SM046

(Japanese: 変身メタモン、探すんだモン！ The Shapeshifting, Find that 'mon!) is the 46th episode of the , and the 985th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 19, 2017.

Plot
Lillie's mom invites everyone to her private island, but her assistant Faba is being creepy towards Cosmog, and Team Rocket has infiltrated the staff!

Major events

 * and visit Aether Paradise, with Ash,, , , and  visiting it for the first time.
 * Kiawe, Sophocles, Mallow, and Lana meet Lusamine, Faba, Wicke, and Professor Burnet for the first time.
 * learns about and the Ultra Beasts.

Humans

 * Jessie
 * James
 * Lusamine
 * Faba
 * Professor Burnet
 * Wicke
 * s
 * James
 * Lusamine
 * Faba
 * Professor Burnet
 * Wicke
 * s

Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: (first appears as a ) (Japan)
 * ('s; Alola Form; Snowy)
 * (Lusamine's)
 * (Professor Burnet's)
 * (Nebby)
 * (multiple; one in a fantasy)
 * (×2)
 * (×2)
 * (×5)
 * (multiple)
 * (×4)
 * (×3)
 * (×2)
 * (×2)
 * (×3, two West Sea and one East Sea)
 * (×2; silhouette)
 * (multiple)
 * (×5)
 * (×3; two in a fantasy)
 * (×3)
 * (Alola Form)
 * (×3)
 * (multiple; )
 * (multiple)
 * (×2)
 * (×5)
 * (×4)
 * (×5)
 * (×5)
 * (pictures)
 * (flashback)
 * (fantasy)
 * (Alola Form)
 * (×3)
 * (multiple; )
 * (multiple)
 * (×2)
 * (×5)
 * (×4)
 * (×5)
 * (×5)
 * (pictures)
 * (flashback)
 * (fantasy)
 * (pictures)
 * (flashback)
 * (fantasy)

Trivia

 * Poké Problem "Which Pokémon causes trouble in today's episode?"
 * Host:
 * Choices:, , ,
 * Answer: Ditto
 * and narrate the preview for the next episode.
 * The Ditto in the Who's That Pokémon? segment first appears as a before  back to its original form.
 * This is the first episode to feature music from Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel.