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'''Don't Ignore the Small Stufful!''' (Japanese: '''ロケット団とヌイコグマ！''' ''{{tt|Rocket-dan|Team Rocket}} and {{tt|Nuikoguma|Stufful}}!'') is the 96th episode of the {{series|Sun & Moon}}, and the 1,035th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on November 11, 2018, in Canada on March 23, 2019, and in the United States on March 26, 2019.
'''Don't Ignore the Small Stufful!''' (Japanese: '''ロケット団とヌイコグマ！''' ''{{tt|Rocket-dan|Team Rocket}} and {{tt|Nuikoguma|Stufful}}!'') is the 96th episode of ''[[Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon]]'', and the 1,035th episode of the [[Pokémon animated series]]. It first aired in Japan on November 11, 2018, in Canada on March 23, 2019, and in the United States on March 26, 2019.
{{spoilers}}
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==Blurb==
==Blurb==
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<i>Ash heads to Aether Paradise to deliver the lunches Professor Burnet and Munchlax forgot at home, and he and Lillie enjoy seeing the Pokémon there. But Team Rocket is there, too, plotting to steal Pokémon while in disguise as Aether Paradise employees. When one of the Pokémon from the conservation area, an adorable Stufful, goes missing, everyone suspects Team Rocket of foul play. But Stufful refuses to leave Team Rocket’s side, and when Bewear appears to whisk them away, everyone learns that Bewear and Stufful are family! This time, Team Rocket’s exit includes a new member of the group: Stufful!</i>
<i>Ash heads to Aether Paradise to deliver the lunches Professor Burnet and Munchlax forgot at home, and he and Lillie enjoy seeing the Pokémon there. But Team Rocket is there, too, plotting to steal Pokémon while in disguise as Aether Paradise employees. When one of the Pokémon from the conservation area, an adorable Stufful, goes missing, everyone suspects Team Rocket of foul play. But Stufful refuses to leave Team Rocket’s side, and when Bewear appears to whisk them away, everyone learns that Bewear and Stufful are family! This time, Team Rocket’s exit includes a new member of the group: Stufful!</i>


==Plot==
==Plot==
At {{an|Professor Kukui}}'s house, Kukui realizes that [[Professor Burnet]] and {{p|Munchlax}} left their lunches behind. With Kukui needing to attend the Pokémon Battle Study Conference, {{Ash}} offers to deliver the lunches to [[Aether Paradise]] for him. When Kukui leaves, {{an|Lillie}} and [[Hobbes]] arrive aboard a jet. Hobbes explains that {{an|Lusamine}} has been busy since the end of the [[Manalo Festival]], and asks Ash if he could visit her to report his side of the story, which he agrees to do.
At {{an|Professor Kukui}}'s house, Kukui realizes {{an|Professor Burnet}} and {{p|Munchlax}} left their lunches behind. With Kukui needing to attend the Pokémon Battle Study Conference, {{Ash}} offers to deliver the lunches to [[Aether Paradise]] for him. When Kukui leaves, {{an|Lillie}} and [[Hobbes]] arrive aboard a jet. Hobbes explains that {{an|Lusamine}} has been busy since the end of the [[Manalo Festival]], and asks Ash if he could visit her to report his side of the story, which he agrees to do.


