XY129

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Kalos League Passion with a Certain Flare!

XY129   EP928 激闘カロスリーグ！集え、すべての熱き想いよ！！ Fierce Fighting at the Kalos League! Gather, All of My Passion!!

First broadcast Japan August 4, 2016 United States October 22, 2016

English themes Opening Stand Tall Ending

Japanese themes Opening XY&Z Ending ピカチュウのうた

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation directors 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume 直井由紀 Yuki Naoi 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

Kalos League Passion with a Certain Flare! (Japanese: 激闘カロスリーグ！集え、すべての熱き想いよ！！ Fierce Fighting at the Kalos League! Gather, All of My Passion!!) is the 129th episode of the XY series, and the 928th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 4, 2016 and in the United States on October 22, 2016.

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

Blurb

The day before the Kalos League finals between Ash and Alain, our heroes meet Alain’s young friend Mairin when she rescues Clemont’s wayward Chespin! Team Flare is also in Lumiose City, preparing for a secret operation while all eyes are on the League—and Lysandre has plans for Ash once the League is over.

Meanwhile, Professor Sycamore, who has been researching Ash-Greninja, shows our heroes an old manuscript describing the mysterious Bond Phenomenon, which requires Trainer and Pokémon to have a particularly close connection. Afterward, Ash rallies his Pokémon for the battle ahead, while Alain trains hard with his Charizard. His mission to gather Mega Evolution energy is nearly complete...

Plot

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Following Ash victory over Sawyer during the Lumiose Conference, Ash receives his Pokémon from Nurse Joy who wishes him luck in the finals when Meyer arrives with Clembot. Sawyer is with Serena, Clemont and Bonnie making notes in his notepad when Ash joins them with Meyer and Clembot who greets his children with some snacks before the finals. Clembot says he waited in line to get them which Serena says couldn't have been easy but Meyer says was a piece of cake. Ash brings out his Pokémon to dig in and Serena and Clemont do the same.

Major events

• Ash and his friends meet up with Meyer and Clembot again.
• Ash and his friends meet Mairin for the first time.
• Ash and his friends learn about Bond Phenomenon from Professor Sycamore.
• Team Flare continue their plans for Z2 by secretly taking over the Lumiose Gym.
• Ash meets Lysandre for the first time.
• Ash and Alain prepare to start their Full Battle in the final round of the Lumiose Conference.

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Sycamore
• Alain
• Mairin
• Tierno
• Trevor
• Shauna
• Lysandre
• Sawyer
• Meyer
• Xerosic
• Team Flare Grunts
• Team Flare Admin
• Malva
• Diantha
• Citizens

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Sceptile (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Pancham (Serena's Pancham) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Greninja (Ash's)
• Talonflame (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Goodra (Ash's)
• Noivern (Ash's)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Sylveon (Serena's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Luxray (Clemont's)
• Wigglytuff (Nurse Joy's)
• Charizard (Alain's)
• Chespin (Mairin's; Chespie; flashback)
• Charizard (Trevor's; Mega Charizard Y; flashback; video)
• Sceptile (Sawyer's)
• Absol (Astrid's; Mega Absol; flashback; video)
• Garchomp (Remo's; Mega Garchomp; Garchoo; flashback; video)
• Cubchoo (Trainer's)
• Leafeon (Trainer's)
• Scraggy (Trainers's)
• Teddiursa (Trainers's)
• Sandshrew (Trainer's)
• Gothorita (Trainer's)
• Furfrou (Trainer's)
• Watchog (Trainer's)
• Espurr (Trainer's; ×3)
• Helioptile (Trainer's)
• Gothitelle (Trainer's)
• Amoonguss (Trainer's)
• Swirlix (×2; Trainers')
• Oddish (Trainer's)
• Mime Jr. (Trainer's)
• Scrafty (Trainer's; flashback; video)
• Breloom (Trainer's; flashback; video)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Squishy)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Z2)
• Murkrow
• Jigglypuff (picture)
• Psyduck (picture)
• Pikachu (picture)
• Breloom (accessory)
• Cresselia (accessory)
• Jirachi (accessory)
• Wigglytuff (accessory)

Other

• Clembot

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Pikachu V2.png

The title card segment focuses on Pikachu for this episode

• Poké TV: "Kalos League News" focusing on Ash, Alain, Ash's Greninja, and Alain's Charizard.
• Pikachu's Song replaces Puni-chan's Song as the ending theme in this episode.
• Ash, Alain, and the referee narrate the preview for the next episode.
• Tierno, Trevor, and Shauna are seen eating Magikarp themed Taiyaki in this episode, which are similar to the one Ash was seen eating in The Flame Pokémon-athon!.

In other languages

Language		Title
Danish		En flammende Kalos-liga med en vis Flare!
Dutch		Kalos League passie met een zekere Flare!
Finnish		Kalos-liiga kuumotusta!
European French		La grande finale, les passions se déchaînent !
German		Der Tag vor dem großen Finale!
Italian		Passione e una certa predisposizione!
Norwegian		Kalos-ligaens lidenskap!
Brazilian Portuguese		Paixão da Liga Kalos com certo charme!
Latin American Spanish		¡Pasión en la Liga Kalos y el origen de Flare!
Swedish		I Kalos-ligans hetta med en viss Flare!
Thai		ศึกคาลอสลีกอันดุเดือด! รวบรวมความรู้สึกอันเร่าร้อนทั้งหมด!!

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