Pokémon
New Places... Familiar Faces!
Season 16, Episode 12 · Aired 2013-04-20
Synopsis
After placing in the Top 8 in the Unova League, Ash & Co. decide to return to Professor Juniper's laboratory Nuvema Town. On the way, they meet with a girl who is just starting on her journey, and decide to help After discussing with Professors Oak & Juniper, Ash decides that he should return to Kanto before decidign where to travel to next. However, soon after that, the trainer they met enters and picks her first Pokémon. To get to grips with training Pokémon, she participates in a tag battle with Ash against Iris & Cilan. However, the battle gets interrupted by Team Rocket, who have returned to Unova...
In the series
This episode is part of Pokémon (1998–present (U.S.)) on Kids' WB/Syndication.
Gotta catch ’em all — late-’90s kids’ globalization in pocket-monster form.
Key cast
- Rica Matsumoto as Ash Ketchum (JP)
- Veronica Taylor as Ash Ketchum (US early)
- Ikue Otani as Pikachu