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SM016   EP955 小さな三匹、大きな冒険！！ A Small Trio on a Big Adventure!!

First broadcast Japan March 2, 2017 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 高橋知也 Tomoya Takahashi Assistant director 高橋知也 Tomoya Takahashi Animation directors 難波功 Isao Nanba 宮田忠明 Tadaaki Miyata No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf Closed

(Japanese: 小さな三匹、大きな冒険！！ A Small Trio on a Big Adventure!!) is the 16th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 955th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 2, 2017.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Major events

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Mallow
• Professor Kukui (fantasy)
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Meowth (Team Rocket) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Rockruff (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Bounsweet (Mallow's)
• Mimikyu (Jessie's)
• Mareanie (James's)
• Emolga (Trainer's)
• Magnemite (Trainer's)
• Growlithe (Trainer's)
• Machop (Trainer's)
• Makuhita (Trainer's)
• Litten (anime)
• Bewear (anime)
• Stoutland (anime)
• Pikipek (×2)
• Wingull (multiple)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Which of these Pokémon gets in our way in today's episode?
• This is the first time in the Sun & Moon series in which Team Rocket successfully blast off.
• Rotom Pokédex narrates the preview for the next episode.
• This episode was followed by a preview of the twentieth movie.

In other languages

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