Pokémon Journeys: The Series facts for kids

In this prequel episode, Pikachu's backstory as a Pichu, his being cared for by a Kangaskhan after falling off a cliff, and the events leading to his evolution into a Pikachu and eventually meeting Ash are revealed.

• Note: In this episode, Hana Takeda voices young Ash Ketchum, Kei Shindō voices Goh, and Ikue Ōtani voices Pichu. In the English dub, they are voiced by the same actors that voice their more grown up counterparts aided by some technical tweaking.

Ash, his mother Delia, Mr. Mime, and Professor Oak travel to Vermilion City to attend the opening of Professor Cerise's new research lab. Professor Cerise wants new trainer Goh to choose his first Pokémon from among the Kanto starters, but he refuses because he wants to choose Mew instead. The sudden appearance of Lugia causes Ash and Goh to meet and both of them to go on the ride of a lifetime to learn more about Lugia.

A bunch of Ivysaur are causing chaos throughout Vermilion City, and Professor Cerise sends Ash and Goh to investigate. While learning the cause of the trouble, they not only learn more about each other but also clash with Team Rocket, who are now using Pokéballs supplied by Giovanni via a Pelipper that arrives whenever they call it. With the help of the Ivysaur, Pikachu defeats Team Rocket and the Ivysaur evolve into Venusaur.

Ash and Goh travel to the Galar Region to investigate reports that Pokémon are growing giant-sized. While waiting for their train to the Wild Area, they meet up with a trio of food-thieving Nickit, led by a mischievous Scorbunny that seems to connect with Goh.

Ash and Goh continue their investigation in Galar's Wild Area, encountering a Snorlax affected by the mysterious phenomenon, now called "Dynamax". Meanwhile, the Scorbunny from the previous episode has been following them.

Goh and Scorbunny have become partners, but Goh is still determined to catch Mew someday. However, he finds that catching certain Pokémon isn't as easy as he thinks.

Hearing about the Hoenn Region's Battle Frontier Glass Flute Cup competition, Ash immediately signs both himself and Goh up. Goh's battling inexperience gets him knocked out in the first round, but Ash, Pikachu and Mr. Mime show him that battling can be fun.

Ash and Goh meet a Piplup from the Sinnoh region that has run (actually swam) away from its owner Lauren. Travelling to Sinnoh to return it, they learn that Piplup ran away because of its jealousy about Lauren's Croagunk, who's competing with Piplup for her attention. The two Pokémon decide to settle their quarrel by competing in the Pokémon Iceberg Race, which Ash and Goh decide to enter as well, while Team Rocket plans to sabotage the race by capturing all the Pokémon that have entered.

Reports from the Johto region of sightings of Ho-Oh, the Legendary Pokémon Ash and Pikachu saw long ago, send Ash and Goh to Johto in the hope of seeing it. At an ancient bell tower, they meet a boy who also wants to see Ho-Oh and his grandfather who has lost his belief in the Legendary Pokémon.

Acting on reports about Dragonite, Ash and Goh begin a search for a mysterious island that may be the Dragonite habitat. To get there, Goh catches a Dewgong to use as a Ride Pokémon, but its chasing a female Dewgong it's fallen in love with sends them headlong into a storm; fortunately, they are rescued by Dragonite who bring them to their island. While learning about the Dratini, Dragonair, and Dragonite living there, Ash and Pikachu help a Dragonair who's having trouble learning how to fly.

A Gengar is revealed to be responsible for poltergeist activity at the Cerise Institute, and Ash and Goh race to catch it. Meanwhile, Chloe isn't sure what her dream for the future is and whether or not she even likes Pokémon, but returning to the lab she becomes caught up in the battle between Ash/Goh and Gengar.

Professor Cerise gives Ash and Goh tickets to the World Coronation Series, which is being held in Wyndon (a city in the Galar region). Ash and Goh discover that Dynamax can be controlled during the final battle between Lance and Leon, in which Leon's Charizard defeats Lance's Gyarados. Meanwhile, Team Rocket attempts to capture a Drednaw by battling it with a Bellsprout, but Drednaw then goes into Gigantamax form and goes on a rampage.

