Pokémon: The Original Series · The Johto Journeys arc
EP158 · The Psychic Sidekicks!
キリンリキ! エスパーポケモンのむら!
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash and his friends arrive at Goldenrod City and head to the Gym. There, Ash is dismayed to see a sign on the front declaring the Gym is closed today but will reopen tomorrow. With nothing else to do, the three decide to explore the city.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's EP158 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.