Pokémon: The Original Series · Master Quest arc

EP234 · Just Waiting On a Friend

きりのなかのキュウコン!

US air. 2002-09-26 JP air. 2002-01-17 Season. Master Quest (S5) Position. Episode 234 of 276 in Original

Synopsis

What happens.

TRT finishes their latest pitfall trap just in time for Ash and his friends to fall into it. The group realizes that it has been very peaceful lately, so Ash decides to test the group by jumping on it.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's EP234 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · EP213-EP274

Master Quest.

Ash completes Johto, then enters the Silver Conference. Defeats rival Gary Oak before losing to Harrison in the Top 8. The original trio splits at the end. End of an era.

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Pokémon featured · 8

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 Master Quest.

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.