SM069

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SM069   EP1008 輝け星舟テッカグヤ！ The Shining Starship Tekkaguya!

First broadcast Japan April 12, 2018 United States TBA

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening 未来コネクション Ending ジャリボーイ・ジャリガール

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 毛利和昭 Kazuaki Mōri Animation directors 香月麻衣子 Maiko Katsuki 山崎玲愛 Rei Yamazaki No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: 輝け星舟テッカグヤ！ The Shining Starship Tekkaguya!) is the 69th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,008th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 12, 2018.

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

• Ash and his classmates go on their second Ultra Guardians mission.
• The Ultra Guardians try and fail to capture a Celesteela, due to it being rooted down at the time.
• The Ultra Guardians help free the Celesteela from being trapped underground, allowing it to fly back home.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Celesteela

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Kukui
• Lusamine
• Professor Burnet
• Wicke
• Sophocles's parents
• Villagers (fantasy)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Celesteela (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Torracat (Ash's)
• Poipole (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Charizard (Kiawe's; Ride Pokémon)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Charjabug (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Clefable (Lusamine's)
• Garchomp (Ride Pokémon)
• Metang (Ride Pokémon)
• Flygon (Ride Pokémon)
• Dragonair (Ride Pokémon)
• Altaria (Ride Pokémon)
• Tapu Koko (anime)
• Bewear (anime)
• Exeggutor (Alola Form; multiple)
• Celesteela (debut)
• Grubbin (multiple)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Where is the Ultra Beast that features in today's episode?
  • Host: Sophocles
  • Choices: The ocean floor, The flower field, The bamboo grove, The city
  • Answer: The bamboo grove
• Ash, Kiawe, Pikachu, Mallow, Sophocles, and Kiawe's Marowak narrate the preview for the next episode.
• Pose is used as an insert song during the montage of Ash and his classmates digging up the Celesteela.

Errors

• Sophocles originally offers his classmates to select from four shovels and two spades to help dig out Celesteela, but when they start digging, three of them use a shovel each and the other three use spades.

In other languages

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