DP037

The Grass Menagerie! (Japanese: ハクタイジム！VSナタネ！！ Gym! VS !!) is the 37th episode of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, and the 503rd episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on June 7, 2007 and in the United States on November 17, 2007.
==Blurb==
The time has come for Ash's Eterna Gym Battle with Gym Leader Gardenia, who's a Grass-type Pokémon expert. The battle will be 3-on-3, starting with Ash's Turtwig against Gardenia's Cherubi. The sun is out and that means Cherubi's Chlorophyll ability gives it a speed boost, so before long Ash recalls Turtwig and swaps in Staravia. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is digging into the Eterna Gym in hopes of stealing Pokémon, but they end up hitting a network of underground tunnels instead. There they meet an Underground explorer who convinces them to help him dig for sphere and other buried treasures—too bad he doesn't plan on sharing the loot!
Back on the surface, it's Ash's turn to use the weather to his advantage. He has Staravia dive at Cherubi, using the glare of the sun as a distraction, and Staravia wins this round. Next up is Gardenia's Turtwig: Ash has a strategy to neutralize her Turtwig's speed, but Turtwig still manages to knock Staravia out with Leech Seed.
Now it's Ash's Turtwig against Gardenia's Turtwig! These Pokémon have faced each other before and neither one wants to lose. Ash's Turtwig wins this round, but it's been weakened by a Leech Seed from Gardenia's Turtwig. Gardenia's Roserade is then able to defeat Ash's Turtwig with ease, but that just means Ash's Aipom is ready to go next! More of Ash's quick strategizing wins the final round, and now he's earned his Forest Badge!
==Plot==
 and arrive at the Eterna Gym for Ash's second Sinnoh Gym . Gardenia arrives shortly after and they prepare for their official battle. Outside the Gym, plans to tunnel underneath to steal , though it is something they have done before and James is left completely unenthusiastic about it.
The three-on-three Gym battle begins as Gardenia summons as Ash sends out . Turtwig makes the first move with , but Cherubi dodges effortlessly. Turtwig follows up with , but Cherubi dodges that as well. notices that this amazing speed is coming from the harsh sunlight enabling Cherubi's Ability, . Cherubi fires an instant attack, which Turtwig jumps up to dodge. Thinking it will take time to fire another, Ash commands Turtwig to use Razor Leaf, but to their surprise, the harsh sunlight allows Cherubi to fire another instant Solar Beam, negating the Razor Leaf and hitting Turtwig. Cherubi uses , but Ash recalls Turtwig before the move can land, causing Gardenia to commend Ash on the smart decision. Underneath, Team Rocket continues digging as they emerge into a lit underground tunnel. A miner approaches and Team Rocket recites its . The miner reveals that there are treasures underneath, Shards and Spheres among them. He recruits Team Rocket to help find the treasure and split the profit.
Meanwhile, Ash sends out . Cherubi launches another Solar Beam, but Staravia dodges and uses . Cherubi dodges and readies another Solar Beam, but is unable to do an instant-fire due to the sun now being concealed by clouds. Cherubi switches to Magical Leaf, and Staravia flies straight up, eventually getting out of Magical Leaf's range. Ash has Staravia descend slowly, which confuses everyone, before having him use a nosediving Wing Attack. Gardenia commands Cherubi to dodge, but the harsh sunlight returns and blinds Cherubi, rendering it vulnerable to Staravia's Wing Attack, which explains why Ash waited to counterstrike. Staravia follows up with , followed by an that knocks out Cherubi.
Gardenia calls Cherubi back, praising Ash's clever strategy of using the weather to his advantage. She sends out as her second Pokémon, and Staravia takes on an angry look, wanting redemption after losing to Turtwig before. Staravia uses Wing Attack, but Turtwig quickly dodges. Ash orders Staravia to push forward with multiple Wing Attacks, but Turtwig retreats backwards to dodge all of them. Gardenia wonders why Ash insists on sticking with a move that isn't working, until she realizes too late that his real intention is to trap Turtwig into a tree. Staravia hits the immobilized Turtwig with Aerial Ace, causing a good amount of damage. Staravia tries to follow up with Wing Attack, but Turtwig's stops him in his tracks and saps his energy, exposing him to Turtwig's Tackle, which knocks him out. Ash recalls Staravia and sends his Turtwig back out, who is more than ready for a rematch.
