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(Japanese: '''ニャビー、旅立ちの時!''' ''{{tt|Nyabby|Litten}}, the Time of Departure!'') is the 21st episode of the {{series|Sun & Moon}}, and the 960th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on April 6, 2017, as a one-hour special alongside [[SM020]]<!-- and is scheduled to air in the United States on *day*-->.
 
'''One Journey Ends, Another Begins...''' (Japanese: '''ニャビー、旅立ちの時!''' ''{{tt|Nyabby|Litten}}, Time to Begin the Journey!'') is the 21st episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon]]'', and the 960th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on April 6, 2017, as a one-hour special alongside [[SM020]], and in the United States on July 1, 2017, as part of a three-hour special.
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==Blurb==
==Blurb==
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<i>After stealing his groceries again, the wild Litten comes to Ash for help when its friend Stoutland starts to have trouble breathing. Ash struggles to get it to the Pokémon Center...but Stoutland is old, and there’s not much Nurse Joy can do.
 
Ash watches over Litten as it mourns for its dear friend, and even Meowth offers a compassionate ear. In time, a beautiful rainbow helps revive the joyful memories, and Litten begins to feel better. Ash invites Litten to join his team to continue the training it started with Stoutland—and after a battle, Litten agrees. The memories are still fresh, but Litten has a new life ahead!</i>


==Plot==
==Plot==
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Having {{Ash}} and {{AP|Pikachu}} coming out of shopping, {{Rotom}} offers to carry a shopping bag but ends up dropping it, causing a doughnut to fall out. [[Anela]] from the marketplace picks up the doughnut and returns it to Ash, but the doughnut is immediately intercepted by {{AP|Litten}}. The group chases after Litten and finds it under a bridge giving the doughnut to {{an|Stoutland}}. Ash realizes that this was where Litten and Stoutland moved after their [[SM007|first encounter]] and observes how Stoutland is teaching Litten how to use {{m|Fire Fang}}. Although Litten accumulates enough strength to pull off the move, it fails to maintain the intensity at the last second. Ash's group goes down to visit Litten and Stoutland. Litten initially turns down Ash's offer of food until rebuked by Stoutland. As Stoutland continues to mentor Litten, Ash observes Stoutland's deteriorating health.
{{Ash}} and {{AP|Pikachu}} are out shopping for food when {{AP|Litten}} shows up, stealing a piece from Ash and running off to {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Stoutland}} under the bridge. Ash and Pikachu follow Litten and visit it and Stoutland. Ash notices how Stoutland is teaching Litten how to use {{m|Fire Fang}}.  
 
That night, {{an|Professor Kukui}} reviews video footage Rotom took of Litten and Stoutland, remarking that it's rare for two completely different species of Pokémon to work on moves together in such a close way.


The next day after [[Pokémon School|school]], Ash suggests to Pikachu that they should go visit Litten and Stoutland once again. Upon saying this, {{TRT}} appears out of nowhere, but their {{motto}} gets interrupted when Litten suddenly comes running up to Ash asking him to follow. Ash commands Pikachu to use {{m|Electro Ball}} on Team Rocket and disappears with Pikachu and Litten in the dust from the attack. While [[Jessie]] and [[James]] merely choose to give up for now, {{MTR}} gets curious and runs off to find Ash, Pikachu, and Litten. Upon Ash arriving under the bridge, he sees Stoutland has collapsed and was laying on the ground breathing heavily. Ash decides to carry Stoutland to the [[Pokémon Center]]. In the next scene, Ash, Pikachu, and Litten are looking at Stoutland who is on the Pokémon Center bed with different medical equipment hooked up to him. [[Nurse Joy]] and her partner exit the emergency room and begin to explain to Ash that it is not a wound or a disease that is affecting Stoutland. Just before Nurse Joy finishes her explanation, the door shuts and Ash and Nurse Joy and can be seen talking (with no sound) through the Pokémon Center window. While Litten is caring for Stoutland in the emergency room. Ash asked Nurse Joy if she thinks Litten knows what's going to happen to Stoutland. Nurse Joy replies that she can sense it does. Ash then calls Professor Kukui and explains the situation. The Professor then tells Ash to stay by Litten's side. Later that night Ash brings food for Litten and Stoutland in the emergency room only to find them missing. Ash and Pikachu then run out and find Meowth who tells them that he wants Litten to be protected. Stoutland, back under the bridge, attempts to teach Litten once more how to use Fire Fang but Litten fails once more. Stoutland then falls asleep and Litten curls up next to him.  
The next day after [[Pokémon School|school]], Ash suggests to Pikachu that they should go visit Litten and Stoutland again. Upon saying this, {{TRT}} appears out of nowhere, but their {{motto}} gets interrupted when Litten suddenly attacks them with {{m|Ember}} and comes running up to Ash, asking him to follow. Ash commands Pikachu to use {{m|Electro Ball}} on the ground, using the distraction to disappear with Litten. While [[Jessie]] and [[James]] decide to retreat, {{MTR}} insists on going after Litten and runs off to find them.


