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SM043   EP982 ジムバトル！Ｚワザ対メガシンカ！！ Gym Battle! Z-Move VS Mega Evolution!!

First broadcast Japan September 21, 2017 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター -20th Anniversary- Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay Storyboard Assistant director Animation director No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(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.

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Plot

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Major events

• Lana and Mallow have a Multi Battle against Misty, but lose.
• 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

• Mega Steelix (Brock's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Oak
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak
• Trainers
• Concetta
• Sara Lee

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)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: "Which Pokémon will Pikachu battle in this episode?"
  • Host: Ash
  • Choices: Starmie, Gyarados, Goldeen, Psyduck
  • Answer: Gyarados
• Mallow, Lana, Sophocles, Lillie, Kiawe, and Ash narrate the preview for the next episode.
• Brock taking his shirt off during his battle with Kiawe is a reference to Brock's Pokémon Red and Blue sprite, where he is also depicted without a shirt.
• When Mega Evolving her Gyarados, Misty does the same pose as her game counterpart does in Pokémon Red and Blue.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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