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| Season | Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Legends (Season 22) · Meltan & the Alola League arc (SM110–SM118) |
| Episode | Season 22, episode 20 · English episode 1046 · Japanese episode 1052 · Bulbapedia code SM112 |
| English title | Got Meltan? |
| Japanese title | 新種発見！メルタン、ゲットだぜ！！ Shinshu Hakken! Merutan, Getto da ze!! — “Discovering a New Species! Catch Meltan!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 10 March 2019 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 13 July 2019 · Disney XD |
| Screenplay | Jun’ichi Fujisaku |
| 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? | Meltan (US) |
| Previous episode | Show Me the Metal! (SM111) |
| Next episode | This Magik Moment! (SM113) |
Plot episodeAsh catches Meltan
Got Meltan? is the 20th episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Legends, the twenty-second season of the Pokémon anime, and the 1046th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 1052, Bulbapedia code SM112). It first aired in Japan on 10 March 2019 and in the United States on 13 July 2019. It falls within the season’s Meltan & the Alola League stretch (EP110–EP118).
Premiered on 13 July 2019; Google Play had released it on 15 June, 28 days early, followed by iTunes on 23 June and Amazon Prime Video on 24 June.
Synopsis
Professor Oak identifies the mystery Pokémon as Meltan, a new Steel-type species, and Ash catches the one that befriends his Rowlet. Oak calls Professor Kukui’s house to name the Hex Nut Pokémon, and the Meltan hiding in Ash’s backpack celebrates by melting the base of Professor Burnet’s frying pan. At school, Lusamine struggles to keep the wild Meltan from eating the Ultra Guardians’ equipment, while Kukui sets up practice battles. Ash leaves the sleeping Rowlet in his bag, and Meltan tries to wake it by spinning its head nut, which sends Rowlet flying out onto a balustrade. A Murkrow drawn by Meltan’s shine snatches it, and Rowlet chases the thief down and rescues its new friend, only to discover that Meltan’s hex nut has fallen off. Meanwhile, Team Rocket’s broken-down van is repaired with a nut that conveniently falls from the sky.
In the schoolyard, Torracat’s Fire Blast overwhelms Kiawe’s Marowak, Lycanroc’s Stone Edge breaks through Turtonator’s flames, and Pikachu’s Iron Tail clashes with Charizard’s Aerial Ace. When the bell ends the match, Kiawe asks what Ash plans to do now that he has finished the island challenge, but Ash is distracted by Rowlet flying past. In the basement, Clefable discovers that the Meltan can be tamed with pieces of metal. Rowlet searches for a replacement nut without success and lands, exhausted, on Team Rocket’s van, drawn by the smell of their Combee doughnuts. When Meowth lunges at it, the jolt dislodges Meltan’s hex nut from the engine and it flies back to its owner. Team Rocket recognise the “laser-faced metalheads” that wrecked their base, put on their costumes and recite their motto.
James tries to net Meltan, but Rowlet carries it into the air and leaves James with a huge bruise from Seed Bomb. Meowth dodges Razor Leaf and rakes Rowlet with Fury Swipes, and as he prepares to finish it, Meltan blocks the blow with its hex nut and blasts the trio with Flash Cannon. Bewear arrives with Stufful, piles everyone onto the van and carries it away. Ash finds Meltan protectively standing over the scratched Rowlet and is thrilled to meet it. Back at school, Clefable shows off the acrobatics of the tamed wild Meltan, and Rowlet leads its friend back to them, but Meltan keeps looking back. Ash offers it a place on his team; Meltan checks with Rowlet, which pecks the Poké Ball in approval, and after a ball wedges in its head, Ash catches Meltan on the second throw.
Major Events
- Meltan, part 2. Professor Oak names the new species Meltan, and Ash catches the one that befriends Rowlet, the first Mythical Pokémon caught by a main character and Ash’s first Steel type
- The first Triple Battle since BW053
- The Japanese ending is updated
Captures and evolutions
Meltan#0808 · Ash · caught on the second throw; the first Mythical Pokémon caught by a main character and Ash’s first Steel type
Trivia
- The English title plays on the “Got Milk?” advertising slogan, as Ash catches Meltan.
- The screenplay is by Jun’ichi Fujisaku.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Alola storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- Lusamine’s line is missing when Clefable shows that the Meltan obey her
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