XY034

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The Bonds of Mega Evolution!

XY034   EP833 メガルカリオ対メガクチート！メガシンカの絆！！ Mega Lucario VS Mega Kucheat! The Bonds of Mega Evolution!!

First broadcast Japan July 3, 2014 United States September 6, 2014

English themes Opening Pokémon Theme (Version XY) Ending

Japanese themes Opening メガＶ（メガボルト） Ending ピースマイル！

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada 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 Dub review thread on BMGf

The Bonds of Mega Evolution! (Japanese: メガルカリオ対メガクチート！メガシンカの絆！！ Mega Lucario VS Mega Kucheat! The Bonds of Mega Evolution!!) is the 34th episode of the XY series, and the 833rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 3, 2014 and in the United States on September 6, 2014.

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

Blurb

Following her grandfather's orders, Korrina has arrived on Pomace Mountain for some special training with Mabel, whose partner Mawile can Mega Evolve, and our heroes are along for the adventure. After a quick battle, Mabel suggests that everyone make flower arrangements with their Pokémon partners, much to their surprise.

This continues for several days, and while Bonnie and Dedenne are having a great time, Korrina and Lucario are getting impatient. But they soon learn that spending so much time together, exploring the beauty of the mountain and working together to make their beautiful arrangements, is exactly what they needed!

During a late-night heart-to-heart talk between Mabel and Korrina, the Team Rocket villains make their move, grabbing Pikachu and Mawile. But all that training pays off! Korrina's voice is finally able to reach Mega Lucario and calm its battle rage, and with the help of Mega Mawile, Team Rocket is sent blasting off again.

Now that Korrina can control Lucario's Mega Evolution, Ash decides he needs more training before challenging her at the Shalour Gym!

Plot

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Major events

• Ash, his friends, and Korrina arrive at Pomace Mountain.
• Korrina's Lucario learns how to control itself while Mega Evolved, and is revealed to have learned Aura Sphere.
• Korrina leaves the group.

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Korrina
• Mabel

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Mawile (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Mawile (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Fennekin (Serena's)
• Pumpkaboo (Jessie's)
• Inkay (James's)
• Lucario (Korrina's; Mega Lucario)
• Mawile (Mabel's; Mega Mawile)

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Korrina.png

The title card segment focuses on Korrina for this episode

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Mega Lucario
  • For the TV Tokyo airing, instead of the Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster segment, a trailer for the upcoming Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction, along with the Mega Diancie event for Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire and Tretta, and Darkrai giveaway was shown.
• While translated directly from its Japanese equivalent, the English title is very similar and could serve as a reference to The Bonds of Evolution!, which also showcases Mega Evolution.
• Ash and Clemont narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• When Mabel is talking in her house, everyone else is shown to be surprised. However, the animation for everyone in the room except Ash is reversed: they are shown bewildered and open-mouthed at first, and when they all gasp, they seem to compose themselves. This happens twice during the episode.
• When James throws his Poké Ball to send out Inkay, the engines on the sides of the Meowth Balloon disappear. This error will be fixed in the future episodes.

• 

  Meowth Balloon without the engines

Dub edits

File:Title Card XY Ash.png

The dub's title card

• The title card segment focuses on Ash in the dub instead of Korrina.
• For an unknown reason the title of the episode copies the title of XY028 in the Russian dub.
• For an unknown reason, the title card lacks the characters' shadows in the Polish dub.
• For unknown reasons, the title card segment was skipped in the Hindi dub.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	超級路卡利歐對超級大嘴蛙！超進化的牽絆！！
	Mandarin	超級路卡利歐對超級大嘴娃！超進化的羈絆！！
Danish		Udviklingens band!
Dutch		De banden van mega-evolutie!
Finnish		Megakehityksen tuoma yhteys!
European French		Les liens de la méga-évolution !
German		Das Band der Mega-Entwicklung!
Greek		Οι Δεσμοί της Μέγα Εξέλιξης!
Indonesian		Kumpulan Mega Evolusi!
Italian		Il legame della megaevoluzione!
Korean		메가루카리오 VS 메가입치트!! 메가진화의 유대관계!!
Norwegian		Mega-evolusjonens bånd!
Polish		Więzi Megaewolucji!
Brazilian Portuguese		Os Elos da Mega Evolução!
Russian		Узы мега‐эволюции!
European Spanish		¡Los Vínculos de la Megaevolución!
Swedish		Mega-utvecklingens band!
Thai		เมก้าลูคาริโอ้ ปะทะ เมก้าคุจีโตะ! สายสัมพันธ์แห่งการพัฒนาร่างเมก้า!!
Turkish		Mega evrim bağları!
Vietnamese		Mega Lucario đấu với Mega Kuchito! Sự liên kết Mega!!

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