<p>In <strong>Episode 35</strong>, titled <em>Whiscash and Ash</em>, Season 7 of the Pokemon series, a Whiscash swallows a Master ball thrown at it. This was widely interpreted as a Master ball fail. </p>

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<p>Episode summary:  <a href="http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/AG075:_Whiscash_and_Ash" rel="noreferrer"><strong>Whiscash and Ash</strong></a></p>

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2017-02-26T16:39:35.930Z
Oh that's why its success is written 99.6% due to this failure. I don't get about which Pokemon season. what is season 7 's name?
Shubham Wagh
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2017-02-26T16:41:59.837Z
Season 7 of the Pokémon anime: [Advanced Challenge](http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Pokémon:_Advanced_Challenge)
Ero Sɘnnin
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2017-02-26T16:48:50.327Z
Well, had the ball been thrown correctly and the execution was fair, the Whiscash *can* be caught with ease. So it wasn't a fail by the Master ball, but rather a good counter by the Whiscash. I mean, come on, you can catch legendaries with that thing xD
Ero Sɘnnin
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2017-02-26T16:29:22.953Z
2017-02-26T16:29:22.953Z
Ero Sɘnnin
<p>I am huge fan of Pokémon games but I haven't watched the anime that much. As lots of guys here know that Master ball is the ball which catches Pokémon without failing. Today I ran into an argument with a friend of mine regarding the Master ball. He said that the Master ball had failed one time in the anime, but I disagreed that it can never happen. But he said that he had watched it once but can't recall now. Had the Master ball really failed or not?</p>

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2017-02-26T22:55:45.013Z
You should note that the mechanics of the games are generally consistent whereas the anime treats the mechanics as subservient to the plot.

The fact that the games work a certain way is never going to be a winning argument about anything in the anime.
Nacht
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2017-10-08T18:39:10.207Z
Also the master ball will fail **in the games** if you try to catch a pokémon that is owned by another trainer
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Has the Master Ball failed at any point in the Pokemon anime?
# Has the Master Ball failed at any point in the Pokemon anime?
Posted by: username_0 on 2017-02-26
I am huge fan of Pokémon games but I haven't watched the anime that much. As lots of guys here know that Master ball is the ball which catches Pokémon without failing. Today I ran into an argument with a friend of mine regarding the Master ball. He said that the Master ball had failed one time in the anime, but I disagreed that it can never happen. But he said that he had watched it once but can't recall now. Had the Master ball really failed or not?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: You should note that the mechanics of the games are generally consistent whereas the anime treats the mechanics as subservient to the plot.

The fact that the games work a certain way is never going to be a winning argument about anything in the anime.  
> **username_2**: Also the master ball will fail **in the games** if you try to catch a pokémon that is owned by another trainer  
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## 1 answers
### Answer by username_3 on 2017-02-26. Score: 13 | Accepted answer
In **Episode 35**, titled *Whiscash and Ash*, Season 7 of the Pokemon series, a Whiscash swallows a Master ball thrown at it. This was widely interpreted as a Master ball fail.

![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/n9IjT.jpg)

Episode summary: [**Whiscash and Ash**](http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/AG075:_Whiscash_and_Ash)
> **Comments:**
> **username_0** (2017-02-26): Oh that's why its success is written 99.6% due to this failure. I don't get about which Pokemon season. what is season 7 's name?  
> **username_3** (2017-02-26): Season 7 of the Pokémon anime: [Advanced Challenge](http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Pokémon:_Advanced_Challenge)  
> **username_3** (2017-02-26): Well, had the ball been thrown correctly and the execution was fair, the Whiscash *can* be caught with ease. So it wasn't a fail by the Master ball, but rather a good counter by the Whiscash. I mean, come on, you can catch legendaries with that thing xD  
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