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Rescuing the Unwilling!

SM053   EP992 急げ！ルザミーネ救出大作戦！！ Hurry! The Great Lusamine Rescue Operation!!

First broadcast Japan December 7, 2017 United States April 14, 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 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 小柴純弥 Junya Koshiba Animation directors 伊藤典子 Noriko Itō 八田木瀧 Taki Yatagi 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

Rescuing the Unwilling! (Japanese: 急げ！ルザミーネ救出大作戦！！ Hurry! The Great Lusamine Rescue Operation!!) is the 53rd episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 992nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 7, 2017, in the United Kingdom on April 11, 2018, in New Zealand on April 12, 2018, and in the United States on April 14, 2018.

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

Blurb

Our heroes have made it through the Ultra Wormhole, but when they find the captured Lusamine, they’re shocked to find she wants nothing to do with them! With an Ultra Beast controlling her mind, it’s up to Lillie, Ash, and friends to rescue her. Their Pokémon spring into action—but so do Lusamine’s Pokémon, who are also under the Ultra Beast’s control. Lillie gathers her courage and reaches out to Clefable, recounting the fun they had together in years past. Her reassuring persistence pays off, and Clefable breaks free of the Ultra Beast’s control. Meanwhile, riding on Solgaleo’s back, Ash presses on to find Lusamine—and the Ultra Beast.

Plot

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Major events

• Ash, his classmates, and Gladion arrive in Ultra Deep Sea and find Lusamine there, only to discover she has fused with Nihilego.
• Kiawe's Marowak is revealed to know Bonemerang.
• Nebby uses Sunsteel Strike for the first time.
• Ash and his friends battle Lusamine.
  • Lusamine is revealed to own a Salazzle, a Milotic, a Lilligant, a Mismagius, and an Absol.
  • Kiawe splits from the group to battle Lusamine's Salazzle and wins.
  • Lana, Mallow, and Sophocles, along with Rowlet and Litten, split from the group to battle Lusamine's Milotic, Lilligant, and Mismagius.
  • Gladion splits from the group to battle Lusamine's Absol.
  • Lillie, along with Lycanroc, split from the group to battle Lusamine's Clefable and free her from Nihilego's control.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Salazzle

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Kukui
• Lusamine
• Gladion
• Professor Burnet

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Salazzle (US and international), Nihilego (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie'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)
• Charjabug (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Braviary (Professor Kukui's; Poké Problem segment)
• Cleffa (Lusamine's; flashback)
• Clefairy (Lusamine's; flashback)
• Clefable (Lusamine's)
• Salazzle (Lusamine's; debut)
• Lilligant (Lusamine's)
• Milotic (Lusamine's)
• Mismagius (Lusamine's)
• Absol (Lusamine's)
• Umbreon (Gladion's)
• Lycanroc (Gladion's; Midnight Form)
• Silvally (Gladion's)
• Bewear (anime)
• Solgaleo (Nebby)
• Nihilego (anime; fused with Lusamine)
• Nihilego (multiple)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Ash and the others enter the Ultra Beasts' world in today's episode. Who's the first to battle there?
  • Host: Rotom
  • Choices: Kiawe, Ash, Gladion, Lana
  • Answer: Kiawe
• Lillie and Lusamine's Clefable narrate the preview for the next episode.
• This is the first episode in which Mallow's Steenee, Sophocles's Togedemaru, and Lana's Popplio's Poké Balls are seen.
• Ash, Lana, Kiawe, Lillie, Sophocles, Mallow, and Gladion read the Who's That Pokémon? segment in the dub.

Errors

Dub edits

• The Japanese text depicting Inferno Overdrive's names is edited out in the dub.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		動作快！拯救露莎米奈大作戰！！
Dutch		De onwillige redden!
European French		Un sauvetage indésirable !
German		Rettung der Unwilligen!
Italian		Un aiuto indesiderato!
Korean		서둘러라! 루자미네 구출 대작전!!
Thai		เร็วเข้า! ปฏิบัติการช่วยเหลือลูซามีเนะ!!

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