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| Season | Pokémon Journeys: The Series (Season 23) · Rivals & setbacks arc (JN031–JN041) |
| Episode | Season 23, episode 33 · English episode 1113 · Japanese episode 1119 · Bulbapedia code JN033 |
| English title | Trade, Borrow, and Steal! |
| Japanese title | ポケモン交換しませんか？ Pokémon Kōkan Shimasen ka? — “Would You Like To Do a Pokémon Trade?” |
| First aired (Japan) | 16 August 2020 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 4 December 2020 · Netflix |
| Screenplay | Yuka Miyata |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Wan, Tsū, Surī (One, Two, Three) – Nishikawa-kun and Kirishō · Pokémon Shiritori (Mew → Zamazenta Ver.) – Pokémon Music Club |
| English opening | The Journey Starts Today – Walk off the Earth |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Heracross (US) · Heracross (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Time After Time! (JN032) |
| Next episode | Solitary and Menacing! (JN034) |
Plot episodeGoh’s first tradeRank 890
Trade, Borrow, and Steal! is the 33rd episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, the twenty-third season of the Pokémon anime, and the 1113th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 1119, Bulbapedia code JN033). It first aired in Japan on 16 August 2020 and in the United States on 4 December 2020. It falls within the season’s Rivals & setbacks stretch (EP31–EP41).
Synopsis
At a Pokémon trading event, Ash defeats the Bug-type fan Kricketina Kylie in a World Coronation Series match, and Goh helps her find a Pinsir to trade for one of her Heracross, overcoming a hungry Team Rocket along the way. Professor Cerise tells the boys about the event at the Pokémon Center, where Goh mistakes Kricketina’s costume for a real Kricketune. She has caught every Bug type in Sinnoh and is now collecting those of other regions, and her Rotom Phone signals an official Great Class match against Ash. Her Heracross dodges Quick Attack, attacks with Arm Thrust, Fury Attack and Megahorn, but Pikachu stops running, snares it in Electroweb and finishes it with Iron Tail, lifting Ash to 890th while Kricketina drops. At the Pokémon Center she admires Goh’s rare Pinsir and offers to trade her Heracross for it; Goh will not part with it but offers to help her find another, and the group heads to Vermilion Forest with Goh’s Pinsir and a batch of Kricketina Treats, a berry-and-herb bait meant to lure Pinsir.
Team Rocket are also in the forest, so hungry that even a weak Caterpie is too much for Wobbuffet, and they blame their greedy companion Morpeko for draining their energy. The scent of the Kricketina Treats leads them to a plate on a tree stump; they hide when they see Morpeko licking the mixture off a tree, but hunger wins and they devour every plate the group has set out. Finding the plates licked clean and no Pinsir, Kricketina notes that Bug types could never have emptied them so thoroughly, and strange noises lead the group to Team Rocket, who are busily preparing more bait. Refreshed, the trio recite their motto while grumbling about the taste, and the Rocket Prize Master gives them a Scolipede and a Drapion—which promptly get distracted by another plate of treats.
Meowth launches a net that traps Ash, Kricketina, Pikachu, Sobble and Raboot, and Sobble’s crying sets everyone else off. Goh sends out Pinsir, which is reluctant to fight, while Kricketina’s eager Heracross knocks Meowth back with Arm Thrust, overwhelms his Fury Swipes with Fury Attack, and drives off Jessie and Wobbuffet’s attempt to kidnap Pinsir with a flurry of Aerial Ace. Pinsir falls for its brave rescuer, and Goh calls for a final Megahorn that sends Team Rocket blasting off. A wild Pinsir then turns up, lured by a leftover treat, and with Kricketina still tangled in the net, Goh catches it himself. Freed, Kricketina proposes the trade again, insisting that Goh take one particular Heracross that has taken a liking to him. At the Pokémon Center they make the official trade on a trading machine; the new Pinsir finds Kricketina overbearing, Goh’s new Heracross tosses her aside with its horn, and Goh welcomes it to his team.
Major Events
- World Coronation Series, battle 7. Ash’s Pikachu beats Kricketina Kylie’s Heracross and Ash rises to 890th
- Goh catches a second Pinsir and trades it for her Heracross, the first trade by a main character since XY082
Captures and evolutions
Heracross#0214 · Goh · traded for a Pinsir with Kricketina Kylie
Trivia
- The English title plays on the phrase “beg, borrow or steal”, for Goh’s first trade.
- The screenplay is by Yuka Miyata.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Kanto, Galar & beyond storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- Heracross, listed as a pure Bug type in Japanese, is corrected
- The opening animation shows a Shiny Celebi from this episode
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