Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon · Sun & Moon arc
SM040 · Balloons, Brionne, and Belligerence!
アシマリ、オシャマリ、いかりのダダリン!
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash and Mallow visit Lana at her house to check on Popplio after its attempt to perform Hydro Vortex the previous day failed. Walking along the beach, Lana suspects it may have something to do with Popplio's lack of battling experience.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's SM040 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.