JN114

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JN114   EP1199 炎の特訓バトル！サトシ対シンジ！！ Training Battle of Flames! Satoshi VS Shinji!!

First broadcast Japan June 10, 2022 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 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

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

(Japanese: 炎の特訓バトル！サトシ対シンジ！！ Training Battle of Flames! Satoshi VS Shinji!!) is the 114th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,199th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 10, 2022.

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

Plot

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Major events

• Ash and Goh visit Pallet Town again.
• Ash's Corphish is revealed to have learned Water Gun.
• Ash's Bulbasaur, Bayleef, and Leavanny are revealed to have learned Leaf Storm.
• Ash's Talonflame is revealed to have learned Flamethrower.
• Ash meets Paul again and reunites with his mother, with Goh meeting the former for the first time.
  • In the process, Paul is revealed to have traveled to Kanto.
• Ash's Infernape is revealed to have learned Fire Punch and Close Combat.
• Paul is revealed to own a Gyarados, a Garchomp, and a Metagross, and to have received an offer to become a Gym Leader.
• Ash's Gengar learns Will-O-Wisp.
• Ash's Lucario learns Bullet Punch.
• Ash has a three-on-three battle with Paul and wins.

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

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Brock (flashback)
• Dawn (flashback)
• Goh
• Professor Oak
• Delia Ketchum
• Paul
• Lance (fantasy)
• Steven Stone (fantasy)
• Cynthia (fantasy)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Oshawott

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's; flashback)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Kingler (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's)
• Tauros (Ash's; ×30)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Quilava (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Noctowl (Ash's; Shiny)
• Donphan (Ash's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Sceptile (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Glalie (Ash's)
• Aipom (Ash's; flashback)
• Staraptor (Ash's)
• Turtwig (Ash's; flashback)
• Torterra (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's; flashback)
• Infernape (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Gliscor (Ash's)
• Gible (Ash's)
• Unfezant (Ash's; female)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Pignite (Ash's)
• Snivy (Ash's)
• Scraggy (Ash's)
• Leavanny (Ash's)
• Palpitoad (Ash's)
• Boldore (Ash's)
• Krookodile (Ash's)
• Talonflame (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Noivern (Ash's)
• Dragonite (Ash's)
• Gengar (Ash's)
• Lucario (Ash's)
• Sirfetch'd (Ash's)
• Dracovish (Ash's)
• Grookey (Goh's)
• Electivire (Paul's)
• Gyarados (Paul's)
• Garchomp (Paul's)
• Metagross (Paul's)
• Gyarados (Lance's; Shiny; Red Gyarados; fantasy)
• Metagross (Steven's; Shiny; fantasy)
• Garchomp (Cynthia's; fantasy)
• Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone)

Trivia

Ash and Goh with all of Ash's Pokémon

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Infernape
• The opening animation is updated to include Goh's Regieleki.
• This episode marks the first physical appearance of Paul since The Semi-Final Frontier!, 544 episodes earlier.
• This episode marks the largest gathering of Ash's Pokémon to date.
  • This episode marks the first physical appearance of several of Ash's Pokémon after long absences:
    • Kingler, who last appeared in The Right Place and the Right Mime, 792 episodes earlier. This is the longest time between physical appearances of a main character's Pokémon in the anime.
    • Noctowl and Glalie, both of whom last appeared in Working on a Right Move!, 548 episodes earlier.
    • Gliscor, who last appeared in Battling a Thaw in Relations!, 545 episodes earlier.
    • Swellow, Sceptile, Torkoal, and Gible, all of whom last appeared in The Semi-Final Frontier!, 544 episodes earlier.
    • Staraptor and Torterra, both of whom last appeared in Memories are Made of Bliss!, 542 episodes earlier.
    • Unfezant, Snivy, Scraggy, Leavanny, Palpitoad, and Boldore, all of whom last appeared in The Dream Continues!, 400 episodes earlier.
  • This episode also marks the first time that all of Ash's Pokémon at Professor Oak's Laboratory up to this point have physically appeared since The Right Place and the Right Mime, 792 episodes earlier.
  • Mimey is the only one of Ash's Pokémon currently in his possession to not appear in this episode.
• As of this episode, Incineroar is the only Fire-type Pokémon belonging to Ash to have never known Flamethrower.
• This episode features the following flashbacks, which have all been reanimated to match the style introduced in Pokémon Journeys: The Series:
  • Ash and Paul's first battle in When Pokémon Worlds Collide!.
  • Paul releasing Chimchar and Ash later offering him a spot on his team in Glory Blaze!.
  • Ash helping Chimchar overcoming his fear of Zangoose in Tears For Fears!.
  • Ash and Paul's battle in the Lily of the Valley Conference and them ending their rivalry in Battling a Thaw in Relations!.
• This is the first time since it became a running gag at the end of Pokémon the Series: Black & White where Ash does not get hit by any of his Tauros while visiting Professor Oak's Laboratory.
• Snivy is the only one of Ash's Grass-type Pokémon at Oak's lab who was not shown using Leaf Storm.
• The scene where Paul meets Gengar is similar to how he first met Ash's Gligar in Chim - Charred!.
• Ash, Goh, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.

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