XY054

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XY054   EP853 カラマネロ対マーイーカ ！絆は世界を救う！！ Calamanero VS Maaiika! The Bonds that Would Save the World!!

First broadcast Japan December 25, 2014 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening メガＶ（メガボルト） Ending ドリドリ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 吉村文宏 Fumihiro Yoshimura Animation director 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: カラマネロ対マーイーカ ！絆は世界を救う！！ Calamanero VS Maaiika! The Bonds that Would Save the World!!) is the 54th episode of the XY series, and the 853rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 25, 2014.

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

Major events

The Malamar escapes from Officer Jenny with two other evil Malamar

• Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket encounter the evil Malamar from before.

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

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Malamar (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Inkay (James's)
• Manectric (Officer Jenny's)
• Malamar (anime)
• Malamar (x8; 6 good, 2 evil)
• Inkay (multiple)
• Ledyba (multiple)
• Bidoof (multiple)
• Flabébé (multiple; Red Flower, Yellow Flower, Orange Flower, and Blue Flower)

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Team Rocket.png

The title card segment focuses on Team Rocket for this episode

• Mairin's Mega Evolution Journal: Mega Rayquaza
  • This is the last episode of Mega Evolution Journal to be shown.
• Ash and Team Rocket read the title card for this episode.
• Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The title card for this episode focuses on Team Rocket for the first time.
• This is another time where Pokémon Quiz segment features a Pokémon that has already been featured. In this case, Malamar was featured 35 episodes ago.
• One of the flashback scenes with James and Inkay features James disguising Inkay as Pikachu while wearing an Ash disguise himself. This scene takes place during Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!, although it was never seen in said episode.
• James's Inkay remains outside of its Poké Ball throughout the episode.
• Ash discusses with his friends about the rumored UFOs and alien Pokémon at the Grace Tower, even though he has already encountered them (Clefairy, Cleffa, Beheeyem, etc.) many times before.

Errors

• The evil Malamar's Psychic was used to levitate Inkay despite Inkay being immune to Psychic-type moves.
• The good Malamar's Psycho Cut were able to damage the evil Malamar despite Psychic-type moves having no effect on Dark-type Pokémon.
• One of the flashbacks with James and Inkay features James disguising Inkay as Pikachu while wearing an Ash disguise himself. In the scene, his hair is colored gray just like his gloves instead of dark cyan.

• 

  James's hair error

In other languages

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