Ash, Lillie, and Hobbes arrive at Aether Paradise. {{TRT}} is also there, [[List of Team Rocket's disguises|disguised]] as {{tc|Aether Foundation Employee}}s, hoping to capture the facility's Pokémon. When {{an|Faba}} notices Team Rocket and interrogates them, [[Wicke]] arrives and explains that she recently hired them as Conservation Area employees. As Faba walks off, Wicke hands [[Jessie]] a clipboard to begin counting the Pokémon. Meanwhile, [[James]] is assigned cleaning duty, but soon becomes exhausted. He calls on {{TP|James|Mareanie}}'s assistance, and after poisoning James, she mops the floors with her tentacles. Meanwhile, {{MTR}} is taking a break and listening to several {{p|Whimsicott}} explain the relaxing life they enjoy at Aether Paradise. Meowth has a fantasy of {{an|Giovanni}} surrounded by the Aether Paradise Pokémon, and tells the Whimsicott that they will enjoy living with the Boss.
Ash, Lillie, and Hobbes arrive at Aether Paradise. {{TRT}} is also there, [[List of Team Rocket's disguises|disguised]] as {{tc|Aether Foundation Employee}}s with the intention of capturing the facility's Pokémon. When {{an|Faba}} notices Team Rocket and interrogates them, [[Wicke]] arrives and explains that she recently hired them as Conservation Area employees. As Faba walks off, Wicke hands [[Jessie]] a clipboard to begin counting the Pokémon. Meanwhile, [[James]] is assigned cleaning duty, but soon becomes exhausted. He calls on {{TP|James|Mareanie}}'s assistance, and after poisoning James, she mops the floors with her tentacles. Meanwhile, {{MTR}} is taking a break and listening to several {{p|Whimsicott}} explain the relaxing life they enjoy at Aether Paradise. Meowth has a fantasy of {{an|Giovanni}} surrounded by the Aether Paradise Pokémon, and tells the Whimsicott that they will enjoy living with the Boss.


Elsewhere, Burnet and Munchlax are ecstatic to have their lunches now with them. Then {{Rotom}} uploads its Manalo Festival data onto the [[Aether Foundation]]'s system. Wicke offers Ash a tour of Aether Paradise, and the young {{pkmn|Trainer}} happily obliges. Elsewhere, with the Pokémon all accounted for, Team Rocket agree to start their large scale plan but are interrupted when Ash arrives on the scene. {{AP|Pikachu}} looks up at Team Rocket, and the trio quickly flees to avoid being detected. However in their escape, the list of Pokemon flies out of Jessie's back pocket and lands at Faba's feet. Ash and Lillie enter the {{p|Ditto}} play space, and one of the Ditto approaches Pikachu and soon {{m|transform}}s into him, only it still maintains its facial expression. Wicke adds that the Ditto is almost ready to graduate. The term "graduate" perplexes Rotom and Ash. Burnet explains that they care for the Pokémon at Aether Paradise before returning them to the wild. As Team Rocket walk down a corridor a {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Stufful}} starts following the group. Meanwhile, Faba runs over to Lusamine with the count list in hand, and he exclaims that Stufful is unaccounted for. Then Lusamine, Wicke, Brunet, Ash and Lillie agree to split up and search for Stufful. Rotom's Pokédex on Stufful entry alarms Ash, but Wicke and Burnet assure him that Stufful is harmless. In a flashback, Wicke explains that she first met Stufful during one of her solo patrols. She heard its cries and soon found Stufful was trapped under a fallen tree. In an act of desperation, Wicke dug through the dirt to make a gap big enough to rescue Stufful. Wicke tears at the thought of Stufful going missing, so the search party begins.
Elsewhere, Burnet and Munchlax are ecstatic to have their lunches now with them. Then {{Rotom}} uploads its Manalo Festival data onto the [[Aether Foundation]]'s system. Wicke offers Ash a tour of Aether Paradise, and the young {{pkmn|Trainer}} happily obliges. Elsewhere, with the Pokémon all accounted for, Team Rocket agree to start their large scale plan but are interrupted when Ash arrives on the scene. {{AP|Pikachu}} looks up at Team Rocket, and the trio quickly flees to avoid being detected. However in their escape, the list of Pokemon flies out of Jessie's back pocket and lands at Faba's feet. Ash and Lillie enter the {{p|Ditto}} play space, and one of the Ditto approaches Pikachu and soon {{m|transform}}s into him, only it still maintains its facial expression. Wicke adds that the Ditto is almost ready to graduate. The term "graduate" perplexes Rotom and Ash. Burnet explains that they care for the Pokémon at Aether Paradise before returning them to the wild. As Team Rocket walk down a corridor a {{an|Stufful}} starts following the group. Meanwhile, Faba runs over to Lusamine with the count list in hand, and he exclaims that Stufful is unaccounted for. Lusamine, Wicke, Brunet, Ash and Lillie agree to split up and search for Stufful. Rotom's Pokédex on Stufful entry alarms Ash, but Wicke and Burnet assure him that Stufful is harmless. In a flashback, Wicke explains that she first met Stufful during one of her solo patrols. She heard its cries and soon found Stufful was trapped under a fallen tree. In an act of desperation, Wicke dug through the dirt to make a gap big enough to rescue Stufful. Wicke tears at the thought of Stufful going missing, so the search party begins.


