XY034

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The Bonds of Mega Evolution!

XY034   EP833 メガルカリオ対メガクチート！メガシンカの絆！！ Mega Lucario VS Mega Kucheat! The Bonds of Mega Evolution!!

First broadcast Japan July 3, 2014 United States September 6, 2014

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme (Version XY) Ending

Japanese themes Opening メガＶ（メガボルト） Ending ピースマイル！

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 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

The Bonds of Mega Evolution! (Japanese: メガルカリオ対メガクチート！メガシンカの絆！！ Mega Lucario VS Mega Kucheat! The Bonds of Mega Evolution!!) is the 34th episode of Pokémon the Series: XY, and the 833rd episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on July 3, 2014 and in the United States on September 6, 2014.

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

Blurb

Following her grandfather's orders, Korrina has arrived on Pomace Mountain for some special training with Mabel, whose partner Mawile can Mega Evolve, and our heroes are along for the adventure. After a quick battle, Mabel suggests that everyone make flower arrangements with their Pokémon partners, much to their surprise.

This continues for several days, and while Bonnie and Dedenne are having a great time, Korrina and Lucario are getting impatient. But they soon learn that spending so much time together, exploring the beauty of the mountain and working together to make their beautiful arrangements, is exactly what they needed!

During a late-night heart-to-heart talk between Mabel and Korrina, the Team Rocket villains make their move, grabbing Pikachu and Mawile. But all that training pays off! Korrina's voice is finally able to reach Mega Lucario and calm its battle rage, and with the help of Mega Mawile, Team Rocket is sent blasting off again.

Now that Korrina can control Lucario's Mega Evolution, Ash decides he needs more training before challenging her at the Shalour Gym!

Plot

Following Gurkinn's instructions, Ash, his friends and Korrina arrive at a treehouse on Pomace Mountain. The door is opened by a Mawile, and soon its Trainer Mabel arrives and introduces herself to the group. She asks Korrina and Lucario to show her their strength in a battle.

The battle starts with Korrina Mega Evolving Lucario, and Mabel Mega Evolving her Mawile. Korrina commands Lucario to use Power-Up Punch, but Mawile dodges. Lucario uses Bone Rush without Korrina's order, but Mawile dodges all of its attacks. Mawile uses Iron Head on Lucario. Lucario then loses its control due to its aura. Despire Korrina's urging, Lucario uses Power-Up Punch without any order. Mawile counters with Fairy Wind and Lucario faints. Korrina tends to Lucario and assures it that they will continue to hone their skills. Meanwhile, Team Rocket have been spying on the twerps and want to get their hands on Pikachu, Mega Mawile and Mega Lucario. They decide to wait and catch them off-guard.

Despite Korrina's urge to train, Mabel asks the group to partner with their Pokémon and make flower arrangements. Clemont reveals his latest invention, the Flower Arranger One, which arranges flowers in the most artistic way possible. However, it becomes overloaded and blows up. After some time, Mabel comes in and inspects the arrangements. She states that these arrangements reflect their personalities. Mabel exclaims that Ash's and Pikachu's arrangement show their hearts are one. However, she states that Korrina and Lucario have made two separate arrangements, which shows that they have similar personalities and a deep understanding of each other. Mabel sets them the task of making a new flower arrangement for tomorrow. Korrina demands some battle training, though Mabel reminds her not to be so hasty.

The next day, Ash and his friends go out in search for flowers. However, Mabel tells Korrina and Lucario to go up and see the mountain views and that they might see something wonderful. The pair follow their mentor's advice, but are left bewildered in spite of the scenic view. Day after day, the group continue to make flower arrangements until Mabel can see that their hearts are one. One day, as Korrina and Lucario go out to gather flowers, Korrina spots some beautiful white flowers on top of a cliff. Lucario climbs the cliff face but then falters, almost falling. Realising that some areas of the cliff were less sturdy than others, Korrina guides Lucario through a safe path to reach the flowers.

That night, Korrina wonders why Mabel has not started any training and why her grandfather recommended them come to Pomace Mountain in the first place. Mabel steps out onto the balcony to inform Korrina that Lucario should be able to controls its aura soon. She tells them the reason why Lucario uses moves on its own is because of how close and similar Korrina and Lucario are. However, while they may have one heart, they have two viewpoints, and Mabel asks them to bring their one heart and two viewpoints together.

