Changes: DP022: Borrowing on Bad Faith!

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Plot

As Ash trains with his Pikachu for the next Gym battle, Aipom steals Ash's hat. Dawn sees an advert where the village will have a Contest. Brock thinks it would be a good idea to enter it. Aipom taunts Ash, so he goes to get her. Jessie sees the advert as well and wants to enter the Contest. Jessie tells James she will need Carnivine again. James thinks it is a bad idea and Jessie thinks what Pokémon should she use. Just then they see Aipom stuck on a rock. Jessie is dazzled by her eyes and gives help by giving a log so she can walk away. Jessie gets it, but loses her stability and ends up on the rock. Aipom drops Ash's hat and Ash gets it, then sees Team Rocket.

Aipom and Jessie fall down a hole, then get up and land on the cliff where the others are. Aipom is grateful for rescue and Ash (nervously) thanks them. Jessie wants a reward and plans to use Aipom in the Contest she and Dawn will compete in. Ash does not give up Aipom to her, but after being persuaded, he allows it, but only when the Contest is over. Dawn and Brock see the festival, while Ash spies on Team Rocket, worried about Aipom a lot. Jessie trains with Aipom - she uses Focus Punch, then Double Team to gather nuts. Aipom shows Jessie Swift and she is satisfied. Ash thinks they will win the Contest and Dawn is afraid he might be right about that.

The Contest is about to begin. Since it is unofficial, Nurse Joy presents a year supply of fruit. First is Dawn, who sends Pachirisu. Pachirisu does not want to use Swift Kiss, but Dawn convinces it, as it is its first Contest, so it uses. Pachirisu uses Spark and follows with Discharge, but the latter shocks the audience... literally! Later, Brock and Ash think Dawn is already in advantage. After some performances, next is Jessie. She sends Aipom, who starts with Swift. Then, she uses Focus Punch to mess the stars, making glitter around the field. Aipom follows with Double Team and dances, then spins using Swift. Jessie and Aipom are happy and Ash is troubled as Aipom might leave with Jessie...

The judge announces that Jessie and Dawn are the Contestants for the finale. Brock thinks Ash is concerned that Jessie and Aipom are successful. Jessie sends Aipom and Dawn Pachirisu. Pachirisu starts with Spark, but misses and Aipom uses Double Team. Aipom grabs the illusions' tail and spins. Dawn loses points and Jessie brags, though Dawn reminds her Aipom is powerful because of Ash. Pachirisu uses Spark and is countered by Swift. Aipom uses Focus Punch and hits Pachirisu, defeating it. Dawn is still happy, as this was practice for Floaroma Town.

Jessie wins the fruit supply and climbs atop the balloon. Team Rocket think the heroes are afraid to attack, even if they did not steal anything. Aipom jumps to the balloon and Ash thinks she wants to be with them, but it turns out she is eating the fruit. Meowth uses the robot arm to grab her, but Aipom uses Focus Punch to destroy the arm. Meowth releases a second arm to get Pikachu, but Aipom uses Swift to blast them off. Later, Ash is relieved to have Aipom back. Ash thinks she likes Gym battles more than Contest battles, but gets his hat stolen again.

Trivia

This episode originally aired as part of a one-hour special celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Pokémon anime.
- Consequently, the opening theme was skipped in the initial broadcasts.
- Mayumi Iizuka narrates the ポケモン検定 Pokémon test segment, which involve 藤岡弘、 Hiroshi Fujioka, アンガールズ Ungirls and 中川翔子 Shōko Nakagawa.
  - Contrary to popular belief, the ambiguous statement in regards to a hint at Misty's return did not deal with the Pokémon Test segment, as she already confirmed that she was doing that in the Blog.
Mayumi Iizuka also introduces a new trailer for Dialga vs. Palkia vs. Darkrai.
Music from Destiny Deoxys and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, and an instrumental version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ is used as background music. In the dub, Bellossom's Song is used.
Although it was announced that Yuriko Yamaguchi went on maternity leave, she is still credited for Nurse Joy in this episode.
Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Meowth (Team Rocket)
The credits are of Ya See We Want an Evolution and this episode.
Normally, the ending credits display appear and disappear at different locations. Instead, the credits were all shown scrolling from the bottom to the top.
This is one of the few episodes of the Diamond & Pearl series where Dawn's Piplup does not appear.
In this episode Ash admitted he was a 'twerp'.

