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| Season | Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyond (Season 16) · Farewell to Unova arc (BW123–BW128) |
| Episode | Season 16, episode 28 · English episode 778 · Japanese episode 783 · Bulbapedia code BW125 |
| English title | Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness! |
| Japanese title | ソムリエ探偵デント！大海原の密室！！ Somurie Tantei Dento! Ōunabara no Misshitsu!! — “Sommelier Detective Dent! The Locked Room of the Ocean!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 9 May 2013 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 10 August 2013 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Shinzō Fujita |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Natsumeku Sakamichi (Summerly Slope) – Daisuke · Te o Tsunagō (Let’s Join Hands) – Shiritsu Ebisu Chūgaku |
| English opening | It’s Always You and Me (Version 3) – Neal Coomer & Kathryn Raio |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Roselia (US) |
| Previous episode | Danger, Sweet as Honey! (BW124) |
| Next episode | Crowning the Scalchop King! (BW126) |
Filler / stand-alone episodeDetective CilanAsh wins the Marine Cup
Cilan and the Case of the Purrloin Witness! is the 28th episode of Pokémon: BW Adventures in Unova and Beyond, the sixteenth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 778th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 783, Bulbapedia code BW125). It first aired in Japan on 9 May 2013 and in the United States on 10 August 2013. It falls within the season’s Farewell to Unova stretch (EP123–EP128).
The first episode whose Who’s That Pokémon? card carries the new Adventures in Unova and Beyond title.
Synopsis
When a famous gem is stolen during a shipboard tournament, Cilan plays detective and, with help from a Purrloin he fears, exposes a master thief. Mrs. Ripple’s collection includes the Eye of Liepard, which Mr. Shaw begs to buy; Iris loses the Marine Cup to Teaque’s Vanillite, and Ash reaches the final against Teaque’s Galvantula.
Clashing Thunderbolts black out the ship; Shaw sneaks into the jewel room, and when the lights return the gem is gone. Ash wins the final with Iron Tail, Mrs. Ripple’s Purrloin claws at Teaque, and suspicion falls on Shaw, but nothing is found in his belongings.
Following Purrloin’s hints and a wet spot beside the case, Cilan deduces that Galvantula caused the blackout to give Teaque an alibi while his Vanillite crept through the vents and opened the lock with a key of ice that melted. Teaque confesses and orders Blizzard, but Special Agent Tedesco of the International Police and his Growlithe stop him, and Purrloin pulls off his disguise. When Cilan finally explains why he fears Purrloin, Ash and Iris are shocked.
Major Events
- Detective Cilan. The Marine Cup on the cruise ship, won by Ash
- The theft of the Eye of Liepard
- Cilan solves it with a Purrloin’s help
- Teaque arrested by Special Agent Tedesco
- A family of Porters
- The dub’s Who’s That Pokémon? card shows Adventures in Unova and Beyond from here
- Eelektrik’s TV debut
Pokémon making their anime debut
Eelektrik#0603 · BW125
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Shinzō Fujita.
- This is a stand-alone episode: it can be skipped without losing the thread of the Unova story.
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