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(Japanese: ウソハチと忍者スクール!! Usohachi and the Ninja School!! is episode 156 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on December 15, 2005.

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Synopsis

The stars illuminate the sky as the startling cries of a Bonsly can be heard all around. Ash and gang are enjoying a relaxing picnic under the sun while May polishes her egg. With that original Ash fury overtaking the scene, he is ready to take on any adventure as Pikachu shows the same enthusiasm.

A practice battle between Pikachu and Donphan is about to begin, with Pikachu starting off with a electrifing Volt Tackle. The attack clashes with Donphan, but only after a few seconds of resistence the attack is broken and Pikachu is thrusted backwards. Donphan then starts into a Rollout attack hurtling towards Ash and Pikachu as they just manage to dodge the attack with Donphan colliding with a nearby rock structure and revealing a hidden boy and his Ninjask.

The usual introductions are given by everybody, with the boy explaining that he is from the Pokémon Ninja School. They are then lead through the nearby forest to the ninja school which is fluorishing with young students and exluberant Pokémon. The students try to explain to their teacher what they saw the night before involving the Bonsly. One of the boys looked out a window the night before, noticing fast movements through the forest and just seconds later hearing the screams and cries of Bonsly. Interrupting their conversation, Brock jumps towards the instructor, with clasping arms to meet just only a few seconds later, a substitution of herself with a log with similar clothing. She then reveals herself in a nearby treetop with all the students being amazed with her actions.

Nearby, Team Rocket is spying on the Ninja School with Jessie suggesting they become students of the school and become ninjas to ultimately capture Pikachu. Meanwhile, Ash and gang are in a training exercise involving underwater submersion while breathing through a bamboo stick. The underwater lesson then ends and transitions over to a stealth activity with each student trying to mask their position. Max secretely masks himself behind a tree as Satoshi and Pikachu attempt to hide underneath the ground but soon after reveal their location. The next lesson begins with the instructor's Kecleon which chamoflauges itself and dashes off into the underbrush with the students to attempt and try to find its location. Satoshi and the young boy begin down a trail as he spots the Kecleon. His Ninjask then begins a whirlwind which sends a burst of sand towards the forest and temporarily reveals the Kecleon. He then jumps towards it but comes to meet the ground. Satoshi then tries his chance at it directing Pikachu to launch a thunderbolt attack towards the general direction but the attack comes to miss as the Kecleon snatches Ash's hat and begins up a nearby tree.

Ash and Pikachu dash for the stolen hat but come only to make direct contact with the tree. Another student of the school notices movement nearby and moves to reveal the Bonsly. The Bonsly then begins crying uncontrollabely as Brock begins to calm it down. Ash goes to look up its data in his Pokédex. The three students that noticed the Bonsly the night before rush towards Brock and start arguing which begins Bonsly to start crying again. Brock then grabs a berry off a nearby tree and attempts to feed it to Bonsly but it only knocks the berry from out his hand. Brock then attempts to feed Bonsly with a bottle as it then begins devouring the food.

Bonsly finishes the food and then starts to cry again. A metallic projectile hurtles towards the ground and makes contact to reveal a single solatary rose. Team Rocket's voice can then be heard from the background setting the usual Rocket theme. Team Rocket is dressed in ninja attire and mysterious masks. Ash quickly sees through their disguises to reveal them as Team Rocket. With a quick phrase, Meowth then controls the new mecha which then shoots a sticky fluid from its arms as the mecha begins to hoist the Pokémon into the air and disperse into the air. The teacher then calls upon her Shiftry as it dashs towards the sky and collides with the mecha sending it hurtling towards the ground at great speed. With great speed and haste, Ash, Brock, and May then call upon Combusken, Grovyle, and Marshtomp. Grovyle dashs towards Team Rocket and cuts the restraints releasing the captured Pokémon. Shiftry then clashes with the ground which sends a tremor throughout the ground and towards Team Rocket. Combusken then launches a ferocious flamethrower towards Team Rocket which leaves them charred. It's now Marshtomp's turn which sends a Hydro Pump towards Team Rocket and releases them from their position in the treetops. Seviper is then released from its pokeball as it masks the area with a thick smokescreen.

Jessie then dashs through the air and comes down with her net. After the smoke and dust clears, the teacher goes to reveal that Jessie has only captured a substitution. With a new strange technique, Jessie then begins to run around uncontrollabely creating many clones of herself. The instructor laughs at Jessie's effort as she directs Shiftry with a simple phrase. Shiftry then starts off with a Double Team and then creates a Whirlwind effect rotating Team Rocket at a high speed. Ariados then entagles Team Rocket with its sticky web as a gigantic ball of web is formed with Team Rocket captured inside. As everyone moves into the attack stance, Team Rocket roll off into the distance and off a nearby cliff.

Brock begins to show is affection of love for the instructor again as Bonsly then jumps and knocks Brock backwards. Brock then goes to battle for and attempt to capture the wild Bonsly. Bonsly begins to cry once again distracting Brock and Forretress, as Bonsly begins on the attack colliding with Forretress and knocking him backwards temporarily. Forretress then begins with its Rapid Spin attack colliding with Bonsly and knocking it temporairly unconscious. Forretress then uses its Spike attack and launches a barrage of tiny spikes around Bonsly. Brock goes to throw a pokeball towards Bonsly as the ball begins to rumble, Bonsly explodes from the pokeball and back towards the ground. Bonsly begins to fall backwards and makes contact with one of the nearby spikes which sends it flying upwards as Brock then attempts to capture Bonsly once more. As the Poké Ball rumbles, everyone waits with anticipation with the capture of Bonsly. The ball finally finishes its struggle with Bonsly as that natorious capture sound is heard throughout the air.

Bonsly begins to cry more and more as Brock tries to feed it. With Brocks newly obtained Bonsly, the sun sets as our heroes march off into the distance. (Written by: bgtfamily)

Major events

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Ichiko (Seiyū: 松本さち Sachi Matsumoto)
• Koroku (Seiyū: 高城元気 Motoki Takagi)
• Male student (Seiyū: 佐藤智恵 Chie Satō)
• Male student (Seiyū: 小西克幸 Katsuyuki Konishi)
• Female student (Seiyū: 半場友恵 Tomoe Hanba*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bonsly (Brock's, debut)
• Shiftry (Seiyū: 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka*)
• Kecleon (Seiyū: 西村ちなみ Chinami Nishimura*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Trivia

• The ninja outfits worn by the characters at the ninja school are similar to those worn by Koga and Aya in EP032.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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