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Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon is the twentieth season of the dubbed version of the Pokémon animated series. It follows the conclusion of the third and final dubbed season of Pokémon the Series: XY, and as such is the first dubbed season of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon. The season follows as he continues his journey, attending the Pokémon School in the Alola region.
In the United States, it debuted with a special showing of its first two episodes on December 5, 2016 on Disney XD alongside Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel. It began on May 12, 2017 with the dub premiere of Alola to New Adventure!, and concluded on December 9, 2017 with When Regions Collide!. It originally aired in as part of the 2017 Disney XD Saturday morning lineup. In , it debuted on November 20, 2016 on CITV.
It is preceded by Pokémon the Series: XYZ and succeeded by Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon—Ultra Adventures.
==Blurb==
What starts as a summer vacation in the tropical Alola region turns into the next exciting chapter in Ash Ketchum’s quest to become a Pokémon Master! There’s plenty for Ash and Pikachu to explore in this sunny new region, with exciting new Pokémon to discover and interesting people to learn from along the way—including the cool Professor Kukui and the fun-loving Samson Oak. More new faces will help guide Ash’s Alolan adventure, in the form of a group of skilled Trainers—Kiawe, Lana, Mallow, and Sophocles—and a mysterious research assistant called Lillie. Frequent foes Team Rocket have also made the trip to Alola, looking to swipe some high-powered new Pokémon. But they have some heavy competition on the villainy front: the ruffians of Team Skull, who delight in causing chaos and may have more sinister intentions…
==Important events==
* arrives in the Alola region and enrolls in the Pokémon School. (SM001)
* Ash meets , , , , , Samson Oak, and . (SM001)
* Ash receives a Z-Ring equipped with an Electrium Z from . (SM001)
* Ash decides to take on the island challenge in order to get new Z-Crystals and qualify as a Z-Move user. (SM002)
* Ash receives a Pokédex from Professor Kukui, which becomes inhabited by a , turning it into a Rotom Pokédex. (SM002, SM003)
* arrives in the Alola region, having been assigned by to capture the region's unique Pokémon. (SM003)
* Ash meets Lana's sisters, Harper and Sarah, for the first time. (SM005)
* Samson Oak gives Ash and his classmates an , which Lillie agrees to take care of. (SM008)
* Lillie's phobia of Pokémon is slightly explained as she gained the trauma from an experience with her that she doesn't remember. (SM008)
* Ash meets the kahuna of Melemele Island, Hala, for the first time. (SM009)
* Ash visits Akala Island for the first time, and meets Kiawe's family. (SM011)
* Team Rocket decides to make 's den their base of operations in Alola. (SM012)
* The Egg Lillie received, which she has nicknamed Snowy, hatches into an . (SM013)
* Team Rocket completes the construction of their base in Bewear's den. (SM018)
* Ash meets Sophocles's family for the first time. (SM019)
* Team Rocket encounters Team Skull for the first time, and fight for a Darkinium Z, which Team Rocket take for themselves. (SM025)
* Ash meets for the first time. (SM027)
* Lillie is reunited with Gladion. (SM027)
* Lillie becomes able to touch Pikachu. (SM030)
* Ash, Lana, Lillie, Mallow, and Sophocles meet Olivia, the Akala Island kahuna, for the first time. (SM031)
* Ash and his classmates travel to Akala Island along with Olivia and Professor Kukui. (SM031 - SM037)
** Olivia converts Lana's Sparkling Stone into a Z-Ring and gives it back to her. (SM033)
** Olivia informs Ash that his Rockruff will evolve soon. (SM036)
** Ash, his classmates, and Professor Kukui leave Akala Island and return to Melemele Island. (SM037)
* Ash and his classmates travel to Kanto for an extracurricular activity and arrive in Pallet Town. (SM042 - SM043)
