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'''Classroom Training!''' (Japanese: '''トレーナーズスクールのスズナ先生！''' ''Miss {{tt|Suzuna|Candice}} of the Trainers' School!'') is the 126th episode of the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, and the 592nd episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on May 7, 2009 and in the United States on October 3, 2009.
'''Classroom Training!''' (Japanese: '''トレーナーズスクールのスズナ先生！''' ''Miss {{tt|Suzuna|Candice}} of the Trainers' School!'') is the 126th episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl]]'', and the 592nd episode of the [[Pokémon animated series]]. It first aired in Japan on May 7, 2009 and in the United States on October 3, 2009.
 
{{spoilers}}
{{spoilers}}
==Synopsis==
{{incomplete synopsis}}
Upon reaching [[Snowpoint City]], {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends}} are welcomed by the [[Gym Leader]] of the [[Snowpoint Gym]], [[Candice]]. The group accepts her offer to show them around the city; the first place they are lead to is a [[Snowpoint Trainers' School|Trainers' School]] where Candice works as a teacher. Ash is then asked about the secret of his success as a trainer. He answers with his usual motto 'The best defense is offense', but he faces a nasty surprise when he participates in a quiz. He doesn't even know the answer to the question about {{AP|Pikachu}} because he says a wrong answer before Candice had finished the question. However, there is a quite knowledgeable businessman named [[Jeremiah]] who can answer to all questions with amazing speed. After the test, he says that Ash is not clever enough, but {{an|Brock}} comforts him, saying that he is great at gym battles. Later, Ash meets [[Zoey]] and Candice at a little hut where the two girls used to play together. Zoey then reveals that she met her {{TP|Zoey|Glameow}} when she was too little to raise a [[Pokémon]]. However, she could keep Glameow and raised it together with Candice until Zoey turned ten.


Meanwhile, [[Team Rocket]] steals all the Pokémon stored at the school. When Jeremiah arrives to get back the [[Poké Ball]]s, [[James's Carnivine]] immobilizes his {{p|Skuntank}} with {{m|Vine Whip}}. At the moment [[Jessie's Seviper]] is about to attack, Pikachu comes to the rescue and knocks it out. After Team Rocket reveal themselves, Candice and Ash form a team to defeat them. With the help of the {{m|Blizzard}} attack of Candice's {{p|Abomasnow}} and {{AP|Buizel}}'s improved Ice Aqua Jet, Team Rocket blasts off again. However, the Poké Balls start to fall, but {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} collects them safely with {{m|Whirlpool}}. Seeing how Ash beat Team Rocket, Mr. Jeremiah apologizes for being rude. With all the Poké Balls safe and sound, Ash now concentrates on his upcoming gym battle against Candice.
==Blurb==
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<i>Zoey welcomes our heroes to her hometown, Snowpoint City, the site of Ash’s next Gym battle. The welcoming committee doubles when Candice joins the group—she’s Zoey’s friend and the Gym Leader that Ash hopes to battle! Candice also teaches at the Pokémon Trainer School where she and Zoey were once students; before she battles Ash, she wants to show him off to her special class for older Trainers. This special class includes Jeremiah, a Pokétch company employee who wants to travel with his Skuntank, and the members of Team Rocket in disguise.
 
Once Ash and Dawn are introduced, Candice starts the class with a quick-fire quiz challenge. Both Ash and James think they’ve got this in the bag, but Jeremiah beats them both! Ash may have the badges, but Jeremiah isn’t impressed by his quiz challenge performance. While Ash grumbles, Zoey tells Dawn all about how she met her Glameow on a cold night before she was old enough to be a Pokémon Trainer. Zoey insisted on raising Glameow no matter what, but the school’s principal, Mr. Honcho, insisted that Candice help her out. The two agreed to each focus on one area: Zoey concentrated on Contests, while Candice pursued Gym battles.
 
