SM058

Fighting Back the Tears!

SM058   EP997 泣かないでヒドイデ！ Don't Cry, Hidoide!

First broadcast Japan January 18, 2018 United States May 19, 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 榎本守 Mamoru Enomoto Assistant director 榎本守 Mamoru Enomoto Animation directors 田之上慎 Shin Tanoue 小林ゆかり Yukari Kobayashi 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 Dub review thread on BMGf

Fighting Back the Tears! (Japanese: 泣かないでヒドイデ！ Don't Cry, Hidoide!) is the 58th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 997th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 18, 2018 and in the United States on May 19, 2018.

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

Blurb

After a day of shopping, Team Rocket encounters Mareanie’s first love and mentor, a Mareanie that still has feelings for its former protégé. Filled with jealousy, it evolves into a Toxapex and poisons James! In his poisoned stupor, James decides Mareanie should be with Toxapex instead of with him.

When Mareanie overhears this, its sadness causes it to run away. But Toxapex can’t bear to see Mareanie cry, and it challenges James to a duel to win Mareanie back. After what turns out to be an underwhelming battle, James is victorious, and Mareanie joyously reunites with him and the rest of Team Rocket!

Plot

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Major events

• James tries and fails to catch a Frillish.
• James tries to release Mareanie, but Mareanie chooses to stay with him.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Toxapex

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Kukui
• Professor Burnet
• Customers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Toxapex

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Litten (Ash's)
• Mareanie (James's)
• Munchlax (Professor Burnet's)
• Bewear (anime)
• Mareanie (alternate color; evolves)
• Toxapex (alternate color; newly evolved; debut)
• Frillish (female)
• Tentacruel (×2; one in a fantasy/flashback)
• Mareanie (fantasy/flashback)
• Wimpod

Trivia

• Poké Problem: What tragedy befalls James in today's episode?
  • Host: Jessie
  • Choices: Fired from Team Rocket, eaten by a Wishiwashi, captured by Officer Jenny, Mareanie runs away
  • Answer: Mareanie runs away
• James's Mareanie is confirmed to be female in this episode.
• Team Rocket's Team Song is used as an insert song when James and Toxapex are fighting.
• This is the first episode to feature none of Ash's friends or classmates outside of flashbacks or cameos since Hoenn Alone!, 723 episodes earlier.
• Lana, Ash, Mallow, and Lana's Popplio narrate the preview for the next episode.
• Jessie, James, and Meowth read the Who's That Pokémon? segment in the dub.
• This episode features the following flashbacks of James's Mareanie:
  • Meeting James and agreeing to join his team from The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!.
  • Poisoning James during a game of Pokémon Base in Pulling Out the Pokémon Base Pepper!.
  • Taking part in the Charjabug Race from Mounting an Electrifying Charge!.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		不要哭，好壞星！
Dutch		Vechten tegen de tranen!
European French		Un amour de Vorastérie !
Thai		อย่าร้องไห้เลยนะ ฮิโดอิเดะ!

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