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JN121

JN121   EP1206 最高潮始動！サトシのマスターズトーナメント！！ The Climax Begins! Satoshi's Masters Tournament Experience!!

First broadcast Japan August 12, 2022 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending バツグンタイプ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay Storyboard Assistant director Animation director No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: 最高潮始動！サトシのマスターズトーナメント！！ The Climax Begins! Satoshi's Masters Tournament Experience!!) is the 121st episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,206th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 12, 2022.

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

Plot

Characters

Humans

• Ash (flashback)
• Iris (flashback)
• Goh (flashback)
• Jessie (flashback)
• James (flashback)
• Drayden (flashback)
• Lance (flashback)
• Steven Stone (flashback)
• Cynthia (flashback)
• Diantha (flashback)
• Alain (flashback)
• Leon (flashback)
• Wikstrom
• Bea (flashback)
• Allister
• Ren
• Rinto (flashback)
• Gengar's former Trainer (flashback)
• Trainer's girlfriend (flashback)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's; flashback)
• Meowth (Team Rocket; flashback)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's; flashback)
• Dragonite (Ash's; flashback)
• Gengar (Ash's; Gigantamax; flashback)
• Lucario (Ash's; Mega Lucario; flashback)
• Farfetch'd (Ash's; Galarian; flashback)
• Sirfetch'd (Ash's; flashback)
• Dracovish (Ash's; flashback)
• Haxorus (Iris's; flashback)
• Excadrill (Iris's; flashback)
• Scorbunny (Goh's)
• Grookey (Goh's)
• Magnemite (Ren's; Francois)
• Dragonite (Lance's; Dynamax; flashback)
• Gyarados (Lance's; Red Gyarados; flashback)
• Hydreigon (Lance's; flashback)
• Aggron (Steven's; flashback)
• Metagross (Steven's; Mega Metagross; Shiny; flashback)
• Cradily (Steven's; flashback)
• Garchomp (Cynthia's; Mega Garchomp; flashback)
• Gastrodon (Cynthia's; West Sea; flashback)
• Milotic (Cynthia's; flashback)
• Gardevoir (Diantha's; Mega Gardevoir; flashback)
• Aurorus (Diantha's; flashback)
• Gourgeist (Diantha's; flashback)
• Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X; flashback)
• Chesnaught (Alain's; flashback)
• Aegislash (Wikstrom's)
• Noivern (Drasna's; flashback)
• Charizard (Leon's; Gigantamax; flashback)
• Rillaboom (Leon's; Gigantamax; flashback)
• Duraludon (Raihan's; Gigantamax; flashback)
• Machamp (Bea's; Gigantamax; flashback)
• Hawlucha (Bea's; flashback)
• Rotom (Allister's; Rotom Phone)
• Gallade (Rinto's; flashback)

Trivia

• The narrator reads the title card for this episode.
• If flashbacks are not counted, this is the third episode since his debut in which Goh does not appear, and the fourth one in which Ash and Pikachu are absent.
  • At three episodes, this episode marks the longest period Ash and Pikachu do not physically appear in the anime.
    • This makes it the third numbered episode in a row to not feature any main characters in person.
• James, Meowth, Jessie, and Wobbuffet narrate the preview for the next episode.
  • A special preview regarding the last semifinal match of the Masters Tournament was aired after the episode.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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