Pokémon Journeys: The Series · Pokémon Ultimate Journeys arc
JN096 · Lighting the Way Home!
宇宙にとどけ！デンリュウの光！！
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash and Goh arrive at the Mossdeep Space Center in Hoenn, where they're immediately greeted by Ash's former classmate from Alola, Sophocles. Sophocles is accompanied by an Ampharos, who stumbles out of clumsiness when trying to greet Ash and accidentally hits him in the face.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's JN096 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · JN089-JN146
Pokémon Ultimate Journeys.
Masters Eight tournament. Ash defeats Steven, Cynthia, and finally Champion Leon in the finale. Becomes the canonical World Champion.
Read the full Journeys guidePokémon featured · 15
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 Ultimate 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.