SM017

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SM017

SM017   EP956 アローラ探偵ロトム！消えたクリスタルの謎！！ Alola Detective Rotom! The Mystery of the Missing Crystal!!

First broadcast Japan March 9, 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 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation directors 直井由紀 Yuki Naoi 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: アローラ探偵ロトム！消えたクリスタルの謎！！ Alola Detective Rotom! The Mystery of the Missing Crystal!!) is the 17th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 956th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 9, 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

• The Rotom Pokédex updates itself with a video camera function.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Diglett (Alola Form)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak
• Raki (on television)
• Mrs. Makani (on television)
• Actors (on television)
• Alola TV security guard
• Alola TV cleaner
• Alola TV cameraman

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Komala (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Rockruff (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Shiron)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Bounsweet (Mallow's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Vulpix (Samson Oak's)
• Smeargle (Raki's; on television)
• Primeape (Trainer's)
• Slowpoke (Trainer's)
• Togedemaru (Trainer's)
• Mimikyu (Trainer's)
• Rockruff (Trainer's)
• Murkrow (Trainer's)
• Lillipup (Trainer's)
• Magnemite (Trainer's)
• Herdier (Trainer's; ×2)
• Pichu (Trainer's)
• Trubbish (Trainer's)
• Elekid (Trainer's; ×3)
• Happiny (Trainer's; ×3)
• Vulpix (Trainer's)
• Bulbasaur (Trainer's)
• Growlithe (Trainer's; ×2)
• Bounsweet (Trainer's)
• Eevee (Trainer's; ×3)
• Makuhita (Trainer's; ×2)
• Riolu (Trainer's)
• Electabuzz (Trainer's)
• Abra (Trainer's)
• Drifloon (Trainer's)
• Mankey (Trainer's; flashback; video)
• Diglett (Alola Form; debut)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Which of these locations did I not visit in today's episode?
• Ash breaks the fourth wall in this episode.
• Mallow, Ash, and Sophocles narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The music that plays throughout the episode whenever Rotom Pokédex makes a deduction is a remix of Looker's theme from the games.
• When Kiawe is talking to Ash in the Pokémon School's courtyard, Ash's face turns into a Pablo Picasso-esque painting.

Errors

• When Rotom asks Komala where the Electrium Z is, its first seen with its mouth open, but in the very next shot, its mouth is closed.

Dub edits

In other languages

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