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title_ja= | title_ja=出でよ！紅き眼差しルガルガン！！ | | ||
title_ja_trans=Come Forth! | title_ja_trans=Come Forth! Crimson Gaze Lugarugan!! | | ||
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* {{BMGf|223669|Preview thread on BMGf}} ''Closed'' | * {{BMGf|223669|Preview thread on BMGf}} ''Closed'' | ||
* {{BMGf|225148|Original review thread on BMGf}} | * {{BMGf|225148|Original review thread on BMGf}} | ||
* {{BMGf|234293|Dub review thread on BMGf}} | |||
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'''A Glaring Rivalry!''' (Japanese: '''出でよ！紅き眼差しルガルガン！！''' ''Come Forth! Crimson Gaze {{tt|Lugarugan|Lycanroc}}!!'') is the 27th episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon]]'', and the 966th episode of the [[Pokémon animated series]]. It first aired in Japan on May 18, 2017 and in the United States on August 19, 2017. | |||
{{spoilers}} | {{spoilers}} | ||
==Blurb== | ==Blurb== | ||
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<i>When Lillie’s big brother Gladion arrives on Melemele Island, everyone is excited about the powerful new Trainer in town—particularly Ash, who really wants to battle him! After hearing about Ash’s Z-Ring and his battles against Tapu Koko, Gladion agrees to meet up the next morning. | |||
The battle is just getting started, with Ash’s Rockruff against Gladion’s impressive Lycanroc, when Team Rocket swoops in. Gladion and Lycanroc unleash a new Z-Move to send them blasting off again, and Ash is immediately interested in continuing the island challenge so he can get a Rock-type Z-Crystal! | |||
School is starting, so the battle is postponed—but it seems Ash has a new rival!</i> | |||
==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
{{ | {{tc|Team Skull Grunt}}s [[Tupp]], [[Rapp]], and [[Zipp]] are in an alleyway when {{an|Gladion}} walks past along with his {{TP|Gladion|Umbreon}}. They confront Gladion, but Gladion keeps on walking and demand that he leave his Umbreon with them. They send out their Pokémon to battle as Gladion sends out his {{TP|Gladion|Lycanroc}}. Team Skull orders their Pokémon to attack, but Lycanroc knocks them all out with a single {{m|Stone Edge}}. They [[recall]] their defeated Pokémon and retreat as Gladion recalls Lycanroc back into its [[Ultra Ball]]. {{TRT}} witnessed his battle and realizing how powerful his Lycanroc is decide to steal it. Outside {{an|Professor Kukui}}'s house, {{Ash}} is training with his Pokémon with {{AP|Rockruff}} battling against {{AP|Rowlet}}. After a battle, Ash tells Rockruff to take a break and has {{AP|Litten}} come into battle, only for Rockruff to jump over Litten to hit Rowlet. Seeing that Rockruff is fired up to battle, Ash has Rowlet take a break. Soon, Ash decides to end the battle, and Rockruff rubs Ash affectionately as they head to school. | ||
During their lunch break, Ash and {{ashcl}} watch their Pokémon play in the classroom having formed a train. They discuss reports which include the trainer having a Midnight Form Lycanroc and an Umbreon. Ash says he would love to battle that trainer, and hopes it will happen someday. In town, Gladion is battling against a {{tc|Sailor}} and his {{p|Blastoise}}, where despite a type disadvantage, Lycanroc is holding its own. Nearby, Ash is doing some shopping before noticing the battle and they go down for a closer look. They arrive and watch as Lycanroc knocks Blastoise out. Rotom tells Ash that as Gladion has Lycanroc and Umbreon, he must be the mysterious trainer. Ash runs over to Gladion as he recalls Lycanroc and introduces himself as someone calls Gladion's name. They both look and see Lillie arrive with Snowy and [[Hobbes]]. Lillie runs over to Gladion, revealing him to be her older brother. | |||
