Pokémon: The Original Series · The Johto Journeys arc
EP142 · Wired for Battle!
バトルしようぜ! ハッサムVSヘラクロス!!
Synopsis
What happens.
As Ash and his friends stop on their way to the Azalea Gym because of the glaring heat. Misty calls out Staryu and has it use its Water Gun like a fountain to cool the group off, and they play in the water.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's EP142 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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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.