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Kalos League Passion with a Certain Flare!
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Kalos League Passion with a Certain Flare! (Japanese: 激闘カロスリーグ!集え、すべての熱き想いよ!! Fierce Fighting at the Kalos League! Gather, All of My Passion!!) is the 129th episode of the XY series, and the 928th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 4, 2016 and in the United States on October 22, 2016.
Blurb
The day before the Kalos League finals between Ash and Alain, our heroes meet Alain’s young friend Mairin when she rescues Clemont’s wayward Chespin! Team Flare is also in Lumiose City, preparing for a secret operation while all eyes are on the League—and Lysandre has plans for Ash once the League is over.
Meanwhile, Professor Sycamore, who has been researching Ash-Greninja, shows our heroes an old manuscript describing the mysterious Bond Phenomenon, which requires Trainer and Pokémon to have a particularly close connection. Afterward, Ash rallies his Pokémon for the battle ahead, while Alain trains hard with his Charizard. His mission to gather Mega Evolution energy is nearly complete...
Plot
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Major events
- Ash and his friends meet up with Meyer and Clembot again.
- Ash and his friends meet Mairin for the first time.
- Ash and his friends learn about Bond Phenomenon from Professor Sycamore.
- Team Flare continue their plans for Z2 by secretly taking over the Lumiose Gym.
- Ash meets Lysandre for the first time.
- Ash and Alain prepare to start their Full Battle in the final round of the Lumiose Conference.
- For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- Serena
- Clemont
- Bonnie
- Jessie
- James
- Nurse Joy
- Professor Sycamore
- Alain
- Mairin
- Tierno
- Trevor
- Shauna
- Lysandre
- Sawyer
- Meyer
- Xerosic
- Team Flare Grunts
- Team Flare Admin
- Malva
- Diantha
- Citizens
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Sceptile (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Pancham (Serena's Pancham) (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Dedenne (Clemont's)
- Greninja (Ash's)
- Talonflame (Ash's)
- Hawlucha (Ash's)
- Goodra (Ash's)
- Noivern (Ash's)
- Braixen (Serena's)
- Pancham (Serena's)
- Sylveon (Serena's)
- Bunnelby (Clemont's)
- Chespin (Clemont's)
- Luxray (Clemont's)
- Wigglytuff (Nurse Joy's)
- Charizard (Alain's)
- Chespin (Mairin's; Chespie; flashback)
- Charizard (Trevor's; Mega Charizard Y; flashback; video)
- Sceptile (Sawyer's)
- Absol (Astrid's; Mega Absol; flashback; video)
- Garchomp (Remo's; Mega Garchomp; Garchoo; flashback; video)
- Cubchoo (Trainer's)
- Leafeon (Trainer's)
- Scraggy (Trainers's)
- Teddiursa (Trainers's)
- Sandshrew (Trainer's)
- Gothorita (Trainer's)
- Furfrou (Trainer's)
- Watchog (Trainer's)
- Espurr (Trainer's; ×3)
- Helioptile (Trainer's)
- Gothitelle (Trainer's)
- Amoonguss (Trainer's)
- Swirlix (×2; Trainers')
- Oddish (Trainer's)
- Mime Jr. (Trainer's)
- Scrafty (Trainer's; flashback; video)
- Breloom (Trainer's; flashback; video)
- Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Squishy)
- Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Z2)
- Murkrow
- Jigglypuff (picture)
- Psyduck (picture)
- Pikachu (picture)
- Breloom (accessory)
- Cresselia (accessory)
- Jirachi (accessory)
- Wigglytuff (accessory)
Other
Trivia
- Poké TV: "Kalos League News" focusing on Ash, Alain, Ash's Greninja, and Alain's Charizard.
- Pikachu's Song replaces Puni-chan's Song as the ending theme in this episode.
- Ash, Alain, and the referee narrate the preview for the next episode.
- Tierno, Trevor, and Shauna are seen eating Magikarp themed Taiyaki in this episode, which are similar to the one Ash was seen eating in The Flame Pokémon-athon!.
Errors
Dub edits
In other languages
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This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation. |
- Episode articles with incomplete plot summaries
- Pages with broken file links
- XY series episodes
- Episodes focusing on Ash
- Episodes in which a Legendary Pokémon appears
- Pokémon League episodes
- Episodes featuring Elite Four members
- Episodes in which a Champion appears
- Episodes written by Atsuhiro Tomioka
- Episodes storyboarded by Hiromasa Amano
- Episodes directed by Masahiko Watanabe
- Episodes animated by Kunihiko Natsume
- Episodes animated by Yuki Naoi
- Episodes by multiple animation directors