BW131

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The Path That Leads to Goodbye!

BW131   EP788 サトシとアイリスが絶交！？別れの１本道！！ Satoshi and Iris's Severed Relationship!? The Path of Separation!!

First broadcast Japan June 20, 2013 United States September 21, 2013

English themes Opening It's Always You and Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening 夏めく坂道 Ending 手をつなごう

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 面出明美 Akemi Omode Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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

The Path That Leads to Goodbye! (Japanese: サトシとアイリスが絶交！？別れの１本道！！ Satoshi and Iris's Severed Relationship!? The Path of Separation!!) is the 131st episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 788th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 20, 2013 and in the United States on September 21, 2013.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis When Ash tries to catch a Dunsparce, he accidentally smashes the flowers Axew picked for Iris, and Axew accidentally bumps into Pikachu when it was using Electro Ball, allowing Dunsparce to get away, causing Ash and Iris to get mad at each other. After Ash accidentally gives Iris a bitter apple, she claims he did it on purpose and leaves the group, tired of him being "such a little kid".

Major events

• Ash tries and fails to capture a Dunsparce.

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

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Porter (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Dunsparce

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Pignite (Ash's)
• Snivy (Ash's)
• Scraggy (Ash's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Crustle (Cilan's)
• Stunfisk (Cilan's)
• Dunsparce
• Patrat (flashback)
• Roggenrola (flashback)
• Deerling (Summer Form, flashback)

Trivia

• This episode aired on September 17, 2013 in Italy (on K2), four days before the US airdate.
• Meowth and Cilan both break the fourth wall telling their sides of the story.

Dub edits

• In the dub, apples are referred to as berries.

In other languages

Language		Title
Italian		Ognuno per la sua strada!

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