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| Season | Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Adventures (Season 21) · After the slot change arc (SM091–SM092) |
| Episode | Season 21, episode 47 · English episode 1025 · Japanese episode 1031 · Bulbapedia code SM091 |
| English title | A Plethora of Pikachu! |
| Japanese title | 大量発生チュウ！ピカチュウのたに！！ Tairyō Hassei-chū! Pikachū no Tani!! — “It’s a Pikachu Outbreak! The Pikachu Valley!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 7 October 2018 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 16 February 2019 · Disney XD |
| Screenplay | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Kimi no Bōken (Your Adventure) – Taiiku Okazaki · Jarī Bōi Jarī Gāru (Twerp, Twerpette) – Taiiku Okazaki |
| English opening | Under the Alolan Moon – Haven Paschall and Ben Dixon |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Pikachu (US) |
| Previous episode | Securing the Future! (SM090) |
| Next episode | Turning the Other Mask! (SM092) |
Filler / stand-alone episodePikachu ValleyFirst Sunday episode
A Plethora of Pikachu! is the 47th episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Adventures, the twenty-first season of the Pokémon anime, and the 1025th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 1031, Bulbapedia code SM091). It first aired in Japan on 7 October 2018 and in the United States on 16 February 2019. It falls within the season’s After the slot change stretch (EP91–EP92).
Amazon released it on 9 February 2019 and iTunes on 10 February, before the Disney XD premiere on 16 February.
Synopsis
On a trip to Pikachu Valley with Kiawe and his sister Mimo, Ash’s Pikachu wins a tail-biting duel against the valley’s Shiny leader, and the Pikachu-loving Pikala and her partner save the whole herd from Team Rocket with Catastropika. Pikala greets Ash’s Pikachu and identifies it as a Kanto native by its silky coat, then gives the visitors Pikachu ears and tails, Pikanese names and three rules for entering the valley. Kiawe peeks into the Pikachu House van and is knocked flat by a horde of Pikachu. Ash’s Pikachu is surrounded by cautious locals until a female named Curly greets it by rubbing tails, and the others follow; Pikala explains that Alolan Pikachu greet newcomers this way, females first. Then a ring of electricity forms a thundercloud overhead and lightning strikes the group, which keeps the Pikachu’s coats silky.
Nearby, Jessie’s Mimikyu, which left its Poké Ball on its own, trembles with anger at the sight of so many Pikachu, and Team Rocket decide to use it to cause chaos and steal every Pikachu in the valley. Mimo and Pikala are thrilled that Curly seems smitten with Ash’s Pikachu, but Kiawe worries about his sister’s interest in romance, and Pikachu runs away as Curly follows. Lightning strikes his tail: it comes from a Shiny Pikachu nicknamed the Boss, who has long admired Curly. Pikala stops Ash from interfering, explaining that the Pikachu must settle it themselves and that the first to bite the other’s tail wins. The Boss charges with Volt Tackle, Pikachu traps him in Electroweb and bites his tail to win, then frees him and helps him up; the Boss raises Pikachu’s hand, and Curly rubs noses with both of them.
Then Mimikyu appears in an angry haze. Pikala takes it for a cosplayer, and Team Rocket recite their motto with a Pikanese twist, only to be handed ears and tails of their own. Jessie twists her Mimikium Z, the whole team strikes the pose, and Mimikyu traps the Pikachu under its cloth with Let’s Snuggle Forever while Jessie holds her pose to keep its power at full strength. As Mimikyu floats away with its captives, Pikala stops Kiawe from stepping in and reveals a Z-Ring with a Pikanium Z: she and the Boss unleash Catastropika, freeing the Pikachu and blasting Team Rocket away into Bewear’s arms. Ash’s Pikachu cushions the falling Pikachu with Electroweb, and the Boss catches Curly. Rotom explains that Catastropika requires Volt Tackle, which Ash’s Pikachu does not know, and Pikala begins a roll call that looks likely to last until evening.
Major Events
- Pikachu Valley. Pikachu Valley and the Pikachu fan Pikala
- Pikachu beats the Shiny “Boss” in a tail-biting duel over Curly
- Team Rocket’s group Z-pose
- Catastropika
- The Japanese opening Your Adventure begins
- The first Sunday episode in Japan
- Unshō Ishizuka’s last narration
- Volt Tackle’s first use since BW014
- Debut of Pikala
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
- This is a stand-alone episode: it can be skipped without losing the thread of the Alola story.
Changes in the English Dub
- The Japanese captions naming Let’s Snuggle Forever and Catastropika and the “Z-Pose” caption are erased, though the sound effect is left in
- Pikachu other than Ash’s are given dubbed voices
- Debut of the Japanese opening Your Adventure (Taiiku Okazaki)
- The preview uses Pikachu’s Song
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