JN112

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JN112   EP1197 凱旋！ アローラチャンピオン！！ A Triumphant Return! The Alola Champion!!

First broadcast Japan May 27, 2022 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending バツグンタイプ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 齋藤徳明 Noriaki Saitō Assistant director 又野弘道 Hiromichi Matano Animation directors 新城真 Makoto Shinjō 升谷有希 Yuki Masutani Additional credits

Preview thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 凱旋！ アローラチャンピオン！！ A Triumphant Return! The Alola Champion!!) is the 112th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,197th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 27, 2022.

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

Major events

• Ash and Goh visit Alola again, Lillie's family returns to the region, and Chloe visits the region for the first time.
• Ash, Lillie, and Goh reunite with Lana, Sophocles, Mallow, Professor Kukui, Professor Burnet, and Rotom Pokédex again.
• Ash meets Samson Oak, Hobbes, Hala, Faba, and Wicke again, while Goh meets them for the first time.
• Lana, Sophocles, and Mallow meet Mohn and Chloe for the first time.
• Ash reunites with Kiawe again.
• Ash participates in a Battle Royal with Professor Kukui, Kiawe, and Gladion, and wins.
• Ash reunites with Tapu Koko again.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Goh
• Professor Kukui/The Masked Royal
• Samson Oak
• Professor Burnet
• Hala
• Gladion
• Chloe
• Lusamine
• Mohn
• Wicke
• Faba
• Abe
• Ulu
• Hobbes
• Lei
• Hau
• Guzma
• Plumeria
• Team Skull Grunts
  • Tupp
  • Rapp
  • Zipp
• Leon (fantasy)
• Citizens of Alola

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Incineroar

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Incineroar (Ash's)
• Melmetal (Ash's)
• Dragonite (Ash's)
• Gengar (Ash's)
• Lucario (Ash's)
• Sirfetch'd (Ash's)
• Dracovish (Ash's)
• Primarina (Lana's)
• Eevee (Lana's; Sandy)
• Charizard (Kiawe's; Ride Pokémon)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alolan)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alolan; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Vikavolt (Sophocles's)
• Tsareena (Mallow's)
• Cinderace (Goh's)
• Inteleon (Goh's)
• Grookey (Goh's)
• Umbreon (Gladion's)
• Lycanroc (Gladion's; Midnight Form; flashback)
• Silvally (Gladion's; flashback)
• Zoroark (Gladion's)
• Nihilego (Gladion's; Lillie; Shiny)
• Incineroar (Professor Kukui's)
• Decidueye (Hau's)
• Eevee (Chloe's)
• Tapu Koko (anime)
• Magearna (Shiny; anime)

Trivia

• Shinji Miyazaki's music from Pokémon the Series: XY and Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon is reused as background music in this episode.
• Goh, Ash, and Gary narrate the preview for the next episode.
  • This is one of the rare times Pikachu is not heard speaking at the end of the preview.
  • A special preview for JN115 was aired after this episode.

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