While the Gigantamax Drednaw chases Team Rocket, Ash and Goh lure it to them and battle with Pikachu and Scorbunny. When a strike from the Gigantamax Drednaw cracks open the ground and releases energy, Pikachu becomes a Gigantamax Pikachu without the use of a Dynamax Band. With help from Leon, Ash and Pikachu defeat Drednaw, with both Pokémon returning to normal after the battle. Ash asks to have a battle with Leon, who later sneaks up on Ash and Goh and agrees to battle Ash.

Ash and Goh travel to the Unova region to explore the Ruins of the Titan, located in the middle of the Desert Resort. Due to the hot sand making walking difficult, Pokémon Ranger Keira suggests that they use their Pokémon to sled across. Reaching the ruin, Ash, Goh and Keira meet the Group Leader and explore the ruins, but find that the path to face the Ancient Titan, a giant Golurk, is set with deadly traps, leading up to a battle.

With the systems down at the Cerise Institute due to a major snowfall, Goh decides to go home to visit his family. While waiting for his parents to arrive, he and Scorbunny spot a Cubone being bullied by a gang of Mankeys. When the Mankeys steal Cubone's bone, Goh, Scorbunny and some of his Pokémon decide to help Cubone get its precious bone back. Meanwhile, because Goh had left behind his present to his parents, Ash and Pikachu come looking for him, and after learning what happened volunteer to help.

The Gengar that "haunted" the Cerise lab is back, and it's as mischievous as ever! Ash and Goh resume their race to catch it, but it gets away. Goh starts insinuating that Gengar might be back to curse Ash, and all of a sudden weird accidents start happening to Ash. Later, he literally runs into a Trainer whom Gengar (who's been hiding in Ash's shadow) recognizes as its former Trainer who had abandoned it. Ash intervenes when the enraged Gengar attacks its former Trainer, and Team Rocket (who've been watching from the sidelines) decides that they want Gengar for themselves.

While training with Ash and Pikachu, Scorbunny is teased by Goh's Darmanitan into using a Fire-type move, but things don't go well. Scorbunny is frustrated, and when Goh seems unsympathetic Scorbunny runs away. It manages to learn Ember, but Goh is too interested in catching Pokémon to notice. Chasing after a Pelipper, Goh and Scorbunny run into Team Rocket, who attacks them using a Poliwrath and a Chewtle. Scorbunny is quickly defeated when its Sparks move fails again, and Ash and Pikachu join in, with Pikachu "blasting off" Team Rocket. When Goh again seems unsympathetic, Scorbunny runs away again and again runs into Team Rocket, who battles it again. This time, Goh and Scorbunny work as a team, causing Scorbunny to evolve into Raboot, whose new Ember defeats Team Rocket. However, in the battle's aftermath, the relationship between Goh and the former Scorbunny may never be the same.

In order to boost his ranking in the World Coronation Series, Ash and Pikachu, along with Goh and Raboot, head out to the Vermillion Gym to face their old opponent Lt. Surge. However, with Lt. Surge away, the gym is now being run by Visquez. Their battle is a two-on-two match, with Pikachu starting out for Ash and Raichu for Visquez. During the battle, Ash recalls Pikachu and sends out Gengar, who defeats Raichu. Visquez sends out Electrode, who defeats Gengar, so it's all up to Pikachu ... and Raboot is watching closely!

Jessie still has dreams of being an actress, so she and Team Rocket try to sneak into a studio shooting a film in which one of the actors is a Ditto that can't transform properly. Terrified by the film's dictatorial director, Ditto runs away by secretly hiding in Jessie's bag. When Team Rocket finds it after returning to their hideout, Jessie decides she's going to train it to transform properly. Meanwhile, Ash and Goh are searching for the missing Ditto.

