A Crowning Moment of Truth! (Japanese: 炎のバトル！ガラガラあらわる！！Battle of Fire! Garagara Appears!!) is the 34th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 973rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 20, 2017 and in the United States on October 7, 2017.
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Hey there, Trainers! Are your Fire-type Pokémon lacking motivation? Then bring them down to the Wela Fire Festival, where Kahuna Olivia will bestow upon them the Wela Crown—said to grant Pokémon the raging power of a volcano! Unfortunately, just as Ash’s Litten is about to be crowned, the prized headpiece is whisked away by a feisty Alolan Marowak. Kiawe and his Turtonator give chase to reclaim the crown, but has Turtonator met its match against a new rival?
Plot
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The students go to the Wela Fire Festival, but before their Pokémon can take turns wearing the Wela Crown, a wild Marowak appears and steals it!
In one scene, the purple portion of Mallow's Steenee's body is colored white.
During Kiawe's first flashback, a Lampent had a flame floating above it similar to a Litwick's flame.
When the AlolanMarowak runs away with the Crown of Wela, a Numel, Quilava, and Fletchinder are shown to be much smaller than they should be, especially the Numel.
When Lana turns towards to Lille at the end of Kiawe's battle, her headband changes shape.
During the Poké Problem, Kiawe was in front of his Turtonator as they went towards the stone oven at his house, but after his Alolan Marowak appeared and attacked Turtonator, Kiawe came running from behind Turtonator to catch the food that was thrown up in the air.
