"We're home!" "Hey, Rockruff?" "Maybe Rockruff went out." "Hold on, Ash." "Your backpack..." "Yeah, almost forgot!" "Hey!" "There you are, Rockruff..." "Hey, what happened to you?" "!" "Let me see..." "Scrapes, claw marks, scratch marks..." "It even has burns!" "Come on..." "Show me." "It's going to sting a little bit." "You think maybe Rockruff was in a fight..." "I told you." "You were supposed to stay in the house while we were gone." "♪ I could get used to this heat on my skin ♪" "♪ I can feel every day I'm a little bit stronger ♪" "♪ I only wish each day was longer ♪" "♪ Yeah!" "We're having fun in the sun ♪" "♪ week after week ♪" "♪ It's just like we're on vacation ♪" "♪ Yeah!" "♪" "♪ Now our journey's begun, Friends 'til the end ♪" "♪ Number one's our destination ♪" "♪ Under the Alolan sun ♪ *POKEMON Sun  Moon (DUBBED)*" "♪ Pokémon!" "♪ *POKEMON Sun  Moon (DUBBED)* Season 20 Episode 15" "♪♪" "♪♪ Title: "Rocking Clawmark Hill"" "That's what happened." "But if this has been an ongoing problem, then why doesn't Professor Kukui make sure Rockruff stays inside its" "Poké Ball?" "See, Rockruff isn't really the professor's Pokémon." " Huh!" " Huh!" "It isn't?" "That's what he said." "One day Rockruff just followed him back home after he gave it some Pokémon food." "So Rockruff is wild?" "I assumed it was his Pokémon all along." "Me, too." "Rockruff's completely attached to Professor Kukui." "You see, Rockruff have quite a reputation for being genuine people-friendly Pokémon." "Rockruff." "The Puppy Pokémon." "A Rock type." "Rockruff have lived with humans since ancient times." "They train themselves by running around." "So training may be why it got hurt!" "Training did that?" "I'll bet I know what's going on." "Yeah, maybe" "Rockruff's getting close to evolving." "Evolving?" "Rockruff evolves into Lycanroc, which has two different forms based on when it evolves." "It evolves into Midday form Lycanroc during the day and Midnight Form Lycanroc during the night." "Wow..." "What it looks like depends on when Rockruff evolves!" "Furthermore, when it gets close to evolving," "Rockruff's temperament becomes more aggressive, and it tends to act more independent." "It's common for it to disappear and then return after it has evolved." "We're home!" "Awesome!" "You were good and stayed here today." "Don't forget, rubbing against you is the way" "Rockruff show affection." "The more they like you, the harder they will rub, so a Trainer must Bide their time." "Whadda-ya know." "You're home already!" "I was worried about Rockruff." "Look at this, Ash." "I installed cameras everywhere." "I'd like to have these video files for further data." "Wonder if it always waits for us to get home like that." "But, now for the interesting part." "And this is a few hours later, half an hour before I got home." "It's just like what happened before!" "Where did you go, what were you up to?" "See you later, Rockruff!" "Watch the house while we're gone, okay?" "Professor, what's that?" "It's Rockruff's playmate." "Let's hit it!" "Wow, Rockruff's so gentle!" "What's going on?" "I'm not quite sure." "It's a new one on me." "I've left that toy before, but it's never acted like this!" "Ah!" "It's glowing!" "We should follow it." "Wait a sec!" "Just up ahead..." "They're Lycanroc!" "It's a Midday Form and a Midnight Form Lycanroc to boot!" "This is a very curious situation indeed..." "I knew it." "We're looking at Clawmark Hill!" "Claw Mark Hill?" "A Rock Throw and an Accelerock?" "!" "This is incredible!" "That was Counter!" "The Midnight Form's preferred battling style is to take its opponent's attacks and then land a decisive blow!" "This is no time to be amazed." "I must record this!" "Where's Rockruff?" "Over there!" "It's all making sense to me now!" "Wait!" "We know why Rockruff got hurt, but what matters most is what Rockruff wants, so let's watch things a little bit longer and see what happens." "Yeah, let's see..." "Look at those two!" "Professor!" "Not just yet." "Patience." "But..." "What's that?" "!" "It means Rockruff's about to use a move!" ""Who's that Pokémon?"" ""It's Lycanroc!" Midday Form." "Rockruff got hit!" "You can see the difference in their strengths." "Professor, what's going on?" "Well, they're not fighting." "They're actually training." "Magmar isn't defeating all the other" "Pokémon simply for show." "This is a place where humans mustn't get in the way." "It's very much like a Pokémon dojo!" "So Rockruff has been working on moves here." "It makes me want to gather data all the more!" "Rockruff!" "Rockruff, how you doing?" "You're amazing!" "You were so cool, on