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The Champion

PE01   ザ・チャンピオン The Champion

First broadcast Japan September 9, 2021 United States September 9, 2021

English themes Opening N/A Ending

Japanese themes Opening N/A Ending N/A

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay Benjamin Townsend Benjamin Townsend Storyboard 冨安大貴 Daiki Tomiyasu Assistant director 冨安大貴 Daiki Tomiyasu Animation director 山崎玲愛 Rei Yamazaki No additional credits are available at this time.

The Champion on The Pokémon Company International's official English YouTube channel. The Champion on The Pokémon Company's official Japanese YouTube channel. (Japan only) The Champion on The Pokémon Company International's official Chinese YouTube channel. Review thread on BMGf

The Champion (Japanese: ザ・チャンピオン The Champion) is the first episode of Pokémon Evolutions. It was first released on The Pokémon Company International's official English YouTube channel, Pokémon TV, and The Pokémon Company's official Japanese YouTube channel on September 9, 2021.

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

Blurb

What goes on within the heart of a Champion? Doubts? Regrets? Determination? Maybe all three?

Plot

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

Major events

• Leon recalls how Victor defeated and caught Eternatus.
• Leon prepares for his Championship Match against Victor.

Characters

Humans

• Victor
• Hop
• Bede
• Marnie
• Nessa (picture)
• Leon
• Ball Guy
• Pokémon Center Nurse
• Jack
• Cabbie
• Spectators

Pokémon

• Inteleon (Victor's)
• Eternatus (Victor's; Eternamax; new; flashback)
• Dubwool (Hop's; flashback)
• Cinderace (Hop's)
• Morpeko (Marnie's)
• Aegislash (Leon's; flashback)
• Charizard (Leon's)
• Corviknight (Flying Taxi; multiple)
• Joltik (Trainers'; ×2)
• Impidimp (Trainer's)
• Cufant (Trainer's)
• Perrserker (Trainer's)
• Rookidee (Trainer's)
• Nickit (Trainer's)
• Skwovet (Trainer's)
• Greedent (Trainer's)
• Grubbin (Trainer's)
• Bunnelby (Trainer's)
• Jangmo-o (Trainer's)
• Toxtricity (Trainer's; Amped Form ×2)
• Orbeetle (Trainer's)
• Grookey (Trainer's)
• Scorbunny (Trainer's)
• Sobble (Trainer's)
• Goomy (Trainer's)
• Gossifleur (Trainer's)
• Axew (Trainer's)
• Pancham (Trainer's)
• Wooper (Trainer's)
• Dreepy (Trainer's)
• Polteageist (Trainer's)
• Snom (Trainer's)
• Minccino (Trainer's)
• Golisopod (Trainer's)
• Noibat (Trainer's)
• Vulpix (Trainer's)
• Helioptile (Trainer's)
• Zacian (Hero of Many Battles and Crowned Sword; flashback)
• Zamazenta (Hero of Many Battles and Crowned Shield; flashback)
• Rotom (Drone Rotom; multiple)
• Pikachu (×2)
• Rillaboom

Trivia

• The number on Victor's Gym Challenger uniform is 25, a reference to the Pokémon franchise's 25th anniversary.

Errors

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	冠軍
	Mandarin	冠軍
Dutch		De kampioen
European French		Le Maître
German		Der Champ
Italian		Il Campione
Korean		챔피언
Brazilian Portuguese		O Campeão
Russian		Чемпион
Spanish	Latin America	El Campeón
	Spain	El Campeón

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.