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The Dex Can't Help It!

SM057   EP996 ロトム、フォルムチェンジが止まらない！ Rotom, Can't Stop the Form Change!

First broadcast Japan January 11, 2018 United States May 12, 2018

English themes Opening Under The Alolan Moon Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤咲淳一 Jun'ichi Fujisaku Storyboard 金崎貴臣 Takaomi Kanasaki Assistant director 小柴純弥 Junya Koshiba Animation directors 難波功 Isao Nanba 宮田忠明 Tadaaki Miyata 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

The Dex Can't Help It! (Japanese: ロトム、フォルムチェンジが止まらない！ Rotom, Can't Stop the Form Change!) is the 57th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 996th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 11, 2018 and in the United States on May 12, 2018.

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

Blurb

Rotom Dex is excited to house-sit while Ash and the professors go shopping. But chaos ensues when a washing machine is mistakenly delivered—and there’s a Wash Rotom inside! Somehow, the Wash Rotom ends up inside Ash’s Pokédex, and Rotom Dex takes its place in the washing machine. After a series of accidental form changes, and even some time spent inside a TV, Rotom Dex yearns to be back inside the comfort of the Pokédex. It finally succeeds, but not for long—after a big shock from Pikachu, Rotom Dex accidentally inhabits the entire Pokémon Center!

Plot

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Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Marshadow

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Kukui
• Professor Burnet
• Harper and Sarah
• Hobbes
• Sophocles's mother
• Laki (on television)
• Oluolu (on television)
• Maid
• Delivery man
• Pokémon Base players (on television)
• News anchors (on television)
• Weather woman (on television)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Rotom (US and international), Rotom (Wash Rotom) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex; all forms)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Litten (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Oricorio (Hobbes's; Pom-Pom Style)
• Smeargle (Laki's; on television)
• Machoke (deliveryman's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)
• Rotom (Wash Rotom)
• Luvdisc (×2)
• Marshadow
• Mudbray
• Druddigon (on television)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Something unbelievable happens to me in this episode. What happens?
  • Host: Rotom Pokédex
  • Choices: Eaten by Munchlax, Ejected from the Pokédex, Being burned by Litten, Being put to sleep by Jigglypuff.
  • Answer: Ejected from the Pokédex
• Meowth and James's Mareanie narrate the preview of the next episode.
• The English dub title is based off of the movie The Girl Can't Help It.
• Ash, Mallow, Lana, Sophocles, Lillie, Kiawe and Rotom Pokédex read the Who's That Pokémon? segment in the dub.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		洛托姆，停不下來的形態變化！
Dutch		Een nutteloze Pokédex!
European French		Motisma fait de son mieux !
Thai		โรตอม ฟอร์มเชนจ์ไม่รู้จบ!

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