Litten then dreams of Stoutland and tries running up to him only to find him drifting away in the distance. Litten then wakes up to find Stoutland missing. Litten then goes and looks for Stoutland but is unable to find him. Upon returning to the couch under the bridge, Litten witnesses the couch leg break and the final leaf fall off the dying tree next to the bridge. Realizing that Stoutland is gone forever Litten cries out loud in despair. Rain begins to fall all over the town. Ash and Professor Kukui as well as the [[Rotom Pokédex]] are walking towards the couch and see Litten standing out in the rain. Litten then goes and curls up on the broken couch. Next back in Team Rocket's hideout, Meowth is seen depressed in which then {{an|Bewear}} attempts to hug him in which Meowth responds he is not in the mood. Ash then is seen getting food from an old lady at the market for Litten. Ash then offers the food to Litten who does not take it. Ash is then seen staring out in the rain during school, on the bridge, and at Professor Kukui's. Meowth is then seen asking Litten to tell him what happened but quickly runs off as he sees Ash approaching. Ash then stays with Litten until the rain clears up. Litten then goes out from under the bridge and sees a cloud in the shape of Stoutland looking down upon him as well as a rainbow. Litten then begins to accept what happened to Stoutland and move on. Litten then offers some food to Ash who pushes it back to Litten. The two do this back and forth until Pikachu falls down from dizziness. Litten then challenges Ash to a battle. Ash uses Pikachu and then in the middle of the battle throws a [[Poké Ball]] up in the air, in which Litten happily jumps up and gets inside the ball. Ash then sends out Litten who is greeted by Pikachu, Rowlet, and Rockruff. The two then decide to share the food Ash had brought for Litten.
Upon arriving under the bridge, Ash sees Stoutland has collapsed on the ground. Rotom declares that Stoutland is undergoing severe breathing problems, and Ash decides to carry Stoutland to the [[Pokémon Center]] on his back despite Stoutland's size. Nearby, Meowth watches on silently, as a nearby withering tree sheds more of its leaves.
 
At the Pokémon Center's emergency room, Ash, Pikachu and Litten watch as [[Nurse Joy]] and her Pokémon take care of Stoutland. As soon as the door opens, Litten rushes inside the ward as Nurse Joy and Ash discuss Stoutland's condition. Outside, Ash asks Nurse Joy if Litten knows the truth behind Stoutland's condition, and Nurse Joy replies that she can sense it does. Ash calls Professor Kukui and gains permission to stay the night. Later that night, Ash brings food for Litten and Stoutland, only to find them missing from the emergency room. Knowing where they have gone, Ash and Pikachu run out to look for the two Pokémon, coming across Meowth. Much to Ash's surprise, Meowth tells them that he wants Litten to be protected. Stoutland, back under the bridge, attempts to teach Litten once more how to use Fire Fang, but Litten fails once again. Stoutland falls asleep and Litten curls up next to it.
 
