The Homecoming Crown! (モーンとリーリエ、雪原の再会, Moon to Lillie, Setsugen no Saikai?, lit. Mohn and Lillie, Tundra Reunion) is the 21st episode of Pocket Monsters (2019 series), and Pokémon Ultimate Journeys: The Series of Pokémon Journeys: The Series.
Synopsis[]
Ash, Goh, and Chloe visit the frigid mountains of the Crown Tundra to investigate a report of an unusual Pokémon. Coincidentally, Lillie and Gladion are there, too, still searching for their missing father, Mohn. Along with Lusamine, they press on and find Mohn living in a cabin, but he has amnesia and doesn’t recognize them. It turns out he’s been living with a Nihilego who he believes to be his human daughter. Worried that Mohn would send it away, Nihilego did everything possible to keep him from remembering his previous life. But his memory finally returns, and the happy family asks Nihilego to join them![1]
Episode plot[]
Professor Cerise, Ash, Goh and Chloe are at the Cerise Laboratory, where the professor informs Ash and Goh that the laboratory has received an eyewitness report about a mysterious Pokémon appearing in the Crown Tundra in the Galar region. Since the report mentions nothing of the Pokémon's physical appearance, he tasks the two with going over to the Crown Tundra and hearing the witness' story. Ash and Goh invite Chloe to join them, which she happily accepted, and so, the trio sets off for the Galar region with Professor Cerise wishing them good luck on their investigation. Meanwhile, Lillie and her family are onboard a ship on an icy river, still searching for Mohn. Magearna points a beam of light towards the Crown Tundra, indicating that Mohn is there. Gladion realizes that the location Magearna is pointing at fits with the information they have gathered so far, and this makes Lillie question if Mohn is really at the pinpointed location.
Ash and his friends, having arrived at Freezington, interview the witness; the local mayor, about the mysterious Pokémon he saw. The mayor could only make out the Pokémon's colors, being white and yellow, since he couldn't see it clearly as he did so during a blizzard. He then points out the one currently happening outside, to which the trio looks outside through the window, surprised at how strong the blizzard is. Seeing this, the mayor offers the trio to stay at his place for the night, which they accepted. Meanwhile, Lillie and her family attempt to travel through the blizzard, but while doing so, a pile of snow falls from a tree, scaring Magearna as it curls into a ball and rolls down a hill, but is saved by Mohn's Zoroark. Lusamine decides to set up camp for the night with a tent that the Aether Foundation made. Meanwhile, Ash and his friends, in their sleeping bags, briefly discuss the plans for the following day.
The next morning, with the weather having cleared up, Lillie and her family see a cabin in the distance as Magearna points another beam to it, indicating that Mohn is there. Lillie immediately runs to the cabin ahead of everyone else, eager to see her father again. When she arrives at the entrance, she calls out to whoever is inside, and after a brief silence, she heard someone playing a piano, which is the same tune she played the day before on the ship. As she goes to where the sound was coming from, the cabin's entrance door opens, revealing a man who locks eyes with Lillie for a moment as the latter realizes that the man is her father, Mohn. Lillie rushes over and embraces her father, who, with a confused face, asks her who she is. Hearing this, Lillie believes that Mohn doesn't recognize her because she was a baby when he disappeared and so she tells him that she is his daughter, but Mohn doesn't say anything, responding with silence and confusion.
Lusamine, Gladion and the family's Pokémon catch up and are surprised to see Mohn. Zoroark immediately nuzzles up to its long lost Trainer, but to everyone's horror, Mohn not only isn't able to recognize his Pokémon nor his family, but he is also surprised at the fact that they know his name, causing Lusamine to almost faint from shock. Lusamine explains to Mohn that her family has been searching for her husband and the father of her children. Feeling sympathetic for the family, Mohn invites them inside the cabin, where Lusamine theorizes to Lillie and Gladion that their father might have lost his memory. Mohn brews some tea for the family to drink and some food for the Pokémon. He, along with everyone else, then hear piano music as Mohn tells the family that the sound is coming from his "daughter" playing the piano, shocking them since Lillie isn't the one playing. He tells them that she is also named Lillie and goes to call her in. The real Lillie asks her father if she and her family could come with him, which he accepted.
They go to the piano room and meet the other Lillie, who turns out to be an Ultra Beast; a Shiny Nihilego, much to their shocking surprise. The Ultra Beast turns to the family, and after remembering what its species had put them through, Gladion goes to attack Nihilego with Zoroark, but Lusamine stops him as Nihilego disappears. Thinking that the tea he made has gone cold, Mohn leaves the room to brew a new set. After Mohn left the room, Gladion asks his mother as to why she stopped him from attacking the Ultra Beast. Lusamine explains to him that since Mohn thinks Nihilego is his daughter, he would react differently if Gladion were to attack it in front of him. Lusamine decides to go talk with Mohn while Lillie and Gladion investigate the cabin.
Meanwhile, Ash, Goh, Chloe and their Pokémon walk through the snow, looking for the mysterious Pokémon, which as of now is revealed to be Nihilego. After Pikachu picks up a familiar scent, Ash and his friends follow the Mouse Pokémon to the cabin, where Lillie finds herself in the piano room as she plays the same notes from before on the piano while Nihilego watches her from a distance. Lillie opens the window for some light and discovers a drawer in the room. Gladion goes around and sees that there are no mirrors in the cabin, realizing that someone had removed them. Back at the piano room, Lillie opens the drawer and discovers Mohn's old clothing and a mirror.
