Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon · Sun & Moon arc
SM022 · A Shivering Shovel Search!
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Synopsis
What happens.
Down on the beach, Ash is helping Litten master Fire Fang with Kiawe and Turtonator, but with no success. Later, Pikachu and Rockruff are playing when Pikachu spots something in the sand.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's SM022 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.