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SM053

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

English themes Opening 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

(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.

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

Plot

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

Major events

• Ash, his classmates, and Gladion find Lusamine in Ultra Deep Sea, only to discover she has fused with Nihilego.
• Kiawe's Marowak is revealed to know Bonemerang.
• Nebby is revealed to have learned Sunsteel Strike.
• 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 it 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?: 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.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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