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A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!

XY005   EP804 ハクダンジム戦！華麗なるビビヨンの舞バトル！！ The Hakudan Gym Battle! The Magnificent Viviyon's Dance Battle!!

First broadcast Japan November 7, 2013 United States February 15, 2014

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme Ending

Japanese themes Opening Ｖ（ボルト） Ending Ｘ海峡Ｙ景色

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Assistant director 池添隆博 Takahiro Ikezoe 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

A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle! (Japanese: ハクダンジム戦！華麗なるビビヨンの舞バトル！！ The Hakudan Gym Battle! The Magnificent Viviyon's Dance Battle!!) is the fifth episode of the XY series, and the 804th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 7, 2013 and is scheduled to air in the United States on February 15, 2014.

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

Plot

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Major events

• Ash, Clemont and Bonnie reach Santalune City, with Serena arriving soon after.
• Ash battles Viola in his first Kalos Gym match and loses.
• Serena reunites with Ash, although he fails to recognize her from their childhood.
• Serena meets Clemont and Bonnie for the first time.
• Ash meets up with Alexa again.
• Clemont, Bonnie and Serena meet Alexa for the first time.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Viola

Pokémon debuts

• Vivillon (Meadow Pattern)

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Viola
• Alexa
• Referee
• Nurse Joy

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Vivillon (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Fletchling (Ash's)
• Fennekin (Serena's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Vivillon (Viola's; Meadow Pattern; debut)
• Surskit (Viola's)
• Helioptile (Alexa's)
• Noivern (Alexa's)
• Wigglytuff (Nurse Joy's)
• Sentret
• Psyduck
• Smeargle
• Mawile
• Farfetch'd
• Jumpluff
• Fraxure
• Scrafty
• Audino
• Gulpin
• Marill
• Azurill
• Ralts
• Ducklett
• Hoppip
• Spritzee
• Oddish
• Gallade
• Skitty
• Volbeat (picture)
• Illumise (picture)
• Beautifly (picture)
• Venomoth (picture)
• Combee (picture)
• Ledyba (picture)
• Butterfree (picture)
• Weedle (×2; picture)
• Spinarak (picture)

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Ash.png

The title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Dedenne
• This is the first episode of the XY series in which Team Rocket does not appear.
• Some sources initially claimed that the dub title of this episode was going to be Santalune Showdown! Part 1.

Errors

• When Viola goes to them before she tells Ash and his friends which way to the Gym Leader, the wristband on Viola's left hand is missing.
• In one scene, Helioptile's triangle near its nose and eyes is missing.
• When Viola orders her Vivillon to throw Fletchling to the ground, her extended hand has her thumb placed under her hair.

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  Viola's wristband error

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  Helioptile's triangle error

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  Viola's hair error

In other languages

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