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''The order of many of these events is approximated and debatable.''
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==Timeline==
===[[Alola]]===
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM001|Alola to New Adventure!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{Delia}}, and [[Mimey]] are revealed to have traveled to the [[Alola]] [[region]].
* Ash encounters a roaming {{AP|Litten}} for the first time.
* Ash is revealed to have left all of his [[party]] Pokémon except {{AP|Pikachu}} at [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]].
* {{an|Professor Oak}} is revealed to have tasked Ash with delivering an {{pkmn|Egg}} to his Alolan cousin, [[Samson Oak]].
* Ash learns about [[Poké Ride|Ride Pokémon]].
* Ash meets {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Lillie}}, {{an|Mallow}}, {{an|Sophocles}}, {{an|Kiawe}}, Samson Oak, and {{an|Professor Kukui}} for the first time.
* Mallow meets Delia for the first time
* Ash delivers the Egg to Samson Oak.
* Ash encounters [[Team Skull]] for the first time.
* Ash learns about [[Z-Move]]s and the [[island challenge]].
* Ash encounters the [[Guardian deities|guardian deity]] of [[Melemele Island]], {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Koko}}, for the first time.
* Ash receives a [[Z-Ring]] equipped with an [[Electrium Z]] from Tapu Koko.
* Delia and Mimey both return to [[Pallet Town]], while Ash stays in Alola to study at the [[Pokémon School]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM002|The Guardian's Challenge!]]''
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* {{Ash}} learns about [[regional form|regional variants]].
* [[Sophocles's Togedemaru]] is revealed to know {{m|Zing Zap}} and have {{a|Lightning Rod}} as her [[Ability]].
* Ash encounters {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Koko}} again, with {{ashcl}} encountering it for the first time.
* Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}} have a battle against Tapu Koko, which gets called off when Tapu Koko [[Escape|flees]].
* Ash and Pikachu perform {{m|Gigavolt Havoc}} for the first time.
** In the process, Ash also performs a [[Z-Move]] for the first time.
* Ash's [[Electrium Z]] shatters right after being used.
* Ash decides to take on the [[island challenge]] in order to get new [[Z-Crystal]]s and qualify as a Z-Move user.
* Ash receives a new {{Rotom|Pokédex}} from {{an|Professor Kukui}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM003|Loading the Dex!]]''
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* {{TRT}} arrives in the [[Alola]] [[region]], having been assigned by {{an|Giovanni}} to capture the region's unique Pokémon.
* A {{p|Rotom}} inhabits Ash's new [[Pokédex]], turning it into a {{an|Rotom Pokédex}}.
* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are revealed to have deposited {{TP|Jessie|Gourgeist}} and {{TP|James|Inkay}} at {{an|Team Rocket HQ}}.
* Ash tries to catch a {{p|Mimikyu}}, but it decides to side with Team Rocket instead.
* {{ashcl|Ash's classmates}} encounter Team Rocket for the first time.
* A {{an|Bewear}} starts following and caring for {{TRT}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM004|First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!]]''
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* {{Ash}} tries and fails to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{p|Grubbin}}.
* [[James]] is revealed to own a [[Luxury Ball]].
* [[Jessie]] uses James's Luxury Ball to catch the {{TP|Jessie|Mimikyu}} that {{TRT}} had encountered [[SM003|earlier]].
* Ash catches a {{AP|Rowlet}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM005|Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!]]''
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* {{an|Lana}} reveals how she first met {{TP|Lana|Popplio}}.
* {{Ash}} meets [[Harper and Sarah]], Lana's younger sisters, for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM007|That's Why the Litten is a Scamp!‬]]''
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* {{AP|Litten}} is revealed to know {{m|Fury Swipes}}.
* {{Ash}} tries to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} Litten, but eventually decides to let it go.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM008|Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge!]]''
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* [[Samson Oak]] gives {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} an {{pkmn|Egg}}, which {{an|Lillie}} agrees to take care of.
* Ash and {{an|Mallow}} meet [[Hobbes]], the butler for Lillie and her family, for the first time.
* [[Ash's Rowlet]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}} and {{m|Peck}}.
* Lillie's phobia of Pokémon is revealed to be the result of a traumatic experience involving {{an|Lusamine|her mother}} that she doesn't remember.
* Lillie overcomes her phobia of Pokémon a little bit, being able to touch the Egg entrusted to her.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM009|To Top a Totem!]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets the [[Island kahuna|kahuna]] of [[Melemele Island]], [[Hala]], for the first time.
* Hala reveals that the [[Z-Ring]] equipped with an [[Electrium Z]] that {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Koko}} gave to Ash [[SM001|earlier]] was taken from him.
* Ash clears his first [[Island challenge|trial]] in the [[Verdant Cavern]], earning a [[Normalium Z]] from the {{pkmn2|Totem}} {{p|Gumshoos}} as a reward.
* Ash becomes qualified to challenge Hala's grand trial.
* [[Officer Jenny]] convinces a {{TP|Officer Jenny|Gumshoos}} to join her team.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM010|Trial and Tribulation!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Pikachu}} perform {{m|Breakneck Blitz}} for the first time.
* Ash battles [[Hala]] in the [[Melemele Island]] [[Island challenge|grand trial]] and wins.
* Hala goes to reward Ash with a [[Fightinium Z]], but {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Koko}} switches it with an [[Electrium Z]], which Ash receives instead.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM011|Young Kiawe Had a Farm!]]''
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* [[Ash's Rowlet]] performs {{m|Breakneck Blitz}} for the first time.
* {{Ash}} visits [[Akala Island]] for the first time.
* Ash meets {{an|Kiawe}}'s family for the first time.
* [[Kiawe's Turtonator]] is revealed to know {{m|Flamethrower}}.
* Kiawe reveals that he received his {{TP|Kiawe|Charizard}} from [[Kiawe's grandfather|his grandfather]].
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM012|The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!]]''
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* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] try and fail to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{p|Cloyster}} and {{p|Carvanha}}, respectively.
* {{TRT}} decides to make [[Bewear's den]] their base of operations in [[Alola]].
* James catches a {{TP|James|Mareanie}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM013|Racing to a Big Event!]]''
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* {{an|Lillie}} is revealed to have [[nickname]]d the {{pkmn|Egg}} she had been raising [[Snowy]].
* The Egg that Lillie and {{ashfr|her classmates}} have been taking care of hatches into an {{rf|Alolan}} {{p|Vulpix}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM014|Getting to Know You!]]''
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* The {{pkmn|Egg}} that {{Ash}} [[SM001|delivered]] to [[Samson Oak]] hatches into a {{p|Vulpix}}.
* [[Snowy]], the {{rf|Alolan}} Vulpix that hatched in the [[SM013|previous episode]], is revealed to know {{m|Powder Snow}}.
* {{an|Lillie}} catches Snowy, making it her [[Starter Pokémon|first Pokémon]].
* Lillie becomes able to touch her own Pokémon, but not others.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM015|Rocking Clawmark Hill!]]''
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* {{p|Rockruff}} is revealed to not be {{an|Professor Kukui}}'s Pokémon, but a [[wild Pokémon]] that he takes care of.
* Rockruff is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}} and {{m|Bite}} and learns {{m|Rock Throw}}.
* {{Ash}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} {{AP|Rockruff}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM016|They Might Not Be Giants!]]''
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* [[Lana's Popplio]] is revealed to know {{m|Bubble Beam}}.
* {{AP|Litten}} is revealed to know {{m|Slash}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM017|Crystal-Clear Sleuthing!]]''
