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SM033   EP972 ヨワシ強し、池のぬし！ Yowashi the Powerhouse, Leader of the Lake!

First broadcast Japan July 6, 2017 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター -20th Anniversary- Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤咲淳一 Jun'ichi Fujisaku 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

(Japanese: ヨワシ強し、池のぬし！ Yowashi the Powerhouse, Leader of the Lake!) is the 33rd episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 972nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 6, 2017.

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

• Lana's Popplio learns Aqua Jet.
• Lana clears the trial at Brooklet Hill with Ash's help, earning a Waterium Z from a Totem Solo Form Wishiwashi as a reward.
• Olivia converts Lana's Sparkling Stone into a Z-Ring and gives it back to her.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Wishiwashi (School Form)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Olivia
• Nurse Joy
• Fishing Expert

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Wishiwashi (Solo Form) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Feebas (Fishing Expert's; given)
• Tauros (×3; one Ride Pokémon)
• Bewear (anime)
• Wishiwashi (Solo and School Form; multiple; Totem)
• Magikarp
• Alomomola
• Gyarados (Mega Gyarados; fantasy)
• Mudbray (carving)
• Mudsdale (carving)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: What Pokémon will I battle in today's episode??
  • Host: Lana
  • Choices: Solo and School Form Wishiwashi, Palossand, Bewear, Gumshoos
  • Answer: Wishiwashi
• Jessie reuses the same Ekans-themed lure she used in The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!.
• Lana's Popplio holding onto Ash's Pikachu while on the fishing boat could be a reference to a similar scene from the film Titanic.
• Pikachu, Ash, Sophocles, Kiawe, Mallow, Lillie, Lana, and an Alolan Marowak narrate the preview for the next episode.
• This episode marks the first mention of Mega Evolution in the Sun and Moon series.

In other languages

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