# Pokémon: The Johto Journeys

Pokémon: The Johto Journeys is the third season of Pokémon, known in Japan as Pocket Monsters: Episode Gold & Silver (ポケットモンスター 金銀編, Poketto Monsutā: Kin Gin Hen). It originally aired in Japan from October 14, 1999, to July 27, 2000, on TV Tokyo, and in the United States from October 14, 2000, to August 11, 2001, on The WB/Kids' WB.
This season, the narrator of the Pokémon anime will follow the continue adventures of the ten-year-old Pokémon Trainer Ash Ketchum and his electric-type partner Pikachu as they collect Gym Badges in the fictional Johto region so they can compete in the Johto League competition.
The episodes were directed by Masamitsu Hidaka and produced by the animation studio OLM.
In 2000, during the show's run in the United States, it was ranked as the number 1 program among boys 2–11 years old.

## Episode list

| Jap. overall | Eng. overall | No. in season | English title Japanese title | Original release date | English air date |
| 119 | 117 | 1 | "Don't Touch That 'dile" (Wakaba Town! Where the Winds of a New Beginning Blow!) Transliteration: "Wakaba Taun! Hajimari o Tsugeru Kaze ga Fuku Machi!" (Japanese: ワカバタウン! はじまりをつげるかぜのふくまち!) | October 14, 1999 (1999-10-14) | October 14, 2000 |
| Ash, Brock, and Misty, arrive in New Bark Town to register for the Johto League, but their efforts hit a snag when Team Rocket kidnaps a Totodile. ||||||
| 120 | 118 | 2 | "The Double Trouble Header" (The Rookie's Chicorita!) Transliteration: "Rūkī no Chikorīta!" (Japanese: ルーキーのチコリータ!) | October 21, 1999 (1999-10-21) | October 21, 2000 |
| Heading to Violet City for the first gym, Ash and company meet Casey, a new trainer and baseball fan who eagerly challenges Ash to a battle. When Ash easily beats all three of her Pokémon with just his Charizard, she gets upset and makes an alliance with Team Rocket to get back at Ash, until she finds out that Team Rocket was just using her. ||||||
| 121 | 119 | 3 | "A Sappy Ending" (Crash! Heracros vs. Kailios!!) Transliteration: "Gekitotsu! Herakurosu Tai Kairosu!!" (Japanese: げきとつ! へラクロスVSカイロス!!) | October 28, 1999 (1999-10-28) | October 28, 2000 |
| Heading towards Violet City, Ash and company see some Heracross. Eager to get one, Ash disturbs them and gets told off by an expert. He tells about how Heracross and Pinsir are at war due to something disturbing their tree sap flow. Later, Heracross expresses his desire to come with Ash and thus Ash captures Heracross. ||||||
| 122 | 120 | 4 | "Roll On, Pokémon!" (Donfan's Valley!) Transliteration: "Donfan no Tani!" (Japanese: ドンファンのたに!) | November 4, 1999 (1999-11-4) | November 4, 2000 |
| Ash encounters a Donphan and wants to capture it, thinking it's wild, but finds out it is owned by Rochelle, a trainer who is looking for Amberite. Team Rocket however wants to get the Amberite and steal Donphan. ||||||
| 123 | 121 | 5 | "Illusion Confusion!" (Hoho and the Mysterious Forest!) Transliteration: "Hōhō to Ayashii Mori!" (Japanese: ホーホーとあやしいもり!) | November 11, 1999 (1999-11-11) | November 4, 2000 |
| Heading into a forest which is inhabited by a ghost Pokémon, Ash and company get tricked by illusions, but Gary tells them to see through them by getting a Hoothoot. Ash goes to get one and when he finds the rental place, he discovers the Hoothoot he can rent is a rowdy one. ||||||
