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Battle Royal 151

SM129   EP1068 大乱闘！バトルロイヤル151！！ The Great Fray! Battle Royal 151!!

First broadcast Japan July 7, 2019 United States November 9, 2019

English themes Opening The Challenge of Life Ending

Japanese themes Opening キミの冒険 Ending タイプ：ワイルド

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤咲淳一 Jun'ichi Fujisaku Storyboard 齋藤徳明 Noriaki Saitō Assistant director 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino Animation director 新城真 Makoto Shinjō No additional credits are available at this time.

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

Battle Royal 151 (Japanese: 大乱闘！バトルロイヤル151！！ The Great Fray! Battle Royal 151!!) is the 129th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,068th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 7, 2019 and is scheduled to air in the United States on November 9, 2019.

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

Plot

Ash and his classmates walk onto the Manalo Stadium battlefield, joining all of the other Alola League participants. Among the contestants are Oluolu, Master fisherman, Mina, Kahili, and Acerola, the last of which surprises the group with her presence. Jessie and James are in disguises, planning to get through the preliminary round by avoiding the battles at all costs. The one most favored to win, Ilima, makes his way into the stadium, where he is greeted by his many fans, much to the annoyance of Tupp. Plumeria orders all of the Team Skull Grunts to not get in the way of Guzma's victory.

Professor Kukui greets the League participants and crowd and declares the Manalo Conference to be open. Jīkyō takes over, declaring his role as the announcer. He introduces the Manalo Conference's official judges, which are all four Island Kahunas: Olivia, Hala, Hapu, and Nanu. Jīkyō then explains that 151 contestants will be competing for the title of Alola Champion. They will be whittled down to the Top 16 in a series of Battle Royal-style matches. Soon, the participants get into their starting positions, spanning the entire perimeter of the battlefield. The Island Kahunas raise their hands and a countdown begins, with all of the Trainers calling out their respective Pokémon partners.

The countdown reaches zero and the preliminary round officially begins, kicking off the Manalo Conference. Hiroki rushes out with his Mudbray, ordering any challengers to come at him. However, he and Mudbray are immediately struck by a combination attack, making him the first to be knocked out of the competition. Pikachu lands an Iron Tail on a Sudowoodo's forehead, which causes it to immediately faint. As Ash cheers for his early victory, Kiawe orders him to pay attention to the fast-approaching Poliwrath. Pikachu launches an Electroweb attack to defeat Poliwrath, also knocking out a nearby Araquanid in the process. Meanwhile, Kiawe's Turtonator takes a direct Flamethrower from a Salamence, before striking it away with a Dragon Tail. Lillie joins the scuffle, and has Snowy freeze Salamence with a Powder Snow, taking the Dragon type out of the fight. Sandy and Shaymin quickly defeat three opponents, with Lana and Mallow congratulating them. Sophocles has Togedemaru bowl a Shiinotic out the way with Zing Zap. A Politoed leaps and grabs Togedemaru, but it is quickly defeated by Togedemaru's newly learned Spiky Shield. From a sky-box, Wicke sees Faba defeating a competitor's Boldore with his Alakazam.

As 79 participants remain, Ash and Pikachu face off against an intimidating Gyarados. As Ash prepares to call out an attack, a Skarmory swoops in and uses Metal Claw on Gyarados. Pikachu then uses the opportunity to leap onto Gyarados and deliver a direct Thunderbolt, knocking both Skarmory and Gyarados out with one hit. Kiawe orders Turtonator to keep an Alolan Sandslash at bay with a Flamethrower, though it continues to spin closer. Kiawe switches tactics and calls for Turtonator to use Shell Trap. The maneuver catches Sandslash off-guard as its claws directly touch Turtonator's spiny shell, setting off the Shell Trap and defeating the Mouse Pokémon. A tense standoff between a Magikarp and a Pyukumuku abruptly ends due to an Electro Ball from Pikarla's Pikachu, Bolt. However, Pikarla's victory is short-lived, as Jessie's Mimikyu knocks Bolt out with a Shadow Ball. Mimikyu then runs for another Trainer's Pikachu, leaving Jessie and James overwhelmed.

As 65 participants remain, a Talonflame swoops towards Gladion and his Silvally, though they evade the attack. Gladion throws a Rock Memory to Silvally, transforming it into a Rock Pokémon. After Talonflame is quickly taken down by a super-effective Multi-Attack, Gladion and Silvally spot Ash and Pikachu sitting on the battlefield. The pair exchange stares before Gladion warns Ash of an incoming attacker, a Primeape, while a Clawitzer leaps up behind Silvally. Pikachu leaps into action, using Thunderbolt to defeat the Clawitzer as Silvally lands a Crush Claw on Primeape, taking it down. Gladion tells Ash to not lose in the preliminaries, and Ash offers him the same advice. The two rivals go their separate ways as they rush back into the melee.

