BW096

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BW096   EP753 メロエッタと海底の神殿！ Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!

First broadcast Japan September 27, 2012 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening やじるしになって！ Ending みてみて☆こっちっち

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 矢嶋哲生 Tetsuo Yajima Assistant director 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: メロエッタと海底の神殿！ Meloetta and the Undersea Temple!) is the 96th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 753rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan on September 27th, 2012.

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

Major events

• Team Rocket's "Operation Tempest" enters its final stage.
• Meloetta is revealed to know Hyper Voice.
• Ash meets Giovanni for the first time since their encounter at Mount Quena.
• Giovanni's Persian is seen battling for the first time, and is revealed to know Shadow Claw and Power Gem.
• Ash battles Giovanni with his Pikachu, but is defeated.
• Team Rocket successfully captures Meloetta, and takes it, along with the imprisoned Ash and Pikachu, to the Abyssal Ruins.
• Giovanni uses Meloetta's song to unseal the Reveal Glass.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Giovanni
• Dr. Zager
• Team Rocket Grunts
• Cynthia
• Larry
• Jervis
• Workers

Pokémon

Dare da?

Who's That Pokémon?: Golurk (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Krookodile (Ash's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Woobat (Jessie's)
• Yamask (James's)
• Meloetta (anime)
• Persian (Giovanni's)
• Golurk (Larry's)
• Rhydon (Team Rocket Grunt's)
• Golem (Team Rocket Grunt's)

Trivia

• Team Rocket's Pokémon Live Caster: Kami trio
  • Viewers could call one of three phone numbers to hear facts about either Tornadus, Thundurus, or Landorus. One random caller won a Nintendo 3DS XL with a prepaid gift card, which allows the player gain access on Pokédex 3D Pro.
• Despite having made its debut over 700 episodes ago, this is the first time when Giovanni's Persian is seen using any moves.
  • This is also the first episode to show Persian's Poké Ball.
  • This is also the first time when Persian is scanned with a Pokédex.
• The spiraling staircase in the Abyssal Ruins resemble the same stairs seen in the ruins shown in the previews for the two unaired episodes. Also, the way the Reveal Glass rises from the top of the stairs resembles the way the Meteonite revealed itself in the same preview.
• This episode marks the first time that Ash has a battle directly against the leader of a villainous team.
  • Also, as of this episode, Ash has battled all the official Generation I Gym Leaders of Kanto.
• This marks one of the very few times in the Pokémon anime when a character has threatened to kill another character, as Giovanni threatens to squash Ash and Pikachu inside of a shrinking force field cube if Meloetta doesn't give itself up.
• Background music from Arceus and the Jewel of Life, Zoroark: Master of Illusions, White—Victini and Zekrom and Black—Victini and Reshiram was used in this episode.

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