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Alola to New Adventure!
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Alola to New Adventure! (Japanese: アローラ!はじめての島、はじめてのポケモンたち!! Alola! The Starting Island, the Starter Pokémon!!) is the first episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 940th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 17, 2016 as a one-hour special alongside SM002, and in the United Kingdom as a sneak peek preview of the full series on November 20, 2016 as a one-hour special alongside The Guardian's Challenge!. It is scheduled to air in the United States as a sneak peek preview of the full series on December 5, 2016 as part of a marathon with Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel and The Guardian's Challenge!.
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 his mother are revealed to have traveled to the Alola region.
- Ash is revealed to have left all of his party Pokémon (save Pikachu) at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
- Professor Oak is revealed to have tasked Ash with delivering an Egg to his Alolan cousin, Samson Oak.
- Ash meets Lillie, Mallow, Lana, Kiawe, and Sophocles for the first time.
- Ash meets Samson Oak and Professor Kukui for the first time.
- Ash encounters Team Skull for the first time.
- Ash learns about Z-Moves.
- Ash encounters the guardian deity of Melemele Island, Tapu Koko, for the first time.
- Ash receives a Z-Ring equipped with an Electrium Z from Tapu Koko.
- Delia returns to Pallet Town while Ash stays in Alola to study at the Pokémon School.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Humans
Pokémon debuts
- Popplio (Lana's)
- Turtonator (Kiawe's)
- Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
- Bounsweet (Mallow's)
- Exeggutor (Alola Form)
- Litten
- Salandit
- Yungoos
- Pyukumuku
- Bruxish
- Grubbin
- Tapu Koko
- Bewear
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- Lana
- Kiawe
- Lillie
- Sophocles
- Mallow
- Delia
- Professor Oak
- Professor Kukui
- Samson Oak
- Team Skull Grunts
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Grubbin (UK) Pikachu (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Popplio (Lana's)
- Charizard (Kiawe's)
- Turtonator (Kiawe's)
- Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
- Bounsweet (Mallow's)
- Mr. Mime (Delia's; Mimey)
- Zubat (Team Skull Grunt's; ×3)
- Salandit (Team Skull Grunt's; ×3)
- Yungoos (Team Skull Grunt's; ×3)
- Tauros (Ride Pokémon; multiple)
- Sharpedo (Ride Pokémon)
- Staryu
- Alomomola
- Shellder
- Luvdisc
- Corsola
- Milotic
- Pyukumuku
- Lapras
- Bruxish
- Magikarp
- Surskit
- Slowbro
- Pelipper
- Wailmer
- Cubone
- Exeggutor (Alola Form)
- Litten
- Dratini
- Herdier
- Smeargle
- Drifloon
- Makuhita
- Eevee
- Sableye
- Grubbin
- Tapu Koko
- Bewear
- Machamp
- Primeape
- Boldore
Trivia
- Alola!! replaced XY&Z as the Japanese opening theme, while Pose replaced Meowth's Ballad as the Japanese ending theme.
- This episode aired as a sneak peek on November 18, 2016 in France, November 19, 2016 in Italy, and November 20, 2016 in Germany and Belgium. It will air on November 26, 2016 in Spain alongside Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel and SM002. Its airdate in France was only one day after its premiere in Japan.
- This episode marks the first time the Team Rocket trio is absent in the first episode of a region since their debut in the anime, something that happened last time in Pokémon - I Choose You!.
- This episode marks a distinct change in the appearance the series, with characters and settings now being rendered in a softer and more hand-drawn style to allow for more fluid animation.
- Characters are now rendered with longer faces with hair not being as pointed as before, smaller irises (changes that are applied to Ash, Delia and Professor Oak) and no longer have fingernails. Pokémon are now depicted as having fur.
- Although the move has existed since Generation I, this episode marks the first time that Leech Life is used in the anime.
- This episode marks the first mention of Porygon in the anime since its infamous debut in EP038.
Errors
Dub edits
In other languages
Language | Title | |
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Dutch | Alola! Nieuwe avonturen! | |
European French | Alola pour de nouvelles aventures ! | |
German | Alola, neue Abenteuer! | |
Italian | Alola a una nuova avventura! | |
European Spanish | ¡Alola a nuevas aventuras! | |
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This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime. |
Categories:
- Episode articles with incomplete plot summaries
- Sun & Moon series episodes
- Episodes written by Aya Matsui
- Episodes by multiple storyboarders
- Episodes storyboarded by Daiki Tomiyasu
- Episodes storyboarded by Kaori Higuchi
- Episodes by multiple assistant directors
- Episodes directed by Tomoya Takahashi
- Episodes directed by Yoshitaka Makino
- Episodes by multiple animation directors
- Episodes animated by Shūhei Yasuda
- Episodes animated by Satoshi Murata
- Episodes animated by Shinji Matsuda
- Milestone episodes
- Episodes focusing on Ash
- Episodes in which a main character is introduced
- Episodes in which a Legendary Pokémon appears
- Episodes which aired in the United Kingdom before the United States