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JN147   EP1232 虹とポケモンマスター！ The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!

First broadcast Japan March 24, 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 タイプ：ワイルド

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 中田誠 Makoto Nakata Animation directors 柳原好貴 Yoshitaka Yanagihara 倉員千晶 Chiaki Kurakazu Additional credits

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

(Japanese: 虹とポケモンマスター！ The Rainbow and the Pokémon Master!) is the 11th and final episode of Pocket Monsters: Aim to Be a Pokémon Master, the 147th and final episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,232nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 24, 2023.

This is the last episode of the anime to feature Ash and Pikachu as main protagonists.

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

• Misty and Brock return to Cerulean City and Pewter City, respectively.
• Ash returns to Pallet Town and meets Tracey and Gary again.
• Tracey's Venonat is revealed to have evolved into a Venomoth.
• The Team Rocket trio reunites.
• Ash reunites with his Pidgeot, which rejoins his team.
• Ash reaffirms his goal to become a Pokémon Master and leaves Pallet Town to resume his journey.

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Tracey's Venomoth

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Tracey
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak
• Delia
• Gary
• Team Rocket Grunts

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Pikachu

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Pidgeot (Ash's; rejoins)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's)
• Tauros (Ash's; ×30)
• Mr. Mime (Ash's; Mimey)
• Heracross (Ash's)
• Bayleef (Ash's)
• Quilava (Ash's)
• Swellow (Ash's)
• Glalie (Ash's)
• Staraptor (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Unfezant (Ash's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Pignite (Ash's)
• Scraggy (Ash's)
• Palpitoad (Ash's)
• Boldore (Ash's)
• Krookodile (Ash's)
• Talonflame (Ash's)
• Dragonite (Ash's)
• Gengar (Ash's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Venomoth (Tracey's)
• Marill (Tracey's)
• Scyther (Tracey's)
• Gourgeist (Jessie's)
• Carnivine (James's)
• Umbreon (Gary's)
• Bulbasaur (starter Pokémon)
• Charmander (starter Pokémon)
• Squirtle (starter Pokémon)
• Dodrio
• Pidgeotto (×2)
• Pidgey (multiple)
• Poliwag (×4)
• Poliwhirl
• Spearow (×4)
• Rattata (×6)
• Butterfree
• Caterpie (×2)
• Weedle (×3)
• Paras
• Bellsprout
• Oddish (×5)
• Mankey
• Cubone
• Sandshrew

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!! - Episode Paldea: Sprigatito
• Shinji Miyazaki's music from the original series is reused as background music in this episode.
• An instrumental of Team Rocket's Team Song is used in this episode.
• This is the only episode of Aim to Be a Pokémon Master to not feature Latias, due to her leaving with Latios in the previous episode.
• This episode marks Tracey's first speaking appearance since Home is Where the Start Is!, 766 episodes earlier.
• As of this episode, Max is the only one of Ash's male friends that he did not reunite with in Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
• Noctowl is the only one of Ash's regional bird Pokémon to not appear in this episode.
• This episode marks the first appearance of Tracey's Venomoth and Scyther in the main series since Bulbasaur... the Ambassador!, 1,007 episodes earlier.
  • This episode also marks the first appearance of Tracey's Marill since The Right Place and the Right Mime, 825 episodes earlier.
• This marks the first time one of Tracey's Pokémon has evolved under his ownership.
• Jessie and James break the fourth wall by shushing the camera while running into each other.
• This episode marks the first physical appearance of Ash's Pidgeot since it was released in Pallet Party Panic, 1,151 episodes earlier.
• As of this episode, Ash has reunited with all of his non-temporary Pokémon that he has formally released.
• Ash examines a Poliwag swimming on its back, which could be a reference to his Japanese namesake, Satoshi Tajiri, and his favorite Pokémon being Poliwag.
• The scene of Ash and Pikachu running from the rain to find cover is similar to that same scene in the original opening Aim to Be a Pokémon Master.
• Ash reveals his definition for the term "Pokémon Master" in this episode.
• The shoes that Ash wears at the end of the episode have the Pokémon League Expo logo on them, which is notably the same logo that is on Ash's hat from the original series.
• Ash and Pikachu coming across a crossroads with Ash tossing a twig into the air to decide which way to go is a nod to the first episode of the Aim to Be a Pokémon Master arc.
• Similar to the final episode of the first four series, the usual To be continued is replaced with Next Time... A New Beginning!.
  • This also marks the first time since Pokémon the Series: Black & White in which this ending message was used for the final episode of a series.
  • The font used for the text is similar to the text from the original series, with the arrow that follows it.

Errors

• The Meowth's balloon's burner is missing while Team Rocket is spying on Ash.

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