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'''A Fated Face-Off!''' (Japanese: '''サトシVSカスミ！うみべのいっきうち！！''' ''{{tt|Satoshi|Ash}} VS {{tt|Kasumi|Misty}}! Seaside One-on-One!!'') is the second episode of ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series|Pokémon: To Be a Pokémon Master]]'', the 138th episode of ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]'', and the 1,223rd episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on January 20, 2023, in Canada on May 20, 2023, in South Africa on May 30, 2023, and in the United States on September 8, 2023.
'''A Fated Face-Off!''' (Japanese: '''サトシVSカスミ！うみべのいっきうち！！''' ''{{tt|Satoshi|Ash}} VS {{tt|Kasumi|Misty}}! Seaside One-on-One!!'') is the second episode of ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series|Pokémon: To Be a Pokémon Master]]'', the 138th episode of ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]'', and the 1,223rd episode of the [[Pokémon animated series]]. It first aired in Japan on January 20, 2023, in Canada on May 20, 2023, in South Africa on May 30, 2023, and in the United States on September 8, 2023.


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<i>Ash and Pikachu continue their journey with a trip to an ocean beach. Pikachu fishes up a Clauncher with its tail, and Ash becomes determined to catch it—but someone else wants it, too! Misty appears and explains that she’s been after the Clauncher for a while, so the two Trainers decide to battle for the chance to catch it. Unfortunately, Team Rocket is ravenous and sees Clauncher’s claw as a potential meal, but Corphish and Clauncher work together to send them blasting off. Then, Ash and Misty finally battle, and Misty wins! Clauncher joins her team, and soon after, Misty rejoins Ash’s traveling party, too!</i>


==Plot==
==Plot==
[[File:Ash party JN138.png|thumb|left|250px|Ash's team members for this episode]]
[[File:Ash party JN138.png|thumb|left|250px|Ash's team members for this episode]]
{{Ash}} and {{AP|Pikachu}}'s {{pkmn|journey}} has led them to a rocky seashore. Ash lets out his [[party|team]] of {{AP|Totodile}}, {{AP|Corphish}}, {{AP|Leavanny}}, and {{AP|Rowlet}} to enjoy the scenery as well. Corphish gets especially excited at seeing the sea again and dashes into the water, knocking his teammates into the shallows in the process. {{AP|Pikachu}} decides to try [[fishing]] with his tail, but soon regrets this as a {{p|Clauncher}} pinches down on his tail. As Pikachu pulls Clauncher out of the water, Corphish rushes back and challenges his fellow {{wp|crustacean}} to a showdown of strength. While Ash scans Clauncher with his [[Rotom Phone]], Corphish gets pushed back. Impressed by Clauncher's strength, Ash decides to {{pkmn2|Caught|catch}} it, but before he can throw his {{i|Poké Ball}}, a fishing line with [[Misty's special lure|a familiar lure]] attached to it wraps around his arm. Ash turns around to look and sees that the line was cast by none other than {{ashfr|his old traveling companion}}, {{an|Misty}}, who declares that she will be the one to catch Clauncher. Clauncher, however, uses {{m|Water Gun}} on the ground to create a cloud of dust and [[escape]]s back into the water.
{{Ash}} and {{AP|Pikachu}}'s {{pkmn|journey}} has led them to a rocky seashore. Ash lets out his [[party|team]] of {{AP|Totodile}}, {{AP|Corphish}}, {{AP|Leavanny}}, and {{AP|Rowlet}} to enjoy the scenery as well. Corphish gets especially excited at seeing the sea again and dashes into the water, knocking his teammates into the shallows in the process. Pikachu decides to try [[fishing]] with his tail, but soon regrets this as a {{p|Clauncher}} pinches down on his tail. As Pikachu pulls Clauncher out of the water, Corphish rushes back and challenges his fellow {{wp|crustacean}} to a showdown of strength. While Ash scans Clauncher with his [[Rotom Phone]], Corphish gets pushed back. Impressed by Clauncher's strength, Ash decides to {{pkmn2|Caught|catch}} it, but before he can throw his {{i|Poké Ball}}, a fishing line with [[Misty's special lure|a familiar lure]] attached to it wraps around his arm. Ash turns around to look and sees that the line was cast by none other than {{ashfr|his old traveling companion}}, {{an|Misty}}, who declares that she will be the one to catch Clauncher. Clauncher, however, uses {{m|Water Gun}} on the ground to create a cloud of dust and [[escape]]s back into the water.


