SM032

This article is about an episode of the Pokémon animated series that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

← SM031 : The Island Whisperer!

Sun & Moon series

SM033 →

Treasure Hunt, Akala Style!

SM032   EP971 お宝発見！ムーランドサーチ！！ Treasure Found! Mooland Search!!

First broadcast Japan June 29, 2017 United States September 23, 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 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 飯島正勝 Masakatsu Iijima Assistant director 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino 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

Treasure Hunt, Akala Style! (Japanese: お宝発見！ムーランドサーチ！！ Treasure Found! Mooland Search!!) is the 32nd episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 971st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 29, 2017 and is scheduled to air in the United States on September 23, 2017.

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.

For the first class on Akala, Ash and his friends are paired with a bunch of Stoutland for a treasure hunt. Lillie and Lana struggle with their partners.

Major events

• Ash attempts to catch an Alolan Geodude, but fails.
• Lana finds a Sparkling Stone, which Olivia takes to be modified into a Z-Ring for her.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Geodude (Alola Form)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Professor Kukui
• Olivia

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Herdier (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Litten (Ash's; flashback)
• Popplio (Lana's)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Steenee (Mallow's)
• Lycanroc (Olivia's; Midday Form)
• Stoutland (Ride Pokémon; multiple)
• Stoutland (anime; flashback)
• Geodude (Alola Form; debut)
• Lillipup (×2)
• Herdier
• Garbodor
• Mudbray (carving)
• Mudsdale (carving)

Trivia

• Poké Problem: What Pokémon will I attempt to catch in today's episode??
  • Host: Ash
  • Choices: Alolan Geodude, Alolan Rattata, Alolan Exeggutor, Alolan Muk
  • Answer: Alolan Geodude
• Sophocles breaks the fourth wall in one scene by pushing away a split screen with Lana to get the whole screen for himself.
• James, Jessie, Meowth, and Wobbuffet narrate the preview for the next episode.
• During the Poké Problem extra scene, Ash is seen wearing a shirt with the Generation I Rhydon menu sprite on it.
• The English title is similar to that of a previous episode.

Errors

• When Ash and his classmates begin to present their first findings, the far shot of the group shows no crate between Lana and Kiawe, however, there is a crate in the following closer frame.
• When Stoutland and Lana enter the cave after the second bell rang, Stoutland's right ear is colored cream instead of brown.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		發現寶物！長毛狗搜尋！！

This anime-related article is a stub. You can help Bulbapedia by expanding it.

← SM031 : The Island Whisperer!

Sun & Moon series

SM033 →

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.