SM034

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SM034   EP973 炎のバトル！ガラガラあらわる！！ Battle of Fire! Garagara Appears!!

First broadcast Japan July 20, 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 樋口香里 Kaori Higuchi Assistant director サトウ光敏 Mitsutoshi Satō Animation director 石川てつや Tetsuya Ishikawa No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: 炎のバトル！ガラガラあらわる！！ Battle of Fire! Garagara Appears!!) is the 34th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 973rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 20, 2017.

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

Plot

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Major events

• Kiawe's Turtonator is revealed to know Dragon Tail and learns Shell Smash.
• Kiawe catches an Alolan Marowak.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Kukui
• Olivia
• Sima (flashback)
• Rango (flashback)
• Kiawe's grandfather (flashback)
• Hikers (×3)
• Trainers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Marowak (Alola Form) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Litten (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form; new; debut)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Blissey (Nurse Joy's)
• Magmar (Hiker's)
• Magcargo (Trainer's)
• Darmanitan (Trainer's; ×2; one in flashback)
• Pignite (Trainer's; ×2; one in flashback)
• Pansear (Trainer's; ×2; one in flashback)
• Torchic (Trainer's; ×2; one in flashback)
• Growlithe (Trainer's; ×3; one in flashback)
• Litwick (Trainer's; ×3; one in flashback)
• Lampent (Trainer's; ×3; one in flashback)
• Combusken (Trainer's; ×2)
• Braixen (Trainer's; ×2)
• Ponyta (Trainer's; ×2)
• Flareon (Trainer's)
• Charmander (Trainer's)
• Houndoom (Trainer's; ×2)
• Chimchar (Trainer's; ×2)
• Tepig (Trainer's)
• Darumaka (Trainer's)
• Heatmor (Trainer's; ×2)
• Fennekin (Trainer's)
• Numel (Trainer's)
• Quilava (Trainer's; ×2)
• Fletchinder (Trainer's)
• Cyndaquil (Trainer's; ×2)
• Rapidash (Trainer's)
• Torkoal (Trainer's)
• Slugma (Trainer's)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: What Pokemon does Turtonator fight in this episode?
  • Host: Kiawe
  • Choices: Salandit, Alolan Marowak, Growlithe, Magmar
  • Answer: Alolan Marowak
• All seven Fire-type starter Pokémon from the first seven generations appear in this episode.
• The three Hikers, their Magmar, and their habit of photobombing the pictures that the Rotom Pokédex was trying to take of the group is a reference to Hiker David, who has a similar habit, also uses a Magmar, and is battled during the trial at Wela Volcano Park, the setting of this episode, in Pokémon Sun and Moon.
• Mallow, Ash, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• In one scene, the purple portion of Mallow's Steenee's body is colored white.
• During Kiawe's first flashback, a Lampent had a flame floating above it similar to a Litwick's flame.
• When the Alolan Marowak runs away with the Crown of Wela, a Numel, Quilava, and Fletchinder are shown to be much smaller than they should be, especially the Numel.

In other languages

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