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The Grass Menagerie!
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The Grass Menagerie! (Japanese: ハクタイジム!VSナタネ!! Hakutai Gym! VS Natane!!) is the 37th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 503rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 7, 2007 and in the United States on November 17, 2007.
Synopsis
Template:Incomplete synopsis Ash Ketchum formally challenges Gardenia, the leader of the Eterna City Gym.
Major events
- Ash obtains the Forest Badge.
- Ash's Staravia defeats Gardenia's Cherubi.
- Ash's Staravia is defeated by Gardenia's Turtwig.
- Ash's Turtwig defeats Gardenia's Turtwig.
- Ash's Turtwig is defeated by Gardenia's Roserade.
- Ash's Aipom defeats Gardenia's Roserade.
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Trivia
- This episode introduces The Underground of Sinnoh, but only to Jessie, James and Meowth.
- Yōko strongly resembles Kumiko Yamaguchi from Gokusen, who is also voiced by 早水リサ Risa Hayamizu.
- Music from Jirachi: Wish Maker is used as background music.
- Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Drapion
- Pokémon senryū: ドラピオン バトルでめざせ チャンピオン Dorapion, batoru de mezase, chanpion "Drapion aims to be the battle champion".
- Brock narrates the next episode preview.
- Assistant executive animation director Yamashita Megumi is dropped from the ending credits.
- The English title of this episode is a reference to Tennessee Williams's play The Glass Menagerie.
- This is one of the few episodes of the Diamond & Pearl series where Dawn's Piplup does not appear.
Errors
Dub edits
- This episode has had two previous titles: "The Grass-type is Always Greener!" and "A Grass Menagerie!"
In other languages
- Italian: L'esperta di Pokémon d'Erba
- Iberian Spanish: ¡Conexión de Pokémon Planta!
- Latin American Spanish: Reserva de Pokémon de Hierba
- Dutch: Eterna Gym gevecht, Gardenia Vs Ash!
- Brazilian Portuguese: O Doce Perfume de Gardenia!
- Czech: Travní zvěřinec
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