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Seeking Shelter from the Storm!

XY014   EP813 ぶきみな雨宿り！ニャスパーは見ていた！！ The Mysterious Rain Shelter! Nyasper is Watching!!

First broadcast Japan January 30, 2014 United States April 19, 2014

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme (Version XY) Ending

Japanese themes Opening Ｖ（ボルト） Ending Ｘ海峡Ｙ景色

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Assistant director うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Animation director 緒方厚 Atsushi Ogata No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf Dub review thread on BMGf

Seeking Shelter from the Storm! (Japanese: ぶきみな雨宿り！ニャスパーは見ていた！！ The Mysterious Rain Shelter! Nyasper is Watching!!) is the 14th episode of Pokémon the Series: XY, and the 813th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on January 30, 2014 and in the United States on April 19, 2014.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Blurb

Our heroes and Team Rocket both seek shelter from a downpour in an old, abandoned mansion. When lights come on and doors close behind them, they’re convinced the mansion is haunted—and because neither of the two groups knows the other is there, they keep scaring each other with their startled screams! When our heroes explore the house and encounter a mysterious being with glowing eyes, Ash, Serena, and Clemont are terrified—but Bonnie runs after it to find out what’s going on, and ends up making a new friend: a Psychic-type Pokémon named Espurr! She realizes that Espurr has been responsible for all the strange happenings in the house, and that it’s keeping them from leaving for some reason. Espurr shows her the lovely pendant it’s wearing, and points out the same pendant in a portrait of an older woman, but Bonnie can’t figure out what it wants.

Ash, Serena, and Clemont go searching for Bonnie and run into Team Rocket instead. They accuse each other of being responsible for the “haunting,” but when they meet up with Bonnie and Espurr, they quickly figure out what’s going on, and Meowth offers to translate for Espurr so it will let them leave the house. It seems the woman in the painting used to take care of the wild Espurr, feeding and playing with it when it came to her mansion. She even let it wear the precious pendant, a gift from her husband. But when it came back to return the pendant, the woman was gone and the house was empty. It’s been waiting in the house ever since, hoping its friend will come back for her pendant—and now it wants our heroes to help find her!

Jessie, James, and Meowth have another idea: they want to catch Espurr instead. They attack, but it quickly sends the villains blasting off again. Ash and Clemont are promising Espurr that they’ll help it find the woman who lived in the mansion when the new owner of the house arrives! Her name is Elise, and the woman who took care of Espurr was her grandmother, Lacy. She tells Espurr the sad news that Grandma Lacy passed away, and offers to take it to the cemetery so it can say goodbye to her. Elise also announces her plans to renovate the old house and move in herself, and says Espurr is welcome to come and play any time. It’s a bittersweet ending to Espurr’s long quest, as our heroes say their farewells and continue their journey to Cyllage City.

Plot

Thunder flashes and rain falls on an old mansion; inside, a painting shows an old woman wearing a green pendant. Outside the mansion, Ash and his companions are getting soaked. The run for cover underneath the mansion's porch. A thunder bolt frightens Bonnie and sends her reeling back into the door, which creaks open, and Ash suggests the group take shelter inside. Bonnie runs inside eagerly and yells hello, but no one answers, even after Clemont politely knocks. What they don't notice is that watching them from on the top of the stairs is a mysterious Pokémon, with the green pendant around its neck. After several more unanswered calls, the group deduces the mansion is probably uninhabited. Bonnie suggests that they stay for the night, and the others reluctantly agree.

Clemont insists the others, except for Bonnie, are scared only because it is dark, and goes to turn on the lights. The chandelier mysteriously lights up, to which Clemont hurriedly attempts to justify the occurrence by saying that there must be sensors that can detect human presence. The group attempts to laugh it off, but Serena suggests the place is cursed, she then covers her mouth realizing what she had just said. Ash shudders at the thought of a curse and suggests that maybe they should take shelter outside after all. Just as Clemont agrees, the door shuts and locks behind them. Clemont again uses science to explain what happened, but when Serena makes things worse when she suggests a monster might live in the mansion. Clemont decides to look for a way out, saying he can't trust what is not scientifically proven. Ash agrees and the group begins to look for an exit. Team Rocket also rush inside the mansion to escape the downpour. They soon experience the same eerie occurrences with lights suddenly beaming on and all windows and door locked tight. James has a bad feeling about it, so he tries to secure their exit back through the window, but it has locked.