In a dream, Litten stands in a white void and sees Stoutland in front of it, prompting it to run up to Stoutland but unable to catch up as Stoutland drifts away into the distance. Waking up, Litten finds that Stoutland has gone missing, and begins searching for Stoutland at their old hideout, the market and a cliffside, but is unable to find Stoutland. Upon returning to the bridge, Litten witnesses the couch Stoutland had been resting on finally break as the final leaf falls off the dying tree. Looking up at the bare tree, Litten realizes that Stoutland is gone forever and begins to howl as rain begins to fall. Carrying umbrellas, Ash and Professor Kukui come to visit Litten. Professor Kukui, realizing that Stoutland has disappeared, bows his head and apologizes. Litten curls up on the broken couch, falling asleep. Back in Team Rocket's hideout, Meowth looks sadly up at the sky. {{an|Bewear}} offers him a gentle hug, drawing a stiff response from Meowth that he isn't in the mood. Following this, Ash receives some food from Anela, who tells him that Litten is welcome to visit any time. Returning to the bridge, Ash offers Litten the food, but Litten refuses to eat.
 
Ash spends the day staring out in the rain concerned about Litten. Back at the bridge, Meowth is seen asking Litten to tell him what happened, but quickly runs off as he sees Ash approaching. Ash tells Litten that he and his Pokémon will stay by its side until it starts eating again.
 
By the time the rain stops, Ash and his Pokémon have fallen asleep with Litten. Rousing awake, Litten sees a rainbow and a cloud formation that resembles Stoutland. The sight convinces Litten to accept what happened to Stoutland and move on. Waking up as well, Ash offers a [[Sitrus Berry]] but Litten pushes it back to him. Ash asks Litten to become his Pokémon, saying that he wants to help Litten master Fire Fang. Litten initially seems to agree, but attacks Ash with Ember. Nearby, Meowth muses that Litten wants to battle Ash for it, having decided that it doesn't want Ash's pity.
 
Ash uses Pikachu, trading many attacks with Litten with neither side having a distinct advantage. Eventually, having fought to a standstill, Ash asks Litten if it accepts him as his Trainer, and Litten agrees, jumping into a {{i|Poké Ball}} Ash throws in the air. Meowth leaves, knowing that Litten's capture is ultimately for the best, and remarks that he and Litten are enemies from now on. Ash sends out Litten who is greeted by the other Pokémon, and they share the food Ash had brought along.


==Major events==
==Major events==
[[File:Ash catches a Pokémon SM series.png|thumb|220px|Ash after catching Litten]]
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* The recurring {{p|Litten}} is revealed to have learned {{m|Fire Fang}}, which it masters.
* {{p|Litten}} is revealed to have learned {{m|Fire Fang}}, although it hasn't mastered it yet.
* The {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Stoutland}} that Litten was living with vanishes.<!--Do NOT state that it died unless it was EXPLICITLY stated.-->
* The elderly {{an|Stoutland}} that Litten was living with vanishes.<!--Do NOT change this to say it died, as it wasn't EXPLICITLY stated to have died in this episode. It was only confirmed in SM108, making that episode the reveal episode.-->
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* [[James]]
* [[James]]
* [[Nurse Joy]]
* [[Nurse Joy]]
* [[Professor Kukui]]
* {{an|Professor Kukui}}
* {{al|Old woman}}
* [[Anela]]


===Pokémon===
===Pokémon===
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[[Who's That Pokémon?]]:<!-- {{p|Pokémon}} ''(US and international)'',--> {{p|Stoutland}} ''(Japan)''
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* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{TRM}})
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ({{OP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}})
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ({{OP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}})
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* {{p|Rowlet}} ({{OP|Ash|Rowlet}})
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* {{p|Herdier}} (Trainer's; ×2)
* {{p|Bewear}} ({{an|Bewear|anime}})
* {{p|Bewear}} ({{an|Bewear|anime}})
* {{p|Stoutland}} ({{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Stoutland|anime}})
* {{p|Stoutland}} ({{an|Stoutland|anime}})
* {{p|Dugtrio}} ([[Regional variant|Alola Form]]; images)
* {{p|Dugtrio}} ([[Alolan form]]; images)


