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For the series this season is part of, see Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon (series).

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon is the twentieth season of Pokémon the Series, and the first season of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon. It features Ash Ketchum, his Pikachu, and their new classmates Lillie, Mallow, Lana, Sophocles, and Kiawe as they attend the Pokémon School in the Alola region, discover new Alolan Pokémon, and learn about the region's secrets and mysteries.

Synopsis[]

What starts as a summer vacation in the tropical Alola region turns into the next exciting chapter in Ash Ketchum's quest to become a Pokémon Master! There's plenty for Ash and Pikachu to explore in this sunny new region, with exciting new Pokémon to discover and interesting people to learn From along the way—including the cool Professor Kukui and the fun-loving Samson Oak. More new faces will help guide Ash's Alolan adventure, in the form of a group of skilled Trainers—Kiawe, Lana, Mallow, and Sophocles—and a mysterious research assistant called Lillie. Frequent foes Team Rocket have also made the trip to Alola, looking to swipe some high-powered new Pokémon. But they have some heavy competition on the villainy front: the ruffians of Team Skull, who delight in causing chaos and may have more sinister intentions…[1]

Major characters[]

Humans[]

Pokémon[]

Ash's[]

Misty's[]

Brock's[]

Mallow's[]

Lana's[]

Sophocles'[]

Kiawe's[]

Lillie's[]

Team Rocket's[]

Episodes[]

