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‪That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!

SM007   EP946 市場の風来坊ニャビー！ The Vagabond in the Market, Nyabby!

First broadcast Japan December 15, 2016 United States May 17, 2017

English themes Opening Under The Alolan Sun Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director しぎのあきら Akira Shigino Animation directors 藤田正幸 Masayuki Fujita 猿渡聖伽 Seika Saruwatari No additional credits are available at this time.

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

‪That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!‬ (Japanese: 市場の風来坊ニャビー！ The Vagabond in the Market, Nyabby!) is the seventh episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 946th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 15, 2016, in the United Kingdom on April 20, 2017, and is scheduled to air in Canada on April 29, 2017, and in the United States on May 17, 2017.

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

• The recurring Litten is revealed to know Scratch.
• Ash tries to catch the recurring Litten, but eventually decides to let it go.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Persian (Alola Form)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Kukui
• Old woman

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Persian (Alola Form) (US and international), Litten (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Charizard (Kiawe's)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Bounsweet (Mallow's)
• Blissey (Nurse Joy's)
• Comfey (Nurse Joy's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Riolu (Trainer's)
• Elekid (Trainer's; ×2)
• Sableye (Trainer's)
• Growlithe (Trainer's)
• Makuhita (Trainer's)
• Persian (Trainer's; Alola Form; Persie; debut)
• Litten (anime)
• Stoutland (anime)
• Spearow (×4)
• Corsola
• Luvdisc (×2)
• Heliolisk (image on Rotom Pokédex)

Trivia

• Pokémon QR Code: Alolan Persian
• The first airing in Japan didn't include a Poké Problem, as it showed a trailer for M20. But it was included on other stations that aired the episode in delay and VOD services (Amazon Video, Netflix, and Hulu).
• Poké Problem: In today's episode, which Pokémon will Ash try to catch?
  • Host: Professor Kukui
  • Choices: Bewear, Litten, Pikipek, Tapu Koko
  • Answer: Litten
• Music from Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade is used as insert song during Litten's dream sequence.
• Ash, Lillie, Sophocles, Sophocles's Togedemaru, Mallow, Lana, Kiawe, and Ash's Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The English dub title is a reference to the song The Lady is a Tramp.

Dub edits

• The "To Be Continued" text is changed.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		市集的漫遊者火斑喵！

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