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

Ash and his friends return to Lumiose City, and it's finally time for the biggest showdown, the Lumiose Conference. Malva is shown doing a live report outside of the stadium where the Kalos League will take place. Team Rocket, disguised as her camera crew, scheme to steal any rare Pokémon that might show up during the conference. Ash and friends arrive at the stadium, marveling at the sight. Malva overhears that Ash will be competing in the Lumiouse Conference and decides to interview him. During the interview, Ash states why he is there: to be the very best, and to reach the apex of his pursuit of power, as a Pokémon Trainer.

However, a Trainer sporting a red mohawk who saw Ash's interview gives a disrespectful sneer to Ash's optimism. Skeptical of his capabilities, he runs into Ash and demands a battle from him while calling out his Kabuki Trim Furfrou. Being carried away by his enthusiasm, Ash immediately accepts the challenge, but before he can call out a Pokémon to battle with, Serena grabs onto his arm and scolds him for being rash and reminds him that he might be too late to register for the Lumiose Conference if he chooses to battle. Clemont and Serena excuse the Trainer as they take Ash away to registration, and the Trainer snarls, annoyed that he couldn't battle Ash.

Later that evening, Ash sees that Sawyer is also competing in the Lumiose Conference and has a pep talk with Tierno and Trevor, who are also competing. Ash then notices Alain, who rudely walks away from Professor Sycamore after the latter walks up to him to say hi. Ash catches up to Alain and is surprised to see that he will also be competing in the Kalos League as well. After Alain leaves, the computer randomly matches up the 64 competing Trainers against each other, and Ash is surprised to see that Trevor will be facing Alain. Serena points out that Ash will be facing a Trainer named Tomo, and Tierno and Sawyer find out who they will be facing in the first round.

The next day, the grand ceremony is unfurled. The Kalos Pokémon Champion Diantha delivers an encouraging speech, and towards the end, fireworks are displayed. The matches commence accordingly, with the first battle being that of Alain and Trevor. The battlefield is set to a mountain terrain with a waterfall and a river.

Both Trainers send out their Charizard. Trevor's Charizard opens with Fire Spin, which is evaded by Alain's Charizard. Alain's Charizard retaliates with Flamethrower, which Trevor's Charizard counters with Dragon Claw. Trevor then Mega Evolves his Charizard into Mega Charizard Y. Upon Mega Evolving, its Drought Ability activates, powering up all Fire-type moves. Mega Charizard Y then unleashes a powerful Heat Wave, but Alain's Charizard blocks it by slapping its tail into the water to create a wall to take the hit for it. Trevor calls for his Mega Charizard Y to use Dragon Tail, but Alain's Charizard dodges it. Alain then Mega Evolves his own Charizard into Mega Charizard X. Mega Charizard Y uses Fire Spin while Mega Charizard X uses Flamethrower. The moves collide, creating a thick mist covering both Mega Charizard. Trevor tells Mega Charizard Y to fly, but Alain retaliates by having his Mega Charizard X launch another Flamethrower. Mega Charizard Y gets hit and is knocked out, reverting back to its original form. Clemont is surprised at how powerful Alain's Mega Charizard X is and Serena reminds Ash that his battle is up next, so Ash gets up and leaves. Trevor then calls out his Aerodactyl to battle.

As Ash reaches the pathway that leads to the stadium, he is intercepted by Takeru, the red mohawked Furfrou Trainer from before, who immediately challenges him to a battle. Ash tries to decline his challenge for he is up next to battle in the Lumiose Conference, but Takeru refuses to let him pass unless he battles him. Seeing that he can't reason with him, Ash accepts Takeru's challenge and calls on Pikachu to battle against Takeru's Furfrou. Takeru orders Furfrou to use Sand Attack to blind Pikachu before launching a Giga Impact which hits.

Back at the stadium, Alain's Mega Charizard X knocks out Trevor's Aerodactyl with a Flamethrower.

Back in the hallway, Takeru has Furfrou use Take Down, while Ash has Pikachu retaliate with Iron Tail. Pikachu follows up with an Electro Ball while Furfrou defends with Cotton Guard.

Back in the stadium, Trevor has his last Pokémon, a White Flower Florges, use Energy Ball on Alain's Mega Charizard X, but Mega Charizard X uses another Flamethrower to destroy Florges's attack and knock her out as well, making Alain the winner of the first battle. The spectators are awestruck by Alain's performance, while Trevor is devastated that he was eliminated so soon from the Lumiose Conference.

The next battle, Tomo versus Ash, is about to begin. Tomo has shown up, and the battlefield has changed into a grassy terrain, but Ash is nowhere to be seen. The battle he had with Takeru made him late for his battle with Tomo. Everybody wonders where Ash could be, including Clemont, Serena, and even Team Rocket. The referee is about to disqualify Ash for not showing up, but Ash barely arrives in the nick of time and calls out that he is indeed here.

Takeru is then seen on the hallway floor remembering the rest of his battle with Ash. Pikachu had used Quick Attack while Furfrou defended with another Cotton Guard. Pikachu retaliated with a powerful Thunderbolt, knocking out Furfrou. After Ash thanked Takeru for the battle, Takeru broke down in tears, crying that he couldn't compete in the Lumiose Conference for he couldn't collect the eight badges needed to do so. He then told Ash to win his League challenge, and Ash replied that he would do so.

With Ash present, his first Kalos League battle has begun. Tomo sends out his Altaria while Ash chooses to use Greninja. Tomo has Altaria use Dragon Pulse, which Greninja takes with ease. Tomo then orders a Draco Meteor. As the attack approaches, Ash and Greninja sync up to allow Greninja to change into Ash-Greninja and dodge every single meteor caused by Altaria's Draco Meteor. Everyone is surprised to see Greninja change form. Ash-Greninja then delivers a powerful Water Shuriken, knocking out Altaria on impact.

Later that day, as the sun sets on the preliminary rounds, all the participants are seen eager for the second round of the Kalos League.

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.

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)
• Furret (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.
• The announcer seen during the opening feast was previously seen commentating the Princess Festival in Princess vs. Princess, 873 episodes earlier.

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, both Ash and Greninja are shown to be wearing the pulse meters on their wrists which wasn't shown in between the battle earlier.

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