Kiawe finds himself faced by the Revengers Mad Magmar and Mr. Electric, as Viren, sitting in the stands nearby, orders his minions to teach the kid a lesson he'll never forget. Turtonator starts off with a Flamethrower, though the attacks fails to do any damage to Magmortar. Mr. Electric calls for his Electivire to use Thunder Punch. Turtonator, however, uses Shell Smash and easily avoids the attack thanks to its now-boosted Speed, before battering both Magmortar and Electivire out with a single Dragon Tail. Viren is in shock as Olivia officially declares the pair unable to continue.

With 34 Trainers now remaining, the crowd's attention turns to the Champion-hopeful, Ilima. Tupp and the other Team Skull Grunts watch in shock as Ilima has his Eevee unleash an overwhelming Last Resort attack, which defeats all of the Grunts with one hit. Ilima congratulates Eevee on the splendid effort, but is then immediately faced by Plumeria, who tells him not to get too confident for beating the Grunts. She tells her Salazzle to use Sludge Wave, but Ilima has Eevee use Quick Attack to leap over the attack and to Salazzle's position. Salazzle lashes Eevee with a Dragon Claw and follows up with a Dragon Pulse. While Eevee manages to evade much of the Dragon Pulse, a painful crack sounds from one of its back legs, indicating an injury. Despite this, Eevee is able to perform another Quick Attack to get away from another Dragon Pulse. With enough distance, Ilima has Eevee use Swift, striking Plumeria's Salazzle out of the competition. Plumeria, however, is not disappointed by her effort, admitting that she already did what she came to do. Eevee limps over to Ilima, its condition instantly concerning him.

Twenty participants are still in the running for positions in the next round. A Kommo-o is the next to fall, with Guzma and his Scizor revealed to be behind its defeat. Kukui watches from the grandstand, fearing Guzma's clearance of the preliminaries may jeopardize the future of the Alola League. The screen next shows that now 17 contestants remain, meaning that only one more Trainer is to be eliminated. Jessie's Mimikyu soon sets upon Ash's Pikachu. Ash seems to recognize Mimikyu, and Jessie runs in, almost blowing her cover in the process. Pikachu launches an Electroweb, which blocks Mimikyu's oncoming Shadow Ball, leading to an explosion as the attacks collide. James rushes onto the scene, telling Jessie to just abandon the battle against Ash's Pikachu so they can both get into the next round. Luckily, just then, Kiawe's Turtonator defeats another Trainer's Metagross with an Inferno Overdrive, reducing the number of remaining Trainers to 16 and thus concluding the preliminary round. Ash is left astounded that the preliminary round is now over. Mimikyu, however, does not care of this and is still set on defeating Pikachu. As it prepares to lash Pikachu with a Shadow Claw, Jessie recalls it back to its Luxury Ball just in time. Jessie runs over to James, greatly relieved to have just qualified for the next round. All of the qualifying participants are soon revealed, including Ash, all of his classmates, Jessie and James, Mina, Acerola, Ilima, Gladion, Faba, Samson Oak, Guzma, and Hau.

Overnight, the group stop off at the League Pokémon Center to have their Pokémon healed up from the day's intense matches by the gathered Nurse Joys of Alola. Ilima urges his injured Eevee to take it easy, though it seems disappointed that it still needs to recover. Shortly after, Jīkyō appears on the Pokémon Center television screen to announce the next round's pairings. Ash and Faba are revealed to be the first pair, making Ash happy to be the first one to battle, while Faba starts thinking about plans to use against Ash. The next pair is revealed to be Ilima versus Guzma, to which the Team Skull Boss responds with a satisfying smirk. The third match is Hau versus Samson Oak, and Hau is determined to win. The fourth battle is revealed to take place between Mallow and Lana, surprising the two childhood friends. As Sophocles learns that he'll be facing Mina in the fifth battle, he gets all nervous. In their van, Jessie and James follow the announcement as well, and are shocked to see themselves in the sixth pair, meaning that only one of them has the chance of advancing past the first round. The seventh battle is revealed to be between Kiawe and Acerola, making Kiawe express his usual fiery confidence. And finally, the eighth battle is revealed to take place between Lillie and Gladion, making Lillie surprised that she's going to face her big brother. With all the match-ups revealed, Ash calls for everyone to give it their all, and his classmates respond back with a resounding cheer.

Major events

The match-ups of the first round

• The Manalo Conference begins.
• Sophocles's Togedemaru is revealed to have learned Spiky Shield.
• Plumeria is revealed to own a Salazzle.
• Guzma is revealed to own a Scizor.
• Ash, his classmates, Jessie, James, Gladion, Hau, Faba, Ilima, Acerola, Mina, Guzma, and Samson Oak make it through the Battle Royal preliminary round.
• Hau is revealed to own an Alolan Raichu.
• The match-ups of the first round are revealed to be:
  • Ash versus Faba
  • Ilima versus Guzma
  • Hau versus Samson Oak
  • Mallow versus Lana
  • Sophocles versus Mina
  • Jessie versus James
  • Kiawe versus Acerola
  • Lillie versus Gladion

