Terastal Training

Liko, Roy, and Dot starting their Terastal Training

(Japanese: テラスタル研修 Terastal Training) is an animated series-exclusive special module taught at Naranja Academy for Trainers from all over the world who want to learn about the Terastal phenomenon. Liko, Roy, Dot, and Ann signed up for this course prior to HZ046 and concluded in HZ067.

Overview

Disciplines present in Terastal Training

Integration for new students

Geeta giving Liko, Roy, and Dot their respective Tera Orbs

As part of the introduction, Clavell and Geeta explain what the Terastal phenomenon and Naranja Academy are and how the training works using a video presentation. Geeta also reveals that only approved Trainers are permitted to use Terastallization and gives each beginning Trainer a Tera Orb.

After this introduction, the current Student Council President gives a tour of Naranja Academy to the new students.

Introductory class

As part of the first class, Dendra explains the remaining concepts of the Training process and a physical class that seeks to exercise Trainers and see if they are worthy of the Tera Orb they have received.

Jacq also participates in the class and gives an additional exercise to each student, which consists of making reports and taking photos of wild Pokémon that each student interacts with.

Gym Leader challenge

As part of the Training, each Trainer is assigned to battle a Paldea League Gym Leader who matches their own aptitude. The allocated Gym Leaders are shown in the app that is installed by Jacq on the Rotom Phone of each participating Trainer.

Each Training session with a Gym Leader can be on two difficulties; basics and implementation. After passing the challenge, the corresponding Gym Leader rewards them with a stamp on their Rotom Phone.

• Basic: In battles in this module, students and Gym Leaders can only use one Pokémon. It is not necessary for the challenger to win the battle to be approved.
• Implementation: In the next module of Terastal Training, students have 2-on-2 battles against their respective Gym Leaders. In Roy's rematch with Ryme, a special exception was made as the match was changed into a 1-on-1 confrontation.

Gym Leader	Challenger(s)	Difficulty	Result
Katy	Liko	Basic	Loss Approved
	"Sandwich"	Basic	No battle Disqualified
Brassius	Roy	Basic	Victory Approved
Iono	Dot	Basic	Loss Approved
Kofu	"Sandwich"	Basic	Unknown Approved
Tulip	"Onigiri"	Basic	Unknown Approved
Larry	Dot	Implementation	Loss Approved
Ryme	Roy	Implementation	Loss Failed
			Victory Approved (rematch)
Grusha	Liko	Implementation	Loss Failed
			Victory against Sidian Approved (reevaluation)
Unknown	Ann	Basic	Unknown Approved
		Implementation	Unknown
All unknown	Rai, Luka, and Bocco	Basic	All unknown All approved
		Implementation	All unknown Only Luka and Rai approved

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  Katy's Terastal Training Stamp

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  Brassius's Terastal Training Stamp

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  Larry's Terastal Training Stamp

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  Ryme's Terastal Training Stamp

Field research

Once students complete the Terastal Training basic module, they have the option of doing the research work. Which according to Clavell, is a "rewarding" task. This school assignment consists of analyzing the habitat and peculiarities of wild Pokémon and delivering a written report to Jacq.

Course Students Battle Tournament

Main article: Course Students Battle Tournament

After completing their Implementation tests, students are able to participate in the Course Students Battle Tournament, giving those who failed the opportunity to Terastallize for the last time.

Graduation ceremony

In HZ066, Clavell revealed that after the aforementioned tournament, all those who managed to complete Terastal Training are awarded the Tera Orb they used during the journey, and those who did not pass the Training eventually return the item back to Naranja Academy.

Extracurricular activities

As students at Terastal Training, training participants can participate in any events held by Naranja Academy. These are some that were shown during Pokémon Horizons: The Series:

Institution	Description	Episode(s)
Artazon Art Festival	The Artazon Art Festival is an annual event that takes place in Artazon and is done in collaboration with the town's residents, members of Naranja Academy, and guests passing through the town	HZ048
Elite Four Tag Battle	The Elite Four Tag Battle is an event that takes place at Naranja Academy. It is a friendly competition created by Clavell and arranged by Geeta to determine the skills of Trainers.	HZ055 HZ056

Known participants

Trainer	Basic	Field report	Implementation	Final assessment
Liko	✔	✔	✔	Graduated
Roy	✔	✔	✔	Graduated
Dot	✔	✔	✔	Graduated
Sandwich	✔	N/A	N/A	Not completed
Onigiri	✔	N/A	N/A	Not completed
Ann	✔	✔	✔	Graduated
Luka	✔	✔	✔	Graduated
Bocco	✔	✔	✘	Failed
Rai	✔	✔	✔	Graduated

Trivia

• As explained by Clavell and Dendra, Terastal Training has some socialization and discipline rules to be respected. Such as:
  • Students must not Terastal battle other students during the training.
  • Students must maintain good relationships with each other, otherwise they will be disqualified from the training.
• In HZ056, it was revealed that Penny is responsible for registering Terastal Training students.
• Unlike in a regular Gym battle in the animated series, in HZ059, it was revealed that a Gym Leader can recall their Pokémon during the battle. In addition, no referee is present during these battles.
• Roy was the only character shown during the Terastal Debut arc to defeat a Gym Leader in battle during his time in the Terastal Training.

Related articles

• Paldea League
• Naranja Academy

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