Team Rocket continues to powerwalk away from Stufful and eventually stop. Jessie questions why it's following them, but James then suggests that Jessie should {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} Stufful. Jessie throws her {{i|Poké Ball}}, but Stufful sidesteps it. She tries a second Poké Ball, but Stufful ducks this time. Jessie attempts to capture Stufful for a third time, but the Pokemon headbutts the Poké Ball into Jessie's face. Jessie scolds Stufful, but the Pokémon instead jumps onto Jessie's face and begins smothering her. Wicke, in a frantic voice, makes an announcement over the loudspeakers to alert everyone that Stufful is missing from the Conservation Area. Meowth and James overhear the announcement and fear that they will be caught red-handed attempting to steal Stufful and lose their chance to catch all the other Pokémon. Meanwhile, Jessie struggles to free herself of Stufful, and the Flailing Pokémon manages to latch itself onto Jessie's hair. As Ash and Lillie appear behind them, Team Rocket are run away to maintain their covert operation. The group rush passed Faba, who quickly notices Stufful attached to Jessie's hair. Team Rocket are eventually stopped on a walk bridge and surrounded by Lusamine, Wicke, Burnet, Faba, Lillie and Ash. Faba demands to know why the thieves ran, with the accusation shocking Team Rocket. The quartet contemplates their actions and they decide to launch into their {{motto}}.
Team Rocket continues to walk away from Stufful and eventually stop. Jessie questions why it's following them, but James suggests that Jessie should {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} Stufful. Jessie throws her {{i|Poké Ball}}, but Stufful sidesteps it. She tries a second Poké Ball, but Stufful ducks this time. Jessie attempts to capture Stufful for a third time, but the Pokemon headbutts the Poké Ball into Jessie's face. Jessie scolds Stufful, but the Pokémon instead jumps onto Jessie's face and begins smothering her. Wicke, in a frantic voice, makes an announcement over the loudspeakers to alert everyone that Stufful is missing from the Conservation Area. Meowth and James overhear the announcement and fear that they will be caught red-handed attempting to steal Stufful and lose their chance to catch all the other Pokémon. Meanwhile, Jessie struggles to free herself of Stufful, and the Flailing Pokémon manages to latch itself onto Jessie's hair. As Ash and Lillie appear behind them, Team Rocket run away to maintain their covert operation. The group rush passed Faba, who quickly notices Stufful attached to Jessie's hair. Team Rocket is eventually stopped on a walk bridge and surrounded by Lusamine, Wicke, Burnet, Faba, Lillie and Ash. Faba demands to know why the thieves ran, with the accusation shocking Team Rocket. The quartet contemplates their actions and they decide to launch into their {{motto}}.


With their true identities now exposed, Rotom demands that Stufful be returned. Jessie yells out that she would return Stufful, but it is attached to her. The answer only infuriates Ash, and he has Pikachu launch a {{m|Thunderbolt}} attack. As the electricity begins to reach into the air, {{an|Bewear}} crashes through the glass ceiling to rescue Team Rocket. As it is about to scoop up the group, Stufful captivates Bewear's attention. Suddenly Bewear lets out a shrill of joy, and Stufful jumps into its arms. The scene shocks everyone, and Meowth reveals that Bewear is Stufful's mother. Everyone is overjoyed for the pair, and Stufful waves to Wicke and the others. Bewear does the same before bundling Team Rocket in her arms and jumping onto an Aether Foundation helicopter. Bewear breaks off the helicopter's rotor blades and hands to it over to Stufful. Stufful promptly begins twirling the blades in its hands, and this allows Bewear to return to her [[Melemele Island]] den. Wicke, in particular, is relieved to see Stufful returned to its mother's arms and takes a moment to reflect.
With their true identities now exposed, Rotom demands that Stufful be returned. Jessie yells out that she would return Stufful, but it is attached to her. The answer only infuriates Ash, and he has Pikachu launch a {{m|Thunderbolt}} attack. As the electricity begins to reach into the air, {{an|Bewear}} crashes through the glass ceiling to rescue Team Rocket. As it is about to scoop up the group, Stufful captivates Bewear's attention. Suddenly Bewear lets out a shrill of joy, and Stufful jumps into its arms. The scene shocks everyone, and Meowth reveals that Bewear is Stufful's mother. Everyone is overjoyed for the pair, and Stufful waves to Wicke and the others. Bewear does the same before bundling Team Rocket in her arms and jumping onto an Aether Foundation helicopter. Bewear breaks off the helicopter's rotor blades and hands it over to Stufful. Stufful promptly begins twirling the blades in its hands, and this allows Bewear to return to her [[Melemele Island]] den. Wicke, in particular, is relieved to see Stufful returned to its mother's arms and takes a moment to reflect.


