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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · The Johto League Silver Conference arc (EP265–EP272) |
| Episode | Season 5, episode 56 · English episode 265 · Japanese episode 268 · Bulbapedia code EP266 |
| English title | A Claim to Flame! |
| Japanese title | シロガネリーグかいまく! シゲルふたたび! Shirogane Rīgu Kaimaku! Shigeru Futatabi! — “Silver League Begins! Shigeru Returns!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 19 September 2002 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 17 September 2003 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Shinzō Fujita |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Ready Go! – Naomi Tamura · Pokettāri Monsutāri – Kana |
| English opening | Believe in Me – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Scizor (US) · Furret (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Pop Goes the Sneasel (EP265) |
| Next episode | Love, Pokémon Style (EP267) |
Plot episodeSilver Conference opens
A Claim to Flame! is the 56th episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 265th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 268, Bulbapedia code EP266). It first aired in Japan on 19 September 2002 and in the United States on 17 September 2003. It falls within the season’s The Johto League Silver Conference stretch (EP265–EP272).
Aired on Wednesday 17 September 2003 as part of a second weekday premiere week; Kids’ WB counted the episodes from EP263 onward as the start of Season 6, though they still carried the Master Quest title card.
Synopsis
Having completed the paperwork for entering the Silver Conference, Ash meets Gary who is also competing. Gary taunts Ash with his half of a poké ball that they fought over, calling the draw a loss since it was against such a loser. Ash makes it through the screening process along with Gary and Harrison. While in line to enter the trainers field for the lighting of the torch ceremony, Team Rocket tricks Ash into coming with them and then tying him up and stealing Pikachu. Gary had seen Ash leave with them and frees him in time to give chase. Team Rocket run into the torch bearer and injures him. After getting Pikachu back and disposing of Team Rocket, Gary looks after the torch bearer while Ash completes the ceremony.
Major Events
- Silver Conference opens
- Ash beats Salvador (Furret) + 2
- Ash lights the torch
Trivia
- The English title plays on a claim to fame.
- The screenplay is by Shinzō Fujita.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Johto storyline.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Furret in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Scizor in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
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