AG132

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The Scheme Team

AG132   EP406 エニシダとバトルフロンティア！ Enishida and the Battle Frontier!

First broadcast Japan June 23, 2005 United States April 8, 2006

English themes Opening Unbeatable Ending

Japanese themes Opening ポケモン シンフォニック メドレー Ending GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜 ②

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

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The Scheme Team (Japanese: エニシダとバトルフロンティア！ Enishida and the Battle Frontier!) is the 132nd episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 406th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on June 23, 2005 and in the United States on April 8, 2006.

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

Synopsis

Now that the Hoenn League Tournament is over Ash says goodbye to his rivals Morrison and Tyson and leaves Ever Grande City. After spending one last night together, Ash's group breaks up with May and Max returning to their hometown of Petalburg City. Ash and Brock take a ferry to Kanto and then split up from there to return to their respective hometowns. While Jessie, James, and Team Rocket return to headquarters, on his way through Viridian City Ash meets a mysterious man named Scott, and learns of the Battle Frontier. Also finding the Viridian Gym rebuilt he meets it's temporary leader and Elite Four member Agatha, who after learning of his accomplishments, challenges Ash to a battle.

However despite his best efforts his Pikachu is outmatched against Agatha's Gengar. After dealing with Team Rocket afterwards, Ash decides to take up Scotts offer to head to the Battle Frontier. First though Ash returns to Pallet Town with a surprise; Misty is at his house.

Major events

• Ash, Brock, May, and Max go their separate ways.
• Its revealed that Agatha is filling in for the new gym leader of Viridian City Gym until they arrive.
• Ash battles Agatha in the Viridian Gym, but he loses.
• Scott is introduced and tells Ash about the Battle Frontier.
• Team Rocket gets a new motto.
• Ash returns home and meets up with Misty.
• Misty's Azurill is introduced.
• Max arrives in Pallet Town with Professor Birch

Debuts

• Scott
• Agatha

Pokémon debuts

• Misty's Azurill

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Misty
• Professor Oak
• Delia
• Professor Birch
• Caroline
• Giovanni
• Butch
• Cassidy
• Rocket Grunts
• Morrison
• Tyson
• Scott
• Agatha
• Noland (shadow)
• Greta (shadow)
• Lucy (shadow)
• Spenser (shadow)
• Tucker (shadow)
• Anabel (shadow)

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Arcanine

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chimecho (James's)
• Azurill (Misty's)
• Combusken (May's)
• Beautifly (May's)
• Skitty (May's)
• Bulbasaur (May's)
• Munchlax (May's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Cacnea (James's)
• Persian (Giovanni's)
• Mr. Mime (Delia's, Mimey)
• Vigoroth (Norman's)
• Slakoth (Norman's)
• Meowth (Tyson's)
• Gengar (Agatha's)
• Golbat (Agatha's)
• Poliwag

Trivia

• Agatha makes her anime debut, meaning that all the members of the original Elite Four of Kanto from Generation I have appeared in the series. This also makes Ash and Pikachu the only known characters to have met all of them.
• Agatha is in charge of the Viridian Gym until a new Leader can be found. Giovanni's loss of status is not explained.
• Jessie talks about Antarctica, the place where their next assignment is located. She doesn't appear to know that it is the coldest, driest, and windiest of all seven continents.
• This is the last episode to feature Ted Lewis as Giovanni (until The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!), Andi Whaley as Cassidy, and Eric Stuart as Butch.
• When James says "Castle in the Sky," he makes a reference to the Studio Ghibli film.
• The English title of this episode is a pun on the term "the dream team".

Pokémon Trainer's Choice

• Question: If Arcanine fought Kirlia, who would have the advantage?
• Choices: Arcanine, Kirlia
• Answer: Ok, Trainers! If you chose Arcanine, you were right!

Errors

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The coloring error.

• In several scenes where Butch and Cassidy appeared, the white part of their uniforms that cover their necks disappear.

In other languages

• Finnish: Suunnitelmia
• French: La fin d'une époque
• German: Neue Träume, neue Ziele!
• Italian: Arrivederci, amici
• Swedish: Nya Team Rocket!
• Portuguese:
  • Brazilian: O Time do Esquema
  • Iberian: Team Sarilhos!
• Latin America Spanish: Un equipo en proyecto
• Iberian Spanish: ¡El "Team" Intrigante!

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Advanced Generation series

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