Sometime later, there is another hole in the Conservation Area's roof, and helicopter blades sit atop a tree canopy. Wicke walks through the Conservation Area and stops after spotting a leaf full of honey lying on the ground. The mysterious gesture startles her, but the culprit is not revealed.
Sometime later, there is another hole in the Conservation Area's roof, and helicopter blades sit atop a tree canopy. Wicke walks through the Conservation Area and stops after spotting a leaf full of honey lying on the ground. The mysterious gesture startles her, but the culprit is not revealed.
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==Major events==
==Major events==
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* [[Jessie]] tries and fails to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} a {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Stufful}} that starts to follow her around.
* [[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.
* {{an|Bewear}} is revealed to be Stufful's mother.
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* {{an|Lusamine}}
* {{an|Lusamine}}
* {{an|Faba}}
* {{an|Faba}}
* [[Professor Burnet]]
* {{an|Professor Burnet}}
* [[Wicke]]
* [[Wicke]]
* [[Hobbes]]
* [[Hobbes]]
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* {{p|Rotom}} ({{an|Rotom Pokédex}})
* {{p|Rotom}} ({{an|Rotom Pokédex}})
* {{p|Rowlet}} ({{OP|Ash|Rowlet}})
* {{p|Rowlet}} ({{OP|Ash|Rowlet}})
* {{p|Lycanroc}} ({{OP|Ash|Lycanroc}}; {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Lycanroc|Dusk Form}})
* {{p|Lycanroc}} ({{OP|Ash|Lycanroc}}; {{form|Lycanroc|Dusk Form}})
* {{p|Torracat}} ({{OP|Ash|Torracat}})
* {{p|Torracat}} ({{OP|Ash|Torracat}})
* {{p|Solgaleo}} ({{Ash}}'s; {{DL|Nebby|In the anime|Nebby}}; unofficial; photos)
* {{p|Popplio}} ({{OP|Lana|Popplio}}; photo)
* {{p|Popplio}} ({{OP|Lana|Popplio}}; photo)
* {{p|Marowak}} ({{OP|Kiawe|Marowak}}; photo)
* {{p|Marowak}} ({{OP|Kiawe|Marowak}}; photo)
* {{p|Vulpix}} ({{an|Lillie}}'s; {{rf|Alolan|Form}}; [[Snowy]])
* {{p|Vulpix}} ({{an|Lillie}}'s; [[Alolan form]]; [[Snowy]])
* {{p|Mareanie}} ({{OP|James|Mareanie}})
* {{p|Mareanie}} ({{OP|James|Mareanie}})
* {{p|Munchlax}} ([[Professor Burnet]]'s)
* {{p|Silvally}} ({{OP|Gladion|Silvally}}; photos)
* {{p|Silvally}} ({{OP|Gladion|Silvally}}; photos)
* {{p|Munchlax}} ({{an|Professor Burnet}}'s)
* {{p|Jigglypuff}} ({{an|Jigglypuff|anime}})
* {{p|Jigglypuff}} ({{an|Jigglypuff|anime}})
* {{p|Bewear}} ({{an|Bewear|anime}})
* {{p|Bewear}} ({{an|Bewear|anime}})
* {{p|Solgaleo}} ([[Nebby]]; photos)
* {{p|Drampa}} ([[Grandpa Forest]])
* {{p|Drampa}} ([[Grandpa Forest]])
* {{p|Lunala}} ({{DL|Light trio (anime)|Lunala|anime}}; photos)
* {{p|Lunala}} ({{an|Lunala|anime}}; photos)
* {{p|Necrozma}} ({{DL|Light trio (anime)|Necrozma|anime}}; {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Dusk Mane and Ultra Necrozma}}; photos)
* {{p|Necrozma}} ({{an|Necrozma|anime}}; {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Dusk Mane and Ultra Necrozma}}; photos)
* {{p|Naganadel}} ({{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Naganadel|anime}}; photos)
* {{p|Naganadel}} ({{DL|Ultra Beasts (anime)|Naganadel|anime}}; photos)
* {{p|Stufful}} ({{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Stufful|anime}})
* {{p|Stufful}} ({{an|Stufful|anime}})
* {{p|Ditto}} (×5)
* {{p|Ditto}} (×5)
* {{p|Whimsicott}} (×5)
* {{p|Whimsicott}} (×5)
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* {{p|Spinarak}}
* {{p|Spinarak}}
* {{p|Boldore}} (multiple)
* {{p|Boldore}} (multiple)
* {{p|Exeggutor}} ({{rf|Alolan|Form}})
* {{p|Exeggutor}} ([[Alolan form]])
* {{p|Sudowoodo}} (×6)
* {{p|Sudowoodo}} (×6)
* {{p|Petilil}}
* {{p|Petilil}}
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* [[Poké Problem]]: ''The Pokémon that grabs on to me in today's episode is...?''
* [[Poké Problem]]: ''The Pokémon that grabs on to me in today's episode is...?''
** Host: [[Jessie]]
** Host: [[Jessie]]
** Choices: {{p|Boldore}}, {{DL|Recurring wild Pokémon in the anime|Stufful}}, {{p|Whimsicott}}, {{p|Sandile}}
** Choices: {{p|Boldore}}, {{an|Stufful}}, {{p|Whimsicott}}, {{p|Sandile}}
** Answer: Stufful
** Answer: Stufful
* This is the last episode to air before the release of [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]].
* This is the last episode to air before the release of [[Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!]].
* This is the first episode of the {{series|Sun & Moon}} to have a [[boss fantasy]].
* {{an|Bewear}} is confirmed to be female in this episode.
* {{an|Bewear}} is confirmed to be female in this episode.
* [[Jessie]] uses an {{p|Arbok}}-shaped pen, which is a reference to the {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} she once had.
* [[Jessie]] uses an {{p|Arbok}}-shaped pen, which is a reference to the {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}} she once had.
* {{an|Professor Kukui}}, {{Ash}}, {{Rotom}}, and {{p|Dartrix}} narrate the preview for the [[SM097|next episode]].
* {{an|Professor Kukui}}, {{Ash}}, {{Rotom}}, and {{p|Dartrix}} narrate the preview for the [[SM097|next episode]].
* The English dub title could be a reference to the title of a book by {{wp|Richard Carlson (author)|Richard Carlson}}, ''Don't Sweat the Small Stuff... and it's all Small Stuff''.
* The English dub title could be based on the idiom "don't sweat the small stuff".
* {{TRT}} reads the [[Who's That Pokémon?]] segment in the English dub.
* {{TRT}} reads the [[Who's That Pokémon?]] segment in the English dub.


