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SM113

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Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon
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This Magik Moment!
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SM113   EP1052
新番組！？小さなコイキングのメロディ
A New Program!? Melody of the Small Koiking
First broadcast
Japan March 17, 2019
United States June 30, 2019*
July 1, 2019*
July 9, 2019*
July 20, 2019*
English themes
Opening The Challenge of Life
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening キミの冒険
Ending 心のノート
Credits
Animation Team Kato
Screenplay 平出尚人 Naoto Hiraide
Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane
志村泉 Izumi Shimura
No additional credits are available at this time.

This Magik Moment! (Japanese: 新番組！？小さなコイキングのメロディ A New Program!? Melody of the Small Koiking) is the 113th episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, and the 1,052nd episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on March 17, 2019 and in the United States on July 20, 2019.

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Blurb

Our heroes visit the Alola TV studios to cheer on Sophocles, who’s competing in a quiz show! Afterward, Rotom bumps into George, the producer of Alolan Detective Laki, who takes them on a tour. Kiawe is beyond excited to see the adorable Magikarp named Karpy live on set—until it evolves into a fearsome Gyarados!

On top of that, the three stars of George’s superhero show get stuck on location and can’t make their shooting schedule. Thinking quickly, he recruits Lillie, Mallow, and Lana to become The Refreshing Trio: Alola Idols! The girls are a big hit, Gyarados gets recast as an intimidating villain, and all’s well that ends well!

Plot

The television host announces the beginning of the Alola Pokémon Quiz, with the first to buzz in having the chance to answer the question. Ash and his classmates watch from the audience as Sophocles competes in the show. Noah is also competing and quickly answers the first question correctly, being awarded with a lei of flowers. Sophocles and Noah prove to be an even match, both answering nine questions correctly. The host gives the final question for the preliminary round, and Sophocles eventually loses to Noah.

Backstage, the group comforts Sophocles and Togedemaru after their loss. Rotom then notices George Charino, the producer who works on the television series Alolan Detective Laki. Charino invites the group to see the filming of an upcoming drama, and they all agree. They walk outside and notice a gathering crowd up ahead. Sophocles and his friends make their way to the front of the crowd and are left speechless when they see Karpy. When Ash is confused, his classmates explain that Karpy is a child actor prodigy famous for the hit TV show "Little Magikarp's Melody". Rotom takes some photos before Karpy's manager orders him off the set. The TV crew begins shooting a scene of Karpy's Yungoos friend leaving, but Karpy's voice suddenly becomes too hoarse, and its body eventually starts glowing, prompting Karpy's manager to take it off the set for a rest.

When George is about to leave for a shoot, Rinka and Kenichi run up and inform him that the lead actors from "Fresh-Tree" cannot show up to set because of a Blizzard whipped up by a Froslass and Abomasnow, which is preventing the actors' plane from leaving the Sinnoh region. George then spots Lana, Lillie, and Mallow; and decides that they will star in the show alongside their Pokémon. They all agree, though Lillie is worried about her limited acting experience. George takes the three girls over to the studio for their rehearsals. Meanwhile, the manager returns Karpy to the set and filming resumes. The scene initially goes well, but Karpy suddenly begins glowing again and then evolves into a Gyarados. The manager approaches Karpy and tries to calm it, but it panics upon seeing its new body and flees with the manager, Ash, and his remaining friends in pursuit.

Elsewhere, Meowth and James prepares Jessie, as her alter ego Jessa-Bergère, for an upcoming audition of a drama commemorating the 55th anniversary of Alola TV. In a rehearsal studio nearby, George tells the girls about their starring roles in Thirst-Three, short for The Refreshing Trio: Alola Idols, in which three girls protect the peace of Alola and use their favorite drinks to transform into their superhero selves. He then hands each of them a script, but the trio bungles the superheroes' main catchphrase. George assures them that they did well, and with a little more practice, they will perform better.

As Karpy continues to panic, Ash confronts the manager with some questions, and she admits that she did notice that Karpy's whiskers appeared to be longer recently, but didn't realize that it is part of its evolution process. Karpy charges through Anna's latest shoot, leaving her in a cloud of dust, before entering the Alola TV studio building. Karpy crashes through the filming of an Alola Pokémon Quiz final round episode and interrupts the girls' Thirst-Three rehearsals. Karpy spots George and instantly begins flailing around, and George then realizes that the Gyarados is actually Karpy. George calmly pats Karpy on its head, and reassures it that everything should be fine. He announces that there is still some time for filming and asks for everyone's assistance. George's ingenuity is later showcased in the latest episode of The Refreshing Trio: Alola Idols.

