← DP001 | Episode | DP003 → Two Degrees of Separation!  (ピカチュウをさがせ！２０２番道路！) General Other Information Season: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Char. of the Day: Mr Cheeves, Claudina Episode №: #468 Main: Ash, Dawn, Brock Aired:  Sep-28-2006 Recurring: Jessie, James, Officer Jenny, Nurse Joy, Paul, Professor Rowan  Apr-20-2007 Opening Theme: Diamond and Pearl Minor: Giovanni, Professor Rowan's Assistants, Mr. Cheeves, Claudina, Jessibelle(flashback) Badge(s): Setting: Route 202, Professor Rowan's Lab Pokémon: Ash's Pikachu, Team Rocket's Meowth, Dawn's Piplup, Jessie's Wobbuffet, James' Mime Jr., Ash's Aipom, Starly(Ash's; new), Jessie's Seviper, Jessie's Dustox, James' Carnivine (return;debut), Paul's Elekid, Nurse Joy's Chansey, Giovanni's Persian, Johannah's Glameow, Burmy(debut), Buneary Major event(s) Dawn decides to enter the contest at Jubilife City first, Dawn tries (and fails) to catch a Burmy and a Buneary, Dawn runs into Ash's Pikachu but fails to catch it, Dawn meets and battles Team Rocket, Pikachu accidentally destroys Dawn's bike, Ash meets Professor Rowan, Brock arrives in Sinnoh and meets up with Ash, James retrieves his Carnivine, Ash catches a Starly Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl

Two Degrees of Seperation was the second episode of the Diamond and Pearl series. In this episode, Ash was separated from his Pikachu, due to a battle against Team Rocket. This episode was also where Ash catches his Starly using his Aipom. Also the first episode where meets Paul, who when asked if he saw a Pikachu, rudely commented back and asked for a battle with Ash. The match was supposed to be a 3 on 3, but Ash was low on one Pokémon, due to losing Pikachu. Paul notedly reacted harshly towards Ash because of this. Later, in this episode, Pikachu is found by Dawn, a new trainer who starts out with a Piplup.

Synopsis

Trivia

• Background music of MS008: Pokémon - Lucario and the Mystery of Mew can be heard.
• Similar to how Ash's Pikachu destroyed Misty and May's bikes, Pikachu broke Dawn's bike.
• When Carnivine comes out of its Poké ball, it greets James the same way his Victreebel used to: by chomping on his head.

Errors

• When Dawn calls Rowan, both of the areas they are in are identical on the video even when they are in different areas.

Quotes

• James: "There you are you rascals."
  

Jessie: "Oooo, what's in there huh?"
Meowth: "Something a lot older than me."
James pulls out bottlecaps from the box.
James: "It's my very first bottlecap collection. I've had it since I was a toddling tot of two. To brush them against my cheek. WOW! I can not believe you've been hiding in here all this time."
Jessie: "A Poké ball. Yours as well?"
James: "And how. The very Pokémon I used to play with when we came to Sinnoh. Come on out Carnivine."
A Carnivine comes out and bite James' head.
James: "You see, Victreebel's not the only Pokémon who likes to take a nip at my noggin."
Jessie: "And that is a good thing?"
Meowth: "Wow, sounds like the green galoot's really happy to see ya."

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