SM003

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Loading the Dex!‎

SM003   EP942 よロトしく、ボク、ロトム図鑑ロト！ Hello, Roto, I'm the Rotom Pokédex, Roto!

First broadcast Japan November 24, 2016 United States

English themes Opening Under The Alolan Sun Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant directors 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada 仲野良 Ryō Nakano Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 志村泉 Izumi Shimura 一石小百合 Sayuri Ichiishi 田島瑞穂 Mizuho Tajima 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

Loading the Dex! (Japanese: よロトしく、ボク、ロトム図鑑ロト！ Hello, Roto, I'm the Rotom Pokédex, Roto!) is the third episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 942nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 24, 2016 as a one-hour special alongside SM004 and in Canada on April 1, 2017.

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

Plot

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Major events

• Team Rocket arrives in the Alola region, having been assigned by Giovanni to capture the region's unique Pokémon.
• A Rotom inhabits Ash's new Pokédex, turning it into a Rotom Pokédex.
• Jessie and James are revealed to have deposited Gourgeist and Inkay at Team Rocket HQ.
• Ash tries to catch a Mimikyu, but it decides to side with Team Rocket instead.
• Ash's classmates encounter Team Rocket for the first time.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Mimikyu

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Giovanni (flashback)
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak
• Matori (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Mimikyu (US and international), Rockruff (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex; debut)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Bounsweet (Mallow's)
• Persian (Giovanni's; flashback)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Rockruff (Professor Kukui's; taking care of)
• Mimikyu (later Jessie's; debut)
• Litten (anime)
• Bewear (anime)
• Exeggutor (Alola Form; flashback; image)
• Grubbin (flashback; image)
• Salandit (flashback; image)
• Yungoos (flashback; image)
• Bulbasaur (silhouette)
• Ivysaur (silhouette)
• Venusaur (silhouette)
• Charmander (silhouette)
• Charmeleon (silhouette)
• Charizard (silhouette)
• Squirtle (silhouette)
• Caterpie (silhouette)
• Metapod (silhouette)
• Butterfree (silhouette)
• Weedle (silhouette)
• Kakuna (silhouette)
• Beedrill (silhouette)
• Pidgey (silhouette)
• Pidgeotto (silhouette)
• Pidgeot (silhouette)
• Rattata (silhouette)
• Raticate (silhouette)
• Spearow (silhouette)
• Fearow (silhouette)
• Ekans (silhouette)
• Arbok (silhouette)
• Raichu (silhouette)
• Sandshrew (silhouette)
• Sandslash (silhouette)
• Nidoran♀ (silhouette)
• Nidorina (silhouette)
• Nidoqueen (silhouette)
• Nidoran♂ (silhouette)
• Nidorino (silhouette)
• Nidoking (silhouette)
• Wooper (icon)
• Glaceon (fantasy)
• Gardevoir (fantasy)
• Lopunny (fantasy)
• Gastly (fantasy)
• Haunter (fantasy)
• Gengar (fantasy)

Trivia

• Pokémon QR Code: Mimikyu
• A segment called Poké Problem replaces Poké TV in this episode.
• Poké Problem: Which appliance will Rotom enter in this episode?
• Viewers could answer the Poké Problem with their remotes during the first airing of SM003 and SM004 on TV Tokyo to take part in a lottery of five Pokémon Z-Ring & Z-Crystal Special Sets.
• During the first airing on TV Tokyo as one-hour special, the Japanese comedian Abareru-kun appeared in typical Hawaiian clothes, announcing the Poké Problem data broadcast, a data broadcast that works with Pokémon Sun and Moon, the keyboard quiz, and information about Ash getting his first Alola Pokémon and Mimikyu's appearance.
• During the first airing on TV Tokyo as one-hour special viewers could take part in a four-characters keyword quiz, in which ten viewers could win a New Nintendo 3DS XL Pikachu Edition and copies of Pokémon Sun and Moon. The first character was も.
• Team Rocket's new motto, which makes its debut in this episode, uses a remixed instrumental of Team Rocket's Team Song as its background music.
• Sophocles, Ash, Pikachu, Mallow, Lillie, Lana, and Kiawe narrate the preview for the next episode.
• Jessie, James, and Meowth read the segment for Who's That Pokémon?.
• Meowth breaks the fourth wall by commenting that they're in a family show when asked to translate what Mimikyu said.

Dub edits

• The Japanese text used in Team Rocket's motto is edited out in the dub.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		請洛托指教，我是洛托姆圖鑑洛托！

← SM002 : The Guardian's Challenge!

Sun & Moon series

SM004 : First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-style! →

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