XY116

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XY115   EP914 サトシとアラン！ゲッコウガＶＳメガリザードンふたたび！！ Satoshi and Alain! Gekkouga VS Mega Lizardon Once Again!!

First broadcast Japan April 21, 2016 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening XY&Z Ending プニちゃんのうた

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 関野昌弘 Masahiro Sekino Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

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

(Japanese: サトシとアラン！ゲッコウガＶＳメガリザードンふたたび！！ Satoshi and Alain! Gekkouga VS Mega Lizardon Once Again!!) is the 115th episode of the XY series, and the 914th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 21, 2016.

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

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Ash has a battle against Clemont but it gets called off.
• Ash and his friends encounter Alain again.
• Alain is revealed to own a Metang.
• Ash has a battle against Alain and loses.
• Ash has another battle with Alain; however, it is abandoned when Ash collapses due to the strain of using the Ash-Greninja form.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Olympia (flashback)
• Alain
• Sawyer (video; flashback)
• Nurse Joy
• Professor Sycamore (flashback)
• Mairin (video)
• Sophie (flashback)
• Cosette (flashback)
• Charlene (flashback)
• Carrie (flashback)
• Team Flare Grunt (video)
• Trainer

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Metang (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Frogadier (Ash's; flashback)
• Greninja (Ash's, Ash-Greninja)
• Talonflame (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Noivern (Ash's)
• Luxray (Clemont's)
• Meowstic (Olympia's; male; flashback)
• Meowstic (Olympia's; female; flashback)
• Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X)
• Metang (Alain's)
• Sceptile (Sawyer's; video; flashback)
• Wigglytuff (Nurse Joy's)
• Chespin (Mairin's; Chespie; video)
• Bisharp (Heidayu's; video; flashback)
• Skitty (Trainer's)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Squishy)

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Ash V2.png

The title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode

• Poké TV: "Pokemon Unbelievable" focusing on Greninja.
• XY&Z is used as an insert song during Ash's second battle against Alain.
• This is the first time Alain is seen using a Pokémon other than his Charizard.
• Ash's hat is flipped backwards in this episode.

Errors

• After Greninja and Luxray are healed, Ash puts the gadget back on Greninja's wrist though it was on Greninja's wrist when returned from the battle with Clemont.
• Shortly after Greninja is hit with Thunder Punch, Pikachu's tail is orange instead of yellow.

In other languages

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