After greeting Pikachu, Misty congratulates Ash on [[JN132|becoming a World Champion]], and reveals that seeing his {{pkmn|battle}} with {{an|Leon}} had gotten her so fired up that she had decided to set off on a new journey herself, leaving the [[Cerulean Gym]] in [[The Sensational Sisters|her sisters]]' hands. She also explains that she's encountered this same Clauncher several times before and believes that fate has led them together. Ash, meanwhile, sees how competitive his Corphish has gotten with Clauncher, and wants to catch the {{pkmn|category|Water Gun Pokémon}} for his sake. Misty declares they'll settle this with a [[fishing]] battle and whips out her rod. Ash agrees to this and responds in kind. Misty is baffled to see the lure Ash is using, which he reveals to be from {{an|Cilan|another friend of his}}. She questions why he isn't using the lure [[AG187|she gave him]], with Ash teasingly responding that this lure actually catches fish, unlike her lure, much to Misty's irritation.
After greeting Pikachu, Misty congratulates Ash on [[JN132|becoming a World Champion]], and reveals that seeing his {{pkmn|battle}} with {{an|Leon}} had gotten her so fired up that she had decided to set off on a new journey herself, leaving the [[Cerulean Gym]] in [[Sensational Sisters|her sisters]]' hands. She also explains that she's encountered this same Clauncher several times before and believes that fate has led them together. Ash, meanwhile, sees how competitive his Corphish has gotten with Clauncher, and wants to catch the {{pkmn|category|Water Gun Pokémon}} for his sake. Misty declares they'll settle this with a [[fishing]] battle and whips out her rod. Ash agrees to this and responds in kind. Misty is baffled to see the lure Ash is using, which he reveals to be from {{an|Cilan|another friend of his}}. She questions why he isn't using the lure [[AG187|she gave him]], with Ash teasingly responding that this lure actually catches fish, unlike her lure, much to Misty's irritation.