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* [[Poké Problem]]: ''What place does {{Ash}} take [[Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime#Stoutland|Stoutland]] in today's episode?''
* [[Poké Problem]]: ''What place does {{Ash}} take {{an|Stoutland}} in today's episode?''
** Host: [[Professor Kukui]]
** Host: {{an|Professor Kukui}}
** Choices: Shopping Mall, [[Pokémon Center]], Old Residence, TV Station
** Choices: Shopping Mall, [[Pokémon Center]], Old Residence, TV Station
** Answer: [[Pokémon Center]]
** Answer: [[Pokémon Center]]
* [[Meowth's Ballad]] is used as an insert song when {{Ash}}, his [[Party|Pokémon]], and {{MTR}} keep vigil over {{AP|Litten}}.
* [[Meowth's Ballad]] is used as an insert song when Ash, his [[Party|Pokémon]], and {{MTR}} keep vigil over {{AP|Litten}}.
* {{an|Mallow}}, {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Sophocles}}, and {{an|Kiawe}} narrate the preview for the [[SM022|next episode]].
** This marks the first time since [[BW109]], more than four years prior, that a song from a previous [[series]] is used as an insert song.
* This is the last episode to date in which Ash catches a [[first partner Pokémon]].
** This is also the last episode to date where Ash catches a {{type|fire}} Pokémon.
* {{an|Kiawe}} is physically seen very briefly in one scene, but he does not have any lines of dialogue in this episode.
* The dying tree is a reference to {{wp|The Last Leaf}}.
* {{an|Mallow}}, {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Sophocles}}, Kiawe, and [[Ash's Pikachu]] narrate the preview for the [[SM022|next episode]].
* Ash, {{an|Professor Kukui}}, and {{Rotom}} read the [[Who's That Pokémon?]] segment in the English [[dub]].
* This episode inspired [[Sarah Natochenny]] and [[Lisa Ortiz]], the English voice actresses of Ash and his Litten, respectively, to start an animal welfare organization known as [https://www.voicesforfosters.org/ Voices for Fosters].


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|it={{tt|Chiuso un capitolo, se ne apre un altro...|One chapter closed, another one opens...}}
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|ru={{tt|Конец одного путешествия – это начало другого…|One journey's end - this is the beggining of another one…}}
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Latest revision as of 01:41, 10 March 2024

SM020 : Partner Promises!
Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
SM022 : A Shivering Shovel Search!
One Journey Ends, Another Begins...
SM021.png
SM021   EP960
ニャビー、旅立ちの時!
Nyabby, Time to Begin the Journey!
First broadcast
Japan April 6, 2017
United States July 1, 2017
English themes
Opening Under The Alolan Sun
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening アローラ!!
Ending ポーズ
Credits
Animation Team Kato
Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane
志村泉 Izumi Shimura
No additional credits are available at this time.

One Journey Ends, Another Begins... (Japanese: ニャビー、旅立ちの時! Nyabby, Time to Begin the Journey!) is the 21st episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, and the 960th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 6, 2017, as a one-hour special alongside SM020, and in the United States on July 1, 2017, as part of a three-hour special.

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Blurb

After stealing his groceries again, the wild Litten comes to Ash for help when its friend Stoutland starts to have trouble breathing. Ash struggles to get it to the Pokémon Center...but Stoutland is old, and there’s not much Nurse Joy can do.

Ash watches over Litten as it mourns for its dear friend, and even Meowth offers a compassionate ear. In time, a beautiful rainbow helps revive the joyful memories, and Litten begins to feel better. Ash invites Litten to join his team to continue the training it started with Stoutland—and after a battle, Litten agrees. The memories are still fresh, but Litten has a new life ahead!

Plot

Having Ash and Pikachu coming out of shopping, Rotom offers to carry a shopping bag but ends up dropping it, causing a doughnut to fall out. Anela from the marketplace picks up the doughnut and returns it to Ash, but the doughnut is immediately intercepted by Litten. The group chases after Litten and finds it under a bridge giving the doughnut to Stoutland. Ash realizes that this was where Litten and Stoutland moved after their first encounter and observes how Stoutland is teaching Litten how to use Fire Fang. Although Litten accumulates enough strength to pull off the move, it fails to maintain the intensity at the last second. Ash's group goes down to visit Litten and Stoutland. Litten initially turns down Ash's offer of food until rebuked by Stoutland. As Stoutland continues to mentor Litten, Ash observes Stoutland's deteriorating health.

