April 13th: SM22 - Beware of Shovels!!!

[Cat's Eye Draco]

Sandygast is a beach based pokemon. Lana could very well get it. We have always seen that even a type specialist trainer catches many pokemon which don't have their preferred typing. Look at brock, iris, clemont. They all caught pokemon which were not rock, dragon or electric respectively.

To be fair, though, both Brock and Clemont had goals outside of being "type specialists". When Brock left his gym he wanted to be first a breeder and then a doctor, and Clemont, while he did state that he wanted to be "an electric type trainer like the world had never seen", seemed to be more interested in inventing things than in his gym leader status. That's the whole reason he built Clembot: so that he'd have more time for inventing things and wouldn't have to be answering challenges all the time. None of these interests (becoming a breeder, inventor, etc.) require any specific type of Pokemon to pursue, although some types would, admittedly, be more useful than others.

Iris, on the other hand, did not have any major interests or goals outside of being a dragon master, but she did have an ongoing problem of her Pokemon disobeying her, and Excadrill and Emolga kind of played into that problem, I guess. (It's been ages since BW, so I might be remembering wrong.)

Lana, however, has a very specific goal of wanting to travel the ocean in a bubble, which neither Sandygast nor Palossand would seem to be of any help with, and she hasn't been shown to have any ongoing problem (as of yet) that it would help or play into, either. Such a problem or a way it could be useful to her goal could always be introduced in the episode (you never know, especially with no summary to go on), but at the moment I really don't see Lana catching one.

 

[RileyXY1]

I like the idea of Ash catching Sandyghast. It's a Pokemon whose archetype Ash doesn't usually get, and he will finally get a Ghost-type.

 

[Frozocrone]

That'd be really nice if he ended up staying at someones place for a while on Akala Island. It'd be better than Ash waking up every episode and us having to see him get over there and back, but not really an issue since theres a bunch of ways they could do it.

Why not Hano Grand Resort (coincidentally it's also where Sandygast is found)

 

[AuraChannelerChris]

Wait.

DID SOMEBODY SAY SHOVELS.



(Really enjoyed his debut episode back then).

Ash catching sandygast

For god's sake, you don't have to win leagues or catch 'em all to be a Pokemon Master!

Alternatively, it's like everyone wants him to catch 'em all.

 

[Jangobadass]

NOOOO! NOT SHOVELS!!!

 

[Pokegirl Fan~]

Anyone wanna bet that Team Rocket will try a pitfall trap some time in this episode?

 

[Satomine Night]

Anyone wanna bet that Team Rocket will try a pitfall trap some time in this episode?

I suppose it would only be appropriate for Team Rocket to dig a pitfall trap in an episode about shovels.

 

[Golden_Latias]

So based on the title I'm assuming Ash isn't leaving for Akala anytime soon. Unless Olivia appears in the episode right after

We don't know what's going to happen in SM23 or 24, though. For all we know, this is just a filler, and something will happen soon after.

Tapu Lele isn't floating through the sky in SM20 for nothing, after all.

 

[Mike999246]

Probably just another Pokemon of the day episode or whatever featuring . I doubt anything major will happen here but it'd be interesting if perhaps (if it doesn't already know one) Litten learns a dark type move, or atleast we get to see Ash's team get some training


I have no clue where the heck everyone's getting the idea that this'll be a capture episode though....

 

[Mike999246]

I don't think ash would catch sandygast. May be a lana capture?

Nope, not a Lana capture, I highly doubt it.


If anything, Lana will catch a Wishiwashi (hopefully soon before the water trial, unless she catches the Totem one), that'll get a mini arc about it learning how to use its Schooling ability in battle and control its form

 

[CMButch]

Unlikely but inb4: James catches Sandygast and Jessie catches Bewear(finally).If they do catch them, then I think these would be the last SM episode where TR catch something. They often have 3-2 on team( not counting Meowth).

 

[Rock Captain 99]

To be fair, though, both Brock and Clemont had goals outside of being "type specialists". When Brock left his gym he wanted to be first a breeder and then a doctor, and Clemont, while he did state that he wanted to be "an electric type trainer like the world had never seen", seemed to be more interested in inventing things than in his gym leader status. That's the whole reason he built Clembot: so that he'd have more time for inventing things and wouldn't have to be answering challenges all the time. None of these interests (becoming a breeder, inventor, etc.) require any specific type of Pokemon to pursue, although some types would, admittedly, be more useful than others.

