SM023

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SM023

SM023   EP962 衝撃！ダグトリオ解散！？ Shocking! Dugtrio Split Up!?

First broadcast Japan April 20, 2017 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening アローラ!! Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 関根アユミ Ayumi Sekine Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation directors 直井由紀 Yuki Naoi 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 衝撃！ダグトリオ解散！？ Shocking! Dugtrio Split Up!?) is the 23rd episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 962nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 20, 2017.

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Plot

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Major events

• The Rotom Pokédex updates itself with a voice duplicating function.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Dugtrio (Alola Form)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Kiawe
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Kukui
• Mimo
• DJ Leo
• Announcer (on television)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Dugtrio (Alola Form) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Rockruff (Ash's)
• Litten (Ash's)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Mimikyu (Jessie's)
• Mareanie (James's)
• Dugtrio (DJ Leo's; Alola Form; Jessica, Ashley, and Michael; debut)
• Diglett (DJ Leo's; Alola Form; new)
• Sableye (Trainer's; ×4)
• Sudowoodo (Trainer's)
• Growlithe (Trainer's; ×2)
• Elekid (Trainer's)
• Lillipup (Trainer's; ×3)
• Eevee (Trainer's; ×2)
• Makuhita (Trainer's; ×3)
• Herdier (Trainer's)
• Smeargle (Trainer's; ×5)
• Machop (Trainer's)
• Riolu (Trainer's; ×2)
• Happiny (Trainer's; ×2)
• Abra (Trainer's; ×5)
• Machoke (Trainer's; ×4)
• Bewear (anime)
• Exeggutor (Alola Form; painting)

Trivia

The Katsushika Hokusai famous woodcut reference

The wigs

• Poké Problem: Which Pokémon admires the Dugtrio in today's episode?
  • Host: Sophocles
  • Choices: Rockruff, Litten, Alolan Diglett, Togedemaru
  • Answer: Alolan Diglett
• Two of the wigs at Team Rocket's wig store resemble hairdos of Ash's previous companions; one resembles May's hair with the ribbon from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and the other resembles Brock's hair.
• In the scene where Team Rocket realize that Alolan Diglett was setting Alolan Dugtrio free, the background is Katsushika Hokusai's famous woodcut The Great Wave off Kanagawa while Team Rocket themselves are posed and stylized to resemble Tōshūsai Sharaku's color print Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei.
• Delia and Mimey narrate the preview for the next episode.

In other languages

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