Later, Ash and his classmates gather at Professor Kukui's home to watch Lillie, Lana, and Mallow's acting debuts in The Refreshing Trio: Alola Idols. The episode begins with Mallow rushing to her two friends, played by Lillie and Lana, where the trio is going to be late for class. The three girls notice holes in the main pathway when suddenly, an angry Gyarados, played by Karpy, crashes down in front of them. Gyarados roars at the trio, so the girls decide to take action. Mallow calls over their companions, and Sandy, Shaymin, and Snowy appear carrying drinks for the trio. The girls promptly take a sip and transform into their Alola Refreshing Trio alter-egos in a dazzling display of lights and sparkles, with Mallow wearing pink, Lillie blue, and Lana yellow. The three heroes go on to defeat Gyarados with a powerful rainbow-beamed "Alola Thank You: Sundae Sunrise" attack. The episode ends with the superheroes posing while the narrator asks if they will be able to make it to class on time.

Ash and the other boys are impressed by their friends' performances and congratulate the girls on their great acting. Meanwhile, George announces that Karpy will still have a future in TV as a villain. He and the manager watch as Team Rocket film a scene in which they are fleeing from a rampaging three-headed Gyarados monster. Jessie is annoyed that her Alola debut is so demanding, but Meowth reminds her that she said she was prepared to do anything during her audition. James then questions why he and the others are in the film in the first place.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Magikarp (US and international), Magikarp (Karpy) (Japan)

Trivia

The Bruce Lee reference
The Fusion Dance reference
  • Poké Problem: Where do we go in today's episode?
  • The English dub was released on the iTunes Store on June 30, 2019, on Prime Video on July 1, 2019, on Google Play on July 9, 2019, 20, 19, and 11 days before the episode aired in the United States, respectively.
  • The Japanese title of the episode is a reference to the Japanese title of the 1971 British film Melody, which was a huge hit in Japan.
  • The episode number on the clapperboard seen during the filming of Little Magikarp's Melody is "#113", referencing this episode's number.
  • This episode marks the first appearance of a number of Pokémon species in the main series after long absences:
  • Refreshing Trio: Alola Idols, the show Mallow, Lana, and Lillie appear in, takes cues from magical girl anime and manga, such as the Sailor Moon, Pretty Cure, and Wedding Peach franchises, the latter of which was animated by OLM.
    • The motifs of the Thirst-Three girls in their transformed personas appear to be based on Roserade Tea, Soda Pop, and Pinap Juice.
    • The sequence of Mallow, Lana, and Lillie drinking their beverages is a direct reference to a scene of the heroines from Wedding Peach drinking from wine glasses together when they say their "group motto".
  • The show that Team Rocket appears in at the end of the episode is patterned after kaiju-focused tokusatsu films and shows:
    • Gyarados plays the role of a King Ghidorah-style three-headed dragon rampaging through a city.
    • Jessie, James, and Wobbuffet are dressed in the style of the various defense teams found throughout the Ultraman franchise, while Meowth dresses as the friendly monster Pigmon, complete with the balloon it carried in the character's debut episode.
  • In the scene when Karpy botches the scene with his voice change, two members of the movie crew showcase their shock by performing the "Fusion Dance" pose from Dragon Ball Z.
  • The opening animation is updated to include Ash's Meltan.
  • The man surrounded by Fighting-type Pokémon and wearing a yellow jumpsuit is a reference to actor Bruce Lee and the jumpsuit he wore in the incomplete martial arts film Game of Death.
  • When being proposed a role in a TV show, Lillie references her role in the school play from Lillier and the Staff!. Jessie also uses her alias "Jessa-Bergère" (Japanese: ムサバーバラ Musabarbara) from the same episode.
  • When Jessie is summoned for her auditions, she is referred to as "number 634". Using a type of Japanese wordplay called Goroawase, these numbers can be read as "mu-sa-shi", spelling out Jessie's Japanese name. A similar wordplay was used in The Ultimate Test, 996 episodes earlier.
  • Alola TV celebrating its 55th anniversary is a reference to TV Tokyo's own 55th anniversary.
  • Jessie, James, Meowth, and Wobbuffet narrate the preview for the next episode.
  • The English dub title is a reference to the song This Magic Moment.
  • Lana, Mallow, and Lillie read the Who's That Pokémon? segment in the English dub.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages



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