Episode 30 of Pokémon Explorations was finally aired in Japan and treated as the summary showed a few days ago the unexpected pause between two important characters. The discrepancy was fixed during the episode, with a wonderful mention of a scene that occurred in the first episode of the anime in 1997.
Episode 30 begins Ash Ketchum and Tony clash, valid for the Pokémon World Championship. Tony, one of the two assistants to the Master of Orange, chooses Electabuzz while Ash relies on Riolu. After defeating Pisces in Episode 18, the protagonist doesn't have too many problems with his assistant and manages to defeat him and go Position 901 of the ranking.
Ash remains attentive. Riolu and Pikachu jealously decide to leave the laboratory. The Pokémon is taking a short trip with Mr. Mime and sometime, The two are attacked by a herd of Spearow. Mr. Mime decides to protect Pikachu with his own body, which manages to drive out the enemy with a powerful thunder shock.
Looking at Mr. Mime, Pikachu recalls the events in the first episode of the original series, in which Ash defended him the same way against a similar herd. When the Pokémon realizes that it was wrong, it comes back in and makes up with the trainer. Below you can see some screens from the episode.
Holy shit. OG series episode 1 was repeated, but with Mimey as Ash. # Anipoke pic.twitter.com/5qKHOcUQuf
- Anipoke Fandom (@AnipokeFandom) July 26, 2020