Gallery

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+{{Episode
+|season = Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl
+|prev = DP021: Ya See We Want An Evolution!
+|prevnum = DP021
+|next =DP023: Faced With Steelix Determination!
+|nextnum = DP023
+|name = Borrowing On A Bad Faith!
+|jname = パチリスＶＳエイパム！コンテストバトル！！
+|image = DP022.jpg
+|jnum = 488
+|jair = March 8, 2007
+|uair = July 11, 2007
+|songs = Diamond and Pearl (song)
+|guest = None
+|machars = [[Ash]], [[Dawn (anime)|Dawn]], [[Brock (anime)|Brock]]
+|rchars = [[Jessie]], [[James]], [[Nurse Joy]]
+|michars = Village chief, Coordinators, Villagers
+|major =Dawn and Jessie enter an unofficial Contest. Jessie borrows Ash's Aipom for the Contest. Jessie defeats Dawn and wins her first Contest.
+|pchars = [[Ash's Pikachu]], [[Team Rocket's Meowth]], [[Jessie's Wobbuffet]], [[James' Mime Jr.]], [[Dawn's Ambipom|Ash's Aipom]], [[Dawn's Pachirisu]], [[Squirtle]], [[Hitmontop]], [[Paras]]
+|b1 = coalbadge.png|songs2 = Diamond and Pearl (song)
+|local = Pokémon Contest}}
 ==Plot==
+As Ash trains with his Pikachu for the next Gym battle, Aipom steals Ash's hat. Dawn sees an advert where the village will have a Contest. Brock thinks it would be a good idea to enter it. Aipom taunts Ash, so he goes to get her. Jessie sees the advert as well and wants to enter the Contest. Jessie tells James she will need Carnivine again. James thinks it is a bad idea and Jessie thinks what Pokémon should she use. Just then they see Aipom stuck on a rock. Jessie is dazzled by her eyes and gives help by giving a log so she can walk away. Jessie gets it, but loses her stability and ends up on the rock. Aipom drops Ash's hat and Ash gets it, then sees Team Rocket.
-As [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash_Ketchum Ash] [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_training trains] for his next [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Gym Gym] [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_battle battle], [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash%27s_Pikachu Pikachu] practices a [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Volt_Tackle_(move) Volt Tackle]. Noticing Ash’s attention towards Pikachu, [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash%27s_Aipom Aipom] takes [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash%27s_hat Ash's hat] and jumps up to a tree branch, then slaps her butt in Ash's irritating him. Meanwhile, [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Dawn_(anime) Dawn] finds out about an informal [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Contest Pokémon Contest] and wants to join with [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Dawn%27s_Pachirisu Pachirisu] in order to get experience. Dawn and [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Brock_(anime) Brock] see Ash chasing after Aipom and follow. Meanwhile, [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Jessie Jessie] finds out about the contest, as well as the prize of a year’s supply of fresh fruit. She asks for [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/James James]'s [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/James%27s_Carnivine Carnivine], but he refuses. She then decides to find another [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_(species) Pokémon] to use.
+Aipom and Jessie fall down a hole, then get up and land on the cliff where the others are. Aipom is grateful for rescue and Ash (nervously) thanks them. Jessie wants a reward and plans to use Aipom in the Contest she and Dawn will compete in. Ash does not give up Aipom to her, but after being persuaded, he allows it, but only when the Contest is over. Dawn and Brock see the festival, while Ash spies on Team Rocket, worried about Aipom a lot. Jessie trains with Aipom - she uses Focus Punch, then Double Team to gather nuts. Aipom shows Jessie Swift and she is satisfied. Ash thinks they will win the Contest and Dawn is afraid he might be right about that.
+The Contest is about to begin. Since it is unofficial, Nurse Joy presents a year supply of fruit. First is Dawn, who sends Pachirisu. Pachirisu does not want to use Swift Kiss, but Dawn convinces it, as it is its first Contest, so it uses. Pachirisu uses Spark and follows with Discharge, but the latter shocks the audience... literally! Later, Brock and Ash think Dawn is already in advantage. After some performances, next is Jessie. She sends Aipom, who starts with Swift. Then, she uses Focus Punch to mess the stars, making glitter around the field. Aipom follows with Double Team and dances, then spins using Swift. Jessie and Aipom are happy and Ash is troubled as Aipom might leave with Jessie...
