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JN040   EP1125 VSサンダー！伝説レイドバトル！！ VS Thunder! A Legendary Raid Battle!!

First broadcast Japan October 9, 2020 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending ポケモンしりとり（ピカチュウ→ミュウVer.）

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 赤尾でこ Deko Akao Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 野田泰宏 Yasuhiro Noda Animation directors 柳原好貴 Yoshitaka Yanagihara 武内啓 Akira Takeuchi No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: VSサンダー！伝説レイドバトル！！ VS Thunder! A Legendary Raid Battle!!) is the 40th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,125th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 9, 2020.

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

• Goh, Jessie, and James participate in a Legendary Raid Battle for the first time.
• Goh's Raboot learns Blaze Kick.
• Goh tries and fails to catch a Zapdos.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Goh
• Chloe
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Professor Cerise
• Trainers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Zapdos

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Raboot (Goh's)
• Sobble (Goh's)
• Flygon (Goh's)
• Yamper (Chloe's)
• Growlithe (Officer Jenny's)
• Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone)
• Pelipper (Team Rocket's)
• Rhydon (Team Rocket's)
• Stunfisk (Team Rocket's)
• Whismur (Trainer's)
• Bellossom (Trainer's)
• Natu (Trainer's)
• Xatu (Trainer's)
• Koffing (Trainer's)
• Bellsprout (Trainer's)
• Jigglypuff (Trainer's)
• Zapdos
• Voltorb (×4)
• Electabuzz (×2)
• Magneton (×2)
• Magnemite (×4)

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Zapdos
• From this episode onward, the anime moves from its Sunday 6:00 PM timeslot to a Friday 6:55 PM slot.
• This marks the first time in the anime where a main character has actively tried to catch a Legendary Pokémon, as well as the first instance since All Fired Up!, 1,051 episodes ago, that a main character other than Jessie or James has ever expressed interest in catching one.
• １・２・３ is used as an insert song near the end of Goh's battle against Zapdos.

This episode marks the first appearance of a Stunfisk in the anime since The Future Is Now, Thanks to Determination!, 264 episodes earlier.

• The staff list for this episode was not revealed until after its Japanese premiere.
• Ash, Goh, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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