XY102

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XY101   EP900 ついの洞窟！動き出したZの謎！！ Terminus Cave! The Mystery of Z is Set in Motion!!

First broadcast Japan December 24, 2015 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening XY&Z Ending プニちゃんのうた

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 中矢利子 Toshiko Nakaya 酒井裕未 Hiromi Sakai 松永香苗 Kanae Matsunaga No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: ついの洞窟！動き出したZの謎！！ Terminus Cave! The Mystery of Z is Set in Motion!!) is the 101st episode of the XY series, and the 900th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 24, 2015.

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

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Ash and his friends arrive at Terminus Cave and encounter Team Flare again.
• Ash's Noibat is revealed to know Tackle.
• Ash and his friends see Puni-chan change form for the first time.
• Puni-chan gets separated from Ash and his friends.

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

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Lysandre
• Xerosic
• Celosia
• Bryony
• Mable
• Aliana
• Team Flare Grunts

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Drapion (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Greninja (Ash's; Ash-Greninja)
• Noibat (Ash's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Luxray (Clemont's)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Gourgeist (Jessie's)
• Drapion (Celosia's)
• Manectric (Celosia's)
• Bisharp (Bryony's)
• Liepard (Bryony's)
• Houndour (Team Flare Grunts'; ×4)
• Skorupi (Team Flare Grunt's ×2)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core and 10%; Puni-chan)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Z-2)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Cell; multiple)
• Ariados
• Lairon
• Shuckle

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Ash V2.png

The title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode

• Poké TV: "Poké Love TV" focusing on Luxray and it's power of X-ray vision.
• Bonnie and Clemont narrate the preview for the next episode.
• This is the 900th episode of the main anime if Holiday Hi-Jynx and Snow Way Out! are not counted.
• This is the first time since its debut that Noibat has used a new attack.

Errors

• After Greninja reverts to its normal form, its chest is the same from Ash-Greninja Form.
• Celosia's Manectric used Scratch, a move that it cannot legally learn.

In other languages

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