle and Minun leap out, and Dawn shrieks as the episode ends.
Major Events
- The Daybreak Contest begins. Ursula’s Plusle and Minun and the origin of Dawn’s nickname “Dee Dee”
- Jessie returns as Jessilina
- Dawn, Ursula and Jessilina reach the Battle Stage
- Mike Pollock now voices Raoul Contesta and Tom Wayland Mr. Sukizo
- Rhonda Krempa’s last episode as Kenny
Trivia
- The English title plays on “yes, indeed”, with Dawn’s embarrassing nickname “Dee Dee”.
- The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Sinnoh storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- Dawn’s nickname “Dee Dee” is explained as “Diamond Dandruff”; in Japanese it is Pikari
- Mike Pollock voices Raoul Contesta and Tom Wayland Mr. Sukizo from this episode, after Craig Blair’s departure
- Rhonda Krempa’s last episode as Kenny
- An instrumental of By Your Side ~Hikari’s Theme~ for Dawn’s appeal
- The Japanese ending returns to its animation
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