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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · The road to Blackthorn arc (EP239–EP250) |
| Episode | Season 5, episode 30 · English episode 239 · Japanese episode 241 · Bulbapedia code EP239 |
| English title | Whichever Way the Wind Blows |
| Japanese title | キレイハナとラフレ シア! そうげんのへいわ! Kireihana to Rafureshia! Sōgen no Heiwa! — “Kireihana and Ruffresia! Peace in Meadow!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 7 March 2002 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 22 March 2003 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Yukiyoshi Ōhashi |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Ready Go! – Naomi Tamura · Pokettāri Monsutāri – Kana |
| English opening | Believe in Me – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Arcanine (US) · Bellossom (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Nice Pryce, Baby! (EP238) |
| Next episode | Some Like It Hot! (EP240) |
Filler / stand-alone episodeNew opening: Ready Go!
Whichever Way the Wind Blows is the 30th episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 239th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 241, Bulbapedia code EP239). It first aired in Japan on 7 March 2002 and in the United States on 22 March 2003. It falls within the season’s The road to Blackthorn stretch (EP239–EP250).
Synopsis
On their way to Blackthorn City, Ash and company get involved in a war between vileplumes and bellossoms, caused by territorial disputes. Team Rocket wants to collect some of each of them, but the grass pokémon all join forces to keep that from happening. The local researcher, Ash, Misty, and Brock finally give up trying to prevent and break up the fights. They allow the bellossoms and vileplumes to battle until they are all injured, and point out that neither side won. Finally realizing that there is no point to the battle and that they can live in harmony with each other, they end the territorial dispute and live together sharing the entire field.
Major Events
- New OP “Ready Go!” and ED “Pocket-ering Monster-ing”
Trivia
- The English title plays on the saying.
- The screenplay is by Yukiyoshi Ōhashi.
- This is a stand-alone episode: it can be skipped without losing the thread of the Johto story.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Bellossom in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Arcanine in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
Part of our Pokémon: Master Quest guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.