SM006

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SM006

SM006   EP945 びりびりちくちくトゲデマル！ The Shocking and Prickly Togedemaru!

First broadcast Japan December 8, 2016 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 面出明美 Akemi Omode Storyboard 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino Assistant director 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino Animation directors 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara 郷津春奈 Haruna Gōzu 中矢利子 Toshiko Nakaya No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: びりびりちくちくトゲデマル！ The Shocking and Prickly Togedemaru!) is the sixth episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 945th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 8, 2016.

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Plot

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Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Sophocles
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Kukui
• Trainers
• Citizens

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Togedemaru (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Mimikyu (Jessie's)
• Rockruff (Professor Kukui's)
• Pichu (Trainer's; ×3)
• Slowbro (Trainer's)
• Psyduck (Trainer's; ×6)
• Eevee (Trainer's; ×5)
• Growlithe (Trainer's; ×6)
• Lillipup (Trainer's; ×3)
• Magnemite (Trainer's; ×4)
• Sudowoodo (Trainer's; ×2)
• Smeargle (Trainer's; ×2)
• Happiny (Trainer's; ×5)
• Slowpoke (Trainer's)
• Bonsly (Trainer's; ×2)
• Machop (Trainer's; ×3)
• Roggenrola (Trainer's; ×4)
• Haunter (Trainer's)
• Emolga (Trainer's; ×3)
• Mankey (Trainer's; ×2)
• Trapinch (Trainer's)
• Drifloon (Trainer's; ×2)
• Cottonee (Trainer's; ×5)
• Trubbish (Trainer's; ×3)
• Rufflet (Trainer's; ×2)
• Petilil (Trainer's)
• Makuhita (Trainer's; ×2)
• Riolu (Trainer's; ×2)
• Elekid (Trainer's; ×3)
• Sableye (Trainer's)
• Herdier (Trainer's)
• Abra (Trainer's)
• Spearow (Trainer's)
• Whimsicott (Trainer's)
• Squirtle (Trainer's)
• Jigglypuff (Trainer's)
• Bewear (anime)
• Pikipek
• Luvdisc (x2)
• Corsola
• Flabébé (Red Flower; fantasy)
• Slurpuff (Images)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: What's the kind of place I'm afraid of?
• Jessie, James, and Meowth narrate the preview for the next episode.
• Sophocles's Togedemaru is confirmed to be female in this episode.
• The circular rug that Ash and Pikachu are sitting on in Professor Kukui's house is very similar to the one that is Professor Kukui's laboratory in Pokémon Sun and Moon.
• This episode marks the first time some of Ash's friends do not appear while still being part of the main cast.

Errors

• When Ash walks into the Shopping District, a Growlithe's tail is orange instead of cream.
• When Sophocles pulls out a screwdriver so he can open up the Rotom Pokédex, his hand is colored the same as Ash's skin tone instead of his.
• When Sophocles turns around after Professor Kukui invites Ash and Sophocles to dinner, Togedemaru's left hand is colored grey instead of white.

Dub edits

In other languages

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