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From Cradle to Save

AG156   EP430 ウソハチと忍者スクール!! Usohachi and the Ninja School!!

First broadcast Japan December 15, 2005 United States October 14, 2006

English themes Opening Battle Frontier Ending

Japanese themes Opening バトルフロンティア Ending GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜 ③

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 玉川明洋 Akihiro Tamagawa No additional credits are available at this time.

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From Cradle to Save (Japanese: ウソハチと忍者スクール!! Usohachi and the Ninja School!!) is the 156th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 430th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 15, 2005 and in the United States on October 14, 2006.

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

Synopsis

The stars illuminate the sky as the startling cries of a Bonsly can be heard all around. Ash and the gang are enjoying a relaxing picnic under the sun while May polishes her egg. With that original fury overtaking the scene, Ash is ready to take on any adventure as Pikachu shows the same enthusiasm.

A practice battle between Pikachu and Donphan is about to begin, with Pikachu starting off with an electrifying Volt Tackle. The attack clashes into Donphan, but only after a few seconds of resistance, the attack is negated and Pikachu flies backwards. Donphan starts into a Rollout attack, hurtling towards Ash and Pikachu. They manage to dodge the attack, Donphan colliding with a nearby rock structure and revealing a hidden boy and his Ninjask.

The boy introduces himself as Evian, explaining that he is from the Pokémon Ninja School. They are then lead through the nearby forest to the ninja school which is flourishing with young students and exuberant Pokémon. The students try to explain to their teacher what they saw the night before involving the Bonsly. One of the boys looked out a window the night before, noticing fast movements through the forest and just seconds later hearing the screams and cries of Bonsly. Interrupting their conversation, Brock jumps towards the instructor, with clasping arms to meet just only a few seconds later, a substitution of herself with a log with similar clothing. She then reveals herself in a nearby treetop with all the students being amazed with her actions.

Nearby, Team Rocket is spying on the Ninja School with Jessie suggesting they become students of the school and become ninjas to ultimately capture Pikachu. Meanwhile, Ash and gang are in a training exercise involving underwater submersion while breathing through a bamboo stick. The underwater lesson then ends and transitions over to a stealth activity with each student trying to mask their position. Max secretly masks himself behind a tree as Ash and Pikachu attempt to hide underneath the ground but soon after reveal their location. The next lesson begins with the instructor's Kecleon which camouflages itself and dashes off into the underbrush with the students to attempt and try to find its location. Ash and the young boy begin down a trail as he spots the Kecleon. His Ninjask then begins a Whirlwind which sends a burst of sand towards the forest and temporarily reveals the Kecleon. He then jumps towards it but comes to meet the ground. Ash then tries his chance at it directing Pikachu to launch a Thunderbolt attack towards the general direction but the attack comes to miss as the Kecleon snatches Ash's hat and begins up a nearby tree.

Ash and Pikachu dash for the stolen hat but come only to make direct contact with the tree. Another student of the school notices movement nearby and moves to reveal the Bonsly. The Bonsly then begins crying uncontrollably as Brock begins to calm it down. Ash goes to look up its data in his Pokédex. The three students that noticed the Bonsly the night before rush towards Brock and start arguing, which causes Bonsly to start crying again. Brock then grabs a berry off a nearby tree and attempts to feed it to Bonsly, but it only knocks the berry from out his hand. Brock then attempts to feed Bonsly with a bottle as it then begins devouring the food.

Bonsly finishes the food and then starts to cry again. A metallic projectile hurtles towards the ground and makes contact to reveal a single solitary rose. Team Rocket's voice can then be heard from the background setting the usual Rocket theme. Team Rocket is dressed in ninja attire and mysterious masks. Ash quickly sees through their disguises to reveal them as Team Rocket. With a quick phrase, Meowth then controls the new mecha, which then shoots a sticky fluid from its arms as the mecha begins to hoist the Pokémon into the air. The teacher then calls upon her Shiftry as it dashes towards the sky and collides with the mecha, sending it hurtling towards the ground at great speed. With great haste, Ash, Brock, and May then call upon Combusken, Grovyle, and Marshtomp. Grovyle dashes towards Team Rocket and cuts the restraints, releasing the captured Pokémon. Shiftry then clashes with the ground which sends a tremor throughout the ground and towards Team Rocket. Combusken then launches a ferocious Flamethrower towards Team Rocket which leaves them charred. It's now Marshtomp's turn which sends a Hydro Pump towards Team Rocket and releases them from their position in the treetops. Seviper is then released from its Poké Ball as it masks the area with a thick Haze.

