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| Season | Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Legends (Season 22) · Poni Island & the last grand trial arc (SM104–SM109) |
| Episode | Season 22, episode 15 · English episode 1041 · Japanese episode 1047 · Bulbapedia code SM107 |
| English title | Run, Heroes, Run! |
| Japanese title | 走れカキ！己を超えて！！ Hashire Kaki! Onore o Koete!! — “Run Kaki! Surpass Yourself!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 3 February 2019 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 8 June 2019 · Disney XD |
| Screenplay | Shōji Yonemura |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Kimi no Bōken (Your Adventure) – Taiiku Okazaki · Kokoro no Nōto (Notebook of the Heart) – Hino City Nanaomidori Elementary School Choir |
| English opening | The Challenge of Life – Dani Marcus and The Sad Truth |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Vikavolt (US) |
| Previous episode | Evolving Research! (SM106) |
| Next episode | Memories in the Mist! (SM108) |
Plot episodeKiawe’s Flyinium ZTapu Fini’s trial
Run, Heroes, Run! is the 15th episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Legends, the twenty-second season of the Pokémon anime, and the 1041st episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 1047, Bulbapedia code SM107). It first aired in Japan on 3 February 2019 and in the United States on 8 June 2019. It falls within the season’s Poni Island & the last grand trial stretch (EP104–EP109).
Premiered on 8 June 2019; on Amazon Prime Video from 18 May and iTunes and Google Play from 22 May, and shown in the UK on 31 May.
Synopsis
When a mysterious old man and Tapu Fini trap Ash and his Pokémon in a bubble, Kiawe must race to Akala Island and back with Tapu Lele’s scales before a water clock runs dry. With Lana and Sophocles’ research complete, Kiawe wants to prove himself to Tapu Fini, and he and Ash head for the Ruins of Hope, turning their walk across Poni Breaker Coast into a race that ends in a tie. Meanwhile, Mallow, Lillie and Sophocles visit Hapu, and Mallow tries out radish recipes for Aina’s Kitchen. At the flooded ruins, Ash proposes a Double Battle, and Kiawe accepts. Pikachu and Torracat face Turtonator and Marowak in a fierce exchange of Quick Attack, Fire Fang, Dragon Tail, Shell Trap, Shadow Bone and Flamethrower, until the two sides pause to admire each other and a strange mist rolls in.
Kiawe finds Ash and the Pokémon sealed inside a blue sphere. An old man appears with Tapu Fini and scolds Kiawe for battling on sacred ground. Tapu Fini drenches Kiawe and fastens a water clock to his wrist, and the old man tells him to bring back scales from Tapu Lele before the water runs out or his friends will suffer the consequences. Kiawe flies to Akala Island on Charizard. Tapu Lele accepts the challenge, sets up Psychic Terrain and overwhelms Charizard with Psybeam, sending it crashing into a cliff and clipping its wing. Remembering his grandfather’s training, Kiawe orders Aerial Ace, and Charizard climbs back into the sky and forces Tapu Lele into its shell. Impressed, the guardian gives Kiawe its scales. Meanwhile, at Hapu’s house, Mallow recreates fluffy radish fritters that remind Hapu of her grandfather.
Back at the coast, the old man offers to free Ash if Kiawe takes his place, claiming that Kiawe has abandoned him, but Ash refuses to leave. Kiawe lands just as Charizard collapses and sprints for the ruins, reaching Tapu Fini as the clock runs dry. Tapu Fini uses the scales to restore Charizard and presents Kiawe with a Flyinium Z, and the old man remarks that it will help Charizard spread its wings. Kiawe and Charizard perform Supersonic Skystrike for the first time, and Rotom, in its Laki wig, deduces that the whole day was a trial set by Tapu Fini. As the fog lifts, the guardian and the old man vanish. Hapu, who has been pretending she was not lonely, summons Golurk and Mudsdale, while on a distant cliff the old man and Kiawe’s grandfather watch, smile and disappear.
Major Events
- Kiawe’s trial. Ash and Kiawe’s Double Battle is interrupted by Tapu Fini
- Kiawe races to bring back Tapu Lele’s scales while Sofu’s ghost holds Ash in a bubble
- Kiawe earns a Flyinium Z, and Charizard uses Supersonic Skystrike for the first time
- Charizard is shown knowing Slash, Fire Punch and Aerial Ace
- Debut of Sofu
Trivia
- The English title plays on “Run, Forrest, Run!”; the Japanese title, “Run Kaki!”, echoes Osamu Dazai’s story <em>Run, Melos!</em> (1940).
- The screenplay is by Shōji Yonemura.
- 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
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