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A Grass Menagerie! (Japanese: ハクタイジム！VSナタネ！！ Hakutai Gym! VS Natane!!) is the 37th episode of Diamond & Pearl. It first aired in Japan on June 7, 2007.

Ash Ketchum formally challenges Gardenia, the leader of the Eterna City Gym.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

Major events

• Ash obtains the Forest Badge.
  • Ash's Staravia defeats Gardenia's Cherubi.
  • Ash's Staravia is defeated by Gardenia's Turtwig.
  • Ash's Turtwig defeats Gardenia's Turtwig.
  • Ash's Turtwig is defeated by Gardenia's Roserade.
  • Ash's Aipom defeats Gardenia's Roserade.

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash Ketchum
• Brock
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Gardenia
• Yōko (Seiyū: 早水リサ Risa Hayamizu)
• The Underground Man (Seiyū: 石塚運升 Unshō Ishizuka*)

* No official credit was given for this character.

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Mime Jr. (James's)
• Aipom (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's)
• Staravia (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Gardenia's)
• Cherubi (Gardenia's)
• Roserade (Gardenia's)
• Nuzleaf (Yōko's)

Trivia

• This episode introduces The Underground of Sinnoh.
• Yōko strongly resembles Kumiko Yamaguchi from Gokusen, who is also voiced by 早水リサ Risa Hayamizu.
• Music from Jirachi: Wish Maker is used as background music.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Drapion
  • Pokémon senryū: ドラピオン　バトルでめざせ　チャンピオン Drapion, So aim in battles, Becomes champion
• Brock narrates the next episode preview.
• Assistant executive animation director Yamashita Megumi is dropped from the ending credits.

Errors

Dub edits

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