Jessie then dashes through the air and comes down with her net. After the smoke and dust clears, the teacher goes to reveal that Jessie has only captured a substitution. With a new strange technique, Jessie then begins to run around uncontrollably creating many clones of herself. The instructor laughs at Jessie's effort as she directs Shiftry with a simple phrase. Shiftry then starts off with a Double Team and then creates a Whirlwind effect rotating Team Rocket at a high speed. Ariados then entangles Team Rocket with its sticky web as a gigantic ball of web is formed with Team Rocket captured inside. As everyone moves into the attack stance, Team Rocket roll off into the distance and off a nearby cliff.

Brock begins to show is affection of love for the instructor again as Bonsly then jumps and knocks Brock backwards. Brock then goes to battle for and attempt to capture the wild Bonsly. Bonsly begins to cry once again distracting Brock and Forretress, as Bonsly begins on the attack colliding with Forretress and knocking him backwards. Forretress then begins with its Rapid Spin attack, colliding with Bonsly and knocking it temporarily unconscious. Forretress then uses its Spikes attack and launches a barrage of tiny spikes around Bonsly. Brock goes to throw a Poké Ball towards Bonsly as the ball begins to rumble, Bonsly explodes from the Poké Ball and back towards the ground. Bonsly begins to fall backwards and makes contact with one of the nearby spikes which sends it flying upwards as Brock then attempts to capture Bonsly once more. As the Poké Ball rumbles, everyone waits with anticipation with the capture of Bonsly. The ball finally finishes its struggle with Bonsly as that notorious capture sound is heard throughout the air.

Bonsly begins to cry more and more as Brock tries to feed it. With Brock's newly obtained Bonsly, the sun sets as our heroes march off into the distance.

Major events

• Brock captures a Bonsly.

Debuts

TV episode debuts

• Bonsly (Brock's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Angela
• Evian
• Male student (Seiyū: 佐藤智恵 Chie Satō)
• Male student (Seiyū: 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi)
• Female student (Seiyū: 半場友恵 Tomoe Hanba*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Grovyle (Ash's)
• Donphan (Ash's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Squirtle (May's)
• Forretress (Brock's)
• Marshtomp (Brock's)
• Bonsly (Brock's; debut, new)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Ninjask (Evian's)
• Shiftry (Angela's; Seiyū: 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka*, Bill Rogers in the dub)
• Kecleon (Angela's; Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura*)
• Bellsprout (student's)
• Tangela (student's)
• Bellsprout (student's)
• Ariados (student's)
• Pidgey
• Starmie (Jessie's; flashback)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• The ninja outfits worn by the characters at the ninja school are similar to those worn by Koga and Aya in The Ninja Poké-Showdown.
  • Coincidentally, in next episode Ash and friends are in Fuchsia city, where (in games) is located Koga's gym. This suggest his gym might be located closely to ninja school from this episode.
• This episode marks the first (and so far, only) time Brock is shown capturing a Pokémon through the standard method by battling it first (Onix was Brock's starter Pokémon, the circumstances of Geodude's capture has yet to be shown, Zubat was caught off-screen, Vulpix was given to him, Pineco was caught in a Fast Ball while running away, Lotad, Mudkip and Croagunk all chose to go with him and Happiny hatched from an egg).

Errors

• When Bonsly escapes from the Poké Ball, it emerges as red energy rather than the usual white.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Un nouvel ami
  • The french title was previously used for EP078.
• German: Stolz und Tapferkeit
• Italian: La scuola per ninja
• Latin American Spanish: Salvado desde la cuna
• Iberian Spanish: El guardián del bosque
• Mandarin: 胡说盆栽和忍者学校

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