Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon · Sun & Moon arc

SM007 · That's Why the Litten Is a Scamp!

市場の風来坊ニャビー!

US air. 2017-05-17 JP air. 2016-12-15 Season. Sun & Moon (S20) Position. Episode 7 of 146 in Sun & Moon

Synopsis

What happens.

Ash leaves Professor Kukui's house for the Pokémon School with Pikachu and Rotom. Along the way, they spot a Pokémon, which Rotom informs is a Litten and states he remembers meeting Litten before.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's SM007 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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Pokémon featured · 20

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.