SM146

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SM146

SM146   EP1085 ありがとうアローラ！それぞれの旅立ち！！ Thank You, Alola! Respective Departures!!

First broadcast Japan November 3, 2019 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening キミの冒険 Ending タイプ：ワイルド

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 冨安大貴 Daiki Tomiyasu Assistant director 冨安大貴 Daiki Tomiyasu Animation directors 山﨑玲愛 Rei Yamazaki 香月麻衣子 Maiko Katsuki No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: ありがとうアローラ！それぞれの旅立ち！！ Thank You, Alola! Respective Departures!!) is the 146th and final episode of the Sun & Moon series, and the 1,085th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 3, 2019.

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.

Major events

• Team Rocket, receiving an order from Giovanni to return to the HQ, releases Mimikyu and Mareanie, leaves their Z-Power Ring with them, says goodbye to Bewear and Stufful, and returns to Kanto.
• Nebby returns to say goodbye to Ash.
• Rotom decides to stay and work with the Aether Foundation.
• Lillie leaves Alola along with Gladion and Lusamine to search for Mohn.
• Ash returns to Pallet Town, leaving all of his Alola Pokémon with Professor Kukui.
• Sophocles heads to Mossdeep City with Molayne.
• Shaymin turns into its Sky Forme by touching Gracidea flowers brought by Ulu and leaves Mallow.
• Professor Burnet is revealed to be pregnant.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Jessie
• James
• Giovanni
• Professor Kukui
• Professor Burnet
• Matori
• Gladion
• Lusamine
• Wicke
• Faba
• Hobbes
• Ulu
• Lana's mother
• Lana's father
• Harper and Sarah
• Trainers
• Passengers
• Citizens

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's; photo)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form; photo)
• Incineroar (Ash's; photo)
• Naganadel (Ash's; photo)
• Melmetal (Ash's; photo)
• Primarina (Lana's)
• Eevee (Lana's; Sandy)
• Charizard (Kiawe's; Ride Pokémon)
• Turtonator (Kiawe's)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alola Form)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alola Form; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Vikavolt (Sophocles's; photo)
• Tsareena (Mallow's)
• Mimikyu (Jessie's)
• Mareanie (James's)
• Komala (Samson Oak's)
• Munchlax (Professor Burnet's)
• Persian (Giovanni's; video hologram)
• Meowth (Matori's; Alola Form)
• Umbreon (Gladion's; flashback; photo)
• Lycanroc (Gladion's; Midnight Form; flashback; photo)
• Silvally (Gladion's; flashback; photo)
• Zoroark (Gladion's; flashback; photo)
• Lickitung (Ulu's)
• Psyduck (Trainer's)
• Machop (Trainers'; ×2)
• Scraggy (Trainer's)
• Smeargle (Trainer's)
• Growlithe (Trainer's)
• Bewear (anime)
• Solgaleo (Nebby)
• Stufful (anime)
• Shaymin (anime; Land and Sky Forme)
• Shaymin Sky Forme; multiple)
• Magearna (anime)

Trivia

• This is the last episode to air in Japan before the release of Pokémon Sword and Shield.
• Unlike other seasons of the preview series where the usual phrases like To be Continued, Next time... New beginning! or And to our own way are displayed at the end of the episode. This is the first season where it is not used.

• This episode did not display the opening credits until the start of the ending theme.
• This episode has the longest credits sequence of any episode, with the credits being displayed onscreen over a span of approximately two minutes and 30 seconds.
• This episode was followed by a preview for the new series.
• This episode marks the first time that a character is shown displaying any physical sign of being pregnant.

In other languages

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