Gladion sees that Lillie can touch Pokémon, which he is glad to see. Lillie introduces him to Snowy, and Hobbes tells Gladion that she has been raising Snowy since it was an egg. Gladion tells Lillie to take care of Snowy and goes to leave but Hobbes asks him to come with them to the mansion. Gladion declines as Ash tries to get Gladion to have a battle. Gladion notices Ash's [[Z-Ring]] and learns that he got it from {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Koko}}. Gladion tells Ash that he'll consider having a battle and leaves as Ash tells him that he is staying at Professor Kukui's house. Later at Lillie's mansion, Lillie tells Ash that Gladion left home having wanted to train by himself and Hobbes says that Gladion wanted to improve on his battling skills. Lillie notes that Gladion has changed. Hobbes remembers when Gladion had brought an injured {{p|Eevee}} home, he helped take it to [[Nurse Joy]]. | |||
That night, Ash has told Professor Kukui about his encounter with Gladion. Rockruff is becoming more active and Professor Kukui guesses that Rockruff has become a fan of the Lycanroc. Later, everyone has fallen asleep but Pikachu is awoken by knocking and looks up to see Umbreon on top of the roof. Pikachu wakes Ash up and points to the window where Umbreon drops a note which Ash reads and becomes excited as Rotom asks what it is about. Jessie leads her teammates along the beach and notice Gladion and Umbreon and recognize him from before. They watch as Ash arrives and meets up with Gladion who informs him that he asked him here to test his battling skills. Team Rocket looks on as Gladion has a battle with Ash who chooses Rockruff as Gladion sends out Lycanroc. Jessie gets an idea to use this opportunity to catch Lycanroc and Pikachu. The battle begins with Rockruff using {{m|Bite}}. Rockruff hits Lycanroc before being thrown away. Rock Throw is countered by Lycanroc's Stone Edge which hits Rockruff. | |||
As Rockruff gets up, ready to battle, Team Rocket fire two nets that capture Lycanroc and Pikachu. As Gladion asks who they are, they recite their motto as Ash demands they give them back their Pokémon. Team Rocket drives off in a truck as Ash, Gladion, and Rockruff chase after them. Gladion has Umbreon use {{m|Dark Pulse}} which flattens a tire, sending the truck out of control as Rockruff frees Pikachu and Lycanroc. Jessie isn't happy at them getting away and is confronted by Pikachu and Lycanroc. Gladion decides to deal with Team Rocket and they power up to use {{m|Continental Crush}}. Lycanroc hits them with Continental Crush which sends them blasting off only for Bewear to push itself into the air using the trees and catches them and takes them back to its den. Amazed, Ash tells Gladion that he wants to try a {{type|Rock}} [[Z-Move]]. | |||
After learning that Ash doesn't have the Rock-type [[Z-Crystal]], Gladion tells him to go to [[Akala Island]] and pass its grand trial. As they go to finish their battle, Lillie arrives and Rotom reminds Ash that it is nearly time for School as Ash realizes how late it is as Gladion tells them they'll have to finish it later and he finds it difficult with Lillie watching. Ash agrees. Gladion leaves as Lillie comes over to Ash, asking where Gladion is, only to learn that he has left and she was hoping to force him to come home for one day. | |||
