SM028

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SM028

SM028   EP967 熱闘ポケベース！ねらえ逆転ホームラン！！ The Fierce Pokébase Match! Aim for a Home Run to Turn the Tide!!

First broadcast Japan May 25, 2017 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤咲淳一 Jun'ichi Fujisaku Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 小柴純弥 Junya Koshiba Animation director 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

(Japanese: 熱闘ポケベース！ねらえ逆転ホームラン！！ The Fierce Pokébase Match! Aim for a Home Run to Turn the Tide!!) is the 28th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 967th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 25, 2017.

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Plot

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Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak
• ʻOluʻolu

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Snorlax (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Rockruff (Ash's)
• Litten (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Shiron)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Mimikyu (Jessie's)
• Mareanie (James's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Snorlax (ʻOluʻolu's)
• Electabuzz (Trainer's; on television)
• Gyarados (Trainer's; on television)
• Exeggutor (Trainer's; Alola Form; on television)
• Magikarp (×6; on television)
• Scyther (Trainer's)
• Bewear (anime)
• Oricorio (Pom-Pom Style; ×3)

Trivia

• The Electabuzz that appears on the television in this episode has the number "125" on its uniform, which is Electabuzz's number in the National Pokédex.
• Kiawe and Ash narrate the preview for the next episode.
• James breaks the fourth wall in this episode.

Errors

• When Ash and his classmates and some of their Pokémon celebrate their victory over Team Rocket, the cap on Shiron is missing.

Dub edits

In other languages

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