XY126

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XY126

XY126   EP925 メガジュカイン対ライチュウ！経験値いただきます！！ Mega Jukain VS Raichu! I Received Some Experience Points!!

First broadcast Japan July 7, 2016 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 松井亜弥 Aya Matsui Storyboard 紅優 Yū Kō Assistant director 西田健一 Ken'ichi Nishida Animation director 小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: メガジュカイン対ライチュウ！経験値いただきます！！ Mega Jukain VS Raichu! I Received Some Experience Points!!) is the 126th episode of the XY series, and the 925th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 7, 2016.

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

Major events

• Ash meets Astrid for the first time in the main series.
• Ash battles Astrid in the second round and wins, advancing to the semi-finals.
• Ash and his friends meet up with Shauna again.
• Sawyer is revealed to have obtained a Key Stone and a Sceptilite.
• Sawyer's Sceptile is revealed to have learned Frenzy Plant and Dragon Claw.
• Sawyer's Doublade is revealed to have evolved into Aegislash.
• Tierno and Sawyer battle each other and Sawyer wins, advancing to the semi-finals.
• Sawyer learns he will be battling Ash in the semi-finals of the Lumiose Conference.
• Alain and Remo defeat their opponents and advance to the semi-finals.
• Goodra returns to Ash's party as its sixth member for the Full Battle.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Aegislash
• Mega Absol

Main series debuts

• Mega Sceptile

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Tierno
• Trevor
• Shauna
• Alain (flashback)
• Sawyer
• Diantha
• Malva
• Remo
• Astrid
• Keanan
• Announcer
• Referee

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Mega Garchomp (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Greninja (Ash's; Ash-Greninja; flashback as Ash-Greninja)
• Talonflame (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Noivern (Ash's)
• Goodra (Ash's)
• Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X; flashback)
• Charizard (Trevor's; Mega Charizard Y; fashback)
• Blastoise (Tierno's)
• Ludicolo (Tierno's)
• Raichu (Tierno's)
• Sceptile (Sawyer's; Mega Sceptile)
• Slurpuff (Sawyer's)
• Aegislash (Sawyer's)
• Absol (Astrid's; Mega Absol)
• Garchomp (Remo's; Mega Garchomp; flashback)
• Amoonguss (Trainer's; flashback)
• Slaking (Trainer's; flashback)
• Medicham (Trainer's; flashback)
• Hydreigon (Trainer's; flashback)
• Bellsprout (Keanan's)

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Ash V2.png

The title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Volcanion.
• This marks the first time a Pokémon Ash had previously released rejoins his team.
• As of this episode, all non-legendary Pokémon introduced in Generation VI have appeared in the main series.

Errors

• Astrid's Mega Absol was first shown as an Absol.

In other languages

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