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DP167 : Teaching the Student Teacher!
Diamond & Pearl series
DP169
Keeping In Top Forme!
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DP168   EP634
飛べシェイミ!空の彼方へ!!
Fly, Shaymin! Far into the Sky!!
First broadcast
Japan March 18, 2010
United States August 14, 2010
English themes
Opening We Will Carry On!
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening サイコー・エブリディ!
Ending ドッチ~ニョ?
Credits
Animation Team Kato
Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura
Storyboard うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda
Assistant director うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda
Animation director 緒方厚 Atsushi Ogata
No additional credits are available at this time.

Keeping In Top Forme! (Japanese: 飛べシェイミ!空の彼方へ!! Fly, Shaymin! Far into the Sky!!) is the 168th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 634th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan as a one-hour special on March 18, 2010, along with DP169 and aired in the United States on August 14, 2010.

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Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis On their way to Grand Festival, Ash and Dawn are practicing for their upcoming battles and contest while Brock is preparing a meal. Dawn starts off with having Piplup use Whirlpool. She then praises Piplup for its "greater than great" Whirlpool. Brock is kneeling by a river getting ready to clean a net full of berries when he sees a mysterious boat floating down the river. He then notices that a girl (Marley) is fast asleep in the boat. He attempts to wake her while walking with the boat. That's when he realizes that it is headed straight for a huge waterfall. He starts yelling at her to try and wake her, but to no avail. He then wades into the water and heroically grabs the boat and blocks it from falling. After the opening theme the scence shows Brock a couple of feet before the waterfall when he notices that there is a rope int he boat. He calls out Happiny, who proceeds to toss the entire boat and Brock onto the shore. Ash and Dawn come running up asking if he's ok. He says that he's ok and directs their attention to Marley. As the camera scrolls up her motionless body, Dawn asks if she is real or not. Suddenly Marley opens her eyes and gets up. The first thing she asked are the whereabouts of her basket which is still in the boat with her. She thanks goodness that the basket is unharmed and asks Brock why he's all wet. Brock seems confused by this question when Ash pipes in and semi-sarcastically says that she was about to go over a waterfall. Dawn then tells her that's why he is wet. Marley responds by verbally assuming that Brock's name is Brock. Dawn agitatedly responds that she should at least thank Brock for saving her, but Brock shrugs it off. Marley exits the boat and asks who Dawn and Ash are. Ash and Dawn are taken aback by her complacent attitude and quickly introduce themselves and Pokémon. Brock asks Marley why she was sleeping in the boat, she tells them that she was hiding and had accidentally fallen asleep. She also explains that there was a group of "very bad people" (A.K.A Team Rocket) after her. She then turns to Brock and asks him to protect her. She explains that she has to go to the other side of what seems to be Mt. Coronet. Ash and Dawn interject by saying that she can't just expect them to just say yes and bring her over the mountain, she tells them off by saying that she wasn't asking them which angers Ash. While Brock is thinking Dawn tells him that Marley will be fine by herself. Brock tells Dawn that if Marley is being chased and that the group is going that way anyway, that they can go together, an idea which Ash and Dawn seem almost sickened by. The scene switches to the four walking along a trail. Brock asks Marley where she will be heading after crossing over the Mountain. She says that she is headed to a very secret garden. Ash tries to get more information but Marley won't tell any more. Dawn asks Marley why all the bad people are after her and Marley sarcastically responds "It's because i'm an alien". Ash and Dawn are suprised by this and excitedly ask if she is kidding. She very calmly says "I'm kidding". Piplup's stomach starts to growl so Brock starts getting out Pokémon food. Marley stresses how she's in a hurry and is reassured by Brock that it won't take long. Marley is staring at Piplup and Pikachu happily eating when she suddenly announces that she is going for a walk. The three remaining are very surprised by Marley's strange behavior. The scene then switches to Marley opening her picnic basket and letting out an injured Shaymin. The Shaymin is dirty and doesn't eat Pokémon food when Marley tries to feed it. She insists on it eating but it just won’t. The scene switches back to Ash commenting on how long Marley has been gone for, the group decide to find her. When they do they see her with the Shaymin. Ash instantly recognizes it but Dawn has to pull out the Pokédex to check it. Brock comments on how weak Shaymin looks and Marley says that it has been that way since the morning. Brock examines it and Shaymin coughs up gas. Brock informs Marley that Shaymin has been exposed to a poison of some kind. Brock then explains how Shaymin can use a move called Seed Flare Marley then recalls Shaymin inhaling a Seviper's haze earlier that morning. Brock feeds Shaymin a Pecha berry to rid it of the poison. Shaymin coughs smoke and then explodes in a huge plume of black smoke. When the smoke clears Shaymin looks 100% better. He then feeds it a Sitrus Berry to help regain strength. After eating, it jumps up and utters a cry of happiness. Marley comments on how Brock is almost like Nurse Joy. Ash tells Marley that Brock wants to be the worlds best Pokémon breeder. Dawn asks Marley why she keeps Shaymin in a picnic basket and Marley says it's because the bad people are after Shaymin. The camera then pans to Team Rocket hiding behind a tree. Jessie is annoyed the Marley had to get "tangled up with the twerps". Jessie makes a comment about the all-nighter that they had pulled and how they deserve to steal Shaymin. The scene melts into a flashback. Team Rocket are walking along the path when Meowth spots Shaymin waddling down the path. He exclaims about how rare it is and frightens it into running away.

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DP167 : Teaching the Student Teacher!
Diamond & Pearl series
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