SM033

Big Sky, Small Fry!

SM033   EP972 ヨワシ強し、池のぬし！ Yowashi the Powerhouse, Leader of the Lake!

First broadcast Japan July 6, 2017 United States September 30, 2017

English themes Opening Under The Alolan Sun Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター -20th Anniversary- Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤咲淳一 Jun'ichi Fujisaku Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 志村泉 Izumi Shimura 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

Big Sky, Small Fry! (Japanese: ヨワシ強し、池のぬし！ Yowashi the Powerhouse, Leader of the Lake!) is the 33rd episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 972nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 6, 2017 and in the United States on September 30, 2017.

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

Blurb

While their friends visit Kiawe’s farm, Lana and Ash decide to go fishing. At Olivia’s suggestion, they head to Brooklet Hill, where a Totem Pokémon is rumored to live!

After helping an injured Wishiwashi and catching a Feebas to prove herself to the master fisherman who guards the lake, Lana manages to hook the enormous Totem Pokémon, and the battle begins! The Pokémon is strong, but Lana hangs on with fierce determination—and in its own determination to help her, Popplio learns Aqua Jet! Defeated, the Totem Pokémon scatters into a school of Wishiwashi—and one of them presents Lana with a Water-type Z-Crystal to use with her new Z-Ring!

Plot

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Ash and Lana go Pokémon-fishing in a lagoon famous for a certain type of Pokémon. Meanwhile, Kiawe takes everyone else to his family's farm. Ash and Lana happen to meet a fisherman, who states he's been trying to find the mysterious lake Pokemon for several years. He supplies the duo with a boat, and they try to find said monster. Lana is determined to fish and battle this Pokemon.

Major events

• Lana's Popplio learns Aqua Jet.
• Lana clears the trial at Brooklet Hill with Ash's help, earning a Waterium Z from a Totem Solo Form Wishiwashi as a reward.
• Olivia converts Lana's Sparkling Stone into a Z-Ring and gives it back to her.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Wishiwashi (School Form)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Olivia
• Nurse Joy
• Master fisherman

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Wishiwashi (Solo Form)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Feebas (Master fisherman's; given)
• Tauros (×3; one Ride Pokémon)
• Bewear (anime)
• Wishiwashi (Solo and School Form; multiple; Totem)
• Magikarp
• Alomomola
• Gyarados (Mega Gyarados; fantasy)
• Mudbray (carving)
• Mudsdale (carving)

Trivia

The reference to Titanic

• Poké Problem: What Pokémon will I battle in today's episode?
  • Host: Lana
  • Choices: Solo and School Form Wishiwashi, Palossand, Bewear, Gumshoos
  • Answer: Wishiwashi
• Jessie and Meowth reuse the same lures they used in The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!.
• Popplio holding onto Pikachu while on the fishing boat may be a reference to a similar scene from the film Titanic.
• This episode marks the first time Mega Evolution is referenced in the anime since the end of the XY series.
• Pikachu, Ash, Sophocles, Kiawe, Mallow, Lillie, Lana, and an Alolan Marowak narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The ending animation is updated to include Lana wearing her Z-Ring.
• Ash, Lana, Rotom, and the Master fisherman read the Who's That Pokémon? segment in the english dub.

Errors

• During the Titanic reference, when the camera shows Pikachu's mouth, he's talking but his lips do not move until the very end.

Dub edits

In other languages

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