Pokémon: The Original Series · The Johto Journeys arc

EP127 · The Little Big Horn

オドシシ!まぼろしのもり!?

US air. 2000-11-18 JP air. 1999-12-09 Season. The Johto Journeys (S3) Position. Episode 127 of 276 in Original

Synopsis

What happens.

Ash and his friends take a rest in Cherrygrove City. After polishing his Poké Balls and the mysterious GS Ball, Ash leaves them by the river as he runs to eat, just as a Quagsire appears from the water.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's EP127 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · EP119-EP160

The Johto Journeys.

Misty rejoins, Brock returns, Tracey takes the Prof. Oak assistant job. The original trio travels Johto. Pace is slower than Kanto; the arc lingers on creature design and side characters.

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Pokémon featured · 10

Who appears.

Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.

More from this arc

Other episodes in The Johto Journeys.

Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.