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JN141   EP1226 もえよ！ゼニガメしょうぼうだん！！ Burn! The Zenigame Fire Brigade!!

First broadcast Japan February 10, 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 土屋理敬 Michihiro Tsuchiya Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 又野弘道 Hiromichi Matano Animation directors 新城真 Makoto Shinjō 升谷有希 Yuki Masutani Additional credits

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

(Japanese: もえよ！ゼニガメしょうぼうだん！！ Burn! The Zenigame Fire Brigade!!) is the fifth episode of Pocket Monsters: Aim to Be a Pokémon Master, the 141st episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,226th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 10, 2023.

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

Plot

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Major events

• Ash reunites with his Squirtle and the Squirtle Squad.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny (×2)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Squirtle

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charmander (Ash's; flashback)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Politoed (Misty's)
• Clauncher (Misty's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Venonat (Trainer's)
• Wurmple (Trainer's)
• Quagsire (Trainer's)
• Cacnea (Trainer's)
• Klink (Trainer's)
• Herdier (Trainer's)
• Sandslash (Trainer's)
• Ducklett (Trainer's)
• Eldegoss (Trainer's)
• Watchog (Trainer's)
• Stoutland (Trainer's)
• Squirtle (Squirtle Squad)
• Latias (anime)
• Camerupt
• Hariyama
• Spoink
• Makuhita
• Wingull (×6)

Trivia

• There was no Dare Da? segment in the initial airing of the episode, instead having the series logo on the screen before and after the commercial break.
• This episode marks the first time Pikachu, Bulbasaur, Charizard, and Squirtle have physically reunited since Gathering the Gang of Four, 763 episodes ago.
• The costumes that the Squirtle Squad wear in this episode resemble the suits from the Super Sentai franchise.
• This is the first episode of Aim to Be a Pokémon Master where Ash has more than one Pokémon from the same region in his party (not including Pikachu).
• Shinji Miyazaki's music from the Pokémon the Series: XY is reused as background music in this episode.
• This episode marks the first appearance of a Cacnea in the anime since Barry's Busting Out All Over!, 659 episodes earlier.
  • This episode also marks the first appearance of a Cacnea in the anime other than the one that belonged to James.
  • This episode also marks the first appearance of a Spoink in the anime since its cameo in Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, almost seven years prior.
• When Brock flirts with Officer Jenny, he says the first verse of Aim to Be a Pokémon Master before getting Poison Jabbed by Croagunk.
• When Ash releases Bulbasaur from its Poké Ball, it poses similarly to Ken Sugimori's official artwork of Bulbasaur in Generation III.
• The final scene where Squirtle removes its sunglasses and leaps into Ash's arms is reminiscent of Here Comes the Squirtle Squad when Squirtle did the same thing to let Ash know he wanted to join his team.
• Ash, Pikachu, Meowth, Misty, and James narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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