SM031

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The Island Whisperer!

SM031   EP970 ライチ登場！泣いて笑って、島クイーン！！ Lychee Appears! Laugh and Cry, Island Queen!!

First broadcast Japan June 22, 2017 United States September 16, 2017

English themes Opening Under The Alolan Sun Ending

Japanese themes Opening めざせポケモンマスター -20th Anniversary- Ending ポーズ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 高橋ナオヒト Naohito Takahashi Assistant director 宮原秀二 Shūji Miyahara Animation directors 藤田正幸 Masayuki Fujita 浜田勝 Masaru Hamada No additional credits are available at this time.

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

The Island Whisperer! (Japanese: ライチ登場！泣いて笑って、島クイーン！！ Lychee Appears! Laugh and Cry, Island Queen!!) is the 31st episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 970th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 22, 2017 and is scheduled to air in the United States on September 16, 2017.

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

Plot

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The Akala Island Kahuna, Olivia, comes to the Pokémon School. Ash and the rest of the class head to Akala for a practical class under her supervision.

Major events

• Ash, Lana, Lillie, Mallow, and Sophocles meet Olivia, the Akala Island Kahuna, for the first time.
• Ash and his classmates travel to Akala Island along with Olivia and Professor Kukui.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Olivia (in person)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Kukui
• Samson Oak
• Olivia
• Sima (picture)
• Rango (picture)
• Mimo (picture)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Tauros (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Rockruff (Ash's)
• Litten (Ash's)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Charizard (Kiawe's; Ride Pokémon)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Charjabug (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Blissey (Nurse Joy's)
• Comfey (Nurse Joy's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Lycanroc (Olivia's; Midday Form)
• Tauros (Trainer's)
• Tapu Lele (flashback; fantasy)
• Bruxish
• Wingull (multiple)
• Wailmer
• Luvdisc (multiple)
• Dragonair (multiple)
• Slowpoke (evolves)
• Slowbro (newly evolved)
• Shellder (spiral shell)
• Corsola (×3)
• Sharpedo (multiple)
• Lumineon
• Finneon (multiple)
• Tentacool
• Tentacruel (multiple)
• Mudbray (picture)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: Which transportation method do we use in today's episode to reach Akala Island?
  • Host: Mallow
  • Choices: Airplane, Tractor, Cruiser, Ride Pokémon
  • Answer: Cruiser
• Ash, some Stoutland, Kiawe, Mallow, Lana, Sophocles, and Lillie narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• Before the wild Slowpoke evolves into Slowbro, the Pokémon on the tail should have been a Shellder, and not the form after Slowbro evolves.

In other languages

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