SM142

A Full Battle Bounty! (Japanese: 燃える！みなぎる！！フルバトル！！！ Burn! Swell Up!! Full Battle!!!) is the 142nd episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, and the 1,081st episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on October 6, 2019 and in the United States on February 8, 2020.
==Blurb==
The Alola Pokémon League’s exhibition match continues with a dizzying array of Pokémon! Braviary manages to defeat Ash’s Lycanroc, and then Rowlet takes down Braviary with a powerful Brave Bird attack. Professor Kukui then calls on Venusaur, who traps Rowlet in its flower! Thanks to Feather Dance, Rowlet escapes unscathed—but then falls to Venusaur’s Sludge Bomb attack. Next up is Torracat’s fiery return to defeat Venusaur, followed by Pikachu versus Empoleon. After a dizzying Whirlpool, Ash switches in Melmetal, who takes down Empoleon but can’t withstand Incineroar’s flames. Each Trainer has three Pokémon still standing as Professor Kukui sends out Lucario, Ash responds with Naganadel, and the battle continues!
==Plot==
The Full Battle between and continues. uses to send the oncoming back at . Kukui commands Braviary to use , and Ash has Lycanroc use . Lycanroc's attack lands, but it isn't enough to stop Braviary from lifting it high in the air. Braviary makes an ascent before soaring back down at a breakneck pace, slamming Lycanroc onto the battlefield with immense force. Despite the heavy impact, Lycanroc manages to return to its feet and unleashes a . Braviary is commanded to use to slice through the boulders, which creates a huge dust cloud. Its vision obscured by all the dust, Lycanroc is unable to dodge Braviary's supereffective and takes massive damage. Lycanroc returns to its feet again, but the damage is too much this time, and it collapses. Hala rules Lycanroc out of the match, marking the first defeat of the battle.
Ash recalls Lycanroc and decides to turn this into an aerial battle by sending out , still donning its cloak. Rowlet is initially startled by its opponent, but Ash tells it to stay focused and use . Braviary, however, neutralizes the attack with a Steel Wing, before going on to chase Rowlet. Rowlet stops him in his tracks by using , and the Everstone strikes Braviary directly in the face. Braviary recovers and approaches ready to use Steel Wing, and the clash turns into a game of tennis as Braviary deflects some of Rowlet’s Seed Bomb attacks, though it misses others and is struck by the Everstone projectile. Braviary eventually ends the face-off and strikes Rowlet down with Steel Wing. Kukui orders him to follow up with Superpower, and Ash commands Rowlet to counter with Brave Bird. Rowlet dodges Superpower at the last second and nails Brave Bird, sending Braviary plummeting to the ground and knocking him out.
Kukui recalls Braviary and chooses as his third Pokémon. Ash orders Rowlet to use Brave Bird, but to everyone's shock, Venusaur traps Rowlet inside his flower. With his opponent effectively immobilized, Venusaur charges up a powerful for a cataclysmic close-range attack. However, Ash remembers the strategy he conceived during his battle with Hau and Decidueye, and has Rowlet make a last-ditch escape with ; it works perfectly and Rowlet emerges unscathed, surprising Kukui. But despite this successful maneuver, Rowlet's Brave Bird is stopped cold by Venusaur's , followed by a that takes Rowlet out of the match.
After Ash recalls Rowlet, he decides to go for the type advantage and sends back out. Torracat is reenergized and its bell is swelling with flames from absorbing 's earlier attack. Kukui commands Venusaur to use Vine Whip, and he ensnares Torracat with the vines. However, Ash has Torracat counter by biting the vines with , leaving Venusaur reeling from the burning. Torracat then unleashes a , and Kukui commands Venusaur to counter with Sludge Bomb, but it isn't enough to stop Fire Blast, and Venusaur is hit and subsequently defeated. Kukui recalls Venusaur, and Ash decides to switch Torracat out so it can face off against Incineroar later.
