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JN128   EP1213 最高潮！決戦前夜サトシVSダンデ！！ Climax! The Night Before the Decisive Battle! Satoshi VS Dande!!

First broadcast Japan October 14, 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 Storyboard Assistant director Animation director Additional credits

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

(Japanese: 最高潮！決戦前夜サトシVSダンデ！！ Climax! The Night Before the Decisive Battle! Satoshi VS Dande!!) is the 128th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,213th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 14, 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

• Leon is revealed to own a Mr. Rime, a Cinderace, and an Inteleon.

Characters

Humans

• Ash (flashback)
• Iris (flashback)
• Goh (flashback)
• Lance (flashback)
• Steven Stone (flashback)
• Cynthia (flashback)
• Alain (flashback)
• Diantha (flashback)
• Leon (flashback)
• Announcer (voice only)
• Daimonji (voice only)
• Josie (voice only)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's; flashback)
• Dragonite (Ash's; flashback)
• Gengar (Ash's; flashback)
• Lucario (Ash's; Mega Lucario; flashback)
• Sirfetch'd (Ash's; flashback)
• Dracovish (Ash's; flashback)
• Haxorus (Iris's; flashback)
• Scorbunny (Goh's; flashback)
• Cinderace (Goh's; flashback)
• Dragonite (Lance's; Dynamax; flashback)
• Metagross (Steven's; Mega Metagross; Shiny; flashback)
• Garchomp (Cynthia's; Mega Garchomp; flashback)
• Roserade (Cynthia's; flashback)
• Milotic (Cynthia's; flashback)
• Spiritomb (Cynthia's; flashback)
• Togekiss (Cynthia's; Dynamax; flashback)
• Gardevoir (Diantha's; Mega Gardevoir; flashback)
• Goodra (Diantha's; flashback)
• Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X; flashback)
• Charmander (Leon's; flashback)
• Charizard (Leon's; Gigantamax; flashback)
• Rillaboom (Leon's; flashback)
• Dragapult (Leon's; poster)
• Mr. Rime (Leon's; poster)
• Cinderace (Leon's; poster)
• Inteleon (Leon's; poster)
• Inteleon (Jacqueline's; flashback)

Trivia

• Daimonji reads the title card for this episode.
• James, Meowth, Jessie, and Wobbuffet narrate the preview for the next episode.
  • A special preview regarding the final match of the Masters Eight Tournament, Ash versus Leon, was aired after the episode.

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