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|zh_cmn={{tt|火箭隊與童偶熊！|Team Rocket and Stufful!}}
|zh_cmn={{tt|火箭隊與童偶熊！|Team Rocket and Stufful!}}
|da={{tt|Det Stufful Som Drømme Er Gjort Af!|The Stufful That Dreams are Made of!}}
|nl={{tt|Stufful zoekt zijn familie!|Stufful is looking for his family!}}
|fi={{tt|Stufful kadoksissa!|Stufful missing!}}
|de={{tt|An den Haaren herbeigezogen!|Farfetch'd by the hairs!}}
|he={{tt|!לא להתעלם מסטאפול הקטן|Don't Ignore the Small Stufful!}}
|it={{tt|Stufful sente aria di casa!|Stufful feels air of home!}}
|ko={{tt|로켓단과 포곰곰!|Team Rocket and Stufful!}}
|ko={{tt|로켓단과 포곰곰!|Team Rocket and Stufful!}}
|he={{tt|!לא להתעלם מסטאפול הקטן|Don't Ignore the Small Stufful!}}
|pl={{tt|Nie ignorujcie małego Stuffula!|Don't ignore the small Stufful!}}
|pt_br={{tt|Em busca de Stufful!|In search of Stufful!}}<br>{{tt|Conto de um Stufful perdido!|A lost Stufful's tale!}} {{tt|*|Cartoon Network schedule}}
|pt_br={{tt|Em busca de Stufful!|In search of Stufful!}}<br>{{tt|Conto de um Stufful perdido!|A lost Stufful's tale!}} {{tt|*|Cartoon Network schedule}}
|ru={{tt|Мал Стаффул, да дорог!|Small Stufful but darling!}}
|es_la={{tt|¡Stufful y el Equipo Rocket!|Stufful and Team Rocket!}}
|es_la={{tt|¡Stufful y el Equipo Rocket!|Stufful and Team Rocket!}}
|es_eu={{tt|¡Stufful, el Pequeñajo!|Stufful, the Pipsqueak!}}
|es_eu={{tt|¡Stufful, el Pequeñajo!|Stufful, the Pipsqueak!}}
|th={{tt|แก๊งร็อคเก็ตกับนุยโคกุมะ!|Rocket Gang and Nuikoguma!}}
|th={{tt|แก๊งร็อคเก็ตกับนุยโคกุมะ!|Rocket Gang and Nuikoguma!}}
|tr={{tt|Küçük Stufful'a dikkat!|Attentin to little Stufful}}
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Don't Ignore the Small Stufful!
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SM096   EP1035
ロケット団とヌイコグマ！
Rocket-dan and Nuikoguma!
First broadcast
Japan November 11, 2018
United States March 26, 2019
English themes
Opening The Challenge of Life
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening キミの冒険
Ending ジャリボーイ・ジャリガール
Credits
Animation Team Kato
Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui
Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano
Assistant director 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino
Animation directors 香月麻衣子 Maiko Katsuki
山崎玲愛 Rei Yamazaki
No additional credits are available at this time.

