JN080

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JN080   EP1165 トライアルミッション！ウルガモス黄金の鱗粉！！ Trial Mission! Ulgamoth's Golden Scales!!

First broadcast Japan September 10, 2021 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending バツグンタイプ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 小柴純弥 Junya Koshiba Animation directors 大西雅也 Masaya Ōnishi 小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: トライアルミッション！ウルガモス黄金の鱗粉！！ Trial Mission! Ulgamoth's Golden Scales!!) is the 80th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,165th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 10, 2021.

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

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Ash and Goh visit Unova again.
• Goh catches a Roggenrola and a Ferrothorn.
• Goh clears his first Project Mew Trial Mission, earning a Project Mew token.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Urshifu (Rapid Strike Style)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Goh
• Professor Cerise
• Chrysa
• Ren
• Professor Hodaka
• Tsurugi
• Asahi
• Leader
• Nito
• Nito's henchmen

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Cinderace (Goh's)
• Dracovish (Ash's)
• Inteleon (Goh's)
• Krabby (Goh's)
• Grookey (Goh's)
• Ninetales (formerly Goh's; Alolan)
• Roggenrola (Goh's; new)
• Ferrothorn (Goh's; new)
• Weavile (Tsurugi's)
• Urshifu (Tsurugi's; Single Strike Style)
• Azumarill (Asahi's)
• Urshifu (Asahi's; Rapid Strike Style)
• Mime Jr. (Professor Hodaka's)
• Galvantula (Nito's)
• Krokorok (henchman's)
• Zweilous (henchman's)
• Eelektross (henchman's)
• Conkeldurr (henchman's)
• Woobat (×3)
• Roggenrola (multiple)
• Larvesta (×2)
• Larvesta (evolves; Shiny)
• Volcarona (newly evolved; Shiny)

Trivia

• The Dare da? segment is replaced with eyecatches of Ash, Goh, and Pikachu for this episode.
• This episode marks the first appearance of a number of Pokémon species in the main series after long absences:
  • Larvesta, who last appeared in its main series debut in The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk!, 467 episodes ago.
  • Volcarona, who last appeared in its main series debut in Guarding the Guardian of the Mountain!, 430 episodes ago.
  • Galvantula, who last appeared in Clemont's Got a Secret!, 357 episodes ago.
• This marks the first time in the anime a Shiny Pokémon has been seen evolving.
• Chloe, Ash, Abel, Goh, Blutus, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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