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Pokémon: Johto League Champions
Season 4
Season4 logo.png
Logo for the season
Opening Born to Be a Winner
Episodes 52
Region Johto
Series Original series
Preceded by Pokémon: The Johto Journeys
Followed by Pokémon: Master Quest

Pokémon: Johto League Champions is the fourth season of the dubbed version of the Pokémon anime. It follows the adventures of Ash, Misty, and Brock in the Johto region, from Goldenrod City up to Cianwood City.

It originally aired as part of the 2001-2002 Kids' WB! Saturday morning lineup. The season began with A Goldenrod Opportunity, which originally aired on August 18, 2001, and ended with Machoke, Machoke Man!, which originally aired on September 7, 2002.

It is preceded by Pokémon: The Johto Journeys and succeeded by Pokémon: Master Quest.

Blurb

From the sprawling metropolis of Goldenrod City to the icy peak of Snowtop Mountain, the Johto region presents Ash, Misty, and Brock with exciting new adventures—along with a few familiar faces like their old friends Todd, Duplica, and Suzie! Johto’s rich past means plenty of Pokémon mysteries for our heroes to solve, and its exciting present means some tough challenges—Ash tackles three more Gyms, while handling competitions like the Pokémon Sumo Conference along the way.

Important events

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

Party changes

Additions

The following Pokémon are obtained:

Evolutions

The following Pokémon evolve:

Releases

The following Pokémon are released:

Gym battles

Ash battles the following Gym Leaders:

Badge Opponent Epicode Result
Plain Badge Whitney EP158 Defeat
EP159 Victory
Fog Badge Morty EP182 Victory
Storm Badge Chuck EP209 Victory

Episodes

Epicode Episode Title #
EP158 A Goldenrod Opportunity 1
EP159 A Dairy Tale Ending 2
EP160 Air Time! 3
EP161 The Bug Stops Here 4
EP162 Type Casting 5
EP163 Fossil Fools 6
EP164 Carrying On! 7
EP165 Hassle in the Castle 8
EP166 Two Hits and a Miss 9
EP167 A Hot Water Battle 10
EP168 Hook, Line, and Stinker 11
EP169 Beauty and the Breeder 12
EP170 A Better Pill to Swallow 13
EP171 Power Play! 14
EP172 Mountain Time 15
EP173 Wobbu-Palooza! 16
EP174 Imitation Confrontation 17
EP175 The Trouble With Snubbull 18
EP176 Ariados, Amigos 19
EP177 Wings 'N' Things 20
EP178 The Grass Route 21
EP179 The Apple Corp! 22
EP180 Houndoom's Special Delivery 23
EP181 A Ghost of a Chance 24
EP182 From Ghost to Ghost 25
EP183 Trouble's Brewing 26
EP184 All That Glitters! 27
EP185 The Light Fantastic 28
EP186 UnBEARable 29
EP187 Moving Pictures 30
EP188 Spring Fever 31
EP189 Freeze Frame 32
EP190 The Stolen Stones! 33
EP191 The Dunsparce Deception 34
EP192 The Wayward Wobbuffet 35
EP193 Sick Daze 36
EP194 Ring Masters 37
EP195 The Poké Spokesman 38
EP196 Control Freak! 39
EP197 The Art of Pokémon 40
EP198 The Heartbreak of Brock 41
EP199 Current Events 42
EP200 Turning Over A New Bayleef 43
EP201 Doin' What Comes Natu-rally 44
EP202 The Big Balloon Blow-Up 45
EP203 The Screen Actor's Guilt 46
EP204 Right On, Rhydon! 47
EP205 The Kecleon Caper 48
EP206 The Joy of Water Pokémon 49
EP207 Got Miltank? 50
EP208 Fight for the Light! 51
EP209 Machoke, Machoke Man! 52

Home video releases

North American DVD releases

Main article: List of English language Johto League Champions home video releases (Region 1)

Australian DVD releases

Main article: List of English language Johto League Champions home video releases (Region 4)

Trivia

In other languages


Original series (list) Indigo LeagueAdventures in the Orange Islands
The Johto JourneysJohto League ChampionsMaster Quest
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