==Major events== | ==Major events== | ||
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* {{Ash}} meets | * {{Ash}} meets {{an|Gladion}}, {{an|Lillie}}'s older brother, for the first time. | ||
* Ash has a {{pkmn|battle}} with Gladion, but it | * Ash has a {{pkmn|battle}} with Gladion, but it is interrupted by {{TRT}}. | ||
* Ash learns he can get a [[Rockium Z]] from the [[ | * Team Rocket meets Gladion for the first time. | ||
{{animeevents}} | * Ash learns that he can get a [[Rockium Z]] from the [[island kahuna]] of [[Akala Island]]. | ||
{{animeevents|SM}} | |||
===Debuts=== | ===Debuts=== | ||
====Humans==== | ====Humans==== | ||
* | * {{an|Gladion}} (in person) | ||
====Pokémon debuts==== | ====Pokémon debuts==== | ||
* [[Gladion's Umbreon]] | |||
* [[Gladion's Lycanroc]] | |||
==Characters== | ==Characters== | ||
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* [[Jessie]] | * [[Jessie]] | ||
* [[James]] | * [[James]] | ||
* | * {{an|Professor Kukui}} | ||
* | * {{an|Gladion}} | ||
* {{an|Lusamine}} (picture) | |||
* [[Hobbes]] | * [[Hobbes]] | ||
* [[ | * {{tc|Team Skull Grunt}}s | ||
* [[ | ** [[Tupp]] | ||
* | ** [[Rapp]] | ||
** [[Zipp]] | |||
* {{tc|Sailor}} | * {{tc|Sailor}} | ||
* Citizens | * Citizens | ||
===Pokémon=== | ===Pokémon=== | ||
[[File:WTP SM027.png|thumb|200px|Who's That Pokémon?]] | |||
[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: | [[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Lycanroc}} ({{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Lycanroc|Midnight Form}}) | ||
* {{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}}) | ||
* {{p|Rotom}} ( | * {{p|Rotom}} ({{an|Rotom Pokédex}}) | ||
* {{p|Rowlet}} ({{OP|Ash|Rowlet}}) | * {{p|Rowlet}} ({{OP|Ash|Rowlet}}) | ||
* {{p|Rockruff}} ({{OP|Ash|Rockruff}}) | * {{p|Rockruff}} ({{OP|Ash|Rockruff}}) | ||
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* {{p|Popplio}} ({{OP|Lana|Popplio}}) | * {{p|Popplio}} ({{OP|Lana|Popplio}}) | ||
* {{p|Turtonator}} ({{OP|Kiawe|Turtonator}}) | * {{p|Turtonator}} ({{OP|Kiawe|Turtonator}}) | ||
* {{p|Vulpix}} ({{an|Lillie}}'s; [[ | * {{p|Vulpix}} ({{an|Lillie}}'s; [[Alolan form]]; [[Snowy]]) | ||
* {{p|Togedemaru}} ({{OP|Sophocles|Togedemaru}}) | * {{p|Togedemaru}} ({{OP|Sophocles|Togedemaru}}) | ||
* {{p|Charjabug}} ({{OP|Sophocles|Charjabug}}) | * {{p|Charjabug}} ({{OP|Sophocles|Charjabug}}) | ||
* {{p|Steenee}} ({{OP|Mallow|Steenee}}) | * {{p|Steenee}} ({{OP|Mallow|Steenee}}) | ||
* {{p|Eevee}} ( | * {{p|Eevee}} ({{OP|Gladion|Umbreon}}; flashback) | ||
* {{p|Umbreon}} ( | * {{p|Umbreon}} ({{OP|Gladion|Umbreon}}) | ||
* {{p|Lycanroc}} ( | * {{p|Lycanroc}} ({{OP|Gladion|Lycanroc}}; {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Lycanroc|Midnight Form}}) | ||
* {{p|Salandit}} ([[ | * {{p|Cleffa}} ({{OP|Lusamine|Cleffa}}; picture) | ||
* {{p|Zubat}} ( | * {{p|Lillipup}} ({{an|Lusamine}}'s; picture) | ||
* {{p|Garbodor}} ([[ | * {{p|Lilligant}} ({{an|Lusamine}}'s; picture) | ||
* {{p|Salandit}} ([[Tupp]]'s) | |||
* {{p|Zubat}} ([[Rapp]]'s) | |||
* {{p|Garbodor}} ([[Zipp]]'s) | |||
* {{p|Blastoise}} ({{tc|Sailor}}'s) | * {{p|Blastoise}} ({{tc|Sailor}}'s) | ||
* {{p|Abra}} (Trainer's; ×3) | * {{p|Abra}} (Trainer's; ×3) | ||
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* {{p|Butterfree}} | * {{p|Butterfree}} | ||
