XY079

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XY078   EP877 激闘モンスターボール工場！ピカチュウVSニャース！！ Fierce Battle in the Monster Ball Factory! Pikachu VS Nyarth!!

First broadcast Japan June 25, 2015 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ゲッタバンバン Ending ガオガオ・オールスター

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 三浦陽 Yo Miura Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: 激闘モンスターボール工場！ピカチュウVSニャース！！ Fierce Battle in the Monster Ball Factory! Pikachu VS Nyarth!!) is the 78th episode of the XY series, and the 877th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 25, 2015.

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

Characters

Humans

File:Pokémon Quiz XY078.png

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Poké Ball Factory workers

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Meowth (Team Rocket) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Frogadier (Ash's)
• Fletchinder (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Noibat (Ash's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Luxray (Clemont's)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Pumpkaboo (Jessie's)
• Inkay (James's)

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Team Rocket V2.png

The title card segment focuses on Team Rocket for this episode

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Machamp
  • Instead of Pokémon Holo Caster, Hoopa pops out to announce the viewers to get the Legendary Pokémon giveaways and the tickets for the movie.
• Despite being introduced in Generation I, this episode marks the first time Great Balls and Ultra Balls have been seen in the anime.
• This episode marks the first time since its capture that Dedenne has been returned to its Poké Ball.
• This is the first time the Pokémon Quiz segment features a talking Pokémon, in this case, Meowth.
  • Also, this is the second time not to feature a Team Rocket decoy card in this segment.
• Serena, Braixen, and Pancham read the preview for the next episode

Errors

• When Jessie has her Pokemon Factory clothes on, her lipstick design on her mouth was missing, but then appears in her mouth when She reveal as being Team Rocket.
• Despite the fact that the recall beam missed when Meowth aimed it into the smoke, it still sounded and acted like Pikachu had been successfully returned to its Poké Ball.
• As the other Pokemon came out in their Poké Ball, Bunnelby's Pupils are big then it's appearance in the other episodes as it appeared.

In other languages

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