XY102

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Meeting at Terminus Cave!

XY102   EP901 ついの洞窟！動き出したZの謎！！ Terminus Cave! The Mystery of Z is Set in Motion!!

First broadcast Japan December 24, 2015 United States April 16, 2016

English themes Opening Stand Tall 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 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 中矢利子 Toshiko Nakaya 酒井裕未 Hiromi Sakai 松永香苗 Kanae Matsunaga No additional credits are available at this time.

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

Meeting at Terminus Cave! (Japanese: ついの洞窟！動き出したZの謎！！ Terminus Cave! The Mystery of Z is Set in Motion!!) is the 102nd episode of the XY series, and the 901st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 24, 2015 and in the United States on April 16, 2016.

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

Blurb

As our heroes enter Terminus Cave, Squishy takes off! Before the others can catch up, Squishy sends a message to a similar-looking Pokémon. This alerts Team Flare, and they scatter to catch Squishy (which they call Z1) and its friend, Z2!

As Team Flare closes in, Squishy summons many Cells and merges with them to become a fierce four-legged Pokémon. It hits Team Flare with a devastating attack—and when that’s not enough, Ash sends out his Greninja, and the two of them appear to battle as one being!

Team Flare finally retreats, but Squishy is missing. Our heroes set off to find it...as Team Flare watches their every move!

Plot

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

Major events

• Ash and his friends arrive at Terminus Cave and encounter Team Flare again.
• Ash's Noibat is revealed to know Tackle.
• Ash and his friends see Squishy change form (to Zygarde 10%) for the first time.
• Squishy gets separated from Ash and his friends.

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
• Lysandre
• Xerosic
• Celosia
• Bryony
• Mable
• Aliana
• Team Flare Grunts

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Drapion (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Drapion (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Greninja (Ash's; Ash-Greninja)
• Noibat (Ash's)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Luxray (Clemont's)
• Gourgeist (Jessie's)
• Drapion (Celosia's)
• Manectric (Celosia's)
• Bisharp (Bryony's)
• Liepard (Bryony's)
• Houndour (Team Flare Grunts'; ×4)
• Skorupi (Team Flare Grunts' ×2)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core and 10%; Squishy)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Z2)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Cell; multiple)
• Ariados
• Lairon
• Shuckle

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Ash V2.png

The title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode

• Poké TV: "Poké Love TV" focusing on Luxray and its X-ray vision.
  • The Poké TV segment was skipped for original airings.
• Bonnie and Clemont narrate the preview for the next episode.
• This is the first time since its debut that Noibat has used a new move.
• When Team Rocket recited their motto, the usual background animation was not seen.
  • Also, Team Rocket uses a variation of their motto in this episode.
• This is one of the few episodes in which Team Rocket refers Giovanni by his proper name and not as "Boss".

Errors

• When the Team Flare Grunt contacts Xerosic, the Team Flare logo on the back of Xerosic's coat briefly disappears.
• In the dub, when Gourgeist peeked down into the passage that Ash and everyone else went through, Gourgeist's mouth moves but no sound comes out. The closed captions, however, do include the cry.
• Celosia's Manectric used Scratch, a move that it cannot legally learn. This was changed in the dub to where Celosia merely commanded it to "Go after it" instead.
• After Greninja reverts to its normal form, its chest is the same from Ash-Greninja form.
• In the Danish dub, "Terminus-grotten" is misspelled as "Teminus-grotten" in the title card.

In other languages

Language		Title
Danish		Møde ved Terminus-grotten!
Dutch		Ontmoeting bij de Terminus-grot!
Finnish		Tapaaminen Terminus-luolassa!
European French		Rencontre dans la grotte Coda !
German		Konfrontation in der Omega-Höhle!
Italian		Incontro alla Grotta Climax!
Korean		끝의 동굴! 서서히 들어나는 Z의 비밀!!
Norwegian		Møte ved Terminusgrotten!
Portuguese	Brazil	Encontro na Caverna Terminus!
	Portugal	Encontro na Gruta Terminus!
Russian		Встреча в Пещере Терминус!
Spanish	Latin America	¡Un encuentro en la Cueva Terminus!
	Spain	¡Encuentro en la Cueva Desenlace!
Swedish		Mötet vid Terminus-grottan!
Thai		ถ้ำแห่งการสิ้นสุด! ปริศนาแห่ง Z เริ่มเคลื่อนไหว!!

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