Dawn Of The New Era

*Dawn Of The New Era* is the 6th episode of Diamond And Pearl.

## **Plot**

The episode starts out where Dawn is about to capture a Buneary. However, she forgot to enlarge her Poké Ball, so Grizz reminds her of this. Dawn throws her Ball, but accidentally throws it at Daffy. He angrily tells her to be careful, but Dawn tells him she didn't meant it. As they argue, the Buneary goes away. Dawn and Daffy continue to argue whose fault that was. Migo is annoyed with this and suddenly, they see some light. Tom tells it is a move named Sunny Day to raise a Fire-type Pokémon's powers. A Budew approaches them and they see its owner, a poet. The heroes introduce themselves and the man is a bard named Nando, who brings joy to everyone where he travels. Dawn has an idea - she will prove the anthromophic characters she is powerful by battling Nando.

Nando asks Dawn if she wants to win the Sinnoh League, though she tells him that she actually aims for the Grand Festival. Nando now knows they could have a Contest Battle. Tin, Pan & Alley sees and hears that and Tin plans to win the Contests. Dawn sends Piplup, who charges to Peck. Budew evades and retaliates with Bullet Seed, however, Piplup dodges. Piplup uses BubbleBeam, but since it is a Water-type attack, Budew does not take much damage. Budew uses Solar Beam, so Piplup goes to cancel it with Peck, but Budew is faster and defeats Piplup by launching the attack. Jerry thinks the Sunny Day must have caused more damage on Piplup for this. Nando is impressed by Dawn's first battle and wishes her luck. Tin thinks he could have defeated her, but they need to get Piplup first.

Later, Dawn is feeling sad for not capturing a Pokémon or even winning a battle. Bugs sees there is a Pokémon Center nearby, making Dawn happy she can sleep in a bed. At the Pokémon Center, Dawn mistakes the cobra to be the same one in Sandgem Town, but that was himself - Wally shows her Ajar's job. Wally greets Ajar, making Dawn confused, as he was greeting Sheriff. Dawn contacts her mom, who is relieved to see her with her new friends. Also, she wishes luck and logs out. Joy asks Tom is he registered for the Sinnoh League to which he did not. So, Joy takes his Monitor and analyzes its info and in a moment, he is registered. Dawn also wants to register for the Contests, but Joy tells her she needs to do it in Contest buildings instead.

A group of children come to give their Pokémon to Joy to watch over them, including a Turtwig, Chimchar and a Prinplup. Also, she is approached by Nando. Nando receives his Budew back, takes it and goes away. Joy says Nando does not know if he should choose Contests or Gym Battles to be working on. Dawn and the animals bicker what path should he choose and run off to hear what will his decision be. Captain Caveman follows them as well. Dawn, Captain Caveman and the animals wander, but even Cindy did not see Nando. Jerry tells Dawn they will have to camp for the night, as the Pokémon Center is far from here. Sonic tells they do not think of the consequences of their actions. Suddenly, Team Platinum (disguised) present their inn. Suddenly, the wind blows and it is obvious it was just some carton and their disguises fall down.

Alley uses Iron Tail and Dawn her Piplup. Piplup uses BubbleBeam, but however, Alley steals BubbleBeam it and goes to Bite, but gets stopped by Budew, who blasts the three cats off with Bullet Seed. Nando comes to see if they are unhurt. Tom and Jerry tell they came looking for him. Nando is still in dilemma, while Grizz and Dawn bicker. Nando calms them down and hears the forest sing - a group of Pokémon sing. Dawn apologizes to Daffy for her rude behavior and the latter does the same to former. Tom recalls he met Jerry before getting kicked out and Dawn also recalls seeing something in Lake Verity. Nando recites a poem and Ash wants Nando to battle him, so he does. The next day, the battle starts - Tom uses Roar of Time and Budew goes to stop him with Bullet Seed, but misses and gets hit. Budew uses Mega Drain, stealing Tom's energy. Tom pushes it back with Hyper Beam.

However, Budew evolves into a Roselia. Roselia uses Sunny Day and uses Solar Beam. Roselia fires, but Tom jumps and evades, then uses Draco Meteor, defeating Roselia. Nando recalls it back and tells his decision - he will compete in the Sinnoh League and Sinnoh Grand Festival. Nando goes away, while the gang continue their journey as the episode ends.

## **Characters**

* Tom Cat
* Jerry Mouse
* Scooby-Doo
* Cindy Bear
* Top Cat
* Wally Gator
* Snagglepuss
* Atom Ant
* Captain Caveman
* Dino
* Astro
* Smurfette
* Bugs Bunny
* Daffy Duck
* Courage
* Rita
* Grizz
* Migo
* Anais Watterson
* Rigby
* Garfield
* Woody Woodpecker
* Sonic The Hedgehog
* Casper
* Dawn
* Johanna
* Tin, Pan & Alley

### Character Debuts

* Sheriff
* Ajar

## **Voice Cast**

* D.B. Sweeney as Tom
* Robert Naylor as Jerry, Ajar
* Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo, Garfield
* Sofía Espinosa as Cindy
* Jeremy Renner as Top Cat
* Will Arnett as Wally
* Billy Crystal as Snagglepuss
* Cheech Marin as Atom
* Liam Neeson as Captain
* Eric Bauza as Dino, Daffy, Woody
* Jeff Bergman as Astro, Bugs
* Demi Lovato as Smurfette
* Marty Grabstein as Courage
* Chloë Grace Moretz as Rita
* Eric Edelstein as Grizz
* Channing Tatum as Migo
* William Salyers as Rigby
* Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Anais
* Ben Schwartz as Sonic
* Max Charles as Casper
* Greg Ellis as Tin
* Jess Harnell as Pan
* Richard McGonagle as Alley
* Emily Jenness as Dawn
* Sarah Natochenny as Johanna
* Michael Wallis as Sheriff

## **Songs**

1. *We Are One*: Channing Tatum, Kyla Rae Kowalewski.
2. *Team Mates*: Robert Naylor, Michael Wallis.

## **Trivia**

* This is the first appearances of Sheriff and Ajar.
* Dawn has her first Pokémon battle.
* Dawn learns about Pokémon Centers.
* This is the first time Ajar and the Sheriff sings.