XY061

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XY061   EP860 荒野の決闘！戦えヌメラ！！！ Decisive Battle in the Wilderness! Fight, Numera!!

First broadcast Japan February 19, 2015 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ゲッタバンバン Ending ドリドリ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation director 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: 荒野の決闘！戦えヌメラ！！！ Decisive Battle in the Wilderness! Fight, Numera!!) is the 61st episode of the XY series, and the 860th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 19, 2015.

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

Major events

• Ash's Goomy evolves into Sliggoo and learns Dragon Breath.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Sliggoo (Ash's)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Trainers

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Grumpig (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Frogadier (Ash's)
• Goomy (Ash's; evolves)
• Sliggoo (Ash's; newly evolved; debut)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Pumpkaboo (Jessie's)
• Inkay (James's)
• Bibarel (Trainer's)
• Pansage (Trainer's)
• Spoink (multiple)
• Grumpig
• Yanmega (multiple: flashback)
• Ariados (multiple: flashback)
• Gulpin (multiple: flashback)
• Lotad (x2; flashback)
• Wooper (x2; flashback)

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Ash V2.png

The title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Mawile
  • Instead of Pokémon Holo Caster, the trailer for the upcoming movie, Arceus, shiny Rayquaza and Serena's Fennekin event giveaways were shown.
• Ash and Clemont narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The opening animation is updated to include Serena with her new design, Ash's Sliggoo, Clemont's Luxray and Serena's Braixen.
  • Also, the title card is updated to include Serena with her new design.
• V (Volt) is used as an insert song during Goomy's evolution in this episode.
• Dedenne faints for the first time.
• Sliggoo remains outside of its Poké Ball for the entire episode.

Errors

• In one scene, Grumpig's left arm is half colored purple instead on being full colored black.

• 

  Grumpig's wrongly colored left arm

In other languages

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