SM103

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SM103

SM103   EP1042 岩をも砕く熱きハート！ライチとタケシ！！ A Passionate Heart That Can Smash Even Rock! Lychee and Takeshi!!

First broadcast Japan January 6, 2019 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening キミの冒険 Ending ジャリボーイ・ジャリガール

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 関根アユミ Ayumi Sekine Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 中田誠 Makoto Nakata Animation directors 一石小百合 Sayuri Ichiishi 竹内杏子 Takeuchi Kyoko No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 岩をも砕く熱きハート！ライチとタケシ！！ A Passionate Heart That Can Smash Even Rock! Lychee and Takeshi!!) is the 103rd episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,042nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 6, 2019.

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

• Brock is revealed to have received a Comfey from the Melemele Island Nurse Joy.
• Misty and Brock meet Olivia for the first time.
• Brock and Olivia have a battle, which is interrupted by Team Rocket.
• Brock's Sudowoodo is revealed to have learned Feint Attack and Low Kick.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Kukui
• Professor Burnet
• Olivia
• Mimo
• Hikers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Kangaskhan (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Torracat (Ash's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Comfey (Brock's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Eevee (Lana's; Nagisa)
• 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)
• Tsareena (Mallow's)
• Comfey (Nurse Joy's; ×2; one given to Brock in flashback)
• Munchlax (Professor Burnet's)
• Lycanroc (Olivia's; Midday Form)
• Pichu (Trainers'; ×2)
• Ledyba (Trainer's)
• Magnemite (Trainer's)
• Eevee (Trainers'; ×2)
• Garchomp (Ride Pokémon)
• Metang (Ride Pokémon)
• Flygon (Ride Pokémon)
• Dragonair (Ride Pokémon)
• Altaria (Ride Pokémon)
• Bewear (anime)
• Stufful (anime)
• Mudbray (multiple)
• Miltank (multiple)
• Kangaskhan
• Exeggutor (Alola Form; flashback)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: What is the wild Pokémon that came to our ranch in today's episode?
  • Host: Kiawe
  • Choices: Growlithe, Kangaskhan, Garchomp, Seismitoad
  • Answer: Kangaskhan
• Kiawe, Mallow, Lillie, and Ash narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The pose Brock and Olivia make when using Continental Crush is a reference to the Erupting Burning Finger Sekiha Love-Love Tenkyoken from the anime series Mobile Fighter G Gundam. The mecha Team Rocket uses is a reference to the Dark Gundam from the same series.
• Stufful appearing riding on a toy Alolan Exeggutor is a reference to Odate Buta from the anime series Yatterman.
• This episode marks the first time Brock has obtained a new Pokémon since his Happiny, 543 episodes ago.

Errors

• After the Hikers photobomb Rotom's group photo, the Poké Ball design on Ash's hat is missing.

Dub edits

In other languages

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