SM046

Deceiving Appearances!

SM046   EP985 変身メタモン、探すんだモン！ The Shapeshifting Metamon, Find that 'mon!

First broadcast Japan October 19, 2017 United States March 26, 2018

English themes Opening Under The Alolan Moon Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 関根アユミ Ayumi Sekine Storyboard 飯島正勝 Masakatsu Iijima Assistant director 毛利和昭 Kazuaki Mōri Animation directors 藤田正幸 Masayuki Fujita 浜田勝 Masaru Hamada 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

Deceiving Appearances! (Japanese: 変身メタモン、探すんだモン！ The Shapeshifting Metamon, Find that 'mon!) is the 46th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 985th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 19, 2017, in New Zealand on March 1, 2018, and is scheduled to air in Canada on March 24, 2018, and in the United States on March 26, 2018.

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Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Ash and his classmates visit Aether Paradise, with Ash, Kiawe, Sophocles, Mallow, and Lana visiting it for the first time.
• Kiawe, Sophocles, Mallow, and Lana meet Lusamine, Faba, Wicke, and Professor Burnet for the first time.
• Team Rocket learns about Type: Null and the Ultra Beasts.

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
• Lusamine
• Faba
• Professor Burnet
• Wicke
• Aether Foundation Employees

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Ditto (US and international), Ditto (first appears as a Pikachu) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Herdier (Lusamine's)
• Munchlax (Professor Burnet's)
• Cosmog (Nebby)
• Pikipek (multiple; one in a fantasy)
• Rufflet (×2)
• Ledyba (×2)
• Vibrava (×5)
• Sandile (multiple)
• Boldore (×4)
• Whimsicott (×3)
• Bonsly (×2)
• Petilil (×2)
• Shellos (West and East Sea Form; ×3, two West Sea and one East Sea)
• Qwilfish
• Goldeen (×2; silhouette)
• Braviary
• Spearow (multiple)
• Bounsweet (×5)
• Comfey (×3; two in a fantasy)
• Ribombee
• Cutiefly (×3)
• Ivysaur
• Exeggutor (Alola Form)
• Snorlax
• Sandygast (×3)
• Palossand
• Stufful
• Wishiwashi (multiple; Solo Form)
• Fletchling (multiple)
• Swanna (×2)
• Ditto (×5)
• Exeggcute (×4)
• Jigglypuff (×5)
• Quagsire (×5)
• Type: Null (pictures)
• Wingull (flashback)
• Sudowoodo (fantasy)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Which Pokémon causes trouble in today's episode?
  • Host: Kiawe
  • Choices: Corsola, Ditto, Pikipek, Comfey
  • Answer: Ditto
• Rotom and Ash narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The Ditto in the Who's That Pokémon? segment first appears as a Pikachu before Transforming back to its original form.
• This is the first episode to feature music from Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		找出變身的百變怪！
Thai		ไปตามหาเมตามอน แปลงร่างกันเถอะ!

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