XY005

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XY005   EP804 ハクダンジム戦！華麗なるビビヨンの舞バトル！！ The Hakudan Gym Battle! The Magnificent Bibiyon's Dance Battle!!

First broadcast Japan November 7, 2013 United States

English themes Opening Ending

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

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Assistant director 池添隆博 Takahiro Ikezoe Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: ハクダンジム戦！華麗なるビビヨンの舞バトル！！ The Hakudan Gym Battle! The Magnificent Bibiyon's Dance Battle!!) is the fifth episode of the XY series, and the 804th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 7, 2013.

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

Major events

• Ash, Clemont and Bonnie reach Santalune City, with Serena arriving soon after.
• Ash battles Viola in his first Kalos Gym match and loses.
• Serena reunites with Ash and meets Clemont and Bonnie for the first time.
• Ash meets up with Alexa again.
• Clemont, Bonnie and Serena meet Alexa for the first time.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Vivillon (Meadow Pattern)

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Viola
• Alexa
• Referee
• Nurse Joy

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Vivillon (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Fletchling (Ash's)
• Fennekin (Serena's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Vivillon (Viola's; Meadow Pattern; debut)
• Surskit (Viola's)
• Helioptile (Alexa's)
• Noivern (Alexa's)
• Wigglytuff (Nurse Joy's)
• Sentret
• Psyduck
• Smeargle
• Mawile
• Volbeat (picture)
• Illumise (picture)
• Beautifly (picture)
• Venomoth (picture)
• Combee (picture)
• Ledyba (picture)
• Butterfree (picture)
• Weedle (×2; picture)
• Spinarak (picture)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Dedenne
• This is the first episode of the XY series in which Team Rocket does not appear.

Errors

• In one scene, Helioptile's triangle near its nose and eyes is missing.

In other languages

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