Don't Ignore the Small Stufful! (Japanese: ロケット団とヌイコグマ！ Rocket-dan and Nuikoguma!) is the 96th episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, and the 1,035th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on November 11, 2018, in Canada on March 23, 2019, and in the United States on March 26, 2019.

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Blurb

Ash heads to Aether Paradise to deliver the lunches Professor Burnet and Munchlax forgot at home, and he and Lillie enjoy seeing the Pokémon there. But Team Rocket is there, too, plotting to steal Pokémon while in disguise as Aether Paradise employees. When one of the Pokémon from the conservation area, an adorable Stufful, goes missing, everyone suspects Team Rocket of foul play. But Stufful refuses to leave Team Rocket’s side, and when Bewear appears to whisk them away, everyone learns that Bewear and Stufful are family! This time, Team Rocket’s exit includes a new member of the group: Stufful!

Plot

At Professor Kukui's house, Kukui realizes Professor Burnet and Munchlax left their lunches behind. With Kukui needing to attend the Pokémon Battle Study Conference, Ash offers to deliver the lunches to Aether Paradise for him. When Kukui leaves, Lillie and Hobbes arrive aboard a jet. Hobbes explains that Lusamine has been busy since the end of the Manalo Festival, and asks Ash if he could visit her to report his side of the story, which he agrees to do.

Ash, Lillie, and Hobbes arrive at Aether Paradise. Team Rocket is also there, disguised as Aether Foundation Employees with the intention of capturing the facility's Pokémon. When Faba notices Team Rocket and interrogates them, Wicke arrives and explains that she recently hired them as Conservation Area employees. As Faba walks off, Wicke hands Jessie a clipboard to begin counting the Pokémon. Meanwhile, James is assigned cleaning duty, but soon becomes exhausted. He calls on Mareanie's assistance, and after poisoning James, she mops the floors with her tentacles. Meanwhile, Meowth is taking a break and listening to several Whimsicott explain the relaxing life they enjoy at Aether Paradise. Meowth has a fantasy of Giovanni surrounded by the Aether Paradise Pokémon, and tells the Whimsicott that they will enjoy living with the Boss.

