SM041

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SM041   EP980 ダッシュ！デンヂムシ Dash! Dendimushi

First broadcast Japan September 7, 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 小柴純弥 Junya Koshiba Animation directors 伊藤典子 Noriko Itō 八田木瀧 Taki Yatagi No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: ダッシュ！デンヂムシ Dash! Dendimushi) is the 41st episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 980th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 7, 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

• Sophocles's Charjabug is revealed to know String Shot.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Samson Oak
• Ana
• Yansu
• Hayate
• Team Electric Princess
• Team Twin Starmie
• Team Science Speed
• Trainers
• Spectators

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Charjabug (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Charjabug (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Mareanie (James's)
• Magnezone (Ana's)
• Charjabug (Hayate's; Shiny)
• Charjabug (Team Electric Princess's)
• Charjabug (Team Twin Starmie's)
• Charjabug (Team Science Speed's)
• Charjabug (Trainers'; multiple)
• Petilil (Trainer's)
• Bonsly (Trainer's)
• Rufflet (Trainer's)
• Boldore (Trainer's)
• Sandygast (Trainer's)
• Castform (Trainer's; Normal, Rainy, and Snowy Form)
• Bewear (anime)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: What is Charjabug's personality?
  • Host: Sophocles
  • Choices: Gentle, Cowardly, Meek, Easygoing
  • Answer: Gentle
• The car that the Hayate's Shiny Charjabug drives is based on the car form of a shiny Genesect.
• The Japanese title of this episode is a reference to the series Dash! Yonkuro. When cheering Charjabug on as it crossed the finish line, the faces that Ash, Sophocles, and Kiawe's made referenced some of its main characters.
• The disguises which Jessie and James wear in this episode are a reference to the series Bakusō Kyōdai Let's & Go!!, with Jessie's outfit based off of the character of Gō Seiba and James's outfit based off of Retsu Seiba.
• Mallow, Ash, Lillie, Kiawe, Lana, Sophocles narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The contraption that Kiawe wears on his body during the montage scene of Ash, Kiawe, and Sophocles preparing for the Charjabug Race is a reference to the series Star of the Giants, where the main character wore a similar contraption on his body, in order to straighten out his arms, making him better at playing baseball. Meowth wore a similar device during Pulling Out the Pokémon Base Pepper!
• Pose is used as an insert song during Chargabug's training for the race.

Errors

• When Castform appears in its Rainy Form, it is colored as its Normal Form.

In other languages

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