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‪That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!

SM007   EP946 市場の風来坊ニャビー！ The Vagabond in the Market, Nyabby!

First broadcast Japan December 15, 2016 United States May 17, 2017

English themes Opening Under The Alolan Sun Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director しぎのあきら Akira Shigino Animation directors 藤田正幸 Masayuki Fujita 猿渡聖伽 Seika Saruwatari No additional credits are available at this time.

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‪That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!‬ (Japanese: 市場の風来坊ニャビー！ The Vagabond in the Market, Nyabby!) is the seventh episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 946th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 15, 2016, in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2017, in Canada on April 29, 2017, and is scheduled to air in the United States on May 17, 2017.

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Plot

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Ash leaves Professor Kukui's house on his way to the Pokémon School with Pikachu and Rotom Pokédex. Along the way, they spot Litten on a stone wall. Rotom Pokédex informs Ash that it is a Litten and remembers meeting Litten before as Rotom Pokédex provides Ash with information. Litten approaches Ash affectionately and offers Litten part of his sandwich only for Litten to jump up and take the rest of the sandwich. Ash grabs Litten's tail only for Litten to attack with Scratch and runs of as Pikachu accidentally shock Ash with Thunderbolt. Rotom Pokédex tries to stop Litten but is kicked away as Litten makes its escape. As Litten makes its way through gardens, an Alolan Persian blocks its path. Persian makes a grab for the sandwich with Litten drops but Litten attacks with Ember only for Persian to throw the sandwich causing Ember to burn the sandwich. Litten makes its escape as Persian returns to its trainer who didn't realize it had gone for a walk. Later on at school, Ash fills his classmates in about his encounter with Litten. Mallow informs Ash that Litten often comes asking for food which she and Lana find rather cute but Ash disagrees after losing most of his sandwich. Sophocles mentions that Litten isn't the kind who enjoys dealing with people and its not your average Pokémon and Ash realizes it isn't that friendly. Mallow says that Litten tends to hang around the restaurant and Kiawe has seen it around the market stealing berries and asks Ash if he has a plan to deal with Litten. Ash says he plans to teach it a lesson and when Lillie asks about what he means, Ash says he intends to catch it.

Down in the marketplace, Litten has a look around. Nearby Team Rocket are relaxing enjoying a drink and fruit. As they go for some more fruit, they notice the final piece is missing and spot Litten leaving with it. Meowth goes to attack with Fury Swipes but Litten stops Meowth with Ember and leaves. Ash and Professor Kukui are walking nearby with some vegetables doing some shopping when Ash spots Litten run past and chases after it as Rotom Pokédex explains to Professor Kukui what has happened. As Ash wonders where Litten went, an Old woman offers Ash some berries which he declines and explains they were looking for a Litten before spotting it on the floor. The Old woman calms Ash down by telling them to play nice and gives Litten a berry explaining to Ash that in Alola, nature's bounty is for sharing and she loves to feed Litten as Litten goes to leave. She tells Professor Kukui that Litten comes here everyday and guesses that Litten made off with some of Ash's food which he isn't happy about. As Litten leaves, the old woman explains she hasn't any idea where Litten lives but she finds it a dear. Later Litten approaches its home, an old abandoned house and goes inside, greeting an old Stoutland lying on a sofa and gives it the berry the old woman gave it but Stoutland keeps giving it back to Litten who tries to let Stoutland have it but eventually Stoutland eats the berry. After eating, they go outside where Litten tries to gather enough energy to fire an attack which doesn't do much but Stoutland helps to teach Litten the best way to do it and has another go which pleases Stoutland and keeps doing it as night falls. Later Litten is curled up sleeping with Stoutland but has a dream where it is walking along a dark path and starts to feel cold as three figures suddenly appear before things turn dark and brighten up and imagines itself on top off Stoutland who has bounds of energy which cheers itself up before they fall into a pit where Stoutland is its usual self leaving Litten worried but Litten soon cheers up.

The next day after school as Ash heads home after saying goodbye to his classmates, Ash and Pikachu spots Litten with a berry in its mouth nearby but Litten has been cornered by the Persian on the edge of a cliff. Spotting Persian, Ash asks Rotom Pokédex who that Pokémon is and learns that it is a Alolan Persian and realizes that Litten is in trouble and goes to help as Persian attacks Litten. As Ash confronts Persian, Persian launches an attack before turning back to Litten. Ash has Pikachu attack with Electro Ball which Persian dodges before launching another attack but Pikachu hits back with Thunderbolt which sends Persian running. Litten goes to leave but Ash sees it has been injured and goes to carry it only for Litten to bite him. Ash doesn't give up and picks Litten up promising to take it to the Pokémon Center but Litten gets free and tries an Ember which fails. Pikachu tries to get Litten to come with them but Litten collapses.

Major events

• The recurring Litten is revealed to know Scratch.
• Ash tries to catch the recurring Litten, but eventually decides to let it go.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Persian (Alola Form)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Kukui
• Old woman

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Persian (Alola Form) (US and international), Litten (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Charizard (Kiawe's)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Bounsweet (Mallow's)
• Blissey (Nurse Joy's)
• Comfey (Nurse Joy's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Riolu (Trainer's)
• Elekid (Trainer's; ×2)
• Sableye (Trainer's)
• Growlithe (Trainer's)
• Makuhita (Trainer's)
• Persian (Trainer's; Alola Form; Persie; debut)
• Litten (anime)
• Stoutland (anime)
• Spearow (×4)
• Corsola
• Luvdisc (×2)
• Heliolisk (image on Rotom Pokédex)

Trivia

• Pokémon QR Code: Alolan Persian
• The first airing in Japan didn't include a Poké Problem, as it showed a trailer for M20. But it was included on other stations that aired the episode in delay and VOD services (Amazon Video, Netflix, and Hulu).
• Poké Problem: In today's episode, which Pokémon will Ash try to catch?
  • Host: Professor Kukui
  • Choices: Bewear, Litten, Pikipek, Tapu Koko
  • Answer: Litten
• Music from Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade is used as insert song during Litten's dream sequence.
• Ash, Lillie, Sophocles, Sophocles's Togedemaru, Mallow, Lana, Kiawe, and Ash's Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The English dub title is a reference to the song The Lady is a Tramp.

Errors

Dub edits

• An instrumental version of Under The Alolan Sun is used during the final scene at the market.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		市集的漫遊者火斑喵！
European French		Ce coquin de Flamiaou !
German		Ein Schlingel namens Flamiau!
Thai		เนียบี้จรจัดแห่งท้องตลาด!

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