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SM073   EP1012 ロケット団の島めぐり！？Zリングをゲットせよ！！ Rocket-dan's Island-Visiting!? Get the Z-Ring!!

First broadcast Japan May 3, 2018 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening 未来コネクション Ending ジャリボーイ・ジャリガール

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 宮田由佳 Yuka Miyata 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

(Japanese: ロケット団の島めぐり！？Zリングをゲットせよ！！ Rocket-dan's Island-Visiting!? Get the Z-Ring!!) is the 73rd episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,012th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 3, 2018.

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

• James's Mareanie learns Knock Off.
• Team Rocket receives a Z-Power Ring from Nanu.
• James and Mareanie perform Black Hole Eclipse for the first time.
• Jessie receives a Mimikium Z from Acerola's Mimi-tan.
• Ash and his classmates travel to Ula'ula Island so he can participate in his third grand trial.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Acerola
• Nanu

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Jessie
• James
• Giovanni
• Matori
• Acerola
• Nanu
• Pico
• Nene
• Men

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Gengar (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Poipole (Ash's)
• Mimikyu (Jessie's)
• Mareanie (James's)
• Mimikyu (Acerola's; Shiny; Mimi-tan)
• Meowth (Nanu's; Alola Form; multiple)
• Bewear (anime)
• Gengar (Greedy Lapoo)
• Blissey
• Drampa
• Salandit
• Murkrow

Trivia

The Man of Mystery in the anime

• Poké Problem: The Pokémon that steals our Darkinium Z in today's episode…?
  • Host: Jessie
  • Choices: Murkrow, Gengar, Wimpod, Alolan Meowth
  • Answer: Gengar
• In Japan, this episode aired almost exactly one year after the episode where Team Rocket acquired a Darkinium Z (364 days later, one day shy of being a full year).
• Team Rocket's Team Song is used as an insert song when James and Mareanie perform Black Hole Eclipse.
  • The trio also started to sing the first lyric as they were landing on Ula'Ula Island.
• Jessie, James, and Meowth read out the title card in the Japanese version.
• Nanu and Officer Jenny narrate the preview for the next episode.
• In one scene, James pulls a face that resembles the character of Iyami from Osomatsu-kun.
• This is the first episode since its debut where Rotom does not speak.
• The man who had his Nugget stolen by Gengar in this episode bears a strong resemblance to the Man of Mystery from Pokémon: Magikarp Jump.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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