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: ライバル決戦！サトシゲッコウガVSメガジュカイン！！Decisive Rival Battle! Satoshi Gekkouga VS Mega Jukain!!) is the 128th episode of the XY series, and the 927th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 28, 2016.
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This episode marks the first time Ash has ever gotten into the finals of a Pokémon League Conference.
XY&Z is used as an insert song during Ash's battle against Sawyer, when Mega Sceptile and Ash-Greninja are battling each other.
This episode marks the first time Goodra is knocked out during a battle since its capture.
Errors
After Pikachu makes contact with Aegislash's King's Shield, the animation of Pikachu's Attack stat dropping moved up instead of down, making it appear that the stat was being raised instead of dropping.
When Pikachu returns to Ash after defeating Aegislash, his bruises from the battle disappear.
When Slurpuff uses Cotton Guard, the animation that showed her Defense stat drastically raising was blue instead of red. Red indicates a stat increase while blue shows a stat decrease.
When Ash commands Greninja to use Cut to counter Sceptile's Leaf Blade, the scoreboard displays Noivern and Salamence as the two who are currently in battle.
