SM061

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A Mission of Ultra Urgency!

SM061   EP1000 出動！僕らのウルトラガーディアンズ！！ Set Off! Our Ultra Guardians!!

First broadcast Japan February 8, 2018 United States July 16, 2018

English themes Opening Under The Alolan Moon 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 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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

A Mission of Ultra Urgency! (Japanese: 出動！僕らのウルトラガーディアンズ！！ Set Off! Our Ultra Guardians!!) is the 61st episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,000th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 8, 2018 and is scheduled to air in Canada on July 7, 2018, and in the United States on July 16, 2018.

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

Plot

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Major events

• A Poipole emerges from an Ultra Wormhole and starts following Ash's Pikachu.
• Ash and his classmates go on their first Ultra Guardians mission.
• Rotom is updated with data about the known Ultra Beasts.
• The Ultra Guardians catch a Buzzwole and release it back into Ultra Space.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Buzzwole

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak
• Professor Burnet
• Lusamine
• Wicke
• Laki
• Assistant Director
• Film crew

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Buzzwole

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Litten (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)
• Mimikyu (Jessie's)
• Mareanie (James's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Vulpix (Samson Oak's)
• Clefable (Lusamine's)
• Smeargle (Laki's)
• Buzzwole (Ultra Guardians'; new; released; debut)
• Machamp (Police Officer's; ×3)
• Garchomp (Ride Pokémon)
• Metang (Ride Pokémon)
• Flygon (Ride Pokémon)
• Dragonair (Ride Pokémon)
• Altaria (Ride Pokémon)
• Bewear (anime)
• Poipole (anime)
• Rhyperior
• Pangoro (×4)
• Snorlax
• Exeggutor (Alola Form; multiple)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Which of these Balls is used to catch Ultra Beasts and is featured in today's episode?
  • Host: Rotom Pokédex
  • Choices: Dusk Ball, Beast Ball, Safari Ball, Master Ball
  • Answer: Beast Ball
• Future Connection replaces Alola!! as the opening theme.
• Twerp, Twerpette replaces Pose as the ending theme.
• This episode marks the anime debut of Max Potions and Full Restores, leaving Hyper Potion as the only variation of Potion yet to be featured in the anime.
• Just before he prepares to capture Buzzwole, Ash's face briefly changes to resemble the titular character of the long-running manga series Golgo 13.
• The way that the Alolan Exeggutor move their heads as the Ultra Guardians prepare to launch is a reference to the way the palm trees move during the launch of Thunderbird 2 in the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds.
• This is the first time Ash catches a Pokémon with a Poké Ball variant since the original series.
• Meowth, Jessie, James, and Wobbuffet narrate the preview for the next episode.

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  Golgo 13 reference

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  Thunderbirds reference

In other languages

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