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon list
Overall №Ep. CodeTitle(s)Airdates(s)Image(s)
952SM001
  • "Alola to New Adventure!"
  • アローラ! はじめての(しま)、はじめてのポケモンたち!!
  • Alola! Hajimete no Shima, Hajimete no Pokemon-tachi!!
  • (Alola! First Island, First Starter Pokémon!!)
SM001
It's a beautiful day on Melemele Island in the Alola region. Ash and his mom are on vacation there, along with Pikachu and Mimey, and having a great time! Our hero is thrilled to meet so many new Pokémon, and his exploration leads him to Professor Oak's cousin Samson, the principal of the Pokémon School. It's a beautiful, sprawling campus where students work with Pokémon and learn alongside them! As Ash learns more about Alola region tradition from new friends Mallow and Professor Kukui, his interest grows. When vacation is over and his mom heads home, he decides to stay behind and become a Pokémon School student himself!
953SM002
  • "The Guardian's Challenge!"
  • (まも)(かみ)カプ・コケコ登場(とうじょう)! 挑戦(ちょうせん)、オレたちのZワザ!!
  • Mamorigami Kapu-Kokeko Toujou! Chousen, Ore-tachi no Z Waza!!
  • (Guardian Deity Tapu Koko Appears! Challenge with Our Z-Move!!)
SM002
Now that Ash has decided to become a Pokémon School student in the Alola region, his classmates throw him a welcome party! Three of them challenge him to various competitions—a balloon-popping contest versus Sophocles and his Togedemaru, a land-and-water race between Pikachu and Lana's Popplio, and a Tauros race against Kiawe.
954SM003
  • "Loading the Dex!"
  • よロトしく、ボク、ロトム図鑑(ずかん)ロト!
  • Yo Roto Shiku, Boku, Rotomzukan Roto!
  • (Hello, Roto, I'm the Rotom Pokédex, Roto!)
  • Flag of Japan: November 24, 2016
  • Flag of United States: May 13, 2017
SM003
Professor Kukui has a gift to help Ash get started in the Alola region. It's an unusual Pokédex that's inhabited by the Pokémon Rotom—a Rotom Dex!
955SM004
  • "First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!"
  • モクロー登場(とうじょう)! アローラでポケモンゲットだぜ!!
  • Mokuroh Toujou! Alola de Pokemon Gettoda ze!!
  • (Mokuroh Appears! Catch Pokémon in Alola!!)
  • Flag of Japan: November 24, 2016
  • Flag of United States: May 14, 2017
SM004
While Ash tries to catch his first Pokémon in the Alola region, Team Rocket is making friends with a Mimikyu and a Bewear, who carried them off to its cave so it could take care of them. When a flock of Pikipek steal Bewear’s food, the villains decide payback is in order!
956SM005
  • Flag of Japan: December 1, 2016
  • Flag of United States: May 15, 2017
SM005
Ash’s class is going on a fishing trip, and Professor Kukui asks Lana to be in charge! Everyone casts their lures, with varying results—Lana befriends one Pokémon after another, but Ash and Mallow can’t get the timing right, Sophocles is too busy collecting data, and Lillie hooks a magnificent Milotic that gets away when she freezes.
957SM006
  • Flag of Japan: December 8, 2016
  • Flag of United States: May 16, 2017
SM006
On their day off from Pokémon School, Ash and his Pokémon are left home alone when Professor Kukui is called away. After some mishaps with laundry and cooking, Ash goes shopping and runs into Sophocles at the mall.
958SM007
  • Flag of Japan: December 15, 2016
  • Flag of United States: May 17, 2017
SM007
Ash offers a piece of his sandwich to a wild Litten, but it grabs the whole thing and runs off! Ash’s classmates have had similar experiences, but everyone says it’s so cute they can’t get mad. Ash disagrees—he wants to catch Litten and teach it not to steal food!
959SM008
  • Flag of Japan: December 22, 2016
  • Flag of United States: May 18, 2017
SM008
Principal Oak assigns Ash’s class a special project: taking care of a Pokémon Egg. They soon realize someone will need to take the Egg home after school—and Mallow suggests Lillie! Lillie is stunned for a moment but soon steps up, hoping to get over her fear of touching Pokémon.
960SM009
  • Flag of Japan: January 5, 2017
  • Flag of United States: May 19, 2017
SM009
Hala asks Ash how to keep Alolan Rattata and Raticate from overrunning the town. With his classmates’ help, Ash suggests recruiting their natural rivals, Yungoos and Gumshoos. Hala agrees, and Ash faces his first trial: battling the enormous Totem Gumshoos and its allies to gain their assistance!
961SM010
  • Flag of Japan: January 12, 2017
  • Flag of United States: May 20, 2017
SM010
Ash faces off against Kahuna Hala in his first grand trial! His Rowlet defeats Hala’s Crabrawler, but it’s so exhausted afterward that it falls asleep in midair! Hala’s next Pokémon is the powerful Hariyama, who withstands every attack Pikachu tries. Hala unleashes the Fighting-type Z-Move, All-Out Pummeling—but thanks to Quick Attack, Pikachu dodges every hit. Then Ash’s own Z-Move, Breakneck Blitz, overwhelms Hariyama and wins the grand trial!
962SM011
  • Flag of Japan: January 19, 2017
  • Flag of United States: May 27, 2017
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On their day off from school, Ash joins Kiawe and his Charizard on their route, delivering fresh Moomoo Milk from Kiawe’s family farm on Akala Island. Ash wants to know all about farm life, so Kiawe takes him home to meet the family—and help out with all the chores!
963SM012
  • Flag of Japan: January 26, 2017
  • Flag of United States: June 3, 2017
SM012
Team Rocket has been living in the lap of lazy luxury thanks to Bewear...but a wake-up call from the Boss gets them back on track, and they head to the beach in search of Pokémon.
964SM013
  • Flag of Japan: February 2, 2017
  • Flag of United States: June 10, 2017
SM013
