S05

Pokémon: Master Quest Season 5
The Master Quest title screen.
Opening Believe in Me
Episodes 64 (1 skipped) (EP210 - EP274)
Region Johto
Series Original series
Preceded by Pokémon: Johto League Champions
Followed by Pokémon: Advanced

Pokémon: Master Quest is the name of the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, consisting of the remaining episodes of the Original series, except one. The 64-episode season showcases the final adventures of Ash, Misty, and Brock, and briefly Ritchie in the Johto region, from the Whirl Islands to Mt. Silver.

It originally aired as part of the 2002-2003 Kids' WB! Saturday morning line-up. The season began with Around the Whirlpool, which originally aired on September 14, 2002, and ended with Hoenn Alone, which originally aired on October 25, 2003. This season skips EP250, which was banned from airing.

Master Quest is the last of the three seasons taking place in the Johto region. It is preceded by Pokémon: Johto League Champions and followed by Pokémon: Advanced, the first season of the dub of the Advanced Generation series which is based on the Generation III games. This season is the last where 4Kids Entertainment dub at TAJ Productions. From EP263, they moved into their own dubbing studio.

See the list of Pokémon: Master Quest episodes for a list of episodes aired this season.

Important events

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

Logo for the season

• Ash and Misty compete in the Whirl Cup.
• Ash and company meet up with Ritchie, and they team up to save a Lugia from Namba, a Team Rocket scientist.
• Jessie, James, and Meowth have a Delibird tail them so it can collect money they owe to the Team Rocket organization.
• Ash and company meet Eusine and later encounter Suicune again.
• Ash obtains a Pokémon egg which soon hatches to a Phanpy.
• Ash and company meet up with Lance as they uncover Project R, an experiment led by Professor Sebastian, another Team Rocket scientist.
• Ash obtains Larvitar and returns it to its mother at Mt. Silver.
• Ash finally earns the eight badges needed to enter the Johto League. Ash competes in the Silver Conference. He defeats Gary in a 6 vs. 6 match, but later loses to Harrison. Ash places in the top eight.
• Ash, Misty, and Brock part ways on their return to Kanto.
• Ash sees Ho-Oh fly towards Hoenn and decides to head there with just Pikachu.
• Ash and Pikachu arrive in Littleroot Town, their first area on their journey through Hoenn.

Party changes

Additions

The following Pokémon are obtained:

• Misty's Corsola (EP213)
• Ash's Phanpy (EP230)
• James's second Victreebel (EP261)

Evolutions

The following Pokémon evolve:

• Misty's Poliwhirl → Politoed
• Brock's Pineco → Forretress

Trades

The following Pokémon are traded:

• James's Victreebel for Magikarp Salesman's Weepinbell (EP261)

Releases

• James's two Victreebel (they fall in love soon after) (EP261)

Other

The following Pokémon are left at Professor Oak's lab:

• Ash's Bulbasaur (EP225)
• Ash's Phanpy (EP273)
• Ash's Bayleef (EP273)
• Ash's Noctowl (EP273)
• Ash's Totodile (EP273)
• Ash's Cyndaquil (EP273)

Gym Battles

Ash defeats the following Gym Leaders:

• Jasmine (EP224)
• Pryce (EP238)
• Clair (EP254)

North America DVD Releases

File:MasterQuest DVD.jpg

Pokémon: Master Quest DVD cover

• Box Set 1: Quest 1: (EP210-EP241)
• Box Set 2: Quest 2: (EP242-EP249, EP251-EP274)

Australian DVD Releases

• Pokémon Season 5: Master Quest (EP210-EP249, EP251-EP262)
• Pokémon Season 6: Advanced (EP263-EP274. Also includes all 40 Pokémon: Advanced episodes)

Individual Volumes

• Pokémon - Master's Quest 6.1: Address Unown (EP263-EP266)
• Pokémon - Master's Quest 6.2: The Tie That Binds (EP267-EP270)
• Pokémon - Master's Quest 6.3: Catch Ya Later (EP271-EP274)

Trivia

• There was a differently-colored version of the logo used on the Toonami Jetstream website. This variation of the logo was used until January 20, 2009.
  File:Master Quest Jetstream.jpg

  Notice the coloration

In other languages

Language		Title
European French		Pokémon: La Quête Ultime
Italian		Pokémon: the Master Quest
Portuguese	Brazil	Pokémon: Busca do Mestre
	Portugal	Pokémon: A Master Quest
Latin American Spanish		Pokémon: La búsqueda del Maestro

Series and seasons of the Pokémon animated series Original series (list) Indigo League • Adventures in the Orange Islands The Johto Journeys • Johto League Champions • Master Quest Ruby and Sapphire (list) Advanced • Advanced Challenge • Advanced Battle • Battle Frontier Diamond and Pearl (list) Diamond and Pearl • Battle Dimension • Galactic Battles • Sinnoh League Victors Black & White (list) Black & White • Rival Destinies • Adventures in Unova and Beyond XY (list) XY • Kalos Quest • XYZ (Mega Evolution Specials) Sun & Moon (list) Sun & Moon • Ultra Adventures‎ • Ultra Legends Journeys (list) Journeys • Master Journeys • Ultimate Journeys (The Arceus Chronicles) Horizons (list) Horizons Specials (list) Pikachu's Winter Vacation • Side Stories • Pokémon Chronicles Planetarium specials • Pikachu shorts Mewtwo Returns • The Legend of Thunder! • Pichu Bros. in Party Panic The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon • A Ripple in Time Complete list • Movies

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.