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* {{Rotom}} updates itself with a video camera function.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM018|A Seasoned Search!]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Abe]], {{an|Mallow}}'s father, for the first time.
* {{TRT}} completes the construction of their base in [[Bewear's den]].
* Mallow's {{p|Bounsweet}} evolves into {{TP|Mallow|Steenee}} and learns {{m|Double Slap}} and {{m|Magical Leaf}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM019|A Guardian Rematch!]]''
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* [[Ash's Rockruff]] performs {{m|Breakneck Blitz}} for the first time.
* {{Ash}} meets {{an|Sophocles}}'s family for the first time.
* Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}} have a [[rematch]] with {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Koko}}, with no clear winner.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM020|Partner Promises!]]''
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* {{Ash}} encounters the [[Guardian deities|guardian deity]] of [[Akala Island]], {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Lele}}, for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM021|One Journey Ends, Another Begins...]]''
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* {{p|Litten}} is revealed to have learned {{m|Fire Fang}}, although it hasn't mastered it yet.
* The elderly {{an|Stoutland}} that Litten was living with vanishes.
* {{Ash}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} {{AP|Litten}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM022|A Shivering Shovel Search!]]''
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* [[Kiawe's Charizard]] is revealed to know {{m|Flamethrower}}.
* [[Ash's Litten]] masters {{m|Fire Fang}}.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM023|Getting the Band Back Together!]]''
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* {{Rotom}} updates itself with a {{wp|Sampling (signal processing)|voice sampling}} function.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM024|Alolan Open House!]]''
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* [[Ash's Litten]] is revealed to know {{m|Scratch}}.
* {{an|Lillie}} meets {{Delia}} for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" |''[[SM025|A Team-on-Team Tussle!]]''
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* {{TRT}} learns about [[Z-Move]]s and [[Z-Crystal]]s.
* Team Rocket encounters [[Team Skull]] for the first time.
* Team Rocket and Team Skull fight for a [[Darkinium Z]], which Team Rocket takes for themselves.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM026|So Long, Sophocles!]]''
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* {{Ash}} brings {{an|Sophocles}} a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{p|Charjabug}} as a present.
* Sophocles {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} the {{TP|Sophocles|Charjabug}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM027|A Glaring Rivalry!]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets {{an|Gladion}}, {{an|Lillie}}'s older brother, for the first time.
* Ash has a {{pkmn|battle}} with Gladion, but it is interrupted by {{TRT}}.
* Team Rocket meets Gladion for the first time.
* Ash learns that he can get a [[Rockium Z]] from the [[island kahuna]] of [[Akala Island]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM030|The Ol' Raise and Switch!]]''
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* {{an|Lillie}} becomes able to touch {{AP|Pikachu}}.
* {{Ash}} {{pkmn|battle}}s Lillie, although the end result is left unknown.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM031|The Island Whisperer!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Lillie}}, {{an|Mallow}}, and {{an|Sophocles}} meet [[Olivia]], the {{isl|Akala}} [[Island kahuna]], for the first time.
* Ash and {{ashcl}} travel to Akala Island along with Olivia and {{an|Professor Kukui}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM032|Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!]]''
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* {{Ash}} tries and fails to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} an {{rf|Alolan}} {{p|Geodude}}.
* {{an|Lana}} finds a [[Sparkling Stone]], which [[Olivia]] takes to be modified into a [[Z-Ring]] for her.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM033|Big Sky, Small Fry!]]''
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* [[Lana's Popplio]] learns {{m|Aqua Jet}}.
* {{an|Lana}} clears the [[Island challenge|trial]] at [[Brooklet Hill]] with {{Ash}}'s help, earning a [[Waterium Z]] from a {{pkmn2|Totem}} {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Wishiwashi|Solo Form}} {{p|Wishiwashi}} as a reward.
* [[Olivia]] converts Lana's [[Sparkling Stone]] into a [[Z-Ring]] and gives it back to her.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM034|A Crowning Moment of Truth!]]''
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* [[Kiawe's Turtonator]] is revealed to know {{m|Dragon Tail}}, and also learns {{m|Shell Smash}}.
* {{an|Kiawe}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} an {{rf|Alolan}} {{TP|Kiawe|Marowak}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM035|Currying Favor and Flavor!]]''
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* [[Ash's Litten]] performs {{m|Breakneck Blitz}} for the first time.
* {{Ash}} clears the [[Island challenge|trial]] in [[Lush Jungle]], earning a [[Grassium Z]] from the {{pkmn2|Totem}} {{p|Lurantis}} as a reward.
* Ash becomes qualified to challenge [[Olivia]]'s grand trial.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM036|Trials and Determinations!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Rowlet}} perform {{m|Bloom Doom}} for the first time.
* Ash battles [[Olivia]] in the [[Akala Island]] [[Island challenge|grand trial]] and wins, earning a [[Rockium Z]] as a reward.
* Olivia informs Ash that his {{AP|Rockruff}} will [[Evolution|evolve]] [[SM037|soon]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM037|Rising from the Ruins!]]''
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* {{an|Gladion}} is revealed to own a {{p|Type: Null}} [[nickname]]d "Silvally".
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Rockruff}} evolves into a {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Lycanroc|Dusk Form}} {{AP|Lycanroc}}.
* Ash, {{ashcl}}, and {{an|Professor Kukui}} leave [[Akala Island]] and return to [[Melemele Island]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM038|Mimikyu Unmasked!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Lycanroc}} perform {{m|Continental Crush}} for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM040|Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!]]''
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* {{an|Lana}} and {{TP|Lana|Popplio}} perform {{m|Hydro Vortex}} for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM041|Mounting an Electrifying Charge!]]''
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* [[Sophocles's Charjabug]] is revealed to know {{m|String Shot}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM042|Alola, Kanto!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} travel to [[Kanto]] for an extracurricular activity and arrive in [[Pallet Town]].
* {{TRT}} also travels to Kanto, but are later taken back to [[Alola]] by {{an|Bewear}}.
* Ash reunites with {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}}.
* {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Kiawe}}, {{an|Lillie}}, {{an|Mallow}}, and {{an|Sophocles}} meet Misty, Brock, {{an|Professor Oak}}, and {{an|Jigglypuff}} for the first time.
** In addition, Misty and Brock meet {{an|Professor Kukui}}, [[Samson Oak]], and Bewear for the first time.
* Lana, Kiawe, and Sophocles meet {{Delia}} for the first time.<!-- Mallow met her already in SM001 and Lillie in SM024. -->
* [[Ash's Lycanroc]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Accelerock}}.
* Ash and his classmates travel to [[Cerulean City]] to visit the [[Cerulean Gym]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM043|When Regions Collide!]]''
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* {{ashcl|Ash's classmates}} learn about [[Pokémon League]]s and [[Mega Evolution]].
* {{an|Lana}} and {{an|Mallow}} have a [[Multi Battle]] against {{an|Misty}}, but the battle is called off.
* [[Misty's Psyduck]] is revealed to have mastered {{m|Water Gun}}.
* {{an|Sophocles}} and {{an|Lillie}} have a Multi Battle against {{an|Brock}}, but the battle is called off.
* [[Brock's Geodude]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Gyro Ball}} and his {{TP|Brock|Steelix}} is revealed to have learned Gyro Ball and {{m|Stone Edge}}.
* Brock and Misty are revealed to each have obtained a [[Key Stone]], while Brock is revealed to have obtained a [[Steelixite]] and Misty is revealed to have obtained a [[Gyaradosite]].
* {{an|Kiawe}} has a battle against Brock and loses.