Seeing that Lillie is close to discovering the truth, Nihilego goes to attack her, which it would have done unnoticed, had she not used the mirror. Lillie panics as she didn't have Snowy to defend her. However, Ash and Pikachu rush to Lillie's rescue after seeing their friend in danger. Although Pikachu's attack misses, Nihilego disappears again, leaving Lillie safe. Hearing Ash's voices, Lillie is happy to see her friend again. Gladion enters the room and is surprised to see Ash again as he asks him what was going on. As Goh and Chloe get inside through the window, Ash explains to Gladion that he followed Pikachu and saw Lillie in danger, so they went and successfully saved her. Pikachu nuzzles up to Lillie as he was happy to see her again. Hearing Lillie's name, Goh recognizes her as Ash's Alolan friend who is searching for her father, since he learned about her from Ash and the rest of his Alolan friends before. Lillie then shows Gladion the things she found.
Meanwhile, Lusamine tries to help Mohn get his memory back by showing him the family picture of them with their children when they were younger. Her attempt was proven unsuccessful as Mohn fails to see that he was the man in the picture, leaving Lusamine heartbroken. Despite this, he tells her that the family in the picture looks like a happy family. Lusamine then tries to tell Mohn the truth, but Nihilego launches an attack at her. Gladion pushes his mother out of the way before Nihilego's attack lands as Zoroark catches the Ultra Beast and holds it down. Nihilego tries to disappear, but before it could do so, Lillie comes into the room and tells Nihilego that she is grateful to it for saving her father, leaving Lusmaine confused before realizing what her daughter had just said. Ash, Goh and Chloe enter the room with the items that Lillie and Gladion found. With Nihilego seated next to Mohn, Lillie and her family explain to him that he had an accident while researching Ultra Wormholes, which resulted in him ending up in Ultra Deep Sea, where Nihilego saved him and brought him and itself back to his world, but in the process of that, they ended up in the Crown Tundra instead of Alola.
Hearing the family's explanation, Nihilego remembers the moment it saved Mohn as he fell from an Ultra Wormhole above it. The Ultra Beast then looked into his memories and brought him and itself through another Ultra Wormhole that had them ending up in the Crown Tundra, where Nihilego found shelter from a blizzard, then made Mohn see it as his daughter by taking on an illusion of her that was only visible to him and acting similarly to her. As Nihilego enjoyed being with Mohn and didn't want him to leave it, the Ultra Beast also made the windows dirty and hid the mirrors so that Mohn would not see his reflection and get his memory back, as it was worried that Mohn would leave it if he did. Lillie tells Nihilego that she understands how much it cherishes her father before Gladion shows Mohn his reflection through the mirror. Seeing his reflection for the first time in years, Mohn remembers his past life and his family as he addresses each of them by name, as well as seeing Nihilego as what it truly is. Hearing her husband address her, Lusamine breaks down in tears of joy as she and Mohn embrace each other with their children and Pokémon joining in.
Ash, Goh and Chloe are happy to see the family reunion. Mohn is amazed at the sight of Magearna moving as Gladion tells him that Lillie was the one who got it to work thanks to the notes he left. Nihilego gets ready to leave, but Lillie stops it, asking for it to stay with them. Mohn agrees with her, telling the Ultra Beast that it is thanks to it that he was able to reunite with his family, but this doesn't mean that they should stop living together. Lusamine and Gladion agree to this as well, with Lillie telling Nihilego that there are now two Lillies. The family holds out a Beast Ball to Nihilego, who allows itself to be caught in it, officially joining the family, who are happy to have a new family member with them. Chloe then takes a group photo of the newly reunited and expanded family.
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Trivia[]
- This episode is the second piece of media to show that Ultra Wormholes can appear outside Alola, as the concepts and ideas about the wormhole's further nature of being able to appear outside Alola was shown in the game expansion chapter of Pokémon Sword and Shield: The Crown Tundra.
- The English dub was released on the iTunes Store in Australia on October 18, 2022, 11 days before the episode aired in Canada.
- This episode does not contain any eyecatches, instead having the series logo on the screen before and after the commercial break.
- Ash, Goh, and Chloe read the title card for this episode.
- The song Lillie and Nihilego play on the piano, which also plays during the flashbacks as Mohn regains his memory, is Mother and Daughter. This is the same song that plays in the Sun & Moon games after Lusamine separates from Nihilego.
- This episode marks the first appearance of Mohn in person, as his previous appearances were either in flashbacks, illusions, or photos.
- This episode marks the first time an Ultra Beast has appeared outside of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon.
- As of this episode, Goh has met all of Ash's classmates.
- Scenes from "A Masked Warning!", "Rescuing the Unwilling!", "The Secret Princess!", and "Dreams of the Sun and Moon!" are reused as flashbacks in this episode.
- This episode marks the first time one of Ash's main rivals other than Gary has appeared outside of the series they debuted in, not counting flashbacks.
- Mohn believes Nihilego is Lillie in this episode. Ironically, before Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon came out, many fans speculated that Lillie was actually a Nihilego in human form due to her clothes. Though it was revealed after the games' release that Lusamine chose those clothes for her due to the former's obsession with the Ultra Beasts.
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Notes[]
- ^ Originally to air on January 12, but due to problems relating to "The Future Is Now, Thanks to Strategy!", it aired a day later than intended.
References[]
- ^ (n.d.) . "The Homecoming Crown! | Pokémon TV (pokemon.com)". From The Official Pokémon Website | Pokemon.com. Archived from the original on February 14, 2024.
