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| Season | Pokémon: Master Quest (Season 5) · New Bark Town, Larvitar & Mt. Silver arc (EP256–EP264) |
| Episode | Season 5, episode 54 · English episode 263 · Japanese episode 266 · Bulbapedia code EP264 |
| English title | Mother of All Battles |
| Japanese title | バンギラスとヨーギラス! Bangirasu to Yōgirasu! — “Bangiras and Yogiras!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 5 September 2002 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 15 September 2003 · Kids’ WB |
| Screenplay | Hideki Sonoda |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Ready Go! – Naomi Tamura · Pokettāri Monsutāri – Kana |
| English opening | Believe in Me – David Rolfe |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Shuckle (US) · Tyranitar (Japan) |
| Previous episode | Address Unown! (EP263) |
| Next episode | Pop Goes the Sneasel (EP265) |
Plot episodeLarvitar goes home
Mother of All Battles is the 54th episode of Pokémon: Master Quest, the fifth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 263rd episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 266, Bulbapedia code EP264). It first aired in Japan on 5 September 2002 and in the United States on 15 September 2003. It falls within the season’s New Bark Town, Larvitar & Mt. Silver stretch (EP256–EP264).
Aired on Monday 15 September 2003 as part of a second weekday premiere week; Kids’ WB counted the episodes from EP263 onward as the start of Season 6, though they still carried the Master Quest title card.
Synopsis
Ash and company finally reach the home of the larvitar and are immediately attacked by a tyranitar. It turns out to be the mother of the larvitar Ash has been caring for. Eventually they are able to convince her that they are friends. Just then the Poacher brothers attack and bag the tyranitar. Brock sends his crobat to watch where they go. Just then the ranger they were going to meet to hand over the larvitar shows up. The poachers encounter Team Rocket and give them their machine to capture Pikachu and the larvitar while they steal their balloon to make their getaway. Despite the new machine Team Rocket is defeated, but the poachers grab Pikachu and Ranger Mason’s croconaw. The larvitar uses Screech and its mother frees herself. Then both mother and child team up to free Pikachu and the croconaw, and damage the balloon. The poachers are apprehended and the larvitar is safely at home with its mother. Ash and company bid their farewells and leave for the Silver Conference.
Major Events
- Larvitar returned to its mother at Mt. Silver preserve
- Croconaw TV debut
Pokémon making their anime debut
Croconaw#0159 · EP264
Trivia
- The English title plays on the mother of all battles.
- The screenplay is by Hideki Sonoda.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Johto storyline.
- The Who’s That Pokémon? segment features Tyranitar in Japan, where it almost always matched the episode, but Shuckle in the US, where 4Kids picked the Pokémon at random.
Part of our Pokémon: Master Quest guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.