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The Guardian's Challenge!

SM002   EP941 守り神カプ・コケコ登場！挑戦、オレたちのZワザ！！ The Guardian Deity Kapu-Kokeko Appears! Challenge, Our Z-Move!!

First broadcast Japan November 17, 2016 United States December 5, 2016

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 冨安大貴 Daiki Tomiyasu 樋口香里 Kaori Higuchi Assistant directors 高橋知也 Tomoya Takahashi 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino Animation directors 安田周平 Shūhei Yasuda 村田理 Osamu Murata 松田真路 Shinji Matsuda No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

The Guardian's Challenge! (Japanese: 守り神カプ・コケコ登場！挑戦、オレたちのZワザ！！ The Guardian Deity Kapu-Kokeko Appears! Challenge, Our Z-Move!!) is the second episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 941st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 17, 2016 as a one-hour special alongside SM001, is scheduled to air in the United Kingdom as a sneak peek preview of the full series on November 20, 2016 as a one-hour special alongside Alola to New Adventure!, and is scheduled to air in the United States as a sneak peek preview of the full series on December 5, 2016 as part of a marathon with Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel and Alola to New Adventure!.

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Plot

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Major events

• Ash and his classmates encounter Tapu Koko.
• Ash and Pikachu have a battle against Tapu Koko, which gets interrupted when Tapu Koko flees.
• Ash and Pikachu perform Gigavolt Havoc for the first time.
• Ash receives a Rotom Pokédex from Professor Kukui.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Humans

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Mallow
• Lillie
• Lana
• Sophocles
• Kiawe
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's; flashback)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Bounsweet (Mallow's)
• Rockruff (Professor Kukui's)
• Tapu Koko
• Alomomola
• Goldeen
• Finneon
• Sharpedo
• Exeggutor (Alola Form)
• Corsola
• Luvdisc
• Tauros

Trivia

• This episode will air as a sneak peek on November 18, 2016 in France, November 19, 2016 in Italy, November 20, 2016 in Germany, and November 26, 2016 in Spain alongside Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel and SM001. Its airdate in France will be only one day after its airdate in Japan.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
European French		Le défi du Gardien !

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