The fishing battle begins, with the first one to reel Clauncher in getting the first chance at trying to catch it. Ash, as impatient as ever, quickly grows bored of waiting and starts complaining, irritating Misty again. Unnoticed by the two, {{TRT}} is observing them from their [[Team Rocket's mechas|Magikarp submarine]], although they're too weak from hunger to actually do anything. When Misty finally gets a bite and reels Clauncher out of the water, Team Rocket's Rotom Phone tells the trio that Clauncher's big claw is full of delicious meat, and it grows back if broken off. Meanwhile, Clauncher manages to pull Misty into the water, causing Ash to laugh at her until he gets a bite as well. However, like Misty, he gets pulled back by Clauncher instead of the other way around and falls into the water as well.
The fishing battle begins, with the first one to reel Clauncher in getting the first chance at trying to catch it. Ash, as impatient as ever, quickly grows bored of waiting and starts complaining, irritating Misty again. Unnoticed by the two, {{TRT}} is observing them from their [[Team Rocket's mechas|Magikarp submarine]], although they're too weak from hunger to actually do anything. When Misty finally gets a bite and reels Clauncher out of the water, Team Rocket's Rotom Phone tells the trio that Clauncher's big claw is full of delicious meat, and it grows back if broken off. Meanwhile, Clauncher manages to pull Misty into the water, causing Ash to laugh at her until he gets a bite as well. However, like Misty, he gets pulled back by Clauncher instead of the other way around and falls into the water as well.
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[[File:Misty catching Clauncher.png|thumb|220px|Misty after catching Clauncher]]
[[File:Misty catching Clauncher.png|thumb|220px|Misty after catching Clauncher]]
* {{Ash}} reunites with {{an|Misty}}.
* {{Ash}} reunites with {{an|Misty}}.
* Misty reveals she has set out on a new {{pkmn|journey}} and left the [[Cerulean Gym]] under the care of [[The Sensational Sisters|her sisters]].
* Misty reveals she has set out on a new {{pkmn|journey}} and left the [[Cerulean Gym]] under the care of [[Sensational Sisters|her sisters]].
* Ash is revealed to have obtained a [[fishing]] lure from {{an|Cilan}}.
* Ash is revealed to have obtained a [[fishing]] lure from {{an|Cilan}}.
* [[Misty's Politoed]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Bounce}}, {{m|Focus Blast}}, and {{m|Hydro Pump}}.
* [[Misty's Politoed]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Bounce}}, {{m|Focus Blast}}, and {{m|Hydro Pump}}.
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* [[Jessie]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[James]]
* [[The Sensational Sisters]] (fantasy)
* [[Sensational Sisters]] (fantasy)
** {{an|Daisy}}
** {{an|Daisy}}
** {{an|Violet}}
** {{an|Violet}}
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===Pokémon===
===Pokémon===
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[[File:WTP JN138.png|thumb|200px|Who's That Pokémon?]]
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Corphish}}
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Corphish}}
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
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* The plot of this episode is similar to that of ''[[EP151|The Totodile Duel]]'', where {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} [[Fishing|fish]] and battle over who gets to keep a {{type|Water}} Pokémon, only with Misty winning the Pokémon in question this time.
* The plot of this episode is similar to that of ''[[EP151|The Totodile Duel]]'', where {{Ash}} and {{an|Misty}} [[Fishing|fish]] and battle over who gets to keep a {{type|Water}} Pokémon, only with Misty winning the Pokémon in question this time.
** Additionally, the Pokémon they fought over, {{AP|Totodile}}, appears in this episode, as well as the Pokémon Misty uses in their battle being the same.
** Additionally, the Pokémon they fought over, {{AP|Totodile}}, appears in this episode, as well as the Pokémon Misty uses in their battle being the same.
* This episode marks the first time that Ash has lost to one of {{ashfr|his traveling companions}} since his loss to {{an|Iris}} in ''[[BW042|Club Battle Finale: A Hero's Outcome!]]'', 524 episodes earlier.
** This episode also marks the first time Ash has lost a {{pkmn|Trainer}} {{pkmn|battle}} since ''[[JN051|Trials of a Budding Master!]]'', 87 episodes earlier, thus making this Ash's longest Trainer battle winning streak in the {{pkmn|anime}}.
* Both [[Ash's Corphish]] and [[Misty's Clauncher]] are confirmed to be male in this episode, as Ash refers to them using a male pronoun.
* Misty officially regains her status as a traveling companion in this episode after losing said status in ''[[EP273|Gotta Catch Ya Later!]]'', 950 episodes earlier.
* If excluding {{DL|Battle judge|Drone Rotom}}, this episode marks the first time that a Pokémon acts as a [[Battle judge|referee]] in a battle, with {{AP|Pikachu}} taking up the mantle for Ash and Misty's battle.
* [[Shinji Miyazaki]]'s music from the [[original series]], ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'', and ''[[Pokémon the Series: XY]]'' is reused as background music in this episode.
* [[Shinji Miyazaki]]'s music from the [[original series]], ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'', and ''[[Pokémon the Series: XY]]'' is reused as background music in this episode.
* This episode marks the first appearance of both [[Misty's Politoed]] and {{TP|Misty|Azurill}} in the main series since ''[[EP273|Gotta Catch Ya Later!]]'' and ''[[AG134|A Real Cleffa-Hanger]]'', 950 and 815 episodes earlier, respectively.
* This is the first time Ash has added one of his team members from [[Alola]] back to his team since ''[[Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon]]'' ended.
* This episode marks the first time a unique visual effect is used when {{AP|Totodile}} emerges from his [[Lure Ball]].
* This episode marks the first time a unique visual effect is used when Totodile emerges from his [[Lure Ball]].
* Ash uses {{an|Cilan}}'s fishing lure in this episode, which was previously seen in ''[[BW032|Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!]]'' and ''[[BW099|A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team!]]''.
* This episode marks the first appearance of a {{p|Clauncher}} in the {{pkmn|anime}} since the {{OBP|Pokémon|species|species}}'s debut in ''[[XY022|Going for the Gold!]]'', 402 episodes earlier.
* This episode marks the final physical appearances of Ash's Totodile, {{AP|Corphish}}, {{AP|Leavanny}}, and {{AP|Rowlet}}.
* Misty catching Ash on the arm with her fishing line is a reference to how she and Ash [[EP001|first met]].
* Misty catching Ash on the arm with her fishing line is a reference to how she and Ash [[EP001|first met]].
** Also, Misty sneaking up on Ash before asking to travel with him near the end of the episode is a reference to ''[[EP003|Ash Catches a Pokémon]]'', where she does the same.
** Also, Misty sneaking up on Ash before asking to travel with him near the end of the episode is a reference to ''[[EP003|Ash Catches a Pokémon]]'', where she does the same.
* As of this episode, {{an|May}} is the only one of Ash’s female friends with whom he has not reunited in ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]''.
* As of this episode, {{an|May}} is the only one of Ash’s female friends with whom he has not reunited in ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]''.
* This episode marks Misty’s first onscreen Pokémon capture since {{TP|Misty|Corsola}} in ''[[EP213|A Corsola Caper!]]'', 1,010 episodes earlier.
* This episode marks the first appearance of both [[Misty's Politoed]] and {{TP|Misty|Azurill}} in the main series since ''[[EP273|Gotta Catch Ya Later!]]'' and ''[[AG134|A Real Cleffa-Hanger]]'', 950 and 815 episodes earlier, respectively.
* Ash uses {{an|Cilan}}'s fishing lure in this episode, which was previously seen in ''[[BW032|Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open!]]'' and ''[[BW099|A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team!]]''.
* This episode is one of the rare instances where Misty doesn’t show fear towards a {{type|Bug}} Pokémon, since Leavanny was present without Misty showing any fear of him.
* This is one of the few episodes to mention that Pokémon can be used for food, as {{TRT}} wanted to catch {{TP|Misty|Clauncher}} to eat its claw.
* Before the {{pkmn|battle}}, Misty makes a reference to her [[Gym Leader]] slogan, "The Tomboyish Mermaid".
* This episode marks the first time that Ash has lost to one of {{ashfr|his traveling companions}} since his loss to {{an|Iris}} in ''[[BW042|Club Battle Finale: A Hero's Outcome!]]'', 524 episodes earlier.
** This episode also marks the first time Ash has lost a {{pkmn|Trainer}} battle since ''[[JN051|Trials of a Budding Master!]]'', 87 episodes earlier, thus making this Ash's longest Trainer battle winning streak in the anime.
* Both Ash's Corphish and Misty's Clauncher are confirmed to be male in this episode, as Ash refers to them using a male pronoun.
* This episode marks Misty's first onscreen Pokémon capture since {{TP|Misty|Corsola}} in ''[[EP213|A Corsola Caper!]]'', 1,010 episodes earlier.
** This also marks the final capture made by one of Ash's friends over the course of the anime.
** This also marks the final capture made by one of Ash's friends over the course of the anime.
* This is the only episode of ''Pokémon Journeys: The Series'' where Ash uses a Pokémon caught in a previous series other than Pikachu in a Trainer battle, and the first such occurrence since ''[[BW116|The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!]]'', 450 episodes earlier.
* Misty officially regains her status as a traveling companion in this episode after losing said status in ''[[EP273|Gotta Catch Ya Later!]]'', 950 episodes earlier.
* This episode marks the first appearance of a {{p|Clauncher}} in the anime since the {{OBP|Pokémon|species|species}}'s debut in ''[[XY022|Going for the Gold!]]'', 402 episodes earlier.
* This episode is one of the rare instances where Misty doesn’t show fear towards a {{type|Bug}} Pokémon, since {{AP|Leavanny}} was present without Misty showing any fear of him.
* This is one of the few episodes to mention that Pokémon can be used for food, as {{TRT}} wanted to catch {{TP|Misty|Clauncher}} to eat its claw.
* Ash, Misty, {{an|Brock}}, Cilan, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the [[JN139|next episode]].
* Ash, Misty, {{an|Brock}}, Cilan, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the [[JN139|next episode]].


