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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · Ecruteak, the Egg & the Lake of Rage arc (EP226–EP236) |
| Episode | Season 5, episode 18 · English episode 227 · Japanese episode 229 · Bulbapedia code EP227 |
| English title | For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll! |
| Japanese title | スイクンとミナキ! ホウオウのでんせつ!! Suikun to Minaki! Hōō no Densetsu!! — “Suikun and Minaki! The Legend of Houou!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 6 December 2001 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 25 September 2002 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| 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? | Caterpie (US) · Tangela (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Espeon, Not Included (EP226) |
| Next episode | Extreme Pokémon! (EP228) |
Plot episodeEusine debutsSuicuneAired early in the US
For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll! is the 18th episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 227th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 229, Bulbapedia code EP227). It first aired in Japan on 6 December 2001 and in the United States on 25 September 2002. It falls within the season’s Ecruteak, the Egg & the Lake of Rage stretch (EP226–EP236).
Premiered out of story order as part of Kids’ WB’s weekday premiere week, on Wednesday 25 September 2002 — a week after the season opener and months ahead of the episodes around it.
Synopsis
Ash and company prepare to leave Ecruteak City for Mahogany Town, but the ringing of the bells of Tin Tower begin to ring. Now Ash and his friends, Morty, and Eusine must retrieve the missing crystal bells of ho-oh that were stolen by Team Rocket. In order to do that they must find a way to calm the grass and bug pokémon of the forest.
Major Events
- Eusine debuts
- Suicune
- Morty
- Banned in S. Korea
- GBA Video Vol. 1
Trivia
- The English title plays on Hemingway’s "For Whom the Bell Tolls".
- The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Johto storyline.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Tangela in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Caterpie in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
Part of our Pokémon: Master Quest guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.