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| Season | Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Legends (Season 22) · The Manalo Conference arc (SM128–SM139) |
| Episode | Season 22, episode 37 · English episode 1063 · Japanese episode 1069 · Bulbapedia code SM129 |
| English title | Battle Royal 151! |
| Japanese title | 大乱闘！バトルロイヤル１５１！！ Dairantō! Batoru Roiyaru Hyaku Gojū Ichi!! — “The Great Fray! Battle Royal 151!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 7 July 2019 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 9 November 2019 · Disney XD |
| Screenplay | Jun’ichi Fujisaku |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Kimi no Bōken (Your Adventure) – Taiiku Okazaki · Taipu: Wairudo (Type: Wild, 2019 version) – Shōko Nakagawa |
| English opening | The Challenge of Life – Dani Marcus and The Sad Truth |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Torkoal (US) |
| Previous episode | League Offenders and Defenders! (SM128) |
| Next episode | Battling Besties! (SM130) |
Plot episodeBattle Royal 151
Battle Royal 151! is the 37th episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon – Ultra Legends, the twenty-second season of the Pokémon anime, and the 1063rd episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 1069, Bulbapedia code SM129). It first aired in Japan on 7 July 2019 and in the United States on 9 November 2019. It falls within the season’s The Manalo Conference stretch (EP128–EP139).
Synopsis
The Manalo Conference opens with a 151-Trainer Battle Royal, and Ash, all five of his classmates and a disguised Jessie and James survive to reach the final sixteen. Professor Kukui declares the conference open, and the commentator Caster introduces the four island kahunas, Olivia, Hala, Hapu and Nanu, as judges. The Trainers spread around the edge of the arena, and after a countdown everyone battles at once until only sixteen remain. Hiroki and his Mudbray are eliminated almost immediately, while Pikachu knocks out a Sudowoodo with Iron Tail and a Poliwrath and an Araquanid with Electroweb. Turtonator survives a Salamence’s Flamethrower and drives it back with Dragon Tail, Snowy freezes it with Powder Snow, Sandy and Shaymin defeat three opponents, Togedemaru stops a Politoed with its newly learned Spiky Shield, and Faba’s Alakazam defeats a Boldore.
With 79 Trainers left, Pikachu rides a Gyarados into a Thunderbolt that knocks out both it and a Skarmory, and Turtonator’s Shell Trap defeats an Alolan Sandslash. Jessie’s Mimikyu knocks out Pikala’s Pikachu, Bolt, and then chases every other Pikachu in sight, dragging Jessie and James after it. Gladion gives his Silvally a Rock Memory and wins with Multi-Attack, and he and Ash fight side by side for a moment and tell each other not to lose. Turtonator defeats Mad Magmar’s Magmortar and Mr. Electric’s Electivire with a single Dragon Tail after Shell Smash, as Viren watches from the stands. Ilima’s Eevee eliminates the Team Skull Grunts with Last Resort and beats Plumeria’s Salazzle with Swift, though its leg is injured, and Plumeria remarks that she has achieved her goal anyway.
Kukui watches anxiously as Guzma’s Scizor defeats a Kommo-o. With seventeen Trainers left, Mimikyu and Pikachu clash, and Kiawe’s Turtonator ends the round with an Inferno Overdrive that knocks out a Metagross. The sixteen qualifiers are Ash, Kiawe, Lana, Lillie, Mallow and Sophocles, Jessie and James in disguise, Mina, Acerola, Ilima, Gladion, Faba, Samson Oak, Guzma and Hau. Overnight, the Nurse Joys heal the Pokémon at the League’s Pokémon Center, and Ilima’s Eevee is told to rest. On television, Caster announces the first-round pairings: Ash against Faba, Ilima against Guzma, Hau against Samson Oak, Mallow against Lana, Sophocles against Mina, Jessie against James, Kiawe against Acerola and Lillie against Gladion. Several friends must now battle one another, and Ash urges everyone to give it their all.
Major Events
- Manalo Conference, part 2. The 151-Trainer Battle Royal leaves sixteen qualifiers
- Togedemaru learns Spiky Shield
- Plumeria’s Salazzle, Guzma’s Scizor and Hau’s Alolan Raichu are revealed
- The first wild Pokémon used in a League
- Debut of Caster
- The first episode with the Japanese ending Type: Wild
- The last Japanese episode before Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Jun’ichi Fujisaku.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Alola storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- The cracking sound as Ilima’s Eevee hurts its leg is toned down
- The Japanese on-screen caption naming the Z-Move is removed
- Captions read “Mad Magma” and “Magmar”
- First episode with the Japanese ending Type: Wild (2019 version)
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