SM040

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Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!

SM040   EP979 アシマリ、オシャマリ、いかりのダダリン！ Ashimari, Osyamari, and the Anch-gry Dadarin!

First broadcast Japan August 31, 2017 United States November 18, 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 宮田由佳 Yuka Miyata Storyboard 吉村文宏 Fumihiro Yoshimura Assistant director 中田誠 Makoto Nakata Animation director 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

Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence! (Japanese: アシマリ、オシャマリ、いかりのダダリン！ Ashimari, Osyamari, and the Anch-gry Dadarin!) is the 40th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 979th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 31, 2017 and is scheduled to air in the United States on November 18, 2017

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

Plot

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Major events

• Lana and Popplio perform Hydro Vortex for the first time.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Brionne
• Dhelmise

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Harper and Sarah
• Ia
• Kanoa
• Trainers
• Citizens

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Dhelmise (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Brionne (Ia's; debut)
• Magnemite (Trainer's; ×2)
• Slowpoke (Trainer's; ×4)
• Butterfree (Trainer's; ×2)
• Whimsicott (Trainer's)
• Wingull (Trainer's; ×4)
• Poliwhirl (Trainer's)
• Pichu (Trainer's; ×3)
• Raticate (Trainer's; Alola Form)
• Pikipek (Trainer's)
• Haunter (Trainer's)
• Shelgon (Trainer's)
• Drifloon (Trainer's; ×2)
• Cubone (Trainer's)
• Wigglytuff (Trainer's; ×2)
• Rattata (Trainer's; Alola Form)
• Emolga (Trainer's)
• Fomantis (Trainer's)
• Pyukumuku (Trainer's)
• Poliwag (Trainer's)
• Machop (Trainer's; ×3)
• Sableye (Trainer's)
• Bulbasaur (Trainer's)
• Psyduck (Trainer's; ×2)
• Gengar (Trainer's)
• Growlithe (Trainer's)
• Mankey (Trainer's)
• Bewear (anime)
• Dhelmise
• Wingull (multiple)
• Slowpoke
• Alomomola (multiple)
• Chinchou (multiple)
• Luvdisc (multiple)
• Finneon (multiple)
• Wishiwashi (Solo Form; multiple)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: What is the Pokémon that becomes Popplio's teacher?
  • Host: Lana
  • Choices: Brionne, Tapu Lele, Lapras, Milotic
  • Answer: Brionne
• This episode marks the debut of Team Rocket's Bruxish submarine.
• Pose is used as an insert song during a montage sequence.
• Togedemaru, Sophocles, Charjabug, Ash, and the Narrator narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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