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

SM019 · A Guardian Rematch!

電撃猛特訓! カプ・コケコとの再戦!!

US air. 2017-07-01 JP air. 2017-03-23 Season. Sun & Moon (S20) Position. Episode 19 of 146 in Sun & Moon

Synopsis

What happens.

At the Pokémon School, Ash and Rockruff are in the middle of a battle against Hiroki and his Mudbray. Mudbray blocks Rockruff's Rock Throw with its Double Kick. His classmates watch from the sidelines as the battle continues and Ash powers up to use Breakneck Blitz.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's SM019 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 · 13

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.