Season 5 Breakdown
Normal Episodes: 64
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 1
Normal Episodes: 64
TV Specials: 0
TV Movies: 1
Pokémon Season 5 (2002-2003)
![]() | 5x01 Around The Whirlpool In a scuffle with Team Rocket, Ash and friends are thrown from the ship bearing them to the Whirl Islands. As powerful whirlpools draw them toward impending doom, a mysterious form ... | Sep. 14, 2002 |
![]() | 5x02 Fly Me to the Moon Ash and friends discover an island on which the Pidgey population-long protected by environmental regulation and free from predators-has grown to unusually stout proportions and virtually ... | Sep. 21, 2002 |
![]() | 5x03 Takin' It on the Chinchou On their way to the Whirl Cup competition, Ash and friends are fortunate enough to pass a small mountain village just as an annual Chinchou migration is about to occur. Long ago seismological ... | Sep. 28, 2002 |
![]() | 5x04 The Corsola Caper Just as Ash and friends arrive at a new island, their ears are met with cries for help. A family had built their house upon a Corsola nesting ground, and when a new, hyperactive Corsola ... | Oct. 05, 2002 |
![]() | 5x05 Mantine Overboard! Ash and co. go after a treasure chest in a sunken ship. | Oct. 12, 2002 |
![]() | 5x06 Octillery The Outcast After reaching the town where the preliminary round of the Whirl Cup is held, Ash and Misty enter and earn the two victories required to continue on to the finals. A friend they had ... | Oct. 19, 2002 |
![]() | 5x07 Dueling Heroes As the final round of the Whirl Cup begins, Ash and Misty must each face formidable opponents. Ash has his Kingler transferred from Oak's lab in preparation, but when he and his Totodile ... | Oct. 26, 2002 |
![]() | 5x08 The Perfect Match! Ash and Misty each emerge victorious from arduous bouts only to be paired against one another in the next round. As these two square off, Team Rocket plots to steal the tournament's ... | Nov. 02, 2002 |
![]() | 5x09 Plant It Now... Diglett Later A village of kind, elderly people prepares a great meal for Ash and friends, and in return requests that the Pokémon Trainers assist them in defending their village against a gang ... | Nov. 09, 2002 |
![]() | 5x10 Hi Ho Silver... Away! The gang has decided to explore the rest of the remaining unseen Whirl Islands and reach a town, in which everything is shaped after the Silver Feather. | Nov. 16, 2002 |
![]() | 5x11 The Mystery is History Ash and the gang have just gone through a cave, and decide to take a quick rest. The gang is surprised by another Pikachu which is none other than Sparky as they meet Ritchie again ... | Nov. 23, 2002 |
![]() | 5x12 A Parent Trapped! With the young Lugia in the possession of Butch and Cassidy, Ash and friends set about rescuing it while protecting its parent from itself. The parent Lugia fights desperately to free ... | Nov. 30, 2002 |
![]() | 5x13 A Promise is a Promise Ash and the gang, along with Richie, captured by Team Rocket and held at their base. Dr. Namba and the other Rockets look upon their capture of the parent Lugia, but they rather use ... | Dec. 07, 2002 |
![]() | 5x14 Throwing in the Noctowl Ash and friends have missed the ferry back to Olivine City. An old fisherman tells them that there is a plane service that can get them to Olivine that day. The fisherman turns out ... | Dec. 14, 2002 |
![]() | 5x15 Nerves of Steelix! Ash finally battles Jasmine in Olivine City to get his next badge. | Dec. 21, 2002 |
![]() | 5x16 Bulbasaur... the Ambassador! Ash gets a surprise request from Professor Oak: it seems to Pokémon in the Professor's laboratory have taken to fighting amongst themselves, all of the Professor's attempts to stop ... | Sep. 23, 2002 |
