SM090

Securing the Future! (Japanese: 未来へつなげ！かがやきさまの伝説！！ Connect to the Future! The Legend of the !!) is the 90th episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, and the 1,029th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on September 13, 2018, in New Zealand on January 8, 2019, in Canada on January 19, 2019, and in the United States on February 9, 2019.
==Blurb==
The Ultra Guardians, along with Faba and Professor Kukui, are attempting to return The Blinding One to its original form! As Necrozma in its “UB Black” form, it’s holding Solgaleo captive and threatening Poipole’s home world.
Our heroes have been attempting to “feed” Necrozma with Z-Power to restore its light, but it’s not enough. That’s when the people of Alola band together to send their own power to Necrozma—and it works! The Blinding One is restored, and Solgaleo is released. 
Poipole’s world is renewed, too, and Poipole decides to stay behind to protect it. As a goodbye present, it draws a loving portrait of Ash and Pikachu!
==Plot==
Continuing where the previous episode left off, , , , and had their Pokémon use their Z-Moves on , hoping to make it separate from . Instead, Dusk Mane Necrozma absorbs the Z-Power from the four Z-Moves before attacking the Ultra Guardians with .
Back in Alola, the residents of Melemele Island, Akala Island, and Ula'ula Island get ready for the Manalo Festival as an eclipse begins to form. On Ten Carat Hill, as Gozu receives a call from Matori ordering him to get back to the helicopter. At Gozu’s command, the s leave him behind to continue his against and . Gozu states that the eclipse will bring about the era of the Matori Matrix and has use another . Kukui asks Faba to keep a secret from Ash and as he sends out and has it use , blocking Mega Aggron's attack. Gozu tries to have Mega Aggron use , but Kukui has Incineroar use its signature Z-Move, to defeat Mega Aggron, reverting it back into a normal Aggron. Faba thinks about Kukui's words, and then, he sees the Masked Royal's image in Kukui, realizing that two are the same person. Excited by this revelation, Faba reveals that he's a big fan of the Masked Royal and opens up his lab coat to reveal a Masked Royal shirt. Kukui is surprised by this and invites Faba to do the finishing pose together. Gozu recalls Aggron and retreats back to the helicopter. The Matori Matrix attempts to enter the Ultra Wormhole, but they are hindered once again when uses to pierce through their helicopter. The helicopter once again sustains damage, prompting Matori to retreat.
Meanwhile, in Poipole's world, the Ultra Guardians recover as Dusk Mane Necrozma roars and charges toward the Ultra Guardians, but tackles it out of the way. Ash, , , and send out , , , , , , and to help out. Back in Alola, Tapu Koko begins sending energy into the Ultra Wormhole as and in the base wonder what it's doing, then Wicke reports that they have regained communications with the Ultra Guardians. Back in Poipole's world, the Ultra Guardians are contacted by the Aether Foundation staff. The Ultra Guardians report that they're in Poipole's world and that they've discovered UB Black is the "Blinding One" who lost its light, confirming Burnet's discovery. The Ultra Guardians further report back with the "Blinding One's" true name and reveal that their attempt to restore Necrozma with their Z-Power had failed. Burnet figures that they need more power and reveals more about the mural; it wasn't just and that shared their light with the "Blinding One", the people and Pokémon of Alola also shared their light with it. As Sophocles wonders how to do it, Burnet sees what Tapu Koko is doing and figures they have to do what it's doing. The Ultra Guardians and their Pokémon all make Tapu Koko's pose and Lusamine sends the island kahunas a message to ask for their help.
Hala, Olivia, and Nanu get the word and ask for help from the people gathered with them to send their power to the "Blinding One". The Guardian deities, island kahunas, Lusamine, Wicke, and Burnet send their power through the Ultra Wormhole, making Dusk Mane Necrozma back away from Lunala. As the Ultra Guardians send their own power, gets its hive to join in sending power. Back in Alola, the people and Pokémon pitch in and more power goes through the Ultra Wormhole. sees this and as they watch, they feel their balloon shaking and see grabbing onto it, which causes the balloon to crash. Bewear sends her power into the Ultra Wormhole as well, and at its request, Jessie and James sends out and to join them. As all of Alola's power makes it through the Ultra Wormhole, Lunala adds in some of its own. Necrozma receives the power and glows as it separates from Nebby, who collapses. Necrozma reassembles itself, but it is enraged and charges towards the Ultra Guardians, firing another Prismatic Laser.
Back in Alola, the island kahunas use their Z-Moves to send Z-Power into the Ultra Wormhole. Back with Necrozma, it creeps up towards the Ultra Guardians, when it receives the Z-Power and turns its attention to Nebby and Lunala. Gladion boards and has it fire to distract Necrozma from Nebby and Lunala. Lunala calls out to Gladion and throws him a Lunalium Z. Mallow and Ash run to Nebby's side and feed it a Sitrus Berry, allowing it to recover. At Gladion's request, Ash equips his Z-Power Ring with his Solganium Z and asks Nebby to lend him its power again. As Necrozma approaches, Ash and Gladion stand side by side with Nebby and Lunala behind them and charge up their Z-Moves, hitting Necrozma with a combination of and . Necrozma's body changes from black to shining gold as the parts split up and reassemble, held together by light in a draconic appearance; Necrozma is finally restored to its .
