Pokémon: Season 3

1999 · 41 episodes · ★ 6.9

The Johto Journeys

What Season 3 of Pokémon

Ash, Pikachu, Misty and Brock leave Pallet Town and head for Johto, an unexplored region home to Pokémon they don't know. Ash first has a task from Professor Oak, but he doesn't give up on the Johto League, where he faces Gym Leaders and adds Pokémon such as Totodile and Chikorita to his team. Along the way, they encounter new species and demanding battles. The main obstacle is Team Rocket, which always shows up with its schemes. The episodes follow the friendship among the four and their determination to keep moving forward.

41episodes

Oct 14, 1999aired

Jul 27, 2000latest episode

15.7 hrtotal runtime

Season 3 Episodes

3x01 Don't Touch That 'dile
Oct 14, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Ash begins his journey in Johto, a largely unexplored region said to be thickly populated with Pokémon entirely new to him and his friends.
3x02 The Double Trouble Header
Oct 21, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 6.7
In a Pokémon battle, Ash soundly defeats an ambitious young Trainer, who runs away dejectedly.
3x03 A Sappy Ending
Oct 28, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
Ash and friends discover a forest where invading Pinsir are causing heavy deforestation.
3x04 Roll On, Pokémon!
Nov 4, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Ash and friends stumble into a small valley where Donphan are used to harvest precious stones.
3x05 Illusion Confusion!
Nov 11, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 6.8
Who would be foolish enough to brave a thick forest in the dead of night without a Hoothoot guide? Certainly not Ash Ketchum...
3x06 Flower Power
Nov 18, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 6.5
Our heroes must help prepare an insecure Bellossom dance troupe for their upcoming exhibition.
3x07 Spinarak Attack
Nov 25, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 6.6
Ash and friends reach a new town and hear of three mysterious robbers apparently mimicking the crimes of a legendary master thief.
3x08 Snubbull Snobbery
Dec 2, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 6.5
With pet food prepared by a French chef, rooms of WalkMaster exercise equipment and closets stocked with the latest in Pokémon fashion, life couldn't be much better for a Palm Hills Snubbull.
3x09 The Little Big Horn
Dec 9, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 6.8
Brock saves a lost and frightened Stantler fawn and carefully nurses it back to health before releasing it.
3x10 The Chikorita Rescue
Dec 16, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 7.6
Ash encounters a wild Chikorita and engages it in battle, thinking to add it to his team.
3x11 Once in a Blue Moon
Dec 23, 1999 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Professor Oak's errand—to deliver the mysterious GS Ball to a Poké Ball expert—is interrupted when a Quagsire with a penchant for spherical objects steals the GS ball for use in a nocturnal ritual.
3x12 The Whistle Stop
Jan 1, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.6
When Team Rocket attacks Ash and his friends, a brave young Trainer and her flock of Ledyba come to the rescue.
3x13 Ignorance Is Blissey
Jan 6, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Team Rocket can't believe their luck when the Blissey employed in a Pokémon Center willingly gives them the cente's entire food supply.
3x14 A Bout With Sprout
Jan 13, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
Our heroes are recruited as guest instructors at a youth Pokémon Academy.
3x15 Fighting Flyer With Fire
Jan 20, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
With Pikachu's help, Ash is confident that winning the Zephyr badge will be a breeze.
3x16 For Crying Out Loud
Jan 27, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Cute and cuddly is one thing, but a bawling Marill is too much even for Misty.
3x17 Tanks a Lot!
Feb 3, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Team Rocket's most recent super vehicle, the Arbotank, is their ticket to world domination.
3x18 Charizard's Burning Ambitions
Feb 10, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 7.7
When Ash hears of the nearby Charicific Valley, he is sure a quick trip would be just the thing to reignite his Charizard's flagging spirits.
3x19 Grin to Win!
Feb 17, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
The annual Sunflora contest is only a day away and yet our hero's new friend and Sunflora Trainer is unable to convince her star Pokémon to compete.
3x20 Chikorita's Big Upset
