S05

Pokémon: Master Quest Season 5
Logo for the season
Opening	Believe in Me
Episodes	52
Region	Johto
Series	Original
Preceded by	Pokémon: Johto League Champions
Followed by	Pokémon: Advanced

|} Pokémon: Master Quest is the name of the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, consisting of the remaining episodes of the Original series, except one. The 64-episode season showcases the final adventures of Ash, Misty, and Brock in the Johto region, from the Whirl Islands to Mt. Silver.

It originally aired as part of the 2002-2003 Kids' WB! Saturday morning line-up. The season began with Around the Whirlpool, which originally aired on September 14, 2002, and ended with You're a Star, Larvitar!, which originally aired on September 6, 2003. This season skips EP250, which was banned from airing.

Master Quest is the last of the three seasons taking place in the Johto region. It is preceded by Pokémon: Johto League Champions and followed by Pokémon: Advanced, the first season of the dub of the Advanced Generation series which is based on the Generation III games. This season is the last where 4Kids Entertainment dub at TAJ Productions.

See the list of Pokémon: Master Quest episodes for a list of episodes aired this season.

Important events

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

• Ash and Misty compete in the Whirl Cup. (EP215 - EP217)
• Ash and his friends meet up with Ritchie, and they team up to save a Lugia from Dr. Namba, a Team Rocket scientist. (EP220 - EP222)
• Ash and his friends meet Eusine and later encounter Suicane again. (EP227)
• Ash obtains a Pokémon Egg, which soon hatches into a Phanpy. (EP228)
• Jessie, James, and Meowth have a TRDelibird ([[{{{2}}} (move)|{{{2}}}]]) tail them so it can collect money they owe to the Team Rocket organization. (EP231)
• Ash and company meet up with Lance as they uncover Project R, an experiment led by Professor Sebastian, another Team Rocket scientist. (EP235 - EP236)
• Ash obtains Larvitar and returns it to its mother at Mt. Silver. (EP257 - EP262)

Party changes

Additions

The following Pokémon are obtained:

• Misty's Corsola (EP213)
• Ash's Phanpy (EP230)

Evolutions

The following Pokémon evolve:

• Misty's Poliwhirl → Politoed
• Brock's Pineco → Forretress

Releases

The following Pokémon are released:

• James's Victreebel (traded, EP261)
• James's second Victreebel (EP261)

Other

The following Pokémon are left at Oak's Laboratory:

• Ash's Bulbasaur (EP225)

Gym battles

Ash defeats the following Gym Leaders:

• Jasmine (EP224)
• Pryce (EP238)
• Clair (EP254)

North American DVD Releases

Main article: List of English language Master Quest home video releases (Region 1)

Australian DVD Releases

Main article: List of English language Master Quest home video releases (Region 4)

Trivia

Toonami coloration

• There was a differently-colored version of the logo used on the Toonami Jetstream website. This variation of the logo was used until January 20, 2009.
• This is the only Johto season to not have Johto in the name.

In other languages

Language		Title
Czech		Pokémon: Hledání Mistra*
European French		Pokémon: La Quête Ultime
Portuguese	Brazil	Pokémon: Master Quest
	Portugal	Pokémon: Master Quest
Latin American Spanish		Pokémon: La búsqueda del Maestro

This article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.