| 124 | 122 | 6 | "Flower Power" (Kireihana's Battle Dancing!) Transliteration: "Kireihana no Batoru Danshingu!" (Japanese: キレイハナのバトルダンシング!) | November 18, 1999 (1999-11-18) | November 11, 2000 |
| In the city of Florando, Ash and company come across a trainer called Bailey, who is trying to participate in a contest with her two Bellossom, but they just can't get their rhythm right. Ash decides to try to help them out. ||||||
| 125 | 123 | 7 | "Spinarak Attack" (Itomaru! Big Police Investigation!!) Transliteration: "Itomaru! Dai Sōsasen!!" (Japanese: イトマル! だいそうさせん!!) | November 25, 1999 (1999-11-25) | November 11, 2000 |
| In Catallia City, Ash and company see Officer Jenny who has a Spinarak to help her solve crimes. Knowing Ash and company as the trainers who helped her sister in New Bark Town, Officer Jenny asks them for their help in solving some crimes that bear a resemblance to the crimes of the Black Arachnid, a figure who eight generations before had been known for being a legendary thief and for Meowth that assisted him in his crimes. ||||||
| 126 | 124 | 8 | "Snubbull Snobbery" (Bull's Magnificent Life!?) Transliteration: "Burū no Karei na Seikatsu!?" (Japanese: ブルーのかれいなせいかつ!?) | December 2, 1999 (1999-12-2) | November 18, 2000 |
| Ash and company find a Snubbull clinging to a Growlithe's tail. They decide to find the owner of the Snubbull and return it, but when the Snubbull goes missing again, they have to get it. ||||||
| 127 | 125 | 9 | "The Little Big Horn" (Odoshishi! Forest of Illusions!?) Transliteration: "Odoshishi! Maboroshi no Mori!?" (Japanese: オドシシ！まぼろしのもり!?) | December 9, 1999 (1999-12-9) | November 18, 2000 |
| When a town keeps getting attacked by a herd of Stantler, Brock thinks there is something awry. Standing up against them, he finds it is an illusion made by an injured baby Stantler who needs help. ||||||
| 128 | 126 | 10 | "The Chikorita Rescue" (The Stubborn Chicorita!!) Transliteration: "Ijippari no Chikorīta!!" (Japanese: いじっぱりのチコリータ!!) | December 16, 1999 (1999-12-16) | November 25, 2000 |
| Heading to Violet City Gym, Ash comes across a wild Chikorita and battles it. But when it is hurt in battle, he rushes it to the Pokémon Center only to find Team Rocket are wanting that Chikorita for themselves. Chikorita becomes Ash's newest Pokémon in the end. ||||||
| 129 | 127 | 11 | "Once in a Blue Moon" (Nuoh and the GS Ball!?) Transliteration: "Nuō to GS Bōru!?" (Japanese: ヌオーとGSボール!?) | December 23, 1999 (1999-12-23) | December 2, 2000 |
| While polishing the GS Ball in Cherrygrove City, Ash soon finds that a Quagsire has stolen it! Trying to get it back, he gets arrested for interfering in the Quagsire Festival where the Quagsire take round things and send them upstream, where the last object to be returned gives good luck to its owner. ||||||
| 130 | 128 | 12 | "The Whistle Stop" (Rediba's Flute!) Transliteration: "Rediba no Fue!" (Japanese: レディバのふえ!) | January 1, 2000 (2000-1-1) | December 2, 2000 |
| In a forest, Ash meets a girl called Arielle and her group of Ledyba who tend the gardens and follow Arielle's whistle. However in a battle with Team Rocket, all the Ledyba dispel and it's up to Ash and company to find them. ||||||
| 131 | 129 | 13 | "Ignorance is Blissey" (Happinas's Happy Nurse!) Transliteration: "Hapinasu no Happī Nāsu!" (Japanese: ハピナスのハッピーナース!) | January 6, 2000 (2000-1-6) | December 9, 2000 |
