EP056

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The Ultimate Test (Japanese: ポケモンけんていしけん!? Pokémon Certification Test!?) is episode 56 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 30, 1998 and in the United States on April 24, 1999.

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

Synopsis

Major events

Debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Todd Snap
• Nurse Joy
• Exam Instructor
• Other Trainers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Vulpix (US and international), Template:P2 (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)

Pokémon seen at the exam:

• Ivysaur
• Charmander
• Charizard
• Squirtle
• Weedle
• Arbok
• Pikachu
• Oddish
• Meowth
• Graveler
• Weezing
• Vaporeon
• Jolteon
• Flareon

Trivia

• The Pokémon Ash uses in the exam are the same species as those that Team Rocket uses to battle him outside of it: Arbok, Weezing, and Meowth. James does almost the same, in reverse: he gets a Pikachu, Ivysaur, and Charizard to use.
• This is one episode where Charizard doesn't keep its Japanese voice and its voice is provided by Eric Stuart.
• According to the dub, Jessie is 17 years old. It is not known how accurate this is.
• James receives the a similar team to the one that Pokémon Trainer has in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, except with a Pikachu instead of a Squirtle.

Errors

• The instructor shows an image of a Poliwrath and Poliwag but calls them Poliwhirl and Poliwag.
• The instructor says Template:Type2 moves don't work on Rock Pokémon, in reference to Pikachu's Thunderbolt failing to affect his Graveler. In actuality, Electric moves don't work on Template:Type2s, which Graveler is also, but have normal effectiveness on Rock-types.
• In one scene where the gang talks to Nurse Joy and Todd takes pictures of Pokémon, there is a trainer with a green-colored Weedle. Though it may merely be a coloring error, Weedle is green when shiny in later generations.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: L'Ultime épreuve
• Italian: L'esame
• Latin American Spanish: ¡La prueba máxima!
• Spanish: El examen final
• Swedish: Pokémonprovet

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