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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!!
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First broadcast
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June 25, 2015
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| United States
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September 5, 2015
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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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米村正二 Shōji Yonemura
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| Storyboard
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三浦陽 Yo Miura
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| Assistant director
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浅田裕二 Yūji Asada
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| Animation directors
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岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane
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| 松永香苗 Kanae Matsunaga
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| 志村泉 Izumi Shimura
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| 酒井裕未 Hiromi Sakai
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A Frenzied Factory Fiasco! (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 and in the United States on September 5, 2015.
Blurb
Ash and friends are excited to check out the famed Poké Ball Factory outside of Anistar City! But the tour goes awry when their tour guides turn out to be none other than Team Rocket. When Pikachu escapes Team Rocket’s clutches, it’s up to Ash’s best friend to save the day!
Plot
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The episode begins with Ash and his friends arriving to Poké Ball Factory. A disguised Team Rocket welcomes them, who takes them on a tour of the factory. They eventually trick Ash and his friends into giving them their Pokémon by putting their Poké Balls in the Poké Ball case in order to steal their Pokémon. Since Pikachu hates Poké Balls, Team Rocket asks Ash to put Pikachu in a separate case, and Meowth asks for Pikachu's Poké Ball to go along with it. Ash and his friends go to a storage room and get locked inside. Team Rocket then reveals themselves and say their motto.
Major events
- For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Staraptor (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Meowth (Team Rocket) (Japan)
Trivia
- Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Delphox
- 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 also marks the anime debut of Net, Nest, Dusk, Dive, Luxury, Repeat, Premier, and Heal Balls outside of credit songs.
- In one scene, Meowth gets the Safari Ball pattern painted on his face, marking the debut of Safari Ball's in-game design in the anime.
- This episode also shows an un-painted Poké Ball for the first time.
- 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 narrate the preview for the next episode.
- This episode was aired on Teletoon in Canada on August 29, a week before it aired in the United States.
Errors
- As the other Pokémon came out of their Poké Balls, Bunnelby's pupils are bigger than its appearances in other episodes.
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Bunnelby with bigger pupils
Dub edits
- The title card segment focuses on Ash in the dub instead of Team Rocket.
- In the Japanese version of the scene where Team Rocket is seen stealing various sorts of Poké Balls, James lists Quick, Premier, and Net Balls, even though no Quick Balls are seen in the entire episode. The dub corrected this by having James mention a Dusk Ball instead of a Quick Ball.
In other languages
