SM017

Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!

SM017   EP956 アローラ探偵ロトム！消えたクリスタルの謎！！ Alola Detective Rotom! The Mystery of the Missing Crystal!!

First broadcast Japan March 9, 2017 United States July 1, 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 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation directors 直井由紀 Yuki Naoi 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume No additional credits are available at this time.

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

Crystal-Clear Sleuthing! (Japanese: アローラ探偵ロトム！消えたクリスタルの謎！！ Alola Detective Rotom! The Mystery of the Missing Crystal!!) is the 17th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 956th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 9, 2017 and in the United States on July 1, 2017, as part of a three-hour special.

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

Blurb

Professor Kukui and Rotom Dex are big fans of the TV show Alolan Detective Laki, and Rotom even has a blond wig so it can pretend to be the star. When Ash’s Electrium Z goes missing, Rotom excitedly takes the case!

Through video replay, Rotom tracks the Z-Crystal’s last known whereabouts to the schoolyard, where Ash and Kiawe were training. Rotom suspects Kiawe ended up with the crystal, but Lillie has another explanation: the video shows Ash putting it in his pocket. Ash remembers that he put the crystal on his nightstand before going to bed—and Pikachu triumphantly finds the missing Electrium Z caught in Rotom’s wig!

Plot

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When Ash loses his Electrium Z, Rotom takes the chance to imitate the detective on its favorite TV show, with Pikachu assisting it on the case.

Major events

• Rotom updates itself with a video camera function.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Laki

Pokémon debuts

• Diglett (Alola Form)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak
• Laki (on television)
• Mrs. Makani (on television)
• Actors (on television)
• Alola TV security guard
• Alola TV cleaner
• Alola TV cameraman

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

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Who's That Pokémon?: Smeargle (US and international), Komala (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Rockruff (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Bounsweet (Mallow's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Vulpix (Samson Oak's)
• Smeargle (Laki's; on television)
• Primeape (Trainer's)
• Slowpoke (Trainer's)
• Togedemaru (Trainer's)
• Mimikyu (Trainer's)
• Rockruff (Trainer's)
• Murkrow (Trainer's)
• Lillipup (Trainer's)
• Magnemite (Trainer's)
• Herdier (Trainer's; ×2)
• Pichu (Trainer's)
• Trubbish (Trainer's)
• Elekid (Trainer's; ×3)
• Happiny (Trainer's; ×3)
• Vulpix (Trainer's)
• Bulbasaur (Trainer's)
• Growlithe (Trainer's; ×2)
• Bounsweet (Trainer's)
• Eevee (Trainer's; ×3)
• Makuhita (Trainer's; ×2)
• Riolu (Trainer's)
• Electabuzz (Trainer's)
• Abra (Trainer's)
• Drifloon (Trainer's)
• Mankey (Trainer's; flashback; video)
• Diglett (Alola Form; debut)

Trivia

• Pokémon QR Code: Smeargle
• Poké Problem: Which of these locations did I not visit in today's episode?
  • Host: Rotom
  • Choices: Shopping Mall, TV Station, Staff Room, Principal's Room
  • Answer: Shopping Mall
• Ash breaks the fourth wall in this episode.
• Mallow, Ash, and Sophocles narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The music that plays throughout the episode whenever Rotom makes a deduction is a remix of Looker's theme from the games.

Errors

• When Rotom asks Komala where the Electrium Z is, its first seen with its mouth open, but in the very next shot, its mouth is closed.

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		阿羅拉偵探洛托姆！消失的純晶之謎！！
German		Kristallklare Detektivarbeit!

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