SM021

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SM021

SM021   EP960 ニャビー、旅立ちの時！ Nyabby, the Time of Departure!

First broadcast Japan April 6, 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 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: ニャビー、旅立ちの時！ Nyabby, the Time of Departure!) is the 21st episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 960th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 6, 2017, as a one-hour special alongside SM020.

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 have learned Fire Fang, which it masters.
• The recurring Stoutland that Litten was living with vanishes, with the heavy implications that it has died.
• Ash catches Litten.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana (flashback)
• Mallow (flashback)
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Kukui
• Old woman

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Stoutland (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Rockruff (Ash's)
• Litten (Ash's; new)
• Bounsweet (Mallow's; flashback)
• Mareanie (James's)
• Blissey (Nurse Joy's)
• Comfey (Nurse Joy's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Makuhita (Trainer's; ×2)
• Happiny (Trainer's; ×3)
• Lillipup (Trainer's)
• Electabuzz (Trainer's)
• Machop (Trainer's; ×2)
• Growlithe (Trainer's; ×2)
• Riolu (Trainer's)
• Abra (Trainer's)
• Machoke (Trainer's; ×2)
• Sableye (Trainer's; ×2)
• Elekid (Trainer's; ×2)
• Smeargle (Trainer's)
• Eevee (Trainer's; ×2)
• Herdier (Trainer's; ×2)
• Bewear (anime)
• Stoutland (anime)
• Dugtrio (Alola Form; images)

Trivia

• Meowth's Ballad is used as an insert song when Ash, his Pokémon, and Meowth keep vigil over Litten.
• Mallow, Lana, Sophocles, and Kiawe narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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