JN139

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JN139   EP1224 タケシとデントともりのまじょ！ Takeshi and Dent and the Forest Witch!

First broadcast Japan January 27, 2023 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター -with my friends- Ending タケシのパラダイス

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 志村泉 Izumi Shimura Additional credits

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

(Japanese: タケシとデントともりのまじょ！ Takeshi and Dent and the Forest Witch!) is the third episode of Pocket Monsters: Aim to Be a Pokémon Master, the 139th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,224th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 27, 2023.

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Plot

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

Major events

• Ash visits Galar again, while Misty visits the region for the first time.
• Ash and Misty reunite with Brock.
  • Ash and Brock also reunite with Cilan, while Misty meets him for the first time.
    • In the process, Brock and Cilan are also revealed to have traveled to Galar.
• Brock rejoins the group while Cilan returns to Unova.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Hatenna

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Delia (fantasy)
• Nurse Joy (fantasy)
• Giovanni (fantasy)
• The Sensational Sisters (fantasy)
  • Daisy
  • Violet
  • Lily
• Ingo (fantasy)
• Emmet (fantasy)
• Kathy

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Hatterene

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Steelix (Brock's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone)
• Latias (anime)
• Ariados
• Hatenna (debut)
• Hattrem
• Hatterene
• Joltik
• Dewpider (fantasy)
• Samurott (fantasy)
• Vaporeon (fantasy)
• Slowpoke (fantasy)
• Blastoise (fantasy)
• Mudkip (fantasy)
• Sobble (fantasy)
• Quagsire (fantasy)
• Venipede (fantasy)
• Skorupi (fantasy)
• Ninjask (fantasy)
• Spinarak (fantasy)
• Caterpie (fantasy)
• Ariados (fantasy)

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!! - Episode Paldea: Smoliv
• As of this episode:
  • Max is Ash's only traveling companion introduced prior to Pokémon Journeys: The Series that has not reunited with Ash following his departure from the main cast.
  • Clemont is Ash's only male friend that Misty has not met.
• Shinji Miyazaki's music from Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire and Pokémon the Series: Black & White is reused as background music in this episode.
• This episode is the first one of Aim to Be a Pokémon Master in which Ash and his friends are traveling through a known location, with the previous two episodes taking place in unspecified locations.
• This episode marks the first appearance of several Pokémon species in the anime after long absences:
  • Samurott, who last appeared in A Unova League Evolution!, 459 episodes earlier.
  • Venipede, who last appeared in Splitting Heirs!, 380 episodes earlier.
  • Skorupi, who last appeared in A Towering Takeover!, 293 episodes earlier.
• This episode marks Ingo and Emmet's first appearance in the main series since Lost at the Stamp Rally!, 516 episodes earlier.
• The farewell between the group and Cilan is reminiscent of the farewell between Ash, Misty, and Brock in Gotta Catch Ya Later!.
• Unshō Ishizuka was added into the credits for this episode, with archived audio of his voice being used for Brock's Steelix.
• Misty, Brock, Ash, Oshawott, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.

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