DP037

The Grass Menagerie!

DP037   EP503 ハクタイジム！VSナタネ！！ Hakutai Gym! VS Natane!!

First broadcast Japan June 7, 2007 United States November 17, 2007

English themes Opening Diamond and Pearl Ending

Japanese themes Opening Together Ending 君のそばで 〜ヒカリのテーマ〜 (PopUp.Version)

Credits Animation Team Iguchi Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 日高政光 Masamitsu Hidaka Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

Screenshots on Filb.de Early reports credited 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada as storyboarder and assistant director and 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane as animation director.

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.

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

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

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Gardenia
• Yōko
• The Underground Man

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Gardenia's)
• Cherubi (Gardenia's)
• Roserade (Gardenia's)
• Nuzleaf (Yōko's)

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 aired with the title "A Grass Menagerie!". This was fixed in later airings.

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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