The Ultra Guardians all gaze in awe of Ultra Necrozma and report the mission's success to Lusamine, Burnet, and Wicke as the eclipse in Alola comes to an end. Ultra Necrozma then uses its power to restore the world, bringing light back into it and revitalizing the floral life. The Ultra Guardians marvel at the restored state of the world as Poipole dances happily. Then, a call from Burnet alerts the Ultra Guardians that the Ultra Wormhole is about to close. However, Poipole decides to remain behind, wanting to help protect its world. Ash shares a tearful goodbye with Poipole before leaving. Poipole holds back its tears and starts drawing an image on the sand, which is revealed to be an image of Ash and 's faces with thunderbolt shapes next to them. Mallow states that Poipole is saying "Like, Like, Love" to them and Ash says it right back to Poipole as the Ultra Guardians wave goodbye before they go through the Ultra Wormhole and arrive back in Alola. Team Rocket see it as their chance to capture Nebby and Lunala, but Bewear carries them away before they can. Then, Ultra Necrozma appears as a golden light in Alola's sky for all to see before slowly dissipating.
Sometime later at the Pokémon School, Kukui has his coat buttoned up and greets the class lazily with a depressing aura. The class is fearful that the Ultra Aura drain might have happened again, but Kukui replies that it's just a cold, much to the class's shock. Ash decides to do the greeting again and the class, with everything they have, loudly shouts, "Alola!"
==Major events==
* The Ultra Guardians' attempt to make separate from by using their Z-Moves fails, as it instead absorbs the Z-Power to power itself up.
* defeats Gozu, but at the cost of revealing to that he is the Masked Royal.
** Professor Kukui asks Faba to keep his identity a secret from his students.
* The Matori Matrix attempts to travel to Ultra Space through an Ultra Wormhole, but are stopped by , forcing them to retreat.
* Necrozma reverts back to its normal form, thus separating from Nebby, after it gathers the light sent to it by the Ultra Guardians, their Pokémon, and all of the people and Pokémon of Alola.
* receives a Lunalium Z from .
* and Gladion perform and , respectively, to give Necrozma enough Ultra Aura and revert it back to its original .
* Necrozma brings the light back to 's home world, restoring it to its former state.
* Poipole chooses to stay in its home world, so Ash .
* The Ultra Guardians, Nebby, and Lunala return to Alola.
===Debuts===
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==Trivia==
* Poké Problem: The Pokémon that we call the "" is...?
** Host: 
** Choices: , , , 
** Answer: Necrozma
* This was the last episode to air on a Thursday at 6:55 PM in Japan; starting with the following episode, new episodes aired on Sundays at 6:00 PM on TV Tokyo.
* The Japanese title for this episode is a reference to the opening Future Connection.
* The three female s with a , , and , respectively, are based on the singers in the band that performs the opening Future Connection, .
** The Pikachu wears one of the hairstyles that were later introduced in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!.
* This is the first main series episode where the mother and daughter have appeared.
** However, they made a cameo appearance during the Mega Evolution Pokédex Short in XY050.
* The Pokémon Sun and Moon and Elite Four themes are used as insert songs.
* When decides to share their light with Necrozma, James recites a line from their .
* The Who's That Pokémon? solution segment uses an alternate music in this episode.
* Unlike most episodes, the opening credits were not shown until when Future Connection was played during the flashbacks of Ash's time with near the end of the episode.
** In addition, there was no title card for this episode. Instead, the episode title was displayed on top of a scene of the episode itself.
* Ash and reference the lyrics of Alola!! at the end of the episode.
* Ash's Pikachu, , and narrate the preview of the next episode.
* This episode marks the first time that a character refers to Matori by name in the English dub.
* The English dub of the episode was released on Amazon Video on January 30, 2019 and on the iTunes Store on February 3, 2019, ten and six days before it aired in , respectively.
===Errors===
* The blurb for this episode on the ian Pokémon TV misspells 's name as "Fabio" instead of "Fábio".
* In one of the previews shown for this episode, sends his out from a normal instead of an Ultra Ball.
* When absorbs the Z-Power from Ash and ' Z-Moves, the tips on Snowy's hind legs are missing.
* When Matori contacts Gozu near the start of the episode, the Matori Matrix symbol on his hat is drawn with only one M.
===Dub edits===
* In the English and international dubs, Ash additionally narrates the title of the episode instead of merely displaying it as text onscreen as in the Japanese version. In the New Zealand TVNZ and Cartoon Network broadcasts, the title is not displayed on-screen.
* In the English and international dubs, instrumental music plays during the Poipole flashbacks instead of Future Connection. In addition, the credits that accompany them are completely removed, leaving only the ones that play during the normal 30-second ending theme animation at the end of the episode.
* The dub plays the opening theme and animation at the start of the episode.
==In other languages==
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Category:Episodes written by Shōji Yonemura
Category:Episodes storyboarded and directed by Kazuaki Mōri
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Kazuaki Mōri
Category:Episodes directed by Kazuaki Mōri
Category:Episodes animated by Shūhei Yasuda
Category:Episodes animated by Osamu Murata
Category:Episodes by multiple animation directors
Category:Milestone episodes
Category:Ultra Guardians episodes
Category:Episodes in which a Legendary Pokémon appears
Category:Episodes in which an Ultra Beast appears
Category:Episodes in which a main character releases or gives away a Pokémon
Category:Episodes in which an alternately colored Pokémon appears
Category:Episodes which aired in New Zealand before the United States
Category:Episodes which aired in Canada before the United States
de:Die Zukunft beginnt jetzt!
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fr:SL090
it:SL090
ja:SM編第90話
zh:宝可梦 太阳＆月亮 第90集