* {{p|Wimpod}} | * {{p|Wimpod}} | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* [[Poké Problem]]: ''Whose [[Gladion|older brother]] appears in this episode?'' | * [[Poké Problem]]: ''Whose [[Gladion (anime)|older brother]] appears in this episode?'' | ||
** Host: | ** Host: {{Rotom}} | ||
** Choices: {{an|Lillie}}, {{an|Kiawe}}, {{an|Mallow}}, {{an|Sophocles}} | ** Choices: {{an|Lillie}}, {{an|Kiawe}}, {{an|Mallow}}, {{an|Sophocles}} | ||
** Answer: Lillie | ** Answer: Lillie | ||
* {{an|Kiawe}}, {{Ash}}, and | * The English [[dub]] was released on the [[iTunes Store]] on August 13, 2017, six days before the episode aired in {{pmin|the United States}}, due to an all-day marathon of ''{{wp|DuckTales (2017 TV series)|DuckTales}}'' on August 12, 2017. | ||
* This is the first time an {{p|Umbreon}} | * {{an|Kiawe}}, {{Ash}}, Rotom, and a {{p|Scyther}} narrate the preview for the [[SM028|next episode]]. | ||
* This is the first time an {{p|Umbreon}} has used a {{type|Dark}} [[move]] in the {{pkmn|animated series}}. | |||
* This is the first time in the animated series a Pokémon is seen being kept in an [[Ultra Ball]]. | |||
* At one point in the dub, [[James]] says "Riddle me this", a common catchphrase associated with {{wp|The Riddler}} from the ''{{wp|Batman}}'' franchise. A [[EP058|previous episode]] had its English dub title based on this catchphrase. | |||
===Errors=== | ===Errors=== | ||
* Briefly after the {{tc|Sailor}}'s {{p|Blastoise}} stands up in the fountain, its jaw is miscolored | [[File:SM027 Error.png|thumb|200px|Ash's blue shirt]] | ||
* When | * Briefly after the {{tc|Sailor}}'s {{p|Blastoise}} stands up in the fountain, its jaw is miscolored blue. | ||
* When Ash hugs his {{AP|Rockruff}} at night, his shirt is miscolored blue. | |||
* While Gladion is performing his [[Z-Move]] pose, his shirt is briefly drawn without a sleeve. | |||
* In the {{pmin|Brazil|Brazilian Portuguese}} dub: | |||
** During the training scene, Ash orders {{AP|Rowlet}} to dodge instead of Rockruff. This also occurs in the {{pmin|Poland|Polish}} dub. | |||
** When Ash is talking with his classmates about [[Gladion's Lycanroc]], his {{pmin|Latin America|Latin American Spanish}} voice can be heard. | |||
===Dub edits=== | ===Dub edits=== | ||
* When {{an|Lillie}} first calls out to Gladion, she calls him by name in the dub, but in the original, she calls him "brother". | |||
* The Japanese text depicting {{m|Continental Crush}}'s name is edited out in the English dub. | |||
==In other languages== | ==In other languages== | ||
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}} | |zh_cmn={{tt|出來吧！目光火紅的鬃岩狼人！！|Come Forth! The Red Gaze of Lycanroc!!}} | ||
|da={{tt|En skarp konkurrence!|A sharp competition!}} | |||
|nl={{tt|Een scherpe concurrentie!|A sharp competition!}} | |||
|hi={{tt|एक ज़बरदस्त मुक़ाबला! ''Ek Zabardast Muqabla!''|A Great Competition!}} | |||
|fi={{tt|Kilpahenkeä ensisilmäyksellä!|Rivalry at the first glance!}}{{tt|*|Written title}}<br>{{tt|Kilpailuhenkeä ensisilmäyksellä!|Rivalry at the first glance!}}{{tt|*|Spoken title}} | |||
|fr_eu={{tt|Un regard qui défie !|A glance that challenges!}} | |||
|de={{tt|Eine funkelnde Rivalität!|A sparkling rivalry!}} | |||
|he={{tt|!מבט של יריבות|A glance of rivalry!}} | |||
|it={{tt|Una rivalità lampante!|A crystal clear rivalry!}} | |||
|ko={{tt|나와라! 붉은 눈빛 루가루암!!|Come Forth! The Red Gaze Lycanroc!!}} | |||
|no={{tt|En skarp konkurranse!|A sharp competition!}} | |||
