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JN045 · Sword and Shield... The Legends Awaken!

ソード&シールドIV 「最強の剣と盾」

US air. 2021-03-05 JP air. 2020-11-13 Season. Journeys (S23) Position. Episode 45 of 147 in Journeys

Synopsis

What happens.

A news crew continues to report on the events occurring around Hammerlocke Stadium and the Dynamax outbreaks across Galar. Meanwhile, Jessie, James, and Wobbuffet are still fleeing from the rampaging Gigantamax MTR.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's JN045 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.

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.