Unexpectedly, the sound of shattering glass breaks the moment, with Team Rocket snatching Pikachu and Mawile for themselves. After their motto, James shoots a missile to trap Lucario, but Lucario dodges. Jessie sends out Pumpkaboo. Korrina Mega evolves Lucario and orders it to use Power-Up Punch. James sends out Inkay and commands it to use Psybeam while Jessie has Pumpkaboo use Shadow Ball. These moves cause Mega Lucario to lose control again. However, as Lucario is about to launch an attack, Korrina blocks it, and Lucario bites onto Korrina's arm. Korrina asks Lucario to remember their one heart and two viewpoints. The flowers on Korrina’s wrist ring, causing Lucario to remember its friendship with Korrina. After a while, Lucario returns to its senses and hones its inner strength. As Pumpkaboo launches a Dark Pulse, Lucario blocks the attack with a Bone Rush. Inkay uses Psybeam and Pumpkaboo uses Shadow Ball, Lucario follows Korrina's orders and counters with Bone Rush. The impact of the attack frees Mawile and Pikachu. Mabel Mega evolves Mawile and commands it to use Fairy Wind. Ash commands Pikachu to use Thunderbolt. Lucario then uses Aura Sphere, a move it learned as a result of being able to control its aura, which sends Team Rocket blasting off.

The next day, the group say goodbye to Mabel and leave Pomace Mountain. Ash decides to leave Korrina and train more before he challenges the Shalour Gym. With that, Korrina roller skates off into the distance while the group continue on their own way.

Major events

• Ash, his friends, and Korrina arrive at Pomace Mountain.
• Korrina's Lucario learns how to fully and permanently control itself while Mega Evolved.
• Korrina leaves the group.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Main series debuts

• Mega Mawile

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Korrina
• Mabel

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

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

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Fennekin (Serena's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Pumpkaboo (Jessie's; Super Size)
• Inkay (James's)
• Lucario (Korrina's; Mega Lucario)
• Mawile (Mabel's; Mega Mawile)

Trivia

The title card segment focuses on Korrina for this episode

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Mega Lucario
  • For the TV Tokyo airing, instead of the Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster segment, a trailer for the upcoming Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, along with the Mega Diancie event for Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire and Tretta, and Darkrai giveaway was shown.
• This episode concludes the five-part Korrina arc.
• While translated directly from its Japanese equivalent, the English title is very similar and could serve as a reference to The Bonds of Evolution!, which also showcases Mega Evolution.
• Ash and Clemont narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• When Mabel is talking in her house, everyone else is shown to be surprised. However, the animation for everyone in the room except Ash is reversed: they are shown bewildered and open-mouthed at first, and when they all gasp, they seem to compose themselves. This happens twice during the episode.
• When James throws Inkay's Poké Ball, the engines on the sides of the Meowth Balloon disappear. This error was later fixed in future episodes.

• 

  Meowth Balloon without the engines

Dub edits

• For an unknown reason, the title of the episode copies the title of XY028 in the Russian dub.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	超級路卡利歐對超級大嘴蛙！超進化的牽絆！！* 超級路卡利奧對超級大嘴蛙！超進化的牽絆！！*
	Mandarin	超級路卡利歐對超級大嘴娃！超進化的羈絆！！
Danish		Mega-udviklingens band!
Dutch		De banden van mega-evolutie!
Finnish		Megakehityksen tuoma yhteys!
European French		Les liens de la méga-évolution !
German		Das Band der Mega-Entwicklung!
Greek		Οι Δεσμοί της Μέγα Εξέλιξης!
Hebrew		!קשרי מגה התפתחות
Hindi		मेगा एवोलूशन का रिश्ता! Mega Evolution ka Rishta!
Indonesian		Kumpulan Mega Evolusi!
Italian		Il legame della megaevoluzione!
Korean		메가루카리오 VS 메가입치트!! 메가진화의 유대관계!!
Norwegian		Mega-evolusjonens bånd!
Polish		Więzi Megaewolucji!
Brazilian Portuguese		Os Elos da Mega Evolução!
Russian		Узы мега‐эволюции!
European Spanish		¡Los Vínculos de la Megaevolución!
Swedish		Mega-utvecklingens band!
Thai		เมก้าลูคาริโอ้ ปะทะ เมก้าคุจีโตะ! สายสัมพันธ์แห่งการพัฒนาร่างเมก้า!!
Turkish		Mega evrim bağları!
Vietnamese		Mega Lucario đấu với Mega Kuchito! Sự liên kết Mega!!

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