AG132

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The Scheme Team

AG132   EP406 エニシダとバトルフロンティア！ Enishida and the Battle Frontier!

First broadcast Japan June 23, 2005 United States April 8, 2006

English themes Opening Unbeatable Ending

Japanese themes Opening ポケモン シンフォニック メドレー Ending GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜 ②

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

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The Scheme Team (Japanese: エニシダとバトルフロンティア！ Enishida and the Battle Frontier!) is the 132nd episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 406th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 23, 2005 and in the United States on April 8, 2006.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis Now that the Hoenn League Tournament is over Ash says goodbye to his rivals Morrison and Tyson and leaves Ever Grande City. After spending one last night together, Ash's group breaks up with May and Max returning to their hometown of Petalburg City. Ash and Brock take a ferry to Kanto and then split up from there to return to their respective hometowns. While Jessie, James, and Meowth return to headquarters, on his way through Viridian City Ash meets a mysterious man named Scott, and learns of the Battle Frontier. Also finding the Viridian Gym rebuilt he meets its temporary leader and Elite Four member Agatha, who after learning of his accomplishments, challenges Ash to a battle.

However despite his best efforts his Pikachu is outmatched against Agatha's Gengar. After dealing with Team Rocket afterwards, Ash decides to take up Scott's offer to head to the Battle Frontier. First though Ash returns to Pallet Town with a surprise; Misty is at his house. Ash is introduced to Misty's Azurill and finds that Professor Oak is also at his house, along with Template:His mom and her Template:Mr. Mime. At that moment, someone pulls up to the house. Ash opens the door, only to find Professor Birch and Template:Max waiting for him.

Major events

• Ash, Brock, May, and Max go their separate ways.
• It's revealed that Agatha is filling in as Gym Leader of Viridian Gym until the new Gym Leader arrives.
• Ash battles Agatha in the Viridian Gym, but he loses.
• Scott is introduced and tells Ash about the Battle Frontier.
• Team Rocket gets a new motto.
• Ash returns home and meets up with Misty.
• Misty's Azurill is introduced.
• Max arrives in Pallet Town with Professor Birch.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

• Scott
• Agatha

Pokémon debuts

• Misty's Azurill

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Misty
• Professor Oak
• Delia
• Professor Birch
• Caroline
• Giovanni
• Butch
• Cassidy
• Team Rocket Grunts
• Morrison
• Tyson
• Scott
• Agatha
• Noland (shadow)
• Greta (shadow)
• Lucy (shadow)
• Spenser (shadow)
• Tucker (shadow)
• Anabel (shadow)

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Arcanine

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chimecho (James's)
• Azurill (Misty's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Bulbasaur (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Persian (Giovanni's)
• Mr. Mime (Delia's, Mimey)
• Vigoroth (Norman's)
• Slakoth (Norman's)
• Meowth (Tyson's)
• Gengar (Agatha's)
• Golbat (Agatha's)
• Poliwag

Trivia

• Agatha makes her anime debut, meaning that all the members of the original Elite Four of Kanto from Generation I have appeared in the series. This also makes Ash and Pikachu the only known characters to have met all of them.
• Jessie talks about Antarctica, the place where their next assignment is located. She doesn't appear to know that it is the coldest, driest, and windiest of all seven continents.
• This is the last episode to feature Ted Lewis as Giovanni (until The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!), Andi Whaley as Cassidy, and Eric Stuart as Butch.
• When James says "Castle in the Sky," he makes a reference to the Studio Ghibli film.
• The English title of this episode is a pun on the term "the dream team".
• After parting ways with Max and May, Ash and Brock walk to Kanto from Hoenn. However, according to the maps of Kanto and Hoenn, the two regions are not connected by land or bridge. How they managed to walk from Littleroot Town to Pallet Town and Pewter City in under a day is unknown. Additionally, Professor Birch and Max are shown arriving at Ash's home at the end with his jeep, within hours of Max's return home.
• Despite it featuring in over 100 episodes in multiple seasons, this is the first time that the Kanto region has ever been named in the anime. It was mentioned by Scott in his explanation of the Battle Frontier (which he stated was "throughout the Kanto region"). The region's name had never previously been mentioned.

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: If Arcanine fought Kirlia, who would have the advantage?
• Choices: Arcanine, Kirlia
• Answer: Ok, Trainers! If you chose Arcanine, you were right!

Errors

The coloring error.

• In several scenes where Butch and Cassidy appeared, the white part of their uniforms that cover their necks disappear.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		亞希達先生與對戰開拓區！
Finnish		Suunnitelmia
French		La fin d'une époque
German		Neue Träume, neue Ziele!
Italian		Arrivederci, amici
Portuguese	Brazil	O Time do Esquema
	Portugal	Team Sarilhos!
Spanish	Latin America	Un equipo en proyecto
	Spain	¡El "Team" Intrigante!
Swedish		Nya Team Rocket!

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