Pokémon League entrance exam instructor
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The Pokémon League entrance exam instructor is a character of the day who appeared in The Ultimate Test. Because he was not given an official name, this article will refer to him by his title. He is voiced by Ted Lewis in English and 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi in Japanese.
His job is to oversee the entrance exam for the Pokémon League. He also gives Poké Balls to the test-takers during the final portion of the test to compete in a battle against him.
Pokémon
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| Debut | The Ultimate Test |
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Arbok is one of the Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League Entrance Exam Instructor. It was used by Ash as his first Pokémon in the final portion of the test.
The first out of three Pokémon received, Ash sent it out to battle against the instructor's Jolteon. Recognizing it to be a Pokémon Team Rocket also had, Ash wasn't too pleased with what he received. While the instructor commanded an Agility, Ash tried to remember what attacks Arbok knew. He remembered just in time and ordered Arbok to use Glare. This paralyzed Jolteon and stopped it right in its tracks. Ash then called for a Wrap attack, but the move failed, because Ash had forgotten about Jolteon's spikes. This caused Arbok to hop back in great pain. While Arbok was still hopping about, the instructor ordered Jolteon to use Thunder, which instantly fried Arbok and thus rendered it unable to battle.
Later, when Team Rocket attacked, Ash had Arbok attack Jessie with a Wrap attack.
| Debut | The Ultimate Test |
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Weezing is one of the many Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League Entrance Exam Instructor. It was the second Pokémon used by Ash in the final portion of the exam.
After his Arbok had been defeated, Ash sent out Weezing to battle against the instructor's Flareon. Again, he wasn't too pleased with his choice. Snap noted that his response held the same expression as Weezing and could not help but take a few pictures, which angered Ash all the more. Weezing first successfully dodged Flareon's Flamethrower and then retaliated with a Smog attack. Flareon was then told to launch another Flamethrower at the Smog but it was sent flying back when there was an explosion caused by the collision of the two attacks. Weezing then used SmokeScreen while Flareon used Leer but its Leer was unable to penetrate through the smoke. Weezing then won the battle by using a Tackle while Flareon was still trapped in the smoke. This was the first battle won by Ash in the battle portion of the exam.
Later, when Team Rocket attacked, Ash had Weezing use SmokeScreen on James, causing him unable to breathe. Weezing then used Explosion to send Team Rocket blasting off.
Weezing's known moves are Smog, SmokeScreen, Tackle and Explosion.
| Debut | The Ultimate Test |
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Meowth is one of the Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League Entrance Exam Instructor. It was the third and last Pokémon to be used by Ash in the final portion of the exam.
Ash sent Meowth to battle against the instructor's Vaporeon. While Ash seemed to be rather pleased with the Pokémon he received, his friends in the audience were all rather surprised by Meowth's appearance. Meowth cheered it from the sidelines and shouted for Ash to use Fury Swipes when he was unable to think of a move to use. Ash responded with the attack but Vaporeon used TM13 (Ice Beam), which quickly froze Meowth into a sphere of ice. Angered, Team Rocket's Meowth jumped onto the battlefield and began scratching Ash's face, punishing him for treating a fellow Meowth like so. He then freed the instructor's Meowth with a kick. The instructor wanted Team Rocket's Meowth because it could talk and tried throwing a Poké Ball at it, only to be knocked away by his Ivysaur's Vine Whip. These actions caused Team Rocket to blow its cover.
When Team Rocket attack, Ash ordered Meowth to use Fury Swipes on Team Rocket's Meowth. When Team Rocket was sent blasting off, they blasted off with the wrong Meowth. Team Rocket ended up with the instructor's Meowth while the instructor was given Team Rocket's Meowth by Snap. This temporary switch was fixed in the next episode but the instructor's Meowth was never seen again.
Meowth's only known move is Fury Swipes.
| Debut | The Ultimate Test |
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Pikachu is one of the Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League entrance exam instructor. It was the first Pokémon used by James in the final portion of the test.
Pikachu was the first Pokémon used by James of Team Rocket in his battle portion of the exam, sent to battle against the instructor's Graveler. When he first sent it out, James was overjoyed, noting that he had been destroyed by Ash's Pikachu so many times that he knew all of Pikachu's attacks by heart. This was viewed to be a rather lame exclamation by both his team members Jessie and Meowth. James ordered Pikachu to use Thunderbolt and was quite pleased when Pikachu responded to his command. However, Thunderbolt proved to be useless and Graveler responded with a Tackle, which sent Pikachu bouncing off of James's head and rendering it unable to battle. At this point, James expressed his confusion as to why the Thunderbolt had not worked. The instructor explained that Electric attacks did not work against a Ground-type like Graveler. This prompted to James to send out Ivysaur and Charizard and also led to him being expelled from the exam.
