XY125

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XY125   EP924 カロスリーグ開幕！メガリザードン対決・X対Y！！ The Kalos League Begins! The Mega Lizardon Showdown: X VS Y!!

First broadcast Japan June 30, 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 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 樋口香里 Kaori Higuchi Assistant director 仲野良 Ryō Nakano Animation director 松田真路 Shinji Matsuda No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: カロスリーグ開幕！メガリザードン対決・X対Y！！ The Kalos League Begins! The Mega Lizardon Showdown: X VS Y!!) is the 125th episode of the XY series, and the 924th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 30, 2016.

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

Plot

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The vivacious vigor and overwhelming zeal of the participating trainers inaugurate the Lumiose Conference.Ash and gang arrive in Lumiose city,and it's finally the time for the biggest showdown.Familiar faces are spotted- like Alain,Trevor,Tierno and Sawyer.In a surprise interview from Malva,Ash states why he is here-to be the very best,and touch the apex of his pursuit of power,as a Pokemon Trainer. However,a red-head trainer,with a Kabuki Trim Furfrou is spotted who gives a rather underestimating and disrespectful sneer to Ash's optimism,and challenges him to a battle,incredulous of his capabilities.Being carried away by his enthusiasm,the raven haired kid almost accepts the challenge,but is immediately held back by the rest of the gang,who admonish him for not being very prudent and apprehensive of arriving late.However,they exchange pep-talks with fellow competitors like Tierno and Alain. The next day,the grand ceremony is unfurled with its pompous liveware.Champion Diantha delivers an encouraging speech,and towards the peroration,fireworks are displayed. The computer had randomly matched up 64 trainers against each other the previous day,and our hero is to face a guy named Tomo,while Alain and Trevor are pitted against each other.The matches commence accordingly,with the first battle being that of Alain and Trevor.

Major events

• Ash and his friends arrive back in Lumiose City and meet up with Tierno, Trevor, Sawyer, and Alain again.
• Ash and his friends meet Malva for the first time.
• Ash, Tierno, Trevor, Sawyer, Alain, Astrid and Remo all enter the Lumiose Conference.
• Alain briefly reunites with Professor Sycamore.
• Trevor's Charmeleon is revealed to have evolved into Charizard.
• Trevor is revealed to have obtained a Key Stone, a Charizardite Y, an Aerodactyl, and a Florges.
• Trevor and Alain battle each other in the first round and Alain wins, advancing to the next round.
• Ash battles Tomo in the first round and wins, advancing to the next round.
• Tierno, Sawyer, Astrid and Remo defeat their opponents and advance to the next round.

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

Debuts

Humans

Main series debuts

• Astrid
• Remo

Pokémon debuts

• Florges (White Flower)

Main series debuts

• Mega Charizard Y

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Viola (fantasy)
• Grant (fantasy)
• Korrina (fantasy)
• Ramos (fantasy)
• Valerie (fantasy)
• Olympia (fantasy)
• Wulfric (fantasy)
• Professor Sycamore
• Alain
• Tierno
• Trevor
• Sawyer
• Diantha
• Malva
• Remo
• Astrid
• Takeru
• Tomo
• Trainers
• Announcer
• Referee

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Furfrou (Kabuki Trim) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Greninja (Ash's; Ash-Greninja)
• Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X)
• Charizard (Trevor's; Mega Charizard Y)
• Aerodactyl (Trevor's)
• Florges (Trevor's; White Flower)
• Altaria (Tomo's)
• Furfrou (Takeru's; Kabuki Trim)
• Furfrou (Trainer's)
• Mime Jr. (Trainer's; ×2)
• Smeargle (Trainer's)
• Watchog (Trainer's)
• Igglybuff (Trainer's)
• Sentret (Trainer's)
• Glaceon (Trainer's)
• Hoppip (Trainer's)
• Jigglypuff (Trainer's)
• Oddish (Trainer's)
• Cubchoo (Trainer's)
• Pachirisu (Trainer's)
• Fletchling (Trainer's)
• Leafeon (Trainer's)
• Swinub (Trainer's)
• Scraggy (Trainer's)
• Poliwag (Trainer's)
• Fletchling (Pokémon League's; multiple)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Squishy)

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Ash V2.png

The title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode

• Poké TV: "Kalos League News" focusing on the competitors in the Lumiose Conference, as well as Diantha.
• This episode begins the Lumiose Conference arc.
• A remix of XY&Z is used as an insert song when Ash's Greninja turns into its Ash-Greninja form.
• Ash, Sawyer, and Tierno narrate the preview for the next episode.
• Two of the Trainers in the Lumiose Conference are also two of the participants in the Pokémon Summer Camp.

Errors

• In the long shot of the two Mega Charizard, the tips of Mega Charizard X's wings are blue instead of black.
• During Ash's battle in the hallway, the grey color on Ash's left sneaker is larger than normal and the area at the front is red instead of white.
• In the split second it is on screen before showing Alain as the winner, the scoreboard at the end of the battle incorrectly shows him having used Blastoise and Ludicolo (both of which display as having been knocked out).
• Like in Rivals: Today and Tomorrow! and A Meeting of Two Journeys!, when Ash holds up Greninja's Poké Ball the white center and black band around the white button is much larger than normal.
• In between the transformation of Ash-Greninja, Greninja is shown to have the pulse meter on its wrist which wasn't shown in between the battle earlier.

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