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Got Meltan?

SM112   EP1051 新種発見！メルタン、ゲットだぜ！！ Discovering a New Species! Get, Meltan!!

First broadcast Japan March 10, 2019 United States June 15, 2019* June 23, 2019* June 24, 2019* July 13, 2019*

English themes Opening The Challenge of Life Ending

Japanese themes Opening キミの冒険 Ending 心のノート

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤咲淳一 Jun'ichi Fujisaku Storyboard 小平麻紀 Maki Kodaira Assistant director 小平麻紀 Maki Kodaira Animation directors 村田理 Osamu Murata 安田周平 Shūhei Yasuda No additional credits are available at this time.

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Got Meltan? (Japanese: 新種発見！メルタン、ゲットだぜ！！ Discovering a New Species! Get, Meltan!!) is the 112th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,051st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 10, 2019 and in the United States on July 13, 2019.

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

Blurb

After analyzing the data collected by Rotom Dex, Professor Oak confirms the mysterious Pokémon is indeed a new species, which he’s named Meltan! One of them has been hiding inside Ash’s backpack, and it soon takes quite an interest in Rowlet. The two Pokémon go on an adventure to find Meltan’s missing head section, and when Rowlet protects Meltan from Team Rocket’s persistent attacks, Meltan repays the favor with its powerful Flash Cannon attack! Back at the Pokémon School, Meltan is reunited with its friends, but it wants to stay with Rowlet, so Ash adds it to his team. As the journey continues, our heroes have a new friend—Meltan!

Plot

Professor Oak contacts Professor Kukui's home to inform him, Ash, and Professor Burnet that yesterday's mysterious Pokémon is in fact a new species. Oak reveals that he has called it "Meltan", the Hex Nut Pokémon, and classified it as a Steel-type. As Rowlet and the others indulge in some fruit, the Meltan that sneaked into Ash's backpack melts its way through one of Burnet's frying pans. By the time Rowlet scolds Meltan for this, it has already eaten the pan's base. Professor Oak wishes everyone well and signs off, prompting Kukui and Ash to prepare for the upcoming school day. As he does so, Ash hears strange noises coming from his backpack, but thinks little of it. After he and Kukui leave home, Burnet finds her ruined frying pan sitting on the kitchen counter.

At the Pokémon School, Ash reveals Oak's findings to his classmates. Excited, the others start scouring the classroom in search of another Meltan. Meanwhile, in the school's basement, Clefable is becoming increasingly tired from stopping the Meltan from eating all of the equipment. Back in the classroom, Kukui announces to his class that they will be battling each other. Kiawe is quick to challenge Ash, while Lana and Mallow pair up and Lillie is looking forward to battling Sophocles's Vikavolt. Ash tries to wake up Rowlet, but it appears to be in too deep of a sleep, so Ash leaves it inside his backpack for the day.

Later, Meltan attempts to wake up Rowlet. It resorts to spinning its hex nut head, which causes Rowlet to fly out of Ash's bag, though it resumes sleeping on a nearby balustrade. Meltan climbs up to Rowlet and tickles it, but Rowlet simply moves away and returns to sleeping. Meltan's glimmering hex nut also captures the attention of a wild Murkrow, who swoops down and grabs Meltan. Rowlet notices this missing and gives chase, eventually catching up, kicking Murkrow, and grabbing Meltan. However, it then realizes that Meltan's hex nut head is missing. Meanwhile, Team Rocket stops their doughnut van on the side of the road because of a technical fault. James inspects the van and finds the source of their issues, a broken nut. Just as Meowth wishes for a nut to fall from the sky, Meltan's hex nut hits him in the head. James replaces the broken nut with Meltan's, rendering the van operational again. Elsewhere, Rowlet tries to replace Meltan's nut with something suitable, but all of its candidates for a replacement are deemed unsuitable, prompting it to begin searching for Meltan's nut.

Over at the school, Kiawe and Ash's Triple Battle match gets underway. Ash's Torracat unleashes a Fire Blast which overwhelms Marowak's defense. Kiawe calls on his Turtonator to set the battlefield alight, but Lycanroc's Stone Edge breaks through. Pikachu's Iron Tail collides with an Aerial Ace from Charizard. The school bell tolls and Ash returns his Pokémon to their Poké Balls. Kiawe and Ash thank each other for the match, and Kiawe then asks Ash what he will now that he has completed all four of Alola's grand trials. Ash contemplates his answer and looks up to the sky only to notice Rowlet fly by, so he quickly leaves to pursue it. In the Ultra Guardians' base, Clefable places the final Meltan in a basket case. As she is about to close the basket shut, she notices the Meltan eyeing off the piece of metal in her hand. She quickly realizes that the Meltan like metal.

Rowlet is becoming increasingly tired and decides to land at Team Rocket's van after smelling the sweet scent of their three-in-one Combee doughnuts. Though for Team Rocket, the business in front of the cinema is slow. Jessie is quickly to blame Meowth for the suggested location and James admits that they should have set after the six-hour movie special was over. Jessie declares that she will search for the mysterious Pokémon, which they refer to as "Laser-Faced Metalheads", they encountered yesterday. James ignites into a blue rage and declares that he will inflict pain on the "Laser-Faced Metalheads" for destroying his precious bottle caps. Meowth asks how they will find the "Laser-Faced Metalheads", and Jessie suggests they just walk around. Meowth wishes that it would just fall from the sky, and on cue Meltan lands directly on Meowth. Meltan's tambourine falls into Wobbuffet's hands and he begins playing it. The trio spot Meltan with one of their doughnuts as its head, and cannot quite identify it.

