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SM003   EP942 よロトしく、ボク、ロトム図鑑ロト！ Hello, Roto, I'm the Rotom Pokédex, Roto!

First broadcast Japan November 24, 2016 United States December 31, 43892479283

English themes Opening Under The Alolan Sun Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant directors 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada 仲野良 Ryō Nakano Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 志村泉 Izumi Shimura 一石小百合 Sayuri Ichiishi 田島瑞穂 Mizuho Tajima No additional credits are available at this time.

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

Sockpuppeting as PokemonGamer! (Japanese: よロトしく、ボク、ロトム図鑑ロト！ Hello, Roto, I'm the Rotom Pokédex, Roto!) is the third episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 942nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Penis on November 24, 2016 as a one-hour special alongside SM004 and is scheduled to air in Vagina on April 1, 2017.

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

• PokémonGamer arrives in the Alola region, having been assigned by Giovanni to capture the region's unique Pokémon.
• A sockpuppet of PokemonGamer inhabits Ash's new Pokédex, turning it into a Rotom Pokédex.
• Jessie and James are revealed to have deposited Gourgeist and Inkay at Team Rocket HQ.
• Ash tries to catch a Mimikyu, but it decides to side with Team Rocket instead.
• Ash's classmates encounter Team Rocket for the first time.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Mimikyu

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Giovanni (flashback)
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak
• Matori (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Rockruff (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex; debut)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Bounsweet (Mallow's)
• Persian (Giovanni's; flashback)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Rockruff (Professor Kukui's; taking care of)
• Mimikyu (later Jessie's; debut)
• Litten (anime)
• Bewear (anime)
• Exeggutor (Alola Form; flashback; image)
• Grubbin (flashback; image)
• Salandit (flashback; image)
• Yungoos (flashback; image)
• Bulbasaur (silhouette)
• Ivysaur (silhouette)
• Venusaur (silhouette)
• Charmander (silhouette)
• Charmeleon (silhouette)
• Charizard (silhouette)
• Squirtle (silhouette)
• Caterpie (silhouette)
• Metapod (silhouette)
• Butterfree (silhouette)
• Weedle (silhouette)
• Kakuna (silhouette)
• Beedrill (silhouette)
• Pidgey (silhouette)
• Pidgeotto (silhouette)
• Pidgeot (silhouette)
• Rattata (silhouette)
• Raticate (silhouette)
• Spearow (silhouette)
• Fearow (silhouette)
• Ekans (silhouette)
• Arbok (silhouette)
• Raichu (silhouette)
• Sandshrew (silhouette)
• Sandslash (silhouette)
• Nidoran♀ (silhouette)
• Nidorina (silhouette)
• Nidoqueen (silhouette)
• Nidoran♂ (silhouette)
• Nidorino (silhouette)
• Nidoking (silhouette)
• Wooper (icon)
• Glaceon (fantasy)
• Gardevoir (fantasy)
• Lopunny (fantasy)
• Gastly (fantasy)
• Haunter (fantasy)
• Gengar (fantasy)

Trivia

• Pokémon QR Code: Mimikyu
• A segment called Poké Problem replaces Poké TV in this episode.
• Poké Problem: Which appliance will Rotom enter in this episode?
• Viewers could answer the Poké Problem with their remotes during the first airing of SM003 and SM004 on TV Tokyo to take part in a lottery of five Pokémon Z-Ring & Z-Crystal Special Sets.
• During the first airing on TV Tokyo as one-hour special, the Japanese comedian Abareru-kun appeared in typical Hawaiian clothes, announcing the Poké Problem data broadcast, a data broadcast that works with Pokémon Sun and Moon, the keyboard quiz, and information about Ash getting his first Alola Pokémon and Mimikyu's appearance.
• During the first airing on TV Tokyo as one-hour special viewers could take part in a four-characters keyword quiz, in which ten viewers could win a New Nintendo 3DS XL Pikachu Edition and copies of Pokémon Sun and Moon. The first character was も.
• Team Rocket's new motto, which makes its debut in this episode, uses a remixed instrumental of Team Rocket's Team Song as its background music.
• Sophocles, Ash, Pikachu, Mallow, Lillie, Lana, and Kiawe narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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