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カントーでアローラ！タケシとカスミ！！
Alola at Kantō! Takeshi and Kasumi!!
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First broadcast
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September 14, 2017
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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Team Kato
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| Screenplay
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(Japanese: カントーでアローラ！タケシとカスミ！！ Alola at Kantō! Takeshi and Kasumi!!) is the 42nd episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 981st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 14, 2017.
Plot
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Major events
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
TV episode debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Marowak (Japan)
Trivia
- Poké Problem: Where do we travel to in today's episode?
- Samson Oak and Professor Oak narrate the preview for the next episode.
- This is the first time Ash has returned to Kanto while in the middle of a regional journey.
- This episode marks several characters' first physical main series appearances after long absences:
- Brock, whose previous appearance was in Memories are Made of Bliss!, 324 episodes earlier.
- Misty, whose previous appearance was in A Real Cleffa-Hanger, 573 episodes earlier.
- Squirtle, whose previous appearance was in Pace - The Final Frontier!, 517 episodes earlier.
- The recurring Jigglypuff, whose previous appearance was in A Poké-BLOCK Party!, 668 episodes earlier.
- Misty's Staryu, whose previous appearance was in Entei at Your Own Risk, 722 episodes earlier. This is the longest absence in the main series of a Pokémon belonging to a main character.
- Furthermore, this is the first-ever physical main series appearance of a Mew.
- Despite Rapidash having made appearances in the anime ever since the first season, this is the first time a Pokédex entry for it is shown.
- This episodes features flashbacks to Bye Bye Butterfree, Bulbasaur's Mysterious Garden, Charizard's Burning Ambitions, Entei at Your Own Risk, and Gotta Catch Ya Later!.
- When Misty dives with Lana, she is seen wearing a bikini similar to the one her game counterpart is seen wearing in the Generation I games.
- Jessie breaks the fourth wall by pushing away the thought balloon of Matori.
- An instrumental version of Aim to Be a Pokémon Master -20th Anniversary- is used as an insert song when Snowy meets a Ninetales in this episode.
- When Professor Oak recites the senryū of Bulbasaur, the Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture's format is used.
- Team Rocket recites their original motto in this episode, meaning that it has been recited at least once in every series so far.
- The Japanese opening for this episode includes ad-lib lines by Misty, Brock, and Professor Oak, much like the original version of the opening.
- The inside of the mecha Meowth pilots in the episode appears to resemble the controls of the mobile suits that appear in Mobile Fighter G Gundam, specifically the head and wrist attachments resembling the Mobile Trace System.
- Kiawe's wig from Getting the Band Back Together! makes a reappearance in this episode.
- As of this episode, every Pokémon that Ash has owned for longer than a single series has resided at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
Errors
- During the scene where Snowy meets a Ninetales, the Ninetales's right foreleg and right hind leg are colored black instead of yellow.
- When Pikachu uses Thunderbolt on everybody, Togedemaru got zapped despite having Lightning Rod as her Ability.
- When Mallow sees Jigglypuff, her nose is missing.
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