This article is about an episode of the Pokémon animated series that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.
(Japanese: カラマネロ対マーイーカ ！絆は世界を救う！！Calamanero VS Maaiika! The Bonds that Would Save the World!!) is the 54th episode of the XY series, and the 853rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 25, 2014.
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The title card for this episode focuses on Team Rocket for the first time.
This is another time where Pokémon Quiz segment features a Pokémon that has already been featured. In this case, Malamar was featured 35 episodes ago.
One of the flashback scenes with James and Inkay features James disguising Inkay as Pikachu while wearing an Ash disguise himself. This scene takes place during Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!, although it was never seen in said episode.
James's Inkay remains outside of its Poké Ball throughout the episode.
The good Malamar's Psycho Cut were able to damage the evil Malamar despite Psychic-type moves having no effect on Dark-type Pokémon.
One of the flashbacks with James and Inkay features James disguising Inkay as Pikachu while wearing an Ash disguise himself. In the scene, his hair is colored gray just like his gloves instead of dark cyan.
James's hair error
