XY135

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XY135   EP934 進撃する巨石！カロス防衛線！！ The Advancing Megalith! The Kalos Line of Defense!!

First broadcast Japan September 15, 2016 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening XY&Z Ending

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 樋口香里 Kaori Higuchi Assistant director 仲野良 Ryō Nakano Animation directors 小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama 緒方厚 Atsushi Ogata No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: 進撃する巨石！カロス防衛線！！ The Advancing Megalith! The Kalos Line of Defense!!) is the 135th episode of the XY series, and the 934th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 15, 2016 as a one-hour special alongside XY136.

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

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

• Ash and Alain defeat Lysandre.
• Team Rocket defeats and subdues Celosia and Mable.
• The Megalith inside Lysandre Labs absorbs Chespie and takes the form of a Zygarde 50% Forme.
• The Megalith Zygarde destroys Lysandre Labs and heads towards the Anistar City Sundial, threatening to cause an explosion that would destroy the world.
• Bonnie persuades Z2 to trust her.
• Ash meets up with Steven again.
• Ash and his friends, along with Alain, Mairin, Professor Sycamore, Blaziken Mask, Steven, Malva, and Team Rocket, follow the Megalith Zygarde.
• Diantha and all the Gym Leaders of Kalos arrive to join the battle against the Megalith Zygarde.

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
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny
• Professor Sycamore
• Blaziken Mask
• Alain
• Mairin
• Sawyer
• Tierno
• Trevor
• Shauna
• Lysandre
• Celosia
• Mable
• Viola
• Grant
• Korrina
• Ramos
• Valerie
• Olympia
• Wulfric
• Diantha
• Malva
• Team Flare Grunts
• Team Flare Admins
• Steven Stone
• Trainers

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Chespie (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Greninja (Ash's; Ash-Greninja)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Luxray (Clemont's)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Sylveon (Serena's)
• Wigglytuff (Nurse Joy's)
• Ivysaur (Shauna's)
• Charizard (Trevor's)
• Blastoise (Tierno's)
• Sceptile (Sawyer's)
• Lucario (Korrina's; Mega Lucario)
• Garchomp (Professor Sycamore's; Mega Garchomp)
• Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X)
• Chespin (Mairin's; Chespie)
• Blaziken (Blaziken Mask's; Mega Blaziken)
• Gyarados (Lysandre's; Shiny; Mega Gyarados)
• Drapion (Celosia's)
• Weavile (Mable's)
• Vivillon (Viola's; Meadow Pattern)
• Tyrunt (Grant's)
• Gogoat (Ramos's)
• Spritzee (Valerie's)
• Meowstic (Olympia's; female)
• Meowstic (Olympia's; male)
• Abomasnow (Wulfric's)
• Gardevoir (Diantha's)
• Houndoom (Malva's; Mega Houndoom)
• Metagross (Steven's; Shiny; Mega Metagross)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Squishy)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Z2)
• Poliwag (Trainer's)
• Helioptile (Trainer's)

Other

• Clembot
• Megalith Zygarde

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Ash V2.png

The title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode

• Poké TV:"Pokémon 24 Hours!" featuring the Gym Leaders of Kalos region.
• This episode marks the first time that all eight Gym Leaders from a region appear at the same time.
• A piano version of Puni-chan's Song is used as an insert song when Squishy speaks to Z2 about humans.
• A remix of XY&Z is used as an insert song during the group's fight against he Megalith Zygarde.
• A full version of V (Volt) is used as an insert song when all Gym Leaders appear.

Errors

• The bottom half of Greninja is cut off before the group looks over the edge of Prism Tower after Lysandre falls off.

In other languages

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