S21

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon—Ultra Adventures Season 21
Logo for the season
Opening	Under The Alolan Moon
Episodes	48
Region	Alola
Series	Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
Preceded by	Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
Followed by	Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Legends

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon—Ultra Adventures is the twenty-first season of the dubbed version of the Pokémon anime. It is the second season of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon. The season follows Ash and his classmates as he continues his journey, attending the Pokémon School in the Alola region.

In the United States, it premiered on Disney XD on March 24, 2018 with the dub premiere of A Dream Encounter!, and concluded on February 23, 2019 with Turning the Other Mask!. It originally aired in the United States as part of the 2018-2019 Disney XD Saturday morning lineup, with the exception of seven episodes that aired as part of their summer 2018 Monday evening lineup. In New Zealand, it debuted on March 1, 2018 on Television New Zealand's video-on-demand service. In Canada, it debuted on March 10, 2018 on Teletoon. This season skips SM064, which was banned from airing, making it the first undubbed non-clip show episode of the main series since EP250 of the original series.

It is preceded by Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon and succeeded by Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Legends.

Blurb

When Ash sees the Legendary Pokémon Solgaleo and Lunala in a dream, he makes a promise to them. But when he wakes up, he can’t remember what it was! Will the strange Pokémon called Nebby help jog his memory? Along with their new friend and the rest of the students at the Pokémon School, Ash and Pikachu explore the Aether Foundation, an organization dedicated to Pokémon conservation and care. But it may not be as innocent as it seems, and Ash and his friends will have to work together to protect the people and Pokémon they care about as they face a mysterious power like nothing they have ever seen.

Important events

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

Poster for the season

• Ash finds and befriends a Cosmog, which Lillie nicknames Nebby. (SM044)
• Ash learns about the Aether Foundation and Ultra Beasts upon meeting Lusamine, Professor Burnet, Faba, and Wicke for the first time. (SM044)
• Ash learns that Lillie's fear of touching Pokémon is related to Nihilego. (SM047)
• Lillie becomes unable to touch any Pokémon again after encountering Gladion's Silvally. (SM048)
• Gladion's Silvally breaks free of its mask, revealing its true form. (SM049)
• Lillie remembers the incident that made her afraid of touching Pokémon and overcomes her fear, becoming able to touch all Pokémon once again. (SM049)
• Faba kidnaps Nebby, which then evolves into Cosmoem. (SM050)
• Faba summons a Nihilego, which takes Lusamine through an Ultra Wormhole. (SM050)
• Lillie changes her outfit into her "Z-Powered form". (SM051)
• Ash and his classmates travel to Poni Island with Professor Kukui, following Lillie and Gladion who are searching for a way to save Lusamine. (SM051 - SM054)
  • Ash obtains a Solganium Z, and the guardian deities upgrade Ash's Z-Ring into a Z-Power Ring. (SM052)
  • Ash, his classmates, and Gladion enter an Ultra Wormhole with Nebby, having evolved into Solgaleo, in search of Lusamine. (SM052 - SM054)
    • Ash, his classmates, and Gladion find Lusamine in Ultra Deep Sea, only to discover she has fused with Nihilego. (SM053)
    • Ash's Electrium Z temporarily changes into a Pikashunium Z allowing Ash and Pikachu perform 10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt. (SM054)
    • Ash and Pikachu defeat Lusamine and free her from Nihilego's control, and return to their own world. (SM054)
• Nebby is revealed to have returned to the wild. (SM055)
• Professor Kukui proposes to Professor Burnet and get married. (SM055)
• Lusamine, Wicke, and Faba invite Ash and his classmates to join the "Ultra Guardians" task force to deal with any future Ultra Beast incidents, which they accept. (SM055)
• Ash visits Ula'ula Island for the first time. (SM060)
• Ash and his classmates go on their first Ultra Guardians mission, catching a Buzzwole and releasing it back into Ultra Space. (SM061)
• An Alolan Meowth joins Team Rocket and travels to the Team Rocket HQ in Kanto, where it is appointed as Matori's assistant. (SM062)
• Ash, the Masked Royal, Sophocles, and Kiawe participate in a Battle Royal and the Masked Royal wins. (SM063)
• Ash and his classmates go on their second Ultra Guardians mission, freeing a Celesteela and allowing it to fly back home. (SM069)
• Team Rocket receives a Z-Power Ring from Nanu, while Jessie receives a Mimikium Z from Acerola's Mimikins. (SM073)
• Professor Kukui is revealed to have told Ash and his classmates about the Pokémon League he's establishing in Alola. (SM074)
• Ash and his classmates go on their third Ultra Guardians mission, catching a Blacephalon and a Xurkitree, and releasing them back into Ultra Space. (SM078)
• Lillie receives an Icium Z from the newly evolved Alolan Sandslash. (SM080)
• Lillie offers an Ice Stone to Snowy, but it refuses to evolve for the time being. (SM080)
• Ash and his classmates go on their fourth Ultra Guardians mission, catching a Stakataka and releasing it back into Ultra Space. (SM085)
• A small Ultra Wormhole opens above the Altar of the Sunne, covering Alola with dark clouds and draining the region of its Ultra Aura, causing all adults to lose their energy and motivation, and draining Z-Moves of their power. (SM087)
• Gladion is revealed to have joined the Ultra Guardians and acquired a Z-Power Ring. (SM087)
• A special Team Rocket unit led by Matori called the "Matori Matrix", arrives in Alola on Giovanni's orders, but fails in its attempts to capture Necrozma, Nebby, and Lunala, and is forced to retreat. (SM087 - SM090)
• Ash and his classmates go on their fifth Ultra Guardians mission, traveling to the Altar of the Sunne and to Poipole's home world through an Ultra Wormhole. (SM087 - SM090)
  • Necrozma brings the light back to Poipole's home world, restoring it to its former state, and the Ultra Guardians, Nebby, and Lunala return to Alola. (SM090)

