JN051

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Trials of a Budding Master!

JN051   EP1136 カモネギ大いなる試練！ Kamonegi's Great Trials!

First broadcast Japan January 15, 2021 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending ふしぎなふしぎな生きもの* ポケモンしりとり（ミュウ→ザマゼンタVer.）

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka 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 No additional credits are available at this time.

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

Trials of a Budding Master! (Japanese: カモネギ大いなる試練！ Kamonegi's Great Trials!) is the 51st episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,136th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 15, 2021 and is scheduled to air in Canada on June 26, 2021.

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

• Ash's World Coronation Series rank is revealed to have risen to 415.
• Goh catches a Geodude.
• Ash's Farfetch'd is revealed to know Fury Cutter and Focus Energy.
• Ash battles Genba in a World Coronation Series match and wins, bringing his rank to 381.
• Ash and Goh meet a Trainer named Rinto.
• Ash battles Rinto and loses.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Rinto

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Goh
• Genba
• Rinto
• Trainers (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Gurdurr

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Cinderace (Goh's)
• Dragonite (Ash's)
• Gengar (Ash's)
• Lucario (Ash's)
• Farfetch'd (Ash's; Galarian)
• Taillow (Goh's)
• Misdreavus (Goh's)
• Sobble (Goh's)
• Geodude (Goh's; new)
• Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone; ×2)
• Gurdurr (Genba's)
• Gallade (Rinto's)
• Rotom (Drone Rotom)
• Scraggy (Trainer's; flashback)
• Sableye (Trainer's; flashback)
• Shiftry (Trainer's; flashback)
• Lunatone (Trainer's; flashback)
• Pupitar (Trainer's; flashback)
• Larvitar (Trainer's; flashback)
• Spinda (Trainer's; flashback)
• Geodude (fantasy)
• Graveler (fantasy)
• Golem (fantasy)

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Gallade
• This episode marks the first appearance of a number of Pokémon species in the main series after long absences:
  • Pupitar, who last appeared in Pinch Healing!, 674 episodes ago.
  • Lunatone, who last appeared in Dawn's Early Night!, 621 episodes ago.
  • Gallade, who last appeared in Mending a Broken Spirit!, 252 episodes ago.
• Goh, Ash, Pikachu, and Chloe all narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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