JN037
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(Japanese: ただいま、はじめましてアローラ! I'm Back, Nice to Meet You, Alola!) is the 37th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,122nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 13, 2020.
Plot
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Major events
- Chloe's Yamper is revealed to have found a Leaf Stone, which he gives to Goh.
- Goh uses his Leaf Stone to evolve his Exeggcute into Exeggutor.
- Ash and Goh visit Alola, with Goh visiting the region for the first time.
- Goh meets Professor Kukui, Professor Burnet, Lana, Mallow, Sophocles, Kiawe, and Rotom Pokédex for the first time.
- Professor Burnet is revealed to have given birth to a baby named Lei.
- Goh catches a Pyukumuku and an Alolan Exeggutor.
- Goh learns about Z-Moves and witnesses one for the first time.
- Goh battles Kiawe, but the battle is called off after Kiawe's use of Inferno Overdrive.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- Lana
- Kiawe
- Lillie (flashback)
- Sophocles
- Mallow
- Goh
- Professor Kukui
- Professor Burnet
- Professor Cerise
- Gladion (flashback)
- Lusamine (photo)
- Wicke (photo)
- Faba (photo)
- Hobbes (photo)
- Lei
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Dugtrio (Alolan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
- Raboot (Goh's)
- Rowlet (Ash's)
- Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
- Incineroar (Ash's)
- Melmetal (Ash's)
- Dragonite (Ash's)
- Gengar (Ash's)
- Riolu (Ash's)
- Farfetch'd (Ash's; Galarian)
- Lapras (Lana's; Ride Pokémon)
- Primarina (Lana's)
- Eevee (Lana's; Sandy)
- Turtonator (Kiawe's)
- Marowak (Kiawe's; Alolan)
- Vulpix (Lillie's; Alolan; Snowy; flashback)
- Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
- Vikavolt (Sophocles's)
- Tsareena (Mallow's)
- Exeggcute (Goh's; evolves)
- Exeggutor (Goh's; newly evolved)
- Magikarp (Goh's; giant)
- Sobble (Goh's)
- Pyukumuku (Goh's; new)
- Exeggutor (Goh's; Alolan; new)
- Mimikyu (formerly Jessie's)
- Mareanie (formerly James's)
- Umbreon (Gladion's; flashback)
- Lycanroc (Gladion's; Midnight Form; photo)
- Silvally (Gladion's; photo)
- Zoroark (Gladion's; flashback)
- Yamper (Chloe's)
- Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone; ×2)
- Raichu (Trainer's; Alolan)
- Bewear (anime)
- Stufful (anime)
- Magearna (Shiny; anime; flashback)
- Shaymin (anime; photo)
- Grubbin
- Dugtrio (Alolan)
- Mew (fantasy)
Trivia
- Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Marowak
- As of this episode, Goh has been to all eight core game regions.
- This is the first time Goh has caught a regional form Pokémon.
- In this episode, Ash's Rotom Phone reveals that the Rotom Pokédex is a pure Electric-type Pokémon.
- This is the first episode to show one of Team Rocket's previously released Pokémon.
- This is also the first episode in Pokémon Journeys: The Series to feature one of Team Rocket's Pokémon other than Meowth or Wobbuffet.
- Kiawe's Charizard is the only Pokémon belonging to one of Ash's classmates to not physically appear in this episode.
- Chloe, Professor Cerise, Goh, Ash, a curator, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.
Errors
- When Go throws a Poké Ball to catch Pyukumuku, the Poké Ball stands upside down. But in the next shot, it stands straight.
Dub edits
In other languages
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Categories:
- Undubbed episodes
- Episode articles with incomplete plot summaries
- Stubs
- Episode stubs
- Anime stubs
- Pokémon Journeys: The Series episodes
- Episodes written by Aya Matsui
- Episodes storyboarded by Daiki Tomiyasu
- Episodes directed by Makoto Nakata
- Episodes animated by Saki Ebisawa
- Episodes animated by Yū Takahashi
- Episodes by multiple animation directors
- Episodes in which a Mythical Pokémon appears
- Episodes in which a main character's Pokémon evolves
- Episodes in which a main character obtains a new Pokémon
- Episodes in which an alternately colored Pokémon appears