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Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!

SM008   EP947 タマゴ係はだ〜れだ？ Who'll Be in Charge of the Egg?

First broadcast Japan December 22, 2016 United States

English themes Opening Under The Alolan Sun Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 面出明美 Akemi Omode Storyboard 関野昌弘 Masahiro Sekino Assistant director 関野昌弘 Masahiro Sekino Animation directors 香月麻衣子 Maiko Katsuki 村田理 Osamu Murata No additional credits are available at this time.

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

Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge! (Japanese: タマゴ係はだ〜れだ？ Who'll Be in Charge of the Egg?) is the eighth episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 947th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 22, 2016 and is scheduled to air in the United Kingdom on April 21, 2017, and in Canada on May 6, 2017.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Samson Oak gives Ash and his classmates an Egg, which Lillie agrees to take care of.
• Ash's Rowlet is revealed to know Tackle and Peck.
• Lillie's phobia of Pokémon is revealed to be the result of a traumatic experience involving her mother that she doesn't remember.
• Lillie overcomes her phobia of Pokémon a little bit, becoming able touch the Egg entrusted to her.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Lusamine (picture)
• Gladion (picture)

Pokémon debuts

• Oricorio (Pom-Pom Style)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak
• Lusamine (picture)
• Gladion (picture)
• James

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Salandit (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Charizard (Kiawe's; Ride Pokémon)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Bounsweet (Mallow's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Oricorio (James's; Pom-Pom Style; debut)
• Salandit
• Boldore
• Cubone
• Ledyba
• Whimsicott
• Caterpie (×2)
• Trapinch
• Petilil
• Misdreavus
• Cottonee
• Parasect
• Paras
• Butterfree
• Sudowoodo
• Roggenrola
• Bonsly
• Psyduck
• Emolga
• Rufflet
• Metapod
• Fletchling
• Zubat
• Lilligant (picture)
• Lillipup (picture)
• Cleffa (picture)

Trivia

• Pokémon QR Code: Oricorio (Pom-Pom Style)
• Poké Problem: Which Pokémon comes to visit at my house?
  • Host: Lillie
  • Choices: Butterfree, Bewear, Comfey, Tapu Koko
  • Answer: Butterfree
• This is the first episode in which Team Rocket does not appear since they arrived in the Alola region.
• Rotom Pokédex, Ash, and a Gumshoos narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• When Lillie tries to touch the Pokémon Egg in the classroom, Lana's Trial Captain charm is much smaller than usual.
• When Ash is looking at Lillie's picture, the white zips on his backpack are missing.
• When Lillie's maid enters the room, Ash is missing his Z-Ring.
• When Ash and his Pokémon are affected by Teeter Dance, the bottom of the legs on Ash's shorts are colored the same as the rest of his shorts instead of red.

Dub edits

In other languages

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