Iris, on the other hand, did not have any major interests or goals outside of being a dragon master, but she did have an ongoing problem of her Pokemon disobeying her, and Excadrill and Emolga kind of played into that problem, I guess. (It's been ages since BW, so I might be remembering wrong.)

Lana, however, has a very specific goal of wanting to travel the ocean in a bubble, which neither Sandygast nor Palossand would seem to be of any help with, and she hasn't been shown to have any ongoing problem (as of yet) that it would help or play into, either. Such a problem or a way it could be useful to her goal could always be introduced in the episode (you never know, especially with no summary to go on), but at the moment I really don't see Lana catching one.

See, it is not necessary that every pokemon that is being caught by a trainer helps in accomplishing the trainers goal. Ok, look at brock only. He wanted to be a breeder, not a type specialist. Now how a zubat helped him being a breeder. It just simply caught it. Same thing with other pokemon he caught.

I agree, sandygast cannot fulfill the goal of lana. I am not saying that lana would surely catch it. It's just like she could have it. May be the sandygast wants to travel underwater too, but can't because its ground type. Popplio's bubble could help it.(its not gonna happen though). I mean ash caught rockruff because rockruff wanted to become stronger. The case could very well be similar here.

 

[Spyro39]

I have no clue where the heck everyone's getting the idea that this'll be a capture episode though....

The same reasons why fans thought Ash was going to catch a shiny Phantump in XYZ...

 

[Nerdy McNerdface]

Imagine if this episode involved very character who has used a shovel in the anime returning for no reason...

I think I might enjoy this episode from these speculations. It would be interesting to see if one of the other class members (possibly Kiawe) has a hidden fear of ghosts, and then that'd shape up to be a running gag or something.

 

[Cat's Eye Draco]

See, it is not necessary that every pokemon that is being caught by a trainer helps in accomplishing the trainers goal. Ok, look at brock only. He wanted to be a breeder, not a type specialist. Now how a zubat helped him being a breeder. It just simply caught it. Same thing with other pokemon he caught.

By giving him experience in raising different kinds of Pokemon, which is one of the main things that breeders do.

I mean, there's more to Pokemon breeding than just, well, breeding Pokemon and taking care of the eggs. You have to take care of and raise the Pokemon that hatch from those eggs, and by that point Brock had only really taken care of rock types. Zubat helped his goal by giving him personal experience taking care of and raising both poison and flying types, experience he wouldn't have gotten if he'd only stuck to rock types.

 

[Red and Blue]

I'm surprised so many people think this will be a capture episode. Especially since the previous episode is likely to already be a capture one

 

[Rock Captain 99]

By giving him experience in raising different kinds of Pokemon, which is generally what breeders are depicted doing.

I mean, there's more to Pokemon breeding than just, well, breeding Pokemon and taking care of the eggs. You have to take care of and raise the Pokemon that hatch from those eggs, and by that point Brock only had significant experience with rock types. Zubat helped his goal by giving him experience taking care of and raising both poison and flying types, experience he wouldn't have gotten if he'd only stuck to rock types.

Ok.. i agree.. but do you think lana caught popplio just to fulfill her bubble dream. Or whether she was even thinking of making bubbles and travelling under the sea when she rescued the popplio from team skull?

 

[Zoruagible]

James will catch it and it and Mareanie will compete for James affection

Ugh, no thanks. I want James to have another Pokemon more than anyone, but one gag mon is enough on his team. Not all of his Pokemon need to display affection.
And that's the only thing this Pokemon would be.... a sand version of Ash's Muk. He needs something unique.... like a Minior that changes its color depending on its mood

 

[Cat's Eye Draco]

Ok.. i agree.. but do you think lana caught popplio just to fulfill her bubble dream. Or whether she was even thinking of making bubbles and travelling under the sea when she rescued the popplio from team skull?

Not at all. But the thing is, she had a reason to catch Popplio. She rescued it and bonded with it. Like I said in my first post, this could easily change once we get a summary, but at the moment we have no indication that anything similar will happen with Sandygast, or even that Lana will have more than a passing role in the episode, actually.

 

[AuraChannelerChris]

I'm surprised so many people think this will be a capture episode. Especially since the previous episode is likely to already be a capture one

It's like they want another repeat of BW Ash's unnecessarily large roster.