Today is Pokémon Orientation Day at the Cerise Institute! The six visiting children are split into three teams: Team Blue escorted by Ash and Pikachu; Team Red by Goh, Raboot and Chloe; Team Yellow by Professor Cerise and Chloe's Yamper, to explore a section of the city and learn about the Pokémon they meet. Naturally, the kids are in for different but interesting experiences: Ash and Pikachu show their kids Pokémon-battling (getting involved in a World Coronation Series ranking match along the way), and Goh goes on a Pokémon-catching spree with his duo. Trouble strikes when Team Rocket tries to steal Pikachu, Raboot and Yamper by using a fake Lugia.

While out searching for Pokémon eggs, Ash and Goh encounter Hayden, a Trainer who challenges Ash to a World Coronation Series ranking match, but his Tauros is defeated by Pikachu. At the Vermillion City Pokémon Center, while Pikachu is being treated, a Pokémon egg from the Sinnoh Region that hasn't been willing to hatch yet reacts to Ash and Nurse Joy entrusts the egg to him. That night at the Cerise Institute, the egg hatches to reveal a Riolu, who runs away and starts attacking wild Pokémon indiscriminately, including an Onix that may be too strong for Riolu unless Ash and Pikachu can get there in time.

Ash and Goh have gone to the Hoenn Region to investigate the phenomenon that causes Beautifly to migrate, but the rift between Raboot and Goh seems to be getting worse and worse to the point where Raboot is refusing to listen to Goh and doesn't even seem to like him! While they're all staying at the Pokémon Center, Raboot keeps sneaking out at night. Ash, Pikachu and Goh follow him to an underground Pokémon Dance Club where Raboot seems to be quite the dance star and appears quite happy. Believing that Raboot would be better off without him, Goh decides to release Raboot, but this may be the worst decision he's ever made.

All the food in the Cerise Park has disappeared, and all the Pokémon there are starting to fight out of hunger. Ash and Goh decide to stake out the park overnight to catch the culprit.

Team Rocket receives orders from Giovanni to take a vacation, an order which apparently applies to all Team Rocket members, but while they're taking things easy in the Sinnoh Region Resort Area, Matori and her Elite Team swoop in and start snatching up Pokémon! Now Jessie, James, Meowth and Wobbuffet have to work with Ash and Goh, who are also in Sinnoh, to stop Matori without anyone finding out who they are or face punishment for violating their orders from HQ.

Ash returns to the Kalos Region with Goh to compete in the Battle Festival, in which a lot of the participants are also competing in the World Coronation Series. During the competition, while Goh, as usual, is out catching new Pokémon. In a World Coronation Series Ranking Match, Ash comes face to face with an old opponent and friend: Gym Leader Korrina and her Lucario! It's a two-on-two battle, with Ash's Gengar and Dragonite vs. Korrina's Mienshao and Lucario! Ash and his new team of Pokémon must find a way to battle through and emerge victorious, while Goh witnesses Mega-Evolution for the first time.

"Splash, Dash, and Smash for the Crown!": Goh decides to enter his new Magikarp in a Magikarp High Jump Tournament, but his Magikarp has gotten too big and fat to jump, so he decides to train it using training tapes by Pokémon World High Jump Champion Kasuking...plus a special secret technique of his own.

"Slowking's Crowning!": Ash and Goh travel to an island habitat for Slowpoke, and when an udon-eating Slowking appears, Ash shares some of his ramen with it. The Slowking likes it so much it exchanges its Shellder for the ramen, but when the Shellder latches onto Ash's head he becomes Ash-king!

• Note: In this episode, Kasukarp is voiced by comedian Toshiaki Kasuga. This episode also consists of two 11-minute stories rather than a full-length story.

Accompanied by Pikachu, Raboot, Riolu and Goh's Farfetch'd, Ash and Goh return to the Galar Region to see a World Coronation Series Match between two Trainers in the Master Class: Leon and his rival Gym Leader Raihan...a battle that becomes even more intense when both Trainers use Gigantamax! Later, Ash and Goh meet Sonia, who tells them something disturbing about the power behind Gigantamax, and Riolu gets its first real chance to battle when they encounter a tough Galarian Farfetch'd.

