Pokemon Episode 229 - For Ho-Oh The Bells Toll!
Season 5: Master Quest
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| 229 | 227 | "For Ho-Oh The Bells Toll!" (Suikun and Minaki! The Legend of Houou!!) "Suikun to Minaki! Hōhō no Densetsu!!" (スイクンとミナキ！ホウオウのでんせつ!!) | December 6, 2001 | December 31, 2002 |
| When Ash tells a Pokémon trainer who wants to catch a Suicune that he saw one he demands a battle. Meanwhile, Team Rocket breaks a sacred bell which causes all the Pokémon in the area to attack the forest, the city, and all the people in it. (Or) 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 acquaintance. Morty and the researcher discover that the sacred Crystal bells, which are said to ring when a legendary Ho-oh returns, are missing. Since the bells were also used to heal the Bug Pokémon living in that area, these Pokémon lash out against their human neighbors, covering the town with their webs. Ash and friends decide to get to the heart of things and, in the forest, find Team Rocket restrained by webs and hanging from a tree. Ash, Misty, Brock, Morty, and the researcher begin to battle with the Bug Pokémon. | ||||
