SM139

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SM139

SM139   EP1078 誕生！アローラの覇者！！ Birth! The Alola Champion!!

First broadcast Japan September 15, 2019 United States

English themes Opening 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 毛利和昭 Kazuaki Mōri Assistant director 毛利和昭 Kazuaki Mōri Animation director 山﨑玲愛 Rei Yamazaki No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: 誕生！アローラの覇者！！ Birth! The Alola Champion!!) is the 139th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,078th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 15, 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

• Gladion is revealed to have obtained a Ghostium Z.
• Ash defeats Gladion, winning the Manalo Conference and becoming the first Champion of Alola.
• A Guzzlord appears from an Ultra Wormhole, interrupting the awards ceremony.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Delia Ketchum
• Professor Oak
• Professor Kukui/Masked Royal
• Professor Burnet
• Lusamine
• Gladion
• Wicke
• Faba
• Jīkyō
• Ilima
• Acerola
• Hau
• Mina

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Rockruff (Ash's; flashback)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Torracat (Ash's)
• Primarina (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)
• Umbreon (Gladion's; flashback)
• Lycanroc (Gladion's; Midnight Form)
• Silvally (Gladion's; flashback)
• Zoroark (Gladion's)
• Lycanroc (Olivia's; Midday Form; flashback)
• Shaymin (anime)
• Guzzlord

Trivia

• Poké Problem: The last Pokémon standing in today's battle is...?
  • Host Professor Burnet
  • Choices: Gladion's Lycanroc, Zoroark, Ash's Lycanroc, Pikachu
  • Answer: Ash's Lycanroc
• The opening animation is updated to include Ash's Melmetal.
• Type: Wild is used as an insert song when Ash and Gladion reminisce about the history of the rivalry between their respective Lycanroc.
• This is the first time Ash beats Gladion in a battle, as previously, either Ash has lost against Gladion or their battle was interrupted.
• This marks the first time that Ash has won a Pokémon League Conference, as well as the first time he has won a game-original League.
• This episode features the following flashbacks of Ash's Lycanroc and Gladion's Lycanroc:
  • Ash's Rockruff battling Gladion's Lycanroc in A Glaring Rivalry!.
  • Ash's Rockruff evolving into Dusk Form Lycanroc in Rising From The Ruins!.
  • Ash's Lycanroc battling Gladion's Lycanroc in Showdown on Poni Island!.
• This episode first aired just under a week shy of the twentieth anniversary of Ash's first Pokémon League victory.
  • Also, Ash's League victories both take place in a setting that consists of a tropical archipelago featuring regional variants of Pokémon and is overseen by a team of four primary Trainers that must be battled in the lead-up to the main competition. However, unlike the Orange Crew, the Island Kahunas are not necessarily required to be battled in order to qualify for entry.
• Meowth, Jessie, James, and Wobbuffet all narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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