XY139

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XY139   EP938 さらばサトシゲッコウガ！クセロシキの逆襲！！ Farewell, Satoshi Gekkouga! Xerosicy's Counterattack!!

First broadcast Japan October 20, 2016 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening XY&Z Ending ニャースのバラード

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 吉村文宏 Fumihiro Yoshimura Assistant director 吉村文宏 Fumihiro Yoshimura Animation director 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: さらばサトシゲッコウガ！クセロシキの逆襲！！ Farewell, Satoshi Gekkouga! Xerosicy's Counterattack!!) is the 139th episode of the XY series, and the 938th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 20, 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's Goodra returns to its home in the wetlands.
• Xerosic returns, intending to create Neo-Team Flare.
• Xerosic is defeated and arrested.
• Ash and his friends meet up with Squishy and Z2 again.
• Ash releases Greninja so that it can protect Kalos with Squishy and Z2.

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

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Officer Jenny
• Alain (flashback)
• Sawyer (flashback)
• Sanpei (flashback)
• Xerosic
• Keanan
• Team Flare Grunts (fantasy)

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Squishy (Zygarde Core) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Froakie (Ash's; flashback)
• Frogadier (Ash's; flashback)
• Greninja (Ash's; Ash-Greninja; released)
• Talonflame (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Goodra (Ash's; leaves)
• Noivern (Ash's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's; flashback)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Luxray (Clemont's; flashback)
• Sceptile (Sawyer's; flashback)
• Malamar (Xerosic's)
• Crobat (Xerosic's)
• Bellsprout (Keanan's)
• Greninja (Sanpei's; flashback)
• Barbaracle (Saizo's; flashback)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Cell, Core, 10% and Complete Forme; Squishy; Complete Forme in fantasy)
• Zygarde (Zygarde 10%, 50% and Complete Forme; Z2; Complete Forme in fantasy)
• Beedrill (multiple)
• Quagsire (multiple)
• Swanna (multiple)
• Lotad (multiple)
• Yanmega (multiple)
• Floette (Blue Flower)
• Florges (Blue Flower; anime)
• Scatterbug (flashback)
• Spewpa (multiple; flashback)
• Sentret (flashback)

Other

• Clembot (flashback)

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Ash V2.png

The title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode

• Poké TV: "Burn! Pokémon Challenge!!" focusing on Ash's Greninja in its Ash-Greninja form.
• This episode was followed by a preview for the Sun & Moon series.
• Meowth's Ballad is used as the ending theme for this episode.
• In this episode, a piano version of Puni-chan's Song is used when Bonnie sees Squishy again.
• This is the first time a main character has released a regional starter Pokémon.

In other languages

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