SM043
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(Japanese: ジムバトル!Zワザ対メガシンカ!! Gym Battle! Z-Move VS Mega Evolution!!) is the 43rd episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 982nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 21, 2017.
Plot
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Major events
- Lana and Mallow have a Multi Battle against Misty, but lose.
- Misty's Psyduck is revealed to have mastered Water Gun.
- Sophocles and Lillie have a Multi Battle against Brock, but lose.
- Brock's Geodude is revealed to have learned Gyro Ball.
- Brock and Misty are revealed to have obtained a Key Stone each, while Brock is revealed to have obtained a Steelixite and Misty is revealed to have obtained a Gyaradosite.
- Kiawe has a battle against Brock and loses.
- Brock's Steelix is revealed to have learned Gyro Ball and Stone Edge.
- Ash has a battle against Misty and wins.
- Misty's Gyarados is revealed to have learned Rain Dance, Hurricane, and Crunch.
- Professor Kukui reveals that he intends to establish a Pokémon League in Alola.
- Ash, his classmates, Professor Kukui, Samson Oak, and Team Rocket return to Alola.
- Jigglypuff follows Ash and his classmates to Alola on top of their plane.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
TV episode debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- Misty
- Brock
- Lana
- Kiawe
- Lillie
- Sophocles
- Mallow
- Jessie
- James
- Professor Oak
- Professor Kukui
- Samson Oak
- Concetta
- Sara Lee
- Trainers
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Mega Steelix (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
- Rowlet (Ash's)
- Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
- Litten (Ash's)
- Psyduck (Misty's)
- Gyarados (Misty's; Mega Gyarados)
- Steelix (Brock's; Mega Steelix)
- Geodude (Brock's)
- Popplio (Lana's)
- Turtonator (Kiawe's)
- Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)
- Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
- Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
- Charjabug (Sophocles's)
- Steenee (Mallow's)
- Scraggy (Concetta's)
- Glaceon (Sara Lee's)
- Oshawott (Trainer's; Poké Problem segment)
- Jigglypuff (anime)
- Bewear (anime)
- Wingull (×3)
- Gyarados (×3; fantasy)
Trivia
- Poké Problem: "Which Pokémon will Pikachu battle in this episode?"
- Mallow, Lana, Sophocles, Lillie, Kiawe, and Ash narrate the preview for the next episode.
- When Brock and Misty Mega Evolve their Pokémon, they perform poses similar to the ones their game counterparts made in Pokémon Red and Blue.
- In addition, Brock taking his shirt off while doing this is another reference to Red and Blue, where his counterpart was also depicted without a shirt.
- A new Mega Evolution effect is introduced in this episode.
- This and the previous episode feature thirteen main characters, the most amount in the entire anime.
Errors
- Brock's Steelix's Steelixite and Misty's Gyarados's Gyaradosite are only visible when Brock and Misty proceed to Mega Evolve their Pokémon.
Dub edits
In other languages
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