Feb 24, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
A severe case of rivalry between Pikachu and Chikorita calls for therapy sessions with Nurse Joy.
3x21 Foul Weather Friends
Mar 2, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.7
Our heroes chance upon a Hoppip—the fluffy "Cottonweed" Pokémon that is able to drift for miles on a passing wind.
3x22 The Superhero Secret
Mar 9, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
When Ash and friends wander into town, they bring with them a challenge that threatens to be Gligarman's last—Team Rocket.
3x23 Mild 'n Wooly
Mar 16, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Team Rocket comes in sheep's clothing to relieve a kind Poké-shepherd of her Mareep flock.
3x24 Wired for Battle!
Mar 23, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
When the most promising trainee at a Pokémon dojo abandons battle altogether, it's up to Ash and friends to convince him that battling is more than just a matter of probability.
3x25 Good 'Quil Hunting
Mar 30, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
With Charizard gone and no fire Pokémon to call his own, Ash is overjoyed to come across a Cyndaquil in the wild.
3x26 A Shadow of a Drought
Apr 6, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Ash carelessly makes enemies of the Slowpoke-worshipping residents of a town.
3x27 Going Apricorn!
Apr 13, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Ash delivers the mysterious GS Ball to a renowned Pokémon expert, but Team Rocket wreaks trouble when they attempt to harvest the Apricorns essential to local Poké Ball production.
3x28 Gettin' the Bugs Out
Apr 20, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
When Ash reaches the Hive Gym, he has just the Pokémon to challenge the Gym Leader's Bug Pokémon.
3x29 A Farfetch'd Tale
Apr 27, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
An inexperienced young Trainer mistakenly scares off his own Farfetch'd.
3x30 Tricks of the Trade
May 4, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
At the Pokémon Swap Meet, our heroes befriend a young Pokémon trainer who's having difficulties finding a trading partner willing to accept his Wobbuffet. When Jessie inadvertently deposits her Poké Ball across from his in the exchanger, this young trainer gets more than he had bargained for.
3x31 The Fire-ing Squad!
May 11, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
Rocket attempts to steal all the water Pokémon from the annual Fire and Rescue Grand Prix.
3x32 No Big Woop!
May 18, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
Ash and friends enthusiastically volunteer to watch over a troubled trainer's school of Wooper.
3x33 Tunnel Vision
May 25, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
While Ash and friends deliberate on how to pass through a tunnel replete with Onix, two wandering Pokémon arrive on the scene together.
3x34 Hour of the Houndour
Jun 1, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
Investigating a string of mysterious thefts, our heroes discover a pack of Houndour, struggling to survive in the wild.
3x35 The Totodile Duel
Jun 8, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
Ash and Misty's friendly rivalry is tested when they both try to capture a Totodile at the same time. Unable to determine whose Poké Ball had captured the wild Pokémon, the two must battle it out to determine the Totodile's new master.
3x36 Hot Matches!
Jun 15, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
When Ash and friends hear of a virtually undefeatable trainer operating nearby, they seek her out.
3x37 Love, Totodile Style
Jun 22, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.7
Ash's Totodile falls head over tail for a passing Azumarill, but is still unsuccessful in having its feelings requited when Team Rocket kidnap the Pokémon before Totodile's eyes.
3x38 Fowl Play!
Jun 29, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Ash has his sights set on a rare and brightly-colored Noctowl.
3x39 Forest Grumps
Jul 6, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 7.1
When an Ursaring attack leaves Team Rocket and our heroes in compromising positions, compromise they do, members of each team being paired with members of the other.
3x40 The Psychic Sidekicks!
Jul 13, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 6.9
Our heroes come to a town whose residents all raise Psychic Pokémon to repel the Ghost Pokémon that lurk nearby
3x41 The Fortune Hunters Season Finale
Jul 27, 2000 · 23 min · ★ 7.0
A Pokémon Fortune Telling boom turns out to be a Team Rocket plot to steal Pokémon from local trainers.