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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · The road to Blackthorn arc (EP239–EP250) |
| Episode | Season 5, episode 33 · English episode 242 · Japanese episode 244 · Bulbapedia code EP242 |
| English title | As Clear as Crystal |
| Japanese title | サンダーとクリスタル! みずうみのひみつ! Sandā to Kurisutaru! Mizūmi no Himitsu! — “Thunder and the Crystal! Secret of the Lake!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 28 March 2002 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 12 April 2003 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Shōji Yonemura |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Ready Go! – Naomi Tamura · Pokettāri Monsutāri – Kana |
| English opening | Believe in Me – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Kingdra (US) · Zapdos (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Hocus Pokémon (EP241) |
| Next episode | Same Old Song and Dance (EP243) |
Filler / stand-alone episodeZapdos
As Clear as Crystal is the 33rd episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 242nd episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 244, Bulbapedia code EP242). It first aired in Japan on 28 March 2002 and in the United States on 12 April 2003. It falls within the season’s The road to Blackthorn stretch (EP239–EP250).
Synopsis
Team Rocket appears again and inexplicably is able to grab Pikachu and place him in a trap that siphons off the energy of his electric attacks. Ash has Pikachu overload the circuits which frees Pikachu and sends Team Rocket blasting off again. The effort has taken its toll. Pikachu is drained of energy. A young lady comes along to lead the adventurers to a hidden lake that heals and restores electric pokémon. It is due to an ancient temple that sank into the lake with a crystal at its apex that recharges the power of electric pokémon.
Unfortunately, Team Rocket is nearby with audio equipment and overhears the whole conversation. They steal the crystal and take off in a balloon with a new device that actively drains the power from all electric pokémon in the area. This attracts the attention of a zapdos who has sensed the danger to the electric pokémon. Working together with the zapdos, Ash and company are able to restore the crystal to the temple.
Major Events
- Ash restored
- Zapdos TV debut (every Gen I Pokémon but Mew now shown)
Pokémon making their anime debut
Zapdos#0145 · EP242
Trivia
- The English title plays on “crystal clear (and Pokémon Crystal)”.
- The screenplay is by Shōji Yonemura.
- This is a stand-alone episode: it can be skipped without losing the thread of the Johto story.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Zapdos in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Kingdra in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
Part of our Pokémon: Master Quest guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.