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JN142   EP1227 そして、おなじ月をみている！ And We're Looking at the Same Moon!

First broadcast Japan February 17, 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 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 中田誠 Makoto Nakata Assistant director 小柴純弥 Junya Koshiba Animation director 安田周平 Shūhei Yasuda Additional credits

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(Japanese: そして、おなじ月をみている！ And We're Looking at the Same Moon!) is the sixth episode of Pocket Monsters: Aim to Be a Pokémon Master, the 142nd episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,227th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 17, 2023.

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

Plot

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Major events

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

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Iris (flashback)
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Caterpie

• Pikachu (Ash's; World Cap)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Snivy (Ash's)
• Frogadier (Ash's; flashback)
• Fletchinder (Ash's; flashback)
• Hawlucha (Ash's; flashback)
• Goomy (Ash's; flashback)
• Raichu (Sho's; flashback)
• Spearow (anime; flashback)
• Latias (anime)
• Gyarados
• Pidgey (×2)
• Spearow (multiple)
• Caterpie
• Venipede (multiple)
• Rattata
• Oddish
• Cutiefly (multiple; flashback)
• Comfey (flashback)
• Golbat (background character)

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!! - Episode Paldea: Greavard
• This episode features the reappearance of Team Rocket's Meowth bubblegum robot, which first appeared in Good 'Quil Hunting, 1,086 episodes earlier.
• Like the previous episode, 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.
• Shinji Miyazaki's music from the original series, Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire, Pokémon the Series: Black & White, and Pokémon the Series: XY are reused as background music in this episode.
• Goodnight, My Pikachu -2017 ver.- is used as an insert song in this episode.
• There are a few references to Pokémon - I Choose You! in this episode:
  • The scene where Meowth throws a rock at a Spearow is similar to the scene where Ash throws a rock at a Spearow in that episode. Meowth and Pikachu are then chased by a flock of Spearow like Ash and Pikachu in the first episode.
  • A Rattata steals food from Ash's backpack, just like a Ratatta did in that episode.
  • Ash and Pikachu are about to fall in a river before being saved by Latias. In Pokémon - I Choose You!, they fall into a river while being chased by the flock of Spearow.
• Pikachu and Caterpie looking at the moon is similar to the scene in Ash Catches a Pokémon.
• The scene where Pikachu hands the fruit over to Meowth is similar to the scenes in Bound for Trouble and A Scare to Remember! where they share an apple.
• This episode features the following flashbacks of Ash and Pikachu:
  • Ash receiving Pikachu from Professor Oak and Ash and Pikachu being chased by a flock of Spearow in Pokémon - I Choose You!.
  • Pikachu refusing to evolve into Raichu in Electric Shock Showdown.
  • Pikachu running into Ash's arms after choosing to stay with him in Pikachu's Goodbye.
  • Ash cradling a sick Pikachu after arriving in Hoenn in Get the Show on the Road!.
  • Pikachu defeating Sho's Raichu in Pika and Goliath!.
  • Pikachu attacking Ash while being under Colress's control in Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!.
  • Ash and his Kalos team at the Coumarine City festival in Under the Pledging Tree!.
  • Ash and Pikachu on Treasure Island in Partner Promises!.
  • Ash embracing Pikachu after defeating Leon in JN132.
• As of this episode, every previous anime series has been featured in a flashback in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
• Misty, Brock, Pikachu, Ash, and Lapras narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• When Spearow calls its friends, eight of them shows up to the left and thirteen shows up to the right. However, when they all come together, three extra Spearow are added. Later, when Ash and his friends meets the Spearow, only seven of them are shown.
• When Pikachu climbs up the tree to retrieve Ash's hat, twelve Venipede can be seen on the tree. However, when Pikachu descends down and Meowth sneezes, only nine Venipede can be seen.
• After Team Rocket retrieves Meowth, the Meowth balloon's burner is missing.

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