This article is about an episode of the Pokémon anime that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.
This episode is the first one of Aim to Be a Pokémon Master in which Ash and his friends are traveling through a known location, with the previoustwo episodes taking place in unspecified locations.
This episode marks the first appearance of several Pokémon species in the anime after long absences:
Misty's love for water types and fear of bug types, despite some Pokemon having this type of combination was addressed by Cilan. As fans of the series makes fun of Misty for this.