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最高潮！決戦前夜サトシVSダンデ！！
Climax! The Night Before the Decisive Battle! Satoshi VS Dande!!

First broadcast

Japan	October 14, 2022
United States

English themes

Opening
Ending

Japanese themes

Opening	１・２・３
Ending	バツグンタイプ

Credits

Additional credits
Animation	Team Kato
Screenplay
Storyboard
Assistant director
Animation director

(Japanese: 最高潮！決戦前夜サトシVSダンデ！！ Climax! The Night Before the Decisive Battle! Satoshi VS Dande!!) is the 128th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,213th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 14, 2022.

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

Plot

The "Pokémon World Coronation Series News" makes a broadcast before the finals of the Masters Eight Tournament. After a brief recap of the Masters Eight and the results of the quarterfinals, the semifinals matches of Leon versus Diantha and Ash versus Cynthia are given a more detailed recap. With the final match of Ash versus Leon having been set up, both of their full teams are introduced, including the three Pokémon that Leon hasn't yet used in the tournament: Cinderace, Inteleon, and Mr. Rime.

Characters

Humans

Ash (flashback)
Iris (flashback)
Goh (flashback)
Lance (flashback)
Steven Stone (flashback)
Cynthia (flashback)
Alain (flashback)
Diantha (flashback)
Leon (flashback)
Announcer (voice only)
Daimonji (voice only)
Josie (voice only)

Pokémon

Pikachu (Ash's; Gigantamax; flashback)
Dragonite (Ash's; flashback)
Gengar (Ash's; flashback)
Lucario (Ash's; Mega Lucario; flashback)
Sirfetch'd (Ash's; flashback)
Dracovish (Ash's; flashback)
Haxorus (Iris's; flashback)
Scorbunny (Goh's; flashback)
Cinderace (Goh's; flashback)
Dragonite (Lance's; Dynamax; flashback)
Metagross (Steven's; Mega Metagross; Shiny; flashback)
Garchomp (Cynthia's; Mega Garchomp; flashback)
Roserade (Cynthia's; flashback)
Milotic (Cynthia's; flashback)
Spiritomb (Cynthia's; flashback)
Togekiss (Cynthia's; Dynamax; flashback)
Gardevoir (Diantha's; Mega Gardevoir; flashback)
Goodra (Diantha's; flashback)
Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X; flashback)
Charmander (Leon's; flashback)
Charizard (Leon's; Gigantamax; flashback)
Dragapult (Leon's; poster)
Rillaboom (Leon's; flashback)
Cinderace (Leon's; poster)
Inteleon (Leon's; poster)
Mr. Rime (Leon's; poster)
Inteleon (Jacqueline's; flashback)

Trivia

Daimonji reads the title card for this episode.
James, Meowth, Jessie, and Wobbuffet narrate the preview for the next episode.
- A special preview regarding the final match of the Masters Eight Tournament, Ash versus Leon, was aired after the episode.