* [[Misty's Gyarados]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Rain Dance}}, {{m|Hurricane}}, and {{m|Crunch}}.
* {{Ash}} has a battle against Misty and wins.
* {{an|Professor Kukui}} reveals that he intends to establish a [[Alola League|Pokémon League]] in [[Alola]].
* Ash, his classmates, Professor Kukui, [[Samson Oak]], and {{TRT}} return to Alola.
* {{an|Jigglypuff}} follows Ash and his classmates to Alola on top of their plane.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM044|A Dream Encounter!]]''
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* {{Ash}} finds and befriends a {{p|Cosmog}}, which {{an|Lillie}} [[nickname]]s {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Solgaleo|Nebby}}.
* Lillie reunites with her mother, {{an|Lusamine}}.
* Ash meets Lusamine, {{an|Professor Burnet}}, {{an|Faba}}, and [[Wicke]] for the first time.
* Ash learns about the [[Aether Foundation]] and [[Ultra Beast]]s.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM045|Now You See Them, Now You Don't!]]''
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* {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Solgaleo|Nebby}} is revealed to know {{m|Teleport}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM046|Deceiving Appearances!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} visit [[Aether Paradise]], with Ash, {{an|Kiawe}}, {{an|Sophocles}}, {{an|Mallow}}, and {{an|Lana}} visiting it for the first time.
* Kiawe, Sophocles, Mallow, and Lana meet {{an|Lusamine}}, {{an|Faba}}, [[Wicke]], and {{an|Professor Burnet}} for the first time.
* Faba is revealed to have hired {{TRT}} to work for him as {{tc|Aether Foundation Employee}}s.
* Team Rocket learns about {{p|Type: Null}} and the [[Ultra Beast]]s.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM047|A Masked Warning!]]''
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* [[Ash's Lycanroc]] is revealed to go berserk when its fur gets dirty.
* {{Ash}} meets {{an|Gladion}} again.
* Ash learns that {{an|Lillie}}'s fear of touching Pokémon is related to {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Nihilego|an Ultra Beast}}.
* Ash has another {{pkmn|battle}} with Gladion and loses.
* {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Solgaleo|Nebby}} is revealed to know {{m|Supersonic}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM048|Night of a Thousand Poses!]]''
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* {{an|Lillie}} becomes unable to touch any Pokémon again after encountering [[Gladion's Silvally]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM049|Mission: Total Recall!]]''
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* {{TRT}} resigns as {{tc|Aether Foundation Employee}}s and leaves {{an|Faba}}.
* [[Gladion's Silvally]] [[Evolution|breaks free]] of its mask, revealing {{p|Silvally|its true form}}.
* {{an|Lillie}} remembers the incident that made her afraid of touching {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}.
* Lillie overcomes her fear, becoming able to touch all Pokémon once again.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM050|Faba's Revenge!]]''
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* {{an|Faba}} manages to kidnap {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Solgaleo|Nebby}}.
* {{an|Kiawe}}, {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Mallow}}, and {{an|Sophocles}} meet {{an|Gladion}} for the first time.
* Nebby evolves into {{p|Cosmoem}}.
* Faba summons a {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Nihilego}} through an [[Ultra Wormhole]].
* {{an|Lusamine}} protects her children from Nihilego, causing it to take her into the Ultra Wormhole.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM051|Family Determination!]]''
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* {{an|Lillie}} changes her outfit.
* Lillie and {{an|Gladion}} leave for [[Poni Island]] together to look for a way to save {{an|Lusamine}}.
* {{Ash}}, {{ashcl}}, and {{an|Professor Kukui}} decide to follow Lillie and Gladion to Poni Island.
* Ash visits Poni Island for the first time.
* Ash encounters the [[guardian deities]] of [[Ula'ula Island]] and Poni Island, {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Bulu}} and {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Fini}}, for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM052|Revealing the Stuff of Legend!]]''
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* {{an|Professor Kukui}} is revealed to own a {{p|Braviary}}.
* {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Solgaleo|Nebby}} [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{p|Solgaleo}} and learns {{m|Sunsteel Strike}}.
* {{Ash}} obtains a [[Solganium Z]] from Nebby.
* The {{an|guardian deities}} upgrade Ash's [[Z-Ring]] into a [[Z-Power Ring]].
* Ash and Nebby perform {{m|Searing Sunraze Smash}} for the first time.
* Ash, {{ashcl}}, and {{an|Gladion}} enter an [[Ultra Wormhole]] with Solgaleo in search of {{an|Lusamine}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM053|Rescuing the Unwilling!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{ashcl}}, and {{an|Gladion}} arrive in [[Ultra Deep Sea]] and find {{an|Lusamine}} there, only to discover she has fused with {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Nihilego}}.
* [[Kiawe's Marowak]] is revealed to know {{m|Bonemerang}}.
* Ash and his friends battle Lusamine.
** Lusamine is revealed to own a {{p|Salazzle}}, a {{p|Milotic}}, a {{p|Lilligant}}, a {{p|Mismagius}}, and an {{p|Absol}}.
** {{an|Kiawe}} splits from the group to battle Lusamine's Salazzle and wins.
** {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Mallow}}, and {{an|Sophocles}}, along with {{AP|Rowlet}} and {{AP|Litten}}, split from the group to battle Lusamine's Milotic, Lilligant, and Mismagius.
** Gladion splits from the group to battle Lusamine's Absol.
** {{an|Lillie}}, along with {{AP|Lycanroc}}, split from the group to battle Lusamine's {{p|Clefable}} and free her from Nihilego's control.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM054|10,000,000 Reasons to Fight!]]''
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* {{Ash}}'s [[Electrium Z]] temporarily changes into a [[Pikashunium Z]].
* Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}} perform {{m|10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt}} for the first time.
* Ash and Pikachu defeat {{an|Lusamine}}, freeing her and her Pokémon from {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Nihilego}}'s control.
* Ash, {{ashcl}}, {{an|Gladion}}, Lusamine, and {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Solgaleo|Nebby}} return to their own {{pkmn|world}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM055|The Professors' New Adventure!]]''
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* {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Solgaleo|Nebby}} is revealed to have returned to the {{pkmn2|wild}}.
* {{an|Lillie}} switches back to her original clothing.
* {{an|Professor Kukui}} proposes to {{an|Professor Burnet}}, and she accepts.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} learn that Professor Kukui owns a {{p|Braviary}}.
* Professors Kukui and Burnet get married.
* {{an|Lusamine}}, [[Wicke]], and {{an|Faba}} invite Ash and his classmates to join the "[[Ultra Guardians]]" task force to deal with any future {{an|Ultra Beasts|Ultra Beast}} incidents, which they accept.
* {{AP|Poipole}} is introduced.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM058|Fighting Back the Tears!]]''
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* [[James]] tries and fails to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{p|Frillish}}.
* James tries to {{pkmn2|released|release}} {{TP|James|Mareanie}}, but Mareanie chooses to stay with him.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM059|Tasting the Bitter with the Sweet!]]''
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* {{an|Lana}} and {{an|Mallow}} recall how they first met each other.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM060|Getting a Jump on the Competition!]]''
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* {{Ash}} visits [[Ula'ula Island]] for the first time.
* [[Hala]]'s {{p|Crabrawler}} evolves into {{p|Crabominable}}.
* [[Snowy]] is revealed to know {{m|Hail}} and learns {{m|Aurora Veil}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM061|A Mission of Ultra Urgency!]]''
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* A {{AP|Poipole}} emerges from an [[Ultra Wormhole]] and starts following [[Ash's Pikachu]].
* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} go on their first [[Ultra Guardians]] mission.
* {{Rotom}} is updated with data about the known {{an|Ultra Beasts}}.
* The Ultra Guardians {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Buzzwole}} and {{pkmn2|released|release}} it back into [[Ultra Space]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM062|Acting True to Form!]]''
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* [[James]] is revealed to own a [[Great Ball|Great]], [[Ultra Ball|Ultra]], [[Premier Ball|Premier]], [[Dusk Ball|Dusk]], [[Heal Ball|Heal]], and [[Quick Ball]].
* {{TRT}} learns that they need a [[Z-Ring]] in order to use their [[Darkinium Z]].
* An {{rf|Alolan}} {{TP|Matori|Meowth}} joins [[Team Rocket]] and travels to the {{an|Team Rocket HQ}} in [[Kanto]], where it is appointed as [[Matori]]'s assistant.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM063|Pushing the Fiery Envelope!]]''
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* {{Ash}} learns about [[Battle Royal]]s and the {{an|Professor Kukui|Masked Royal}}.
* Professor Kukui is revealed to own an {{TP|Professor Kukui|Incineroar}}, a [[Z-Ring]], and an [[Incinium Z]].
* Ash participates in his first-ever Battle Royal with the Masked Royal, {{an|Sophocles}}, and {{an|Kiawe}}, with the Masked Royal winning.
* Ash's {{p|Litten}} starts to learn {{m|Flame Charge}}.
* Ash's Litten evolves into {{AP|Torracat}} and masters Flame Charge.
* Ash has a [[Pokémon battle|Single Battle]] with the Masked Royal and loses.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM065|Turning Heads and Training Hard!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{an|Lillie}} meet [[Ilima]], a [[Pokémon School]] graduate, for the first time.
* {{an|Professor Kukui}} invites Ilima to attend the [[Alola League]] after it is completed, and Ilima accepts.
* Ash challenges Ilima to a {{pkmn|battle}}, but they are interrupted by the arrival of [[Team Skull]] before the battle can properly begin.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM066|Smashing with Sketch!]]''
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* [[Ilima]] heads back to [[Kalos]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM067|Love at First Twirl!]]''
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* The recurring {{p|Poipole}} is revealed to know {{m|Toxic}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} meet the recurring Poipole for the first time.
* Ash {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} {{AP|Poipole}} to take care of it until the location of its [[Ultra Wormhole]] is discovered.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM069|Rise and Shine, Starship!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} go on their second [[Ultra Guardians]] mission.
* The Ultra Guardians try and fail to capture a {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Celesteela}}, due to it being rooted down at the time.
* The Ultra Guardians help free the Celesteela from being trapped underground, allowing it to fly back to space.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM070|The Young Flame Strikes Back!]]''
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* [[Kiawe's Marowak]] performs {{m|Inferno Overdrive}} for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM072|Sours for the Sweet!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{an|Lillie}} meet [[Ulu]], {{an|Mallow}}'s older brother, for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM073|Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime?]]''
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* [[James's Mareanie]] learns {{m|Knock Off}}.
* {{TRT}} receives a [[Z-Power Ring]] from [[Nanu]].
* [[James]] and Mareanie perform {{m|Black Hole Eclipse}} for the first time.
* [[Jessie]] receives a [[Mimikium Z]] from [[Acerola]]'s {{p|Mimikyu|Mimikins}}.
* {{Ash}} heads to [[Ula'ula Island]] to participate in his third [[island challenge|grand trial]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM074|Tough Guy Trials!]]''
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* {{an|Professor Kukui}} is revealed to have told {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} about the [[Pokémon League]] he's establishing in [[Alola]].
* Ash arrives at [[Ula'ula Island]] and meets [[Island kahuna|Kahuna]] [[Nanu]] and [[Acerola]] for the first time.
* Ash and {{TRT}} learn about the legend of the "{{p|Necrozma|Blinding One}}".
* [[Ash's Lycanroc]] goes berserk [[SM047|again]].
* Ash battles Nanu and loses.
* Acerola agrees to help Ash train for a [[rematch]] with Nanu.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM075|Some Kind of Laziness!]]''
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* [[Ash's Rowlet]] learns {{m|Razor Leaf}}.
* {{TRT}} learns the pose for {{m|Let's Snuggle Forever|Mimikyu's Z-Move}}.
* [[Ash's Lycanroc]] overcomes its habit of going berserk whenever its fur gets wet or dirty.
* Ash's Lycanroc learns {{m|Stone Edge}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM076|A Battle Hand-Off!]]''
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* [[Jessie's Mimikyu]] is revealed to have {{a|Disguise}} as its [[Ability]].
* [[Jessie]] and Mimikyu perform {{m|Let's Snuggle Forever}} for the first time.
* [[Ash's Pikachu]] learns {{m|Electroweb}}.
* {{Ash}}'s [[Electrium Z]] temporarily changes into a [[Pikashunium Z]] [[SM054|again]].
* Ash clears the {{OBP|Thrifty Megamart|Abandoned Site}} [[Island challenge|trial]], becoming qualified to challenge [[Nanu]]'s grand trial.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM077|Guiding an Awakening!]]''
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* [[Ash's Lycanroc]] is revealed to have gained control of its red-eyed state, allowing it to be used as a temporary power boost.
* Ash's Lycanroc learns {{m|Counter}}.
* {{Ash}} battles [[Nanu]] in the [[Ula'ula Island]] [[island challenge|grand trial]] and wins, earning a [[Lycanium Z]] as a reward.
* Ash leaves Ula'ula Island and returns to [[Melemele Island]] to rejoin {{ashcl}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM078|Twirling with a Bang!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} go on their third [[Ultra Guardians]] mission.
* Ash and {{AP|Lycanroc}} perform {{m|Splintered Stormshards}} for the first time.
* The Ultra Guardians {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Blacephalon}} and a {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Xurkitree}} and {{pkmn2|released|release}} them back into [[Ultra Space]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM079|Showering the World with Love!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} travel to [[Ula'ula Island]] to visit [[Hokulani Observatory]].
* Ash, {{an|Kiawe}}, {{an|Mallow}}, {{an|Lana}}, and {{an|Lillie}} meet {{an|Sophocles}}'s cousin, [[Molayne]], for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM080|Not Caving Under Pressure!]]''
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* {{an|Lillie}} receives an [[Icium Z]] from a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{rf|Alolan}} {{p|Sandslash}}.
* {{an|Sophocles}} gives Lillie an [[Ice Stone]] found by his {{TP|Sophocles|Charjabug}}.
* Lillie offers the Ice Stone to [[Snowy]], but it refuses to [[evolution|evolve]] for the time being.
* Lillie decides to keep the Ice Stone in case Snowy changes its mind.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} travel back to [[Melemele Island]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM081|A Young Royal Flame Ignites!]]''
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* [[Ash's Torracat]] learns {{m|Revenge}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM082|All They Want to Do is Dance Dance!]]''
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* {{an|Mallow}}'s {{p|Steenee}} learns {{m|Stomp}}, [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{TP|Mallow|Tsareena}}, and learns {{m|Trop Kick}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM084|The Shape of Love to Come!]]''
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* [[Ash's Poipole]] is revealed to know {{m|Fury Attack}}.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} meet [[Mina]] for the first time.
* Ash uses Poipole in a {{pkmn|battle}} for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM085|The Long Vault Home!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} go on their fourth [[Ultra Guardians]] mission.
* The Ultra Guardians {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Stakataka}} and {{pkmn2|released|release}} it back into [[Ultra Space]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM087|Filling the Light with Darkness!]]''
