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Pokemon Sun and Moon Series Episode Guide

In honor of the Sun and Moon series finishing 4 years ago, I have made a complete watch guide for the series. Have you never seen the show and want to? Trying to rewatch an episode but can’t remember the number? This guide has it all! This guide also has episodes noted as “filler” in case the episode count is a large commitment (I would recommend watching all the episodes but I get it). There is a notes section at the end where I detail some of the choices I made regarding the guide as well. If you have any questions, feel free to ask!

Bold = “Plot” episodes. What I consider as “plot” episodes are new captures and evolutions for Ash’s team, story episodes, AND character focuses. Character focuses include pokemon evolving, new captures, Z crystals, and episodes FULLY centered around any of the Alola companions(Lillie, Kiawe, Lana, Mallow, and Sophocles) as well as Team Rocket

Italicized = Episodes that don’t fall under as “plot”. Generally, these episodes establish something new to the series that is frequently referenced back to, so watch them. If you are curious about what it establishes, feel free to ask.

Not bolded = “Filler” episodes, generally skippable episodes that exist on their own.

SM1 - Start of PEAK

SM2 - Ash goes to school and Tapu Koko is here too

SM3 - Rotom debut and Team Rocket arrives

SM4 - Ash meets Rowlet

SM5 - Lana is in charge of a class

SM6 - Ash and Sophocles get stuck in a mall

SM7 - Ash encounters Litten again

SM8 - Lillie is in charge of a Pokemon Egg

SM9 - Mele Mele Trial

SM10 - Mele Mele Grand Trial

SM11 - Ash visits Kiawe’s home

SM12 - Ash and friends go to the beach, so does Team Rocket

SM13 - Pancake race competition

SM14 - Lillie’s Egg hatches

SM15 - Ash and Kukui find out Rockruff’s secret

SM16 - Rowlet and Popplio get separated from their Trainers

SM17 - Ash’s Z Crystal goes missing

SM18 - Ash and Mallow look for a rare ingredient

SM19 - Tapu Koko rematch

SM20 - Ash and Pikachu’s Promise

SM21 - The stray Stoutland gets sick

SM22 - Ash and Litten get stuck in a Palossand

SM23 - Ash and friends go to a Dugtrio concert

SM24 - Delia visits for the Open House

SM25 - Team Rocket vs Team Skull

SM26 - Sophocles moves away

SM27 - Gladion debuts

SM28 - Ash and friends try baseball

SM29 - Camping that turns weird

SM30 - Pokemon partner swap

SM31 - The class heads to Akala Island (Start of Akala Arc)

SM32 - Stoutland searching competition

SM33 - Lana’s Trial

SM34 - An Alolan Marowak causes chaos

SM35 - Ash’s Akala Trial

SM36 - Akala Grand Trial

SM37 - Rockruff goes missing (End of Akala Arc)

SM38 - Mimikyu’s mask rips

SM39 - Mallow runs away from home

SM40 - Lana becomes an apprentice

SM41 - Sophocles enters a Charjabug race

SM42 - Kanto Field Trip (Part 1)

SM43 - Kanto Field Trip (Part 2)

SM44 - Ash finds Cosmog (Start of Nebby Arc)

SM45 - Nebby teleporting shenanigans

SM46 - Ash and friends go to Aether Paradise

SM47 - Ash encounters Gladion again

SM48 - Ash and friends have a sleepover

SM49 - Lillie tries to get her memories back

SM50 - Faba strikes back

SM51 - Lillie and Gladion run away

SM52 - Nebby Arc Climax Part 1

SM53 - Nebby Arc Climax Part 2

SM54 - Nebby Arc Climax Part 3

SM55 - Alolan wedding (End of Nebby Arc)

SM56 - Jigglypuff Shenanigans

SM57 - Rotom jumps between different forms, would recommend to watch

SM58 - Mareanie sees her ex

SM59 - Lana and Mallow reminisce how they met

SM60 - Lillie joins a sledding competition

SM61 - Ultra Guardians Introduction ft. Buzzwole

SM62 - Team Rocket meets an Alolan Meowth

SM63 - Ash meets Royal Mask

SM64 - Ash joins a Passimian team (This episode is not available in the dub, if watching the dub subtract 1 from future episode numbers)

SM65 - Ilima is back at the Pokemon school

SM66 - The better pokemon ping pong episode

SM67 - Ash meets Poipole (Start of Poipole Arc)

SM68 - Ash and friends become nurses; would recommend to watch

SM69 - Sophocles finds a buried Celesteela

SM70 - Kiawe fights against the tourism industry

SM71 - A Dewpider falls in love with Lana (Lana centric, NOT a focus)

SM72 - Mallow’s brother returns home

SM73 - Team Rocket head to Ula Ula to find the Island Kahuna

SM74 - Ash arrives at Ula Ula (Start of Ula Ula Arc)

SM75 - Ash and his team train with Tapu Bulu

SM76 - Ula Ula Trial

SM77 - Ula Ula Grand Trial (End of Ula Ula Arc)

