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| Season | Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series (Season 24) · Mega Evolution & Bea arc (JN084–JN088) |
| Episode | Season 24, episode 40 · English episode 1168 · Japanese episode 1174 · Bulbapedia code JN088 |
| English title | Looking Out for Number Two! |
| Japanese title | トライアルミッション！深海潜水調査団！！ Toraiaru Misshon! Shinkai Sensui Chōsadan!! — “Trial Mission! The Deep Sea Diver Research Team!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 19 November 2021 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 26 May 2022 · Netflix |
| Screenplay | Shōji Yonemura |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Wan, Tsū, Surī (One, Two, Three) – Karaage Sisters · Batsugun Taipu (Supereffective Type), Version 2 – Pokémon Music Club (on TV Tokyo, with a live-action dance video in place of the animation) |
| English opening | Journey to Your Heart – Haven Paschall |
| Previous episode | Breaking the Ice! (JN087) |
| Next episode | The Gates of Warp! (JN089) |
Plot episodeGoh’s second tokenGoh catches Kingdra
Looking Out for Number Two! is the 40th episode of Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series, the twenty-fourth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 1168th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 1174, Bulbapedia code JN088). It first aired in Japan on 19 November 2021 and in the United States on 26 May 2022. It falls within the season’s Mega Evolution & Bea stretch (EP84–EP88).
Released on Netflix in the US on Thursday 26 May 2022 with the rest of Part 3; Teletoon had premiered it in Canada on 12 March 2022, followed by e.tv in South Africa on 3 May 2022 and Australian television on 16 May 2022.
Synopsis
For his second Project Mew Trial Mission, Goh dives to the depths off Hoenn’s Slateport City with help from Elite Four member Drake and catches a wild Kingdra, along with an accidental Sharpedo. Goh chooses the challenge of catching a wild Kingdra, whose Pokédex entry says it makes whirlpools by yawning and battles fiercely with Dragonite, and heads for Slateport City, where whirlpools have been reported. Riding Dewgong and Mantyke with Pikachu and Grookey on a raft, the boys dive repeatedly without finding Kingdra or Seadra; Goh’s Poké Ball floats away before reaching a Luvdisc, he picks up a piece of pottery, and a Wailord blasts them to the surface. Nearby, on a salvage tug, is Drake of the Hoenn Elite Four, who greets Ash as “Slash” while Ash calls him “Flake.” Drake once met a Kingdra while caught in a whirlpool on a deep dive, and agrees to lend the boys his diving gear if they help him hunt for treasure.
Goh combines Lucario’s Aura with his Chinchou’s Supersonic to make a living radar, and at sunset Lucario detects something; guided by the boys, Drake finds an ancient submersible on the far side of an underwater ravine and photographs it before night falls. Over dinner and warm Moomoo Milk, he shows them that the submersible is shaped like a Kingdra, revered by its ancient builders, and an urn with Kingdra designs that started his treasure-hunting hobby; Goh realises his fragment came from a similar urn. Drake says that once he finds the treasure he will simply look for another, because what he really seeks is dreams and adventure. The next morning the boys dive in his place, each with an emergency tank holding ten minutes of air. A strong current carries them to the submersible, where a Seadra flees and they uncover a Dragon Scale in a treasure chest.
When the Seadra returns, a Sharpedo chasing it strikes Goh’s Poké Ball and is caught by accident. Goh gives the Seadra the Dragon Scale and asks it to lead them to Kingdra, but their air hoses run out of reach, and a whirlpool bursts from a cave in the ravine. Goh detaches his hose, switches to his tank and lets the whirlpool drag him inside, then lures the Kingdra out by playing a recording of Ash’s Dragonite. Kingdra dodges Inteleon’s Snipe Shots and counters with Dragon Breath until Ash and Dracovish arrive, Mantyke seals the exit with Ice Beam, Inteleon lands Liquidation and launches Goh’s Poké Ball with Snipe Shot to catch Kingdra. As the current grabs them again with their air running low, Kingdra’s Dragon Breath propels them to the surface, while the Seadra waves from the departing wreck. Danika confirms the catch as she and Quillon confront a Regirock in a desert ruin, and Goh receives his second token.
Major Events
- Goh’s second Trial Mission. Slateport City, Hoenn
- Drake of the Elite Four returns after 798 episodes
- Goh catches a Sharpedo by accident and a Kingdra, earning his second token
- Mantyke shows Ice Beam and Inteleon Liquidation
- Quillon and Danika face a Regirock
- Premiered in Japan on the day Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl were released
- Eyecatches replace Who’s That Pokémon?
Captures and evolutions
Sharpedo#0319 · Goh · by accident, when it strikes his Poké Ball
Kingdra#0230 · Goh · for his second Trial Mission
Trivia
- The English title plays on the phrase “looking out for number one”, for Goh’s second Trial Mission.
- The screenplay is by Shōji Yonemura.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Kanto, Galar & beyond storyline.
Part of our Pokémon Master Journeys: The Series guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.