![]() | 5x17 Espeon, Not Included Our heroes meet up with an old friend, Sakura, and her Pokemon—an Espeon that evolved from her Eevee. They lend a hand as Sakura and her sisters prepare for an upcoming dance competition, ... | Sep. 24, 2002 |
![]() | 5x18 For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll! When Ash, Misty, and Brock run to investigate a mysterious chorus of bells that spontaneously ring out, they chance to meet their old friend Morty and a Pokémon researcher of his ... | Sep. 25, 2002 |
![]() | 5x19 Extreme Pokémon! On their way to Mahogany City, Ash, Misty, and Brock run into Gary and his Arcanine practicing for a meet. Ash decides he wants to enter the meet but needs a sleigh, which he receives ... | Jan. 04, 2003 |
![]() | 5x20 An EGG-sighting Adventure! The egg—yet to hatch—that Ash had received from a grateful Pokémon breeder turns up missing. Ash and friends are fortunate, however, in that an Officer Jenny famous for her brilliant ... | Jan. 11, 2003 |
![]() | 5x21 Hatching a Plan At long last Ash's egg hatches, a Phanpy emerging to finally put everyone's curiosity to rest. Ash and friends' excitement is matched only by that of Jessie and James of Team Rocket, ... | Jan. 18, 2003 |
![]() | 5x22 Dues and Don'ts As Jessie, James, and Meowth track Ash and friends, they commiserate over past failures and discuss how they are paired unfairly against these younger trainers with such a superior ... | Jan. 25, 2003 |
![]() | 5x23 Just Waiting On A Friend As they journey towards Mahogany Town, Ash and friends stop in a house for the night. When they arrive, they discover that there's a girl named Lakoko who owns it and a Ninetales. Brock ... | Sep. 26, 2002 |
![]() | 5x24 A Tyrogue Full of Trouble Ash and friends chance into a Tyrogue, nearly falling victim to a ploy it lays out in an attempt to make off with all of their Pokémon food. Just as they tie things up with the Tyrogue, ... | Feb. 01, 2003 |
![]() | 5x25 Xatu the Future Ash and friends meet a Xatu, a Pokémon said to have the ability to see into the future, and the young girl whose job it is to watch over an entire flock of the same and interpret their ... | Feb. 08, 2003 |
![]() | 5x26 Talkin' 'Bout an Evolution Heading for Mahogany Town, Pikachu, Togepi and several wild Pokémon seem a little sick. Ash and friends go to the Lake of Rage to find a red Gyarados. Team Rocket comes to battle but ... | Feb. 15, 2003 |
![]() | 5x27 Rage of Innocence Since Ash, Misty and Brock are all trapped, Jesse and James decide to take an advantage of the moment to catch Pikachu. They press the wrong button and it frees Ash and the others! ... | Feb. 22, 2003 |
![]() | 5x28 As Cold as Pryce Finally setting foot in Mahogany Town, Ash is anxious to set about winning his next badge. When he finally locates the town gym leader, Pryce, he is surprised to recognize the man, ... | Mar. 01, 2003 |
![]() | 5x29 Nice Pryce, Baby! Having earned Pryce's respect and permission to face the trainer in a gym battle, Ash makes the unlikely choice of sending out Cyndaquil, a Fire Pokémon, to face his opponent on ... | Mar. 08, 2003 |
![]() | 5x30 Whichever Way the Wind Blows Our friends find themselves in a meadow with lots off Gloom, Vileplume, Bellossom and Oddish. Steve there new friend tells Ash and Friends that he came to this area so he could do studies ... | Mar. 22, 2003 |
![]() | 5x31 Some Like It Hot! Ash, Misty, and Brock face many roadblocks on the path to success, some metaphoric and others in the form of gigantic Magcargo that refuse to step aside and let a traveler pass. When ... | Mar. 29, 2003 |
![]() | 5x32 Hocus Pokémon Brock rarely meets a girl whom he doesn't find bewitching, but on encountering a particular young woman, even Ash and Misty can't deny that there is something magical about her. This ... | Apr. 05, 2003 |