Party changes

Additions

• Ash's Poipole (SM067)

Evolutions

The following Pokémon evolve:

• Ash's Litten → Torracat (SM063)
• Mallow's Steenee → Tsareena (SM082)

Releases

The following Pokémon are released:

• Ash's Poipole (SM090)

Trials

The following trials take place:

Trial	Participant	Epicode	Reward
Thrifty Megamart trial	Ash	SM076	N/A
Ula'ula grand trial	Ash	SM077	Lycanium Z

Episodes

Epicode	Episode Title	#
SM044	A Dream Encounter!	1
SM045	Now You See Them, Now You Don't!	2
SM046	Deceiving Appearances!	3
SM047	A Masked Warning!	4
SM048	Night of a Thousand Poses!	5
SM049	Mission: Total Recall!	6
SM050	Faba's Revenge!	7
SM051	Family Determination!	8
SM052	Revealing the Stuff of Legend!	9
SM053	Rescuing the Unwilling!	10
SM054	10,000,000 Reasons to Fight!	11
SM055	The Professors' New Adventure!	12
SM056	Let Sleeping Pokémon Lie!	13
SM057	The Dex Can't Help It!	14
SM058	Fighting Back the Tears!	15
SM059	Tasting the Bitter with the Sweet!	16
SM060	Getting a Jump on the Competition!	17
SM061	A Mission of Ultra Urgency!	18
SM062	Acting True to Form!	19
SM063	Pushing the Fiery Envelope!	20
SM065	Turning Heads and Training Hard!	21
SM066	Smashing with Sketch!	22
SM067	Love at First Twirl!	23
SM068	Real Life...Inquire Within!	24
SM069	Rise and Shine, Starship!	25
SM070	The Young Flame Strikes Back!	26
SM071	Dewpider Ascending!	27
SM072	Sours for the Sweet!	28
SM073	Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime?	29
SM074	Tough Guy Trials!	30
SM075	Some Kind of Laziness!	31
SM076	A Battle Hand-Off!	32
SM077	Guiding an Awakening!	33
SM078	Twirling with a Bang!	34
SM079	Showering the World with Love!	35
SM080	Not Caving Under Pressure!	36
SM081	A Young Royal Flame Ignites!	37
SM082	All They Want to Do is Dance Dance!	38
SM083	Dummy, You Shrunk the Kids!	39
SM084	The Shape of Love to Come!	40
SM085	The Long Vault Home!	41
SM086	I Choose Paradise!	42
SM087	Filling the Light with Darkness!	43
SM088	Full Moon and Many Arms!	44
SM089	The Prism Between Light and Darkness!	45
SM090	Securing the Future!	46
SM091	A Plethora of Pikachu!	47
SM092	Turning the Other Mask!	48

