Pokémon Journeys: The Series · Pokémon Journeys arc
JN039 · Octo-Gridlock at the Gym!
サトシ対サイトウ！攻略たこがため！！
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash's training session is interrupted by Goh, who rushes in to inform him that Bea's World Coronation Series ranking has risen to 193. Ash is keen to have a rematch against Bea, so the boys boat over to Cianwood Gym in the Johto region where Bea is training.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's JN039 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).
Read the full Journeys guidePokémon featured · 14
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 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.