JN121

(Japanese: 最高潮始動！サトシのマスターズトーナメント！！ The Climax Begins! 's Experience!!) is the 121st episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,206th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on August 12, 2022.
==Plot==
The "Pokémon World Coronation Series News" covers the events of the Masters Eight Tournament so far, recapping the quarterfinals matches and providing an analysis of the semifinalists: , Diantha, , and . Following the in-depth analysis, the program lists the most shocking moments in Ash's World Coronation Series battles so far: the - combo that his used during his Ultra Class battle against Bea; his transforming 's into during his match against ; and the giant that his used to defeat Raihan's Gigantamax during his entrance battle.
The narrator, hosting a radio show, reads listener mail. The first letter is from Allister, which leads to a recap of how Ash first befriended his . The second letter comes from Wikstrom, leading to a recap of how Ash's evolved into during his battle with Rinto and his . The clip show ends with a storybook tale told by , telling how it woke up in a strange world after sleeping for a long time, but came to like the friends it made and things it could bite on in this new world.
==Characters==
===Humans===
* (flashback)
* (flashback)
* Goh (flashback)
* Jessie (flashback)
* James (flashback)
* (flashback)
* (flashback)
* (flashback)
* Volkner (flashback)
* Drayden (flashback)
* Alain (flashback)
* Diantha (flashback)
* (flashback)
* Wikstrom
* Ren
* (flashback)
* Raihan (flashback)
* Bea (flashback)
* Allister
* Marnie (flashback)
* Tony (flashback)
* Rinto (flashback)
* Gengar's former Trainer (flashback)
* Trainer's girlfriend (flashback)
* Visquez (flashback)
* (flashback)
* Hayden (flashback)
* Lob (flashback)
* Kricketina Kylie (flashback)
* Dozer (flashback)
===Pokémon===
* (; flashback)
* (; flashback)
* (; flashback)
* (; flashback)
* (; flashback)
* (; ; flashback)
* (; flashback)
* (; flashback)
* (; flashback)
* (; Gigantamax; flashback)
* (; flashback)
* (; Mega Lucario; flashback)
* (; Galarian Form; flashback)
* (; flashback)
* (; flashback)
* (; flashback)
* (; image)
* (; flashback)
* (; flashback)
* (; flashback)
* (; flashback)
* (; Dynamax; flashback)
* (; Red Gyarados; flashback)
* ('s; flashback)
* ('s; flashback)
* (; Mega Metagross; ; flashback)
* ('s; flashback)
* (; Mega Garchomp; flashback)
* ('s; ; flashback)
* ('s; flashback)
* (; Mega Gardevoir; flashback)
* (Diantha's; flashback)
* (Diantha's; flashback)
* (; Mega Charizard X; flashback)
* (Alain's; flashback)
* (Alain's; image)
* (Volkner's; flashback)
* (; Mega Lucario; flashback)
* (Wikstrom's)
* (Drasna's; flashback)
* (Drasna's; flashback)
* (; Gigantamax; flashback)
* ('s; Gigantamax; flashback)
* (Raihan's; Gigantamax; flashback)
* (Bea's; flashback)
* (Bea's; Gigantamax; flashback)
* (Bea's; flashback)
* (Allister's; Rotom Phone)
* (Ren's; Francois)
* (Visquez's; flashback)
* (Hayden's; flashback)
* (Lob's; flashback)
* (Tony's; flashback)
* (Kricketina Kylie's; flashback)
* (Dozer's; flashback)
* (Rinto's; flashback)
* (Trainer's; flashback)
* (Trainer's; flashback)
* (image)
==Trivia==
* The narrator reads the title card for this episode.
* Like the last clip show episode, no main character is physically present.
** At three episodes, this episode marks the longest period Ash and Pikachu do not physically appear in the during their time as protagonists.
** This makes it the third numbered episode in a row to not feature any main characters in person.
* This is the first time that two have aired in the same series since Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl.
** Also, at two weeks, this episode marks the shortest period between the airing of clip shows in a same series.
* James, , Jessie, and narrate the preview for the next episode.
** A special preview regarding the last semifinal match of the Masters Eight Tournament, Ash versus , was aired after the episode.
* As a clip show, this episode was not dubbed into any other language, and was not aired anywhere outside of Japan and South Korea.
==In other languages==
121
Category:Episodes featuring Elite Four members
Category:Clip episodes
de:Climax Jidō! Satoshi no Masters Tournament!!
es:EP1210
fr:LV121
it:EP121
ja:新無印編第121話
zh:宝可梦 旅途 回顾篇 第2集