SM056

This article is about an episode of the Pokémon anime that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

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Let Sleeping Pokémon Lie!

SM056   EP995 寝る子は強い、ネッコアラの秘密！ The Strong Sleeper, Nekkoara's Secret!

First broadcast Japan December 28, 2017 United States May 5, 2018

English themes Opening Under The Alolan Moon Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 直井由紀 Yuki Naoi No additional credits are available at this time.

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

Let Sleeping Pokémon Lie! (Japanese: 寝る子は強い、ネッコアラの秘密！ The Strong Sleeper, Nekkoara's Secret!) is the 56th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 995th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 28, 2017 and is scheduled to air in the United States on May 5, 2018.

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

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

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Giovanni (fantasy)
• Matori (fantasy)
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak
• Professor Burnet

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Jigglypuff (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Litten (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Persian (Giovanni's; fantasy)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Munchlax (Professor Burnet's)
• Raichu (Nina's; Alola Form; flashback)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Bewear (anime)
• Wishiwashi (multiple; Solo Form)
• Luvdisc (multiple)
• Pyukumuku
• Cutiefly

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Which one of these Pokémon becomes Komala's greatest rival in today's episode?
  • Host: Sophocles
  • Choices: Jigglypuff, Abra, Grimer, Kangaskhan
  • Answer: Jigglypuff
• The Dare da? segment is a reference to the gag used in The Ultimate Test!, showing a silhouette of Jigglypuff seen from above. The gag was also a part of that episode's Dare da? segment in the original Japanese version.
• Rotom and Laki narrate the preview for the next episode.
• This episode marks the return of the Narrator for the first time since When Regions Collide!.
• The English title is based off of the proverb "let sleeping dogs lie".

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		會睡的孩子最強，樹枕尾熊的秘密！

This article is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this article to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Plot summary and major events list

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Sun & Moon series

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