While still in the Galar region, Ash and Goh come across a timid Sobble that not only won't stop crying but whose crying causes other people to cry as well...including Ash, Goh and all their Pokémon! Goh manages to catch it, but when he uses it to try and catch a Silicobra, it runs away. Later, it encounters Team Rocket, who, after having a bad time with a hungry Morpeko, decides to use it as bait to catch Pikachu but instead get caught up in the waterworks, forcing Ash and Goh to battle them to free Sobble.

Yamper finds an injured Pidove and brings it to the Cerise house, and the Cerise family decides to take care of it. The problem is, as time goes on Pidove becomes firmly (and physically) attached to Yamper, but when Yamper becomes jealous of the growing attachment between Pidove and Chloe, Chloe needs to be reminded of her own history with Yamper.

When Ash seems fixated on training Riolu, Pikachu, feeling left out and jealous, decides to run away back to Pallet Town. Mimey chases after him, but Pikachu won't listen, so Mimey determinedly follows him. This begins a journey in which not only are memories revived and re-experienced, but also both new and old bonds are formed and re-forged.

Parker's friend Jinny is upset because everyone keeps telling her that her Pokémon, a Feebas (said to be the shabbiest Pokémon in the world) isn't cute. However, Jinny and Feebas aim to win the Friendship Contest. With Chole, Parker, Ash and Goh's encouragement, they begin training for the contest, but it may not be so easy, especially since Jinny needs to first learn how to swim and Team Rocket, hearing of the contest, decides to crash it to steal all the competing Pokémon.

Three years ago, Goh met a boy named Horace on a family trip to Azalea Town in the Johto region. Horace was searching for the Mythical Pokémon Celebi and the two decided to search for it together, but Celebi was hard to find. The two of them promised to meet up again the next day to continue their search, but Horace never showed up. In the present, Goh returns to Azalea Town and ends up encountering the ghosts of his past.

• Note: Ash and Pikachu are absent from this episode.

While attending the Pokémon Exchange Event in Vermillion City Ash and Goh meet bug-type enthusiast and self-proclaimed "Bug Pokémon Queen of the Sinnoh Region" Kriketina Kylie, who is looking to collect Kanto Bug-type Pokémon. Kricketina wants to trade her Heracross for Goh's Pinsir, but Goh can't bring himself to do it. So he and Ash try to help her catch a wild Pinsir using Kricketina's special food bait, with interesting results courtesy of Team Rocket (who happen to be starving, thanks to Morpeko) and Kricketina's Heracross.

Ash and Goh are visiting the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City, where the Karate Master has just suffered a rough defeat at the hands of Bea, a Fighting-type Gym Leader from the Galar region. Eager to raise his World Coronation Series ranking and continue his winning streak, Ash challenges Bea to an official battle. Ash's Pokémon have trained hard, but Bea and her Pokémon (Hawlucha and Grapploct) prove to be an unexpected challenge.

Goh has caught lots of Pokémon so far, but which to catch next? Admiring the close bond between Ash and Pikachu, he decides to catch a Pikachu of his own. Coincidentally, Professor Cerise wants our heroes to research a Pikachu outbreak, so they're off! When they arrive, Goh catches a female Pikachu, whose friends are digging Thunder Stones out of the nearby rocks so they can evolve into Raichu. But Team Rocket arrives, and they manage to round up not just the wild Pikachu, but Ash's Pikachu, too! But Goh's Pikachu knows just what to do to send Team Rocket blasting off.

As a result of his battle with Bea, Ash's confidence has been shaken, sending him into a 3-loss losing streak and dropping him down a class in the World Coronation Series. Meanwhile, a mysterious whirling sandstorm has appeared in Mauville City, drawing people in with a strange singing noise. Ash and Goh investigate and find that the storm is being caused by a powerful Flygon! Just when it seems Ash may be defeated, Goh comes up with a brilliant new strategy.

After Goh's Exeggcute is evolved into an Exeggutor, Ash tells him about Alolan Exeggutor and Goh becomes fired up with the idea of catching one. Ash and Goh travel to the Alola region where Ash is reunited with his Alolan Pokémon and his old friends, Pokémon and his mentor Professor Kukui (as well the new addition to the Kukui family). At the party Ash's friends are throwing for him, Kiawe challenges Goh to a battle to see if Goh is a fitting rival for Ash. It's Goh's Raboot against Kiawe's Turtonator in a battle in which Goh is introduced to Z-moves, with a surprise ending!