Ash and Pikachu decide to join the Pokémon Pancake Race! The prize of a year’s supply of free pancakes catches Team Rocket’s interest, and Meowth builds a robot that looks like Bewear to enter the race. Nina, the defending champion, is competing with her Alolan Raichu, who quickly strikes up a rivalry with Pikachu.
965SM014
  • Flag of Japan: February 9, 2017
  • Flag of United States: June 17, 2017
SM014
Moments after Lillie’s Pokémon Egg hatches into an Ice-type Alolan Vulpix named Snowy, the Egg that Principal Oak has been caring for hatches into a Fire-type Vulpix from Kanto! The whole class thinks Lillie should be Snowy’s Trainer, and Snowy agrees—but Lillie will have to get over her fear of touching Pokémon.
966SM015
  • Flag of Japan: February 23, 2017
  • Flag of United States: June 24, 2017
SM015
Ash and Professor Kukui find the wild Rockruff who lives with them limping home, covered in scratches and burns, completely exhausted. The next night, they follow it to Clawmark Hill, where two Lycanroc keep watch over the wild Pokémon who come together to battle and train. Rockruff battles a fearsome Magmar but is defeated, and Ash offers to help it learn a new move, Rock Throw.
967SM016
  • Flag of Japan: March 2, 2017
  • Flag of United States: July 1, 2017
SM016
After practicing with Lana, Popplio has learned how to make a balloon that’s big and sturdy enough to carry a Pokémon. In a series of mishaps, Rowlet and Popplio end up together inside the balloon—which gets swept away!
968SM017
  • Flag of Japan: March 9, 2017
  • Flag of United States: July 1, 2017
SM017
Professor Kukui and Rotom Dex are big fans of the TV show Alolan Detective Laki, and Rotom even has a blond wig so it can pretend to be the star. When Ash’s Electrium Z goes missing, Rotom excitedly takes the case!
969SM018
  • Flag of Japan: March 16, 2017
  • Flag of United States: July 1, 2017
SM018
Ash and friends are visiting Mallow’s family restaurant to try her legendary Alolan stew! But the key ingredient is missing, and substituting Pikachu’s Thunderbolt for the rare Yellow Nectar doesn’t work out so well.
970SM019
  • Flag of Japan: March 23, 2017
  • Flag of United States: July 1, 2017
SM019
Ash really wants to have a rematch against Tapu Koko, but he’s not sure about his strategy. Sophocles, who studies Electric-type Pokémon, offers to help! After some research and training at Sophocles Lab, Ash and Pikachu are ready for battle, and so is Tapu Koko.
971SM020
  • Flag of Japan: April 6, 2017
  • Flag of United States: July 1, 2017
SM020
Ash reluctantly tags along with Lana, Lillie, and Mallow at the mall. One store’s owner points him toward Treasure Island, a gorgeous place full of wild Pokémon, and offers to lend him her kayak. Soon, he and Pikachu are on their way!
972SM021
  • Flag of Japan: April 6, 2017
  • Flag of United States: July 1, 2017
SM021
After stealing his groceries again, the wild Litten comes to Ash for help when its friend Stoutland starts to have trouble breathing. Ash struggles to get it to the Pokémon Center...but Stoutland is old, and there’s not much Nurse Joy can do.
973SM022
  • Flag of Japan: April 13, 2017
  • Flag of United States: July 8, 2017
SM022
Ash and Kiawe are training with Litten on the beach as Pikachu and Rockruff play with a mysterious shovel that seems to be moving around on its own—until it rises out of the sand to reveal a dangerous Sandygast! When Rockruff attacks it, the shovel is launched into the sea, and the furious Sandygast evolves into Palossand and traps Ash and Litten inside!
974SM023
  • Flag of Japan: April 20, 2017
  • Flag of United States: July 15, 2017
SM023
Ash and friends are attending a concert by the wildly popular group Dug-Leo, made up of DJ Leo and his partner, a talented Alolan Dugtrio. Everyone wears blonde wigs in Dugtrio’s honor, including Rotom Dex—until its wig is carried off after the show by another fan of the band, an Alolan Diglett!
975SM024
  • Flag of Japan: April 27, 2017
  • Flag of United States: July 22, 2017
SM024
It’s Open House day at the Pokémon School, and Ash’s mom has made a surprise visit to see his special presentation! Ash is really nervous about speaking in front of everyone, and Rotom Dex offers to use its new voice-sampling function so it can do the talking instead.
976SM025
  • Flag of Japan: May 4, 2017
  • Flag of United States: July 29, 2017
SM025
After snooping on Ash’s class as they learn about Z-Crystals, Team Rocket just has to have one! Thanks to James’s research, they spy a Dark-type Z-Crystal embedded in a rock high above—guarded by a towering Totem Pokémon, Alolan Raticate. Team Skull is on the scene, too, and the rivalry begins in earnest!
977SM026
  • Flag of Japan: May 11, 2017
  • Flag of United States: August 5, 2017
SM026
When Sophocles finds out that his family has to move, he keeps it to himself because he doesn’t want his friends to be sad—but eventually he has to tell them. Kiawe and Lana take Sophocles to their favorite places in Alola, Mallow plans a goodbye dinner, and Ash arrives with a special gift: a Charjabug for Sophocles to catch!
978SM027
  • Flag of Japan: May 18, 2017
  • Flag of United States: August 13, 2017*
    August 19, 2017*
SM027
When Lillie’s big brother Gladion arrives on Melemele Island, everyone is excited about the powerful new Trainer in town—particularly Ash, who really wants to battle him! After hearing about Ash’s Z-Ring and his battles against Tapu Koko, Gladion agrees to meet up the next morning.
979SM028
  • Flag of Japan: May 25, 2017
  • Flag of United States: August 26, 2017
SM028
It’s the season for our heroes’ favorite pastime: Pokémon Base! Professor Kukui has arranged a special lesson for them, complete with a guest coach: Oluolu, the star player of the Magikarp team that just won the Pro League season.
980SM029
  • Flag of Japan: June 8, 2017
