SM076

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SM076

SM076   EP1015 スーパー決戦！ピカチュウVSミミッキュ！！ Super Decisive Battle! Pikachu VS Mimikkyu!!

First broadcast Japan May 24, 2018 United States

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 藤咲淳一 Jun'ichi Fujisaku Storyboard 関野昌弘 Masahiro Sekino Assistant director 上野史博 Fumihiro Ueno Animation director 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: スーパー決戦！ピカチュウVSミミッキュ！！ Super Decisive Battle! Pikachu VS Mimikkyu!!) is the 76th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,015th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 24, 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

• Jessie's Mimikyu is revealed to have Disguise as its Ability.
• Jessie and Mimikyu perform Let's Snuggle Forever for the first time.
• Ash's Pikachu learns Electroweb.
• Ash clears the Thrifty Megamart trial, becoming qualified to challenge Nanu's grand trial.

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
• Jessie
• James
• Matori (video hologram)
• Professor Kukui
• Acerola
• Nanu

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Mimikyu (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Poipole (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Mimikyu (Jessie's)
• Mareanie (James's; Poké Problem segment)
• Mimikyu (Acerola's; Shiny; Mimi-tan)
• Bewear (anime)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Which one of Team Rocket's Pokémon uses a Z-Move in today's episode?
  • Host: James:
  • Choices: Mareanie, Meowth, Wobbuffet, Mimikyu
  • Answer: Mimikyu
• This is the first time that Pikachu learns a new move since he learned Electro Ball in Dancing With the Ducklett Trio!, 338 episodes earlier.
• This marks the first time a main character has completed a trial and not received a Z-Crystal as a reward, as well as the first regular trial to not feature a Totem Pokémon.
• Future Connection used as an insert song when Ash's Pikachu's Z-Move 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt is used to defeat Jessie's Mimikyu.
• Acerola and Nanu narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The original trailer for this episode that aired following SM075 depicted the Thrifty Megamart with flags bearing symbols similar to those of real-life chain Walmart. In the broadcast version of the episode, the flags bore a different, original symbol.

In other languages

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