In another room the travelers scream and fall over as lightning illuminates the painting of the old woman's portrait, except for Bonnie, who tells them it's only a portrait. Ash wonders if the lady pictured is the owner of the mansion, and Serena scares them all again by suggesting that the lady is already dead and a ghost, and once again she covers her mouth at the thought. Back in the window room, Team Rocket hear the group's screams and James bangs on the window, trying to get out. Ash and his friends hear the knocking. Again, when Clemont tries to apply reason to the sound, saying that it must be an antique clock, Serena again suggests it is something far more sinister. In the portrait room, Team Rocket is frightened by the same painting of the old woman. Ash's group hears their screams, which further justify their thought that the house is haunted.

Team Rocket inches along, trying to find an exit. At the end of a corridor they're passing, they see three glowing circles of light. It is an Espurr, using its telekinetic powers to play with a ball. It sends the ball flying towards Team Rocket, who take off down the hallway in fear. Ash and his friends again hear the ruckus and are about to find an exit when they too see Espurr floating down the hallway. Bonnie runs after it,and the others have no choice but to follow her. Clemont, Ash, and Serena round a corner where Bonnie had turned only to find a dead end and no one in sight; their calls are heard by Team Rocket, who are convinced it is the spirits inhabiting the house. Serena, Ash, and Clemont are looking for Bonnie when Clemont lets out a yell: he has figured out that there is probably a Psychic or Ghost Pokémon in the house, hence all the strange phenomena. However, Clemont questions why the supposed Pokémon wouldn't let them out.

In a room and alone with Espurr, Bonnie says hello and asks the Pokémon who it is and how it came to live in the mansion. Espurr floats the ball to Bonnie, who throws it back, and soon they are playing catch. On top of Bonnie's head, Dedenne attempts to catch the ball, but tumbles, and Bonnie falls forward to try and catch it. Before she hits the ground, Espurr uses its psychic powers to suspend her right above the floor and return her back to her feet. Bonnie quickly realizes that Espurr was behind the ghostly occurrences. When Boonie asks why, Espurr leads her to a playroom, where Bonnie and Espurr play together.

Looking for Bonnie, Ash and his friends follow a sound. They burst in on Team Rocket, who are wrapped in sheets and stammering in fear as they try to deliver their motto. The travelers accuse Team Rocket of making the mysterious things occur and taking Bonnie, but Team Rocket denies it and just want to get out of the mansion. Just then, they all hear a crash above them and Team Rocket, frightened, runs off. Serena, Clemont, and Ash go and check if the sound can lead them to Bonnie. In reality, the crash was the sound of a rocking horse falling over in the playroom. Dedenne asks Espurr about the green pendant it wears, and Espurr leads them to the room with the old lady's portrait; pointing out that the pendants are the same. Ash and company hear the conversation and rush in the room and find Bonnie, who shows them Espurr. She explains Espurr has been trying to tell her something the whole time, but she doesn't get it. Team Rocket comes in and offers Meowth as a translator. Espurr tells the group that it wants to give the pendant back to the old lady because it means a lot to her. The old lady had given Espurr food, a ball, and they had played many games together. One day, the old lady gave Espurr the pendant. When Espurr returned to play, it discovered that the mansion was empty. It asks where the old lady has gone. The others don't know, but Clemont decides to do some research. Team Rocket, however, don't have time for any of it, and decide to capture Espurr for themselves. Jessie and James send out Inkay and Pumpkaboo, respectively. Pumpkaboo ties Espurr up and drains its energy with Leech Seed, and Inkay follows up with Psybeam, straight towards Espurr and the heroes. Espurr uses Protect and stops the attack, also breaking its own bonds. It proceeds to pick up Team Rocket with its psychic powers and sends them flying out a window. However, Team Rocket is happy to have finally escaped the mansion.

