Pokémon: The Original Series · Master Quest arc
EP253 · Beauty Is Skin Deep
イブキとミニリュウ!
Synopsis
What happens.
Moments after TRT escaped in the arms of a Dragonite, Ash and his friends see Ash's Charizard approaching them from the sky. As Charizard lands on Ash and licks his face, Ash says that he hasn't changed a bit.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's EP253 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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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.