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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · The Silver Wing & the Lugia arc (EP219–EP222) |
| Episode | Season 5, episode 13 · English episode 222 · Japanese episode 224 · Bulbapedia code EP222 |
| English title | A Promise is a Promise |
| Japanese title | ルギアとのやくそく! Rugia to no Yakusoku! — “The Promise with Lugia!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 1 November 2001 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 7 December 2002 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Yukiyoshi Ōhashi |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Mezase Pokémon Master (Whiteberry version) – Whiteberry · Maemuki Rocket-dan! (Face Forward Team Rocket!) – Team Rocket |
| English opening | Believe in Me – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Exeggutor (US) · Lugia (Japan) |
| Previous episode | A Parent Trapped! (EP221) |
| Next episode | Throwing in the Noctowl (EP223) |
Plot episodeLugia arc ends
A Promise is a Promise is the 13th episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 222nd episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 224, Bulbapedia code EP222). It first aired in Japan on 1 November 2001 and in the United States on 7 December 2002. It falls within the season’s The Silver Wing & the Lugia stretch (EP219–EP222).
Synopsis
Oliver rushes off to rescue Ash and his crew. Prof Namba is satisfied with the capture of the parent lugia. Ash and his friends try to find a way to escape when the professor decides to attach provoker headbands to Pikachu and Sparky. Jessie and James, intent on capturing the lugia for themselves, create diversions by freeing Ash and his friends. During their escape, they discover that destroying the provoker headbands is the key to defeating the enraged pokémon.
Jessie and James are detected trying to release the parent lugia. Butch and Cassidy try to stop them and both sides wind up destroying the force field generator containing the lugia. The parent lugia starts destroying the base and Team Rocket begins evacuating. Unable to get through the electrabuz’s Light Screen to destroy the provoker headband, they realize that they need to aim for the device the professor is holding that controls it. Once the have defeated the professor, they free Silver. Once the parent realizes that Silver is freed and okay, it calms down and helps Ash and his team escape the base. Once the young trainers are out of range, the entire secret base explodes. Richie stays to explore the Whirl Islands and Luca takes Ash and company to Transit Town where they can catch a ferry to Olivine City.
Major Events
- Lugia freed
- Ritchie leaves
- Last Megan Hollingshead Cassidy
Trivia
- The English title plays on the saying.
- The screenplay is by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Johto storyline.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Lugia in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Exeggutor in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
Changes in the English Dub
- Unconscious-Grunt scene cut
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