-They hear Aipom crying and rush to find Aipom, spotting the Pokémon atop a precipice, trying to balance on a flat rock. They don’t realize that it is Ash's Aipom and when Jessie sees Aipom cry she decides to save Aipom. She uses a log to form a bridge to the isolated rock. She walks across the log, seemingly calm and balanced. She gets close and grabs Aipom, but ends up jumping onto the rock Aipom was trying to get off. Ash’s hat comes lose and flies with the wind back to Ash. Ash retrieves it but hears Aipom cry, prompting them to rush to the location. Jessie holds Aipom, trying to balance on the rock. Ash and his friends arrive and notice the situation as Jessie and Aipom lose their balance, sliding down the cliff similar to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/snowboarding snowboarding]. The two fly in the air and land on the grass, Aipom landing safely but Jessie crashing face-first. Aipom hugs up to Jessie as Ash and his friends approach. [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Team_Rocket_trio Team Rocket] finds out Aipom is Ash’s and Ash reluctantly thanks Jessie for saving Aipom. Jessie decides to use the situation to her advantage, wanting to use Aipom in the contest. Ash believes Aipom doesn't want to, but Aipom actually does, which [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Meowth_(Team_Rocket) Meowth] seconds. Ash decides to let it happen, though reluctantly.
+The judge announces that Jessie and Dawn are the Contestants for the finale. Brock thinks Ash is concerned that Jessie and Aipom are successful. Jessie sends Aipom and Dawn Pachirisu. Pachirisu starts with Spark, but misses and Aipom uses Double Team. Aipom grabs the illusions' tail and spins. Dawn loses points and Jessie brags, though Dawn reminds her Aipom is powerful because of Ash. Pachirisu uses Spark and is countered by Swift. Aipom uses Focus Punch and hits Pachirisu, defeating it. Dawn is still happy, as this was practice for Floaroma Town.
-In the village, several stands are set up as Brock notices all of them, despite the contest not being official. Dawn signs up successfully as they notice Ash spying on Jessie training with Aipom. Aipom shows off [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Focus_Punch_(move) Focus Punch] and [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Double_Team_(move) Double Team] to catch the food falling out of the tree and forming a pile in front of Jessie. Brock believes that Aipom won't show all of its [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Move abilities] to Jessie, but Aipom shows off [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Swift_(move) Swift] as well. Ash gets nervous at that she will win the contest, which also affects Dawn.
+Jessie wins the fruit supply and climbs atop the balloon. Team Rocket think the heroes are afraid to attack, even if they did not steal anything. Aipom jumps to the balloon and Ash thinks she wants to be with them, but it turns out she is eating the fruit. Meowth uses the robot arm to grab her, but Aipom uses Focus Punch to destroy the arm. Meowth releases a second arm to get Pikachu, but Aipom uses Swift to blast them off. Later, Ash is relieved to have Aipom back. Ash thinks she likes Gym battles more than Contest battles, but gets his hat stolen again.
-The contest starts, as the local [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Nurse_Joy Nurse Joy] and the village chief will judge, revealing the prize of a year's worth of fruit. Dawn takes the stage first with Pachirisu. Dawn calls for [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Sweet_Kiss_(move) Sweet Kiss], but Pachirisu suffers from stage fright since it is Pachirisu’s first. Dawn reassures her Pokémon and calls for the move again, this time Pachirisu performing, catching the crowd's attention. She calls for [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Spark_(move) Spark], creating flower shapes with the attack. She finishes with [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Discharge_(move) Discharge], but it unfortunately attacks everyone in the audience. Afterward, Ash and Brock congratulate Dawn for her performance even though she is less confident. Other [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Coordinator Coordinators] perform, most of them with lackluster results. Jessie performs last in the [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Appeals_round Appeals round] with Aipom. Aipom uses Swift and follows with Focus Punch to smash the Swift into dust, gaining a powerful appeal. Ash watches with awe as Aipom uses Double Team to dance and uses a combined Swift to create a cyclone. Aipom hugs Jessie and Ash is shocked, believing that Aipom might leave Ash. He has an image of Aipom leaving him, which result in him acting it out in reality.
