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| Season | Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon (Season 20) · The Akala Island field trip arc (SM031–SM037) |
| Episode | Season 20, episode 32 · English episode 967 · Japanese episode 972 · Bulbapedia code SM032 |
| English title | Treasure Hunt, Akala Style! |
| Japanese title | お宝発見！ムーランドサーチ！！ O-takara Hakken! Mūrando Sāchi!! — “Treasure Found! Mooland Search!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 29 June 2017 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 23 September 2017 · Disney XD |
| Screenplay | Shōji Yonemura |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Mezase Pokemon Masutā -20th Anniversary- (Aim to Be a Pokémon Master) – Rica Matsumoto · Pōzu (Pose) – Taiiku Okazaki |
| English opening | Under the Alolan Sun – Jannel Candrice and The Sad Truth (featuring Ben Dixon and the Vestigial Horns) |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Herdier (US) |
| Previous episode | The Island Whisperer! (SM031) |
| Next episode | Big Sky, Small Fry! (SM033) |
Plot episodeStoutland treasure hunt
Treasure Hunt, Akala Style! is the 32nd episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, the twentieth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 967th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 972, Bulbapedia code SM032). It first aired in Japan on 29 June 2017 and in the United States on 23 September 2017. It falls within the season’s The Akala Island field trip stretch (EP31–EP37).
Synopsis
Olivia runs a treasure hunt on the backs of Stoutland, in which Ash fails to catch an Alolan Geodude and Lana wins with a rare stone that will become her Z-Ring. In Paniola Town Olivia shows the class a barn full of Stoutland, famed for sniffing out hidden treasure, and Professor Kukui explains that they will ride them as Ride Pokémon in a treasure hunt. Lana chooses the surliest Stoutland of all, while Ash bonds with a friendly one that licks his face and reminds him of Litten’s old companion. Everyone must return when the bell rings. Ash and Kiawe set off first, as rivals for the best find; Mallow heads for the jungle and Sophocles sends his Stoutland to a rocky area. Lana’s Stoutland throws her off before finally setting out, and Lillie is too intimidated to climb onto hers. In the first round Ash’s Stoutland digs up Red, Blue and Green Shards.
Kiawe searches a coastal cliff, Mallow finds a Tiny Mushroom and a Big Mushroom, and Sophocles, learning that a meteor once broke apart over Akala, decides to hunt for its fragments, while Lana’s Stoutland stops to eat Sitrus Berries in an orchard. At the first appraisal Ash’s shards earn 15 points and Mallow’s mushrooms 20, Lana and Sophocles have nothing, and Kiawe’s Skull Fossil earns 100. In the second round Ash’s Stoutland finds only a Yellow Shard, and Lana’s Stoutland takes a nap. When Popplio offers to search for Lana, a wild Garbodor attacks it and breaks through its Bubble Beam, badly hurting it. Lana shields Popplio and her Stoutland, which wakes and defeats Garbodor with Giga Impact, and Lana finally rides it. Meanwhile Olivia and Kukui encourage Lillie, who remembers her wish to touch more Pokémon and resolves to ride.
Ash’s Stoutland stops at a boulder that turns out to be an Alolan Geodude, which Rotom identifies. Ash tries to catch it: Electro Ball has no effect, Iron Tail lands, but the Geodude’s Thunder Punch knocks the Poké Ball straight back into Ash’s face, and the Geodude escapes. Lana’s Stoutland leads her into a cave, so she returns last. At the final appraisal Ash’s Yellow Shard adds 5 points, Mallow’s large Lansat Berry earns 75, Sophocles’s Star Piece 150 and Kiawe’s Plume Fossil another 200. To the class’s amazement, Lillie arrives riding her Stoutland. Finally Olivia reveals Lana’s find: a Sparkling Stone, the ore used to make Z-Rings, worth 500 points. Lana wins the hunt, and Olivia promises to turn the stone into a Z-Ring for her.
Major Events
- Stoutland treasure hunt. A treasure hunt on Stoutland
- Ash fails to catch an Alolan Geodude
- Lillie rides a Stoutland
- Lana’s Sparkling Stone, the ore for a Z-Ring, wins
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Shōji Yonemura.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Alola storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- A Star Piece is called a “Comet Shard”, and a Fletchling is captioned “Spearow“
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