Chloe has decided on her school research project: Pokémon fossils. Ash and Goh accompany her to an excavation site, with Goh becoming excited at the thought of possibly catching a Fossil-type Pokémon, but Team Rocket follows them with the same idea in mind. Goh finds a Secret Amber, which that night (after Team Rocket breaks into the Restoration Room and meddles with the machinery) is revived into an Aerodactyl, which escapes! But while Goh is determined to catch the new Aerodactyl, Ash must battle Team Rocket on his own.

It's the time! After having battled his way back into the Great Class and hearing that Bea is in the Johto Region, Ash heads out to challenge her once again. At the Cianwood City Gym, headed by Ash's former opponent Gym Leader Chuck, Ash faces Bea, with Pikachu and Riolu vs. Bea's Grapploct and Hitmontop to avenge their previous defeat. Pikachu takes down Hitmontop but is brutally defeated by Grapplock. Now it's a rematch with Riolu facing Grapploct; however, this time Ash and Riolu have a strategy in mind. No matter the outcome, Ash has a new rival!

Something's interfering with and draining the electrical power from Kuchiba City. Thinking the cause may be the Legendary Pokémon Zapdos, Professor Sakuragi sends Ash and Goh to investigate, with both boys wanting to catch Ash for themselves! Tracking Zapdos to the Kanto Power Plant, a major Raid Battle begins, with Ash and Goh joined by the most unexpected of allies ... Team Rocket, who also want Zapdos for themselves! They manage to work together for a while, but when it looks like Zapdos is escaping, Team Rocket turns on Ash, who orders Goh to go after Zapdos while he and Pikachu deal with Team Rocket. Goh calls on his Flygon to help Raboot, but he fails to catch Zapdos, who uses its accumulated power to recharge all the area's Electric Pokémon, including Pikachu.

"Pikachu Translation Check!": Meowth has caught a bad cold, and the rest of Team Rocket aren't providing much comfort. Meowth realizes just what it is that Team Rocket is lacking, but falls asleep before he can tell the rest. After seeing some drone footage of Pikachu in action, Musashi and Kojiro decide to make a serious study of Pikachu in order to finally catch him. The trouble is, Musashi's plan to dub over Pikachu in order to understand his speech may not be as brilliant as she thinks since neither Team Rocket human really understands Pikachu.

"Up To Your Neck!.": Ash, Goh and their Pokémon are enjoying the nice weather when they come across a Marshtomp half-buried inside a field of completely parched earth. The ground is too hard for them to dig Marshtomp out, and Go's various plans to free it, such as by catching it or using

Sobble's Water Gun move, fail completely. As Ash and Goh try to figure out a way to get water to free the Marshtomp, Sobble's Water Gun move fails completely. As Ash and Goh try to figure out a way to get water to free the Marshtomp, a Ludicolo Runpappa might just provide the solution...if they can get it to understand what they need.

After Ash's "Dynamax Band" suddenly starts to glow on its own, he and Goh decide to visit the Galar region and see Professor Magnolia, the leading authority on Dynamax research, but on their way there their train is stopped by a mysterious fog. Leaving the train to chase after a Bunnelby, they get separated in a forest shrouded in thick mist after Goh pursues the Bunnelby on his own. Trying to find each other, they encounter two mysterious Pokémon. Meanwhile, the Galar region is experiencing a phenomenon where Pokémon are Dynamaxing in places where it's normally impossible for them to do so and going on rampages.

Goh and Sonia travel to Turf Town to investigate some ruins that may hold a clue to the secret of Dynamax and then to Professor Magnolia's laboratory to consult with her, where Goh receives his own Dynamax Band. Ash and Leon continue battling Dynamax Pokémon, and Chairman Rose tries to lure Ash into his machinations, but Ash declines, wanting to follow his own dream (enraging Rose's assistant Oleana). Meanwhile, both Leon and Professor Magnolia are becoming suspicious of Chairman Rose. The next day while Sonia and Goh are visiting a mural at Lateral Town, Oleana's henchman, who's been tailing them, tries to kidnap them on Oleana's orders, but a Dynamax battle between Raboot and the henchman's Garbodor reveals some startling new evidence about the legend of Galar.

