SM044

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SM044   EP983 サトシとほしぐも！不思議な出会い！！ Satoshi and Hoshigumo! Mysterious Encounter!!

First broadcast Japan October 5, 2017 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: サトシとほしぐも！不思議な出会い！！ Satoshi and Hoshigumo! Mysterious Encounter!!) is the 44th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 983rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 5, 2017.

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

Plot

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After returning to Melemele Island, Ash has a strange dream. Then he and his friends find an unknown Pokémon in the forest, and Lillie's mom visits!

Major events

• Ash finds and befriends a Cosmog, which Lillie nicknames Nebby.
• Lillie reunites with her mother, Lusamine.
• Ash meets Lusamine, Professor Burnet, Faba, and Wicke for the first time.
• Ash learns about the Aether Foundation and Ultra Beasts.

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Debuts

Humans

• Professor Burnet
• Aether Foundation
  • Lusamine (in person)
  • Wicke
  • Faba
  • Aether Foundation Employee

Pokémon debuts

• Cosmog (Nebby)
• Solgaleo
• Lunala
• Tapu Bulu
• Tapu Fini
• Stufful
• Celesteela (painting)
• Kartana (painting)
• Xurkitree (painting)
• Pheromosa (painting)
• Buzzwole (painting)
• Guzzlord (painting)
• Nihilego (painting)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak
• Lusamine
• Gladion
• Professor Burnet
• Wicke
• Faba
• Announcer
• Aether Foundation Employee

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Cosmog (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Litten (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Umbreon (Gladion's)
• Lycanroc (Gladion's; Midnight Form)
• Type: Null (Gladion's; Silvally)
• Clefairy (Lusamine's; evolves; fantasy)
• Clefable (Lusamine's; newly evolved; fantasy)
• Munchlax (Professor Burnet's; video)
• Tapu Koko (×2; anime; one as a painting)
• Tapu Lele (×2; anime; one as a painting)
• Cosmog (Nebby; debut)
• Tapu Bulu (×2; debut; one as a painting)
• Tapu Fini (×2; debut; one as a painting)
• Luvdisc (×2)
• Ivysaur (video)
• Cutiefly (×2; video)
• Ribombee (video)
• Braviary (video)
• Pikipek (video)
• Exeggcute (video)
• Stufful (video; debut)
• Psyduck (video)
• Solgaleo (dream; debut)
• Lunala (dream; debut)
• Celesteela (painting)
• Kartana (painting)
• Xurkitree (painting)
• Pheromosa (painting)
• Buzzwole (painting)
• Guzzlord (painting)
• Nihilego (painting)

Trivia

• Poké Problem "What is the name of my mother who will appear in today's episode?"
  • Host: Lillie
  • Choices: Lusamine, Wicke, Professor Burnet, Olivia
  • Answer: Lusamine
• Alola!! returns as the opening theme, replacing the 20th anniversary edition of Aim to Be a Pokémon Master.
• The shot of Ash running up the hill on his way to the Pokémon School is similar to the first shot of Alola!!.
• The title card is modified to display the Z-Power Ring from Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
• When trying to feed Nebby some Moomoo Milk, Kiawe makes a face resembling that of the art style of Nobuyuki Fukumoto.
• Meowth, Jessie, and James narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• When Litten slaps Ash awake, its tail becomes disconnected from its body for a split-second.

In other languages

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