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Plot

Wallace, a Coordinator star and former Gym Leader, is bringing his Wallace Cup event to the shores of Sinnohs Lake Valor. This Contest opportunity gets Dawn excited about entering a Contest again, but she's still uncertain about what she needs to change about her style to win. As Zoey said, Dawn has to concentrate on showing off her Pokémon—but how?

Meanwhile, the local media is sniffing around the area, hoping to get a shot of Wallace. Wallace just wants to avoid the spotlight and relax with his Milotic, but Dawn and her friends accidentally bump into him anyway. Even though it's his day off, Wallace still offers to take a look at some of Dawns Contest moves. That makes Dawn nervous, so Ash offers to let her strut her stuff in a friendly battle instead.

After Wallace sees Dawn's Piplup go a couple rounds against Ash's Buizel, he suggests that Ash use Buizel to enter the Wallace Cup, too. As for Dawn, Wallace is impressed by her obvious hard work, but he reminds her to take time to play with her Pokémon and not worry about making every move dramatic. Then Jessie, using her latest Coordinator persona, tries to impress Wallace—but Milotic ends up impressing everyone with its moves, which also help send Team Rocket on their way. A day with the famous Wallace is already a fabulous treat, but there's one more surprise in store: May is coming for a visit!

Debuts

Humans

Trivia

  • This episode begins the five-part Wallace Cup arc.
  • This episode uses the Eterna Forest music as background music.
  • Jessie's Dustox was removed from the opening.
  • Instead of Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture, the end of the episode featured a memorial to Mewtwo Strikes Back. This is part of a countdown to Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
  • Wallace, Sootopolis City's Gym Leader during Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Versions, and later Hoenn's Champion during Pokémon Emerald, makes his anime debut in the series following the appearances of his peers.
  • May makes a cameo at the end in Snowpoint City's Pokémon Center, wearing her game counterpart's outfit from Pokémon Emerald.
  • May's Japanese voice actress is credited as 鈴木カオリ Kaori Suzuki.
  • The dub title refers to the phrase "My Cup Runneth Over", a line in the 23rd Psalm.
  • Sinnoh Now's Japanese logo at the beginning of the episode is left intact in the dub.
  • Rhonda refers to the various different regions of the Pokémon world as one country in this episode.
  • In India, the original English opening song We Will Be Heroes was mistakenly broadcasted instead of the Hindi Dubbed one (हम बनेंगे हीरोस (Hum Banéngé Heroes)). This error persisted until Cream of the Croagunk Crop!.
  • Team Rocket doesn't blast off or recite their motto in this episode.

Errors

  • The Snorlax in the next episode preview was incorrectly given Munchlax's color scheme. This was fixed for the preview that aired on Pokémon Sunday and in the actual episode.
  • At the head of the dub, the narrator talked about the "Pokémon Contest of Pastoria City". There is no Contest in Pastoria City. However, there is a Gym.
  • When Ash sent out Buizel to battle with Dawn, the spot on the top-left corner of his face was not filled in.
  • When Dawn was walking with Ash and Brock, Dawn's eyebrows were missing.
  • In Finnish dub Ash says he uses Water and Ground types on Pastoria Gym instead of Water and Grass types.

Gallery

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