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'''Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!''' (Japanese: '''森の王者!モジャンボ!!''' ''King of the Forest! {{tt|Mojumbo|Tangrowth}}!!'') is the 134th episode of the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, and the 600th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It aired in Japan on July 2, 2009 and in the United States on December 5, 2009.
'''Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!''' (Japanese: '''森の王者!モジャンボ!!''' ''King of the Forest! {{tt|Mojumbo|Tangrowth}}!!'') is the 134th episode of the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, and the 600th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on July 2, 2009 and in the United States on December 5, 2009.
 
{{spoilers}}
{{spoilers}}
==Synopsis==
{{incomplete synopsis}}
{{an|Dawn}} decides to start training {{TP|Dawn|Mamoswine}} for the [[Lilypad Town]] {{pkmn|Contest}}. The Twin Tusk Pokémon uses {{m|Ice Shard}}, and, having never competed before, ends up hurting itself, with {{AP|Pikachu}} and {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} laughing. Feeling humiliated, Mamoswine runs off into a nearby forest forcing Dawn to follow. There, Dawn and Mamoswine meet the ruler of the forest; a wild {{p|Tangrowth}} that begins using {{m|Absorb}} on Mamoswine and other wild Pokémon to steal their energy.  However, Tangrowth mysteriously leaves behind a berry to heal the Pokémon it just attacked. {{Ash}} and {{an|Brock}} catch up to Dawn and Mamoswine eventually, after dealing with [[Verona]], a Forest Ranger who says there is a wild Pokémon in the forest (Tangrowth) that steals other Pokémon's energy. Once inside, Tangrowth meets with Ash and Brock and uses Absorb on [[Ash's Grotle]]. Once night falls, Dawn finds herself lost in the forest, when she meets other wild {{type2|Grass}} Pokémon, a {{p|Bellsprout}}, a {{p|Cherrim}}, a {{p|Seedot}} and a {{p|Shroomish}}. Tangrowth appears too, and Mamoswine, still angered from Tangrowth's attacks, wants to battle it.


Ash, Brock, and Verona show up, and Verona sees that the tree they are standing behind was split in half, probably due to a recent thunderstorm, meaning that the tree got struck by lightning. Ash realizes that if the tree goes, then the rest of the forest goes too. So, all the Pokémon use {{m|Growth}} on the tree, but realize that there isn't enough energy in them. And then, [[Team Rocket]] shows up to attempt to capture all the wild Pokémon. [[James]] claims that it is three times as absorbent as their normal machines. Mamoswine tries using {{m|Take Down}} on it twice, but it doesn't work. James then claims that it is ten times harder to wreck than the normal machines. Mamoswine is then revealed that it is able to use {{m|Hidden Power}}. Mamoswine uses it, easily defeating Team Rocket. So in the morning, Tangrowth is found using Absorb on Grotle. Grotle uses {{m|Synthesis}}, but Brock points out that Grotle can only use Synthesis so many times. So, Mamoswine willingly lets Tangrowth use Absorb on it. Tangrowth leaves behind a [[Sitrus Berry]] and signals that it has enough energy to try to use Growth again. So, once again, all the Pokémon use Growth on the tree, and it is restored back to its original form. Tangrowth thanks Mamoswine, who now has his full confidence back!
==Blurb==
<!--http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-episodes/12_29-promoting-healthy-tangrowth/-->
<i>The Lilypad Contest is coming up, and Dawn wants Mamoswine to learn some Contest moves. But Mamoswine doesn’t appreciate Piplup and Pikachu laughing as it tries to get things right! With its feelings hurt, Mamoswine charges off into the forest. Dawn follows it, and the two of them are gone for the longest time. Ash and Brock are about to look for their missing friends when they’re stopped by Verona, a forest ranger who forbids people from bringing Pokémon into the area.
 
Out in the forest, Dawn discovers the reason for Verona’s rule: a Tangrowth swings in and uses Absorb on Mamoswine, then leaves a Sitrus Berry as its calling card before escaping. This Tangrowth drains the energy of any Pokémon that enters the forest—the bigger the Pokémon, the better, but it’s just as happy to drain Meowth and Ash’s Grotle too!
 
Once Mamoswine sees Tangrowth again, it tries to pick a fight, but Tangrowth doesn’t want to battle. It’s not until Verona arrives with Ash and Brock that everyone realizes what’s happening: Tangrowth wants to save a dying tree that’s a key part of the forest. Tangrowth absorbs Pokémon energy and leaves berries to help them recover, then uses Growth to heal the tree. Unfortunately, the tree is still dying!
 