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* A small [[Ultra Wormhole]] opens above the [[Altar of the Sunne]], covering [[Alola]] with dark clouds and draining the region of its Ultra Aura, causing all adults to lose their energy and motivation, and draining [[Z-Move]]s of their power.
* {{Ash}} learns about the [[Manalo Festival]].
* A special [[Team Rocket]] unit led by [[Matori]], called the "Matori Matrix", heads to Alola on {{an|Giovanni}}'s orders.
* Ash and {{ashcl}} go on their fifth [[Ultra Guardians]] mission.
* The Ultra Guardians travel to the Altar of the Sunne.
* {{an|Gladion}} is revealed to have joined the Ultra Guardians and acquired a [[Z-Power Ring]].
* A {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Lunala}} appears from the Ultra Wormhole above the Altar of the Sunne, followed by {{an|Necrozma}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM088|Full Moon and Many Arms!]]''
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* The [[Ultra Guardians]] follow {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Lunala}} and {{an|Necrozma}} to [[Melemele Island]] to protect the former from the latter.
* Necrozma fuses with Lunala.
* [[Team Rocket]]'s [[Matori]] Matrix attempts to capture Necrozma, but fails.
* {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Solgaleo|Nebby}} appears through an [[Ultra Wormhole]] and helps Lunala separate from Necrozma.
* Nebby uses {{m|Sunsteel Strike}} for the first time and is revealed to have learned {{m|Flash Cannon}}.
* The Matori Matrix attempts to capture Nebby and Lunala, but are stopped by {{Ash}} and {{an|Gladion}}.
* Necrozma fuses with Nebby and escapes through an Ultra Wormhole, stopping its absorption of [[Alola]]'s Ultra Aura, resulting in the recovery of the energy and motivation of the [[region]]'s adults.
* Lunala is brought to the Ultra Guardians base to recover.
* The [[Aether Foundation]], considering Necrozma an [[Ultra Beast]], gives it the codename "UB Black".
* {{an|Faba}} informs the Aether Foundation and the Ultra Guardians about the Team Rocket group that is trying to capture Nebby and Lunala.
* Using the [[Z-Move|Z-Power]] of Ash, {{an|Kiawe}}, {{an|Lana}}, and Gladion's [[Z-Ring]]s, Lunala is able to restore itself.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM089|The Prism Between Light and Darkness!]]''
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* The [[Ultra Guardians]] travel to {{AP|Poipole}}'s [[Poipole's world|home world]] through an [[Ultra Wormhole]] created by {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Lunala}}.
* The Ultra Guardians learn {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Necrozma|UB Black}}'s real name and its connection to Poipole's home world.
* {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Ultra Space Naganadel|Naganadel}} reveals that Ash's Poipole came to [[Alola]] to find a better place for it and its hive to live.
* {{an|Professor Kukui}} and {{an|Faba}} confront the [[Matori]] Matrix and start battling against [[Gozu]] at [[Ten Carat Hill]].
* {{an|Gladion}} is revealed to have obtained a [[Normalium Z]].
* {{Ash}}, {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Kiawe}}, and Gladion each use a [[Z-Move]] in a combined attack to release {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Solgaleo|Nebby}} from Necrozma's absorption and to give Necrozma enough Ultra Aura to turn it back into {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Necrozma|The Blinding One}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM090|Securing the Future!]]''
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* The [[Ultra Guardians]]' attempt to make {{an|Necrozma}} separate from {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Solgaleo|Nebby}} by using their [[Z-Move]]s fails, as it instead absorbs the Z-Power to power itself up.
* {{an|Professor Kukui}} defeats [[Gozu]], but at the cost of revealing to {{an|Faba}} that he is the Masked Royal.
** Professor Kukui asks Faba to keep his identity a secret from his students.
* The [[Matori]] Matrix attempts to travel to [[Ultra Space]] through an [[Ultra Wormhole]], but are stopped by {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Koko}}, forcing them to retreat.
* Necrozma reverts to its normal form, thus separating from Nebby, after it gathers the light sent to it by the Ultra Guardians, their Pokémon, and all of the people and Pokémon of [[Alola]].
* {{an|Gladion}} receives a [[Lunalium Z]] from {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Lunala}}.
* {{Ash}} and Gladion perform {{m|Searing Sunraze Smash|Nebby}} and {{m|Menacing Moonraze Maelstrom|Lunala's Z-Moves}}, respectively, to give Necrozma enough Ultra Aura and revert it to its original {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Necrozma|Ultra form}}.
* Necrozma brings the light back to {{AP|Poipole}}'s [[Poipole's world|home world]], restoring it to its former state.
* Poipole chooses to stay in its home world, so Ash {{pkmn2|released|leaves it behind}}.
* The Ultra Guardians, Nebby, and Lunala return to Alola.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM094|A Haunted House for Everyone!]]''
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* {{Ash}}'s {{ashcl|classmates}} meet [[Acerola]] for the first time.
* Acerola is revealed to own a {{p|Shuppet}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM095|Sparking Confusion!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} go on their sixth [[Ultra Guardians]] mission.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM096|Don't Ignore the Small Stufful!]]''
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* [[Jessie]] tries and fails to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{an|Stufful}} that starts to follow her around.
* {{an|Bewear}} is revealed to be Stufful's mother.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM097|No Stone Unturned!]]''
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* {{Ash}} meets [[Hau]] for the first time.
* Ash has a {{pkmn|battle}} against Hau and loses.
* Ash tries to teach {{AP|Rowlet}} {{m|Bullet Seed}}, despite it being unable to learn the move.
** Rowlet finds an [[Everstone]], which it learns to use {{m|Seed Bomb}} with instead.
* Ash has a [[rematch]] against Hau and wins.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM098|Bright Lights, Big Changes!]]''
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* {{Ash}} tries and fails to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} {{Rotom}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM099|We Know Where You're Going, Eevee!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} meet the recurring {{p|Eevee}} for the first time.
* [[Lana's Popplio]] learns {{m|Surf}}.
* Eevee is revealed to know {{m|Double-Edge}}.
* {{an|Lana}} [[nickname]]s the Eevee "[[Sandy]]" and {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} it with a [[Dive Ball]].
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM100|Battling the Beast Within!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Pikachu}} have another [[rematch]] with {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Koko}}, but the {{pkmn|battle}} is interrupted when Ash and Pikachu are transported to the [[Ultra Ruin]].
* Ash encounters a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Ultra Ruin Guzzlord|Guzzlord}}.
* Ash meets a {{pkmn|Trainer}} named {{al|Dia}} and his partner, {{p|Zeraora}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM101|Parallel Friendships!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{al|Dia}} stop the {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Ultra Ruin Guzzlord|Guzzlord}} by sending it through an [[Ultra Wormhole]].
* Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}} return to [[Alola]] by {{pkmn|battle|battling}} Dia and {{p|Zeraora}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM102|Alola, Alola!]]''
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* {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Brock}} travel to [[Alola]] to visit {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}}, as a surprise organized by {{an|Lana}}.
* [[Snowy]] is revealed to know {{m|Tackle}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM103|Heart of Fire! Heart of Stone!]]''
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* {{an|Brock}} is revealed to have received a {{TP|Brock|Comfey}} from the [[Melemele Island]] [[Nurse Joy]] in the [[SM102|previous episode]].
* Brock and {{an|Misty}} meet [[Olivia]] for the first time.
* Brock and Olivia have a {{pkmn|battle}}, which is interrupted by {{TRT}}.