Dynamax Raboot defeats Oleana's henchman's Dynamax Garbodor, sending the henchman fleeing. The revealed statues are images of Zacian and Zamazenta holding the Sword and Shield, and Goh and Sonia escape from Oleana's henchmen. Dande sees Eternatus break free from Chairman Rose's Energy Plant core, unleashing the Black Night. Ash races to stop it, while Goh returns to Slumbering Forest with Sonia where they not only meet Zacian and Zaramenta but also uncover the artifacts which may save the world. At the Energy Plant, Chairman Rose reveals his true nature and evil intentions to Ash and Leon. Eternatus breaks free and escapes; while Leon goes after it, Ash prepares to battle Rose with Pikachu and Riolu versus Rose's Copperajah and Ferrothorn. When Goh arrives, he and Raboot face off against Olive and her Milotic.

Ash/Chairman Rose-Goh/Oleana-Leon/Eternatus battles continue. During the battles, Riolu evolves into Lucario, Raboot evolves into Cinderace, and both Rose and Oleana are defeated! After Leon fails to capture Eternatus, it takes on its Eternamax form and Leon is injured. Ash and Goh take up the Sword and Shield to battle Eternamax Eternatus, summoning Zacian and Zamazenta to help them and their Pokémon defeat Eternatus. Ash and Goh use a Pokeball to seal away Eternatus, ending the Black Night Dynamax threat, and return the Sword and Shield to Slumbering Forest, while Sonia becomes a Pokémon Professor.

Psychic energy thought to belong to Mew has been detected on Cello Island, and Ash and Goh leave immediately, hoping to find Mew. Arriving at the island, they meet up with lots of different Pokémon (many of which Goh immediately catches) and encounter the legendary Clone Pokémon Mewtwo. Goh announces his determination to catch Mewtwo, and when Ash asks battle Mewtwo it agrees to face them both at the same time. Aided by Pikachu, Lucario, and Cinderace, Ash and Goh begin their toughest battle yet against the strongest Pokémon of all with their dreams on the line!

Ash and Goh decide to compete in Kuchiba City's Eating Contest, Ash with his Kairyu and Goh with his Hoshigarisu, but Team Rocket also joins in with their Morpeko. Ash and Kairyu are eliminated in the first round and both Hoshigarisu and Morpeko move on, but before the second round, Team Rocket's cheating eliminates quite a few contestants. Hoshigarisu and Morpeko make it to the finals and Team Rocket are confident of success, but then discover that Morpeko is totally full while Hoshigarisu looks to be in the same predicament!

Ash and Goh are visiting Hiun City in the Unova region. However, Team Rocket secretly gets there before them, intending to steal Pikachu by swapping it with their mech "Almost Pikachu", which looks and acts just like Pikachu. The problem is, when the two Pikachus start playing together and moving about, they can't tell which is which! When they do finally grab one of them, Cinderace and Lucario (who haven't been getting along very well) see this happening, chase after Team Rocket and rescue the snatched Pikachu, all the while being stuck together by Team Rocket's sticky grabber. But which Pikachu did Team Rocket grab and can Lucario and Cinderace learn to work together to protect the one they rescued? Meanwhile, the oblivious Ash, Goh and Pikachu are having a great time tasting the dessert delicacies of the Unova region.