Team Rocket shows up to vacuum up Tangrowth and the other wild Pokémon, but Dawn and Mamoswine take out Team Rocket with Mamoswine’s new Hidden Power move. Once Team Rocket is gone, our heroes’ Pokémon offer to help Tangrowth and Verona identifies the spot where all the tree’s nutrients are stored. By using Growth on that spot, the tree is saved—and now Mamoswine has a great new move to use in the Contest!</i>
 
==Plot==
{{an|Dawn}} decides to start training {{TP|Dawn|Mamoswine}} for the [[Lilypad Town]] {{pkmn|Contest}}. She sends it out but it becomes uninterested and charges into a nearby tree. Then {{an|Brock}} suggests Dawn to demonstrate Mamoswine how a Contest move is made. She orders {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} to use {{m|BubbleBeam}} which captivates Mamoswine's attention. Then Dawn suggests Mamoswine to try a move.
 
The Twin Tusk Pokémon uses {{m|Ice Shard}} towards the sky and shatters it with its tusks impressing everyone. Dawn then tells Mamoswine to spin and shatter the Ice Shard with its tusks. Having never done this before, Mamoswine ends up with the Ice Shard on its head, with {{AP|Pikachu}} and Piplup laughing. Feeling humiliated, Mamoswine runs off into a nearby forest, forcing Dawn to follow. {{Ash}} scolds Pikachu and Piplup and the scene turns to Dawn looking for Mamoswine in the forest.
 
There, Dawn finds Mamoswine which spots something deep in the forest and keeps staring continuously there. The scene turns to Ash who prepares to go in search of them but is stopped by a girl. Brock immediately falls in love with her but Croagunk {{m|Poison Jab}}s him. She then introduces herself as [[Verona]], a local Forest Ranger who interdicts anyone to enter the forest with a Pokémon.
 
The scene reverts to Dawn and Mamoswine as the sound approaches. Then they encounter a wild {{p|Tangrowth}} that begins attacking them. The two then get into a fight. Finally Tangrowth uses {{m|Absorb}} on it and drains all of its power then leaves. After its departure, Dawn notices it dropped a {{b|Sitrus}} Berry which Mamoswine eats, thus regaining its power.
 
The scene turns to Ash and Brock who had just found out about the same Tangrowth which drains the Pokémon's power. The scene turns back to Dawn and Mamoswine which keeps sniffing Tangrowth's tracks. Dawn becomes angry and leaves it alone, but quickly runs to it after she notices Mamoswine departing. The scene turns to {{TRT}} complaining about being tired and hungry. Next an {{p|Onix}} comes out of the ground and proceeds to attack them when Tangrowth absorbs its powers too. Then as it leaves, {{MTR}} notices it left behind another Sitrus Berry. After he picks it up, Tangrowth hears him and absorbs his powers too making Meowth crumble to the ground dropping the Berry in Onix's mouth which instantly heals.
 
After finally leaving, Tangrowth leaves an {{b|Oran}} Berry for Meowth on the ground. After eating it, he instantly regains his vitality. Next, they decide to capture the Tangrowth while Meowth starts to [[boss fantasy|fantasize]] again.
 
The scene turns to Dawn searching for Mamoswine again. Instead, she encounters an {{p|Ursaring}} which attacks her with {{m|Hyper Beam}}. Thankfully, Mamoswine shows up knocking Ursaring with {{m|Take Down}}. Then it continues its search for the Tangrowth along with Dawn. The scene once again changes to Ash, Brock and Veronica who are in search of Dawn and Mamoswine. Thinking it might help them, he sends out {{AP|Grotle}} which is instantly attacked by Tangrowth, but manages to dodge the hit.
 
Ash orders Grotle to use {{m|Razor Leaf}} but Tangrowth evades the attack jumping from branch to branch. Grotle uses {{m|Energy Ball}} this time, but Tangrowth dodges the attack and absorbs its vitality. Then it flees the scene again, leaving a Sitrus Berry behind. Instead of eating the Berry, Grotle uses {{m|Synthesis}} to heal itself. Then it picks up Tangrowth's trail and the group decides to follow.
 
Once night falls, Dawn finds herself lost in the forest along with Mamoswine. It sniffs Tangrowth's trail again and picks Dawn on its back then rapidly heading on Tangrowth's trail, where they meet other wild {{type|Grass}} Pokémon, a {{p|Bellsprout}}, a {{p|Cherrim}}, a {{p|Seedot}} and a {{p|Shroomish}} which all proceed to stop them in their tracks. Cherrim hits them with Razor Leaf, Seedot with {{m|Bullet Seed}} and Bellsprout along with Shroomish both absorb Mamoswine's power. Then Bellsprout wants to offer it a Berry but Mamoswine quickly recovers and pursues them.
 
