Synopsis

Ash and Pikachu encounter Litten once more, but this time an unsettling distress clings to its companion, the aging Stoutland. Ash gently carries Stoutland to the Pokémon Center, where he, Pikachu, and Rotom-Dex learn the grim truth: Stoutland is fading. In a desperate bid, Litten and Stoutland flee the Center, returning to the familiar riverside. There, under the cloak of night, Stoutland passes away. Overwhelmed by grief, Litten refuses solace from anyone. Eventually, having wrestled with his