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They Might Not Be Giants!

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EP955

小さな三匹、大きな冒険！！
A Small Trio on a Big Adventure!!

First broadcast

Japan	March 2, 2017
United States	July 1, 2017

English themes

Opening	Under The Alolan Sun
Ending

Japanese themes

Opening	アローラ!!
Ending	ポーズ

Credits

No additional credits are available at this time.
Animation	Team Kato
Screenplay	冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
Storyboard	高橋知也 Tomoya Takahashi
Assistant director	高橋知也 Tomoya Takahashi
Animation directors	難波功 Isao Nanba
Animation directors	宮田忠明 Tadaaki Miyata

They Might Not Be Giants! (Japanese: 小さな三匹、大きな冒険！！ A Small Trio on a Big Adventure!!) is the 16th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 955th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 2, 2017 and in the United States on July 1, 2017, as part of a three-hour special.

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

Blurb

After practicing with Lana, Popplio has learned how to make a balloon that’s big and sturdy enough to carry a Pokémon. In a series of mishaps, Rowlet and Popplio end up together inside the balloon—which gets swept away!

They’re trying to find their way home when they run into the wild Litten, which agrees to help. Soon, all three of them are trapped in a Team Rocket net, and Meowth wants to recruit Litten to join the gang! With some clever acting, Litten frees the others and sends Team Rocket blasting off just as our heroes are reunited. Ash tries to thank the skittish Litten, but it’s disappeared again...

Plot

Major events

Lana's Popplio is revealed to know Bubble Beam.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Bewear (US and international), Meowth (Team Rocket) (Japan)

Trivia

Pokémon QR Code: Bounsweet
Poké Problem: Which of these is the detestable Pokémon that gets in our way in today's episode?
- Host: Meowth
- Choices: Turtonator, Litten, Togedemaru, Tapu Koko
- Answer: Litten
This is the first Sun & Moon series episode in which Team Rocket successfully blasts off.
This is the first episode since its debut where Rotom doesn't give any new Pokédex entries.
Rotom Pokédex and Ash's Pikachu narrate the preview for the next episode.
This episode was followed by a preview of the twentieth movie.
The dub title is a reference to the band They Might Be Giants.
Team Rocket narrate the Who's That Pokémon? segment in the dub.

Errors

When Team Rocket first appear, Jessie's Mimikyu and James's Mareanie are shown in front of Team Rocket's Secret Base, but in several shots later, they are nowhere to be seen.
When Stoutland is looking over Rowlet, the ring around Rowlet's wings is too high to make it unable to fly.
In a couple of scenes, Mallow's Bounsweet disappears from the scene.

Dub edits

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		小小的三隻，大大的冒險！
Dutch		Alleen zonder Trainers!
French		Tout ce qui est petit est joli...et puissant
German		Weggeblasen!
Italian		Vietato andare nel pallone!
Brazilian Portuguese		Aventuras sem Treinadores!
Latin American Spanish		¡Una burbujeante aventura!
Thai		การผจญภัยที่ยิ่งใหญ่ของสามโปเกมอนตัวจิ๋ว!!