| At the Happy Town Pokémon Center, Ash and company discover a Blissey, the evolved form of Chansey. While relaxing, Ash keeps getting hurt by Blissey accidentally, but Team Rocket soon arrives, and since the Blissey is an old friend of Jessie, Jessie regrets accepting food from her. ||||||
| 132 | 130 | 14 | "A Bout with Sprout" (Big Pinch! Madatsubomi Tower!) Transliteration: "Dai Pinchi! Madatsubomi no Tō!" (Japanese: だいピンチ! マダツボミのとう!) | January 13, 2000 (2000-1-13) | December 16, 2000 |
| Ash and co. finally arrive at Violet City, where they find a school and he gets asked to give a small talk about Pokémon Training to the kids. However, a kid called Zackie is convinced that Ash's Pikachu is to be his, and when Pikachu runs off, he takes chase with one of Ash's empty Pokéballs. ||||||
| 133 | 131 | 15 | "Fighting Flyer with Fire" (Kikyou Gym! Sky Battle!!) Transliteration: "Kikyō Jimu! Ōzora no Tatakai!!" (Japanese: キキョウジム! おおぞらのたたかい!!) | January 20, 2000 (2000-1-20) | December 16, 2000 |
| Ash arrives at the Violet City Gym and begins his campaign of earning eight gym badges to qualify for the Johto League by taking on the Violet City Gym Leader, Falkner but Ash soon discovers that Falkner's a force to be reckoned with due to Falkner's Pokémon overwhelming Ash's. Ash soon realizes that he needs to come up with some kind of strategy instead of his usual approach of brutal force if he's to stand any chance of winning his first gym badge. ||||||
| 134 | 132 | 16 | "For Crying Out Loud" (Crybaby Maril!) Transliteration: "Nakimushi Mariru!" (Japanese: なきむしマリル!) | January 27, 2000 (2000-1-27) | January 20, 2001 |
| When a crybaby Marill is washed away by a river following a failed attempt by Team Rocket to steal it, Misty tries returning the Marill to its trainer, Wilhomena. ||||||
| 135 | 133 | 17 | "Tanks a Lot!" (Pasture! Otachi & Togepy!!) Transliteration: "Bakusō! Otachi Ando Togepī!!" (Japanese: ばくそう! オタチ&トゲピー!!) | February 3, 2000 (2000-2-3) | January 27, 2001 |
| Team Rocket's new super vehicle, the Arbo-tank, is their ticket to world domination. That is, until Togepi and its new-found buddy, Sentret, climb inside and accidentally wreak havoc on everything in their path. ||||||
| 136 | 134 | 18 | "Charizard's Burning Ambitions" (Lizardon's Valley! Until We Meet Again!!) Transliteration: "Rizādon no Tani! Mata Au Hi made!!" (Japanese: リザードンのたに! またあうひまで!!) | February 10, 2000 (2000-2-10) | February 3, 2001 |
| When Ash hears of the Charicific Valley, he is sure a trip there will boost his Charizard's spirits, but when they reach the valley, they find its Charizard denizens are anything but cordial. In the end, Ash sadily leaves Charizard in the valley to train. ||||||
| 137 | 135 | 19 | "Grin to Win!" (Big Panic! Kimawari Contest!!) Transliteration: "Dai Panikku! Kimawari Kontesuto!!" (Japanese: だいパニック! キマワリコンテスト!!) | February 17, 2000 (2000-2-17) | February 10, 2001 |
| The annual Sunflora contest is only a day away, but Ash and company's new friend, the Sunflora trainer Sonrisa, is unable to convince her star Pokémon to compete. ||||||
| 138 | 136 | 20 | "Chikorita's Big Upset" (Chicorita's Jealousy!?) Transliteration: "Chikorīta wa Gokigen Naname!?" (Japanese: チコリータはごきげんななめ!?) | February 24, 2000 (2000-2-24) | January 20, 2001 |
| A severe case of sibling rivalry between Pikachu and Chikorita calls for therapy sessions with Nurse Joy. In such delicate matters, there's no such thing as an overnight cure, or is there? ||||||
