User:Nutter Butter

Sun & Moon Anime Speculation

Main Characters

Ash Ketchum

Top of the series:

Pikachu ♂

Caught during series:

Pikachu ♂	Litten	Pikipek
Mimikyu	Salandit	Mudbray

Final team:

Pikachu ♂	Incineroar	Toucannon
Mimikyu	Salazzle	Mudsdale

Mallow

Top of the series:

Fomantis	Rowlet	Comfey

Caught during series:

Fomantis	Rowlet	Comfey
Exeggutor	Cutiefly

Final team:

Lurantis	Dartrix	Comfey
Exeggutor	Cutiefly

Hau

Top of the series:

Popplio

Caught during series:

Popplio	Pichu ♀	Yungoos
Oricorio	Wimpod

Final team:

Popplio	Raichu ♀	Gumshoos
Oricorio	Golisopod

Jessie

Top of the series:

Wobbuffet	Gourgeist ♀

Caught during series:

Wobbuffet	Gourgeist ♀	Bruxish
Stufful

Final team:

Wobbuffet	Bruxish	Bewear

James

Top of the series:

Inkay

Caught during series:

Inkay	Sandygast

Final team:

Inkay	Palossand

Notes

• Mallow and Hau would play a gender reversal in Ash's typical traveling companion setup - Hau is the inexperienced trainer who is pursuing his dream, while Mallow is the knowledgeable exposition-bot.
  • Depending on whether or not gyms are still a thing, Hau's dream may be to defeat all of the Trials of Alola. Otherwise, Ash will go through this as normal, and Hau will do either the alternative to battling featured in the games, or something made up like Showcases.
• Hau's Pichu would be hatched out of an egg. A cute side story would be Pikachu serving as a big brother to Pichu even as she evolves into Pikachu. She would evolve into Raichu towards the end of the series and only be seen once or twice after that.
• I'm not sure what would happen to Jessie's Gourgeist, but I don't think she'll stick around for the whole series. It's also possible that they'll get rid of both Inkay and Gourgeist like they did post-Unova, but if not, then I think Gourgeist will be traded away or released or sent to train or something. James's Sandygast would be received after this as a replacement ghost-type, and Jessie's Stufful would be received after this (or possibly in the trade) as Jessie's new third Pokémon.
• James's Sandygast/Palossand would bring back the running gag of James's Pokémon being overly affectionate, but in a style more like Ash's Muk - tackling and burying him whenever they get happy.
• This is all speculation, and mostly baseless speculation at that. I doubt this will be what happens in the actual anime, but I think it would be cool.

Results

Things I got correct

• Mallow is a main character.
• Jessie and James leave Inkay and Gourgeist at the Team Rocket HQ.
• Ash completes the Trials in lieu of gyms.
• James's new Pokemon is overly (and dangerously) affectionate.
• Ash catches a Litten, which later evolves into an Incineroar.
• Hau possesses an Alolan Raichu.
• Team Rocket is associated with (albeit does not catch) a Bewear and a Stufful.

Things I got incorrect

• Hau is not a main character.
• Lillie, Lana, Sophocles, and Kiawe are main characters.
• Mallow possesses a Bounsweet at the top of the series.
• Mallow does not possess a Fomantis, Rowlet, or Comfey at the top of the series.
• Ash catches a Rowlet.
• Jessie catches a Mimikyu.
• James catches a Mareanie.
• Ash catches a Rockruff.
• Ash catches a Poipole.
• Hau possesses a Dartrix, which evolves into a Decidueye.
• Ash catches a Meltan.