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Heart of Fire! Heart of Stone!

SM103   EP1042 岩をも砕く熱きハート！ライチとタケシ！！ A Passionate Heart That Can Smash Even Rock! Lychee and Takeshi!!

First broadcast Japan January 6, 2019 United States April 10, 2019* April 27, 2019*

English themes Opening The Challenge of Life Ending

Japanese themes Opening キミの冒険 Ending ジャリボーイ・ジャリガール

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 関根アユミ Ayumi Sekine Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 中田誠 Makoto Nakata Animation directors 一石小百合 Sayuri Ichiishi 竹内杏子 Takeuchi Kyoko No additional credits are available at this time.

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

Heart of Fire! Heart of Stone! (Japanese: 岩をも砕く熱きハート！ライチとタケシ！！ A Passionate Heart That Can Smash Even Rock! Lychee and Takeshi!!) is the 103rd episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,042nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 6, 2019 and in the United States on April 27, 2019.

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

Blurb

Brock and Misty are having quite a busy vacation in Alola! Ash and the Pokémon School gang admire Brock’s culinary skills, boosted by delicious ingredients from Kiawe’s family farm. They decide to visit the farm on Akala Island—mostly because Brock has been determined to meet the beautiful Kahuna Olivia!

Like many of Brock’s crushes, Olivia is taken aback…but the two are soon bonding over their shared love of Rock types, and when Team Rocket attacks, they respond with a paired-up Z-Move! Brock and Misty’s visit ends with a beautiful fireworks display and promises to return to Alola for more vacation fun!

Plot

Ash, his classmates, and his old friends Misty and Brock have a picnic lunch, prepared by Brock, by the sea. Brock admits that Kiawe's family's cheese was the special ingredient, and Kiawe explains that his family's cheese is the best on Akala Island. With the mention of Akala, Brock takes out his blue book and flips to his pages on Olivia, much to the disapproval of Misty and Lana. Brock then declares that they will visit Kiawe's farm, secretly hoping to catch Olivia during the visit. Kiawe explains that Olivia travels a lot and may not be there, but Brock suggests it will then be a fateful encounter. The group then sets off for Akala Island aboard their Ultra Guardian Ride Pokémon.

During the voyage, Lana decides to call out Sandy and Popplio to enjoy a swim. As the two Pokémon play in the water, Psyduck comes out unprompted, but Misty quickly recalls it to its Poké Ball, as it can't swim. On a nearby island, Meowth spots the group traveling to Akala Island through his binoculars and alerts Jessie. She declares that they must catch Pikachu for Giovanni, but Meowth explains that they still need to fix their mecha. Jessie shouts at James and Wobbuffet to get the machine working faster.

Ash and his friends arrive at Kiawe's family farm, where Misty and Brock are immediately impressed by the farm's facility. They first admire some Miltank in the stables before venturing off to the Mudbray pen. Misty is surprised to see Mudbray eating mud before copping a face full of it. Brock laughs at her, before he also gets spat on by a Mudbray. Later, Ash and Kiawe start some farm work when Mimo offers everyone a cone of ice cream to enjoy. Misty takes one lick and is immediately impressed by its amazing flavor. Psyduck re-emerges from its Poké Ball, eager to try some of the ice cream. Misty offers it some on her finger, but Psyduck instead jumps up and takes the larger portion. Misty is immediately angry, and then calls Psyduck pathetic after it suffers a brain freeze.

The Miltank and Mudbray's cries alert Kiawe and the others to an intruder, a wild Kangaskhan. Rotom's Pokédex entry offers some insight into the Parent Pokémon's protective nature. As Kiawe is about to send out one of his Pokémon to fend off Kangaskhan, Brock alerts everyone to Kangaskhan's empty pouch. Sophocles is first to spot the baby Kangaskhan hiding behind its mother’s leg, though Brock notices it has a swollen leg. Brock steps forward, telling the others to stay back, as he goes to approach the Kangaskhan duo. He pulls out a Poké Ball and calls on his Comfey to assist. Ash is surprised to see that Brock now has a Comfey, and Brock explains that Nurse Joy gave it to him as a thank you for his earlier assistance. Brock continues to approach, and his calm tone and Comfey's moves help to calm the aggressive mother. Brock soon reaches the injured infant and goes on to treat her injured leg. With her leg now bandaged, the baby Kangaskhan promptly climbs into her mother's pouch. The Kangaskhan mother and baby then return to the wild. Just as everyone is admiring Brock's professionalism and skills as a Doctor, Brock's attention returns to meeting Olivia.

The group decide to ascend Wela Volcano in the hopes of meeting Olivia, but Brock is increasingly becoming frantic and emotional as the search goes on. Olivia soon spots the group and rushes towards them, tripping on a stone in the process. Brock reaches out for Olivia's hand and formally introduces himself to her and then proposes that they get married. As Brock explains that they're meeting was fate, Misty pulls him away by the ear and explains that Brock had actively searched for Olivia. Everyone continues to trek up the volcano, and Olivia explains that she has more important Island Kahuna duties to attend. Mallow requests a photo with the Island Kahuna and Olivia agrees. Everyone poses and Rotom takes the snapshot, but when Rotom reveals the photo, it also includes a familiar trio of Hikers. Olivia explains that the Hikers now patrol Wela Volcano Park, though have a bad habit of photobombing sightseers' holiday snaps. Brock looks over the photo and is irritated to notice that one of the Hikers' heads is covering up his face. The trio of Hikers soon leave the scene just as quickly as they arrived. As Brock enters an angry tirade, Kiawe tells Olivia that Brock is a battler and is the former Pewter City Gym Leader. Brock, with a glint in his eye, adds that he was a Rock-type specialist. Olivia is instantly interested and offers Brock a match, which he gladly accepts.