===Errors===
===Errors===
[[File:JN138_error_1.png|thumb|220px|Orange and yellow lure]]
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* Ash's fishing lure changes into a orange and yellow lure instead of the Cilan lure throughout the episode.
* Ash's fishing lure changes into an orange and yellow lure instead of the Cilan lure throughout the episode.
* When Team Rocket is first seen inside their [[Team Rocket's mechas|submarine]], one of [[James]]'s hands has only four visible fingers.
* When Team Rocket is first seen inside their [[Team Rocket's mechas|submarine]], one of [[James]]'s hands has only four visible fingers.
* When Corphish uses {{m|Metal Claw}}, his claw stops glowing for a split second shortly before he stops Politoed's {{m|Focus Blast}}.
* The English dub subtitles miss a lot of dialogue during the episode, including Misty congratulating Ash for his victory and Ash laughing at Misty.
* The English dub subtitles miss a lot of dialogue during the episode, including Misty congratulating Ash for his victory and Ash laughing at Misty.
* When Corphish uses {{m|Metal Claw}}, his claw stops glowing for a split second shortly before he stops Politoed's {{m|Focus Blast}}.
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JN138_error_1.png|Orange and yellow lure
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===Dub edits===
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==In other languages==
==In other languages==
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A Fated Face-Off!
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JN138   EP1223
サトシVSカスミ！うみべのいっきうち！！
Satoshi VS Kasumi! Seaside One-on-One!!
First broadcast
Japan January 20, 2023
United States September 8, 2023
English themes
Opening Gotta Catch Em All
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening めざせポケモンマスター -with my friends-
Ending ひゃくごじゅういち
Credits
Animation Team Kato
Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
Storyboard 中田誠 Makoto Nakata
Assistant director 中田誠 Makoto Nakata
Animation directors 伊藤京子 Kyōko Itō
大西雅也 Masaya Ōnishi
Additional credits