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

Debuts

Humans

• Jīkyō

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joys (×4)
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak
• Gladion
• Hala
• Olivia
• Nanu
• Hapu
• Lusamine
• Wicke
• Professor Burnet
• Faba
• Ilima
• Acerola
• Mina
• Kahili
• Hau
• Guzma
• Plumeria
• Team Skull Grunts
  • Tupp
  • Rapp
  • Zipp
• Viren
• Mad Magmar
• Mr. Electric
• Oluolu
• DJ Leo
• Hiroki
• Pikala
• Jīkyō
• Master fisherman
• Ilima Girls
• Trainers
• Crowd

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Salazzle (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Eevee (Lana's; Sandy)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Mimikyu (Jessie's)
• Mareanie (James's)
• Blissey (Nurse Joy's)
• Comfey (Nurse Joy's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Silvally (Gladion's)
• Alakazam (Faba's)
• Electivire (Mr. Electric's)
• Magmortar (Mad Magmar's)
• Eevee (Ilima's)
• Mimikyu (Acerola's; Shiny; Mimikins)
• Shuppet (Acerola's)
• Ribombee (Mina's)
• Raichu (Hau's; Alola Form)
• Scizor (Guzma's)
• Salazzle (Plumeria's)
• Salandit (Tupp's)
• Garbodor (Zipp's)
• Zubat (Rapp's)
• Ekans (Team Skull Grunt's)
• Drowzee (Team Skull Grunt's)
• Raticate (Team Skull Grunt's; Alola Form)
• Yungoos (Team Skull Grunt's)
• Snorlax (Oluolu's)
• Dugtrio (DJ Leo's; Alola Form; Jessica, Ashley, and Michael)
• Mudbray (Hiroki's)
• Pikachu (Pikala's; Bolt)
• Skarmory (Trainer's)
• Gyarados (Trainer's)
• Corsola (Trainer's)
• Staryu (Trainer's)
• Herdier (Trainer's)
• Primeape (Trainers'; ×2)
• Sudowoodo (Trainer's)
• Salamence (Trainer's)
• Clawitzer (Trainer's)
• Metagross (Trainer's)
• Geodude (Trainer's; Alola Form)
• Sandslash (Trainer's; Alola Form)
• Kommo-o (Trainer's)
• Golduck (Trainer's)
• Pineco (Trainer's)
• Kecleon (Trainer's)
• Mawile (Trainer's)
• Seel (Trainer's)
• Parasect (Trainer's)
• Sneasel (Trainer's)
• Tropius (Trainer's)
• Snubbull (Trainer's)
• Pelipper (Trainer's)
• Growlithe (Trainer's)
• Octillery (Trainer's)
• Pinsir (Trainer's)
• Sandile (Trainer's)
• Aipom (Trainer's)
• Minccino (Trainer's)
• Masquerain (Trainer's)
• Vullaby (Trainer's)
• Crabrawler (Trainer's)
• Grubbin (Trainer's)
• Graveler (Trainer's; Alola Form)
• Murkrow (Trainer's)
• Tauros (Trainer's)
• Yungoos (Trainer's)
• Torkoal (Trainer's)
• Spearow (Trainer's)
• Butterfree (Trainer's)
• Poliwrath (Trainer's)
• Araquanid (Trainer's)
• Shiinotic (Trainer's)
• Politoed (Trainer's)
• Boldore (Trainer's)
• Pyukumuku (Trainer's)
• Magikarp (Trainer's)
• Slowpoke (Trainer's)
• Oricorio (Trainer's; Pom-Pom Style)
• Slowbro (Trainer's)
• Ledyba (Trainer's)
• Pikachu (Trainer's)
• Talonflame (Trainer's)
• Shaymin (anime)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Who is the favorite to win the Alola League in today's episode?
  • Host: James
  • Choices: Ilima, Jessie, Faba, Ash
  • Answer: Ilima
• The narrator reads out the title card for this episode.
• Type: Wild replaces Notebook of the Heart as the ending theme.
• This episode marks the first appearance of a Pineco in the anime since its cameo in Bucking The Treasure Trend!, 421 episodes earlier.
  • This episode also marks the first appearance of a Tropius in the anime since its cameo in Zoroark: Master of Illusions, almost nine years earlier.
• This episode marks the first time Sophocles's Togedemaru has used a move other than Zing Zap.
• Jessie and James's disguises reference Sina and Dexio's outfits from the Generation VII games.
  • James's disguise shirt has a Chimecho silhouette on it, likely a reference to the Chimecho he owned during the Advanced Generation series.
  • Their fake names are also based on Sina and Dexio's names.
• This episode shows that a Pokémon can use a move while still inside its Poké Ball, as Jessie's Mimikyu is still using Shadow Claw despite Jessie recalling it into its Luxury Ball.
• This episode marks the first time a wild Pokémon is used during a Pokémon League battle.
• In the first airing of the Dare da? segment, Pokémon GO cards are shown instead of Pokémon.
• This was the last episode to air before M22 debuted in Japanese theaters.
• Ulu, Mallow, and Tsareena narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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