| 139 | 137 | 21 | "Foul Weather Friends" (Hanecco's Jealousy! Big Prairie Battle!!) Transliteration: "Hanekko Haneta! Daisōgen no Tatakai!!" (Japanese: ハネッコはねた! だいそうげんのたたかい!!) | March 2, 2000 (2000-3-2) | February 10, 2001 |
| Ash and his friends chance upon a Hoppip, a fluffy Pokémon that is able to catch passing winds and drift for miles through the sky. The Hoppip's trainer Mariah uses a group of Hoppip to help her forecast the weather. One of the Hoppip is actually a little Oddish. ||||||
| 140 | 138 | 22 | "The Superhero Secret" (Mysterious Superhero! Gligerman Appears!!) Transliteration: "Nazo no Sūpāhīrō! Guraigāman Tōjō!!" (Japanese: なぞのスーパーヒーロー! グライガーマンとうじょう!!) | March 9, 2000 (2000-3-9) | February 17, 2001 |
| The legendary Gligarman is getting too old to fight crime. When Ash and friends wander into town, they bring with them a challenge that threatens to be Gligarman's last: Team Rocket. ||||||
| 141 | 139 | 23 | "Mild 'n Wooly" (Merriep Meadow's Girl) Transliteration: "Merīpu to Makiba no Shōjo" (Japanese: メリープとまきばのしょうじょ) | March 16, 2000 (2000-3-16) | February 17, 2001 |
| Team Rocket comes in sheep's clothing to relieve a kind Mareep-herder of her flock. Ash and friends are eager to help, but will first have to convince the Mareep trainer to have faith in herself. ||||||
| 142 | 140 | 24 | "Wired for Battle!" (Let's Battle! Hassam vs. Heracros!!) Transliteration: "Batoru Shiyō ze! Hassamu Tai Herakurosu!!" (Japanese: バトルしようぜ! ハッサムVSヘラクロス!!) | March 23, 2000 (2000-3-23) | February 24, 2001 |
| When Shingo, a promising trainee at a Pokémon battle dojo abandons battle altogether, it is up to Ash and friends to convince him that battling, and life for that matter, is more than just a matter of probability. ||||||
| 143 | 141 | 25 | "Good 'Quil Hunting" (Hinoarashi! I Got It!!) Transliteration: "Hinoarashi! Getto da ze!!" (Japanese: ヒノアラシ! ゲットだぜ!!) | March 30, 2000 (2000-3-30) | March 3, 2001 |
| With no fire Pokémon to call his own, Ash is overjoyed to find a Cyndaquil in the wild. But before Ash can capture the little Pokémon, he'll have to face another trainer with similar desires and less scruples as well as Team Rocket and their Giant Robotic Meowth-inator. ||||||
| 144 | 142 | 26 | "A Shadow of a Drought" (Hiwada Town! Yadon's Well!!) Transliteration: "Hiwada Taun! Yadon no Ido!!" (Japanese: ヒワダタウン! ヤドンのいど!!) | April 6, 2000 (2000-4-6) | March 3, 2001 |
| Ash carelessly makes enemies of the Slowpoke-worshipping residents of Azalea Town, but sees a chance at redemption when Team Rocket arrives to capture these revered Pokémon. ||||||
| 145 | 143 | 27 | "Going Apricorn!" (Kunugidama and the Bonguri Fruit! Backyard Battle!!) Transliteration: "Kunugidama to Bonguri no Mi! Urayama no Tatakai!!" (Japanese: クヌギダマとボングリのみ! うらやまのたたかい!!) | April 13, 2000 (2000-4-13) | March 10, 2001 |
| Ash delivers the mysterious GS Ball to renowned Pokémon expert Kurt, but Team Rocket threatens the entire operation when they attempt to harvest the Apricorn resources essential to Pokéball Production. Also Brock catches a Pineco with a fastball made by Kurt. ||||||
| 146 | 144 | 28 | "Gettin' the Bugs Out" (Hiwada Gym! Forest Battlefield!!) Transliteration: "Hiwada Jimu! Mori no Batoru Fīrudo!!" (Japanese: ヒワダジム! もりのバトルフィールド!!) | April 20, 2000 (2000-4-20) | March 17, 2001 |
