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JN045   EP1130 ソード&シールドⅣ　「最強の剣と盾」 Sword & Shield IV - The Ultimate Sword and Shield

First broadcast Japan November 13, 2020 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending ポケモンしりとり（ミュウ→ザマゼンタVer.）

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 土屋理敬 Michihiro Tsuchiya Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director でんさおり Saori Den Animation directors 山崎玲愛 Rei Yamazaki 野村美妃 Miki Nomura No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: ソード&シールドⅣ　「最強の剣と盾」 Sword & Shield IV - The Ultimate Sword and Shield) is the 45th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,130th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 13, 2020.

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

• Meowth attempts to use G-Max Gold Rush but fails.
• Ash's Riolu evolves into Lucario and learns Aura Sphere.
• Goh's Raboot evolves into Cinderace and learns Pyro Ball.
• Ash and Goh defeat Rose and Oleana, respectively.
• Ash and Goh reunite.
• Ash encounters Zamazenta for the first time.
• Ash and Goh defeat and catch Eternatus with Zacian and Zamazenta's help, ending the Darkest Day.
• Eternatus's Poké Ball is sealed away.
• Sonia becomes a Pokémon Professor.
• Ash and Goh return the Rusted Sword and Rusted Shield to Slumbering Weald.
• Ash and Goh return to Vermilion City.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Yamask (Galarian)
• Cinderace (Goh's)
• Ash's Lucario
• Zacian (Crowned Sword)
• Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
• Eternatus (Eternamax)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Goh
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Magnolia
• Leon
• Rose
• Sonia
• Oleana
• Raihan
• Macro Cosmos employees
  • Oleana's subordinate

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Eternatus

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Raboot (Goh's; evolves)
• Cinderace (Goh's; newly evolved)
• Riolu (Ash's; evolves)
• Lucario (Ash's; newly evolved)
• Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone)
• Charizard (Leon's)
• Duraludon (Raihan's)
• Copperajah (Rose's)
• Ferrothorn (Rose's)
• Milotic (Oleana's)
• Zacian (Crowned Sword)
• Zamazenta (Crowned Shield)
• Eternatus (Eternamax)
• Yamask (Galarian; Dynamax)
• Wooloo (multiple; Dynamax)

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Lucario
• This is the first time one of Ash's Pokémon has evolved outside of the region they were obtained in since An Old Family Blend!, 482 episodes ago.
• This episode marks the first time in the anime where a main character's starter Pokémon from the current generation fully evolves before all the starters are introduced.
• This marks the first time in the anime that a main character has caught a Legendary Pokémon.
• Professor Cerise, Goh, Ash, Mewtwo, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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