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Teaching the Student Teacher!

DP167   EP633 海辺のポケモンスクール！ The Beach Pokémon School!

First broadcast Japan March 11, 2010 United States August 7, 2010

English themes Opening We Will Carry On! Ending

Japanese themes Opening サイコー・エブリディ！ Ending ドッチ～ニョ？

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 十川誠志 Masashi Sogo Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

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Teaching the Student Teacher! (Japanese: 海辺のポケモンスクール！ The Beach Pokémon School!) is the 167th episode of the Diamond & Pearl series, and the 633rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 11, 2010 and in the United States on August 7, 2010.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis With Ash's battle at Sunyshore Gym postponed, the gang are now headed to Valor Lakefront so Dawn can participate in the Grand Festival. However, this too is interrupted when the gang meet Johanna, who asks Dawn and the others if they can help out at a coastal Pokémon school as she is filling in for Nurse Joy as a judge at the upcoming Neighborly Town Contest. While Piplup finds himself on the receiving end of the students' attention, Dawn decides to take the opportunity to try some new contest combinations to help her in the Grand Festival. Meanwhile Jessie also has her sights set on the Festival as she competes for her fourth ribbon in the Neighborly Town Contest...

Major events

• Jessie participates in and wins the Neighborly Town Contest, earning her fourth ribbon.
• Dawn perfects a new combination move, Ice Chandelier, with the help of her Buneary and Pachirisu.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Dawn
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Johanna
• Thomas
• Children
• Marian
• Mr. Contesta
• Mr. Sukizo
• Waiter
• Restaurant customers

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Torterra (Ash's)
• Staraptor (Ash's)
• Infernape (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Gible (Ash's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Mamoswine (Dawn's)
• Cyndaquil (Dawn's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Glameow (Johanna's)
• Krabby

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon lecture: Whismur
• This is the first episode to feature all of Ash, Dawn and Brock's Pokémon on hand since Uncrushing Defeat!, almost thirty-five episodes ago.
  • In this moment, Staraptor is shown to be released along with Brock's Pokémon, while the rest of Ash's came after. It is unknown if this was an error, however it should be noted that all the Pokémon were released in groups of four.
• Music from Pikachu's Rescue Adventure, Pikachu & Pichu, Spell of the Unown, Jirachi Wish Maker, Destiny Deoxys, and Lucario and the Mystery of Mew is played during this episode.
• The dub title comes from the phrase "teaching the teacher".
• A student in the episode has the same design as game:Touya

Errors

• After Ash returns his Gible to his Poké Ball, Gible reappeared again behind him during the next scene and disappeared again afterward.

Dub edits

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Diamond & Pearl series

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