Later, Meowth ordered Pikachu to use Thunder on the instructor but the instructor told it to turn around and attack Team Rocket instead. It was at this point that it was officially mentioned that these Pokémon belonged to the instructor because he was the one who trained them.
Pikachu's known moves are Thunderbolt and Thunder.
| Debut | The Ultimate Test |
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Ivysaur is one of the Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League entrance exam instructor. It was the second Pokémon sent out by James in the final portion of the exam.
James of Team Rocket sent Ivysaur out along with Charizard to battle against the instructor's Graveler after his Pikachu's quick defeat. However, since two against one was against the rules, James was expelled on the spot. He later returned and ordered Ivysaur to attack the instructor with Vine Whip but the instructor ordered Ivysaur to turn around and attack Team Rocket instead. At this point, it was officially mentioned that these Pokémon belonged to the instructor because he was the one who trained them.
Ivysaur's only known move is Vine Whip.
| Debut | The Ultimate Test |
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Charizard is one of the Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League entrance exam instructor. It was the third Pokémon used by James for the final portion of his exam.
James of Team Rocket sent it out along with Ivysaur to battle the instructor's Graveler. However, since two against one was against the rules, James was expelled on the spot. He later used Charizard to attack the instructor with Flamethrower but the instructor ordered Charizard to attack Team Rocket instead. At this point, it was officially mentioned that these Pokémon belonged to the instructor.
Charizard's only known move is Flamethrower.
| Debut | The Ultimate Test |
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Graveler is one of the Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League entrance exam instructor. It was used by the instructor to battle against James's Pikachu. Pikachu used Thunderbolt but because Graveler was a Ground-type, Thunderbolt proved to be useless. It then retaliated with Tackle and knocked Pikachu unconscious.
Graveler's only known move is Tackle.
| Debut | The Ultimate Test |
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Vaporeon is one of the Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League entrance exam instructor. It was the third and last Pokémon used by the instructor in his match against Ash's Meowth. Ash's Meowth used Fury Swipes but Vaporeon countered with TM13 (Ice Beam) in order to freeze Ash's Meowth and thus ending the battle.
| Debut | The Ultimate Test |
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Jolteon is one of the Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League entrance exam instructor. It was the first Pokémon used by the instructor in his battle against Ash, used to face Ash's Arbok. Jolteon first started the battle with Agility but was stopped in its tracks by Arbok's Glare. When Arbok used Wrap though, it was punctured by Jolteon's spikes and was thus sent hopping back in pain. Jolteon then used Thunder to fry Arbok and thus ending the battle.
| Debut | The Ultimate Test |
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Flareon is one of the Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League entrance exam instructor. It was the second Pokémon used by the instructor in his battle against Ash, used to face Ash's Weezing. Flareon started the battle with Flamethrower but Weezing successfully dodged the attack. It then used Flamethrower again to counter Weezing's Smog attack but the explosion caused by the collision sent Flareon reeling back. Flareon then tried to use Leer but it was unable to penetrate Weezing's SmokeScreen. It was then defeated by a Tackle from Weezing.
Flareon's known moves are Flamethrower and Leer.
| Debut | The Ultimate Test |
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Charmander is one of the Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League entrance exam instructor. The instructor sent it out to battle Nurse Joy's Squirtle, but it was easily defeated by Squirtle's Water Gun and Skull Bash attacks.
None of Charmander's moves are known.
| Debut | The Ultimate Test |
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Squirtle is one of the Pokémon owned by the Pokémon League entrance exam instructor. It was used by Nurse Joy to battle against the instructor's Charmander. It quickly defeated Charmander using first a Water Gun and then a Skull Bash attack.
Squirtle's known moves are Water Gun and Skull Bash.
Temporary
| Debut | Pokémon Emergency! |
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- Main article: Meowth (Team Rocket)
The league instructor first took a liking to Meowth when he noticed that it could talk. He sent a Poké Ball at Meowth but it was knocked back by James's Ivysaur's Vine Whip. During the explosion caused by Ash's Weezing's Explosion that sent Team Rocket blasting off, his Meowth was accidentally switched with Team Rocket's Meowth. Todd Snap found him and gave it to the instructor, at which point the switch-up was evident.
Meowth's known moves are Fury Swipes, Scratch, and Bite.
Trivia
- The instructor has four Pokémon that are playable in Super Smash Bros. Brawl: Pikachu, Squirtle, Ivysaur, and Charizard.
- The instructor is one of the few people who has displayed surprise at Meowth's ability to talk.
- The instructor owns the only Weezing other than James's ever to appear in the anime to date.
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