SM072

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SM072

SM072   EP1011 パンパカパーン！燃えよマオファミリー！！ Ta-ta-ta-dough! Fire it Up, Mao's Family!!

First broadcast Japan April 26, 2018 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening 未来コネクション Ending ジャリボーイ・ジャリガール

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 関根アユミ Ayumi Sekine Storyboard 飯島正勝 Masakatsu Iijima Assistant director 中田誠 Makoto Nakata Animation directors 安田周平 Shūhei Yasuda 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: パンパカパーン！燃えよマオファミリー！！ Ta-ta-ta-dough! Fire it Up, Mao's Family!!) is the 72nd episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,011th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 26, 2018, as a one-hour special alongside SM071.

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Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Ash and Lillie meet Ulu, Mallow's brother, for the first time.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Abe
• Nina
• Ulu
• Nina's fiancé
• Citizens of Melemele Island

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Lickitung (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Poipole (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Charizard (Kiawe's; Ride Pokémon)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Lickitung (Ulu's)
• Raichu (Nina's; Alola Form)
• Growlithe (Trainer's)
• Sableye (Trainer's)
• Elekid (Trainer's)
• Machoke (Trainer's)
• Magby (Trainer's)
• Riolu (Trainer's)
• Lillipup (Trainer's)
• Drifloon (Trainer's)
• Happiny (Trainer's)
• Makuhita (Trainer's)
• Machop (Trainer's)
• Electabuzz (Trainer's)
• Herdier (Trainer's)
• Abra (Trainer's)
• Wingull (×2)
• Comfey (×2; fantasy)
• Snorlax

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Which one of these Pokémon is my brother's partner, and is featured in today's episode?
  • Host: Mallow
  • Choices: Shellder, Swirlix, Slurpuff, Lickitung
  • Answer: Lickitung
• Future Connection is used as an insert song when Ash, his classmates, and Mallow's family are baking and cooking their food.
• James, Jessie, Meowth, and Wobbuffet narrate the preview for next episode.
• After Jessie's scolding of James and Meowth, Jessie's face momentarily turns into that of a Kewpie doll.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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