(Japanese: グランドフェスティバル開幕！決めスノーシャワー!! The Grand Festival Begins! Decide on the Snow Shower!!) is the 174th episode of the Platinum Series.
Synopsis[]
Major Events[]
- Sapphire and Dawn enters the Grand Festival alongside Zoey and Jessilina.
- Nando, Kenny, and Ursula are revealed to have earned their fifth ribbons and enter the Grand Festival as well.
- Nando is revealed to earn seven badges.
- Jessie's Seviper and Yanmega learns facade and Psychic.
- Violet is revealed to have obtained an Eevee, which she evolves into Glaceon.
- Sapphire, Dawn, Zoey, Ursula, Kenny, Nando, and Jessilina succesfully clear the appeal rounds.
Debuts[]
Pokemon Debuts[]
- Violet's Glaceon
Characters[]
Humans[]
- Ash
- Sapphire
- Dawn
- Brock
- Red
- Yellow
- Blue
- Gold
- Crystal
- Ruby
- Sapphire
- Jessie
- James
- Zoey
- Ursula
- Nando
- Kenny
- Rhonda
- Nurse Joy
- Mr. Contesta
- Mr. Sukizo
- Violet
- Fantina
- Candice
- Lilian Meridian
- Audience
- Coordinators
Pokemon[]
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Riolu (Sapphire's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket's)
- Wobuffet (Jessie's)
- Buizel (Ash's)
- Gible (Ash's)
- Espeon (Red's)
- Snorlax (Red's)
- Buneary (Dawn's)
- Pachirisu (Dawn's)
- Togekiss (Dawn's)
- Mamoswine (Dawn's)
- Cyndaquil (Dawn's)
- Swampert (Sapphire's)
- Beautifly (Sapphire's)
- Skitty (Sapphire's)
- Umbreon (Sapphire's)
- Torchic (Sapphire's)
- Croconaw (Sapphire's)
- Vaporeon (Violet's)
- Seviper (Jessie's)
- Yanmega (Jessie's)
- Gabite (Ursula's)
- Roserade (Nando's)
- Glameow (Zoey's)
- Eevee (Violet's;evolved)
- Glaceon (Violet's;newly evolved)
- Vaporeon (Ursula's)
- Altaria (Nando's)
- Mismagius (Zoey's)
- Alakazam (Kenny's)
- Breloom (Kenny's)
Coordinators'[]
- Charizard
- Venasaur
- Ninetales
- Shieldon
- Igglybuff
- Chatot
- Purugly
- Bidoof
- Vileplume
- Venomoth
Trivia[]
- This is the first episode of the four-part 'Sinnoh Grand Festival' arc.
- The three stages of the appeal round are reference to the three original games: Red, Blue, and Green.
- This mark the third time a Pokemon is seen evolve in the middle of a contest appeal.
- Background music from The Rise of Darkrai, Giratina and the Sky warrior, and Arceus and the Jewel of life, as well as the instrumental of I Wont Lose ~Haruka's Theme~ are used.
- Neither Jessie or James are seen in their regular Team Rocket uniform throughout this episode.
Errors[]
- When Umbreon hit Piplup with Shadow Ball, one of Umbreon's yellow circles is blue.
Current Episode[]
- Previous Episode: PT173
- Next Episode: PT175
- Opening Theme: Battle Frontier (Japanese)
- Ending Theme: By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ Winter Version.