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逆襲のロケット団！
Rocket-dan Strikes Back!
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First broadcast
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March 10, 2023
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(Japanese: 逆襲のロケット団！ Rocket-dan Strikes Back!) is the ninth episode of Pocket Monsters: Aim to Be a Pokémon Master, the 145th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,230th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 10, 2023.
Plot
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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?: Latias
Trivia
- Face Forward Team Rocket!, Takeshi's Paradise, and Team Rocket's Team Song are used as insert songs in this episode.
- This episode's title card features Meowth instead of Pikachu.
- This episode marks the first appearance of many of Team Rocket's Pokémon after long absences:
- Mime Jr., who last appeared in Coming Full-Festival Circle!, 588 episodes earlier.
- Seviper, Carnivine, and Yanmega, all of whom last appeared in Memories are Made of Bliss!, 573 episodes earlier.
- Woobat, who last appeared in Team Rocket's Shocking Recruit!, 434 episodes earlier.
- Frillish and Amoonguss, both of whom last appeared in Best Wishes Until We Meet Again!, 432 episodes earlier.
- Yamask, who last appeared in The Dream Continues!, 431 episodes earlier.
- Inkay and Gourgeist, both of whom last appeared in Till We Compete Again!, 291 episodes earlier.
- Aside from Seviper and Mime Jr., this is the first appearance of the aforementioned Pokémon outside of their debut series.
- This episode marks the first appearance of Brock's Ludicolo since Grating Spaces!, 779 episodes earlier.
- This episode also marks the first appearance of Team Rocket's Delibird since Memories are Made of Bliss!, 573 episodes earlier.
- This episode marks the first time Team Rocket has used Pokémon caught in previous series other than Wobbuffet since Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl.
- This is the first episode where Jessie has had more than two Pokémon on hand since Memories are Made of Bliss!, 573 episodes earlier, as well as the first episode where James has had more than one Pokémon on hand since The Dream Continues!, 431 episodes earlier.
- This is also the first time Jessie and James have had a full team of six Pokémon on hand each.
- This is also the first episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series when Jessie has had Pokémon other than Wobbuffet in her active team.
- At 12 Pokémon (21 including fantasies), this episode features the highest number of Team Rocket's Pokémon ever seen in a single episode.
- Gyarados is the only Pokémon that has been in Team Rocket's party for longer than one episode to not appear in this episode in any capacity.
- Ash, Pikachu, Misty, Latias, Brock, and a Latios narrate the preview for the next episode.
Errors
- When Pikachu used Thunderbolt, it made Jessie’s and James’ hair stand up. However, when they are seen blasting off into the sky, their hair is perfectly fine.
- After Latias saves Ash from a fall, a rock appeared to his left. But while Ash was wondering what had happened, the rock disappears.
- Latias sends Team Rocket and their Pokémon blasting off with Psychic, including Inkay and Morpeko, despite them being Dark types.
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