|pl={{tt|Oko w oko z rywalem!|Face to face against rival!}} | |||
|pt_br={{tt|Uma rivalidade de olhares!|A rivalry of gazes!}} | |||
|pt_eu={{tt|Uma rivalidade fulgurante!|An effulgent rivalry!}} | |||
|ru={{tt|Свирепое cоперничество!|Ferocious rivalry!}} | |||
|es_la={{tt|¡Una deslumbrante rivalidad!|A dazzling rivalry!}} | |||
|es_eu={{tt|¡Un rival de mirada penetrante!|A rival with penetrating glance!}} | |||
|sv={{tt|En Ny Rival|A New Rival}} | |||
|th={{tt|จงออกมา! ลูกาลูกัน ผู้มีดวงตาสีชาด!!|Come Forth! The Red Red Gaze of Lugarugan!!}} | |||
|tr={{tt|Göz Alıcı Rekabet!|Glamorous Competition!}} | |||
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A Glaring Rivalry! (Japanese: 出でよ！紅き眼差しルガルガン！！ Come Forth! Crimson Gaze Lugarugan!!) is the 27th episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, and the 966th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on May 18, 2017 and in the United States on August 19, 2017.
Blurb
When Lillie’s big brother Gladion arrives on Melemele Island, everyone is excited about the powerful new Trainer in town—particularly Ash, who really wants to battle him! After hearing about Ash’s Z-Ring and his battles against Tapu Koko, Gladion agrees to meet up the next morning.
The battle is just getting started, with Ash’s Rockruff against Gladion’s impressive Lycanroc, when Team Rocket swoops in. Gladion and Lycanroc unleash a new Z-Move to send them blasting off again, and Ash is immediately interested in continuing the island challenge so he can get a Rock-type Z-Crystal!
School is starting, so the battle is postponed—but it seems Ash has a new rival!
Plot
Team Skull Grunts Tupp, Rapp, and Zipp are in an alleyway when Gladion walks past along with his Umbreon. They confront Gladion, but Gladion keeps on walking and demand that he leave his Umbreon with them. They send out their Pokémon to battle as Gladion sends out his Lycanroc. Team Skull orders their Pokémon to attack, but Lycanroc knocks them all out with a single Stone Edge. They recall their defeated Pokémon and retreat as Gladion recalls Lycanroc back into its Ultra Ball. Team Rocket witnessed his battle and realizing how powerful his Lycanroc is decide to steal it. Outside Professor Kukui's house, Ash is training with his Pokémon with Rockruff battling against Rowlet. After a battle, Ash tells Rockruff to take a break and has Litten come into battle, only for Rockruff to jump over Litten to hit Rowlet. Seeing that Rockruff is fired up to battle, Ash has Rowlet take a break. Soon, Ash decides to end the battle, and Rockruff rubs Ash affectionately as they head to school.
During their lunch break, Ash and his classmates watch their Pokémon play in the classroom having formed a train. They discuss reports which include the trainer having a Midnight Form Lycanroc and an Umbreon. Ash says he would love to battle that trainer, and hopes it will happen someday. In town, Gladion is battling against a Sailor and his Blastoise, where despite a type disadvantage, Lycanroc is holding its own. Nearby, Ash is doing some shopping before noticing the battle and they go down for a closer look. They arrive and watch as Lycanroc knocks Blastoise out. Rotom tells Ash that as Gladion has Lycanroc and Umbreon, he must be the mysterious trainer. Ash runs over to Gladion as he recalls Lycanroc and introduces himself as someone calls Gladion's name. They both look and see Lillie arrive with Snowy and Hobbes. Lillie runs over to Gladion, revealing him to be her older brother.
