SM029

Lulled to La-La Land!

SM029   EP968 ネマシュの森であなたも寝ましゅ？ Are You Going to have a Nap-masyu in the Nemasyu Forest Too?

First broadcast Japan June 8, 2017 United States September 2, 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 関根アユミ Ayumi Sekine Storyboard 小平麻紀 Maki Kodaira Assistant director 吉村文宏 Fumihiro Yoshimura Animation directors 安田周平 Shūhei Yasuda 伊藤典子 Noriko Itō 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

Lulled to La-La Land! (Japanese: ネマシュの森であなたも寝ましゅ？ Are You Going to have a Nap-masyu in the Nemasyu Forest Too?) is the 29th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 968th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 8, 2017 and in the United States on September 2, 2017.

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

Blurb

Everyone know that one of the best parts of camping out is telling spooky stories by the campfire. When Ash and the other students from the Pokémon School go on such a trip, though, things get a little too real when a tale spun by Lana seems to be coming to life before everyone’s eyes! A mysterious force is causing the young campers to fall asleep and leaving them withered and ravenous when they awaken. Will Ash and his friends discover the culprit behind these scary events?

Plot

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Students and Pokémon take a camping trip together. After they wake up feeling mysteriously drained, they realize there's something in the forest.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Morelull
• Shiinotic

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Traveler (fantasy)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Morelull

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Rockruff (Ash's)
• Litten (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Charjabug (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Morelull (multiple; evolve; debut; one in fantasy)
• Shiinotic (multiple; newly evolved; debut; one in fantasy)
• Ninjask (multiple)
• Spinarak (flashback)
• Butterfree (flashback; ×2)
• Golbat (flashback)
• Caterpie (fantasy; ×2)
• Fletchling (fantasy)
• Psyduck (fantasy; ×3)
• Ledyba (fantasy; ×2)

Trivia

The reference to E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

• Poké Problem: Which Pokémon scares us in today's episode?
  • Host: Lana
  • Choices: Gastly, Morelull, Haunter, Mimikyu
  • Answer: Morelull
• The scene near the end of the episode where Ash and Shiinotic touch each other's fingertips may be a reference to a similar scene from E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.
• Ash, Snowy, Lillie, Mallow, Sophocles, Kiawe, Lana, and Ash's Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.
• Both of Lillie's camping bags shown in this episode are the same ones her game counterpart has in the games.
• Pose is used as an insert song in this episode.
• Mallow breaks the fourth wall by cutting off Rotom's detective monologue with a director's clapboard while shouting "Cut!" The clapboard has the number 29 on it, referencing the episode's number.
• The man in Lana's story is modeled after former anime director Tetsuo Yajima.
• This episode marks the first time a repel is actually used in the anime.

Errors

• In the dub, Lillie's Poké Doll is mistakenly referred to as a "Clefairy Doll", a literal translation of its Japanese name.
• In the dub, the Potions are mistakenly referred to as "lotions".

Dub edits

• In the original, Shiinotic says its name right before putting Ash and the gang to sleep. In the dub, it does not say its name at all.

In other languages

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