Then they arrive at a gigantic tree where Tangrowth appears, and Mamoswine upon seeing it, still angered from Tangrowth's attacks, wants to battle it. After a short dialogue between it and Tangrowth, Mamoswine calms and Ash, Brock, and Verona show up. Verona sees that the tree they are standing behind is the over 1000-year old tree which watches over the forest and was split in half, probably due to a recent thunderstorm, meaning that the tree got struck by lightning. Ash realizes that if the tree goes, then the rest of the forest goes too.  
 
Next, Tangrowth uses {{m|Growth}} on the tree, making the group realize its intentions all along. Then the other Pokémon follow it with the same move but realize that there isn't enough energy in them. And then, Team Rocket shows up with another [[Team Rocket's mechas|machine]] attempting to capture all the wild Pokémon. [[James]] claims that it is three times as absorbent as their normal machines.  
 
Mamoswine tries using Take Down on it twice, but it doesn't work. James then claims that it is ten times harder to wreck than the normal machines. Mamoswine is then revealed that it is able to use {{m|Hidden Power}}. Mamoswine uses it, easily defeating Team Rocket. So in the morning, Tangrowth is found using {{m|Absorb}} on Grotle. Grotle uses {{m|Synthesis}}, but Brock points out that Grotle can only use Synthesis so many times. So, Mamoswine willingly lets Tangrowth use Absorb on it.  
 
Tangrowth leaves behind a [[Sitrus Berry]] and signals that it has enough energy to try to use Growth again. So, once again, all the Pokémon use Growth on the tree, and it is restored back to its original form. Tangrowth thanks Mamoswine, who now has his full confidence back!


==Major events==
==Major events==
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<!-- This is not for summarizing everything that happens in this episode. Only events pertaining to the series as a whole, such as captures and releases, go here. -->
* [[Dawn's Mamoswine]] learns {{m|Hidden Power}}.
* [[Dawn's Mamoswine]] learns {{m|Hidden Power}}.
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===Debuts===
===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
====Pokémon debuts====
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* [[James]]
* [[James]]
* [[Verona]]
* [[Verona]]
* {{an|Giovanni}} ([[Boss fantasy|fantasy]])


===Pokémon===
===Pokémon===
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* This is the 600th episode of the entire {{pkmn|anime}} if ''[[Holiday Hi-Jynx]]'' and ''[[Snow Way Out!]]'' are not counted.
* ''[[High Touch!|High Touch! 2009]]'' replaced ''High Touch!'' as the [[List of Japanese opening themes|Japanese opening theme]]. As with ''[[Together|Together2008]]'', the animation footage is completely unchanged from the previous opening.  
* The opening theme changes to a remix, ''[[High Touch!|High Touch! 2009]]''. As with ''[[Together|Together2008]]'', the animation footage is completely unchanged from the previous opening.
* {{p|Darkrai}} and {{p|Giratina}} are replaced by {{p|Palkia}} and {{p|Dialga}}, respectively, in the start and end of the Japanese preview clip for the next episode.
* {{p|Darkrai}} and {{p|Giratina}} are replaced by {{p|Palkia}} and {{p|Dialga}}, respectively, in the start and end of the Japanese preview clip for the next episode.
* The dub's title is based on the phrase, "Promoting healthy growth".
* The dub's title is based on the phrase, "Promoting healthy growth".
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===Errors===
===Errors===
[[File:DP134error.png|thumb|right|The coloring error]]
[[File:DP134 error.png|thumb|200px|The coloring error]]
*In one scene, Piplup's crown is the same color as its forehead.
*In one scene, Piplup's crown is the same color as its forehead.
*One of the Pokémon seen using {{m|Absorb}} is a wild {{p|Bellsprout}}. However, Bellsprout [[Anime move errors|cannot learn]] Absorb in the games by any means.
*Two of the Pokémon seen using {{m|Absorb}} are a wild {{p|Bellsprout}} and a wild {{p|Seedot}}. However, Bellsprout and Seedot [[Anime move errors|cannot learn]] Absorb in the games by any means.
*Near the beginning of the episode, there is a scene showing {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} on {{an|Dawn}}'s head. However, it was not there before or after this scene.
*Near the beginning of the episode, there is a scene showing {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} on {{an|Dawn}}'s head. However, it was not there before or after this scene.
*When {{Ash}} and {{an|Brock}} are speaking to [[Verona]], the orange part of Brock's jacket is colored the same color as his shirt.
*When {{Ash}} and {{an|Brock}} are speaking to [[Verona]], the orange part of Brock's jacket is colored the same color as his shirt.
*When Team Rocket are blasting off Meowth's left foot has the right colors but not in the right places.