In the morning, the rain has cleared and a car pulls up to the mansion. Ash and others promise to find the old lady as a woman steps into the room, asking if they meant Grandma Lacy. The woman introduces herself as Elise. She explains that Grandma Lacy has passed away, and stops to calm herself down. Espurr floats the pendant over to her, and Elise is startled to see her grandmother's favorite pendant again. Ash and the others explain that Espurr had hoped to return the pendant as well as its friendship with Lacy. Elise reveals that they had initially decided to demolish the mansion and that she came to do an inspection on the property. However, meeting Espurr has changed her mind, and she decides to renovate it instead. She promises to hang up the portrait of Grandma Lacy and play with Espurr, too, when she moves into the mansion. She offers to take Espurr to Grandma Lacy's grave to pay its final respects, and Espurr agrees. Elise's car drives away with Espurr in the back with a flower for Lacy, as Ash and his friends wave goodbye. On their way to the cemetery, Elise gives the pendant back to Espurr to keep forever, as the two become fast friends.

Major events

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Espurr

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Lacy (portrait and flashback)
• Elise

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Espurr (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Espurr (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Pumpkaboo (Jessie's; Super Size)
• Inkay (James's)
• Espurr (debut)

Trivia

Japanese title card

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Furfrou
• This is the first time in the anime that an episode's title is shown with no title card, instead being shown on top of the background. This is likely a reference to classic horror films. However, the dub does not reproduce this distinction, and uses the regular title card.
• This is the only Pokémon the Series: XY episode to have had its English dub title revealed before it first aired in Japan, being revealed four days before its premiere.
• The episode in general has an atmosphere very similar to Hammer horror films of the 1950s, such as The Curse of Frankenstein and Horror of Dracula.
• Clemont narrates the preview and reads the title card, and Ash says the "Everyone, get Pokémon!" phrase for the next episode.
• In this episode, Team Rocket uses a variation of their motto.
• This is the first episode in which Team Rocket appears but Jessie's Wobbuffet does not since his return in The Dream Continues!.
• The Wailord plushie in the playing room reappears in the flashback as a Wailmer plushie.
• This episode shares similarities with Take This House and Shuppet. In both episodes, Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket seek shelter in an old mansion, are scared by a Pokémon's psychic powers, and the youngest member becomes separated and befriends the Pokémon haunting everyone else.
• Elise's car is similar to a Volkswagen New Beetle; however, in place of a Volkswagen badge, there is a Poké Ball logo.

Errors

• After Serena suggests that the owner of the mansion is present in spirit form, Bonnie's hair clip is colored the same as her hair.
• Whe Ash and his friends run away after hearing the second noise, Pikachu's tail turns completely yellow.

Dub edits

The dub title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode

• The stylized title card is replaced with the title card segment in the dub, focusing on Ash.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	奇妙的避雨經驗！妙喵看到了！！
	Mandarin	奇妙的躲雨經驗！妙喵看到了！！
Danish		I ly for stormen! * Stormly! *
Dutch		Een schuilplaats voor de onweersbui!
Finnish		Etsimässä suojaa myrskyltä!
European French		À l'abri à cause de la tempête !
German		Schutz vor dem Sturm!
Greek		Αναζητώντας Καταφύγιο στην Καταιγίδα!
Hebrew		!מחפשים מקלט מהסופה
Hindi		तूफान से बचने के लिए छत ढूंढो! Toofan se Bachne ke liye Chhat Dhundo!
Indonesian		Berlindung dari Amuk Badai!
Italian		Un riparo dalle intemperie!
Korean		음침한 저택의 기이한 사건! 냐스퍼는 보고 있다!
Norwegian		På leting etter ly for stormen!
Polish		Szukając schronienia przed burzą!
Portuguese	Brazil	Buscando Abrigo da Tempestade!
	Portugal	Buscando abrigo da tempestade
Russian		Скрываясь от грозы!
European Spanish		¡Refugiándose de la Tormenta!
Swedish		Att söka skydd mot stormen!
Thai		ที่พักอันน่าขนลุก! เนียสเปอร์กำลังจ้องมองอยู่!!
Turkish		Fırtınada Sığınak!
Vietnamese		Nơi trú mưa kì quái ! Phát hiện nyasupa !

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