JN078

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JN078   EP1163 狙われたサクラギ研究所！ The Targeted Sakuragi Institute!

First broadcast Japan August 27, 2021 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening １・２・３ Ending バツグンタイプ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 赤尾でこ Deko Akao Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 興満録助 Rokusuke Okimitsu Animation directors 荒井怜子 Reiko Arai 松本勝次 Katsuji Matsumoto No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: 狙われたサクラギ研究所！ The Targeted Sakuragi Institute!) is the 78th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,163rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 27, 2021.

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

• Goh's Drizzile evolves into Inteleon and learns Snipe Shot.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Goh's Inteleon

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Goh
• Professor Cerise
• Chrysa
• Ren
• Yabashi

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Kecleon (first appears invisible)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Scorbunny (Goh's; flashback)
• Raboot (Goh's; flashback)
• Cinderace (Goh's)
• Riolu (Ash's; flashback)
• Lucario (Ash's; flashback)
• Greedent (Goh's)
• Darmanitan (Goh's; Standard Mode)
• Sandile (Goh's; flashback)
• Golurk (Goh's; giant; flashback)
• Nidoran♀ (Goh's)
• Nidoran♂ (Goh's)
• Ekans (Goh's)
• Trapinch (Goh's)
• Oddish (Goh's)
• Sentret (Goh's)
• Drowzee (Goh's)
• Cubone (Goh's)
• Pansear (Goh's)
• Panpour (Goh's)
• Bunnelby (Goh's)
• Sobble (Goh's; flashback)
• Drizzile (Goh's; evolves)
• Inteleon (Goh's; newly evolved)
• Pineco (Goh's)
• Grookey (Goh's)
• Rotom (Professor Cerise's; Rotom Phone)
• Kecleon (Yabashi's)
• Zacian (anime; flashback)
• Zamazenta (anime; flashback)
• Inteleon (fantasy)

Trivia

• Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!: Kecleon
• This episode's plot, along with Drizzile's evolution into Inteleon, was first revealed in the manga adapation of this episode in Pokémon Journeys: The Series by Machito Gomi.
• During the Dare da? segment, Kecleon is invisible in the first part of the segment, only turning visible when the Pokémon is fully revealed during the second part.
• Chloe, Professor Cerise, Ash, Chloe's Eevee, Goh, and Pikachu narrate the preview of the next episode.

In other languages

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