S20

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon Season 20
Logo for the season
Opening	Under The Alolan Sun
Episodes	Ongoing
Region	Alola
Series	Sun & Moon
Preceded by	Pokémon the Series: XYZ
Followed by	Unannounced

Episode List
1	Alola to New Adventure!
2	The Guardian's Challenge!
3	Loading the Dex!
4	First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-style!
5	Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio!

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Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon is the twentieth season of the dubbed version of the Pokémon anime. It follows the conclusion of the third and final dubbed season of the XY series, Pokémon the Series: XYZ, and as such is the first dubbed season of the Sun & Moon series. The season follows Ash as he continues his journey, attending the Pokémon School in the Alola region.

In the United States, it debuted with a special showing of its first two episodes on December 5, 2016 on Disney XD alongside Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel. It began on March 17, 2017 with the dub premiere of Alola to New Adventure!. In the United Kingdom, it debuted on November 20, 2016 on CITV.

Blurb

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…

Important events

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

• Ash arrives in the Alola region and enrolls in the Pokémon School. (SM001)
• Lillie, Mallow, Lana, Kiawe, Sophocles, Samson Oak, and Professor Kukui are introduced. (SM001)
• Ash and Pikachu perform Gigavolt Havoc for the first time. (SM002)
• Ash decides to take on the island challenge in order to get new Z-Crystals and qualify as a Z-Move user. (SM002)
• Ash receives a Pokédex from Professor Kukui. (SM002)
• Team Rocket arrives in the Alola region, having been assigned by Giovanni to capture the region's unique Pokémon. (SM003)
• A Rotom inhabits Ash's new Pokédex, turning it into a Rotom Pokédex. (SM003)
• Ash's classmates encounter Team Rocket for the first time. (SM003)
• Ash meets Lana's sisters, Harper and Sarah, for the first time. (SM005)
• Samson Oak gives Ash and his classmates an Egg, which Lillie agrees to take care of. (SM008)
• Lillie's phobia of Pokémon is slightly explained as she gained the trauma from an experience with her mom that she doesn't remember. (SM008)
• Ash meets the Kahuna of Melemele Island, Hala, for the first time. (SM009)
• Hala reveals that the Z-Ring equipped with an Electrium Z that Tapu Koko gave to Ash earlier was taken from him. (SM009)
• Ash clears his first island challenge in the Verdant Cavern, earning a Normalium Z from the Totem Gumshoos as a reward. (SM009)
• Ash and Pikachu perform Breakneck Blitz for the first time. (SM010)
• Ash battles Hala and wins, clearing the Melemele Island Island challenge. (SM010)
• Hala goes to give Ash a Fightinium Z as a reward for defeating him, but Tapu Koko replaces it with an Electrium Z, which Ash receives instead. (SM010)
• Ash's Rowlet performs Breakneck Blitz for the first time. (SM011)
• Ash visits Akala Island for the first time. (SM011)
• Ash meets Kiawe's family for the first time. (SM011)
• Jessie and James try and fail to catch a Cloyster and Carvanha, respectively. (SM012)
• Team Rocket decide to make Bewear's den their base of operations in Alola. (SM012)
• The Egg Lillie received hatches into an Alolan Vulpix. (SM013)

Poster for the season

Party changes

Additions

• Jessie's Mimikyu (SM004)
• Ash's Rowlet (SM004)
• James's Mareanie (SM012)
• Lillie's Vulpix (SM014)
• Ash's Rockruff (SM015)

Evolutions

• Mallow's Bounsweet → Steenee

Other

The following Pokémon are left at Oak's Laboratory:

• Ash's Talonflame (prior to SM001)
• Ash's Hawlucha (prior to SM001)
• Ash's Noivern (prior to SM001)

The following Pokémon are left at Team Rocket HQ:

• Jessie's Gourgeist (prior to SM003)
• James's Inkay (prior to SM003)

Trials

Ash clears the following trials:

• Verdant Cavern trial (SM009)
• Melemele Grand Trial (SM010)

In other languages

Language		Title
Dutch		Pokémon de serie: Zon & Maan
European French		Pokémon, la série : Soleil et Lune
German		Pokémon – Die TV-Serie: Sonne & Mond
Italian		Pokémon - Serie Sole e Luna
Russian		Покемон сериал: Солнце & Луна
European Spanish		La serie Pokémon Sol y Luna
Thai		โปเกมอน ซัน แอนด์ มูน

External links

• Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon page at Pokémon.com

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