DP070

The Bells Are Singing! (Japanese: シャンとしてリーシャン！ Pull Yourself Together, !) is the 70th episode of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, and the 536th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on March 13, 2008 and in the United States on August 16, 2008.
==Blurb==
It's another day on the road for our heroes: Ash and Gligar practice, while Dawn and Buneary study the latest Poké Chic fashion trends. They're approached by a Chingling, one of three Chingling that belong to Francesca the Pokémon magician. She demonstrates her singing Chingling act, but the one bold Chingling always ruins the show by jumping on Francesca to get attention. Ash suggests that a Pokémon battle will help settle Chingling, who's never battled before. Francesca is willing to give it a try, but Chingling's trial battle with Turtwig is disrupted by Team Rocket.
Ash and his friends easily stop Team Rocket from stealing Francesca's Chingling, except the experience hasn't changed Francesca's troublesome Chingling at all. And when she runs through her act again, she notices there are four Chingling instead of three—the fourth one is a Team Rocket robot Chingling impersonator! The robot blows a wall of smoke that keeps everyone in the dark until Team Rocket swipes the real Chingling. James then steals one of the stolen Chingling for himself, hoping it will make a perfect Pokémon companion for him and his absent Chimecho.
Our heroes track down Jessie and Meowth and rescue two of Francesca's Chingling, but James is still hopefully trying to convince "his" Chingling to join Team Rocket. When Chingling refuses, James orders Mime Jr. to battle it. Francesca catches up with them just in time and orders Chingling to fight back; Chingling follows her commands and beats Team Rocket! What's more, Chingling seems to be more mature than it was before, so Francesca and her Chingling are in good spirits as they bid farewell to Ash and his friends.
==Plot==
While with his , asks it to turn. Unfortunately, Gligar makes a wrong turn, and when Ash points this out, Gligar is unable to recover and crashes. Meanwhile, is flicking through , a fashion magazine for Pokémon Stylists that features Pokémon in outfits. Dawn pulls out a vest for that she had designed and Johanna had sown; Buneary loves it. When she hesitantly asks for 's opinion, his positive response makes Buneary blush with happiness. 
Suddenly, Buneary hears something, and the group spots a emerging from the bushes. Dawn scans Chingling on her Pokédex. The Chingling proceeds to hug Buneary, Pikachu, Ash, and Dawn. Gligar follows suit, and after Ash quickly recalls it. A woman named Francesca comes looking for her Chingling. is overcome by emotion, though s him and drags him off. Francesca introduces herself as a Pokémon Magician, and does a magic act; she makes three Chingling appear from a tablecloth, as well as a . She tries to make a flower appear from her wand, but Chingling spoils it.
Meanwhile, is watching and Jessie suggests stealing the "enchanted" tablecloth until James and say it was just a trick, much to Jessie's surprise. As such, Meowth and James decide to steal the Chingling instead, imagining its usefulness as a multipurpose alarm clock.
Francesca does not know what to do with her spoiled Chingling, so the group decides to get it to battle. Having never been in a before, Ash and Dawn decide to have an exhibition match to help Francesca and Chingling get the hang of things. Gligar avoids an oncoming with ease before striking Buneary with an . Buneary s back, but becomes distracted when her vest is dirtied by Gligar's . At this, Dawn decides to take the vest off for the battle. Dawn scores a direct hit with , causing Gligar to hit the ground in its state. After Gligar retaliates with a , stops Ash and Dawn, figuring Chingling has seen enough. When the battle starts, Francesca tells Chingling to use , but it doesn't attack. uses and knocks out Chingling.
Francesca and the others rush over to the injured Pokémon, only to fall into a pitfall trap. Team Rocket swoops in and takes Chingling. Ash tells Turtwig to cut the net with a Razor Leaf, which doesn't work. Dawn has Buneary use Ice Beam to cut the ropes, while catches Chingling. At Brock's request, Buneary launches Happiny into the air, and Happiny uses to knock Team Rocket away. Afterwards, Ash believes Chingling had matured, but it starts hugging again, proving him wrong. 
Francesca tries the Three Part Harmony again, but Chingling keeps hugging others randomly. Team Rocket tries using a "Tone Deaf Mecha Chingling", generating a smokescreen and stealing the three Chingling. The trio puts the stolen Chingling in a line, though looking at them makes James emotional as he is reminded of his , and he takes one of the Chingling away, knowing it can evolve into . Meanwhile, notices the Chingling and brings Ash and over. Ash uses the "Tone Deaf Mecha" smokescreen on Jessie and Meowth and has attack them with , which blasts them off. However, James is still with the spoiled Chingling, and he has use on it in attempt to recruit it to Team Rocket. Francesca arrives just in time and has Chingling counter with and send James blasting off with , maturing itself in the process. This time Chingling asks for a hug, and Francesca is thrilled to see it has finally toned down its affections and rewards it with an embrace. With an upcoming magic show, Francesca thanks the group for their help and sends them off with a harmonic Chingling farewell.
==Major events==
* Ash's Gligar is revealed to know , , and .
===Debuts===
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=====TV episode debuts=====
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==Characters==
===Humans===
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* Jessie
* James
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* Nanny and Pop-Pop (fantasy)
* Francesca
===Pokémon===
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* (Francesca's; ×3)
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==Trivia==
* Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia: Brock's Happiny
* This is one of the episodes in which Jessie's Wobbuffet doesn't appear.
* This is one of the only episodes where James blasts off without Jessie.
* This episode introduces 's heart vest, which it will be seen wearing in many future episodes.
* and Pokémon Symphonic Medley are both used as background music. Music from Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea, as well as music used during Butler's magic show in Jirachi: Wish Maker, are also used.
* The episode's English dub title may refer to the phrase "bells are ringing".
* James briefly references , which he left with Nanny and Pop-Pop.
===Errors===
* In the English dub, says "Give us back those ", despite the Chingling actually standing in front of him. In the original, he simply says "Give back Chingling", referring to the last one that hasn't returned yet, meaning it could be a mistranslation due to the lack of a plural form in Japanese.
===Dub edits===
* The magazine PokéCan (Japanese: ポケキャン, lit. Pokekyan) was renamed as Poké Chic in the dub, and one shot showing it had its text altered to match the new name.
==In other languages==
070
Category:Episodes written by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
Category:Episodes storyboarded and directed by Yoshito Hata
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Yoshito Hata
Category:Episodes directed by Yoshito Hata
Category:Episodes animated by Kazue Kinoshita
Category:Episodes focusing on James
de:Das Klingeling der Klingplim!
es:EP539
fr:DP070
it:DP070
ja:DP編第70話
zh:宝可梦 钻石＆珍珠 第69集