Home video releases

North American DVD releases

Main article: List of English language Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon—Ultra Adventures home video releases (Region 1)

Australian DVD releases

Main article: List of English language Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon—Ultra Adventures home video releases (Region 4)

Trivia

• This is the first season whose trailer is dubbed to Brazilian Portuguese and Latin American Spanish.

In other languages

Language		Title
Arabic		بوكيمون: الشمس والقمر - مغامرات ألترا
Mandarin Chinese		寶可夢 太陽與月亮之究極冒險 * 宝可梦：太阳 & 月亮 – 究级冒险篇 *
Czech		Pokémon Série: Slunce a Měsíc - Ultra Dobrodružství
Danish		Pokémon-serien: Sol og Måne – Ultraeventyr
Dutch		Pokémon de Serie: Zon & Maan — Ultra-avonturen
Finnish		Pokémon-sarja: Sun & Moon – Ultraseikkailuja
European French		Pokémon, la série : Soleil et Lune – Ultra-Aventures
German		Pokémon – Die TV-Serie: Sonne & Mond – Ultra-Abenteuer
Greek		Pokémon η Σειρά: Ήλιος και Σελήνη - Υπερπεριπέτειες
Hebrew		פוקימון - הסדרה: שמש וירח – הרפתקאות אולטרה
Italian		La serie Pokémon Sole e Luna - Ultravventure
Korean		포켓몬스터 썬&문 – 울트라 어드벤처
Norwegian		Pokémon-serien: Sol og måne – Ultraeventyr
Polish		Pokémon Seria: Słońce i Księżyc - Ultra Przygody
Portuguese	Brazil	Pokémon, a série: Sol e Lua – Ultra-aventuras
	Portugal	Pokémon, A Série: Sol e Lua – Ultra-aventuras
Romanian		Pokémon Serialul: Soarele și Luna - Ultraaventuri
Russian		Покемон: Солнце и Луна - Ультраприключения Покемон сериал Солнце и Луна: Ультраприключения*
Spanish	Latin America	La serie Pokémon Sol y Luna - Ultra Aventuras
	Spain	La serie Pokémon Sol y Luna - Ultraaventuras
Swedish		Pokémon Serien: Sol & Måne - Ultraäventyren
Thai		โปเกมอน ซันแอนด์มูน - อัลตร้าแอดเวนเจอร์
Turkish		Pokémon Serisi: Güneş ve Ay - Ultra Maceralar
Vietnamese		Pokémon: Mặt Trời & Mặt Trăng – Phiêu lưu siêu cấp

External links

• Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon—Ultra Adventures page at Pokemon.com

References

Series and seasons of the Pokémon animated series Original series (list) Indigo League • Adventures in the Orange Islands The Johto Journeys • Johto League Champions • Master Quest Ruby and Sapphire (list) Advanced • Advanced Challenge • Advanced Battle • Battle Frontier Diamond and Pearl (list) Diamond and Pearl • Battle Dimension • Galactic Battles • Sinnoh League Victors Black & White (list) Black & White • Rival Destinies • Adventures in Unova and Beyond XY (list) XY • Kalos Quest • XYZ (Mega Evolution Specials) Sun & Moon (list) Sun & Moon • Ultra Adventures‎ • Ultra Legends Journeys (list) Journeys • Master Journeys • Ultimate Journeys (The Arceus Chronicles) Horizons (list) Horizons Specials (list) Pikachu's Winter Vacation • Side Stories • Pokémon Chronicles Planetarium specials • Pikachu shorts Mewtwo Returns • The Legend of Thunder! • Pichu Bros. in Party Panic The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon • A Ripple in Time Complete list • Movies

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