SM078

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SM078   EP1017 激突ウルトラビースト！ドンドンバチバチ大作戦！！ Ultra Beast Clash! The Great Crackling Rumble Operation!!

First broadcast Japan June 7, 2018 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening 未来コネクション Ending ジャリボーイ・ジャリガール

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka 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.

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 激突ウルトラビースト！ドンドンバチバチ大作戦！！ Ultra Beast Clash! The Great Crackling Rumble Operation!!) is the 78th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,017th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 7, 2018.

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

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Blacephalon
• Xurkitree

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Professor Kukui
• Lusamine (video hologram)
• Wicke (video hologram)
• Professor Burnet (video hologram)
• Man
• Trainers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Blacephalon (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Poipole (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• 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)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Machop (Trainer's)
• Eevee (Trainer's)
• Garchomp (Ride Pokémon)
• Metang (Ride Pokémon)
• Flygon (Ride Pokémon)
• Dragonair (Ride Pokémon)
• Altaria (Ride Pokémon)
• Blacephalon (debut)
• Xurkitree (debut)

In other languages

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