SM020

Partner Promises!

SM020   EP959 サトシとピカチュウ、二人の約束 Satoshi and Pikachu, the Promise between Them

First broadcast Japan April 6, 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 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 仲野良 Ryō Nakano Animation directors 安田周平 Shūhei Yasuda 村田理 Osamu Murata 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

Partner Promises! (Japanese: サトシとピカチュウ、二人の約束 Satoshi and Pikachu, the Promise between Them) is the 20th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 959th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 6, 2017, as a one-hour special alongside SM021, 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.

Plot

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After hearing stories about "Treasure Island" from his friends, Ash sets off to explore the island with Pikachu and comes across a mysterious sight.

Major events

• Ash encounters the guardian deity of Akala Island, Tapu Lele, for the first time.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Tapu Lele
• Cutiefly
• Ribombee
• Wimpod

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Professor Kukui
• Laki (on television)
• Manager

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Exeggutor (Alola Form)

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• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Rockruff (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Charizard (Kiawe's; Ride Pokémon)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Smeargle (Laki's; on television)
• Bonsly (Trainer's)
• Lapras (Ride Pokémon)
• Litten (anime; fantasy)
• Wingull (×6)
• Corsola (×6)
• Crabrawler (multiple)
• Cutiefly (multiple; debut)
• Butterfree
• Ribombee (multiple; debut)
• Grubbin
• Comfey (multiple)
• Exeggutor (Alola Form; multiple)
• Wimpod (multiple; debut)
• Tapu Lele (debut)
• Dragonite (image)
• Porygon (image)
• Snorlax (image)
• Ditto (image)
• Lapras (image)
• Electabuzz (image)
• Magmar (image)
• Scyther (image)
• Clefairy (image)
• Oddish (image)
• Magikarp (image)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Which Pokémon attempts to steal Ash's backpack in today's episode?
  • Host: Ash
  • Choices: Wimpod, Crabrawler, Alolan Exeggutor, Cutiefly
  • Answer: Wimpod
• Nurse Joy, Ash, and Rotom Pokédex narrate the preview for the next episode.
• Alola!! is used as an insert song in this episode.
• Ash reads the Who's That Pokémon? segment in the dub.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		小智與皮卡丘，二人的約定
German		Partnerversprechen!

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