Master Pikachu 11
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Wow way to completely misunderstand what I'm saying, okay let me be clear here, yes Lillie is bonding with a Alolan Sandshrew in episode 80 which is focus on them however there is no confirmation yet that Alolan Sandslash is going to debut in episode 80, what I'm saying if Lillie does not capture the Alolan Sandshrew, and/or the Alolan Sandshrew doesn't evolve in episode 80 or is hinted in episode 80 to return in a later episode then that wouldn't rule out Ash getting a Alolan Sandslash.
I'm not saying that oh there is going to make another episode focus on a different Alolan Sandshrew, but if the Alolan Sandshrew is a pokemon of the day in episode 80 and it doesn't evolve into Alolan Sandslash then there is no reason why a wild Alolan Sandslash could debut in a future episode and bond with and get caught by Ash. Because if the Alolan Sandshrew that is appearing in episode 80 is a pokemon of the day that's not going to evolve into Alolan Sandslash then it doesn't matter if Lillie bonds with it or not because that doesn't prevent Ash from getting a Alolan Sandslash because the pokemon Lillie bond with was a Alolan Sandshrew and not a Alolan Sandslash.
Of course if Lillie does catch Alolan Sandshrew or it evolves into Alolan Sandslash or it's hinted that Lillie will wind up seeing it again in a future episode then of course that would mean that Ash wouldn't get a Alolan Sandslash however if the Alolan Sandshrew is just a pokemon of the day and doesn't evolve into Alolan Sandslash then there is no reason why that would prevent Alolan Sandslash from getting a focus episode in the future where Ash could catch a Alolan Sandslash.
Also as for the cases of Dewpider and Morelull, in Dewpider's case it was specifically hinted at the end of it's episode that we are probably going to see it again in a future episode which could easily lead into it being caught by Lana, where as Morelull was just a pokemon of the day that evolved into a Shiinotic. Well have to see how episode 80 turns out while it's possible that Lillie will catch Alolan Sandshrew or that it will evolve during the episode into a Alolan Sandslash neither of those things are guaranteed to happen, and before you try to say that "oh well the Ice Stone is going to be in the episode so that means it has to be used on Alolan Sandshrew", while it's true that Alolan Sandshrew evolves via an Ice don't forget that it's not the only pokemon that evolves via an Ice Stone that is going to be present in the episode consider Lillie's Alolan Vulpix is going to be there and no matter how unlikely you think it is that Lillie's Alolan Vulpix would evolve during the episode, it's something that can't be ruled out.
So if when episode 80 airs if Lillie doesn't catch the Alolan Sandshrew and/or it doesn't evolve into a Alolan Sandslash and/or it's not hinted to return in a future episode then that would mean that Ash getting a Alolan Sandslash would still be a possibility and to make this clear I'm not saying that Ash is going to get a Alolan Sandshrew I'm saying that it's possible that Ash could find a wild Alolan Sandslash and catch it.
Alright I did misunderstand but still that would be like let’s Serena bonding with a Noibat and then another episode Noivern appears and Ash captures the wild Noivern it’s still the same Pokémon line but different evolutions, which I still don’t see it happening even though it still could