The BEST episodes of Pokémon season 15
Every episode of Pokémon season 15, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Pokémon season 15!
A young boy named Ash Ketchum embarks on a journey to become a "Pokemon Master" with his first Pokemon, Pikachu. Joining him on his travels are Brock, a girl-obsessed Rock Pokemon Trainer, and Misty, a tomboyish Water Pokemon Trainer who may have a crush on him. Ash and Co. end up traveling through various regions, including Kanto, the Orange Islands, and Johto, and then enter the Pokemon League competitions there. Along the way, they run into many confrontations with Jessie, James, and Meowth, a trio of Pokemon thieves who are apart of an evil organization called "Team Rocket". But everytime Team Rocket try to do their evil deeds, they fail thanks to Ash and his Pokemon.
#1 - The Pirates of Decolore!
Season 15 - Episode 45 - Aired 6/6/2013
When Team Rocket tries to ransack the group's cruise ship's food store, they are thwarted by a group of self-styled pirate Pokémon group made up of a Croconaw, an Octillery, an Azumarill, and a Ducklett, leaving Ash to try to get the food back.
#2 - The Pokemon Harbor Patrol!
Season 15 - Episode 31 - Aired 2/28/2013
Upon returning to Virbank City, Ash and friends meet Halsey who runs a rescue team consisting of his two Frillish, his Dewott, and his Watchog. Making his personal feelings on the idea of Pokémon putting themselves at risk for the sake of humans known, N's belief that Watchog (who seems ill-suited for the Team's risky endeavours) is being used as a tool causes an ideological clash between Halsey and N, but the two young men must put their enmities aside when a fire breaks out in Virbank City's Industrial Complex.
#3 - The Fires of a Red-Hot Reunion!
Season 15 - Episode 32 - Aired 3/7/2013
Ash and his friends come across the Kanto Fair, and seeing a Charmander perform on stage reminds him of his old friend Charizard. He tells Iris, Cilan and N about his and Charizard's history, with Misty and Brock making cameos during the tale. Professor Oak sends Charizard over, and after he meets Iris' Dragonite, the two trainers agree to have a friendly match. Ash's offer to let Charizard rejoin his team is met with approval from all parties involved.
#4 - Team Plasma's Pokemon Manipulation!
Season 15 - Episode 33 - Aired 3/14/2013
Colress appears and tests his newly-advanced machine on Dragon-type Pokémon - first taking over a young trainer's Haxorus, and later Iris's Dragonite. As Ash and Charizard try to stop them, N puts himself in the crossfire, knowing the Pokémon should be friends and not fight.
#5 - Secrets from out of the Fog!
Season 15 - Episode 34 - Aired 3/21/2013
After N is hurt by Colress's machine, two young women, Anthea and Concordia, come to save him. It is from these two girls that Ash and the others learn the truth about N's life, including his link to the evil Ghetsis.
#6 - Meowth, Colress, and Team Rivalry!
Season 15 - Episode 35 - Aired 3/28/2013
Team Plasma's Colress convinces Team Rocket's Jessie and James to use his technology on Meowth to make him stronger, but it is all part of Colress's plans to test his Pokémon controlling device.
#7 - Ash and N: A Clash of Ideals!
Season 15 - Episode 36 - Aired 4/4/2013
At the ruins dedicated to the Pokémon Reshiram, N steals the Light Stone from Cedric Juniper, and Ash's attempt to stop him ends with them separated from the others. Team Plasma move to attack the White Ruins while Team Rocket watch on in anticipation, and Iris, Cilan and Looker attempt to fight off the enemy forces.
#8 - Team Plasma and the Awakening Ceremony!
Season 15 - Episode 37 - Aired 4/11/2013
Ash and N prepare to save Iris, Cilan, and Professor Juniper's father from the clutches of Team Plasma before Ghetsis can revive Reshiram, but their attempts to fight back are hampered by Colress's Pokémon controlling machine, forcing them all to call back their Pokémon. Pikachu gets hit by the machine's beam, which sways N into surrendering the Light Stone in exchange for its freedom just as Ghetsis arrives, ready to begin the ritual.
#9 - What Lies Beyond Truth and Ideals!
Season 15 - Episode 38 - Aired 4/18/2013
As the revived Reshiram quickly falls under Ghetsis' control, Ash and friends try to develop a strategy to stop Team Plasma. Looker convinces Team Rocket to help in the fight against the villains, while Ash and Pikachu aim to destroy the controlling machine, and N hopes to pacify the enraged Reshiram before it destroys the world in a righteous fury - akin to when it burned down Team Plasma's castle in the past.
#10 - Farewell, Unova! Setting Sail for New Adventures!
Season 15 - Episode 39 - Aired 4/25/2013
With Team Plasma defeated once and for all, Ash decides it is time to go back to Kanto. Iris and Dent decide to go with him to further their skills, and Professor Juniper charters all of them a cruise through the Dekorora Islands on a boat with a mysterious crew. Once settled in their cabins, however, Ash finds that they are locked in and their Pokémon are not with them.
#11 - Danger, Sweet as Honey!
