Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon · Sun & Moon arc
SM003 · Loading the Dex!
よロトしく、ボク、ロトム図鑑ロト!
Synopsis
What happens.
TRT lands at an airport in the Alola region, being on assignment by Giovanni to capture the resident Pokémon. At Professor Kukui's house, he hands the Pokédex to Ash. They head into Kukui's laboratory, where Ash is greeted by a Rotom that is venturing around.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's SM003 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · SM001-SM043
Sun & Moon.
Ash transfers to Pokémon School. Picks Litten; befriends Rockruff. Island Challenge concept introduced as a Pokédex-equivalent quest.
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Who appears.
Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.
More from this arc
Other episodes in Sun & Moon.
Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.