But all this time, Team Rocket has been focused on stealing the school’s stored Pokémon. They’ve overpowered Mr. Honcho, grabbed the school’s Poké Balls, and are about to make a clean getaway! Jeremiah and Skuntank try to stop them, but Team Rocket has Jeremiah’s Skuntank on the ropes. Candice and our heroes arrive in the nick of time; Ash and Buizel help rescue Skuntank, while Candice and her Abomasnow tackle Team Rocket. Our heroes foil Team Rocket once again, showing Jeremiah that Ash is a great Trainer after all and quiz results aren’t everything! Ash will take on Candice in a Gym challenge tomorrow—is he great enough to earn his next badge?</i>
 
==Plot==
Upon reaching [[Snowpoint City]], {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} meet up with [[Zoey]], who guides them through her [[hometown]]. Unexpectedly an {{p|Abomasnow}} ambushes them, though Zoey has {{TP|Zoey|Glameow}} combat it. {{an|Brock}} assumes it must be {{pkmn2|wild}}, though its Trainer, [[Gym Leader]] of the [[Snowpoint Gym]], [[Candice]] corrects them. She leaps from a tree and is fascinated by {{an|Dawn}}'s stylish scarf, before Zoey pulls her friend away. Candice formally introduces herself, to which Ash challenges her to a Gym battle. She is thrilled, admitting she doesn't usually get any challengers because of her Gym's isolated location.
 
The group accepts her offer to show them around the city; the first place they are lead to is a {{pkmn|academy|Trainers' School}} where Candice works as a teacher. Candice is thrilled to hear Ash already has six [[Badge]]s and asks him to talk to her students before their Gym match, which he agrees to. Candice takes them to her senior class, where adult Trainers already with a Pokémon can learn the basics. Among the students are {{TRT}} [[List of Team Rocket's disguises|in disguise]]. Candice welcomes Ash to the front to discuss the secret of his success as a Trainer. He answers that "The best defense is offense", but he is suddenly faced with a riddle-style quiz. He struggles while a knowledgeable businessman named [[Jeremiah]] answers all questions with amazing speed. After the test, he says that Ash is not clever enough, but {{an|Brock}} comforts him, saying that he is great at Gym battles.
 
Later, Ash and his friends meets Zoey and Candice at a small shed where the two girls used to play together. Zoey then reveals that she met her Glameow when she was too little to raise a Pokémon. After her parents refused to allow her to keep Glameow, Zoey attempted to raise it at school in secret. Head teacher, [[Mr. Honcho]], quickly found out, though Candice stepped in and agreed to help raise Glameow with Zoey until she was of age to train it. Candice then turns her attention to Dawn's [[Ribbon]]s. Dawn reveals she has four, and was close to getting her fifth [[DP123|recently]]. Candice erupts with anger when Dawn mentions that she was "relieved" to have lost, and Brock warns Ash that Candice looks to be an intense opponent.
 
Meanwhile, Team Rocket have Mr. Honcho take them on a guided tour of the school, and the trio's eyes light up when they enter the {{i|Poké Ball}} storage room. [[Jessie]] surprises Mr. Honcho with a {{m|Haze}} from her {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}}. Mr. Honcho manages to trigger the fire alarm, so Candice and the others rush over to check out the situation. Outside, Jeremiah attempts to catch up to the trio making off with all the Pokémon. He attempts to battle them using his {{p|Skuntank}}, though [[James's Carnivine]] immobilizes it with {{m|Vine Whip}}. At the moment Jessie's Seviper is about to attack, {{AP|Pikachu}} comes to the rescue and knocks it out. After Team Rocket reveal themselves, Candice and Ash team-up to defeat them. Team Rocket tries to escape with Haze, but Candice's Abomasnow easily removes the smoke with {{m|Blizzard}} and freezes Team Rocket in the process. With the help of [[Ash's Buizel]]'s improved Ice-Aqua Jet, and Zoey's Glameow's {{m|Shadow Claw}}, Team Rocket is sent blasting off again. Though afterward, the Poké Balls start to fall from Team Rocket, but {{TP|Dawn|Piplup}} collects them safely with {{m|Whirlpool}}. Seeing how Ash beat Team Rocket, Jeremiah apologizes for being rude earlier. With all the Poké Balls safe and sound, Ash now concentrates on his upcoming Gym battle against Candice.


