Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon · Sun & Moon arc
SM035 · Currying Favor and Flavor!
カレーなバトル! ラランテスの舞!!
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash is ready for his battle against Olivia, but to his astonishment, every time he throws a Poké Ball, it fails to release the Pokémon inside and drops down ineffectively.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's SM035 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.