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This article is about an episode of the Pokémon anime that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

(Japanese: カビゴン巨大化！？ダイマックスの謎！！ Kabigon Became Gigantic!? The Mystery of Daimax!!) is the fifth episode of the new series, and the 1,090th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 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

• Ash and Go witness Dynamaxing for the first time.
• The Scorbunny from the previous episode is revealed to know Double Kick.
• Go catches Scorbunny, making it his first Pokémon.
• Ash and Go return to Vermilion City.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Gigantamax Snorlax
• Wooloo

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Go
• Koharu (flashback)
• Professor Sakuragi
• Driver
• Waiter
• Porter

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Snorlax (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Scorbunny (Go's; new)
• Yamper (Koharu's)
• Bunnelby (Trainer's)
• Stufful (Trainer's)
• Wynaut (Trainer's)
• Munchlax (Trainer's)
• Scorbunny
• Snorlax (Gigantamax)
• Braviary
• Tympole
• Frillish
• Seedot
• Grubbin (×2)
• Flygon
• Bunnelby
• Maractus
• Hippopotas (×2; female and male)
• Phantump (×3)
• Ribombee (multiple)
• Wooloo (multiple)
• Goomy
• Mew (flashback)
• Nidoking (flashback)
• Kangaskhan (flashback)

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Snorlax
• An illustration of this episode was drawn by HYOGONOSUKE.
• In the original trailer for this episode, both of the Hippopotas shown were male, instead of one of the two being female.
• Go, Ash, Pikachu, Scorbunny and a Pidgey narrate the preview for the next episode.
• This episode marks the first appearance of a number of Pokémon species in the main series after long absences:
  • Hippopotas, who last appeared in Battling a Cute Drama!, 499 episodes ago.
  • Maractus, who last appeared in Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness!, 308 episodes ago.
  • Seedot, who last appeared in Promoting Healthy Tangrowth!, 490 episodes ago.
  • Tympole, who last appeared in A Unova League Evolution!, 325 episodes ago.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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