==Major events==
==Major events==
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|his friends}} arrive in [[Snowpoint City]] and meet [[Candice]], the Snowpoint City [[Gym Leader]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in [[Snowpoint City]] and meet up with [[Zoey]] again.
* The gang also meet [[Zoey]] again, who reveals that she has won her fourth [[ribbon]].
* Ash and his friends meet [[Candice]], the Snowpoint City [[Gym Leader]].
* Zoey is revealed to have earned her fourth {{pkmn|Contest}} [[Ribbon]].
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===Debuts===
===Debuts===
====Humans====
* [[Candice]]
* [[Candice]]
* [[Jeremiah]]
* [[Mr. Honcho]]
====Pokémon debuts====
====Pokémon debuts====
=====TV episode debuts=====
=====Main series debuts=====
* {{p|Abomasnow}} ({{OP|Candice|Abomasnow}})
* {{p|Abomasnow}}


==Characters==
==Characters==
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* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Piplup}} ({{OP|Dawn|Piplup}})
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ({{OP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}})
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ({{OP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}})
* {{p|Mime Jr.}} ({{OP|James|Mime Jr.}})
* {{p|Mime Jr.}} ({{OP|James|Mime Jr.}})
* {{p|Buizel}} ({{OP|Ash|Buizel}})
* {{p|Buizel}} ({{OP|Ash|Buizel}})
* {{p|Piplup}} ({{OP|Dawn|Piplup}})
* {{p|Seviper}} ({{OP|Jessie|Seviper}})
* {{p|Seviper}} ({{OP|Jessie|Seviper}})
* {{p|Carnivine}} ({{OP|James|Carnivine}})
* {{p|Carnivine}} ({{OP|James|Carnivine}})
* {{p|Glameow}} ({{OP|Zoey|Glameow}})
* {{p|Glameow}} ({{OP|Zoey|Glameow}})
* {{p|Abomasnow}} ({{OP|Candice|Abomasnow}}; debut)
* {{p|Abomasnow}} ([[Candice]]'s)
* {{p|Skuntank}} ([[Jeremiah]]'s)
* {{p|Skuntank}} ([[Jeremiah]]'s)
* {{p|Diglett}}
* {{p|Diglett}} (Snowpoint Trainer's School's)
* {{p|Baltoy}}
* {{p|Baltoy}} (Snowpoint Trainer's School's)
* {{p|Stunky}}
* {{p|Stunky}} (Snowpoint Trainer's School's)
* {{p|Lickilicky}}
* {{p|Lickilicky}} (Snowpoint Trainer's School's)
* {{p|Cyndaquil}}
* {{p|Cyndaquil}} (Snowpoint Trainer's School's)
* {{p|Abra}}
* {{p|Abra}} (Snowpoint Trainer's School's)
* {{p|Chimchar}}
* {{p|Chimchar}} (Snowpoint Trainer's School's)
* {{p|Turtwig}}
* {{p|Turtwig}} (Snowpoint Trainer's School's)
* {{p|Chimchar}} (flashback)
* {{p|Turtwig}} (flashback)
 
==Trivia==
* This episode marks the beginning of the four-part [[Snowpoint City]] arc.
* There is no [[Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Examination]] following this episode, instead being replaced with a preview of the following episode of [[Pokémon Sunday]], which is due to make a [[n:Major Pokémon game to be announced this month|major game announcement]]. The advertisement is performed in the style of the lecture.
* Even though it is stated that {{MTR}} is the only Pokémon that can learn {{m|Pay Day}}, other Pokémon can learn it through [[Generation I]]'s [[TM16]]. A {{p|Skitty}} can also learn it through special events in [[Generation III]].
* Background music from {{rt|29|Johto}}, [[Oldale Town]], the challenge theme of [[Team Rocket]], an instrumental version of [[A Small Thing]], and {{rt|210|Sinnoh}} were used in this episode.
* One of [[Candice]]'s students bears a striking resemblance to [[Vitzo]] from ''[[EP203|The Screen Actor's Guilt]]''.
* This is the first episode of the English [[dub]] to be aired in 16:9 aspect ratio in {{pmin|the United States|U.S.}} airings, as well as the first episode available in HD. In Japan, this change took place in ''[[DP121|The Lonely Snover!]]''.
* In this episode, {{TRT}} uses a {{DL|Team Rocket motto|Classroom Training! motto|variation}} of their motto.


