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The Legend of the Ninja Hero!

XY099   EP898 ようこそ忍者村へ！英雄ゲッコウガの伝説！！ Welcome to the Ninja Village! The Legend of the Heroic Gekkouga!!

First broadcast Japan December 3, 2015 United States March 26, 2016

English themes Opening Stand Tall Ending

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

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 樋口香里 Kaori Higuchi Assistant director 吉村文宏 Fumihiro Yoshimura Animation directors 中村路之将 Michinosuke Nakamura 小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama 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

The Legend of the Ninja Hero! (Japanese: ようこそ忍者村へ！英雄ゲッコウガの伝説！！ Welcome to the Ninja Village! The Legend of the Heroic Gekkouga!!) is the 99th episode of the XY series, and the 898th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 3, 2015 and in the United States on March 26, 2016.

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

Blurb

In the middle of a lunch break, our heroes are happily surprised by the appearance of their old friend Sanpei and his Greninja. They’re heading home to Ninja Village, and our heroes are invited!

There they meet Sanpei’s brothers, Ippei and Nihei, as well as the village chief Hanzo and his assistant Shinobu. All are impressed with Sanpei’s growth as a ninja and a Trainer. Our heroes marvel at all the amazing Pokémon there...and Team Rocket, watching from above, plots to catch them all.

Out of nowhere, several Skarmory attack the village, and a group of masked ninja abducts Chief Hanzo! Who are they, and what are their intentions? The answers to come, as the journey continues!

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 meet up with Sanpei again, and then they meet his brothers in person.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Hanzo
• Shinobu
• Kagetomo
• Heidayu

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Sanpei
• Ippei
• Nihei
• Saizo (flashback)
• Hanzo
• Shinobu
• Kagetomo
• Heidayu
• Ninjas
• Ninja Army

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

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

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Frogadier (Ash's)
• Froakie (Sanpei's; photo)
• Greninja (Sanpei's)
• Greninja (Ippei's)
• Venusaur (Nihei's)
• Barbaracle (Saizo's; flashback)
• Weavile (Kagetomo's)
• Bisharp (Heidayu's)
• Ariados (Ninja's; ×2)
• Skarmory (Ninja's; ×6)
• Tauros (Ninja's)
• Machoke (Ninja's)
• Simipour (Ninja's; ×3)
• Simisage (Ninja's; ×4)
• Wooper (Ninja's; ×2)
• Psyduck (Ninja's)
• Poliwhirl (Ninja's)
• Poliwag (Ninja's)
• Marill (Ninja's)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Squishy)
• Azurill
• Marill
• Frogadier
• Greninja (painting)
• Staraptor (painting)
• Heatmor (painting)
• Froakie (Poké TV segment)
• Stantler (Poké TV segment)

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 "Frubbles".
• Ash and Ash's Frogadier narrate the preview for the next episode.
• Bonnie wears the same ninja outfit that she wore in A Rush of Ninja Wisdom!.
• Ash's Frogadier remains outside of its Poké Ball for the entire episode.

Errors

• In the photo in Sanpei's room, his Froakie's left eye is missing.
• After Ash and his friends go through the trapdoor and walk up to the temple, Frogadier's toes are colored white instead of dark blue.

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  Frogadier's toes error

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	歡迎來到忍者村！英雄甲賀忍蛙的傳說！！
	Mandarin	歡迎來到忍者村！英雄甲賀忍蛙的傳說！！
Danish		Legenden om ninjahelten!
Dutch		De legende van de ninja held!
Finnish		Ninja-sankarin taru!
European French		La légende du héros ninja !
German		Der Held der Ninja!
Italian		La leggenda dell'eroe ninja!
Norwegian		Legenden om ninjahelten!
Portuguese	Brazil	A Lenda do Herói Ninja!
	Portugal	A Lenda do Herói Ninja!
Russian		Легенда героя ниндзя!
Spanish	Latin America	¡La leyenda del héroe ninja!
	Spain	¡La leyenda del héroe ninja!
Swedish		Legenden om ninja-hjälten!
Thai		ยินดีต้อนรับสู่หมู่บ้านนินจา! ตำนานวีรบุรุษเก็คโคงะ!!

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