* [[Brock's Sudowoodo]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Feint Attack}} and {{m|Low Kick}}.
* Brock and Misty head back to [[Kanto]].
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM104|That's Some Spicy Island Research!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} travel to [[Poni Island]].
* {{an|Professor Kukui}} leaves his students in the hands of Poni Island's [[Nurse Joy]] before heading back to [[Melemele Island]].
* {{an|Sophocles}} reveals that he is planning to [[Evolution|evolve]] his {{TP|Sophocles|Charjabug}} and learns that he can do so in [[Vast Poni Canyon]].
* Ash learns that Poni Island doesn't currently have an [[island kahuna]], as the previous one retired due to ill health, so he decides to find and battle {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Fini}} for his [[Island challenge|grand trial]] instead.
* Ash and his classmates meet [[Hapu]] for the first time.
* Ash has a {{pkmn|battle}} with Hapu and loses.
* Ash and his classmates learn that Hapu is the granddaughter of the Island's second-most recent kahuna, [[Sofu]].
* Ash meets [[Plumeria]], the Admin of [[Team Skull]], for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM105|Showdown on Poni Island!]]''
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* [[Hapu]] is revealed to be planning on becoming [[Poni Island]]'s next [[island kahuna]].
* {{an|Lillie}} and {{Ash}} meet {{an|Gladion}} again.
* Gladion reveals that he is planning to take on the Poni Island [[Island challenge|grand trial]] by battling {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Fini}}.
* Gladion also reveals that he wishes for Tapu Fini to let him meet [[Mohn|his and Lillie's father]], who is believed to be dead.
* Lillie challenges Gladion to a {{pkmn|battle}}, which he accepts, but Ash accidentally interrupts it before it can begin.
* Gladion is revealed to have obtained a [[Dragonium Z]].
* Ash battles Gladion and loses.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM106|Evolving Research!]]''
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* [[Ida]]'s {{p|Brionne}} is revealed to have [[Evolution|evolved]] into {{p|Primarina}}.
* {{an|Sophocles}}'s {{p|Charjabug}} evolves into {{TP|Sophocles|Vikavolt}}.
* {{an|Lana}}'s {{p|Popplio}} evolves into {{TP|Lana|Brionne}}.
* Lana receives a [[Primarium Z]] from Ida.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM107|Run, Heroes, Run!]]''
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* [[Kiawe's Charizard]] is revealed to know {{m|Slash}}, {{m|Fire Punch}}, and {{m|Aerial Ace}}.
* {{an|Kiawe}} clears a [[Island challenge|trial]] set up for him by {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Fini}}, receiving a [[Flyinium Z]] from it as a reward.
* Kiawe and Charizard perform {{m|Supersonic Skystrike}} for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM108|Memories in the Mist!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{an|Kiawe}} find out that the old man they met in the [[SM107|previous episode]] was [[Hapu]]'s dead grandfather, [[Sofu]].
* [[Mallow's Tsareena|Mallow's Bounsweet]] is revealed to have been a {{pkmn2|gift}} to her from [[Mallow's mother|her mother]].
* [[Ash's Torracat]] briefly reunites with its mentor {{an|Stoutland}}, who is revealed to have passed away.
* Ash's Torracat learns {{m|Fire Blast}}.
* {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Fini}} accepts Hapu as the new [[Island kahuna|kahuna]] of [[Poni Island]].
* {{an|Mallow}} befriends a {{pkmn2|wild}} {{TP|Mallow|Shaymin}}, who agrees to stay with her until it has to fly away.
* {{an|Lillie}} and {{an|Gladion}} learn that [[Mohn|their father]] is still alive somewhere, and Gladion leaves to inform {{an|Lusamine}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM109|A Grand Debut!]]''
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* [[Hapu]] officially becomes the new [[island kahuna]] of [[Poni Island]].
* {{Ash}} battles Hapu in the Poni Island [[island challenge|grand trial]] and wins, clearing his final grand trial in [[Alola]].
* Hapu offers Ash a [[type]]-specific [[Z-Crystal]] of his choice as his prize. {{AP|Pikachu}} picks the [[Steelium Z]].
* Ash and {{ashcl}} reunite with {{an|Professor Kukui}} and return to [[Melemele Island]].
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM110|Keeping Your Eyes on the Ball!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} meet [[Kahili]] for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM111|Show Me the Metal!]]''
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* {{Ash}}, {{ashcl}}, and {{TRT}} encounter a {{OBP|Meltan|recurring|group of wild Meltan}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM112|Got Meltan?]]''
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* {{Ash}} {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{AP|Meltan}}.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM114|Beauty is Only Crystal Deep!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} go on their seventh [[Ultra Guardians]] mission.
* The Ultra Guardians {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Pheromosa}} and {{pkmn2|released|release}} it back into [[Ultra Space]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM115|The Dealer of Destruction!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{AP|Pikachu}} perform {{m|Corkscrew Crash}} for the first time.
* {{an|Professor Kukui}} officially announces the first-ever [[Alola League]], whose winner will become [[Alola]]'s first-ever {{pkmn|Champion}}.
* The {{pkmn|League Conference}} is revealed to be held at a [[Manalo Stadium|yet-to-be-completed stadium]] near [[Aether Paradise]].
* Ash, {{an|Lana}}, {{an|Kiawe}}, {{an|Sophocles}}, and {{TRT}} decide to participate in the Alola League, while {{an|Mallow}} and {{an|Lillie}} consider doing so too.
* Ash, {{ashcl}}, and Team Rocket meet the [[Team Skull]] Boss [[Guzma]] for the first time.
* Ash's classmates and Team Rocket meet [[Plumeria]] for the first time.
* Team Rocket has a {{pkmn|battle}} with Guzma and is defeated.
* Ash has a battle with Guzma, but the battle ends when Guzma's {{p|Golisopod}} activates its {{a|Emergency Exit}} [[Ability]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM116|The Secret Princess!]]''
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* The [[Aether Foundation]] begins to search for [[Mohn]].
* {{an|Lillie}} finds a [[Z-Ring]] that used to belong to her father and decides to use it until he's found.
* Lillie discovers an inactive {{p|Magearna}} at her house, bought for her by her father, and sets out to restore it.
* Lillie and [[Snowy]] try to perform {{m|Subzero Slammer}} for the first time, but fail.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM117|Drawn with the Wind!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} travel to [[Malie City]].
* {{an|Mallow}} is revealed to have left {{TP|Mallow|Tsareena}} with [[Abe|her father]] for the duration of the Malie City trip.
* [[Ash's Meltan]] is revealed to know {{m|Headbutt}}.
* {{TP|Mallow|Shaymin}} is revealed to know {{m|Aromatherapy}}.
* Ash and his classmates learn about the [[Kantonian Gym]] and decide to visit it.
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM118|Aiming for the Top Floor!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} visit the [[Kantonian Gym]] and meet [[Ryuki]] for the first time.
* {{an|Kiawe}} battles Ryuki and loses.
* [[Ash's Meltan]] is revealed to know {{m|Harden}}.
* [[Ash's Rowlet]] learns {{m|Brave Bird}}.
* Ash battles Ryuki and wins.
* Ash and his classmates return to [[Melemele Island]].
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM119|A High-Speed Awakening!]]''
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* [[Horacio]]'s {{p|Charjabug}} is revealed to have evolved into {{TP|Horacio|Vikavolt}}.
* {{an|Sophocles}} participates in a [[Vikavolt race]] and wins, earning a [[Buginium Z]] as a reward.
