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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.
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XY071
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運勢最悪? ユリーカ対ニャース!! The Worst Luck? Eureka VS Nyarth!!
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First broadcast
Japan
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May 7, 2015
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United States
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
Animation
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Team Kato
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Screenplay
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大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi
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Storyboard
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渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe
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Assistant director
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尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano
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Animation director
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夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume
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No additional credits are available at this time.
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(Japanese: 運勢最悪? ユリーカ対ニャース!! The Worst Luck? Eureka VS Nyarth!!) is the 71st episode of the XY series, and the 870th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 7, 2015.
Plot
Ash, his friends, and all of their Pokémon are taking a break on their way to Laverre City. While everyone is eating, Serena checks her fortune on her guidebook, which predicts coming trouble. When Bonnie requests that her fortune be told as well, Serena tells her that she is due to have some of her worst luck ever. However, the two girls dismiss their bad fortunes as trivial. At that moment, Team Rocket flies by in their hot-air balloon, towing several pieces of fruit that they had picked. Spotting the twerps, they decide to try and launch an attack. Although they manage to catch Pancham and Chespin in a net, Luxray's Swift pops the balloon, and Team Rocket lands on the ground as Pancham and Chespin are freed. Several fruit roll down the hilly area as well.
Suddenly, three Pangoro appear, roaring with anger. They begin ruthlessly attacking the group and refuse to listen when Ash tries to explain. Running for their lives, everyone sprints in a different direction until they are all separated from one another. After a moment, Bonnie realizes that she and Dedenne are alone with Meowth. While fleeing from one of the Pangoro, Bonnie and Meowth accidentally fall over a cliff and crash through several thick vines. The vines catch on both of them, keeping them tethered to each other. Soon enough, another Pangoro finds the two of them and they flee again. Meanwhile, Ash realizes that he has been separated from everybody except Pancham. Serena, likewise, is stuck alongside Frogadier and Chespin, while Clemont is with Braixen, Bunnelby, and Pikachu. Luxray, Hawlucha, and Fletchinder constitute a fourth group, and they begin to search for the others. While everybody is trying to find everybody else, Jessie and James are frustrated at Meowth's absence.
Bonnie and Meowth try to break the vine binding them together, but without success. After discussing Meowth's coin and ability to talk for a brief while, Bonnie realizes that her fortune about her luck foretold her getting stuck with Meowth. As Ash and Pancham try to seek higher ground, Clemont introduces his newest invention, which can sense the body heat of living beings. However, the first thing it senses is another Pangoro. With help from Braixen, they flee while they can. Similarly, Serena and her party come across a Pangoro and they flee after intervention by Frogadier. Meanwhile, Meowth and Dedenne pick Nanab Berries from a tree so that they can eat. However, Meowth and Bonnie continue bickering with each other, culminating in Dedenne's Nuzzle attack to force Meowth to cooperate - which backfires and hits Bonnie as well. Realizing that they cannot afford to be fighting, Bonnie shares the last Nanab berry with Meowth and Dedenne.
Having reached the top of the cliff, Ash and Pancham see Fletchinder and are quickly reunited with it, Hawlucha, and Luxray. They quickly find Serena's group as well. While Bonnie and Meowth are still searching for their friends, they sneak by a sleeping Pangoro, but Meowth trips. Running away before Pangoro spots them, Bonnie and Meowth fall over the side of the hill and land on a group of Foongus. Although Meowth manages to avoid their Spores, Bonnie is completely engulfed by them and immediately falls asleep. Because Dedenne is unfamiliar with Chesto Berries, Meowth tries to carry Bonnie on his back, but she is too heavy. Instead, Meowth draws a picture of one for Dedenne to find, and they soon manage to wake Bonnie up again before continuing on their way. Clemont, having spotted Fletchinder, reunites with Ash and Serena as well, leaving Bonnie and Dedenne as the only two who are missing.
While making their way along a rocky riverbank, Bonnie and Meowth slip into the water. As they struggle to remain afloat, they are carried downstream and past a rock that shreds the vine keeping them together. Bonnie quickly grabs another vine dangling over the water to keep them from being carried any farther. After Bonnie and Meowth notice that their tether has been cut, they agree to go their separate ways, but a roar from a distant Pangoro convinces them to stay together. They soon spot Fletchinder and are reunited with Ash, Clemont, Serena, and all of the other Pokémon. Suddenly, the three Pangoro reappear. Just when they are about to attack the group again, Pancham goes to talk to them, wanting to know the reason for their constant attacks. As their speech is translated by Meowth, they explain to Pancham that they are angry because their food was stolen. Once everybody realizes that the true culprits are Team Rocket, the Pangoro send Jessie, James, Meowth, and the rest of Team Rocket's Pokémon blasting off when they arrive. Now that they realize their mistake in suspecting Ash and his friends, the Pangoro share their fruit with them and say goodbye as the day ends.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Pokémon Quiz: Pangoro (Japan)
Trivia
Errors
- When the Pangoro are attacking for the fifth time, Ash's Fletchinder is gone.
- In several scenes, Pangoro's claws on their paws and feet are colored the same as their feet.
- When Bonnie and Meowth are falling down to the horde of Foongus, the Poké Ball pattern on several Foongus' heads are completely swapped backwards.
Several Foongus' heads pattern error
The claws on Pangoro's feet are the same colour as its feet
Dub edits
In other languages