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JN050   EP1135 ガラルの化石！がっちゃんこ！！ Galar Fossils! Stick 'Em Together!!

First broadcast Japan January 8, 2021 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending ふしぎなふしぎな生きもの* ポケモンしりとり（ピカチュウ→ミュウVer.）

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤咲淳一 Jun'ichi Fujisaku Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director ウヱノ史博 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: ガラルの化石！がっちゃんこ！！ Galar Fossils! Stick 'Em Together!!) is the 50th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,135th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 8, 2021.

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

Plot

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Major events

• Ash and Goh visit Galar again, while Chloe visits the region for the first time.
• Goh catches a Boldore and an Arctozolt.
• Ash catches a Dracovish.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Cara Liss

Pokémon debuts

• Dracozolt (image)
• Arctovish (image)
• Arctozolt
• Dracovish (Ash's)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Goh
• Chloe
• Professor Cerise
• Curator
• Cara Liss
• Gasattsu
• Fossil diggers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Boldore

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Cinderace (Goh's)
• Dracovish (Ash's; new; debut)
• Butterfree (Goh's)
• Kakuna (Goh's)
• Beedrill (Goh's)
• Mantyke (Goh's)
• Tentacool (Goh's)
• Dewgong (Goh's)
• Golurk (Goh's; giant)
• Nidoran♀ (Goh's)
• Nidoran♂ (Goh's)
• Oddish (Goh's)
• Exeggutor (Goh's)
• Goldeen (Goh's)
• Magikarp (Goh's; giant)
• Flabébé (Goh's; all Forms)
• Phantump (Goh's)
• Pineco (Goh's)
• Trapinch (Goh's)
• Flygon (Goh's)
• Pyukumuku (Goh's)
• Exeggutor (Goh's; Alolan)
• Aerodactyl (Goh's)
• Chinchou (Goh's)
• Bunnelby (Goh's)
• Mankey (Goh's)
• Boldore (Goh's; new)
• Arctozolt (Goh's; new; debut)
• Yamper (Chloe's)
• Eevee (Chloe's)
• Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone; ×3)
• Mudsdale (Gasattsu's)
• Snorlax
• Braviary (×2)
• Wooloo (multiple)
• Rookidee (multiple)
• Budew
• Maractus
• Butterfree (×6)
• Grubbin (×3)
• Phantump
• Hippopotas
• Frillish (female)
• Ditto (×2)
• Goomy
• Joltik
• Flygon
• Skwovet (×2)
• Arctovish (image; debut)
• Dracozolt (image; debut)

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Dracozolt
• One, Two, Three was changed into its third version starting from this episode.
• This marks the first time in the anime where Ash catches:
  • A Fossil Pokémon.
  • A Generation VIII Pokémon.
• This episode marks the first time that Ash catching a Pokémon is noted by his Rotom Phone.
• This episode was the first to air in Japan after the theatrical release of M23.
• This episode marks the longest gap between the beginning of a new series and Ash catching a Pokémon from the concurrent generation.
• This is the first time Ash has caught a Water-type Pokémon since he caught his Froakie in Lumiose City Pursuit!, 334 episodes ago.
• This is the first standalone episode to take place in Galar.
• The ending shot of the episode was leaked online a day before the episode premiered.
• Ash and Goh break the fourth wall at the end of the episode by looking and speaking directly towards the bubble where the curator is located, instead of talking to the Rotom Phone screen.
• Ash, Pikachu, and Goh narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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