+==Trivia==
-After the round ends, Dawn and Jessie make it to the second round. Brock notices that Ash is angry with Aipom for doing so well. The [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_battle battle] starts with Aipom against Pachirisu. Pachirisu uses Spark, but Aipom uses Double Team to dodge, following with a special combination of forming a circle with the Double Team clones and flying around like a Frisbee, which causes Dawn to lose points. Jessie gets cocky at doing so well, but Dawn mentions that Ash trained Aipom well, which is the only reason she is winning. Pachirisu tries to use Discharge, but Aipom's Swift attack counters it, creating a fireworks appeal and dropping Dawn’s points more. Aipom attacks with Focus Punch, [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Fainting knocking out] Pachirisu and netting Jessie the win.
+*This episode originally aired as part of a one-hour special celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Pokémon anime.
+**Consequently, the opening theme was skipped in the initial broadcasts.
+**Mayumi Iizuka narrates the ポケモン検定 Pokémon test segment, which involve 藤岡弘、 Hiroshi Fujioka, アンガールズ Ungirls and 中川翔子 Shōko Nakagawa.
+***Contrary to popular belief, the ambiguous statement in regards to a hint at Misty's return did not deal with the Pokémon Test segment, as she already confirmed that she was doing that in the Blog.
+*Mayumi Iizuka also introduces a new trailer for Dialga vs. Palkia vs. Darkrai.
+*Music from Destiny Deoxys and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew, and an instrumental version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ is used as background music. In the dub, Bellossom's Song is used.
+*Although it was announced that Yuriko Yamaguchi went on maternity leave, she is still credited for Nurse Joy in this episode.
+*Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Meowth (Team Rocket)
+*The credits are of Ya See We Want an Evolution and this episode.
+*Normally, the ending credits display appear and disappear at different locations. Instead, the credits were all shown scrolling from the bottom to the top.
+*This is one of the few episodes of the Diamond & Pearl series where Dawn's Piplup does not appear.
+*In this episode Ash admitted he was a 'twerp'.
+==Gallery==
-James shows up in the [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Team_Rocket%27s_mechas#Meowth_Hot_Air_Balloon Meowth balloon] and Jessie climbs in as they recite their [http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Team_Rocket_mottos motto]. They grab the fruit with a net and leave, thinking they stole it, but they actually won it. Aipom watches the balloon leave and jumps off Ash’s shoulder and goes after the balloon. Jessie notices and thinks that Aipom wants to go with her. As Aipom jumps onto the net, Ash believes that his nightmare came true and he looks down, wanting to cry. However, Pikachu points up as they notice that Aipom only wanted the fruit, eating several of the bananas and tossing the peels. Ash and his friends run after the balloon, but Ash trips on a banana peel. Meowth tries to grab Aipom with a mecha arm, but Ash calls for Focus Punch to break it. Aipom jumps off and Ash tries to catch Aipom, but slips on a banana. Still, he catches Aipom and both are happy. Team Rocket launches another mecha arm, but Aipom's Swift destroys the balloon and sends Team Rocket flying.
+<gallery>
+Jessie and aipom in anime.jpg|Jessie and Aipom are spinned
+DP022 1.jpg|Ash gets his hat stolen (again)
+DP022 2.jpg|Jessie crosses the log to get Aipom
+DP022 3.jpg|Ash and Pikachu spy on Jessie and Aipom
+DP022 4.jpg|The audience, under the effect of Sweet Kiss...
+DP022 5.jpg|...and Discharge
+DP022 6.jpg|The Aipom illusions dance
+DP022 7.jpg|Aipom leaves with Jessie, in Ash's fantasy
+DP022 8.jpg|Aipom spins and uses Swift
+DP022 9.jpg|Aipom just wanted the fruit
+</gallery>
+{{Pokémon: Diamond & Pearl}}
-Ash scolds Aipom for being wild, but Brock gets Ash to let it go since Aipom wants to be with Ash, the Pokémon jumping on his shoulder. Dawn also notices that Aipom has a love for Contests, but Ash believes that Aipom likes Gyms more and Aipom takes his hat again and runs around, Ash pursuing.
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