SM109

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SM109   EP1048 しまクイーン誕生！サトシの大試練！！ The Birth of an Island Queen! Satoshi's Grand Trial!!

First broadcast Japan February 17, 2019 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening キミの冒険 Ending 心のノート

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤咲淳一 Jun'ichi Fujisaku Storyboard 毛利和昭 Kazuaki Mōri Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 直井由紀 Yuki Naoi No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: しまクイーン誕生！サトシの大試練！！ The Birth of an Island Queen! Satoshi's Grand Trial!!) is the 109th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,048th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 17, 2019.

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

• Hapu officially becomes the new Island Kahuna of Poni Island.
• Ash battles Hapu in the Poni Island grand trial and wins, clearing his final grand trial in Alola.
• Hapu offers Ash a type-specific Z-Crystal of his choice as his prize. Pikachu picks the Steelium Z.
• Ash and his classmates reunite with Professor Kukui and head back towards Melemele Island.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Kukui
• Hapu

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Brionne (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Torracat (Ash's)
• Brionne (Lana's)
• Eevee (Lana's; Nagisa)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Vikavolt (Sophocles's)
• Tsareena (Mallow's)
• Golurk (Hapu's)
• Mudsdale (Hapu's)
• Tapu Fini (anime)
• Shaymin (anime)
• Oricorio (Sensu Style; ×3)
• Meltan (multiple)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Which Pokémon do I use in Hapu's grand trial in today's episode?
  • Host: Ash
  • Choices: Lycanroc, Torracat, Rowlet, Pikachu
  • Answer: Pikachu
• The opening animation is updated to include Shaymin.
• Professor Kukui, an expert Caddie, Pikachu, and Ash narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The original preview for this episode included Rotom next to Kiawe during the shot where Kiawe tells Ash to do his best, but in the episode proper, Rotom is not seen in said shot.
• The method Ash uses to defeat Mudsdale (covering it in water, making it susceptible to Pikachu's Electric-type attacks) is the similar to the method he used to defeat Brock in Showdown in Pewter City. Although in that episode, it happened by accident, where on this occasion Ash does it on purpose.
  • It is also similar to the method Ash used to damage Pryce's Piloswine with Electric-type moves in Nice Pryce, Baby! and to further damage Alain's Tyranitar in Finals Not for the Faint-Hearted!.

Errors

• After Kiawe is initially shown in his usual swim shorts, his shorts change color to look like the usual shorts that he wears.

In other languages

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