JN067

Sleuths for Truth! (Japanese: 容疑者ピカチュウ！？ Suspect Pikachu!?) is the 67th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,152nd episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on May 21, 2021, in Canada on October 16, 2021, in South Africa on December 7, 2021, in the United Kingdom on January 4, 2022, and in the United States on January 21, 2022.
==Blurb==
An early morning visit to Cerise Lab by Officer Jenny and Inspector Decker reveals somebody has been stealing massive amounts of electricity from Vermilion City residents. And to make matters worse, Pikachu is the prime suspect! But another theft occurs while Pikachu is in custody, proving its innocence. To help the investigation, Pikachu unleashes a huge amount of electricity inside Professor Cerise’s house, and our heroes wait for the thieves to take the bait… It turns out the culprits are Team Rocket, desperate to feed the insatiable Morpeko! But an attack from Pikachu sends them blasting off again, the case is solved, and Pikachu earns a commendation for its service.
==Plot==
The Cerise Laboratory receives an unexpected guest as Officer Jenny arrives at their doorstep, informing Professor Cerise, , and Goh that she's come here to investigate a case that's been occuring around Vermilion City. She's accompanied by the investigator in charge of solving the case, Inspector Decker, who asks for all the Pokémon at the laboratory to be gathered together. Once all of the laboratory's Electric types have been assembled, Decker compares each of them to a sketch he has. Upon reaching , he declares that Pikachu is the culprit, much to Ash and Goh's shock. Jenny explains that there's been a string of cases of electricity being stolen from houses around Vermilion City, with each nightly theft accompanied by an abnormal spike in power consumption. A witness had seen the silhouette of a Pokémon against a car's headlight, and the sketch Decker has was based on that testimony. Moreover, every other in the city has an , leaving Ash's Pikachu as the only Pikachu without one. Refusing to listen to any of Jenny's objections, Decker has Pikachu taken to the police station.
While Decker unsuccessfully attempts to interrogate Pikachu, Ash expresses his disbelief at Pikachu being accused of a crime. Even Officer Jenny, who knows Ash and Pikachu well, is hesitant to believe Pikachu is guilty, but the sketch is the only lead they have at the moment. Suddenly, the lights start flickering, and Pikachu senses something, running away with Ash, Goh, Jenny, and Decker following behind. Pikachu leads them to a house, whose resident says that the electricity thief just struck his house. Since Pikachu had been at the police station at the time of the crime, he now has an alibi and is cleared of suspicion.
The police searches the area, but the thief manages to slip away without a trace, despite the crime having been committed in broad daylight this time. Jenny, however, figures that since Pikachu was able to sense electricity being stolen, adding him to the investigation team could help them locate the real thief. Decker approves the idea, appointing Pikachu as a special agent for the case. Ash and Goh are also excited to join the investigation, and are allowed to borrow a pair of police uniforms to wear. However, instead of locating the thief, their patrol has them solving a number of other, smaller cases, such as finding a missing , moving a blocking a road, stopping a reckless rider, leading a group of over the road, untangling a pair of stuck together, and carrying an old woman and her across the street.
Ash and Goh are feeling exhausted, having learned through experience that police work is busier and filled with more mundane tasks than they had imagined. Jenny, nevertheless, thanks the two for their help. Just then, Pikachu senses another theft of electricity, but by the time Jenny, Ash, and Goh reach the targeted house, the thief has already gotten away. When Jenny wonders out loud if there could be any way for them to lie in wait to make catching the thief easier, Goh gets the idea of having Pikachu discharge electricity inside a house to draw the thief there. They decide to execute the idea at Chloe's home, and with Professor Cerise's permission, Pikachu starts using into an electric socket, causing all the electronic devices in the household to go into overdrive.
