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JN122   EP1207 セミファイナルⅠ　「圧勝」 The Semifinals I: "Overwhelming Victory"

First broadcast Japan August 26, 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 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 野田泰宏 Yasuhiro Noda Animation directors 山崎玲愛 Rei Yamazaki 大西雅也 Masaya Ōnishi 柳原好貴 Yoshitaka Yanagihara 中矢利子 Toshiko Nakaya Additional credits

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

(Japanese: セミファイナルⅠ　「圧勝」 The Semifinals I: "Overwhelming Victory") is the 122nd episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,207th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 26, 2022.

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

• Diantha is revealed to own a Goodra, a Hawlucha, and a Tyrantrum.
• Leon defeats Diantha in their semifinals Full Battle, advancing to the finals.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Goh
• Jessie
• James
• Cynthia
• Diantha
• Leon
• Hop
• Dan
• Vic
• Toria
• Announcer
• Crowd

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dragonite (Ash's)
• Gengar (Ash's)
• Lucario (Ash's)
• Sirfetch'd (Ash's)
• Dracovish (Ash's)
• Grookey (Goh's)
• Morpeko (James's; Hangry Mode)
• Gible (Cynthia's; flashback)
• Garchomp (Cynthia's)
• Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone; ×2)
• Gardevoir (Diantha's; Mega Gardevoir)
• Aurorus (Diantha's; flashback)
• Gourgeist (Diantha's; flashback)
• Goodra (Diantha's)
• Hawlucha (Diantha's; flashback)
• Tyrantrum (Diantha's; flashback)
• Charizard (Leon's; Gigantamax)
• Dragapult (Leon's; flashback)
• Rillaboom (Leon's)
• Aegislash (Dan's)
• Rotom (Team Rocket's; Rotom Phone)
• Psyduck (Trainer's; multiple)
• Swirlix (Trainers'; ×2)
• Xatu (Trainer's; multiple)
• Venonat (Trainer's; multiple)
• Trubbish (Trainer's)
• Clobbopus (Trainers'; ×2)
• Marowak (Trainer's)
• Sandile (Trainer's)
• Munchlax (Trainer's)
• Pyukumuku (Trainer's)
• Meowstic (Trainer's; male)
• Marill (Trainer's)
• Gulpin (Trainer's)
• Wooper (Trainer's)
• Lotad (Trainer's)
• Slowbro (Trainer's)
• Hattrem (Trainer's)
• Darumaka (Trainer's; Galarian)
• Raichu (Trainer's; Alolan)
• Sigilyph (Trainer's)
• Gossifleur (×4; one evolves)
• Eldegoss (newly evolved)

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Gossifleur
• If only Trainer battles are counted, as of this episode, Ash is on his longest winning streak ever, totaling 71 episodes and counting, having last lost to Rinto in Trials of a Budding Master!.
• This episode marks the first appearance of a Tyrantrum in the anime since the species's debut in The Tiny Caretaker!, 321 episodes earlier.
• This episode marks the first time Diantha is defeated in an onscreen battle.
• The Dare da? segment is replaced with eyecatches of Ash, Goh, and Pikachu for this episode.
• James, Meowth, Jessie, and Wobbuffet narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• Diantha's Tyrantrum uses Hyper Beam on Leon's Dragapult. As a Normal-type move, it should not affect Dragapult, who is a Ghost-type Pokémon.

In other languages

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