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The Dex Can't Help It!

SM057   EP996 ロトム、フォルムチェンジが止まらない！ Rotom, Can't Stop the Form Change!

First broadcast Japan January 11, 2018 United States May 12, 2018

English themes Opening Under The Alolan Moon 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 金崎貴臣 Takaomi Kanasaki Assistant director 小柴純弥 Junya Koshiba Animation directors 難波功 Isao Nanba 宮田忠明 Tadaaki Miyata No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf Dub review thread on BMGf

The Dex Can't Help It! (Japanese: ロトム、フォルムチェンジが止まらない！ Rotom, Can't Stop the Form Change!) is the 57th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 996th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 11, 2018 and is scheduled to air in the United States on May 12, 2018.

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

Blurb

There’s big trouble for Rotom Dex when a washing machine is accidentally delivered to Professor Kukui’s house. You see, this washing machine contains a Wash Rotom, and an errant jolt from Pikachu zaps the two Rotom into each other’s devices! Ash can’t figure out why the Rotom inside his Pokédex is suddenly acting strangely, and when the delivery person takes the washing machine away (with Rotom Dex still inside it), Rotom Dex goes on a frantic quest to return to its proper home.

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

TV episode debuts

• Marshadow

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Kukui
• Professor Burnet
• Harper and Sarah
• Hobbes
• Sophocles's mother
• Laki (on television)
• Oluolu (on television)
• Maid
• Delivery man
• Pokémon Base players (on television)
• News anchors (on television)
• Weather woman (on television)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Rotom (US and international), Rotom (Wash Rotom) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex; all forms)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Litten (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Oricorio (Hobbes's; Pom-Pom Style)
• Smeargle (Laki's; on television)
• Machoke (deliveryman's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Rotom (Wash Rotom)
• Luvdisc (×2)
• Marshadow
• Mudbray
• Druddigon (on television)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Something unbelievable happens to me in this episode. What happens?
  • Host: Rotom Pokédex
  • Choices: Eaten by Munchlax, Ejected from the Pokédex, Being burned by Litten, Being put to sleep by Jigglypuff.
  • Answer: Ejected from the Pokédex
• Meowth and James's Mareanie narrate the preview of the next episode.
• The English dub title is based off of the movie The Girl Can't Help It.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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