** Ash reunites with and , while Lana, Kiawe, Lillie, Mallow, and Sophocles meet Misty, Brock, , and for the first time. (SM042)
** Brock and Misty are revealed to have obtained a Key Stone each, while Brock is revealed to have obtained a Steelixite and Misty is revealed to have obtained a Gyaradosite. (SM043)
** Professor Kukui reveals that he intends to establish a Pokémon League in Alola. (SM043)
** Ash, his classmates, Professor Kukui, Samson Oak, and Team Rocket return to Alola, followed by a . (SM043)
===Party changes===
====Additions====
* Jessie's Mimikyu (SM004)
* Ash's Rowlet (SM004)
* James's Mareanie (SM012)
* Lillie's Vulpix (SM014)
* Ash's Rockruff (SM015)
* Ash's Litten (SM021)
* Sophocles's Charjabug (SM026)
* Kiawe's Marowak (SM034)
=====Other=====
* Kiawe's Charizard (obtained prior to SM001)
* Lana's Popplio (obtained prior to SM001)
* Kiawe's Turtonator (obtained prior to SM001)
* Sophocles's Togedemaru (obtained prior to SM001)
* Mallow's Bounsweet (obtained prior to SM001)
====Evolutions====
* Mallow's → (SM018)
* Ash's → (SM037)
====Other====
The following Pokémon are left at 's :
* Ash's Talonflame (prior to SM001)
* Ash's Hawlucha (prior to SM001)
* Ash's Noivern (prior to SM001)
The following Pokémon are left at :
* Jessie's Gourgeist (prior to SM003)
* James's Inkay (prior to SM003)
===Trials===
The following take place:
 		 	
grand trial 		Prior to SM001	Firium Z
Verdant Cavern trial		SM009 	Normalium Z
grand trial 		SM010 	Electrium ZFrom
Brooklet Hill trial 		SM033 	Waterium Z
Lush Jungle trial 		SM035 	Grassium Z
grand trial 		SM036 	Rockium Z
==Episodes==
Epicode	Episode Title 	#
SM001 	Alola to New Adventure! 	1
SM002 	The Guardian's Challenge! 	2
SM003 	Loading the Dex! 	3
SM004 	First Catch in Alola, Ketchum-Style!	4
SM005 	Yo, Ho, Ho! Go, Popplio! 	5
SM006 	A Shocking Grocery Run! 	6
SM007 	That's Why the Litten is a Scamp! 	7
SM008 	Lillie's Egg-xhilarating Challenge! 	8
SM009 	To Top a Totem! 	9
SM010 	Trial and Tribulation! 	10
SM011 	Young Kiawe Had a Farm! 	11
SM012 	The Sun, the Scare, the Secret Lair!	12
SM013 	Racing to a Big Event! 	13
SM014 	Getting to Know You! 	14
SM015 	Rocking Clawmark Hill! 	15
SM016 	They Might Not Be Giants! 	16
SM017 	Crystal-Clear Sleuthing! 	17
SM018 	A Seasoned Search! 	18
SM019 	A Guardian Rematch! 	19
SM020 	Partner Promises! 	20
SM021 	One Journey Ends, Another Begins... 	21
SM022 	A Shivering Shovel Search! 	22
SM023 	Getting the Band Back Together! 	23
SM024 	Alolan Open House! 	24
SM025 	A Team-on-Team Tussle! 	25
SM026 	So Long, Sophocles! 	26
SM027 	A Glaring Rivalry! 	27
SM028 	Pulling Out the Pokémon Base Pepper!	28
SM029 	Lulled to La-La Land! 	29
SM030 	The Ol' Raise and Switch! 	30
SM031 	The Island Whisperer! 	31
SM032 	Treasure Hunt, Akala Style! 	32
SM033 	Big Sky, Small Fry! 	33
SM034 	A Crowning Moment of Truth! 	34
SM035 	Currying Favor and Flavor! 	35
SM036 	Trials and Determinations! 	36
SM037 	Rising from the Ruins! 	37
SM038 	Mimikyu Unmasked! 	38
SM039 	Mallow and the Forest Teacher! 	39
SM040 	Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!	40
SM041 	Mounting an Electrifying Charge! 	41
SM042 	Alola, Kanto! 	42
SM043 	When Regions Collide! 	43
 	 	
==Home video releases==
===North American DVD releases===
===Australian DVD releases===
==Trivia==
* This is the first season to air on Disney XD in .
* This is the final season that Kayzie Rogers lends her voice to; she voiced Mimey in the first episode before retiring.
* This season marks the return of the dub in , breaking its eight-year hiatus after the airing of DP157.
==In other languages==
==External links==
* Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon page at Pokemon.com
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