XY006

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Battling on Thin Ice!

XY006   EP805 氷上決戦！ピカチュウVSビビヨン!! Decisive Battle on the Ice! Pikachu VS Viviyon!!

First broadcast Japan November 14, 2013 United States February 22, 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 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

Battling on Thin Ice! (Japanese: 氷上決戦！ピカチュウVSビビヨン!! Decisive Battle on the Ice! Pikachu VS Viviyon!!) is the sixth episode of the XY series, and the 805th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 14, 2013 and in the United States on February 22, 2014.

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

Blurb

Ash finds himself feeling down after getting beaten at the Santalune City Gym, but he knows he just has to train even harder. His sparring partner is Alexa’s Noivern, and Clemont has his own way of helping Ash prepare, too. Will this additional practice be enough for Ash to overcome Viola when he challenges her again?

Plot

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Major events

• Serena reveals that she knew Ash from summer camp in Pallet Town, but he does not remember her.
• Ash's Fletchling is revealed to know Steel Wing.
• Ash has a rematch against Viola and wins, earning himself the Bug Badge.
• Ash learns that the next Gym is located in Cyllage City.

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

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

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

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

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

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Froakie (Ash's)
• Fletchling (Ash's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Vivillon (Viola's)
• Surskit (Viola's)
• Helioptile (Alexa's)
• Noivern (Alexa's)
• Psyduck

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Ash.png

The title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Garchomp
• The next episode preview is narrated by Serena, Ash, Clemont, and Bonnie.
• In a previous episode, the gray logo on Ash's Badge case is colored in the dub (red and green is added for the Pokemon Gym logo and the pattern around it respectively. However, this didn't happen to Ash's Badge case in this episode.

Errors

• In one scene, Alexa is missing her earrings.
• When Fletchling has been hit by Vivillon's Sleep Powder and was falling down, Serena's hat is colored purple for a few frames, and a few frames later, Alexa's eyebrows are incorrectly colored the same beige as her skin.
• After Ash recalled his fainted Fletchling and then use Pikachu again, his hair is briefly shown completely black instead of the usual dark cyan tone.
• When Pikachu has woken himself up with Electro Ball, some of the ice around his feet has melted. When he prepares to fire another Electro Ball to counter Vivillon's Solar Beam, the ice that melted is back.
• In one scene for a split frame, the part of Bonnie's hair near her left ear is colored the same way as her skin.
• After Pikachu hits Surskit with Iron Tail, Clemont states that Pikachu didn't land a move in their last battle. This is incorrect, as Pikachu landed an Iron Tail during the battle.

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  Alexa without the earrings

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  Serena's hat error

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  Alexa's eyebows error

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  Bonnie's hair near her left ear error

In other languages

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