Kukui's fourth Pokémon is his , and he reveals to Ash that it swims around the to research sea currents. Ash takes the type advantage again by choosing . He starts things off with an , though Empoleon slices through the trap with . Pikachu leaps into action with an , clashing several times with Empoleon’s Metal Claw. Kukui breaks up the move exchange and has Empoleon approach with , but Pikachu uses Electroweb to keep Empoleon at bay. Empoleon fires back with , trapping Pikachu in the water vortex. Pikachu survives the attack but at the cost of being extremely dizzy. Seeing Pikachu is starting to be overwhelmed, Ash decides to recall him and substitutes speed for power by sending out to face Empoleon. Kukui has Empoleon use , but Melmetal spins rapidly to repel the attack, shocking Kukui and Empoleon. Ash commands Melmetal to use , knocking Empoleon off balance. Empoleon uses Whirlpool again, but unlike Pikachu, Melmetal is way too heavy for it to do meaningful damage. Empoleon is desperate since its attacks aren't even fazing Melmetal before it is defeated by a hefty .
Kukui recalls Empoleon and is pumped by this spectacular battle. He sends Incineroar out to take on Melmetal. It starts off with , and Melmetal attempts to repel Incineroar with Flash Cannon, but it doesn't work and Melmetal takes the hit. Ash then has Melmetal go in for a Double Iron Bash, but Incineroar unexpectedly grabs a hold of Melmetal's fists. Melmetal rushes in to test its brute strength against Incineroar, with neither side giving an inch. With Melmetal trapped in close range, Kukui knows this is his chance and has Incineroar use a supereffective Blast Burn, engulfing Melmetal in flames and taking it out of the match.
Ash recalls Melmetal, and Kukui, anticipating the upcoming showdown between his Incineroar and Ash's Torracat, decides to switch to his fifth Pokémon, . Ash replies by pulling out a Beast Ball, surprising everyone, and sending out his sixth Pokémon, . Wicke is impressed to see an Ultra Beast sent out onto the battlefield, and remarks that they did the right thing by giving Naganadel to Ash. Naganadel is thrilled by the crowd of spectators and spins in excitement. watches on in anticipation as the round begins with a clash of and .
==Major events==
* continues his against .
* Professor Kukui is revealed to own a and an .
* Ash uses his in an official for the first time.
* Ash's Naganadel is revealed to have learned .
===Debuts===
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==Characters==
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* Hala
* Hau
* Caster
* Crowd
===Pokémon===
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==Trivia==
* Poké Problem: What Pokémon does use to battle in today's episode?
** Host: 
** Choices: , , , 
** Answer: Empoleon
* This episode marks the first appearance of an in the since its cameo in The Semi-Final Frontier!, 426 episodes ago.
** Also, despite Empoleon's animated series debut happening 514 episodes ago in Barry's Busting Out All Over!, this is the first time it has received a Pokédex entry in the animated series.
* This episode features the first use of in the animated series, despite it having been introduced in Generation V.
* , , , Sophocles, , and narrate the preview for the next episode.
* A promo for Pokémon Journeys: The Series aired during the episode, which gave high-quality closeups of the Johto, Unova, and Alola portions of the key visuals.
* Ash and Professor Kukui read the Who's That Pokémon? segment in the dub.
===Errors===
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==In other languages==
142
Category:Pokémon League episodes
Category:Episodes written by Atsuhiro Tomioka
Category:Episodes storyboarded by Hiromasa Amano
Category:Episodes directed by Fumihiro Ueno
Category:Episodes animated by Takashi Shinohara
Category:Episodes focusing on Ash
Category:Episodes in which a Mythical Pokémon appears
Category:Episodes in which an Ultra Beast appears
Category:Episodes in which a Legendary Pokémon appears
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es:EP1085
fr:SL142
it:SM142
ja:SM編第142話
zh:宝可梦 太阳＆月亮 第142集