A Fated Face-Off! (Japanese: サトシVSカスミ！うみべのいっきうち！！ Satoshi VS Kasumi! Seaside One-on-One!!) is the second episode of Pokémon: To Be a Pokémon Master, the 138th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,223rd episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on January 20, 2023, in Canada on May 20, 2023, in South Africa on May 30, 2023, and in the United States on September 8, 2023.

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Blurb

Ash and Pikachu continue their journey with a trip to an ocean beach. Pikachu fishes up a Clauncher with its tail, and Ash becomes determined to catch it—but someone else wants it, too! Misty appears and explains that she’s been after the Clauncher for a while, so the two Trainers decide to battle for the chance to catch it. Unfortunately, Team Rocket is ravenous and sees Clauncher’s claw as a potential meal, but Corphish and Clauncher work together to send them blasting off. Then, Ash and Misty finally battle, and Misty wins! Clauncher joins her team, and soon after, Misty rejoins Ash’s traveling party, too!

Plot

Ash's team members for this episode

Ash and Pikachu's journey has led them to a rocky seashore. Ash lets out his team of Totodile, Corphish, Leavanny, and Rowlet to enjoy the scenery as well. Corphish gets especially excited at seeing the sea again and dashes into the water, knocking his teammates into the shallows in the process. Pikachu decides to try fishing with his tail, but soon regrets this as a Clauncher pinches down on his tail. As Pikachu pulls Clauncher out of the water, Corphish rushes back and challenges his fellow crustacean to a showdown of strength. While Ash scans Clauncher with his Rotom Phone, Corphish gets pushed back. Impressed by Clauncher's strength, Ash decides to catch it, but before he can throw his Poké Ball, a fishing line with a familiar lure attached to it wraps around his arm. Ash turns around to look and sees that the line was cast by none other than his old traveling companion, Misty, who declares that she will be the one to catch Clauncher. Clauncher, however, uses Water Gun on the ground to create a cloud of dust and escapes back into the water.

After greeting Pikachu, Misty congratulates Ash on becoming a World Champion, and reveals that seeing his battle with Leon had gotten her so fired up that she had decided to set off on a new journey herself, leaving the Cerulean Gym in her sisters' hands. She also explains that she's encountered this same Clauncher several times before and believes that fate has led them together. Ash, meanwhile, sees how competitive his Corphish has gotten with Clauncher, and wants to catch the Water Gun Pokémon for his sake. Misty declares they'll settle this with a fishing battle and whips out her rod. Ash agrees to this and responds in kind. Misty is baffled to see the lure Ash is using, which he reveals to be from another friend of his. She questions why he isn't using the lure she gave him, with Ash teasingly responding that this lure actually catches fish, unlike her lure, much to Misty's irritation.