Gladion sees that Lillie can touch Pokémon, which he is glad to see. Lillie introduces him to Snowy, and Hobbes tells Gladion that she has been raising Snowy since it was an egg. Gladion tells Lillie to take care of Snowy and goes to leave but Hobbes asks him to come with them to the mansion. Gladion declines as Ash tries to get Gladion to have a battle. Gladion notices Ash's Z-Ring and learns that he got it from Tapu Koko. Gladion tells Ash that he'll consider having a battle and leaves as Ash tells him that he is staying at Professor Kukui's house. Later at Lillie's mansion, Lillie tells Ash that Gladion left home having wanted to train by himself and Hobbes says that Gladion wanted to improve on his battling skills. Lillie notes that Gladion has changed. Hobbes remembers when Gladion had brought an injured Eevee home, he helped take it to Nurse Joy.
That night, Ash has told Professor Kukui about his encounter with Gladion. Rockruff is becoming more active and Professor Kukui guesses that Rockruff has become a fan of the Lycanroc. Later, everyone has fallen asleep but Pikachu is awoken by knocking and looks up to see Umbreon on top of the roof. Pikachu wakes Ash up and points to the window where Umbreon drops a note which Ash reads and becomes excited as Rotom asks what it is about. Jessie leads her teammates along the beach and notice Gladion and Umbreon and recognize him from before. They watch as Ash arrives and meets up with Gladion who informs him that he asked him here to test his battling skills. Team Rocket looks on as Gladion has a battle with Ash who chooses Rockruff as Gladion sends out Lycanroc. Jessie gets an idea to use this opportunity to catch Lycanroc and Pikachu. The battle begins with Rockruff using Bite. Rockruff hits Lycanroc before being thrown away. Rock Throw is countered by Lycanroc's Stone Edge which hits Rockruff.
As Rockruff gets up, ready to battle, Team Rocket fire two nets that capture Lycanroc and Pikachu. As Gladion asks who they are, they recite their motto as Ash demands they give them back their Pokémon. Team Rocket drives off in a truck as Ash, Gladion, and Rockruff chase after them. Gladion has Umbreon use Dark Pulse which flattens a tire, sending the truck out of control as Rockruff frees Pikachu and Lycanroc. Jessie isn't happy at them getting away and is confronted by Pikachu and Lycanroc. Gladion decides to deal with Team Rocket and they power up to use Continental Crush. Lycanroc hits them with Continental Crush which sends them blasting off only for Bewear to push itself into the air using the trees and catches them and takes them back to its den. Amazed, Ash tells Gladion that he wants to try a Rock-type Z-Move.
After learning that Ash doesn't have the Rock-type Z-Crystal, Gladion tells him to go to Akala Island and pass its grand trial. As they go to finish their battle, Lillie arrives and Rotom reminds Ash that it is nearly time for School as Ash realizes how late it is as Gladion tells them they'll have to finish it later and he finds it difficult with Lillie watching. Ash agrees. Gladion leaves as Lillie comes over to Ash, asking where Gladion is, only to learn that he has left and she was hoping to force him to come home for one day.
Major events
- Ash meets Gladion, Lillie's older brother, for the first time.
- Ash has a battle with Gladion, but it is interrupted by Team Rocket.
- Team Rocket meets Gladion for the first time.
- Ash learns that he can get a Rockium Z from the island kahuna of Akala Island.
- For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, please see the timeline page.
