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'''Rocket Revengers!''' (Japanese: '''逆襲のロケット団！''' ''{{tt|Rocket-dan|Team Rocket}} Strikes Back!'') is the ninth episode of ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series|Pocket Monsters: Aim to Be a Pokémon Master]]'', the 145th episode of ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]'', and the 1,230th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on March 10, 2023, and in Canada on July 8, 2023<!-- and is scheduled to air in the United States on *day*-->.

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While traveling along a road, {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} spot a {{OBP|Delibird|Team Rocket}} flying across the sky. Said Delibird soon arrives in front of the [[Team Rocket trio]], delivering them boxed lunches and ten {{i|Poké Ball}}s, containing the Pokémon they had previously left behind at the {{an|Team Rocket HQ}}, much to their great delight. Delibird then produces a golden statue of {{an|Giovanni}}, through which the actual Giovanni contacts them, telling [[Jessie]] and [[James]] to take charge of managing these Pokémon from now on. The statue then self-destructs and Delibird flies away. The trio is happy to reunite with their Pokémon and takes a moment to reminisce about the Pokémon that are no longer with them. With all these Pokémon at their disposal, they decide to launch the ultimate {{AP|Pikachu}} capture scheme, with James already having a plan in mind.

Soon after, {{TP|James|Mime Jr.}} appears before Ash and his friends, pleading for help. Pikachu, recognizing it, is distrustful, but the others sympathize with it due to its distressed expression, just as James had planned. Team Rocket appears on a nearby tree and performs their {{motto}} before claiming that Mime Jr. has betrayed them and is trying to meet up with an [[Officer Jenny]] to turn them in. Ash has Pikachu send Team Rocket blasting off with a {{m|Thunderbolt}} to defend Mime Jr., who then starts leading them towards the spot where it supposedly wants to meet Officer Jenny. Along the way, however, the second part of Team Rocket's scheme is put into action in order to split the group up. First off, {{TP|James|Amoonguss}} and {{TP|Jessie|Yanmega}} attack the group, with {{an|Brock}} staying behind so he and {{TP|Brock|Ludicolo}} can hold them off. Next up, Ash and {{an|Misty}} run into {{TP|Jessie|Frillish}} and {{TP|James|Yamask}}. Misty sends out {{TP|Misty|Staryu}} and stays behind to fight them. {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}} also emerges to join in, only for Yamask to attach its mask to its face and render it useless. Lastly, Ash runs into {{TP|James|Carnivine}} and {{TP|Jessie|Gourgeist}}, which he fights with {{AP|Infernape}} and {{AP|Hawlucha}} while telling Pikachu and Mime Jr. to run ahead.

Pikachu and Mime Jr. arrive at the supposed meetup spot, where Jessie, James, {{MTR}}, {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}}, and {{TP|James|Morpeko}} appear. Mime Jr. then reveals its true colors and tries to hold Pikachu back while James fires a net at it, but Pikachu manages to break free, resulting in Mime Jr. getting caught in the net instead. James frees the {{pkmn|category|Mime Pokémon}} and congratulates it on its great work. {{TP|Jessie|Woobat}}, {{TP|Jessie|Seviper}}, and {{TP|James|Inkay}} join in to keep Pikachu from getting away while Jessie and James prepare to seize him in a net, forcing Pikachu to fight off multiple enemies alone. {{an|Latias}}, who has invisibly been watching the entire scheme unfold, refuses to just stand by any longer and relays Ash a telepathic vision of Pikachu's distressed state. Though confused, Ash trusts the vision and abandons the fight with Carnivine and Gourgeist to go save his partner. Gourgeist fires {{m|Seed Bomb}}s into the air to signal that the plan has been exposed, but before Pikachu can be seized, Ash arrives in the nick of time and has Infernape destroy Team Rocket's nets with {{m|Flare Blitz}}.

All of Team Rocket's Pokémon come together while the trio reveals to Ash that Mime Jr.'s seeming betrayal was just a part of their plan all along. The Pokémon launch a devastating combo attack towards Ash and his Pokémon, but they quickly move out of the way, forcing Wobbuffet to take the hit instead. He manages to reflect the attack back with {{m|Mirror Coat}}, causing it to strike a nearby tree and obliterate part of its trunk. When the tree falls down, a {{p|Slakoth}} that was resting on it is sent flying, so Ash runs up a rock and jumps high into the air to save it. Just as Brock and Misty arrive, they notice Ash seemingly floating through the air and being brought back down. Ash realizes Latias was behind this, and she reveals herself, much to Brock and Misty's surprise. Latias then turns to Team Rocket, using {{m|Psychic}} to send them and their Pokémon blasting off. After crashing down, the trio starts considering what they did wrong. The situation quickly dissolves into the trio members blaming each other, until they finally declare they're through and head their different ways, their Pokémon sadly looking after them.

* James's Amoonguss is revealed to have learned {{m|Energy Ball}} and {{m|Spore}}.

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* [[Face Forward Team Rocket!]], [[Takeshi's Paradise]], and [[Team Rocket's Team Song]] are used as insert songs in this episode.

* As of this episode, all of Ash's [[Kalos]] Pokémon that reside at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] have been in his active party at some point during ''Aim to Be a Pokémon Master''.

* Mime Jr.'s act of seemingly leaving Team Rocket is similar to what Meowth did in ''Pokémon the Series: Black & White''.

* Latias sends {{TRT}} and their Pokémon blasting off with {{m|Psychic}}, including Inkay and {{TP|James|Morpeko}}, even though they’re {{t|Dark}} types.

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