JN117

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JN117   EP1202 VSシロナ！アイリスドラゴンマスターへの道！！ VS Shirona! Iris's Road to Dragon Master!!

First broadcast Japan July 15, 2022 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending バツグンタイプ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 斉藤徳明 Noriaki Saitō Assistant director ウヱノ史博 Fumihiro Ueno Animation director 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara Additional credits

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

(Japanese: VSシロナ！アイリスドラゴンマスターへの道！！ VS Shirona! Iris's Road to Dragon Master!!) is the 117th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,202nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 15, 2022.

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

• Iris's Excadrill is revealed to know Horn Drill.
• Cynthia is revealed to own a Milotic, a Key Stone, and a Garchompite.
• Cynthia defeats Iris, advancing her to the semifinals.
• Goh reunites with Iris.
• Ash and Steven Stone prepare to start their battle.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Goh
• Jessie
• James
• Lance
• Steven Stone
• Paul
• Cynthia
• Reggie
• Volkner
• Flint
• Diantha
• Alain
• Leon
• Alder
• Trip
• Georgia
• Bianca
• Stephan
• Hop

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Axew (Iris's; flashback)
• Haxorus (Iris's)
• Excadrill (Iris's)
• Dragonite (Iris's)
• Grookey (Goh's)
• Morpeko (James's; Hangry Mode)
• Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone; ×3)
• Garchomp (Cynthia's; Mega Garchomp)
• Gastrodon (Cynthia's; West Sea)
• Milotic (Cynthia's)
• Electivire (Volkner's)
• Infernape (Flint's)
• Axew (Drayden's)
• Rotom (Team Rocket's; Rotom Phone)
• Wooloo (Hop's)
• Psyduck (Trainers'; ×2)
• Slowpoke (Trainers'; ×2)
• Trubbish (Trainer's)
• Swirlix (Trainer's)
• Squirtle (Trainer's)

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Excadrill
• This episode marks the first physical appearance of several human characters in the anime after long absences:
  • Reggie, whose last appearance was in Battling a Thaw in Relations!, 548 episodes earlier.
  • Georgia and Alder, whose last main series appearance was in Goodbye, Junior Cup—Hello, Adventure!, 452 episodes earlier.
  • Trip, whose last main series appearances was in Mission: Defeat Your Rival!, 441 episodes earlier.
  • Bianca and Stephan, whose last main series appearance was in A Unova League Evolution!, 437 episodes earlier.
• As of this episode, all of Ash's main rivals have appeared during Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
  • In addition, every regional Champion, current or former, has appeared during the series as well.
• Iris's and Cynthia's battle in All for the Love of Meloetta! is featured as a flashback, having been redrawn to match the style introduced in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
• Shinji Miyazaki's music from Pokémon the Series: XY is reused as background music in this episode.
• The Dare da? segment is replaced with eyecatches of Ash, Goh, and Pikachu for this episode.
• James, Meowth, Jessie, and Wobbuffet narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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