  • Flag of United States: September 2, 2017
SM029
A Pokémon School camping trip kicks off with a scary story from Lana! Everyone thinks it’s just one of her jokes, but the story seems to be coming true when our heroes suddenly fall asleep and then wake up starving! The culprit is a Morelull, who’s been draining their energy with its roots.
981SM030
  • Flag of Japan: June 15, 2017
  • Flag of United States: September 9, 2017
SM030
Professor Kukui has given the class an intriguing assignment: everyone switches Pokémon partners for the weekend! Each new pairing has a few bumps in the road at first—Snowy refuses to eat under Ash’s care, and Kiawe just doesn’t know how to handle a Water type like Popplio.
982SM031
  • Flag of Japan: June 22, 2017
  • Flag of United States: September 16, 2017
SM031
Kahuna Olivia is leading the class on a field trip to Akala Island, and everyone is excited! Before they leave, Olivia demonstrates her knack with Pokémon by calming an angry Tauros and bonding with just about everyone, including Ash’s standoffish Litten.
983SM032
  • Flag of Japan: June 29, 2017
  • Flag of United States: September 23, 2017
SM032
Ash and his classmates go on a treasure hunt riding Stoutland, who can sniff out hidden items! Ash’s Stoutland just keeps digging up colorful shards, and Kiawe has the big find in the first round—a Cranidos fossil!
984SM033
  • Flag of Japan: July 6, 2017
  • Flag of United States: September 30, 2017
SM033
While their friends visit Kiawe’s farm, Lana and Ash decide to go fishing. At Olivia’s suggestion, they head to Brooklet Hill, where a Totem Pokémon is rumored to live!
985SM034
  • Flag of Japan: July 20, 2017
  • Flag of United States: October 7, 2017
SM034
Our heroes attend the Wela Fire Festival, where Fire-type Pokémon line up to receive the Wela Crown—said to convey the power of Wela Volcano itself! Just as Ash’s Litten steps up, a feisty Alolan Marowak steals the crown from Kahuna Olivia and runs off. Kiawe pursues it, but Turtonator is no match for Alolan Marowak’s speed!
986SM035
  • Flag of Japan: July 27, 2017
  • Flag of United States: October 14, 2017
SM035
Ash wants to get right to his grand trial with Kahuna Olivia, but she reminds him that he has to pass the preliminary trials first. Today, though, she has another plan in mind: sending the students out to gather ingredients for the famous Akala Curry!
987SM036
  • Flag of Japan: August 3, 2017
  • Flag of United States: October 21, 2017
SM036
The day of Ash’s grand trial against Kahuna Olivia is finally here, and it’s a Double Battle! Olivia’s Probopass and Lycanroc face off against Ash’s Rowlet and a strangely aggressive Rockruff. After Olivia sets a trap on the battlefield, Ash instructs Rowlet to grab Rockruff by the scruff of the neck so they can fly above it. They defeat Probopass, but Rockruff lashes out at Rowlet and knocks it out!
988SM037
  • Flag of Japan: August 10, 2017
  • Flag of United States: October 28, 2017
SM037
After attacking Rowlet during Ash’s grand trial, Rockruff is too upset to sleep. It sneaks out of the house and encounters Tapu Lele, who wants to battle! The Island Guardian thinks they’re just having fun, but Rockruff is badly hurt.
989SM038
  • Flag of Japan: August 17, 2017
  • Flag of United States: November 4, 2017
SM038
When Team Rocket pounces, Ash is excited to show off his new Z-Move, but Lycanroc can’t quite make it work. After Kiawe steps up to send the villains blasting off again, Jessie and Mimikyu land in a shopping mall—and Mimikyu’s disguise is torn!
990SM039
  • Flag of Japan: August 24, 2017
  • Flag of United States: November 11, 2017
SM039
Mallow is excited when her family restaurant is featured on TV—but it comes with a rush of customers, and her dad is too busy talking to the reporter to help. Eventually, she gets overwhelmed and storms off into the forest, where she falls and hurts her leg!
991SM040
  • Flag of Japan: August 31, 2017
  • Flag of United States: November 18, 2017
SM040
After having little success using the Z-Move Hydro Vortex, Lana and Popplio meet Ida and her Brionne, who use the Z-Move as part of their show and agree to take Lana on as an apprentice! Lana and Popplio train hard—and when Ida’s sweetheart Kanoa returns with reports of sunken treasure, they join the expedition.
992SM041
  • Flag of Japan: September 7, 2017
  • Flag of United States: November 25, 2017
SM041
Sophocles has wanted to enter a Charjabug race for a long time, and now with Ash and Kiawe on his team, he finally can! The huge event features tough competitors, including the arrogant Red Comet team and a disguised Team Rocket.
993SM042
  • "Alola, Kanto!"
  • カントーでアローラ!タケシとカスミ!!
  • Flag of Japan: September 14, 2017
  • Flag of United States: November 25, 2017
SM042
Ash’s Pokémon School class is taking a field trip to the Kanto region! Principal Oak is excited to visit his famous cousin in Pallet Town, and Professor Kukui says some special guests will be joining them. When those guests turn out to be Brock and Misty, Ash is delighted!
994SM043
  • Flag of Japan: September 21, 2017
  • Flag of United States: December 9, 2017
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Our heroes visit the Cerulean Gym, where the Alola students get their first taste of a Gym battle! Mallow and Lana challenge Misty, who praises their battle instincts after her victory. Next, Sophocles and Lillie face Brock and his Geodude—and Sophocles forgets that the Kanto Geodude is a Ground type, so his Electric-type moves won’t work!
Footnotes
  1. ^ a b c d Sneak preview
  2. ^ a b c d Original order

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Trailer[]

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