The overly electrified house is noticed by the electricity thieves, who turn out to be a starving . They're stealing electricity with their electricity vacuum car in an attempt to feed the electricity to and thus let them eat some actual food. However, since the car runs on electricity, all the electricity they've previously stolen has always been used up just to get them back to the hideout. This time, though, they intend to feed the electricity to Morpeko immediately to avoid that, and start sucking electricity from the Cerise household. As the lights go out in the house, Jenny, Ash, and Goh realize the thief is nearby. When Team Rocket attempts to feed the stolen electricity to Morpeko, it turns out to have run off to steal food from the Cerise household. As it runs back to Team Rocket, Ash and Goh realize the trio was behind the thefts, and Jenny understands that the silhouette the witness saw was not that of Pikachu, but that of Morpeko.
Jenny attempts to arrest the Rocket trio, but they escape with their car. They start firing bolts at Jenny's pursuing car to shake them off, which Jenny counters by having her attack the trio's car with . As the trio tries to regain control of their vehicle, they accidentally hit a stack of planks by the road, forcing Jenny to stop to avoid hitting the flying pieces of wood and allowing the trio to get away. They escape to an empty building and offer the stolen electricity to Morpeko. To their shock, however, Morpeko refuses it. Their Rotom Phone explains that Morpeko's hunger is specifically caused due to it creating electricity, so it needs actual food to satisfy its hunger. Ash, Goh, and Jenny arrive, but since the trio's plan has failed, they willingly give up. kicks the electricity container towards the good guys, and the electricity from it ends up getting absorbed by Pikachu, powering him up. Ash has Pikachu use a powered-up Thunderbolt, sending Team Rocket blasting off just as Inspector Decker arrives at the scene.
Later at Cerise Park, Decker presents Pikachu with a certificate of appreciation as thanks for helping to solve the case. Jenny also thanks Ash and Goh for their help, and while they got to see how hard Jenny's work can be, they still enjoyed the experience. Decker asks Pikachu if he would like to partner up with him as a special agent, but Pikachu simply shocks him in response.
==Major events==
===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
==Characters==
===Humans===
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* Goh
* Jessie
* James
* Chloe
* Officer Jenny
* Professor Cerise
* Ren
* Talia
* Parker
* Inspector Decker
* s
* Citizens
** Witnesses
* Kidnapper (fantasy)
===Pokémon===
Who's That Pokémon?: 
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* ('s; fantasy)
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* ()
* ()
* ()
* (Goh's; fantasy)
* ()
* ()
* ()
* (Ren's; Francois)
* (Team Rocket's; Rotom Phone)
* (Trainers'; ×2; one in a fantasy)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's)
* (Trainer's; fantasy)
* (Trainer's; fantasy)
* (Trainer's; fantasy)
* (; )
* (multiple)
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* (×4)
* (×2)
* (fantasy)
==Trivia==
* Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: 
* １・２・３ is used as an insert song while , Goh, and Officer Jenny help out the citizens of Vermilion City.
* Ash, , , , Goh, and narrate the preview for the next episode.
===Errors===
===Dub edits===
*In the English dub, when Inspector Decker is trying to coerce a confession out of Pikachu, he asks Pikachu if his Trainer has a mother back home. In the Japanese version, he asks if Pikachu himself has a mother at home.
*In the English dub, when offering him a potential partnership, Inspector Decker suggests Pikachu should have the title "Detective" before being interrupted by Pikachu shocking him, alluding to Detective Pikachu. In the Japanese version, he doesn't get the chance to suggest any title for Pikachu before being shocked.
*In the dub, is referred to as a female.
==In other languages==
067
Category:Episodes written by Michihiro Tsuchiya
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Hiromasa Amano
Category:Episodes directed by Fumihiro Ueno
Category:Episodes animated by Takashi Shinohara
Category:Episodes focusing on Pikachu
Category:Episodes focusing on Officer Jenny
Category:Episodes which aired in Canada before the United States
Category:Episodes which aired in South Africa before the United States
Category:Episodes which aired in the United Kingdom before the United States
de:Der Wahrheit auf der Spur!
es:EP1156
fr:LV067
it:EP067
ja:新無印編第67話
zh:宝可梦 旅途 第67集