JN036

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JN036   EP1121 サトシとゴウ、砂地獄から這い上がれ！ Satoshi and Go, Crawl Up From the Sand Hell!

First broadcast Japan September 6, 2020 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending ポケモンしりとり（ミュウ→ザマゼンタVer.）

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 土屋理敬 Michihiro Tsuchiya Storyboard 齋藤徳明 Noriaki Saitō Assistant director 田辺慎吾 Shingo Tanabe Animation directors 新城真 Makoto Shinjō 升谷有希 Yuki Masutani No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: サトシとゴウ、砂地獄から這い上がれ！ Satoshi and Go, Crawl Up From the Sand Hell!) is the 36th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,121st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 6, 2020.

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 loses two World Coronation Series matches in a row, lowering his rank to 975 and then 1,021, landing him back in the Normal Class.
• Ash and Goh visit Hoenn again.
• Goh catches a Trapinch, Vibrava, and Flygon.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Goh
• Professor Cerise
• Chrysa
• Ren
• Chauffeurs
• Trainers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Trapinch

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Scorbunny (Goh's; flashback)
• Raboot (Goh's)
• Riolu (Ash's)
• Sobble (Goh's)
• Trapinch (Goh's; new)
• Vibrava (Goh's; new)
• Flygon (Goh's; new)
• Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone; ×2)
• Octillery (Trainer's)
• Tentacruel (Trainer's)
• Growlithe (Trainer's)
• Rotom (Rotom Drone)

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Vibrava
• An Exeggutor, Ash, Goh, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The strategy that Goh uses to have Raboot climb Draco Meteor and send a projectile back to Flygon is reminiscent of Ash's from XY025

In other languages

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