SM030

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SM030   EP969 リーリエ、ピカチュウをかわいがってあげてね Lilie, Take Good Care of Pikachu

First broadcast Japan June 15, 2017 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター -20th Anniversary- Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 面出明美 Akemi Omode Storyboard 神谷純 Jun Kamiya 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.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: リーリエ、ピカチュウをかわいがってあげてね Lilie, Take Good Care of Pikachu) is the 30th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 969th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 15, 2017.

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

• Lillie becomes able to touch Pikachu.

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

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Professor Kukui
• Hobbes
• Mimo
• Harper and Sarah
• Old lady
• Mallow's father
• Customers
• Maid

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Steenee (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Rockruff (Ash's)
• Litten (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Charizard (Kiawe's; Ride Pokémon)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Oricorio (Hobbes's; Pom-Pom Style)
• Tauros (×2)
• Miltank (×2)
• Zubat
• Ledyba
• Petilil
• Fletchling
• Metapod
• Psyduck
• Caterpie
• Cottonee
• Whimsicott
• Paras
• Spinarak
• Bonsly
• Trapinch

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Which partner Pokémon do I take care of in today's episode?
  • Host: Lillie
  • Choices: Rockruff, Clefairy, Rowlet, Pikachu
  • Answer: Pikachu
• Alola!! is replaced by Aim to Be a Pokémon Master -20th Anniversary-, in promotion of the twentieth movie.
• Nurse Joy, Nurse Joy's Blissey, and Nurse Joy's Comfey narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• When Lillie gets scared when she tries to touch Pikachu, Pikachu is shown eating using his right paw, but in the next shot, he is shown eating using his left.

In other languages

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