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SS029   ポケットモンスターXY特別編 最強メガシンカ ～Act Ⅰ（アクトワン）～ Pocket Monsters XY Special Episode: The Strongest Mega Evolution ~Act I~

First broadcast Japan April 3, 2014 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening None Ending メガＶ（メガボルト）

Credits Animation Screenplay Storyboard Assistant director Animation director No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: ポケットモンスターXY特別編 最強メガシンカ ～ActⅠ（アクトワン）～ Pocket Monsters XY Special Episode: The Strongest Mega Evolution ~Act I~) is the first special episode of the XY series. It first aired in Japan on April 3, 2014.

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

Other posters and logos

• SS029 poster.png

  Poster

Major events

• Alan meets Manon, a beginner Trainer.
• Manon catches a Flabébé, which she nicknames "Fla-chan".
• Alan has a battle against Siebold of the Elite Four, but loses.
• Manon decides to travel with Alan.

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

Debuts

• Alan
• Manon
• Ayaka
• Siebold
• Lysandre

Pokémon debuts

• Absol (Ayaka's; Mega Absol)
• Blastoise (Siebold's; Mega Blastoise)
• Garchomp (Louie's; Mega Garchomp)
• Flabébé
• Venusaur (Mega Venusaur)
• Charizard (Mega Charizard Y)
• Alakazam (Mega Alakazam)
• Gengar (Mega Gengar)
• Kangaskhan (Mega Kangaskhan)
• Pinsir (Mega Pinsir)
• Gyarados (Mega Gyarados)
• Aerodactyl (Mega Aerodactyl)
• Mewtwo (Mega Mewtwo X)
• Ampharos (Mega Ampharos)
• Scizor (Mega Scizor)
• Heracross (Mega Heracross)
• Houndoom (Mega Houndoom)
• Tyranitar (Mega Tyranitar)
• Gardevoir (Mega Gardevoir)
• Mawile (Mega Mawile)
• Aggron (Mega Aggron)
• Medicham (Mega Medicham)
• Manectric (Mega Manectric)
• Banette (Mega Banette)
• Lucario (Mega Lucario)
• Abomasnow (Mega Abomasnow)

Main series debuts

• Charizard (Alan's; Mega Charizard X)

Characters

Humans

• Alan
• Manon
• Louie
• Ayaka
• Siebold
• Professor Sycamore (flashback)
• Sophie (flashback)
• Lysandre
• Nurse Joy

Pokémon

• Charizard (Mega Charizard X; Alan's)
• Charmander (Alan's; flashback)
• Absol (Mega Absol; Ayaka's)
• Garchomp (Mega Garchomp; Louie's)
• Blastoise (Mega Blastoise; Siebold's)
• Chespin (Manon's; Hari-san)
• Flabébé (Manon's; Yellow Flower; Fla-chan; new)
• Wigglytuff (Nurse Joy's)
• Garchomp (Professor Sycamore's; flashback)
• Lucario (painting; flashback)
• Combee (×2; flashback)
• Marill (flashback)
• Helioptile (flashback)
• Psyduck (flashback)
• Azurill (flashback)
• Linoone (flashback)
• Scatterbug (flashback)
• Zigzagoon (flashback)
• Smeargle
• Gallade

Pokémon in the intro

• Venusaur (Mega Venusaur)
• Charizard (Mega Charizard Y)
• Blastoise (Mega Blastoise)
• Alakazam (Mega Alakazam)
• Gengar (Mega Gengar)
• Kangaskhan (Mega Kangaskhan)
• Pinsir (Mega Pinsir)
• Gyarados (Mega Gyarados)
• Aerodactyl (Mega Aerodactyl)
• Mewtwo (×2; Mega Mewtwo X and Y)
• Ampharos (Mega Ampharos)
• Scizor (Mega Scizor)
• Heracross (Mega Heracross)
• Houndoom (Mega Houndoom)
• Tyranitar (Mega Tyranitar)
• Blaziken (Mega Blaziken)
• Gardevoir (Mega Gardevoir)
• Mawile (Mega Mawile)
• Aggron (Mega Aggron)
• Medicham (Mega Medicham)
• Manectric (Mega Manectric)
• Banette (Mega Banette)
• Lucario (Mega Lucario)
• Abomasnow (Mega Abomasnow)

Cast

Cast
Alan		Alan	Kenshō Ono	アラン	小野賢章
Manon		Manon	Mikako Komatsu	マノン	小松未可子
Ayaka		Ayaka	Miyuu Sawai	アヤカ	沢井美優
Louie		Louie	Kōichi Yamadera	ルイ	山寺宏一
Siebold		Zumi	Hiroyuki Yoshino	ズミ	吉野裕行
Professor Sycamore		Platane	Hiroshi Tsuchida	プラターヌ	土門大
Special appearances by

Trivia

• This marks the first time that a male Garchomp appears in the anime.
• This is the first time Blast Burn has been used in the anime.
  • As of this episode, all variations of Hyper Beam have been featured in the anime.
• This is the first episode in the anime that features a completely different narrator, as opposed to having physical characters narrating on some occasions.

Errors

• Professor Sycamore's Garchomp has a cut on her fin, which means she is a male.

In other languages

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