![]() | 5x33 As Clear as Crystal When a tangle with Team Rocket leaves Pikachu desperately exhausted, a young passerby offers to restore Pikachu's energy, but only if the humans present promise never to reveal to ... | Apr. 12, 2003 |
![]() | 5x34 Same Old Song and Dance In the midst of their travels, Ash and friends meet up with a young girl who, along with her two Igglybuff assistants, stars in her own musical variety television program. Our heroes ... | Apr. 19, 2003 |
![]() | 5x35 Enlighten Up Ash, Misty and Brock stop by a lake where they meet with Team Rocket. As they're about to battle each other, a Slowpoke with a flag comes and sits on a rock fishing. This lady comes ... | Apr. 26, 2003 |
![]() | 5x36 Will the Real Oak Please Stand Up? Hearing of the posh reception prepared for the host and guest of a radio show to be recorded before a live audience, Jessie and James of Team Rocket quickly announce that they are ... | Sep. 27, 2002 |
![]() | 5x37 Wish Upon a Star Shape The gang is relaxing in a field when a Cleffa lands on Phanpy, the gang then witness a flying saucer which crashes into a mountain. The Pokemon Myserty Club (PMC, Ken and Mary) appear ... | May. 03, 2003 |
![]() | 5x38 Outrageous Fortunes On meeting up with a proud Pokémon trainer who dares all comers to face his Poliwrath, Misty and Ash quickly rise to the challenge. Misty, in particular, encourages her Poliwhirl ... | May. 10, 2003 |
![]() | 5x39 One Trick Phony! Seeing that Ash just can't get enough battling, a trainer who loses to him suggests as she leaves that he give a local Pokémon battle park a try. She explains that this facility ... | May. 17, 2003 |
![]() | 5x40 I Politoed Ya So! When Ash, Misty, and Brock pause for a quaint picnic by a lake, Politoed wanders off and is mistaken by another trainer for her own Politoed, the rhythm leader in her Pokémon cheerleading ... | May. 24, 2003 |
![]() | 5x41 Beauty is Skin Deep Finally reaching the outskirts of Blackthorn City, Ash pushes to quickly seek out the gym where he hopes to earn his final Johto badge. Before he has the opportunity, he chances into ... | May. 31, 2003 |
![]() | 5x42 Fangs for Nothin' No sooner has Ash begun what he hopes will be his final gym battle in the Johto League than Team Rocket once again throws a wrench into his plans, making off with the Dragon Fang, ... | Jun. 07, 2003 |
![]() | 5x43 Great Bowls of Fire! Immediately after entering an area considered sacrosanct by the Dragon Pokémon that dwell there, Team Rocket sets off a chain of events that enrages the area's Dragonite guardian. ... | Jun. 14, 2003 |
![]() | 5x44 Better Eight Than Never Having finally seen stability restored to the Blackthorn Gym, Ash and Clair face off in a gym battle. Ash opens with a surprise entry, his Snorlax, and defeats Clair's Kingdra to take ... | Jun. 21, 2003 |
![]() | 5x45 Why? Why Not! Ash plans to go to New Bark Town to register for the Johto Silver Conference now that he has all 8 badges even though the Silver Conference is in 3 months. Team Rocket has plans of ... | Jun. 28, 2003 |
![]() | 5x46 Just Add Water On the road back to New Bark Town, Ash and friends stop for a rest near the ocean. There they spot a sign advertising a synchronized Pokémon swimming event. They run toward the area ... | Jul. 12, 2003 |
![]() | 5x47 Lapras of Luxury Ash and friends return to New Bark Town, but before Ash is able to register for the Johto League Championship, Professor Elm sends him on an errand to retrieve a Pokémon egg from a ... | Jul. 26, 2003 |
![]() | 5x48 Hatch Me If You Can Questions as to what Pokémon waits inside the egg Ash and friends have been carrying for Professor Elm are finally answered when it hatches into a Larvitar. Our heroes hardly have ... | Aug. 09, 2003 |
