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SS005   EP1090 カビゴン巨大化！？ダイマックスの謎！！ Kabigon Became Gigantic!? The Mystery of Daimax!!

First broadcast Japan December 15, 2019 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending ポケモンしりとり（ピカチュウ→ミュウVer.）

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤咲淳一 Jun'ichi Fujisaku Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 野田泰宏 Yasuhiro Noda Animation director 新城真 Makoto Shinjō No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(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.
• Go catches the Scorbunny from the previous episode, making it his first Pokémon.
• Ash and Go return to Vermilion City.

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Gigantamax Snorlax
• Wooloo

Characters

Humans

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Dare da?

• 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 (×2; Trainer's)
• Stufful (Trainer's)
• Wynaut (Trainer's)
• Munchlax (Trainer's)
• Snorlax (Gigantamax)
• Braviary
• Tympole
• Frillish (female)
• 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

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An illustration of Ash, Pikachu, and Go with Snorlax by HYOGONOSUKE

• 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

• In the scene where Gigantamax Snorlax jumps to eat the berry. It's feet size is similar to it's regular form rather than being small while Dynamaxed.

In other languages

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