AG136

The Symbol Life

AG136   初陣！バトルファクトリー!!（後編） First Battle! Battle Factory! (Part Two)

First broadcast Japan July 28, 2005 United States April 22, 2006

English themes Opening I'm Unbeatable Ending

Japanese themes Opening バトルフロンティア Ending ポケモンかぞえうた

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard 志村錠児 Jōji Shimura Assistant director 中村圭三 Keizō Nakamura Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda No additional credits are available at this time.

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The Symbol Life (Japanese: 初陣!バトルファクトリー！（後編） First Battle! Battle Factory! (Part Two)) is episode 136 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 28, 2005 and in USA on April 22, 2006.

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

In other languages

Portuguese: Vida de Medalhas.

Major events

• Ash and Charizard defeat Noland and Articuno.
• Ash earns the Knowledge Symbol.
• Charizard returns to Charific Valley

Debuts

None.

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Noland
• Sugio
• Scott
• Nurse Joy

Pokémon

• Ash's Pikachu
• Ash's Charizard
• May's Munchlax
• Meowth
• Jessie's Wobbuffet
• James's Chimecho
• Articuno

Trivia

• This episode marks the first time that a Legendary Pokémon has been defeated in a one-on-one battle with a non-Legendary Pokémon.

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: Trainers, Which of these Pokémon has only one evolution?
• Choices: Whismur, Spoink, Beldum
• Answer: Ok trainers! If you chose Spoink, you were right!

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.