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This article is about an episode of the Pokémon animated series that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.
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虹とポケモンマスター! The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!
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First broadcast
Japan
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March 24, 2023
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United States
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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(Japanese: 虹とポケモンマスター! The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!) is the 11th and final episode of Pocket Monsters: Aim to Be a Pokémon Master, the 147th and final episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,232nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 24, 2023.
This is the last episode of the anime to feature Ash and Pikachu as main protagonists.
Plot
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This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.
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Major events
- For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Pikachu
Trivia
- Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!! - Episode Paldea: Sprigatito
- Shinji Miyazaki's music from the original series is reused as background music in this episode.
- Team Rocket's Team Song is used as an insert song in this episode.
- This is the only episode of Aim to Be a Pokémon Master to not feature Latias, due to her leaving with Latios in the previous episode.
- Similar to the final episode of the first four series, the usual To be continued is replaced with Next Time... A New Beginning!.
- This also marks the first time since Pokémon the Series: Black & White in which this ending message was used for the final episode of a series.
- The font used for the text is similar to the text from the original series, with the arrow that follows it.
- This episode marks Tracey's first speaking appearance since Home is Where the Start Is!, 766 episodes earlier.
- As of this episode, Max is the only one of Ash's male friends that he did not reunite with in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
- This episode marks the first appearance of Tracey's Venomoth and Scyther in the main series since Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!, 1,007 episodes earlier.
- This marks the first time one of Tracey's Pokémon has evolved under his ownership.
- This episode marks the first physical appearance of Ash's Pidgeot since it was released in Pallet Party Panic, 1,151 episodes earlier.
- As of this episode, Ash has reunited with all of his non-temporary Pokémon that he has formally released.
- Ash reveals his definition for the term "Pokémon Master" in this episode.
- The shoes that Ash wears at the end of the episode have the Pokémon League Expo logo on them, which is notably the same logo that is on Ash's hat from the original series.
Errors
Dub edits
In other languages