Ash's Turtwig uses Tackle, but Gardenia's Turtwig dodges and fires . Ash's climbs into a tree, dodges and starts circling Gardenia's. Ash's tries to attack from behind with , but Gardenia's beats him to the punch with Leech Seed, draining him of his energy just like before. Ash quickly orders his Turtwig to use , right before Gardenia's Turtwig fires Leaf Storm, which Ash's quickly dodges by leaping into the sunlight, fully healing in the process. He fires Razor Leaf, which hits Gardenia's Turtwig. Both Turtwig rush toward each other with Tackle, causing a big impact. After the dust clears, Ash's Turtwig falters, but is able to remain standing as Gardenia's Turtwig faints. Gardenia recalls her Turtwig, and Dawn congratulates Turtwig on redeeming himself, although Brock notes that the Leech Seed is still in play, and may cause Turtwig trouble against Gardenia's last Pokémon.
Meanwhile, Team Rocket continues digging while the miner stands back. Eventually, they unearth a Red Sphere. The discovery gives Team Rocket renewed digging as they dig out many Spheres, the miner scooping them up. After digging the miner gives Team Rocket lunch. While they eat, the miner slips out with the Spheres. Team Rocket finishes and notices that he has the treasure, but they don't care, wanting to eat more. Gardenia summons as her final Pokémon. Turtwig goes in for a Tackle, but Roserade surreptitiously uses to trip Turtwig, before using , the sunlight doubling its power and turning it into a move, to torch Turtwig and knock him out. Ash recalls Turtwig and sends out his last Pokémon, , who makes a showy entrance as if she were in a Pokémon Contest.
Aipom uses and runs toward Roserade, but Grass Knot eliminates all the duplicates. However, the real Aipom jumps over the knot and lands a . Roserade fires Magical Leaf, but Aipom easily dodges by jumping along through the trees. However, Roserade grabs Aipom with vines from its bouquets and throws her down, before using to blind her. Aipom tries to use Focus Punch, but due to Roserade's Flash, she simply thrashes about while Roserade steps aside, before hitting her with Magical Leaf. Aipom gets back up, still blind and thrashing about. Ash tells Aipom to calm down and use her ears instead of her eyes. Roserade uses another Fire-type Weather Ball, but Aipom's hearing allows her to use Focus Punch to deflect the attack, and Roserade ends up being blasted by its own Weather Ball. Roserade uses another Magical Leaf, but Aipom regains her sight and uses to not only block the attack, but also create a Swift ring around Roserade. Aipom uses Focus Punch to catalyze the Swift stars to converge, hammering Roserade relentlessly. Aipom quickly follows up with Focus Punch, which hits Roserade hard enough to break a tree, slam into the wall, and faint, which gives Ash the win. Ash hugs Aipom at triumphing on the opponent's home field. At sunset, Gardenia gives Ash the .
==Major events==
* has an official Gym with Gardenia and wins, earning the .
===Debuts===
====Humans====
* Underground Man
====Pokémon debuts====
==Characters==
===Humans===
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* Jessie
* James
* Gardenia
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* The Underground Man
===Pokémon===
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* (Gardenia's)
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==Trivia==
* This episode introduces the Underground of Sinnoh, but only to .
* strongly resembles Kumiko Yamaguchi from the manga and anime series , who is also voiced by 早水リサ Risa Hayamizu.
* Music from Jirachi: Wish Maker is used as background music.
* Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia: 
** Pokémon senryū: ドラピオン　バトルでめざせ　チャンピオン Dorapion, batoru de mezase, chanpion "Drapion aims to be the battle champion".
* narrates the preview for the next episode.
* Assistant executive animation director Yamashita Megumi is dropped from the ending credits.
* The English title of this episode is a reference to 's play .
* This is one of the few episodes of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl where Dawn's Piplup does not appear.
* This is the first time since Just One of the Geysers, almost 200 episodes ago, where Ash hasn't used in a Gym battle.
* In this episode, Team Rocket uses a variation of their .
* Team Rocket doesn't blast off in this episode.
===Errors===
* In the European Portuguese dub, the episode title card is written in English.
* was affected by Gardenia's 's . However, being a , Turtwig would not be affected by Leech Seed in the .
===Dub edits===
* In the original Japanese version, when Team Rocket digs a hole and end up in the Sinnoh Underground, they wonder if they dug to too far and ended up in . They also reference Hell in their motto. In the English dub, they say it doesn't look like a Gym since it doesn't have grass. They also don't mention Hell in their motto, likely because of the religious connotations.
==In other languages==
037
Category:Episodes written by Junki Takegami
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Masamitsu Hidaka
Category:Episodes directed by Kazuomi Koga
Category:Episodes animated by Izumi Shimura
Category:Episodes with Gym battles
Category:Episodes focusing on Ash
Category:Episodes in which Ash gets a Badge
de:Die unschlagbaren Drei
es:EP506
fr:DP037
it:DP037
ja:DP編第37話
zh:宝可梦 钻石＆珍珠 第37集