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(Japanese: 開幕！マスターズトーナメント！！ Opening! Masters Tournament!!) is the 115th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,200th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 17, 2022.
Plot
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Major events
- Ash and Goh travel to Galar again.
- Ash and Goh meet Hop, Leon's brother, for the first time.
- Ash battles Hop and wins.
- Ash reunites with Iris again.
- Ash and Iris meet Cynthia again.
- Ash meets Lance, Steven, Diantha, Alain, and Leon again, while Iris meets them for the first time.
- Alain is revealed to have obtained a new Mega Ring and Charizardite X.
- The World Coronation Series Masters Tournament begins.
- The match-ups of the first round are revealed to be:
- Leon versus Alain
- Lance versus Diantha
- Cynthia versus Iris
- Steven versus Ash
- Iris is revealed to have obtained a Rotom Phone.
- Alain is revealed to own a Chesnaught and a Malamar.
- Leon is revealed to own a Rillaboom.
- Leon defeats Alain, advancing to the second round.
- Lance and Diantha prepare to start their battle.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Humans
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- Iris
- Goh
- Jessie
- James
- Professor Sycamore
- Lance
- Steven Stone
- Cynthia
- Diantha
- Leon
- Alain
- Mairin
- Hop
- Audience
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Rotom (Iris; Rotom Phone)
- Morpeko (James's; Hangry Mode)
- Garchomp (Professor Sycamore's)
- Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone)
- Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X)
- Chesnaught (Alain's)
- Malamar (Alain's)
- Charizard (Leon's)
- Rillaboom (Leon's; Gigantamax)
- Chespin (Mairin's; Chespie)
- Wooloo (Hop's)
- Rotom (Team Rocket's; Rotom Phone)
- Snom (Trainer's; debut)
- Darumaka (Trainer's; Galarian; debut)
- Pincurchin (Trainer's; debut)
- Hattrem (Trainer's; debut)
- Toxel (Trainer's; debut)
- Dottler (Trainer's; debut)
- Spinda (Trainer's)
- Swirlix (Trainer's)
- Clobbopus (Trainer's; debut)
- Lotad (Trainer's)
- Wooper (Trainer's)
- Raichu (Trainer's; Alolan)
- Trubbish (Trainer's)
- Psyduck (Trainer's)
- Slowbro (Trainer's)
- Xatu (Trainer's)
- Eldegoss (Trainer's; debut)
- Venonat (Trainer's)
- Zigzagoon (Trainer's; Galarian; debut)
- Corviknight (Flying Taxi)
- Rotom (Drone Rotom; ×5)
Trivia
- This episode begins the World Coronation Series Masters Tournament arc.
- As of this episode, Bede is the only main rival out of the 3 Hop and Marnie from Sword and Shield to not appear in the anime.
- This episode marks the first physical appearance of Diantha in the anime since Forming a More Perfect Union!, 265 episodes earlier.
- This episode also marks the first physical appearance of Steven Stone, Professor Sycamore, Alain, and Mairin in the anime since Till We Compete Again!, 261 episodes earlier.
- As of this episode, Trip is the only one of Ash's main rivals thus far who has not made a physical appearance during Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
- This episode marks the first time all regional Champions are seen in person together.
- As of this episode, Wallace is the only regional Champion (current or former) that Iris has not met.
- The Dare da? segment is replaced with eyecatches of Ash, Goh, and Pikachu for this episode.
- James, Meowth, Jessie, and Wobbuffet narrate the preview for the next episode.
- The start of the preview is changed from Team Rocket's usual one, to a chibi style version of Team Rocket in their World Coronation Series disguises.
Errors
Dub edits
In other languages
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