SM005

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SM005   EP944 アシマリ、がんバルーン！ Ashimari, Give it Your bALLoon!

First broadcast Japan December 1, 2016 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation directors 直井由紀 Yuki Naoi 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: アシマリ、がんバルーン！ Ashimari, Give it Your bALLoon!) is the fifth episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 944th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 1, 2016.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Ash meets Lana's sisters, Harper and Sarah, for the first time.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Harper and Sarah

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy (flashback)
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak
• Harper and Sarah
• Team Skull Grunts (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Popplio (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Bounsweet (Mallow's)
• Mimikyu (Jessie's)
• Blissey (Nurse Joy's; flashback)
• Comfey (Nurse Joy's; flashback)
• Rockruff (Professor Kukui's)
• Bewear (anime)
• Komala (anime)
• Goldeen
• Alomomola
• Tentacruel
• Shellder
• Staryu
• Finneon (×3)
• Chinchou
• Carvanha (×2)
• Wailmer (×3)
• Corsola
• Luvdisc (×2)
• Relicanth
• Lapras (×4)
• Milotic
• Magikarp
• Shellos (×2; East Sea Form)
• Slowpoke
• Sharpedo
• Kyogre (fantasy)

Trivia

• Ash and Mallow break the fourth wall after the Rotom Pokédex criticizes their fishing skills by pushing in split screens to squish the Rotom Pokédex.

Errors

• When Ash stands up before the group begins fishing, Ash isn't wearing his Z-Ring.
• When Lapras froze the Team Skull Grunts that were bullying Popplio with Ice Beam, the two female Grunts disappeared.
• When the class takes a break before Team Rocket attacked, a Pelipper had its upper bill colored white instead of yellow.
• When Lana's Popplio surrounds Ash and Pikachu with a water balloon, a second Pikachu can be seen next to Sophocles.
• The Sharpedo that bit Slowpoke's tail was green where it should be blue.

In other languages

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This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.