SM023

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SM023

SM023   EP962 衝撃！ダグトリオ解散！？ Shocking! Dugtrio Split Up!?

First broadcast Japan April 20, 2017 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 関根アユミ Ayumi Sekine 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.

Preview thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 衝撃！ダグトリオ解散！？ Shocking! Dugtrio Split Up!?) is the 23rd episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 962nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It is scheduled to air in Japan on April 20, 2017.

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

Plot

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Dugtrio (Alola Form)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Kiawe
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Kukui
• Hoshi
• DJ Leo
• Announcer

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rockruff (Ash's)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Mareanie (James's)
• Dugtrio (DJ Leo's; Alola Form; Jessica; debut)
• Diglett (Alola Form)
• Growlithe (Trainer's)
• Elekid (Trainer's)
• Smeargle (Trainer's)
• Machop (Trainer's)
• Riolu (Trainer's)
• Lillipup (Trainer's; ×2)

Trivia

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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