That night, Professor Kukui reviews video footage Rotom took of Litten and Stoutland, remarking that it's rare for two completely different species of Pokémon to work on moves together in such a close way.

The next day after school, Ash suggests to Pikachu that they should go visit Litten and Stoutland again. Upon saying this, Team Rocket appears out of nowhere, but their motto gets interrupted when Litten suddenly attacks them with Ember and comes running up to Ash, asking him to follow. Ash commands Pikachu to use Electro Ball on the ground, using the distraction to disappear with Litten. While Jessie and James decide to retreat, Meowth insists on going after Litten and runs off to find them.

Upon arriving under the bridge, Ash sees Stoutland has collapsed on the ground. Rotom declares that Stoutland is undergoing severe breathing problems, and Ash decides to carry Stoutland to the Pokémon Center on his back despite Stoutland's size. Nearby, Meowth watches on silently, as a nearby withering tree sheds more of its leaves.

At the Pokémon Center's emergency room, Ash, Pikachu and Litten watch as Nurse Joy and her Pokémon take care of Stoutland. As soon as the door opens, Litten rushes inside the ward as Nurse Joy and Ash discuss Stoutland's condition. Outside, Ash asks Nurse Joy if Litten knows the truth behind Stoutland's condition, and Nurse Joy replies that she can sense it does. Ash calls Professor Kukui and gains permission to stay the night. Later that night, Ash brings food for Litten and Stoutland, only to find them missing from the emergency room. Knowing where they have gone, Ash and Pikachu run out to look for the two Pokémon, coming across Meowth. Much to Ash's surprise, Meowth tells them that he wants Litten to be protected. Stoutland, back under the bridge, attempts to teach Litten once more how to use Fire Fang, but Litten fails once again. Stoutland falls asleep and Litten curls up next to it.

In a dream, Litten stands in a white void and sees Stoutland in front of it, prompting it to run up to Stoutland but unable to catch up as Stoutland drifts away into the distance. Waking up, Litten finds that Stoutland has gone missing, and begins searching for Stoutland at their old hideout, the market and a cliffside, but is unable to find Stoutland. Upon returning to the bridge, Litten witnesses the couch Stoutland had been resting on finally break as the final leaf falls off the dying tree. Looking up at the bare tree, Litten realizes that Stoutland is gone forever and begins to howl as rain begins to fall. Carrying umbrellas, Ash and Professor Kukui come to visit Litten. Professor Kukui, realizing that Stoutland has disappeared, bows his head and apologizes. Litten curls up on the broken couch, falling asleep. Back in Team Rocket's hideout, Meowth looks sadly up at the sky. Bewear offers him a gentle hug, drawing a stiff response from Meowth that he isn't in the mood. Following this, Ash receives some food from Anela, who tells him that Litten is welcome to visit any time. Returning to the bridge, Ash offers Litten the food, but Litten refuses to eat.

Ash spends the day staring out in the rain concerned about Litten. Back at the bridge, Meowth is seen asking Litten to tell him what happened, but quickly runs off as he sees Ash approaching. Ash tells Litten that he and his Pokémon will stay by its side until it starts eating again.

By the time the rain stops, Ash and his Pokémon have fallen asleep with Litten. Rousing awake, Litten sees a rainbow and a cloud formation that resembles Stoutland. The sight convinces Litten to accept what happened to Stoutland and move on. Waking up as well, Ash offers a Sitrus Berry but Litten pushes it back to him. Ash asks Litten to become his Pokémon, saying that he wants to help Litten master Fire Fang. Litten initially seems to agree, but attacks Ash with Ember. Nearby, Meowth muses that Litten wants to battle Ash for it, having decided that it doesn't want Ash's pity.

Ash uses Pikachu, trading many attacks with Litten with neither side having a distinct advantage. Eventually, having fought to a standstill, Ash asks Litten if it accepts him as his Trainer, and Litten agrees, jumping into a Poké Ball Ash throws in the air. Meowth leaves, knowing that Litten's capture is ultimately for the best, and remarks that he and Litten are enemies from now on. Ash sends out Litten who is greeted by the other Pokémon, and they share the food Ash had brought along.

Major events

Ash after catching Litten
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Debuts

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Dare da?

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Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Stoutland

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