At a Vermillion City research center studying Eevee, an Eevee tries to imitate different evolved Eevee without success. Seeing Chloe's Yamper walk by (it's out for a walk with Ash and Pikachu while Goh and Chloe are in school), it escapes from the center and follows Yamper, with whom it becomes friendly. When two lab assistants from the center chase after Eevee, Yamper leads it to Chloe's school, where Chloe spots them and enlists Go's help to block the assistants while she escapes with Eevee. Team Rocket, who've infiltrated the school disguised as students, attempt to steal all of the Pokémon in the school playground, including Go's Cinderace and

Sobble, and when Ash and Pikachu try to stop them they fall into Team Rocket's classic pit trap. Yamper leaps to Eevee's defence, but when its attack fails Eevee battles alongside it, imitating and using Yamper's electric attack, and Pikachu (who's climbed out of the pit) finishes up with a Thunderbolt. The head of the research facility comes to take Eevee back, but Eevee, who's become attached to Chloe (who feels the same way), runs back to her. With the head's approval, Eevee allows Chloe to catch it.

The Curator of the science museum has sent Ash, Go, and Chloe to the Galar region to research on the Galar Fossils. When they reach there, they encounter Cara Liss and Gasattsu who help them with their research. Also a fossil restoration machine made by Cara Liss help them to restore the fossil Pokémon. Now how will the Pokémon react to their presence in the world that is different from their own?

Goh informs Ash about a Geodude outbreak in the rock tunnel. And both of them head to the rock tunnel where with the help of Ash's Farfetch'd Goh catches a Geodude. Then Ash and his Farfetch'd enter a PWC series battle against a trainer with Gurdurr and won it. They also battled a gallade but lost this time. Then Ash decided to train his Farfetch'd to help him become a leek master.

A huge amount of vegetables addressed to the Sakuragi Laboratories have arrived alongside a letter. The sender is Prof. Sakuragi's former student Endo, who is now a farmer. He writes that he's been recently having trouble due to Diglett and Dugtrio ravaging his field, so Ash, Go, and Chloe head to Endo's field to investigate why these Pokémon are doing this.

The Legendary Pokémon Suicune is said to travel across the world, purifying polluted water as it goes. News has come in that it's at a certain lake for now and Goh instantly gets excited about the chance to get a legendary Pokémon. He and Ash instantly head to the lake where they see a group of evil Pokémon hunters and a Suicune trying to protect both the lake and the wild Pokémon in spite of being injured. Goh makes friends with Suicune.

As Goh's Sobble gets scared easily, it is noticed by an Inteleon of another trainer. Inteleon gives advice and shows-off its moves. Witnessing this, Sobble is more determined to be strong and not be timid. (Wrote as per the preview)

Chloe and Eevee discover a book titled The Tale of You and Me in Glimwood Tangle at the Cerise Laboratory, with a drawing of a Ponyta and Rapidash from the Galar region in it. Having taken an interest in the two Pokémon, Chloe decides to go to Glimwood Tangle with Ash and Goh. As she explores the forest, a wild Ponyta appears in front of Chloe and Eevee.

Ash, his Galarian Farfetch'd and Goh with his Scyther head to the Kalos region to a place called the Castle of Chivalry where trainers and their Pokémon seek true strength. They find out that it is run by none other than the member of the Kalos Elite Four, Wikstrom (otherwise called the Man of Steel). They are welcomed by Wikstrom and his partner Aegislash. They discover that they have to succeed in three tasks to win the Knight Medal.Ash,Farfetch'd and Goh with his Scyther participate and succeed in three tasks and win the Knight medal. In the end Farfetch'd learns a new move and Scyther evolves into Scisor.

On a cold evening, Chloe comes to the Cerise institute and find out that Professor Cerise goes out and Ash and Goh head out to catch Ice-type Pokemon. So, Chrysa and Chloe spend a girl's night in Chrysa's apartment. Chloe accidentally looks at a photo of Chrysa and a Psyduck and its trainer. Chloe mistakes the trainer as Chrysa's boyfriend and later learns that the Psyduck helped Chrysa when she was in a bad mood. Meanwhile, Ash and Goh could not find any ice-type Pokemon. Disappointed, they head out to eat some food and unknowingly they find the mysterious trainer and its Psyduck. Then they tell Chloe about the mysterious trainer and its Psyduck, she confirms that it was the same trainer and his Psyduck Chrysa met years ago. They search for the trainer and his Psyduck and first could not find him. But later they find the trainer and his Psyduck and take him to Chrysa. A reunion happens between Chrysa and Psyduck and Chrysa's joy knew no bounds.