===Dub edits===  
===Dub edits===


== In other languages ==
==In other languages==
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DP133 : Uncrushing Defeat!
Diamond & Pearl series
DP135 : Beating the Bustle and Hustle!
Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!
DP134.png
DP134   EP600
森の王者!モジャンボ!!
King of the Forest! Mojumbo!!
First broadcast
Japan July 2, 2009
United States December 5, 2009
English themes
Opening Battle Cry - (Stand Up!)
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening ハイタッチ!2009
Ending もえよ ギザみみピチュー!
Credits
Animation Team Iguchi
Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura
Storyboard 大庭秀昭 Hideaki Ōba
Assistant director 近橋伸隆 Nobutaka Chikahashi
Animation director 木下和栄 Kazue Kinoshita
Additional credits

Promoting Healthy Tangrowth! (Japanese: 森の王者!モジャンボ!! King of the Forest! Mojumbo!!) is the 134th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 600th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 2, 2009 and in the United States on December 5, 2009.

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Blurb

The Lilypad Contest is coming up, and Dawn wants Mamoswine to learn some Contest moves. But Mamoswine doesn’t appreciate Piplup and Pikachu laughing as it tries to get things right! With its feelings hurt, Mamoswine charges off into the forest. Dawn follows it, and the two of them are gone for the longest time. Ash and Brock are about to look for their missing friends when they’re stopped by Verona, a forest ranger who forbids people from bringing Pokémon into the area.

Out in the forest, Dawn discovers the reason for Verona’s rule: a Tangrowth swings in and uses Absorb on Mamoswine, then leaves a Sitrus Berry as its calling card before escaping. This Tangrowth drains the energy of any Pokémon that enters the forest—the bigger the Pokémon, the better, but it’s just as happy to drain Meowth and Ash’s Grotle too!

Once Mamoswine sees Tangrowth again, it tries to pick a fight, but Tangrowth doesn’t want to battle. It’s not until Verona arrives with Ash and Brock that everyone realizes what’s happening: Tangrowth wants to save a dying tree that’s a key part of the forest. Tangrowth absorbs Pokémon energy and leaves berries to help them recover, then uses Growth to heal the tree. Unfortunately, the tree is still dying!

Team Rocket shows up to vacuum up Tangrowth and the other wild Pokémon, but Dawn and Mamoswine take out Team Rocket with Mamoswine’s new Hidden Power move. Once Team Rocket is gone, our heroes’ Pokémon offer to help Tangrowth and Verona identifies the spot where all the tree’s nutrients are stored. By using Growth on that spot, the tree is saved—and now Mamoswine has a great new move to use in the Contest!

Plot

Dawn decides to start training Mamoswine for the Lilypad Town Contest. She sends it out but it becomes uninterested and charges into a nearby tree. Then Brock suggests Dawn to demonstrate Mamoswine how a Contest move is made. She orders Piplup to use BubbleBeam which captivates Mamoswine's attention. Then Dawn suggests Mamoswine to try a move.

The Twin Tusk Pokémon uses Ice Shard towards the sky and shatters it with its tusks impressing everyone. Dawn then tells Mamoswine to spin and shatter the Ice Shard with its tusks. Having never done this before, Mamoswine ends up with the Ice Shard on its head, with Pikachu and Piplup laughing. Feeling humiliated, Mamoswine runs off into a nearby forest, forcing Dawn to follow. Ash scolds Pikachu and Piplup and the scene turns to Dawn looking for Mamoswine in the forest.

There, Dawn finds Mamoswine which spots something deep in the forest and keeps staring continuously there. The scene turns to Ash who prepares to go in search of them but is stopped by a girl. Brock immediately falls in love with her but Croagunk Poison Jabs him. She then introduces herself as Verona, a local Forest Ranger who interdicts anyone to enter the forest with a Pokémon.

The scene reverts to Dawn and Mamoswine as the sound approaches. Then they encounter a wild Tangrowth that begins attacking them. The two then get into a fight. Finally Tangrowth uses Absorb on it and drains all of its power then leaves. After its departure, Dawn notices it dropped a Sitrus Berry which Mamoswine eats, thus regaining its power.

