Pokémon: The Original Series · The Johto Journeys arc

EP131 · Ignorance is Blissey

ハピナスのハッピーナース!

US air. 2000-12-09 JP air. 2000-01-06 Season. The Johto Journeys (S3) Position. Episode 131 of 276 in Original

Synopsis

What happens.

Ash and his friends reach the Violet Gym, with Ash being anxious to get his first Johto Badge. However, before they are able to go inside, Jessie and James appear, disguised as surveyors from the Pokémon Bureau, and demand that they inspect every Pokémon before anyone can enter.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's EP131 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 · 16

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.