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SM009

SM009   EP948 ぬしポケモンはデカグース！ The Leader Pokémon is Dekagūsu!

First broadcast Japan January 5, 2017 United States

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 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: ぬしポケモンはデカグース！ The Leader Pokémon is Dekagūsu!) is the ninth episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 948th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 5, 2017.

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

Plot

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Major events

Ash holding the Normalium Z

• Ash meets the Kahuna of Melemele Island, Hala, for the first time.
• Hala reveals that the Z-Ring equipped with an Electrium Z that Tapu Koko gave to Ash earlier was taken from him.
• Ash clears his first trial in the Verdant Cavern, earning a Normalium Z from the Totem Gumshoos as a reward.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Hala

Pokémon debuts

• Gumshoos
• Rattata (Alola Form)
• Raticate (Alola Form)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Professor Kukui
• Hala
• Police Officers
• Villagers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Yungoos (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Bounsweet (Mallow's)
• Gumshoos (Officer Jenny's; new; debut)
• Rockruff (Professor Kukui's)
• Hariyama (Hala's)
• Growlithe (Trainer's; ×2)
• Machamp (Police Officer's; ×4)
• Tapu Koko (anime)
• Bewear (anime)
• Komala (anime)
• Gumshoos (Totem; debut)
• Yungoos
• Rattata (Alola Form; multiple; debut)
• Raticate (Alola Form; multiple; debut)
• Tauros (×3)
• Haunter
• Psyduck
• Wingull (×3; fantasy)
• Gumshoos (fantasy; debut)
• Yungoos (×3; fantasy)

Trivia

• Pokémon QR code: Gumshoos
• Poké Problem: Which Pokémon appearing in this episode is Rattata's natural enemy?
• Viewers could answer the Poké Problem with their remotes during the airing of SM009 to take part in a lottery of ten MonCollé GET Monster Balls Filled With Voices and MonCollé GET Pikachu figures.
• Ash, Rowlet, Pikachu, and Rotom Pokédex narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The fantasy which depicted the Gumshoos and some Yungoos scaring away the Alolan Rattata and Raticate may be a reference to the title card for the animated series Gamba no Bōken.
• Despite it having existed since Generation I, this is the first time Raticate's Pokédex entry is seen in the anime (although technically the entry was that of Alolan Raticate and not the original form).

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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