The scene turns to Ash and Brock who had just found out about the same Tangrowth which drains the Pokémon's power. The scene turns back to Dawn and Mamoswine which keeps sniffing Tangrowth's tracks. Dawn becomes angry and leaves it alone, but quickly runs to it after she notices Mamoswine departing. The scene turns to Team Rocket complaining about being tired and hungry. Next an Onix comes out of the ground and proceeds to attack them when Tangrowth absorbs its powers too. Then as it leaves, Meowth notices it left behind another Sitrus Berry. After he picks it up, Tangrowth hears him and absorbs his powers too making Meowth crumble to the ground dropping the Berry in Onix's mouth which instantly heals.

After finally leaving, Tangrowth leaves an Oran Berry for Meowth on the ground. After eating it, he instantly regains his vitality. Next, they decide to capture the Tangrowth while Meowth starts to fantasize again.

The scene turns to Dawn searching for Mamoswine again. Instead, she encounters an Ursaring which attacks her with Hyper Beam. Thankfully, Mamoswine shows up knocking Ursaring with Take Down. Then it continues its search for the Tangrowth along with Dawn. The scene once again changes to Ash, Brock and Veronica who are in search of Dawn and Mamoswine. Thinking it might help them, he sends out Grotle which is instantly attacked by Tangrowth, but manages to dodge the hit.

Ash orders Grotle to use Razor Leaf but Tangrowth evades the attack jumping from branch to branch. Grotle uses Energy Ball this time, but Tangrowth dodges the attack and absorbs its vitality. Then it flees the scene again, leaving a Sitrus Berry behind. Instead of eating the Berry, Grotle uses Synthesis to heal itself. Then it picks up Tangrowth's trail and the group decides to follow.

Once night falls, Dawn finds herself lost in the forest along with Mamoswine. It sniffs Tangrowth's trail again and picks Dawn on its back then rapidly heading on Tangrowth's trail, where they meet other wild Grass-type Pokémon, a Bellsprout, a Cherrim, a Seedot and a Shroomish which all proceed to stop them in their tracks. Cherrim hits them with Razor Leaf, Seedot with Bullet Seed and Bellsprout along with Shroomish both absorb Mamoswine's power. Then Bellsprout wants to offer it a Berry but Mamoswine quickly recovers and pursues them.

Then they arrive at a gigantic tree where Tangrowth appears, and Mamoswine upon seeing it, still angered from Tangrowth's attacks, wants to battle it. After a short dialogue between it and Tangrowth, Mamoswine calms and Ash, Brock, and Verona show up. Verona sees that the tree they are standing behind is the over 1000-year old tree which watches over the forest and was split in half, probably due to a recent thunderstorm, meaning that the tree got struck by lightning. Ash realizes that if the tree goes, then the rest of the forest goes too.

Next, Tangrowth uses Growth on the tree, making the group realize its intentions all along. Then the other Pokémon follow it with the same move but realize that there isn't enough energy in them. And then, Team Rocket shows up with another machine attempting to capture all the wild Pokémon. James claims that it is three times as absorbent as their normal machines.

Mamoswine tries using Take Down on it twice, but it doesn't work. James then claims that it is ten times harder to wreck than the normal machines. Mamoswine is then revealed that it is able to use Hidden Power. Mamoswine uses it, easily defeating Team Rocket. So in the morning, Tangrowth is found using Absorb on Grotle. Grotle uses Synthesis, but Brock points out that Grotle can only use Synthesis so many times. So, Mamoswine willingly lets Tangrowth use Absorb on it.

Tangrowth leaves behind a Sitrus Berry and signals that it has enough energy to try to use Growth again. So, once again, all the Pokémon use Growth on the tree, and it is restored back to its original form. Tangrowth thanks Mamoswine, who now has his full confidence back!

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Trivia

Errors

The coloring error
  • In one scene, Piplup's crown is the same color as its forehead.
  • Two of the Pokémon seen using Absorb are a wild Bellsprout and a wild Seedot. However, Bellsprout and Seedot cannot learn Absorb in the games by any means.
  • Near the beginning of the episode, there is a scene showing Piplup on Dawn's head. However, it was not there before or after this scene.
  • When Ash and Brock are speaking to Verona, the orange part of Brock's jacket is colored the same color as his shirt.
  • When Team Rocket are blasting off Meowth's left foot has the right colors but not in the right places.

Dub edits

In other languages



DP133 : Uncrushing Defeat!
Diamond & Pearl series
DP135 : Beating the Bustle and Hustle!
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