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SM042   EP981 カントーでアローラ！タケシとカスミ！！ Alola at Kantō! Takeshi and Kasumi!!

First broadcast Japan September 14, 2017 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター -20th Anniversary- Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay Storyboard Assistant director Animation director No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: カントーでアローラ！タケシとカスミ！！ Alola at Kantō! Takeshi and Kasumi!!) is the 42nd episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 981st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 14, 2017.

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

Plot

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Major events

• Ash and his classmates travel to Kanto for an extracurricular activity and arrive in Pallet Town, with Team Rocket traveling there as well.
• Ash reunites with Misty and Brock.
• Lana, Kiawe, Lillie, Mallow, and Sophocles meet Misty, Brock, Professor Oak, and Jigglypuff for the first time.
• Ash's Squirtle and the Squirtle Squad are revealed to be residing at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
• Ash's Lycanroc is revealed to have learned Accelerock.
• Ash and his classmates travel to Cerulean City to visit the Cerulean Gym.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Mew

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak
• Delia
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak
• Brock's siblings (fantasy; Poké Problem segment)
  • Forrest
• The Sensational Sisters (fantasy; Poké Problem segment)
  • Daisy
  • Violet
  • Lily
• Matori (fantasy)
• Hiroki
• Trainers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Marowak (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's; flashback)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Butterfree (Ash's; flashback)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's; flashback)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Muk (Ash's)
• Tauros (Ash's; ×30)
• Totodile (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Litten (Ash's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Geodude (Brock's)
• Crobat (Brock's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Charizard (Kiawe's; Ride Pokémon)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Charjabug (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Mimikyu (Jessie's)
• Mr. Mime (Delia's; Mimey)
• Grubbin (Trainer's)
• Growlithe (Trainers'; ×2)
• Cubone (Trainer's)
• Abra (Trainer's)
• Machop (Trainer's)
• Poliwag (Trainer's)
• Pidgey (Trainer's)
• Eevee (Trainer's)
• Poliwhirl (Trainer's)
• Exeggutor (Trainer's; ×2; one Alola Form)
• Marowak (Trainer's)
• Geodude (Trainer's; Alola Form)
• Muk (Trainer's; Alola Form)
• Dugtrio (Trainer's; ×2; one Alola Form)
• Squirtle (Squirtle Squad)
• Butterfree (Pink Butterfree; flashback)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Larvitar (anime; flashback)
• Bewear (anime)
• Dugtrio (×6)
• Oddish (multiple)
• Caterpie (multiple)
• Bellossom (multiple)
• Bellsprout (multiple)
• Paras (multiple)
• Tangela (×4)
• Exeggcute (×5)
• Butterfree (×4)
• Geodude (multiple)
• Spearow (×6)
• Rapidash
• Gloom (×3)
• Vileplume (×2)
• Raichu
• Ninetales
• Dewgong
• Charmander
• Weepinbell
• Victreebel
• Gyarados
• Poliwhirl
• Starmie
• Poliwag
• Goldeen (multiple)
• Magikarp (multiple)
• Seel
• Psyduck (multiple)
• Krabby
• Corsola
• Staryu
• Tentacool
• Slowpoke
• Seaking
• Tentacruel
• Horsea (×3)
• Seadra
• Squirtle
• Onix
• Mew
• Venusaur (flashback)
• Lickitung (photo)
• Magneton (photo)
• Electabuzz (photo)
• Pidgey (photo)
• Pidgeotto (photo)
• Pidgeot (photo)
• Poliwag (photo)
• Magikarp (photo)
• Goldeen (photo)
• Poliwhirl (photo)
• Haunter (photo)
• Gastly (photo)
• Gengar (photo)
• Raichu (fantasy)
• Rapidash (fantasy)
• Ninetales (fantasy)
• Charizard (fantasy)
• Magmar (fantasy)
• Seadra (fantasy)
• Horsea (fantasy)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Where do we travel to in today's episode?
  • Host: Ash
  • Choices: Kalos, Johto, Kanto, Unova
  • Answer: Kanto
• Professor Oak and Samson Oak narrate the preview for the next episode.
• This is the first time Ash has returned to Kanto while in the middle of a regional journey.
• This episode marks several characters' first physical main series appearances after long absences:
  • Brock, whose previous appearance was in Memories are Made of Bliss!, 324 episodes earlier.
  • Misty, whose previous appearance was in A Real Cleffa-Hanger, 573 episodes earlier.
  • Squirtle, whose previous appearance was in Pace - The Final Frontier!, 517 episodes earlier.
  • The recurring Jigglypuff, whose previous appearance was in A Poké-BLOCK Party!, 668 episodes earlier.
  • Misty's Staryu, whose previous appearance was in Entei at Your Own Risk, 722 episodes earlier. This is the longest absence in the anime of a Pokémon belonging to a main character.
  • Furthermore, this is the first-ever physical main series appearance of a Mew.
• Despite Rapidash having made appearances in the anime ever since the first season, this is the first time a Pokédex entry for it is shown.
• This episodes features flashbacks to Bye Bye Butterfree, Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden, Charizard's Burning Ambitions, Entei at Your Own Risk, and Gotta Catch Ya Later!.
• When Misty dives with Lana, she is seen wearing a bikini similar to the one her game counterpart is seen wearing in the Generation I games.
• Jessie breaks the fourth wall by pushing away the thought balloon of Matori.
• An instrumental version of Aim to Be a Pokémon Master -20th Anniversary- is used as an insert song when Snowy meets a Ninetales in this episode.
• When Professor Oak recites the senryū of Bulbasaur, the Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture's format is used.
• Team Rocket recites their original motto in this episode, meaning that it has been recited at least once in every series so far.
• The Japanese opening for this episode includes ad-lib lines by Misty, Brock, and Professor Oak, much like the original version of the opening.
• The inside of the mecha Meowth pilots in the episode appears to resemble the controls of the mobile suits that appear in Mobile Fighter G Gundam, specifically the head and wrist attachments resembling the Mobile Trace System.
• Kiawe's wig from Getting the Band Back Together! makes a reappearance in this episode.
• As of this episode, every Pokémon that Ash has owned for longer than a single series has resided at Professor Oak's Laboratory.

Errors

• During the scene where Snowy meets a Ninetales, the Ninetales's right foreleg and right hind leg are colored black instead of yellow.
• When Pikachu uses Thunderbolt on everybody, Togedemaru got zapped despite having Lightning Rod as her Ability.
• When Mallow sees Jigglypuff, her nose is missing.

Dub edits

In other languages

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