==Trivia==
* This episode begins the four-part Snowpoint City arc.
* There is no [[Professor Oak's lecture|Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture]] following this episode, instead being replaced with a preview of the following episode of [[Pokémon Sunday]] which is due to make a [[n:Major Pokémon game to be announced this month|major game announcement]]. The advert is performed in the style of the lecture.
* This episode marks the third time Ash's {{AP|Buizel}} uses its improvised move ''Ice Aqua Jet''.
* The fact that [[Candice]] is also teaching in a [[Snowpoint Trainers' School|Trainers' School]] mimics a [[AG015|similar event]] in [[Hoenn]] where [[Roxanne|another Gym Leader]] taught at a [[Pokémon Trainer's School|school]] (though this was also in the games). Also, there is a Trainer's School in [[Jubilife City]] in the games.
* Background music from {{rt|29|Johto}} and an instrumental version of ''[[A Small Thing]]'' were used in this episode.
* One of Candice's students bears a striking resemblance to [[Vidso]] from ''[[EP203|The Screen Actor's Guilt]]''.
* This is the first episode of the dub to be aired in 16:9 aspect ratio in US airings, as well as the first episode available in HD. In Japan, this change took place in ''[[DP121|The Lonely Snover!]]''.
[[File:DP126 error.png|thumb|240px|Stunky's head]]
===Errors===
===Errors===
* Brock claimed that Zoey and Dawn battled [[Fantina]], when it was really Zoey and Ash who battled her.
[[File:DP126 error.png|thumb|200px|Stunky's miscolored head]]
* In multiple scenes, the top of {{p|Stunky}}'s head is colored purple, instead of white.
* {{an|Brock}} claims that [[Zoey]] and {{an|Dawn}} battled [[Fantina]], when it was actually Zoey and Ash who battled her. Dawn did ask Fantina for a battle, but her Pokémon had to rest at that point.
* In multiple scenes, the top of {{p|Stunky}}'s head is colored purple instead of white.


===Dub edits===
===Dub edits===


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Classroom Training!
DP126.png
DP126   EP592
トレーナーズスクールのスズナ先生！
Miss Suzuna of the Trainers' School!
First broadcast
Japan May 7, 2009
United States October 3, 2009
English themes
Opening Battle Cry - (Stand Up!)
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening ハイタッチ！
Ending もえよ　ギザみみピチュー！
Credits
Animation Team Iguchi
Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
Storyboard 大庭秀昭 Hideaki Ōba
Assistant director 近橋伸隆 Nobutaka Chikahashi
Animation director 木下和栄 Kazue Kinoshita
Additional credits

Classroom Training! (Japanese: トレーナーズスクールのスズナ先生！ Miss Suzuna of the Trainers' School!) is the 126th episode of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, and the 592nd episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on May 7, 2009 and in the United States on October 3, 2009.

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Blurb

Zoey welcomes our heroes to her hometown, Snowpoint City, the site of Ash’s next Gym battle. The welcoming committee doubles when Candice joins the group—she’s Zoey’s friend and the Gym Leader that Ash hopes to battle! Candice also teaches at the Pokémon Trainer School where she and Zoey were once students; before she battles Ash, she wants to show him off to her special class for older Trainers. This special class includes Jeremiah, a Pokétch company employee who wants to travel with his Skuntank, and the members of Team Rocket in disguise.

Once Ash and Dawn are introduced, Candice starts the class with a quick-fire quiz challenge. Both Ash and James think they’ve got this in the bag, but Jeremiah beats them both! Ash may have the badges, but Jeremiah isn’t impressed by his quiz challenge performance. While Ash grumbles, Zoey tells Dawn all about how she met her Glameow on a cold night before she was old enough to be a Pokémon Trainer. Zoey insisted on raising Glameow no matter what, but the school’s principal, Mr. Honcho, insisted that Candice help her out. The two agreed to each focus on one area: Zoey concentrated on Contests, while Candice pursued Gym battles.

