Pokémon Rivals: Brilliant Diamond vs. Shining Pearl

Pokémon Rivals: Brilliant Diamond vs. Shining Pearl
Games	Pokémon Brilliant Diamond Pokémon Shining Pearl
Played by	Rick Desilets John Selig
Featuring	C/J Haley Felice Haley Ben Mooney Sarah Fischer Lindsay Gibbons Geoff Hook
Intro theme	"TV! Follow the Red Gyarados!" by KK Cody
Outro theme	"Battle! (Wild Pokémon)" by Shoji Meguro
Original run	November 23, 2021 – present
No. of episodes	37
Episode length	10–36 minutes
Playlist	link
Playlist length	11:36:05

Pokémon Rivals: Brilliant Diamond vs. Shining Pearl is the sixth official installment of Pokémon Rivals, and seventh overall. It is played using the 2021 Nintendo Switch games Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Pokémon Shining Pearl, remakes of the 2007 Nintendo DS games Pokémon Diamond Version and Pokémon Pearl Version, and part of the eighth generation of the franchise. As the winner of the previous Padlocke, Pikachu vs. Eevee, John began with Shining Pearl on November 23, 2021, followed by Rick with Brilliant Diamond on December 14. As of February 28, 2022, 37 episodes of the series have been released; 22 of Brilliant Diamond, 14 of Shining Pearl, and 1 faceoff.

Faceoff record

The following is a list of the results of Rick and John's faceoffs throughout the series. The scores listed for each player refer to the number of Pokémon that have not fainted by the end of the battle. Thus far, Rick has won 1 battle, and John has won 0. Rick needs to win four more battles to win the Padlocke overall, whereas John must win five.

#	Date	Rick's team						R	J	John's team
1	December 25, 2021	Piplup Lv. 15	Staravia Lv. 14	Budew Lv. 15	Abra Lv. 13	Geodude Lv. 13	Zubat Lv. 10	6	0	Monferno Lv. 14	Magikarp Lv. 11	Machop Lv. 13
2		Prinplup Lv. 22	Budew Lv. 22	Kadabra Lv. 22	Geodude Lv. 22	Zubat Lv. 20	Murkrow Lv. 21
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Episodes

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Shining Pearl, Chapter 1 12031"Toddling and Waddling"19:09JohnRick, LindsayNovember 23, 2021 (2021-11-23) 12042"Rilckeless"15:53JohnRick, LindsayNovember 24, 2021 (2021-11-24) 12053"A Real Sad Way to Lose a Chimchar"16:20JohnRick, Sarah, LindsayNovember 25, 2021 (2021-11-25) 12064"The Trash Can Is Empty"16:03JohnRick, LindsayNovember 25, 2021 (2021-11-25) 12075"You Used Terrible Wrong"16:32JohnRick, LindsayNovember 26, 2021 (2021-11-26) 12116"Impossible to Pronounce"17:03JohnRick, LindsayDecember 6, 2021 (2021-12-06) 12127"Back in the Dark Ages"18:09JohnRickDecember 7, 2021 (2021-12-07) 12148"Gebat & Zeodude"18:00JohnRickDecember 8, 2021 (2021-12-08) 12169"If I Just Wiped"36:32JohnRickDecember 9, 2021 (2021-12-09) Brilliant Diamond, Chapter 1 12201"Thud the Buff Baby"21:17RickJohn, LindsayDecember 14, 2021 (2021-12-14) 12212"A Good Rat"16:04RickJohn, LindsayDecember 15, 2021 (2021-12-15) 12223"Every Break Room Is a House"16:56RickJohn, LindsayDecember 16, 2021 (2021-12-16) 12234"A Polished Sphere of Diamond"15:22RickJohn, LindsayDecember 17, 2021 (2021-12-17) 12265"Pretty Sure I Can Handle My Rod"18:16RickBen, LindsayDecember 20, 2021 (2021-12-20) 12276"Is That a Monster in Your Pocket?"17:06RickBen, LindsayDecember 21, 2021 (2021-12-21) 12287"Between Two Assholes"23:40RickBen, LindsayDecember 22, 2021 (2021-12-22) 12298"Please Don't Eat My Hat"20:36RickJohn, Ben, LindsayDecember 23, 2021 (2021-12-23) 12309"Dirty & Sturdy"15:44RickBen, LindsayDecember 24, 2021 (2021-12-24) 123110"Life as a Rock"32:44RickBen, LindsayDecember 24, 2021 (2021-12-24) Faceoff 1 1233*"No Time Like the Present"10:47Rick, John December 25, 2021 (2021-12-25) Brilliant Diamond, Chapter 2 123411"They Just Hate Rocks"16:24RickJohn, LindsayDecember 27, 2021 (2021-12-27) 123512"Le Petit Prince"15:53RickJohn, LindsayDecember 28, 2021 (2021-12-28) 123613"Ham Sandwich"16:10RickJohn, LindsayDecember 29, 2021 (2021-12-29) 123714"I Just Ate a Berry"16:54RickJohn, LindsayDecember 30, 2021 (2021-12-30) 123815"I'd Slather Not"24:42RickJohn, LindsayDecember 31, 2021 (2021-12-31) 123916"The Sac Balloons Like an Inner Tube"17:16RickJohn, LindsayJanuary 3, 2022 (2022-01-03) 124017"How Does Your Penguin Deal with Bullets?"17:07RickBen, GeoffJanuary 18, 2022 (2022-01-18) 124118"Why Is My Pocket Sticky?"18:10RickBen, GeoffJanuary 19, 2022 (2022-01-19) 124219"I'm Making Shit Up"17:26RickBen, GeoffJanuary 20, 2022 (2022-01-20) 124320"Caves and Caverns (both of them!)"24:26RickC/J, Felice, Ben, Lindsay, GeoffJanuary 21, 2022 (2022-01-21) 124421"Lies in the Riddle"18:00RickJohnJanuary 25, 2022 (2022-01-25) 124522"It's Not a Career Choice"20:07RickJohn, SarahJanuary 26, 2022 (2022-01-26) Shining Pearl, Chapter 2 124610"A Bit of a Seven-Hour Ride"16:41JohnRickJanuary 27, 2022 (2022-01-27) 124711"Guess Who's Not a Sociopath"17:45JohnRickJanuary 28, 2022 (2022-01-28) 124812"My Favorite Cryptid, Denzel Washington"18:26JohnRickJanuary 31, 2022 (2022-01-31) 124913"Staravia-Crossed Lovers"21:02JohnRickFebruary 1, 2022 (2022-02-01) 125014"You Could Wake Up Slathered in Honey"17:23JohnRick, Ben, LindsayFebruary 28, 2022 (2022-02-28)