JN037

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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.
• Goh meets Professor Kukui, Professor Burnet, Lana, Mallow, Sophocles, Kiawe, and Rotom Pokédex for the first time.
• Goh tries & fails to catch a Grubbin.
• 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)
• 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 regions.
• This is the first time Goh has caught a regional form 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.
• This episode marks the first time since The Semi-Final Frontier! that Pokémon which Ash caught in the most recent saga have physically appeared.
• 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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