Elsewhere, Burnet and Munchlax are ecstatic to have their lunches now with them. Then Rotom uploads its Manalo Festival data onto the Aether Foundation's system. Wicke offers Ash a tour of Aether Paradise, and the young Trainer happily obliges. Elsewhere, with the Pokémon all accounted for, Team Rocket agree to start their large scale plan but are interrupted when Ash arrives on the scene. Pikachu looks up at Team Rocket, and the trio quickly flees to avoid being detected. However in their escape, the list of Pokemon flies out of Jessie's back pocket and lands at Faba's feet. Ash and Lillie enter the Ditto play space, and one of the Ditto approaches Pikachu and soon transforms into him, only it still maintains its facial expression. Wicke adds that the Ditto is almost ready to graduate. The term "graduate" perplexes Rotom and Ash. Burnet explains that they care for the Pokémon at Aether Paradise before returning them to the wild. As Team Rocket walk down a corridor a Stufful starts following the group. Meanwhile, Faba runs over to Lusamine with the count list in hand, and he exclaims that Stufful is unaccounted for. Lusamine, Wicke, Brunet, Ash and Lillie agree to split up and search for Stufful. Rotom's Pokédex on Stufful entry alarms Ash, but Wicke and Burnet assure him that Stufful is harmless. In a flashback, Wicke explains that she first met Stufful during one of her solo patrols. She heard its cries and soon found Stufful was trapped under a fallen tree. In an act of desperation, Wicke dug through the dirt to make a gap big enough to rescue Stufful. Wicke tears at the thought of Stufful going missing, so the search party begins.

Team Rocket continues to walk away from Stufful and eventually stop. Jessie questions why it's following them, but James suggests that Jessie should catch Stufful. Jessie throws her Poké Ball, but Stufful sidesteps it. She tries a second Poké Ball, but Stufful ducks this time. Jessie attempts to capture Stufful for a third time, but the Pokemon headbutts the Poké Ball into Jessie's face. Jessie scolds Stufful, but the Pokémon instead jumps onto Jessie's face and begins smothering her. Wicke, in a frantic voice, makes an announcement over the loudspeakers to alert everyone that Stufful is missing from the Conservation Area. Meowth and James overhear the announcement and fear that they will be caught red-handed attempting to steal Stufful and lose their chance to catch all the other Pokémon. Meanwhile, Jessie struggles to free herself of Stufful, and the Flailing Pokémon manages to latch itself onto Jessie's hair. As Ash and Lillie appear behind them, Team Rocket run away to maintain their covert operation. The group rush passed Faba, who quickly notices Stufful attached to Jessie's hair. Team Rocket is eventually stopped on a walk bridge and surrounded by Lusamine, Wicke, Burnet, Faba, Lillie and Ash. Faba demands to know why the thieves ran, with the accusation shocking Team Rocket. The quartet contemplates their actions and they decide to launch into their motto.

With their true identities now exposed, Rotom demands that Stufful be returned. Jessie yells out that she would return Stufful, but it is attached to her. The answer only infuriates Ash, and he has Pikachu launch a Thunderbolt attack. As the electricity begins to reach into the air, Bewear crashes through the glass ceiling to rescue Team Rocket. As it is about to scoop up the group, Stufful captivates Bewear's attention. Suddenly Bewear lets out a shrill of joy, and Stufful jumps into its arms. The scene shocks everyone, and Meowth reveals that Bewear is Stufful's mother. Everyone is overjoyed for the pair, and Stufful waves to Wicke and the others. Bewear does the same before bundling Team Rocket in her arms and jumping onto an Aether Foundation helicopter. Bewear breaks off the helicopter's rotor blades and hands it over to Stufful. Stufful promptly begins twirling the blades in its hands, and this allows Bewear to return to her Melemele Island den. Wicke, in particular, is relieved to see Stufful returned to its mother's arms and takes a moment to reflect.

Sometime later, there is another hole in the Conservation Area's roof, and helicopter blades sit atop a tree canopy. Wicke walks through the Conservation Area and stops after spotting a leaf full of honey lying on the ground. The mysterious gesture startles her, but the culprit is not revealed.

Major events

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Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Whimsicott (US and international), Stufful (Japan)

Trivia

Errors

Dub edits

  • Bewear and Stufful are said to be "family" rather than explicitly mother and child, leaving the relation between the two ambiguous in the dub.

In other languages



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