Pokémon: The Original Series · Master Quest arc
EP273 · Playing with Fire!
バシャーモふたたび! ハヅキとのたたかい!!
Synopsis
What happens.
With the Silver Conference and Johto behind them, Ash and his friends are heading towards Pallet Town when they decide to make a stop in Viridian City. There, Ash deposits his Poké Balls at the local Pokémon Center and asks Nurse Joy if she remembers him.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's EP273 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.