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SM078

SM078   EP1017 激突ウルトラビースト！ドンドンバチバチ大作戦！！ Ultra Beast Clash! The Great Crackling Rumble Operation!!

First broadcast Japan June 7, 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 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka 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: 激突ウルトラビースト！ドンドンバチバチ大作戦！！ Ultra Beast Clash! The Great Crackling Rumble Operation!!) is the 78th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,017th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 7, 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

• Ash and his classmates go on their third Ultra Guardians mission.
• Ash and Lycanroc perform Splintered Stormshards for the first time.
• The Ultra Guardians catch a Blacephalon and a Xurkitree and release them back into Ultra Space.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Blacephalon
• Xurkitree

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Professor Kukui
• Lusamine
• Wicke
• Professor Burnet
• Citizens
• Trainers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Blacephalon (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Torracat (Ash's)
• Poipole (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Charizard (Kiawe's; Ride Pokémon)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Charjabug (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Clefable (Lusamine's)
• Machop (Trainer's)
• Eevee (Trainer's)
• Tapu Koko (anime)
• Garchomp (Ride Pokémon)
• Metang (Ride Pokémon)
• Flygon (Ride Pokémon)
• Dragonair (Ride Pokémon)
• Altaria (Ride Pokémon)
• Exeggutor (Alola Form; multiple)
• Blacephalon (Ultra Guardians'; new; released; debut)
• Xurkitree (Ultra Guardians'; new; released; debut)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Which island do the Ultra Guardians visit for their mission in today's episode?
  • Host: Professor Burnet:
  • Choices: Melemele Island, Akala Island, Ula'ula Island, Poni Island
  • Answer: Melemele Island
• The "To Be Continued" text at the end of the episode appears at the top right corner of the screen instead of either of the bottom corners.
• Future Connection used as an insert song for the completion of the Super Special Pokémon Fireworks and for Ash's Lycanroc's Z-Move.
• Professor Kukui, Kiawe, Lillie, Sophocles, Mallow, Lana, and Ash narrate the preview for the next episode.
• When the Beast Balls fail to capture Blacephalon and Xurkitree, Ash and Kiawe's faces briefly change to resemble the face of Popuko from the manga series Pop Team Epic.
• Some of Blacephalon's dance moves at the beginning of the episode are references to some of Michael Jackson's famous dance moves, such as the moonwalk.

Errors

• When Garchomp is performing Fire Blast with Flygon and Altaria, its lower jaw isn't colored red.

• 

  Garchomp jaw error

Dub edits

In other languages

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