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JN037

JN037   EP1122 ただいま、はじめましてアローラ！ I'm Back, Nice to Meet You, Alola!

First broadcast Japan September 13, 2020 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending ポケモンしりとり（ミュウ→ザマゼンタVer.）

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 冨安大貴 Daiki Tomiyasu Assistant director 中田誠 Makoto Nakata Animation directors 海老沢咲希 Saki Ebisawa 高橋優 Yū Takahashi No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(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.

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

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

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.
• Ash reunites with Professor Kukui, Professor Burnet, Lana, Mallow, Sophocles, Kiawe, and Rotom Pokédex, with Goh meeting them 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

Dare da?

• 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)
• Caterpie (Trainer's)
• 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 series regions introduced by this point.
  • Also, as of this episode, Goh has caught at least one species of Pokémon from each of the eight regions to date.
    • This makes Goh the only main character (including Ash) to own a Pokémon from all eight generations, not counting regional forms.
• This episode marks the first time that a character has been born during the course of the anime.
• This is the first time Goh has caught a regional form Pokémon.
• Music from Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon is reused in this episode.
• The scene where Goh is trying to catch a Grubbin is similar to Alola to New Adventure!, where Ash tried to catch one in the forest, but it fled by burrowing away.
  • The scene where Lana first meets Goh by accidentally fishing him out is also similar to Alola to New Adventure!, where Lana meets Ash while fishing.
• Ash's Rotom Phone confirms that the Rotom Pokédex is a pure Electric type upon giving its entry.
• This is the first episode to physically show one of Team Rocket's previously released Pokémon.
  • This is also the first Pokémon Journeys: The Series episode to feature at least one of Team Rocket's Pokémon other than Wobbuffet.
• Kiawe's Charizard is the only Pokémon belonging to one of Ash's classmates to not physically appear in this episode.
• This episode marks the first time since The Semi-Final Frontier!, 467 episodes earlier, that Pokémon which Ash caught in the most recent completed series have physically appeared.
• Chloe, Professor Cerise, Goh, Ash, a curator, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• When Goh throws a Poké Ball to catch Pyukumuku, the Poké Ball stands upside-down. However, in the next shot, it is standing straight.
• The group photo in the classroom is almost identical to the same one taken in the final episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, including Ash's old character design. However, the wooden floor and the ship in the background are visibly displaced.

Dub edits

In other languages

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