JN146

Ash and Latios (Japanese: サトシとラティオス！ and Latios!) is the tenth episode of Pokémon: To Be a Pokémon Master, the 146th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,231st episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on March 17, 2023, in Canada on July 15, 2023, in South Africa on July 25, 2023, and in the United States on September 8, 2023.
==Blurb==
After Latias shows our heroes a mysterious vision of Latios in trouble, Ash and his friends decide to help. They discover that Latios is attempting to flee a Pokémon hunter! Latias starts to panic when its sight sharing power loses contact with Latios, but Brock and Ash convince it to settle down for the night. In the morning, the group follows Latias to a cave where Latios is hiding. Latios is distrustful of humans, but before Ash can convince it of his goodwill, the hunter appears! Despite a fierce battle, Latias is captured. Now Latios must work together with Ash to save Latias and bring the hunter to justice.
==Plot==
Following the vision of a shown to them by , and decide to follow her and help Latios out. While following Latias on , Latias shows Ash telepathic images of how she had followed him after their initial encounter, including the instance where she had saved him from a fall. Suddenly, Latias starts Sight Sharing another vision with them, showing Latios fleeing from a riding on a . The vision cuts off when the hunter fires an energy beam at Latios. Latias starts panicking, especially when her desperate attempts to recontact Latios fail. Since it's about to get dark, suggests they settle down for the night. Ash agrees and calms Latias down by telling her that Latios will be fine. Meanwhile, Jessie, James, and each arrive at the , intending to start their own independent careers as Team Rocket members while being unaware of each other's presence.
At the group's campsite, they figure that the wounds Ash saw on Latias the first time he met her could've been caused by the hunter, and she later escaped with Latios's help. After a filling meal and a good night's sleep, the group wakes up when Latias receives a telepathic message from Latios. They follow Latias to a cave, where they find Latios, who is distrustful towards them. Unfortunately, Ash's attempts to convince him to trust him are interrupted when the hunter, having followed them to the cave, attacks. The group and the fight back, but eventually, Latias is struck by an energy beam from the hunter's device, turning her to stone. He flees with Latias, taunting Latios to follow him as Ash sends his after the hunter. Latios tries to follow, but is too injured to keep flying. Ash manages to convince Latios let him treat his wounds, after which they leave to pursue the hunter, with Ash riding on Latios. They find the hunter on a beach, held back by Swellow.
As soon the hunter spots the group, he flees into an area filled with tall stone pillars that inhibit Latios's movements, petrifying Swellow and Steelix as well to keep them from interfering. Brock advices Ash to destroy the hunter's device to turn the stone Pokémon back to normal. Instructing Latios, Ash has him attack Hydreigon from a close range, freeing Latias from its grasp and getting close enough to destroy the hunter's energy blaster with , restoring Latias, Swellow, and Steelix to normal. Ticked off, the hunter relentlessly attacks Latios, until Latios finally agrees to let Ash guide him in this . Ash has Latios use , which, while ineffective against Hydreigon, momentarily blinds it, allowing Latios to land an from above and defeat Hydreigon. The desperate hunter charges at the Eon Pokémon on foot, but Latias holds him back just as Officer Jenny shows up to take him into custody.
As the time comes for the group to say goodbye to Latios and Latias, they notice that Latios's wounds haven't completely healed yet. However, Ash quickly realizes that Latios is still distrustful of humans after the Pokémon lashes out at his hands. Ash then asks Latios to battle together with him some other time as Latios flies away with Latias. The group wonders what kind of home the two are headed for, while Ash reflects that it might be time for him to head back to home as well.
After a long flight, Latios and Latias arrive in the city of Alto Mare, flying past the painter girl and through the , where a girl who looks exactly like Bianca is playing on a swing, before heading off into the distance once more.
==Major events==
* Jessie, James, and each individually return to the .
* Ash's Swellow is revealed to have learned .
* Brock's Steelix is revealed to have learned .
* and save from a .
* leaves with Latios.
* Ash decides to head back to Pallet Town.
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==Trivia==
* Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!! - Episode Paldea: 
* and read the title card for this episode.
* Shinji Miyazaki's music from the original series, Pokémon the Series: XY, and Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon is reused as background music in this episode.
* This episode's plot is similar to that of Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias.
** This episode features and the from the aforementioned film.
** and going to Alto Mare at the end of this episode references the fact that many individuals of their species come and go from the city. This was originally revealed in the prologue of Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias, which was cut from the dub.
** Music from Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias is reused in this episode.
* The in this episode is very similar to Hunter J from Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, as both of them fly on a pseudo-legendary Pokémon and possess an energy blaster that turns Pokémon to stone.
* This is the only episode of Pokémon: To Be a Pokémon Master where is shown with his party from the previous episode due to this episode taking place immediately where the previous episode left off.
* This episode marks the final appearance of Officer Jenny.
* This episode marks the final appearance of Ash's Infernape and .
* The late Unshō Ishizuka was added into the credits for this episode, with archived audio of his voice being used for Brock's Steelix and Ash's Swellow.
* This is one of the few episodes where the English dub title is a direct translation of the Japanese title.
** It is also the first dub title since Crossing Paths, 692 episodes ago, not to end with either an exclamation or question mark.
* Ash and narrate the preview for the next episode.
** The preview has a different closing line, with it saying 「」("Pikachu, please stay with me forever") instead of 「」("Everyone, go out and catch Pokémon!")
** This is the last time Ash and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.
* While the English dub's title shown on-screen during the episode lacks an exclamation point, it is included in Pokémon.com and Netflix listings.
===Errors===
* Near the end of this episode, Latias restrains Latios to calm him down due to him lashing Ash's hand away when the latter tries to touch him. When this scene is followed by a close-up shot of Ash and Latios, Latias's right arm is colored the same blue as Latios's.
* While Ash screams for Latios, the English dub's closed captions mistakenly refer to him as Latias instead.
* In the dub, Latias is referred to as a male.
===Dub edits===
==In other languages==
146
Category:Episodes written by Atsuhiro Tomioka
Category:Episodes storyboarded and directed by Yūji Asada
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Yūji Asada
Category:Episodes directed by Yūji Asada
Category:Episodes animated by Masaaki Iwane
Category:Episodes animated by Izumi Shimura
Category:Episodes by multiple animation directors
Category:Episodes in which a Legendary Pokémon appears
Category:Episodes which aired in Canada before the United States
Category:Episodes which aired in South Africa before the United States
de:Ash und Latios!
es:EP1235
fr:LV146
it:EP146
ja:新無印編第146話
zh:宝可梦 旅途 第142集