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| Season | Pokémon Journeys: The Series (Season 23) · A tour of the regions arc (JN006–JN011) |
| Episode | Season 23, episode 6 · English episode 1086 · Japanese episode 1092 · Bulbapedia code JN006 |
| English title | Working My Way Back to Mew! |
| Japanese title | ポケモン大量ゲットだぜ！ミュウへの道！！ Pokémon Tairyō Getto da ze! Myū e no Michi!! — “Catch a Lot of Pokémon! The Path to Mew!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 22 December 2019 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 12 June 2020 · Netflix |
| Screenplay | Shōji Yonemura |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Wan, Tsū, Surī (One, Two, Three) – After the Rain · Pokémon Shiritori (Pikachu → Mew Ver.) – Pokémon Music Club |
| English opening | The Journey Starts Today – Walk off the Earth |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Scyther (US) · Scyther (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Mind-Boggling Dynamax! (JN005) |
| Next episode | Serving Up the Flute Cup! (JN007) |
Plot episodeGoh’s twelve Bug typesCerise Park
Working My Way Back to Mew! is the 6th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, the twenty-third season of the Pokémon anime, and the 1086th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 1092, Bulbapedia code JN006). It first aired in Japan on 22 December 2019 and in the United States on 12 June 2020. It falls within the season’s A tour of the regions stretch (EP6–EP11).
Synopsis
Determined to fill his Pokédex on the road to Mew, Goh goes on a catching spree in Vermilion Forest and ends the day with all twelve Bug-type Pokémon native to Kanto. Well stocked with Poké Balls, he starts badly: his throw at a nesting Pidgey bounces off a branch and earns everyone a Gust, a Pidgeotto flies off before he can act, and a Dugtrio carries him away and dives underground just as he is about to throw. Scorbunny’s twitching ears then lead him to a feeding Caterpie, which he catches by sneaking up slowly, and he decides to complete the whole Caterpie line. A kick at a tree trunk dislodges a Metapod, which he catches at once, and he quickly adds Venomoth, Paras and Parasect. A Butterfree perches too high for him, so Ash lifts him up; Goh fumbles the throw, but Scorbunny kicks the ball into the Butterfree and seals the catch.
Meanwhile an aggressive Pinsir traps Ash and Pikachu in Rock Tomb, then charges at Goh, who flings everything he is carrying at it—including a Poké Ball that accidentally catches it. A Scyther swats his next ball aside and blasts him and Scorbunny away with Air Slash, so Goh turns to the Weedle line instead, catching a Weedle with one throw and a Kakuna from a cluster on the branches. Collecting the Kakuna stirs up a swarm of Beedrill, which chase the boys until Pikachu’s Electroweb snares all but one; Goh judges the escapee the strongest and catches it. Only two Kanto Bug types remain, Scyther and the nocturnal Venonat, and Goh finds a Venonat in a tree hollow. When it resists the ball, Scorbunny battles it and is poisoned by Poison Powder before a Double Kick lets Goh complete the catch.
Nurse Joy and her Chansey cure Scorbunny at the nearest Pokémon Center, and Goh apologises for letting it get hurt, but his partner is as keen as ever to help. Back in the forest, Scorbunny finds the Scyther, which slaps away another ball. With only one ball left, Goh decides to battle: Scyther dodges Quick Attack and Double Kick and knocks Scorbunny down with Slash, but a second Quick Attack connects, and Goh’s last throw catches it. Overjoyed at completing Kanto’s twelve Bug types, Goh and Scorbunny share a high-five. The next morning Chloe and Professor Cerise find the boys’ bedroom crawling with Bug Pokémon, and Cerise happily shows them Cerise Park, a greenhouse habitat built to house the lab’s Pokémon. Asked why he did not try for Mew first, Goh explains that catching every Pokémon will bring him closer to it, while Ash says his own dream is to become a Pokémon Master—something more than being the world’s strongest Trainer—and the two boys encourage each other.
Major Events
- Goh’s catching spree. Goh catches all twelve Kanto Bug types in Vermilion Forest (Caterpie, Metapod, Venomoth, Paras, Parasect, Butterfree, Pinsir, Weedle, Kakuna, Beedrill, Venonat and Scyther), the first main character to catch more than two species in an episode
- Cerise Park is introduced
- Goh resolves to catch every Pokémon, and Ash explains what being a Pokémon Master means to him
- Nurse Joy’s original design returns
Captures and evolutions
Scyther#0123 · Goh · the last of the twelve Kanto Bug types he catches in one day
Trivia
- The English title plays on the Four Seasons song “Working My Way Back to You”, for Goh’s road to Mew.
- The screenplay is by Shōji Yonemura.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Kanto, Galar & beyond storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- Dub error: the series logo is missing from Who’s That Pokémon?
- Japan’s “Nice”, “Great” and “Excellent” ratings for Goh’s catches are cut
- Megan Hollingshead voices Nurse Joy again, for the first time since AG042
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