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A Dream Encounter!

SM044   EP983 サトシとほしぐも！不思議な出会い！！ Satoshi and Hoshigumo! Mysterious Encounter!!

First broadcast Japan October 5, 2017 United States March 24, 2018

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui 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

A Dream Encounter! (Japanese: サトシとほしぐも！不思議な出会い！！ Satoshi and Hoshigumo! Mysterious Encounter!!) is the 44th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 983rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 5, 2017 and is scheduled to air in Canada on March 10, 2018, and in the United States on March 24, 2018 as the first episode of the twenty-first season, Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon - Ultra Adventures.

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

Plot

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Major events

• Ash finds and befriends a Cosmog, which Lillie nicknames Nebby.
• Lillie reunites with her mother, Lusamine.
• Ash meets Lusamine, Professor Burnet, Faba, and Wicke for the first time.
• Ash learns about the Aether Foundation and Ultra Beasts.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Professor Burnet
• Aether Foundation
  • Lusamine (in person)
  • Wicke
  • Faba
  • Aether Foundation Employee

Pokémon debuts

• Cosmog (Nebby)
• Solgaleo
• Lunala
• Tapu Bulu
• Tapu Fini
• Stufful
• Celesteela (painting)
• Kartana (painting)
• Xurkitree (painting)
• Pheromosa (painting)
• Buzzwole (painting)
• Guzzlord (painting)
• Nihilego (painting)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak
• Lusamine
• Gladion
• Professor Burnet
• Wicke
• Faba
• Anna
• Aether Foundation Employee

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Cosmog (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Litten (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Umbreon (Gladion's)
• Lycanroc (Gladion's; Midnight Form)
• Type: Null (Gladion's; Silvally)
• Clefairy (Lusamine's; evolves; fantasy)
• Clefable (Lusamine's; newly evolved; fantasy)
• Munchlax (Professor Burnet's; video)
• Tapu Koko (×2; anime; one as a painting)
• Tapu Lele (×2; anime; one as a painting)
• Cosmog (Nebby; debut)
• Tapu Bulu (×2; anime; debut; one as a painting)
• Tapu Fini (×2; anime; debut; one as a painting)
• Luvdisc (×2)
• Ivysaur (video)
• Cutiefly (×2; video)
• Ribombee (video)
• Braviary (video)
• Pikipek (video)
• Exeggcute (video)
• Stufful (video; debut)
• Psyduck (video)
• Solgaleo (dream; debut)
• Lunala (dream; debut)
• Celesteela (painting)
• Kartana (painting)
• Xurkitree (painting)
• Pheromosa (painting)
• Buzzwole (painting)
• Guzzlord (painting)
• Nihilego (painting)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: What is the name of my mother who will appear in today's episode?
  • Host: Lillie
  • Choices: Lusamine, Wicke, Professor Burnet, Olivia
  • Answer: Lusamine
• Alola!! returns as the opening theme, replacing the 20th anniversary edition of Aim to Be a Pokémon Master.
• The shot of Ash running up the hill on his way to the Pokémon School is similar to the first shot of Alola!!.
• The title card is modified to display the Z-Power Ring from Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.
• When trying to feed Nebby some Moomoo Milk, Kiawe makes a face resembling that of the art style of Nobuyuki Fukumoto.
• Meowth, Jessie, and James narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• When Litten slaps Ash awake, its tail becomes disconnected from its body for a split-second.

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		小智與小星雲！奇妙的邂逅！！
Thai		ซาโตชิกับโฮชิกุโมะ! การพบกันที่เหลือเชื่อ!!

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