Pokémon Journeys: The Series · Pokémon Journeys arc

JN001 · Enter Pikachu!

Name: Enter Pikachu!
Released: 2020-06-12

ピカチュウ誕生！

US air. 2020-06-12 JP air. 2019-11-17 Season. Journeys (S23) Position. Episode 1 of 147 in Journeys

Why this episode matters

Key episode in Journeys

Goh debuts. Format reset; both protagonists framed as equals. Mew encounter sets up Goh's long arc.

Signature episode for Goh

Goh's debut. Project Mew premise established.

Synopsis

What happens.

Four years prior to when he began his Pokémon journey, a six-year-old Ash rushes downstairs to show his mother a poster advertising Professor Oak's Pokémon camp.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's JN001 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · JN001-JN048

Pokémon Journeys.

Ash and Goh meet in Vermilion; both become Research Fellows under Cerise. Format establishes: any region, any episode. Goh catches Mew (sort of).

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Pokémon featured · 20

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.

Other episodes in Pokémon 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.