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| Season | Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Legends (Season 22) · Farewell to Alola arc (SM145–SM146) |
| Episode | Season 22, episode 53 · English episode 1079 · Japanese episode 1085 · Bulbapedia code SM145 |
| English title | Dreams of the Sun and Moon! |
| Japanese title | 太陽と月と、みんなの夢！ Taiyō to Tsuki to, Minna no Yume! — “The Sun, the Moon, and Everyone’s Dreams!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 27 October 2019 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 29 February 2020 · Disney XD |
| Screenplay | Aya Matsui |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Kimi no Bōken (Your Adventure) – Taiiku Okazaki · Taipu: Wairudo (Type: Wild, 2019 version) – Shōko Nakagawa |
| English opening | The Challenge of Life – Dani Marcus and The Sad Truth |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Manaphy (US) |
| Previous episode | From Z to Shining Z! (SM144) |
| Next episode | Thank You, Alola! The Journey Continues! (SM146) |
Plot episodeMagearna awakensAsh beats Kiawe
Dreams of the Sun and Moon! is the 53rd episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Legends, the twenty-second season of the Pokémon anime, and the 1079th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 1085, Bulbapedia code SM145). It first aired in Japan on 27 October 2019 and in the United States on 29 February 2020. It falls within the season’s Farewell to Alola stretch (EP145–EP146).
Premiered on Saturday 29 February 2020, the first anime episode to air on a leap day in Japan or the US. TV guides, Pokémon.com, Disney XD, Teletoon, iTunes and Google Play titled it “Dreaming of the Sun and Moon!”.
Synopsis
After the League, Naganadel returns to its own world, Ash beats Kiawe in a long-promised battle, Lillie’s Magearna finally awakens, and Ash decides to go home to Pallet Town and see the world. At breakfast, Naganadel senses an Ultra Wormhole above the house, and Ash hugs it goodbye as Pikachu sends it off with a Thunderbolt. At school, Professor Kukui asks about holiday plans: Sophocles will visit the Mossdeep Space Center in Hoenn with his cousin Molayne, Kiawe wants the rematch with Ash that the League never gave them, Lana will help her father search for Manaphy, Mallow will turn Aina’s Kitchen into a restaurant for people and Pokémon, and Lillie hopes to awaken Magearna. Ash admits that he has no idea what his next goal should be, and Kukui tells him that he must work it out for himself.
Mallow hosts a tasting party for her first Pokémon menu, and Lillie admits that her efforts with Magearna have failed; that night she polishes it and gives its Soul-Heart an electric jolt, but nothing happens, and in the morning she finds a drawing of Magearna with Zoroark in her father’s journal. At the Ruins of Life on Akala Island, with Olivia refereeing, Kiawe’s Charizard knocks Lycanroc away with Fire Punch, Lycanroc climbs its own Stone Edge to bite Charizard’s tail, and Slash sends it crashing down. Both sides finish with Z-Moves, and Splintered Stormshards overpowers Inferno Overdrive, Charizard’s first use of the move. Both Pokémon lie still until Lycanroc rises, giving Ash the win. Kiawe vows to complete his island challenge and become a kahuna, and Olivia tells both boys to learn about the wider Pokémon world.
That evening, Gladion brings Zoroark to Lillie’s house. Recognizing the room and Magearna, it conjures an illusion of Mohn working on Magearna as baby Lillie takes her first steps and Lusamine rushes in, overjoyed, and of Mohn asking Magearna to look after his daughter. Lillie weeps at the sight. Purple light bursts from Magearna’s Soul-Heart, ending the illusion, and Magearna moves again, bows to Lillie and presents her with a bouquet of flowers, and Lillie hugs her newly awakened friend as Gladion, Zoroark and Snowy smile. Gazing at the full moon from his bedroom window, Ash thinks over Olivia’s advice, jumps out of bed and wakes Pikachu and Rotom to announce his decision: he will return to Pallet Town and then set out to travel the world, and Pikachu happily agrees.
Major Events
- Dreams of the future. Naganadel returns to Ultra Space
- Ash’s Lycanroc beats Kiawe’s Charizard, which uses Inferno Overdrive for the first time
- Zoroark’s illusion of Mohn awakens Magearna
- Ash decides to return to Pallet Town
- The last Poké Problem and Japanese Dare da? of the series
- Olivia’s last appearance
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Aya Matsui.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Alola storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- The Japanese on-screen caption naming the Z-Move is removed
- TV guides, Pokémon.com, Disney XD, Teletoon, iTunes and Google Play titled it “Dreaming of the Sun and Moon!”
- Music from Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel
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