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Classroom Training!
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Classroom Training! (Japanese: トレーナーズスクールのスズナ先生！ Miss Suzuna of the Trainers' School!) is the 126th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 592nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 7, 2009 and in the United States on October 3, 2009.
Synopsis
Template:Incomplete synopsis Upon reaching Snowpoint City, Ash and his friends are welcomed by the Gym Leader of the Snowpoint Gym, Candice. The group accepts her offer to show them around the city; the first place they are lead to is a Trainers' School where Candice works as a teacher. Ash is then asked about the secret of his success as a trainer. He answers with his usual motto 'The best defense is offense', but he faces a nasty surprise when he participates in a quiz. He doesn't even know the answer to the question about Pikachu because he says a wrong answer before Candice had finished the question. However, there is a quite knowledgeable businessman named Jeremiah who can answer to all questions with amazing speed. After the test, he says that Ash is not clever enough, but Brock comforts him, saying that he is great at gym battles. Later, Ash meets Zoey and Candice at a little hut where the two girls used to play together. Zoey then reveals that she met her Glameow when she was too little to raise a Pokémon. However, she could keep Glameow and raised it together with Candice until Zoey turned ten.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket steals all the Pokémon stored at the school. When Jeremiah arrives to get back the Poké Balls, James's Carnivine immobilizes his Skuntank with Vine Whip. At the moment Jessie's Seviper is about to attack, Pikachu comes to the rescue and knocks it out. After Team Rocket reveal themselves, Candice and Ash form a team to defeat them. With the help of the Blizzard attack of Candice's Abomasnow and Buizel's improved Ice Aqua Jet, Team Rocket blasts off again. However, the Poké Balls start to fall, but Piplup collects them safely with Whirlpool. Seeing how Ash beat Team Rocket, Mr. Jeremiah apologizes for being rude. With all the Poké Balls safe and sound, Ash now concentrates on his upcoming gym battle against Candice.
Major events
- Ash and his friends arrive in Snowpoint City and meet Candice, the Snowpoint City Gym Leader.
- The gang also meet Zoey again, who reveals that she has won her fourth ribbon.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
TV episode debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Trivia
- This episode begins the four-part Snowpoint City arc.
- There is no Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture following this episode, instead being replaced with a preview of the following episode of Pokémon Sunday which is due to make a major game announcement. The advert is performed in the style of the lecture.
- This episode marks the third time Ash's Buizel uses its improvised move Ice Aqua Jet.
- The fact that Candice is also teaching in a Trainers' School mimics a similar event in Hoenn where another Gym Leader taught at a school (though this was also in the games). Also, there is a Trainer's School in Jubilife City in the games.
- Background music from Route 29 and an instrumental version of A Small Thing were used in this episode.
- One of Candice's students bears a striking resemblance to Vidso from The Screen Actor's Guilt.
- This is the first episode of the dub to be aired in 16:9 aspect ratio in US airings, as well as the first episode available in HD. In Japan, this change took place in The Lonely Snover!.
Errors
- Brock claimed that Zoey and Dawn battled Fantina, when it was really Zoey and Ash who battled her.
- In multiple scenes, the top of Stunky's head is colored purple, instead of white.
Dub edits
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