Debuts
Humans
- Gladion (in person)
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- Lana
- Kiawe
- Lillie
- Sophocles
- Mallow
- Jessie
- James
- Professor Kukui
- Gladion
- Lusamine (picture)
- Hobbes
- Team Skull Grunts
- Sailor
- Citizens
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Lycanroc (Midnight Form)
- 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; Alolan form; Snowy)
- Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
- Charjabug (Sophocles's)
- Steenee (Mallow's)
- Eevee (Gladion's; flashback)
- Umbreon (Gladion's)
- Lycanroc (Gladion's; Midnight Form)
- Cleffa (Lusamine's; picture)
- Lillipup (Lusamine's; picture)
- Lilligant (Lusamine's; picture)
- Salandit (Tupp's)
- Zubat (Rapp's)
- Garbodor (Zipp's)
- Blastoise (Sailor's)
- Abra (Trainer's; ×3)
- Eevee (Trainer's; ×2)
- Elekid (Trainer's)
- Electabuzz (Trainer's; ×2)
- Growlithe (Trainer's; ×2)
- Happiny (Trainer's)
- Herdier (Trainer's)
- Machop (Trainer's; ×3)
- Makuhita (Trainer's; ×5)
- Psyduck (Trainer's)
- Riolu (Trainer's; ×2)
- Sableye (Trainer's)
- Smeargle (Trainer's)
- Lillipup (Trainer's)
- Bewear (anime)
- Butterfree
- Wimpod
Trivia
- Poké Problem: Whose older brother appears in this episode?
- The English dub was released on the iTunes Store on August 13, 2017, six days before the episode aired in the United States, due to an all-day marathon of DuckTales on August 12, 2017.
- Kiawe, Ash, Rotom, and a Scyther narrate the preview for the next episode.
- This is the first time an Umbreon has used a Dark-type move in the animated series.
- This is the first time in the animated series a Pokémon is seen being kept in an Ultra Ball.
- At one point in the dub, James says "Riddle me this", a common catchphrase associated with The Riddler from the Batman franchise. A previous episode had its English dub title based on this catchphrase.
Errors
- Briefly after the Sailor's Blastoise stands up in the fountain, its jaw is miscolored blue.
- When Ash hugs his Rockruff at night, his shirt is miscolored blue.
- While Gladion is performing his Z-Move pose, his shirt is briefly drawn without a sleeve.
- In the Brazilian Portuguese dub:
- During the training scene, Ash orders Rowlet to dodge instead of Rockruff. This also occurs in the Polish dub.
- When Ash is talking with his classmates about Gladion's Lycanroc, his Latin American Spanish voice can be heard.
Dub edits
- When Lillie first calls out to Gladion, she calls him by name in the dub, but in the original, she calls him "brother".
- The Japanese text depicting Continental Crush's name is edited out in the English dub.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
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| Mandarin Chinese | 出來吧！目光火紅的鬃岩狼人！！ | |
 Danish
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En skarp konkurrence! | |
 Dutch
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Een scherpe concurrentie! | |
 Finnish
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Kilpahenkeä ensisilmäyksellä!* Kilpailuhenkeä ensisilmäyksellä!* | |
 European French
|
Un regard qui défie ! | |
 German
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Eine funkelnde Rivalität! | |
 Hebrew
|
!מבט של יריבות | |
 Hindi
|
एक ज़बरदस्त मुक़ाबला! Ek Zabardast Muqabla! | |
 Italian
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Una rivalità lampante! | |
 Korean
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나와라! 붉은 눈빛 루가루암!! | |
 Norwegian
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En skarp konkurranse! | |
 Polish
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Oko w oko z rywalem! | |
| Portuguese |  Brazil
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Uma rivalidade de olhares! |
 Portugal
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Uma rivalidade fulgurante! | |
 Russian
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Свирепое cоперничество! | |
| Spanish |  Latin America
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¡Una deslumbrante rivalidad! |
 Spain
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¡Un rival de mirada penetrante! | |
 Swedish
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En Ny Rival | |
 Thai
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จงออกมา! ลูกาลูกัน ผู้มีดวงตาสีชาด!! | |
 Turkish
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Göz Alıcı Rekabet! | |
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- Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon episodes
- Episodes written by Aya Matsui
- Episodes storyboarded and directed by Yūji Asada
- Episodes storyboarded by Yūji Asada
- Episodes directed by Yūji Asada
- Episodes animated by Masaaki Iwane
- Episodes animated by Izumi Shimura
- Episodes by multiple animation directors
- Episodes focusing on Ash
- Episodes focusing on Lillie
- Episodes focusing on Gladion
- Episodes focusing on Team Skull