| When Ash reaches the Azalea Town Gym, he has just the Pokémon to challenge the Gym Leader Bugsy's Bug Pokémon. But what will happen when Ash's Cyndaquil can't get its burners going? ||||||
| 147 | 145 | 29 | "A Farfetch'd Tale" (Ubame's Forest! Search for Kamonegi!!) Transliteration: "Ubame no Mori! Kamonegi o Sagase!!" (Japanese: ウバメのもり! カモネギをさがせ!!) | April 27, 2000 (2000-4-27) | March 17, 2001 |
| After the inexperienced young trainer Sylvester mistakenly scares off his own Farfetch'd, Ash and friends are happy to help, but can they find it before Team Rocket can get their hands on this savory Pokémon? ||||||
| 148 | 146 | 30 | "Tricks of the Trade" (Sonans and the Pokémon Exchange!!) Transliteration: "Sōnansu to Pokemon Kōkankai!!" (Japanese: ソーナンスとポケモンこうかんかい!!) | May 4, 2000 (2000-5-4) | March 24, 2001 |
| At the Pokémon Swap Meet in Palmpona, Ash and his friends befriend Benny, a young trainer who is having difficulties finding a trading partner willing to accept his Wobbuffet. In the end, Jessie accidentally trades her Lickitung for Benny's Wobbuffet and learns about Wobbuffet's Counter move. ||||||
| 149 | 147 | 31 | "The Fire-ing Squad!" (Burning Zenigame Squad! Like a Fire!!) Transliteration: "Moero Zenigame-dan! Honō no Yō ni!!" (Japanese: もえろゼニガメだん! ほのおのように!!) | May 11, 2000 (2000-5-11) | April 21, 2001 |
| An unexpected Pokémon fire-fighting competition reunites Ash with a group of fire fighters from the Orange Islands called Team Wartortle. In the end, Ash's Squirtle returns to the Squirtle Squad. ||||||
| 150 | 148 | 32 | "No Big Woop!" (Full of Upah!) Transliteration: "Upā ga Ippai!" (Japanese: ウパーがいっぱい!) | May 18, 2000 (2000-5-18) | March 31, 2001 |
| Ash and friends enthusiastically volunteer to watch over a school of Wooper while their trainer Olesia is away, but as always Team Rocket interferes, this time hoping to use the Wooper to pacify Giovanni. ||||||
| 151 | 149 | 33 | "Tunnel Vision" (Purin vs. Bull!) Transliteration: "Purin Tai Burū!" (Japanese: プリンVSブルー!) | May 25, 2000 (2000-5-25) | April 7, 2001 |
| When a Snubbull and Jigglypuff get into a great disagreement, they threaten to draw everyone else into their conflict. ||||||
| 152 | 150 | 34 | "Hour of the Houndour" (Dark Pokémon – Delvil) Transliteration: "Dāku Pokemon, Derubiru" (Japanese: ダークポケモン・デルビル) | June 1, 2000 (2000-6-1) | April 14, 2001 |
| Investigating a string of mysterious thefts, Ash and his friends discover a pack of Houndour, struggling to survive in the wild. In order to help mend their ways, Ash will have to earn their trust first. ||||||
| 153 | 151 | 35 | "The Totodile Duel" (Whose Waninoko is It!? Satoshi vs. Kasumi!) Transliteration: "Waninoko wa Dare no Mono!? Satoshi Tai Kasumi!" (Japanese: ワニノコはだれのもの!? サトシVSカスミ!) | June 8, 2000 (2000-6-8) | May 5, 2001 |
| Ash and Misty engage in a fierce three-on-three Pokémon battle when the two of them attempt to capture a wild Totodile, during which Misty's Poliwag evolves. ||||||
| 154 | 152 | 36 | "Hot Matches!" (Airmd vs. Hinoarashi! Wings of Steel!!) Transliteration: "Eamūdo Tai Hinoarashi! Hagane no Tsubasa!!" (Japanese: エアムードVSヒノアラシ! はがねのつばさ!!) | June 15, 2000 (2000-6-15) | May 12, 2001 |
| Ash faces Miki, a young female trainer who possess an unbeatable Skarmory, a Steel-type bird. To win, Ash and his Cyndaquil must undergo intense training if they're to have any hope of beating Skarmory. ||||||
