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The Grass-Type is Always Greener!
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First broadcast
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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The Grass-Type is Always Greener! (Japanese: ナエトル対ナエトル!スピード対決!! Naetle vs. Naetle! Speed Showdown!!) is the 31st episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 497th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 26, 2007 and in the United States on October 6, 2007.
The group becomes lost in Eterna Forest while searching for the "enchanted honey". They come across Gardenia, who asks for a two-on-two battle.
Synopsis
Major events
- Ash has an unofficial battle with Gardenia:
- Gardenia sends out her Cherubi to battle Ash's Turtwig.
- Gardenia recalls Cherubi and sends out her Turtwig.
- Gardenia's Turtwig defeats Ash's Turtwig.
- Gardenia's Turtwig defeats Ash's Staravia.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Turtwig (Ash's)
- Staravia (Ash's)
- Croagunk (Brock's)
- Seviper (Jessie's)
- Victreebel (James's) (flashback)
- Cacnea (James's)
- Carnivine (James's)
- Chansey (Cheryl's)
- Burmy (Cheryl's)
- Mothim (Cheryl's)
- Turtwig (Gardenia's)
- Nuzleaf (Gardenia's)
- Cherubi (Gardenia's)
- Caterpie
- Kakuna
- Beedrill
- Gloom
- Ledyba
- Combee
Trivia
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- This is the second episode of a three-episode arc.
- Music from Destiny Deoxys is used as background music.
- Aerial Ace cannot miss under normal conditions in the game.
- Meowth uses something that looks similar to a Nunchuk, an extension of the Wiimote, to control the blimp.
- Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Chimchar
- Pokémon senryū: さあバトル かえんぐるまで もえあがれ Saa batoru, Kaenguruma de, Moe agare "Come, a battle, with Flame Wheel, burst into flame."
- The next episode preview is narrated by Ash.
- The English dub title for this episode "The Grass-Type is Always Greener!" is a pun on the saying/cliché, "The grass is always greener on the other side", which can be abbreviated to, "the grass is always greener."
Errors
- Gardenia is animated with skin color underneath her mantle, making it seem as if she has no shirt on underneath.
Dub edits
In other languages
- Italian: ...La ricerca continua! & I fiori di Baccagrana
- Iberian Spanish ¡El del Tipo Planta Siempre es Más Verde!
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Los de tipo hierba siempre son más fuertes!
- Dutch: Opkomst van Gardenia, Turtwig vs Turtwig!
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