SM78 - Xurkitree and Blacephalon boom boom crackle showdown

SM79 - The class visits Molayne’s Observatory

SM80 - Ash and friends get separated in a cave

SM81 - Ash and Torracat team up with Royal Mask

SM82 - Mallow and the students do a dance assignment

SM83 - Faba’s device shrinks Ash, Lillie, and Sophocles

SM84 - Ash and Poipole meet Mina

SM85 - Stakataka causes chaos

SM86 - Poipole Arc Climax Part 1

SM87 - Poipole Arc Climax Part 2

SM88 - Poipole Arc Climax Part 3

SM89 - Poipole Arc Climax Part 4

SM90 - Poipole Arc Climax Part 5 (End of Poipole Arc)

SM91 - Ash and friends go to a Pikachu valley

SM92 - Royal Mask holds an handshake event and Burnet wants to go

SM93 - The students put on a play; this episode starts the Eevee segments that need to be watched for a future “plot” episode

SM94 - Acerola helps the students make a haunted house for Lana’s sisters

SM95 - Ultra Guardian mission without the Ultra Beast

SM96 - Team Rocket attempts to steal Pokemon at Aether Paradise, a Stufful interferes

SM97 - Ash meets Hau

SM98 - Ash and Rotom argue and are extremely OOC, but please skim and watch the Lillie and Ash convo only it’s very cute and will be referenced in a future plot episode, as well as watching the Eevee segment

SM99 - Eevee gets into trouble (End of Eevee segments)

SM100 - Ash gets stuck in an another world (Part 1)

SM101 - Ash gets stuck in an another world (Part 2)

SM102 - Misty and Brock arrive at Alola

SM103 - The duality of Brock’s character

SM104 - The class heads to Poni Island to do their research projects (Start of Poni Arc)

SM105 - Ash V Gladion Poni Edition

SM106 - Lana and Sophocles do their research projects

SM107 - Kiawe and Mallow do their research projects

SM108 - A mist appears allowing some classmates to see deceased loved ones

SM109 - Poni Grand Trial (End of Poni Arc)

SM110 - Golfing shenanigans with Kahili

SM111 - Ash and friends discover Meltan

SM112 - Rowlet helps Meltan

SM113 - Ash and friends go to a TV Studio, would recommend to watch

SM114 - Pheromosa steals Z crystals, would recommend to watch

SM115 - The Alola League is announced, much to Guzma’s dismay

SM116 - Lillie and Gladion learn more about Mohn

SM117 - Shaymin, Meltan, and Sandy go missing

SM118 - Ash and the students go to Malie Gym

SM119 - Sophocles enters a Vikavolt race

SM120 - Lana finds a Kyogre

SM121 - Mallow helps Oranguru’s cafe

SM122 - Matori visits Team Rocket

SM123 - The students train for the Alola League

SM124 - Kartana cuts everything

SM125 - Ash meets a young Kukui

SM126 - Ash’s Team Shenanigans during previous episode

SM127 - The students train more and Gladion searches for Mohn’s Pokemon

SM128 - Start of Alola League Arc

SM129 - League Battle Royal

SM130 - Alola League First Round

SM131 - Quarter Finals Part 1

SM132 - Quarter Finals Part 2

SM133 - Quarter Finals Part 3

SM134 - Quarter Finals Part 4+Semi Finals Part 1

SM135 - Semi Finals Part 2

SM136 - Semi Finals Part 3

SM137 - Semi Finals Part 4

SM138 - Finals Part 1

SM139 - Finals Part 2

SM140 - League Crisis

SM141 - Exhibition Match Part 1

SM142 - Exhibition Match Part 2

SM143 - Exhibition Match Part 3

SM144 - Exhibition Match Part 4

SM145 - Series Wrap Up

SM146 - Finale

Bonus:

…and if you want more Alola content, the following series, Pokemon Journeys, features 5 episodes based around the Sun and Moon series. Lillie’s final arc gets completed in this series as well, so after finishing Sun and Moon I would recommend watching JN111 in particular to wrap her arc up as well as JN112 because it’s basically just a love letter to the Sun and Moon series.

JN37 - Ash comes back to Alola for the first time in Journeys

JN76 - Ash heads to Alola again, Team Rocket goes to Alola for the first time in Journeys

JN96 - Ash and Goh meet Sophocles in Hoenn

JN111 - Lillie, Gladion, and Lusamine find Mohn

JN112 - Continuation of JN111, everyone reunites with each other at Alola

Notes:

“Filler” and “plot” are noted as such because in my opinion there is no such thing as a filler episode in the Pokemon anime. The term is not applicable to something like the Pokemon anime as there is no true source material. I just use the term to describe episodes that you can skip as they aren’t referenced again.

I opted to be vague about the climaxes in the Nebby Arc, Poipole Arc, and the entirety of the League Arc because explaining anything gives a major spoiler.

I count a single arc as a narrative thread with a clear start and end that lasts for multiple episodes. In the cases of the 3 islands, the end of the arc is the Grand Trial. For what I call the Nebby and Poipole Arc, there is a clear first episode and last episode of the arc.

While the Ultra Guardian missions can come across as not “plot”, I consider them necessary watches because they are tied to the Poipole Arc and to a lesser extent worldbuilding. However any Ultra Guardian mission after the Poipole arc is completed aren’t considered as “plot” in my opinion

Any “filler” episode with the note “would recommend to watch”, are just fun episodes in my opinion. Notably, SM57 has some amazing animation work and SM114 has an amazing battle in it.

This was inspired by @/gifmourningu precure episode guides

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