* Sophocles receives a [[Z-Ring]] from [[Hapu]].
|- style="background:#fff"
| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM120|The One That Didn't Get Away!]]''
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* {{an|Lana}} is revealed to have received a [[Misty's special lure|fishing lure]] from {{an|Misty}}.
* Lana's {{p|Brionne}} [[Evolution|evolves]] into {{TP|Lana|Primarina}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM121|A Recipe for Success!]]''
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* {{an|Mallow}} clears a [[Island challenge|trial]] set up for her by {{an|Oranguru}} and receives a [[Grassium Z]] from {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Koko}} as a reward.
* Mallow receives an old [[Z-Ring]] from Oranguru, which [[Olivia]] cleans up and repairs before giving it back to her.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM122|Spying for the Big Guy!]]''
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* [[Jessie]] and [[James]] try and fail to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} {{an|Bewear}} and [[Grandpa Forest]], respectively.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM123|A Fiery Training Camp Trick!]]''
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* {{an|Lana}} and {{TP|Lana|Primarina}} perform {{m|Oceanic Operetta}} for the first time.
** In the process, Primarina is revealed to have learned {{m|Sparkling Aria}}.
* {{an|Lillie}} and {{an|Mallow}} agree to participate in the upcoming [[Alola League]].
* [[Sophocles's Vikavolt]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Signal Beam}}.
* {{an|Kiawe}} reveals how he met his {{TP|Kiawe|Turtonator}}.
* {{an|Sophocles}} and Vikavolt perform {{m|Savage Spin-Out}} for the first time.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM124|Living on the Cutting Edge!]]''
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* The {{OBP|Meltan|recurring|wild Meltan}} are revealed to be multiplying.
* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} go on their eighth [[Ultra Guardians]] mission.
* The Ultra Guardians attempt to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Kartana}}, but fail as it slices the [[Beast Ball]] to pieces.
* Kartana opens itself its own [[Ultra Wormhole]], allowing it to return home.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM125|A Timeless Encounter!]]''
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* {{an|Professor Kukui}} is revealed to own a [[Firium Z]].
* Using Kukui's Firium Z, {{Ash}} and {{AP|Torracat}} perform {{m|Inferno Overdrive}} for the first time.
* Ash inspires a young Professor Kukui to create the [[Alola League]] in the future.
* Ash receives his own Firium Z from a {{pkmn2|Totem}} {{p|Trevenant}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM127|Chasing Memories, Creating Dreams!]]''
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* {{an|Gladion}} battles [[Hapu]] in the [[Poni Island]] [[Island challenge|grand trial]] and wins, clearing his final grand trial.
* The construction of [[Manalo Stadium]] is completed.
* {{an|Mallow}} and {{TP|Mallow|Tsareena}} try to perform {{m|Bloom Doom}} for the first time, but fail.
* [[Lana's Primarina]] masters {{m|Sparkling Aria}}, using the move for the first time onscreen in the process.
* [[Sophocles's Vikavolt]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Zap Cannon}}.
* {{an|Professor Kukui}} reveals that the winner of the [[Alola League]] will face the Masked Royal in an {{wp|exhibition game|exhibition battle}}.
* {{an|Lillie}} and [[Snowy]] successfully perform {{m|Subzero Slammer}} for the first time.
* Gladion finds [[Mohn]]'s missing {{p|Zoroark}} and asks it to join him in his search for his father, which Zoroark agrees to.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM128|League Offenders and Defenders!]]''
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* {{Ash}} and {{ashcl}} arrive at the [[Manalo Stadium]].
* Ash meets up with [[Hau]] again, while Ash's classmates meet Hau for the first time.
* Hau is revealed to have completed the [[Melemele Island]] [[Island challenge|grand trial]] and obtained a [[Z-Ring]] and [[Z-Crystal]].
* Hau's {{p|Dartrix}} is revealed to have evolved into a {{p|Decidueye}}.
* Ash and his classmates learn the history behind {{an|Professor Kukui}} and [[Guzma]]'s relationship.
* {{an|Gladion}} and Hau meet each other for the first time.
* Ash, his classmates, [[Jessie]], [[James]], [[Samson Oak]], Gladion, [[Ilima]], Guzma, [[Plumeria]], and Hau all enter the [[Manalo Conference]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM129|Battle Royal 151!]]''
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* The [[Manalo Conference]] begins.
* [[Sophocles's Togedemaru]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Spiky Shield}}.
* [[Plumeria]] is revealed to own a {{p|Salazzle}}.
* [[Guzma]] is revealed to own a {{p|Scizor}}.
* {{Ash}}, {{ashcl}}, [[Jessie]], [[James]], {{an|Gladion}}, [[Hau]], {{an|Faba}}, [[Ilima]], [[Acerola]], [[Mina]], Guzma, and [[Samson Oak]] make it through the [[Battle Royal]] preliminary round.
* Hau is revealed to own an {{rf|Alolan}} {{p|Raichu}}.
* The match-ups of the first round are revealed to be:
** Ash versus Faba
** Ilima versus Guzma
** Hau versus Samson Oak
** {{an|Mallow}} versus {{an|Lana}}
** {{an|Sophocles}} versus Mina
** Jessie versus James
** {{an|Kiawe}} versus Acerola
** {{an|Lillie}} versus Gladion
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM130|Battling Besties!]]''
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* {{Ash}} defeats {{an|Faba}}, advancing to the second round.
* [[Ilima]] is revealed to own a {{p|Kangaskhan}}, a [[Kangaskhanite]], and a [[Key Stone]].
* [[Guzma]] defeats Ilima, advancing to the second round.
* [[Samson Oak]] is revealed to own an {{rf|Alolan}} {{p|Exeggutor}}.
* [[Hau]] defeats Samson Oak, advancing to the second round.
* [[Lana's Primarina]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Icy Wind}}.
* {{an|Mallow}} and {{TP|Mallow|Tsareena}} successfully perform {{m|Bloom Doom}} for the first time.
* {{an|Lana}} defeats Mallow, advancing to the second round.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM131|The Battlefield of Truth and Love!]]''
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* {{an|Sophocles}} defeats [[Mina]], advancing to the second round.
* [[James]] defeats [[Jessie]], advancing to the second round.
* [[Acerola]] is revealed to have {{pkmn2|caught}} the {{p|Gengar|Greedy Rapooh}}.
* {{an|Kiawe}} defeats Acerola, advancing to the second round.
* [[Snowy]] is revealed to have {{a|Snow Cloak}} as its [[Ability]].
* {{an|Gladion}} defeats {{an|Lillie}}, advancing to the second round.
* The match-ups of the second round are revealed to be:
** Gladion versus James
** {{Ash}} versus [[Hau]]
** Kiawe versus Sophocles
** [[Guzma]] versus {{an|Lana}}
* {{AP|Rowlet}} asks a {{p|Wingull}} to bring [[Toucannon's flock|its foster family]] to the [[Manalo Stadium]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM132|Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Strategy!]]''
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* [[Ash's Rowlet]] begins to learn {{m|Feather Dance}} with the help of [[Toucannon's flock|its foster family]].
* {{an|Gladion}} defeats [[James]], advancing to the semifinals.
* {{Ash}} begins his second round {{pkmn|battle}} against [[Hau]].
* Hau is revealed to have obtained a [[Decidium Z]].
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM133|Battling on the Wing!]]''
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* [[Ash's Rowlet]] masters {{m|Feather Dance}}.
* {{Ash}} wins his battle against [[Hau]], advancing to the semifinals.
* [[Ash's Meltan]] starts calling for {{OBP|Meltan|recurring|its fellow Meltan}} to meet up with it.