![]() | 5x49 Entei at Your Own Risk As Ash and friends continue their travels with Larvitar, it remains wary of all other Pokémon and people, particularly of Misty. They stop briefly at a Hot Springs, and there meet ... | Aug. 16, 2003 |
![]() | 5x50 A Crowning Achievement Brock leads Ash and Misty toward a beautiful lake he has read about in his guidebook, but when they arrive at its supposed location, they find nothing but a dried-up stream, surrounded ... | Aug. 23, 2003 |
![]() | 5x51 Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid A troublesome Elekid begins harassing Larvitar only moments before Team Rocket swoops in and captures both rare Pokémon in a high-tensile steel net. As Ash and friends give chase, ... | Aug. 30, 2003 |
![]() | 5x52 You're a Star, Larvitar! Ash and friends report back to Professor Elm as they reach the base of Mount Silver, where they hope to return their Larvitar to its birthplace. On their way up the mountain, Ash faces ... | Sep. 06, 2003 |
![]() | 5x53 Address Unown! A strange energy is emitted from the sky and an Unown pops out, landing right on Misty's head. The Unown appears to be sick and missing its friends. Misty confirms this, as for a ... | Sep. 13, 2003 |
![]() | 5x54 Mother of All Battles Now that they have finally gaining Larvitar's trust, the group head towards the Pokémon Reserve on Mt. Silver, as led by Larvitar. While crossing the bridge onto the reserve, the group ... | Sep. 15, 2003 |
![]() | 5x55 Pop Goes The Sneasel With Larvitar returned to its rightful home, Ash and company make their way to Silver Town for the Silver Conference Tournament. On the way, they find a group of people lined up by ... | Sep. 16, 2003 |
![]() | 5x57 A Claim to Flame! After arriving at Silver Town, Ash runs into his favorite person: Gary! Gary is set on entering the Silver Conference, and is determined that this time he will be able to make it all ... | Sep. 17, 2003 |
![]() | 5x57 Love, Pokémon Style Ash begins the Silver Conference Tournament in Division H, against two opponents. The Semi-Finals round-robin style, where a victory gives you three points, a loss gives you no points, ... | Sep. 18, 2003 |
![]() | 5x58 Tie One On! As the Johto League Silver Conference gets underway, Ash will take on Jackson from New Bark Town. Ash is looking forward to the match, but perhaps not as much as his Bulbasaur. Bulbasaur ... | Sep. 19, 2003 |
![]() | 5x59 The Ties That Bind Ash is about to take on his long time rival, Gary Oak, in the next battle of the Johto League Silver Conference, and he's determined to do everything he can to win. He stays up all ... | Sep. 20, 2003 |
![]() | 5x60 Can't Beat the Heat! Our hero is in the middle of the first match of the championship tournament at the Johto League Silver Conference. His opponent is his long time rival—Gary Oak. Each trainer is down ... | Sep. 27, 2003 |
![]() | 5x61 Playing with Fire! Ash is battling Harrison from Hoenn at the Johto League Silver Conference. Pikachu is very excited to be battling. It's a close match the whole way through, but one by one Harrison ... | Oct. 04, 2003 |
![]() | 5x63 Johto Photo Finish Our hero is at the end of a tough battle with Harrison at the Johto League Silver Conference. The winner of this battle will go on to the semi-finals. Each trainer has battled hard ... | Oct. 11, 2003 |
![]() | 5x64 Gotta Catch Ya Later! With the Johto League Silver Conference behind them, Ash, Brock and Misty head back to Viridian City to relax. Their vacation is cut short when Misty receives an urgent call beckoning ... | Oct. 18, 2003 |
![]() | 5x65 Hoenn Alone! Ash has left all of his Pokémon behind in Pallet Town – except Pikachu – and boarded a ship bound for Littleroot Town in Hoenn. Unfortunately, Team Rocket is on board as well, ... | Oct. 25, 2003 |
![]() | TV Movie: Latias and Latios [add summary] | May. 16, 2003 |
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