SM040

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 Dub 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 in the United States on November 18, 2017.

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

Blurb

After having little success using the Z-Move Hydro Vortex, Lana and Popplio meet Ida and her Brionne, who use the Z-Move as part of their show and agree to take Lana on as an apprentice! Lana and Popplio train hard—and when Ida’s sweetheart Kanoa returns with reports of sunken treasure, they join the expedition.

The treasure is guarded by a Dhelmise, who’s already annoyed after a run-in with Team Rocket and traps Kanoa’s boat in a powerful Whirlpool. Brionne goes up against it and loses, but after all that training, Popplio is ready. It uses Hydro Vortex to counter Dhelmise’s Whirlpool and send it far away!

Plot

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Lana and Popplio are working on their Z-move, but without much success. When performer Ida and her Brionne visit, Lana asks to train with her.

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
• Ida
• Kanoa
• Trainers
• Citizens

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Brionne (US and international), 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 (Ida'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.
• Ash, Mallow, Ida, Lana and Kanoa read the Who's That Pokémon? segment in the dub.

Errors

Dub edits

• The Japanese text depicting Hydro Vortex's names are edited out in the dub.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		球球海獅、花漾海獅、憤怒的破破舵輪！
German		Meer, Marikeck und Moruda!
Thai		อชิมาริ โอจามาริ และดาดารินผู้โกรธเกรี้ยว!

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.