JN138

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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

English themes Opening 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 No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGfClosed Original review thread on BMGf

(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 Pocket Monsters: Aim to Be a Pokémon Master, the 138th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,223rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It is scheduled to air in Japan on January 20, 2023.

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

Plot

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Major events

• Ash reunites with Misty.
• Ash's Corphish is revealed to have learned Metal Claw and Aqua Jet.
• Misty's Politoed is revealed to have learned Bounce, Focus Blast, and Hydro Pump.
• Ash and Misty have a battle over a wild Clauncher, with Misty winning.
• Misty catches a Clauncher.
• Ash and Misty decide to travel together again.

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Misty's Clauncher

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Jessie
• James
• The Sensational Sisters (fantasy)
  • Daisy
  • Violet
  • Lily

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Corphish

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Leavanny (Ash's)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Politoed (Misty's)
• Azurill (Misty's)
• Clauncher (Misty's; new)
• Rotom (Team Rocket's; Rotom Phone)
• Latias (anime)
• Remoraid (multiple)
• Wishiwashi (Solo Form; multiple)
• Gorebyss
• Huntail

Trivia

• The plot of this episode is similar to that of The Totodile Duel, where Ash and Misty fish and battle over who gets to keep a Water-type Pokémon.
  • Additionally, the Pokémon they fought over was Totodile, who appears in this episode.
• This episode marks the first time that Ash has lost to one of his traveling companions since his loss to Iris in Club Battle Finale: A Hero's Outcome!, 524 episodes earlier.
  • This episode also marks the first time Ash has lost a Trainer battle since Trials of a Budding Master!, 87 episodes earlier, thus making this Ash's longest Trainer battle winning streak in the anime.
• Shinji Miyazaki's music from the original series is reused as background music in this episode.
• Ash uses Cilan's fishing lure in this episode, which was previously seen in Facing Fear with Eyes Wide Open! and A Surface to Air Tag Battle Team!.
• Misty catching Ash on the arm with her fishing pole was a reference to how she and Ash first met.
• As of this episode, May is the only one of Ash’s female friends that he has not reunited with in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
• This episode marks Misty’s first onscreen Pokémon capture since A Corsola Caper!, 1,010 episodes earlier.
• This episode marks the first appearance of a Clauncher in the anime since the species's debut in Going for the Gold!, 402 episodes earlier.
• This episode marks the first appearance of both Misty's Politoed and Azurill in the main series since Gotta Catch Ya Later!, 950 episodes earlier, and A Real Cleffa-Hanger, 815 episodes earlier, respectively.
• Ash, Misty, Brock, Cilan, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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