JN047

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JN047   EP1132 ポケモンチャンピオン！大食い王決定戦！！ Pokémon Champion! The Battle of Big Eaters!!

First broadcast Japan November 27, 2020 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending ポケモンしりとり（ミュウ→ザマゼンタVer.）

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 宮田由佳 Yuka Miyata Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 野田泰宏 Yasuhiro Noda Animation director 大西雅也 Masaya Ōnishi No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: ポケモンチャンピオン！大食い王決定戦！！ Pokémon Champion! The Battle of Big Eaters!!) is the 47th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,132nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 27, 2020.

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

• Goh's Skwovet evolves into Greedent.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Greedent

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Goh
• Chloe
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Cerise
• Chrysa
• Trainers
  • Sailor
  • Scientist
• Host

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Morpeko

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Cinderace (Goh's; flashback)
• Mr. Mime (Ash's; Mimey; flashback)
• Dragonite (Ash's)
• Lucario (Ash's; flashback)
• Caterpie (Goh's; flashback)
• Venomoth (Goh's; flashback)
• Butterfree (Goh's; flashback)
• Pinsir (Goh's; flashback)
• Weedle (Goh's; flashback)
• Venonat (Goh's; flashback)
• Dustox (Goh's; ×3; flashback)
• Sentret (Goh's; flashback)
• Skwovet (Goh's; evolves)
• Greedent (Goh's; newly evolved; debut)
• Darmanitan (Goh's; Standard Mode; flashback)
• Sandile (Goh's; flashback)
• Cubone (Goh's; flashback)
• Nidoran♀ (Goh's; flashback)
• Nidoran♂ (Goh's; flashback)
• Poliwag (Goh's; flashback)
• Ekans (Goh's; flashback)
• Sobble (Goh's; flashback)
• Ariados (Goh's; flashback)
• Heracross (Goh's; flashback)
• Trapinch (Goh's; flashback)
• Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone)
• Chansey (Nurse Joy's)
• Snorlax (Trainer's)
• Blaziken (Trainer's)
• Vigoroth (Trainer's)
• Swalot (Sailor's)
• Lickitung (Trainer's)
• Hydreigon (Trainer's)
• Pikipek (Trainer's)
• Bisharp (Trainer's)
• Glalie (Trainer's)
• Muk (Scientist's)
• Heatmor (Trainer's)
• Zigzagoon (Trainer's)
• Bunnelby (Trainer's)
• Weedle (Trainer's)
• Psyduck (Trainer's)
• Bellsprout (Trainer's)
• Charmander (Trainer's)
• Ekans (Trainer's)
• Morpeko (anime; Full Belly Mode and Hangry Mode)
• Torchic (fantasy)
• Combusken (fantasy)
• Blaziken (fantasy)

Trivia

• The episode title may be a reference to TV Champion (TVチャンピオン) and its spin-off The Battle of Big Eaters (元祖!大食い王決定戦), two variety shows featuring competitive eating that aired on TV Tokyo.
• One, Two, Three is used as an insert song near the end of the eating competition.
• This episode marks the first appearance of a number of Pokémon species in the main series after long absences:
  • Swalot, who last appeared in episodes ago.
  • Vigoroth, who last appeared in episodes ago.
  • Hydreigon, who last appeared in episodes ago.
• Goh, Ash, James, Jessie, and Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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