| 155 | 153 | 37 | "Love, Totodile Style" (Dance, Waninoko! The Step of Love!!) Transliteration: "Odore Waninoko! Ai no Suteppu o!!" (Japanese: おどれワニノコ! あいのステップを!!) | June 22, 2000 (2000-6-22) | May 26, 2001 |
| Ash's Totodile falls in love with Azumarill but Totodile isn't successful in confessing its feelings to Azumarill. But when Team Rocket kidnaps Azumarill, it falls to Totodile to save the day. ||||||
| 156 | 154 | 38 | "Fowl Play!" (Different-Colored Yorunozuku! I Got It!!) Transliteration: "Irochigai no Yorunozuku! Getto da ze!!" (Japanese: いろちがいのヨルノズク! ゲットだぜ!!) | June 29, 2000 (2000-6-29) | April 28, 2001 |
| Ash has his sights set on a rare and brightly colored Noctowl, but Team Rocket interferes and tries to take the Noctowl for themselves. ||||||
| 157 | 155 | 39 | "Forest Grumps" (Ringuma's Startling!!) Transliteration: "Ringuma de Dokkiri!!" (Japanese: リングマでドッキリ!!) | July 6, 2000 (2000-7-6) | June 2, 2001 |
| An Ursaring attack forces Ash and his friends to team up with Team Rocket, members of each team being paired with members of the other; Misty ends up with James and Meowth, and Jessie ends up with Ash and Brock. ||||||
| 158 | 156 | 40 | "The Psychic Sidekicks!" (Kirinriki! The Village of Esper Pokémon!) Transliteration: "Kirinriki! Esupā Pokemon no Mura!" (Japanese: キリンリキ! エスパーポケモンのむら!) | July 13, 2000 (2000-7-13) | August 11, 2001 |
| Team Rocket attacks Len Town, a town that is protected by Psychic Pokémon with a machine that is impervious to Psychic attacks, and begins to steal all the Pokémon in town. ||||||
| 159 | 157 | 41 | "The Fortune Hunters" (Pokémon Fortune-telling!? Enormous Melee!) Transliteration: "Pokemon Uranai!? Dairansen!" (Japanese: ポケモンうらない!? だいらんせん!) | July 27, 2000 (2000-7-27) | May 19, 2001 |
| A Pokémon Fortune Telling boom turns out to be a Team Rocket plot to steal Pokémon from local trainers. ||||||

## Music

The Japanese opening song is "OK!" by Rica Matsumoto as Satoshi for 41 episodes. The ending songs are "Meowth's Party" (ニャースのパーティ, Nyasu No Pāti) by Inuko Inuyama as Nyasu, Megumi Hayashibara as Musashi,and Shin'ichiro Miki as Kojirou, for 25 episodes, Rikako Aikawa (who voices some Japanese Pokémon too) and Chorus performed "Exciting Pokémon Relay" (ポケモンはらはらリレー, Pokémon Hara Hara Rirē) for 10 episodes, and "Exciting² Pokémon Relay (Hard Version)" (ポケモンはらはら²リレー むずかし版, Pokémon Hara Hara² Rirē Muzukashi Ban) for 5 episodes, "Takeshi's Paradise (タケシのパラダイス, Takeshi no Paradaisu) by Yūji Ueda as Takeshi for one episode, and the English opening song is "Pokémon Johto" by the musical group called Johto. Its short version serves as the end credit song. The ending songs at the end of each episode are "You & Me & Pokémon" for 9 episodes, and "Pikachu (I Choose You)" for 8 episodes by Élan Rivera and the musical group called Johto, "Song of Jigglypuff" by Rachael Lillis as Jigglypuff and the musical group called Johto for 8 episodes, "All We Wanna Do" by Élan Rivera and the musical group called Johto for 8 episodes, and "Two Perfect Girls" by Eric Stuart as Brock for 8 episodes from Pokémon Karaokémon.

## Home media

In the United States, the season was released in 13 volumes on VHS and DVD by Viz Video and Pioneer Entertainment. The last two episodes: "The Psychic Sidekicks!" and "The Fortune Hunters" were not shown on these sets.
Viz Media and Warner Home Video released Pokémon: The Johto Journeys – The Complete Collection on DVD in the United States on November 10, 2015.