But all this time, Team Rocket has been focused on stealing the school’s stored Pokémon. They’ve overpowered Mr. Honcho, grabbed the school’s Poké Balls, and are about to make a clean getaway! Jeremiah and Skuntank try to stop them, but Team Rocket has Jeremiah’s Skuntank on the ropes. Candice and our heroes arrive in the nick of time; Ash and Buizel help rescue Skuntank, while Candice and her Abomasnow tackle Team Rocket. Our heroes foil Team Rocket once again, showing Jeremiah that Ash is a great Trainer after all and quiz results aren’t everything! Ash will take on Candice in a Gym challenge tomorrow—is he great enough to earn his next badge?

Plot

Upon reaching Snowpoint City, Ash and his friends meet up with Zoey, who guides them through her hometown. Unexpectedly an Abomasnow ambushes them, though Zoey has Glameow combat it. Brock assumes it must be wild, though its Trainer, Gym Leader of the Snowpoint Gym, Candice corrects them. She leaps from a tree and is fascinated by Dawn's stylish scarf, before Zoey pulls her friend away. Candice formally introduces herself, to which Ash challenges her to a Gym battle. She is thrilled, admitting she doesn't usually get any challengers because of her Gym's isolated location.

The group accepts her offer to show them around the city; the first place they are lead to is a Trainers' School where Candice works as a teacher. Candice is thrilled to hear Ash already has six Badges and asks him to talk to her students before their Gym match, which he agrees to. Candice takes them to her senior class, where adult Trainers already with a Pokémon can learn the basics. Among the students are Team Rocket in disguise. Candice welcomes Ash to the front to discuss the secret of his success as a Trainer. He answers that "The best defense is offense", but he is suddenly faced with a riddle-style quiz. He struggles while a knowledgeable businessman named Jeremiah answers all questions with amazing speed. After the test, he says that Ash is not clever enough, but Brock comforts him, saying that he is great at Gym battles.

Later, Ash and his friends meets Zoey and Candice at a small shed where the two girls used to play together. Zoey then reveals that she met her Glameow when she was too little to raise a Pokémon. After her parents refused to allow her to keep Glameow, Zoey attempted to raise it at school in secret. Head teacher, Mr. Honcho, quickly found out, though Candice stepped in and agreed to help raise Glameow with Zoey until she was of age to train it. Candice then turns her attention to Dawn's Ribbons. Dawn reveals she has four, and was close to getting her fifth recently. Candice erupts with anger when Dawn mentions that she was "relieved" to have lost, and Brock warns Ash that Candice looks to be an intense opponent.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket have Mr. Honcho take them on a guided tour of the school, and the trio's eyes light up when they enter the Poké Ball storage room. Jessie surprises Mr. Honcho with a Haze from her Seviper. Mr. Honcho manages to trigger the fire alarm, so Candice and the others rush over to check out the situation. Outside, Jeremiah attempts to catch up to the trio making off with all the Pokémon. He attempts to battle them using his Skuntank, though James's Carnivine immobilizes it with Vine Whip. At the moment Jessie's Seviper is about to attack, Pikachu comes to the rescue and knocks it out. After Team Rocket reveal themselves, Candice and Ash team-up to defeat them. Team Rocket tries to escape with Haze, but Candice's Abomasnow easily removes the smoke with Blizzard and freezes Team Rocket in the process. With the help of Ash's Buizel's improved Ice-Aqua Jet, and Zoey's Glameow's Shadow Claw, Team Rocket is sent blasting off again. Though afterward, the Poké Balls start to fall from Team Rocket, but Piplup collects them safely with Whirlpool. Seeing how Ash beat Team Rocket, Jeremiah apologizes for being rude earlier. With all the Poké Balls safe and sound, Ash now concentrates on his upcoming Gym battle against Candice.

Major events

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Debuts

Humans

Pokémon debuts

Main series debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Trivia

Errors

Stunky's miscolored head
  • Brock claims that Zoey and Dawn battled Fantina, when it was actually Zoey and Ash who battled her. Dawn did ask Fantina for a battle, but her Pokémon had to rest at that point.
  • In multiple scenes, the top of Stunky's head is colored purple instead of white.

Dub edits

In other languages



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