all those strong taking Pokémon!" "Rockruff, wasn't this glowing a while ago?" "The professor said that means you were getting ready to use a move." "Hey, would you like to do some training you and me together?" "To learn a new move?" "Pikachu will help, too!" "But Ash, why would you go through all that trouble?" "I'm not sure that I'd call it trouble." "I just wanna help" "Rockruff!" "That's reason enough!" "Reason enough?" "!" "Wait." "I think I understand your offer." "So, what do you say?" "You'll learn an awesome move, and then you'll beat that Magmar!" "If I had to guess, I'd say Rockruff is attempting to learn Rock Throw." "Rock Throw?" "Ya think?" "Yeah." "Rock Throw's one of the most basic" "Rock-type Pokémon moves." "It's a move that shoots rocks at its opponent." "And it's especially effective against Magmar, a Fire type." "Got it!" "Okay, Rockruff!" "Concentrate your power right here." "And then you do this!" "Now wasn't that awesome?" "And you can do it, too!" "Think back." "You were determined not to lose." "Then, this started to glow." "Whenever we're in the middle of a battle and we get a little down, then it's time to pump ourselves back up!" "We scream LOUD!" "Then we turn our power up to ten!" "Right, Pikachu?" "I'm not certain that explanation was understandable enough..." "You know what I mean, right?" "All you gotta do is hit it hard and hit it real loud!" "Pikachu, get in on this!" "All right, part one of our training is to power up so you can really rock that new move!" "Let's run!" "Rowlet, you're gonna get left behind, you know..." "Is this strategy going to work?" "It's not the norm." "But still," "I do like Ash's style." "But I can't seem to find any logical basis for success." "It'll be fine." "It's all about spirit." "Did you see Ash's eyes, Rotom?" "Ash's eyes?" "He was using his eyes to communicate through" "Rockruff's eyes." "Not by using words, but by using his heart." "Watch Pikachu's movements closely..." "One, two, one, two, one, two, one, two, One, two, one," "Using his heart?" "Undecipherable." "Turtonator, Flamethrower, let's GO!" "Wow..." "Nice dodge!" "Did you see that?" "That's how you dodge it." "All you've gotta do with Flamethrower is dodge." "Guess that's one way, but still..." "All right, Kiawe, one more time!" "Flamethrower again!" "Now shake it with more energy!" "It's like, "wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, wiggle, YEAH!"" "All right, Rockruff, I want you to come at me!" "Faster, FASTER!" "Okay," "Yeah!" "You're doing really great, Rockruff!" "Are you sure that's a good thing?" "Making yourself a target is weird..." "That's too reckless for me." "Yeah." "Doesn't that hurt?" "It had to." "How could it not?" "Great, Rockruff!" "One more time!" "All right!" "You did it, Rockruff!" "You just learned Rock Throw!" "Now you can battle with everything you've got!" "Everyone." "Have a look at this." "Lycanroc?" "Now look at Rockruff's eyes." "So is that how you wanna be?" "Rockruff wants to be that strong!" "Makes sense to me." "Lycanroc's cool!" "Professor!" "Right." "I think it's time!" "We're really far away." "Right?" "Yeah... but we can see them, so it's fine." "Rockruff, you're doing great!" "Here it comes..." "Pikachu, It's going to use Rock Throw!" "Hope it's a good one..." "Oh no!" "All right!" "That move was super effective!" "You were amazing, Rockruff." "You know, Ash, I know you wanted to help Rockruff train, but I can't believe you pulled it off the way you did." "Well, I'm not surprised our training worked out." "Whaddaya say, Rockruff?" "That Rock Throw of yours was totally beyond awesome!" "Ash?" "At the risk of sounding selfish," "I have a suggestion." "Maybe this would be a good time to catch Rockruff." "Ah!" "Really?" "Catch you?" "Are you sure?" "You're the one who's been taking care of" "Rockruff for so long..." "No, it's totally fine." "At this point," "Rockruff has more trust in you than anybody else." "Thanks to you, Rockruff perfected Rock Throw, and that allowed it to defeat Magmar." "As far as I'm concerned, you're obviously the perfect partner." "Okay Rockruff?" "What do you say?" "I want you on my team, so let's do it!" "All right!" "I caught Rockruff!" "Come on out!" "Now, time for training, part two!" "Let's run!" "Training, parts one and two?" "But they're both exactly the same thing." "They're running, but that's just Ash's style." "I say we join them!" "Hey, wait!" "Now that Ash has caught Rockruff, it demonstrates yet again just what an unusual Trainer our hero is..." "Come on, slow down!" "as the journey continues!" "♪♪ Sync corrections - by srjanapala"