JN068

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JN068   EP1153 ゴウにライバル！？ミュウへの道！！ Go's Rival!? The Road to Mew!!

First broadcast Japan May 28, 2021 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending ポケモンしりとり（ピカチュウ→ミュウVer.）

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 齋藤徳明 Noriaki Saitō Assistant director 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino Animation directors 山崎玲愛 Rei Yamazaki 柳原好貴 Yoshitaka Yanagihara No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: ゴウにライバル！？ミュウへの道！！ Go's Rival!? The Road to Mew!!) is the 68th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,153rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 28, 2021.

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

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Ash and Goh visit Pallet Town.
• Ash and Goh learn about Project Mew, a research project aiming to find Mew.
• Goh tries and fails to catch a Pidgeotto and an Onix.
  • In the process, Goh fails to catch a Pidgeotto for the second time.
• Gary returns, with Goh meeting him for the first time.
• Gary is revealed to have obtained a Rotom Phone.
• Ash, Goh, and Gary battle a wild Moltres.
• Gary is revealed to be taking part in Project Mew.
• Asahi is introduced.
• Gary fulfills a Trial Mission and earns a Project Mew token.
• Ash and Goh decides to join Project Mew.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Asahi (on phone)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Tracey (fantasy)
• Goh
• Chloe (flashback)
• Professor Oak
• Gary
• Paul (flashback)
• Asahi (on phone)
• Gary's cheerleaders (flashback)
• Citizens (flashback)
• Crowd (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Infernape

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Cinderace (Goh's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's)
• Tauros (Ash's; ×30)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Quilava (Ash's)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Donphan (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Chimchar (Ash's; fantasy)
• Monferno (Ash's; fantasy)
• Infernape (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Pignite (Ash's)
• Krookodile (Ash's)
• Talonflame (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Noivern (Ash's)
• Grookey (Goh's)
• Blastoise (Gary's)
• Electivire (Gary's)
• Rotom (Gary's; Rotom Phone)
• Electivire (Paul's; flashback)
• Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone; ×2)
• Corviknight (Project Mew's)
• Mew (anime; flashback)
• Pidgeotto
• Onix
• Moltres

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Moltres
• This episode marks the first appearance of several human characters after long absences:
  • Gary, whose last physical appearance in the main series was in The Battle Finale of Legend!, 535 episodes earlier.
  • Tracey, whose last main series appearance was in The Dream Continues!, 354 episodes earlier.
  • Paul, whose last main series appearance was in The Semi-Final Frontier!, 498 episodes earlier.
    • This also marks Paul's first main series appearance outside of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, not counting opening and endings songs.
• Although the synopsis is about Ash meeting his Pokémon in the episode, there were some notable absences:
  • Corphish is Ash's only Hoenn Pokémon to appear or be mentioned in this episode.
  • Noctowl is Ash's only Johto Pokémon not to appear or be mentioned in this episode.
  • Torkoal is Ash's only Fire-type Pokémon residing at Professor Oak's Laboratory not to appear or be mentioned in this episode.
  • On top of this, Ash's Kingler, Staraptor, Torterra, Ash's Gliscor, Gible, Unfezant, Snivy, Scraggy, Leavanny, Palpitoad and Boldore do not appear or are mentioned in this episode.
• Gary undergoes his second costume change in this episode, now wearing his game counterpart's outfit from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. He has also undergone a physical redesign with a less pointed face, larger eyes, and the newer Ken Sugimori-style irises.
• This is the first time:
  • Charizard doesn't burn Ash with Flamethrower upon reuniting with him.
  • Any of Ash's Kalos Pokémon are seen residing at Oak's Laboratory.
  • Any of Ash's Unova and Kalos Pokémon have appeared outside of the series they were initially caught in.
  • Ash has battled alongside a Pokémon he left at Oak's Laboratory since The Semi-Final Frontier!, 498 episodes ago.
• This episode features the following flashbacks, which have all been reanimated to match the style introduced in Pokémon Journeys: The Series:
  • Ash and Gary's encounter in front of Oak's Laboratory in Pokémon, I Choose You!.
  • Ash and Gary's battle in the Silver Conference in Can't Beat the Heat!.
  • Ash and Paul's battle in the Lily of the Valley Conference in Battling a Thaw in Relations!.
• Ash's Infernape is confirmed to be male in this episode, as Gary refers to him using a male pronoun.
• Ash, Goh, Grookey, Chloe, Eevee, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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