Brock sends out his faithful Sudowoodo to battle against Olivia's Lycanroc. Olivia makes the first move and has Lycanroc fire a Rock Slide. Sudowoodo swats the projectiles away with a Hammer Arm. Olivia is impressed by Brock's performance and has Lycanroc use Double Team followed by Accelerock. Sudowoodo uses Feint Attack to quickly locate the real Lycanroc amongst its duplicates and manages to land a blow. Lycanroc retaliates with Drill Run, but Sudowoodo is still standing. Olivia is astounded by Sudowoodo's resilience and asks Brock to show her more of his techniques.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket uses the opportunity to grab some of the group's Pokémon and everybody on the scene with their Giga Meowthbot 4. Team Rocket launch into their motto and soon try to leave the area. However, Olivia's Lycarnoc hits the mecha with a Rock Slide from behind. Brock has Sudowoodo strike the robot with a Low Kick, immediately infuriating the Rocket trio. As Meowth attempts to fire a powerful beam from the mecha's head, Olivia prepares to use a Z-Move to deal with the troublemakers. Brock grabs a hold of Olivia’s hand, and together the pair pass on the Z-Power to Lycanroc to perform Continental Crush. The attack is unusually love heart-shaped, but Meowth manages to hold off the attack. Suddenly Stufful and its mother Bewear arrive on the scene. The distraction causes Meowth to lose focus and the mecha is slowly crushed by Continental Crush. The Pokémon are immediately freed, and Pikachu uses Iron Tail to free Ash and his friends. Eventually, the mecha explodes, but Bewear manages to rescue Team Rocket from another blast off and flees Wela Volcano.

Back on Melemele Island, Ash, his friends and Olivia join Professor Kukui and Professor Burnet to watch some fireworks. Misty and Brock thank Ash and declare their Alola vacation an unforgettable time. Ash declares that he will continue to study Pokémon in the hopes of achieving his dreams of becoming a Pokémon Master. Misty and Brock are not surprised by Ash's ambition, declaring they know each other too well after such a long time. Misty then declares her dream is to continue training Water Pokémon and to make Cerulean Gym the world's best Gym. Misty and Ash then agree to a Gym challenge the next time they meet. Brock, Misty, and Ash put their hands in a circle and lift them out in celebration.

Major events

• Brock is revealed to have received a Comfey from the Melemele Island Nurse Joy in the previous episode.
• Brock and Misty meet Olivia for the first time.
• Brock and Olivia have a battle, which is interrupted by Team Rocket.
• Brock's Sudowoodo is revealed to have learned Feint Attack and Low Kick.
• Brock and Misty head back to Kanto.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Brock's Comfey

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Kukui
• Professor Burnet
• Olivia
• Mimo
• Hikers
• Spectators

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Kangaskhan

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Torracat (Ash's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Comfey (Brock's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Eevee (Lana's; Sandy)
• 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)
• Tsareena (Mallow's)
• Comfey (Nurse Joy's; ×2; one given to Brock in flashback)
• Munchlax (Professor Burnet's)
• Lycanroc (Olivia's; Midday Form)
• Miltank (Sima's; multiple)
• Mudbray (Sima's; multiple)
• Pichu (Trainers'; ×2)
• Ledyba (Trainer's)
• Magnemite (Trainer's)
• Eevee (Trainers'; ×2)
• Garchomp (Ride Pokémon)
• Metang (Ride Pokémon)
• Flygon (Ride Pokémon)
• Dragonair (Ride Pokémon)
• Altaria (Ride Pokémon)
• Bewear (anime)
• Stufful (anime)
• Kangaskhan
• Exeggutor (Alola Form; flashback)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: What is the wild Pokémon that came to our ranch in today's episode?
  • Host: Kiawe
  • Choices: Growlithe, Kangaskhan, Garchomp, Seismitoad
  • Answer: Kangaskhan
• The English dub was released on Google Play on April 10, 2019, 17 days before the episode aired in the United States.
• Kiawe, Mallow, Lillie, and Ash narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The pose Brock and Olivia make when using Continental Crush is a reference to the Erupting Burning Finger Sekiha Love-Love Tenkyoken from the anime series Mobile Fighter G Gundam. The mecha Team Rocket uses is a reference to the Dark Gundam from the same series.
  • Coincidentally, this is the second time in the anime where Mobile Fighter G Gundam is referenced in an episode where Brock and Misty make guest appearances, the first occurring in Alola, Kanto!.
• Stufful appearing riding on a toy Alolan Exeggutor is a reference to Odate Buta from the anime series Yatterman.
• This episode marks the first time Brock has obtained a new Pokémon since his Happiny, 538 episodes ago.
• Music from I Choose You! is used as background music.
• Brock and Misty read the Who's That Pokémon? segment in the dub.

Errors

• After the Hikers photobomb Rotom's group photo, the Poké Ball design on Ash's hat is missing.
• At the end of Brock and Olivia's execution of Continental Crush, when adding "in love", Olivia's mouth moves, though she doesn't speak.
  • This is corrected in the English dub, in which both Brock and Olivia say "crush on you".

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		粉碎岩石的熱血之心！麗姿和小剛！！
Korean		바위마저 깨부수는 뜨거운 하트! 라이치와 웅!!
Brazilian Portuguese		Coração de fogo, coração de pedra!
Spanish	Latin America	¡Corazón de fuego, corazón de piedra!
	Spain	¡Corazón de Fuego, Corazón de Piedra!

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