SM057

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SM056 : Let Sleeping Pokémon Lie!
Sun & Moon series
SM058 : Fighting Back the Tears!
The Dex Can't Help It!
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SM057   EP996
ロトム、フォルムチェンジが止まらない!
Rotom, Can't Stop the Form Change!
First broadcast
Japan January 11, 2018
United States May 12, 2018
English themes
Opening Under The Alolan Moon
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening アローラ!!
Ending ポーズ
Credits
Animation Team Kato
Screenplay 藤咲淳一 Jun'ichi Fujisaku
Storyboard 金崎貴臣 Takaomi Kanasaki
Assistant director 小柴純弥 Junya Koshiba
Animation directors 難波功 Isao Nanba
宮田忠明 Tadaaki Miyata
No additional credits are available at this time.

The Dex Can't Help It! (Japanese: ロトム、フォルムチェンジが止まらない! Rotom, Can't Stop the Form Change!) is the 57th episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 996th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on January 11, 2018 and in the United States on May 12, 2018.

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Blurb

Rotom Dex is excited to house-sit while Ash and the professors go shopping. But chaos ensues when a washing machine is mistakenly delivered—and there’s a Wash Rotom inside! Somehow, the Wash Rotom ends up inside Ash’s Pokédex, and Rotom Dex takes its place in the washing machine. After a series of accidental form changes, and even some time spent inside a TV, Rotom Dex yearns to be back inside the comfort of the Pokédex. It finally succeeds, but not for long—after a big shock from Pikachu, Rotom Dex accidentally inhabits the entire Pokémon Center!

Plot

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Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Rotom (US and international), Rotom (Wash Rotom) (Japan)

Trivia

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages



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