The fishing battle begins, with the first one to reel Clauncher in getting the first chance at trying to catch it. Ash, as impatient as ever, quickly grows bored of waiting and starts complaining, irritating Misty again. Unnoticed by the two, Team Rocket is observing them from their Magikarp submarine, although they're too weak from hunger to actually do anything. When Misty finally gets a bite and reels Clauncher out of the water, Team Rocket's Rotom Phone tells the trio that Clauncher's big claw is full of delicious meat, and it grows back if broken off. Meanwhile, Clauncher manages to pull Misty into the water, causing Ash to laugh at her until he gets a bite as well. However, like Misty, he gets pulled back by Clauncher instead of the other way around and falls into the water as well.

Clauncher has a conversation with Corphish, and Ash eventually deduces that Clauncher wants him and Misty to battle in order to decide which of them gets to catch him, which Clauncher confirms with a nod. Misty happily accepts this, but before the battle can even start, Clauncher is caught in Team Rocket's own fishing line. The trio emerges from their submarine, reciting their motto, though their hunger makes them so weak that Misty can't make out what they're saying. The trio declares that they'll be using the meat inside Clauncher's claw to satisfy their hunger, much to Misty's distraught. However, this scheme ends up being short-lived, as Corphish cuts Clauncher loose, and the two Water types charge at the submarine together. Too weak to escape, Team Rocket is struck by a double Crabhammer and sent blasting off.

With the distraction settled, Ash and Misty prepare to begin their one-on-one battle. Misty chooses Politoed, and while Pikachu expects to be chosen, as Electric-type Pokémon are strong against Water types, Ash instead decides to use Corphish, much to Pikachu's shock. Nevertheless, he instead acts as the referee. Before starting, Corphish has another moment of connection with Clauncher, which again irritates Misty. Ash, however, is amused, writing it off as them having a moment between men. The battle finally starts, and Ash makes the first move with Crabhammer, but Politoed dodges it with Bounce, which also lands a hit on Corphish. Politoed next attacks with Focus Blast, but Corphish uses Metal Claw to suppress the move before charging in with a swift Aqua Jet. Misty has Politoed dodge it and counterattack with Hydro Pump, which Ash counters by ordering another Aqua Jet. Using Aqua Jet, Corphish maneuvers around the Hydro Pump and lands a hit, knocking Politoed to the ground. Ash orders a Crabhammer for the finish, and the move seemingly connects with a huge burst of dust. However, when the dust cloud clears, Politoed is revealed to have caught the attack before it could hit. With its opponent stuck at a close range, Politoed uses Mega Punch, which knocks Corphish out, thus making Misty the winner. While Ash comforts Corphish, who cries inconsolably after his loss, Misty claims her prize by catching Clauncher. She celebrates with Psyduck and Azurill for a moment before, to her surprise, Clauncher suddenly emerges from his Poké Ball and goes to train with Corphish. Ash and the rest of his team decide to join in on the training, too, while Misty is left frustrated at Clauncher having a deeper connection with someone other than the one who had just caught him. Above them, an invisible Latias appears and observes the scene.

At dusk, Ash and Pikachu continue their travels through a forest, though they both quickly notice Misty trying to secretly follow them, with Ash telling her to show herself. She expresses her desire to come with him, though she insists it's only so that Clauncher and Corphish can continue to hang out together. Ash pretends to be disinterested in the idea, but when Pikachu shows he wants Misty to come along, Ash accepts the request, officially reuniting the two old traveling companions once more.

Major events

Misty after catching Clauncher
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Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Corphish

Trivia

The "After the story" artwork for this episode

Errors

Orange and yellow lure
  • Ash's fishing lure changes into an orange and yellow lure instead of the Cilan lure throughout the episode.
  • When Team Rocket is first seen inside their submarine, one of James's hands has only four visible fingers.
  • When Corphish uses Metal Claw, his claw stops glowing for a split second shortly before he stops Politoed's Focus Blast.
  • The English dub subtitles miss a lot of dialogue during the episode, including Misty congratulating Ash for his victory and Ash laughing at Misty.

Dub edits

In other languages



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