EP056
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| The Ultimate Test | |
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| ポケモンけんていしけん!? Pokémon Certification Test!? | |
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| Broadcast dates | |
| Japan | July 30, 1998 |
| USA | April 24, 1999 |
| Theme songs | |
| Opening | Pokémon Theme |
| Japanese theme songs | |
| Opening | めざせポケモンマスター |
| Ending | ポケモン音頭 |
| Credits | |
| Animation | Team Ota |
| Screenplay | 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Storyboard | 井上修 Osamu Inoue |
| Assistant director | 井上修 Osamu Inoue |
| Animation director | 平岡正幸 Masayuki Hiraoka |
The Ultimate Test (Japanese: ポケモンけんていしけん!? Pokémon Certification Test!?) is episode 56 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 30, 1998 and in the United States on April 24, 1999.
Spoiler warning: Major plot or ending details may follow.
Contents |
Synopsis
Major events
Debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Vulpix (US and international), Purin (Japan)
Pokémon seen at the exam:
- Ivysaur
- Charmander
- Charizard
- Squirtle
- Weedle
- Arbok
- Pikachu
- Oddish
- Meowth
- Graveler
- Weezing
- Vaporeon
- Jolteon
- Flareon
Trivia
- The Pokémon Ash uses in the exam are the same species as those that Team Rocket uses to battle him outside of it: Arbok, Weezing, and Meowth. James does almost the same, in reverse: he gets a Pikachu, Ivysaur, and Charizard to use.
- This is one episode where Charizard doesn't keep its Japanese voice and its voice is provided by Eric Stuart.
- According to the dub, Jessie is 17 years old. It is not known how accurate this is.
- James receives the a similar team to the one that Pokémon Trainer has in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, except with a Pikachu instead of a Squirtle.
Errors
- The instructor shows an image of a Poliwrath and Poliwag but calls them Poliwhirl and Poliwag.
- The instructor says Electric moves don't work on Rock Pokémon, in reference to Pikachu's Thunderbolt failing to affect his Graveler. In actuality, Electric moves don't work on Ground-types, which Graveler is also.
- In one scene where the gang talks to Nurse Joy and Todd takes pictures of Pokémon, there is a trainer with a green-colored Weedle. Actually, the green-colored Weedle could have meant to be a shiny one because in the Gold and Silver games shiny Weedle was green.
Dub edits
In other languages
- French: L'Ultime épreuve
- Italian: L'esame
- Latin American Spanish: ¡La prueba máxima!
- Spanish: El examen final
- Swedish: Pokémonprovet
| This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each episode of the Pokémon anime. |
