SM142

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SM142   EP1081 燃える！みなぎる！！フルバトル！！！ Burn! Swell Up!! Full Battle!!!

First broadcast Japan October 6, 2019 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening キミの冒険 Ending タイプ：ワイルド

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 上野史博 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: 燃える！みなぎる！！フルバトル！！！ Burn! Swell Up!! Full Battle!!!) is the 142nd episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,081st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 6, 2019.

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

• Ash continues his exhibition match against Professor Kukui.
• Professor Kukui is revealed to own a Venusaur and an Empoleon.
• Ash's Naganadel is revealed to have learned X-Scissor.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Professor Oak
• Delia
• Professor Kukui
• Professor Burnet
• Gladion
• Lusamine
• Wicke
• Faba
• Hala
• Hau
• Jīkyō

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Torracat (Ash's)
• Naganadel (Ash's)
• Melmetal (Ash's)
• Primarina (Lana's)
• Eevee (Lana's; Sandy)
• Charizard (Kiawe's; Ride Pokémon)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Vikavolt (Sophocles's)
• Tsareena (Mallow's)
• Mr. Mime (Delia's; Mimey)
• Incineroar (Professor Kukui's)
• Braviary (Professor Kukui's)
• Lucario (Professor Kukui's)
• Venusaur (Professor Kukui's)
• Empoleon (Professor Kukui's)
• Umbreon (Gladion's)
• Decidueye (Hau's)
• Politoed (Trainer's)
• Tapu Koko (anime)
• Shaymin (anime)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: What Pokémon does Professor Kukui use to battle Melmetal in today's episode?
  • Host: Sophocles
  • Choices: Empoleon, Infernape, Torterra, Lucario
  • Answer: Empoleon
• This episode marks the first appearance of an Empoleon in the anime since its cameo in The Semi-Final Frontier!, 426 episodes ago.
• Ash, Lana, Mallow, Sophocles, Kiawe, and Lillie narrate the preview for the next episode.
• A promo for the new series aired during the episode, which unveiled new artwork of Ash and Go in Johto, Unova, and Alola.

In other languages

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