Soon Rowlet lands and begins eating Team Rocket's baked goods. Meowth is immediately infuriated by Rowlet's disrespect and jumps to grab it, but he instead lands in the van. As a result, Meltan's hex nut, which Team Rocket had put in their engine, flies out and reunites itself with Meltan. Team Rocket now recognizes Meltan as their menace. They quickly jump into their van for a quick costume change and perform a brief motto introduction. James keenly holds a net and tries to swipe Meltan. Rowlet grabs Meltan and flies into the air, it then uses Seed Bomb on James. The Everstone impact leaves James with an enormous bruise on his head. Rowlet lands on the ground again and says that it will defend its friend. Meowth is none too pleased and readies his sharps claws to attack. Rowlet flies into the air and sends out a barrage of Razor Leaves, but Meowth somersaults his way through the move. Meowth uses Fury Swipes, but Rowlet blocks the way and takes the hits. Rowlet is left scratched up and shivering from the pain. Meowth prepares to make the final attack, but Meltan jumps to Rowlet's defense. Its hex nut head breaks Meowth's Fury Swipes and it fires a direct Flash Cannon at him. Meowth is sent flying into the air and lands on top of James. Jessie also receives a Flash Cannon to the face. Stufful and its mother Bewear arrive on the scene. Bewear quickly tosses Wobbuffet and the others on to the top of the van, gently places Stufful in the driver's seat and promptly carries the entire van away.

Meltan turns its attention to Rowlet, and it is relieved that its friend is feeling well. Ash and Pikachu then arrive and quickly notice Rowlet's scruffy appearance. Meltan steps in front of Rowlet to defend its friend, but Ash is pleased to have encountered the mysterious Pokemon. Ash returns to the Pokemon School, and his classmates thank Rowlet for protecting Meltan. Just as Sophocles wonder how they will reunite Meltan with its friends, Clefable makes her way up to the classroom with several Meltan following her. She shows the class that she has tamed the Meltan by feeding them metal pieces, and the Meltan perform several acrobatic feats. Rowlet flies Meltan to its friends, but Meltan looks over at Rowlet. Mallow notices that Meltan is very attached to Ash's Rowlet, and it hugs Rowlet as a sign of their strong connection. Ash kneels down with a Poké Ball in hand and offers Meltan a place on his team. Meltan consults Rowlet first, and Rowlet pecks at the Ball to inform Ash that Meltan wishes to join them. Ash is thrilled and throws the Poké Ball at Meltan, but to everyone's surprise the Ball becomes wedged inside Meltan's hex nut head. Ash tries to catch Meltan again, and this attempt works. He performs a victory pose and calls Meltan out, and it quickly rushes to embrace Rowlet.

Major events

• Ash catches a Meltan.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak
• Professor Kukui
• Professor Burnet
• Woman

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Meltan (US and international), Clefable (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Torracat (Ash's)
• Meltan (Ash's; new)
• Brionne (Lana's)
• Eevee (Lana's; Sandy)
• Charizard (Kiawe's; Ride Pokémon)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Vikavolt (Sophocles's)
• Tsareena (Mallow's)
• Clefable (Lusamine's)
• Growlithe (Trainer's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Bewear (anime)
• Stufful (anime)
• Meltan (anime; multiple)
• Shaymin (anime)
• Luvdisc (×2)
• Cutiefly (×2)
• Murkrow
• Comfey
• Klefki
• Sandygast
• Xatu (multiple; fantasy)
• Natu (fantasy)

Trivia

The Game Boy and Game Freak references

• Poké Problem: What type is the new Pokémon in today's episode?
  • Host: Professor Burnet
  • Choices: Flying, Ground, Psychic, Steel
  • Answer: Steel
• The English dub was released on Google Play on June 15, 2019, on the iTunes Store on June 23, 2019, and on Amazon Video on June 24, 2019, 28, 20, and 19 days before the episode aired in the United States, respectively.
• When Rowlet comes up with the idea to find Meltan a replacement for its hexagonal nut, a Nintendo Game Boy briefly appears in a fantasy above Rowlet's head and Rowlet's eyes turn into altered versions of the Game Freak logo.
• This marks the first time a main character has officially caught a Mythical Pokémon, as well as the first time when Ash has obtained a Steel-type Pokémon.
• This episode marks the first appearance of a Triple Battle in the anime since they were first officially introduced in A Maractus Musical!, 341 episodes earlier.
• The ending animation is updated to include Ash's Meltan.
• Kiawe, Sophocles, and Ash narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The English dub title is a reference to the ad campaign Got Milk?.
  • A similar dub title was also used with an earlier episode.

Errors

• After Rowlet puts Meltan back in Ash's bag, its bowtie is colored the same as its feet until just before it lands on the floor.
• When the class talks about their battling partners, Tsareena's arms are colored white.

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  Tsareena's white arms

Dub edits

In other languages

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