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New Places... Familiar Faces!

BW109   EP766 アララギ研究所！新たなる旅立ち！！ The Araragi Institute! A New Journey!!

First broadcast Japan January 17, 2013 United States April 20, 2013

English themes Opening It's Always You and Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening やじるしになって！2013 Ending サクラ・ゴーラウンド

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation director 案浦達哉 Tatsuya Annoura 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

New Places... Familiar Faces! (Japanese: アララギ研究所！新たなる旅立ち！！ The Araragi Institute! A New Journey!!) is the 109th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 766th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 17, 2013 and in the United States on April 20, 2013.

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

Major events

• Ash and his friends return to Nuvema Town.
• Team Rocket returns to Unova now focusing on their original goal: capturing Pikachu and any other Pokémon they can.
• Team Rocket goes back to using their original motto again.
• Jessie and James are revealed to have obtained a Frillish and an Amoonguss, respectively.
• Ash, Iris and Cilan decide to explore the Dragonspiral Tower in the hopes of meeting Reshiram.

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

Debuts

Humans

• N

Pokémon debuts

• Jessie's Frillish
• James's Amoonguss

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Juniper
• Cedric Juniper
• Professor Oak
• N
• Nanette

Pokémon

Dare da?

Who's That Pokémon?: Amoonguss (US and international) Meowth (Team Rocket) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Unfezant (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's; at Oak's Lab)
• Emolga (Iris's)
• Stunfisk (Cilan's)
• Snivy (starter Pokémon)
• Tepig (starter Pokémon; given to Nanette)
• Oshawott (starter Pokémon)
• Frillish (Jessie's)
• Amoonguss (James's)
• Serperior (fantasy)
• Whimsicott (fantasy)
• Alomomola (fantasy)
• Galvantula (×2; fantasy)
• Reshiram (fantasy)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Swadloon
• Be an Arrow! is replaced by Be an Arrow! 2013 as the Japanese opening while Sakura Go-Round replaces Look Look☆Here as the ending.
• Team Rocket Forever and Be an Arrow! are used as background music.
• At the end of Dare da?, at the point when the revealed Pokémon normally lets out its own cry, Ash instead shouts "Meowth!", and Meowth runs off the screen, shouting, "my cover's been blown!".
  • This is also the first time during the Best Wishes series when the Pokémon in Dare da? has moved during its introduction, and the first time ever when the Pokémon in question has left the entire screen before the end of the segment.
• This episode also marks the first time since Memories are Made of Bliss!, over a hundred episodes ago, when Team Rocket has used their Meowth balloon and blasted off without their rocket packs.
• As of this episode, Team Rocket has recited their original motto at least once during each of the series in the anime.
• This episode marks the return of the running gag which consists of Professor Oak getting smothered by Ash's Muk while talking to Ash through video conference.
• This episode begins the Best Wishes! Season 2: Episode N arc.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		紅豆杉研究所！展開新旅行！！

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