* {{an|Kiawe}} and {{an|Sophocles}} begin their second round {{pkmn|battle}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM134|The Road to The Semifinals!]]''
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* [[Sophocles's Vikavolt]] is revealed to have learned {{m|Wild Charge}}.
* {{an|Kiawe}} wins his battle with {{an|Sophocles}}, advancing to the semifinals.
* [[Guzma]] defeats {{an|Lana}}, advancing to the semifinals.
* Kiawe and {{Ash}} are revealed to face {{an|Gladion}} and Guzma, respectively, in the semifinals.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM135|The Final Four!]]''
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* {{an|Kiawe}} begins his {{pkmn|battle}} against {{an|Gladion}} in the semifinals.
* [[Kiawe's Turtonator]] learns {{m|Focus Blast}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM136|Getting Down to The Ire!]]''
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* {{an|Gladion}} wins his battle with {{an|Kiawe}}, advancing to the finals.
* {{Ash}} begins his {{pkmn|battle}} with [[Guzma]] in the semifinals.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM137|The Wisdom Not to Run!]]''
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* {{Ash}} wins his battle against [[Guzma]], advancing to the finals to face {{an|Gladion}}.
* Guzma tries to disband [[Team Skull]], but his {{tc|Team Skull Grunt|underlings}} choose remain with him.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM138|Final Rivals!]]''
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* {{an|Professor Oak}}, {{Delia}}, and [[Mimey]] arrive at [[Manalo Stadium]] to watch {{Ash}}'s {{pkmn|battle}} in the [[Manalo Conference]] finals.
* The {{OBP|Meltan|recurring|wild Meltan}} arrive at Manalo Stadium and reunite with Ash's {{p|Meltan}}.
* The wild Meltan combine with Ash's Meltan, causing it to evolve into {{AP|Melmetal}} and learn {{m|Double Iron Bash}}.
* Ash begins his battle with {{an|Gladion}} in the finals.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM139|Enter the Champion!]]''
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* {{an|Gladion}} is revealed to have obtained a [[Ghostium Z]].
* {{Ash}} and Gladion's battle ends in Ash's victory, making him the winner of the [[Manalo Conference]] and the first {{pkmn|Champion}} of [[Alola]].
* A {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Manalo Stadium Guzzlord|Guzzlord}} appears from an [[Ultra Wormhole]], interrupting the awards ceremony.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM140|Z-Move Showdown!]]''
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* Two {{Shiny}} {{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Shiny Guzzlord|Guzzlord}} appear from two other [[Ultra Wormhole]]s.
* {{an|Professor Kukui}} is revealed to own a {{p|Lucario}} and an [[Electrium Z]].
* {{Ash}}'s {{p|Poipole}} returns, having [[Evolution|evolved]] into a {{AP|Naganadel}} and learned {{m|Thunderbolt}}.
* Using Kukui's Electrium Z, Naganadel performs {{m|Gigavolt Havoc}} for the first time.
* The three {{p|Guzzlord}} are defeated and sent back to [[Ultra Space]].
* Ash discovers that the Masked Royal is Professor Kukui.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM141|Exhibition Unmasked!]]''
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* {{an|Professor Kukui}}'s identity as the Masked Royal becomes public knowledge.
* {{Ash}} and Professor Kukui decide to make their {{wp|exhibition game|exhibition match}} a [[Full Battle]].
* {{AP|Naganadel}} rejoins {{Ash}}'s [[party]].
* Ash begins his exhibition match against Professor Kukui.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM142|A Full Battle Bounty!]]''
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* {{Ash}} continues his {{wp|exhibition game|exhibition match}} against {{an|Professor Kukui}}.
* Professor Kukui is revealed to own a {{p|Venusaur}} and an {{p|Empoleon}}.
* [[Ash's Naganadel]] is revealed to have learned {{m|X-Scissor}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM143|Fiery Surprises!]]''
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* {{Ash}} continues his {{wp|exhibition game|exhibition match}} with {{an|Professor Kukui}}.
* [[Ash's Naganadel]] uses {{m|X-Scissor}} for the first time and is revealed to have learned {{m|Sludge Bomb}} and {{m|Dragon Pulse}}.
* Ash's {{p|Torracat}} evolves into {{AP|Incineroar}}.
* {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Koko}} takes over as Kukui's final Pokémon in the match.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM144|From Z to Shining Z!]]''
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* {{an|Professor Kukui}} receives a [[Tapunium Z]] from {{DL|Guardian deities (anime)|Tapu Koko}}.
* {{Ash}}'s [[Electrium Z]] transforms into a [[Pikashunium Z]] [[SM054|yet]] [[SM076|again]], but permanently this time.
* Ash defeats Tapu Koko, winning his {{wp|exhibition game|exhibition match}} against Professor Kukui.
* The [[Manalo Conference]] ends.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM145|Dreams of the Sun and Moon!]]''
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* [[Ash's Naganadel]] returns to its [[Poipole's world|home world]].
* {{ashcl|Ash's classmates}} reveal their dreams and holiday plans.
** {{an|Sophocles}} plans to travel to [[Mossdeep City]] and visit the [[Mossdeep Space Center]] with [[Molayne]].
** {{an|Lana}} plans on finding a {{p|Manaphy}} during an ocean survey with [[Lana's father|her father]].
** {{an|Mallow}} plans to turn [[Aina's Kitchen]] into a restaurant where both [[human]]s and {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} can eat.
** {{an|Lillie}} plans to restore {{DL|Mohn|Magearna}}.
** {{an|Kiawe}} plans to continue his [[island challenge]] and eventually become an [[island kahuna]].
* {{Ash}} battles Kiawe and wins.
* [[Kiawe's Charizard]] performs {{m|Inferno Overdrive}} for the first time.
* Magearna becomes active again.
* Ash decides to return to [[Pallet Town]] and begin traveling around the {{pkmn|world}}.
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| style="text-align:center" | ''[[SM146|Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues!]]''
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* {{TRT}}, receiving an order from {{an|Giovanni}} to return to the {{an|Team Rocket HQ|HQ}}, {{pkmn2|released|release}} {{TP|Jessie|Mimikyu}} and {{TP|James|Mareanie}}, leave their [[Z-Power Ring]] with them, say goodbye to {{an|Bewear}} and {{an|Stufful}}, and return to [[Kanto]].
* {{DL|Light trio (anime)|Solgaleo|Nebby}} returns to say goodbye to {{Ash}}.
* {{Rotom}} decides to stay and work at [[Aether Paradise]].
* {{an|Lillie}} leaves [[Alola]] along with {{an|Gladion}} and {{an|Lusamine}} to search for [[Mohn]] with {{DL|Mohn|Magearna}}'s help.
* Ash returns to [[Pallet Town]], leaving all the Alolan Pokémon in his [[party|team]] with {{an|Professor Kukui|Professors Kukui}} and {{an|Professor Burnet|Burnet}}.
* {{an|Sophocles}} heads to [[Mossdeep City]] with [[Molayne]].
* {{an|Lana}} leaves for the ocean survey to find {{p|Manaphy}} with [[Lana's father|her father]].
* {{TP|Mallow|Shaymin}} turns into its {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Shaymin|Sky Forme}} by touching [[Gracidea]] flowers brought by [[Ulu]], and leaves {{an|Mallow}}.
* [[Hau]] battles [[Nanu]] in the [[Ula'ula Island]] [[island challenge|grand trial]], but the end result is left unknown.
* Professor Burnet is revealed to be pregnant.
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