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JN112   EP1197 凱旋！ アローラチャンピオン！！ A Triumphant Return! The Alola Champion!!

First broadcast Japan May 27, 2022 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 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 齋藤徳明 Noriaki Saitō Assistant director 又野弘道 Hiromichi Matano Animation directors 新城真 Makoto Shinjō 升谷有希 Yuki Masutani No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 凱旋！ アローラチャンピオン！！ A Triumphant Return! The Alola Champion!!) is the 112th episode of Pokémon Journeys: The Series, and the 1,197th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 27, 2022.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Major events

• Ash and Goh visit Alola again, Lillie's family returns to the region, and Chloe visits the region for the first time.
• Ash and Goh reunite with Ash's classmates, Professor Kukui, Professor Burnet, and Rotom Pokédex again.
• Ash meets Samson Oak, Hala, Faba, and Wicke again, while Goh meets them for the first time.
• Lana, Sophocles, and Mallow meet Mohn and Chloe for the first time.
• Ash participates in a Battle Royal with Professor Kukui, Kiawe, and Gladion, and wins.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Lana
• Kiawe
• Lillie
• Sophocles
• Mallow
• Goh
• Professor Kukui/The Masked Royal
• Samson Oak
• Professor Burnet
• Hala
• Gladion
• Chloe
• Lusamine
• Mohn
• Wicke
• Faba
• Abe
• Ulu
• Hobbes
• Lei
• Hau
• Guzma
• Plumeria

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Incineroar

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Rotom (Rotom Pokédex)
• Rowlet (Ash's)
• Lycanroc (Ash's; Dusk Form)
• Incineroar (Ash's)
• Melmetal (Ash's)
• Dragonite (Ash's)
• Gengar (Ash's)
• Lucario (Ash's)
• Sirfetch'd (Ash's)
• Dracovish (Ash's)
• Primarina (Lana's)
• Eevee (Lana's; Sandy)
• Charizard (Kiawe's; Ride Pokémon)
• Marowak (Kiawe's; Alolan)
• Vulpix (Lillie's; Alolan; Snowy)
• Togedemaru (Sophocles's)
• Vikavolt (Sophocles's)
• Cinderace (Goh's)
• Inteleon (Goh's)
• Grookey (Goh's)
• Umbreon (Gladion's; flashback)
• Lycanroc (Gladion's; Midnight Form; flashback)
• Silvally (Gladion's; flashback)
• Zoroark (Gladion's; flashback)
• Nihilego (Gladion's; Lillie; Shiny)
• Incineroar (Professor Kukui's)
• Eevee (Chloe's)
• Tapu Koko (anime)
• Magearna (Shiny; anime)

Trivia

• As of this episode, all of Ash's classmates have met Chloe.
• Ash, Goh, and Gary narrate the preview for the next episode.
  • This is one of the rare times Pikachu is not hears speaking at the end of the preview.

In other languages

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