Season 15 - Episode 40 - Aired 5/2/2013
The cruise makes a stop on Honey Island, known for its colonies of the Honeycomb Pokémon Honeymitsu, Pupa Pokémon Cocoon, Stinger Pokémon Spear, and its honey-flavored cuisine.
#12 - Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness!
Season 15 - Episode 41 - Aired 5/9/2013
As Ash and his friends prepare for the upcoming Marine Cup Tournament on board their new cruise ship, the group learns that Ripple, a jewel collector, will display her collection after the tournament, but she discovers that her rare Eye of Lepardas has been stolen. Ripple suspects Shoal, a mysterious man who has been asking to buy the Eye of Lepardas from her, even though it was watched over by her Miruhog all night. Dent takes on his detective role once more to discover the thief of the Eye of Lepardas.
#13 - Crowning the Scalchop King!
Season 15 - Episode 42 - Aired 5/16/2013
On Scalchop Island, Ash's Oshawott goes up against the Dewott named Caesar to see who will win the battle at the Scalchop King Competition.
#14 - The Island of Illusions!
Season 15 - Episode 43 - Aired 5/23/2013
On the way to Mahora Island, the gang's boat passes through fog and they believe they see a familiar shape in it. After avoiding a giant Heatmor when Pikachu's attacks do not work against it, Axew gets poisoned by a Foongus's Mushroom Spore attack, forcing the gang to take him to an old Pokémon Center which they soon discover is operating illegally.
#15 - To Catch a Rotom!
Season 15 - Episode 44 - Aired 5/30/2013
Ash, Iris, and Cilan catch up with Professor Oak who has come to one of the Decolore Islands to investigate the Plasma Pokémon Rotom and its Forme Change capabilities. However, the Rotom native to the island are more interested in Pikachu, Emolga, and Stunfisk.
#16 - Piplup, Pansage, and a Meeting of the Times!
Season 15 - Episode 2 - Aired 6/28/2012
Ash and friends arrive in Undella town. When they get to Cynthia’s villa they find out Dawn is also staying there. Ash challenges Dawn to a battle but is interrupted by Cilan who wants to battle Dawn first.
#17 - Butterfree and Me!
Season 15 - Episode 46 - Aired 6/13/2013
On Wayfarer Island, Ash and his friends see the native Metapod and Butterfree, and when they find a Caterpie who has not yet evolved, Ash takes it upon himself to help the very lazy Pokémon join the rest of its friends, remembering the times he had raising his own Butterfree years ago.
#18 - The Path That Leads to Goodbye!
Season 15 - Episode 47 - Aired 6/20/2013
On Capacia Island, after a Dunsparce Ash fails to capture and hurts Axew, Iris gets so mad at him that she says she will no longer be Ash's friend and leaves.
#19 - Searching For a Wish!
Season 15 - Episode 48 - Aired 6/27/2013
Ash, Iris, and Cilan take a break on Capacia Island only to discover they have arrived on the one week once every 1000 years when Jirachi awakens and grants a wish. Gemma, a young girl who lives on the island, wants to ask Jirachi to bring prosperity back to the island, but Team Rocket has other plans.
#20 - Capacia Island UFO!
Season 15 - Episode 49 - Aired 7/4/2013
Ash must find a way to stop Beheeyem from taking over a town on Capacia Island after the townspeople, Iris, Cilan, and even Pikachu are placed under the strange Pokémons' control.
#21 - The Journalist from Another Region!
Season 15 - Episode 50 - Aired 7/18/2013
While on Harvest Island, Ash and his friends meet the Pokémon Reporter Alexa, who has come all the way from the Kalos Region with her Gogoat and Helioptile. She has come to investigate Harvest Island's fruit harvest festival, which the others realize has a Pokémon Sumo tournament. Ash, Iris, and Cilan enter Pignite, Pansage, and Dragonite in the tournament to win the grand prize Focus Band.
#22 - Mystery on a Deserted Island!
Season 15 - Episode 51 - Aired 7/25/2013
Alexa tells Ash, Iris, and Cilan about Yashi Island, a desert island where a pirate ship crashed years ago, and the ship's treasure has never been found. The group decides to investigate, and Team Rocket follows to get the treasure for themselves.
#23 - A Pokémon of a Different Color!
Season 15 - Episode 52 - Aired 8/1/2013
On Cave Island, Ash and his friends meet up with Clair, Gym Leader of Johto's Blackthorn City, who has come to the island to capture a different-colored Druddigon, but her Dragonite left without her. When they find her Dragonite, Iris's Dragonite takes an instant dislike to it and the two fight, hampering Clair's plans to find the different-colored Druddigon on the other side of the island from the port.
#24 - Celebrating the Hero’s Comet!
Season 15 - Episode 53 - Aired 8/15/2013
The appearance of Woodate Comet approaches, so Ash, Iris, Cilan, and Alexa go stake out the ruins where the legendary hero it is named after first spotted it. However, they must deal with several Ghost Pokémon and Team Rocket who are once again trying to capture Pikachu.
#25 - Go Go Gogoat!
Season 15 - Episode 54 - Aired 8/22/2013
On another island, Ash, Iris, Cilan, and Alexa meet a boy named Tony who touches Alexa's Gogoat's horns, causing it to temporarily bond with him. They all help Tony meet his father on the other side of the island.