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Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation!

BW117   EP774 プラズマ団の野望！操られたポケモンたち！！ Plasma-dan's Ambition! The Controlled Pokémon!!

First broadcast Japan March 14, 2013 United States June 15, 2013

English themes Opening It's Always You and Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening やじるしになって！2013 Ending サクラ・ゴーラウンド

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 西田健一 Ken'ichi Nishida Assistant director 西田健一 Ken'ichi Nishida Animation director 志村泉 Izumi Shimura 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

Team Plasma's Pokémon Manipulation! (Japanese: プラズマ団の野望！操られたポケモンたち！！ Plasma-dan's Ambition! The Controlled Pokémon!!) is the 117th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 774th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 14, 2013 and in the United States on June 15, 2013.

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

Major events

• Ash and his friends encounter Team Plasma and Looker again.
• Ash and his friends meet Anthea and Concordia for the first time.
• N is injured during the battle against Team Plasma, and is taken to a spring by Anthea and Concordia.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Ghetsis (in person)
• Anthea and Concordia

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• N
• Colress
• Ghetsis
• Looker
• Team Plasma Grunts
  • Aldith
• Anthea and Concordia
• Cedric Juniper
• Lauder

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Deerling (Summer Form) (US and international) Liepard (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Dragonite (Iris's)
• Crustle (Cilan's)
• Woobat (Jessie's)
• Amoonguss (James's)
• Haxorus (Lauder's)
• Liepard (Aldith's)
• Gothitelle (Anthea's)
• Gardevoir (Concordia's)
• Deerling (Summer Form)
• Maractus
• Scolipede

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Excadrill
  • During the Live Caster, Oak also showed some already released preview material of ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens and Pikachu and Eevee Friends.

Errors

• In the Dare da? segment, Liepard's mouth is missing, its right legs are discolored and its eye has a black spot in the upper right corner.

In other languages

Language		Title
Italian		Che cosa nasconde il Team Plasma?

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