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SM015   EP954 爪あとの丘、イワンコとルガルガン！！ The Clawed Hill, Iwanko and Lugarugan!!

First broadcast Japan February 23, 2017 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka 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: 爪あとの丘、イワンコとルガルガン！！ The Clawed Hill, Iwanko and Lugarugan!!) is the 15th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 954th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 23, 2017.

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

Major events

• Professor Kukui's Rockruff is revealed to know Rock Throw.
• Ash catches the Rockruff that Professor Kukui once took care of.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Lycanroc (Midday and Midnight Form)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Professor Kukui

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Lycanroc (Midday Form) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Rockruff (Ash's; new; formerly Professor Kukui's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Bounsweet (Mallow's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Shellder
• Magikarp (×3)
• Lycanroc (Midday and Midnight Form; debut)
• Sudowoodo
• Boldore
• Mankey
• Primeape
• Hariyama
• Machoke
• Golduck
• Raticate (Alola Form; ×2)
• Fearow (×2)
• Braviary
• Machop
• Sableye
• Spinda
• Pangoro (×2)
• Magmar
• Vullaby (×2)

Trivia

• Jessie, James, and Meowth narrate the preview for the next episode.
• Alola!! is used as an insert song during this episode.

In other languages

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