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Mimikyu Unmasked!

SM038   EP977 ミミッキュのばけのかわ！ Mimikkyu's Disguise!

First broadcast Japan August 17, 2017 United States November 4, 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 関根アユミ Ayumi Sekine Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 榎本守 Mamoru Enomoto Animation directors 門智昭 Tomoaki Kado 田之上慎 Shin Tanoue No additional credits are available at this time.

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

Mimikyu Unmasked! (Japanese: ミミッキュのばけのかわ！ Mimikkyu's Disguise!) is the 38th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 977th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 17, 2017 and is scheduled to air in the United States on November 4, 2017.

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

Blurb

Trouble brews when Mimikyu’s disguise is ripped—which puts Jessie in danger of seeing the Pokémon’s terrifying true form! What better way to fix things than with a trip to the mall? Meanwhile, Ash and his newly evolved Lycanroc are having trouble pulling off a Z-Move. They’d better practice before Team Rocket shows up to battle!

Plot

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After Team Rocket loses a battle against Ash and Kiawe, Jessie and Mimikyu land in a shopping mall, but Mimikyu's disguise is damaged.

Major events

• Ash and Lycanroc perform Continental Crush for the first time.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Giovanni (fantasy)
• Professor Kukui
• Citizens

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Murkrow (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Charizard (Kiawe's; Ride Pokémon)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Mimikyu (Jessie's)
• Vulpix (Trainer's; Alola Form)
• Bewear (anime)
• Murkrow (multiple)
• Lycanroc (Midday and Midnight Form; images)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Which Pokémon steals my malasadas in today's episode?
  • Host: Jessie
  • Choices: Murkrow, Twerp, Rowlet, Meowth
  • Answer: Murkrow
• Mallow and Ash narrate the preview for the next episode.
• A starfish and a shell, which are real world animals, are attached to a beach bucket that Jessie's Mimikyu briefly wears during the dressing room scene.
• The opening animation is updated to include a shot from this episode where Ash commands his Lycanroc to use Continental Crush, replacing the shot of Ash commanding his Pikachu to use Quick Attack from Lulled to La-La Land!.
• The Bewear themed outfits in the Poké Problem segment are the same ones which Team Rocket wear for their food truck job in the next episode.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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