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Dream a Little Dream from Me!

XY097   EP896 ピカチュウ、プニちゃんの夢を見る！ Pikachu, Dreams of Puni-chan!

First broadcast Japan November 26, 2015 United States March 19, 2016

English themes Opening Stand Tall Ending

Japanese themes Opening XY&Z Ending プニちゃんのうた

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard 木村哲 Tetsu Kimura Assistant director 渡部周 Shū Watanabe Animation directors 中野彰子 Akiko Nakano 北島勇樹 Yūki Kitajima 中矢利子 Toshiko Nakaya 酒井裕未 Hiromi Sakai No additional credits are available at this time.

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Dream a Little Dream from Me! (Japanese: ピカチュウ、プニちゃんの夢を見る！ Pikachu, Dreams of Puni-chan!) is the 97th episode of the XY series, and the 896th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 26, 2015 and in the United States on March 19, 2016.

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

Blurb

After staying up late to watch a gorgeous meteor shower, our heroes settle into their sleeping bags for a good night’s sleep. Pikachu wakes up thirsty and bumps into Meowth, who’s feeling the same. That’s when things get strange—all the other Pokémon start talking like humans, and the humans can only make Pokémon sounds! And that’s just the start of the strange things happening on this beautiful night!

Plot

The episode begins with Bonnie, Ash, Clemont, and Serena camping. Everyone is in their sleeping bags, waiting to watch the meteor shower. Serena says they will all have to make a wish, and Bonnie asks why. Serena tells her that if you make a wish when you see a shooting star, it'll come true. Bonnie then decides to make a lot of wishes, and Ash agrees.

The meteor shower begins, and everyone makes their wishes: Ash wishes that he meets lots of strong Trainers, Serena wishes that she wins her third Princess Key, and Bonnie wishes that she can become a Trainer soon, and also that Clemont can find a wife soon, much to Clemont's embarrassment. Clemont can't decide what to wish for, and simply wishes that everyone else's wishes will come true.

Before everyone goes to sleep, Clemont announces that he has made an alarm clock that is guaranteed to wake everyone up in the morning, so they can head out early. While everyone is sleeping, Dedenne rolls over and knocks Squishy out of Bonnie's purse. Squishy goes off on its own and finds a nearby tree to sleep in. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is sleeping up against a tree. Meowth can't sleep due to Jesse and James's snoring, so he puts earplugs in his ears and counts Mareep in order to fall asleep. Darkrai comes and puts Meowth and Pikachu into Squishy's dream.

In the dream, Pikachu wakes up to go get some water. He finds a river and starts drinking from it. He is greeted by a Froakie, a Diggersby, and a Delphox. They can all speak somehow and startle Pikachu. Delphox wonders why Pikachu is freaking out, because to them, talking is pretty normal. She then suggests the reason for Pikachu's reaction is because he's still half asleep, and Diggersby prepares to knock Pikachu awake with one of his ears. Before he can do that, however, Pikachu panics and runs away. Meowth wakes up and goes to get water as well, and sees the talking Pokemon. He immediately freaks out and goes back to alert Jesse and James.

Pikachu returns to the still-sleeping group and wakes Ash up. To his surprise, however, Ash can only talk in Pokémon, and somehow has eyes that look just like Froakie's. Pikachu is petrified and runs away from the campsite. Meowth tries to wake up Jessie and James and explains what's going on, but instead realizes that Jessie and James are speaking as if they are Wobbuffet and Inkay respectively. Meowth freaks out as well and runs away while Jesse and James chase him. He manages to lose them by hiding in some tall grass.

Pikachu and Meowth run into each other and notice nothing's weird about each other. Squishy also appears and begins to talk to Pikachu and Meowth, much to their surprise. Squishy wonders why Meowth is surprised, as he can speak as well. Meowth notes that he's been speaking for a long time. Then a fire monster (possibly symbolizing Team Flare) appears and chases Squishy. Squishy, riding on Pikachu, manage to escape with Meowth by swimming across the river. Once they are safe, Squishy thanks them and then tells them to take him to Terminus Cave, his home. Pikachu and Meowth ask why, and Squishy tells them to touch him. They do so, and Squishy transforms into Zygarde Complete Forme. Meowth and Pikachu freak out, and both wake up from the dream.

Pikachu continues panicking, and wakes up Ash and Clemont. Ash asks why Pikachu is freaking out, and Clemont suggests that Pikachu had a bad dream. Remembering what happened when he touched Squishy, Pikachu looks for him, and wakes up Serena and Bonnie. They notice that Squishy isn't in Bonnie's purse. Pikachu runs away, and Clemont suggests that Pikachu went to go look for Squishy, and everyone agrees to do the same. Meanwhile, Meowth freaks out as well, and James asks why. Jesse asks if Meowth had a bad dream, and Meowth explains what happened in the dream. Jesse suggests that Meowth should relax, since it was a dream, and Meowth says that the 'dream' felt real. Meowth also runs away to look for Squishy. Pikachu run into each other once again, and they are transported back to the dream.

Pikachu and Meowth realize that they've been in the current part of the dream before, and wait for Squishy to come out of the bushes. Once he does, Squishy scolds Meowth for not running, and says that th flame monster will be back, so they should get going. Before they can, however, the flame monster appears and the group runs away again. They eventually lose the flame monster, and continue on their journey to Terminus Cave. On the way, the past a clearing that has been destroyed by the monster. Squishy uses his to powers to replenish the fields, to Pikachu and Meowth's amazement.

They continue towards Terminus Cave, and Squishy asks them to hurry before the fire monster reappears. Meowth says that if Squishy turns into Zygarde, he can easily defeat the fire monster. Squishy says he can't do that until they arrive at Terminus Cave. Before they arrive, however, the group is once again stopped by the fire monster.

Squishy orders Meowth and Pikachu to fight, but the monster's powerful flame attacks easily causes Meowth to retreat. Pikachu uses Quick Attack on the monster, and misses. He then uses Thundershock, but to no effect. Just when all hope seems lost, Delphox, Diggersby, and Froakie all appear and try to attack the monster. Froakie uses Water Pulse, Delphox uses Flamethrower, and Diggersby uses Double Slap, but to no effect, and The fire monster easily defeats the trio. Diggersby gets hit and spontaneously transforms into Bunnelby. Chespin and Pancham suddenly arrive at the battle. Pancham is holding a can of Pokémon food, which Chespin eats a morsel from. This angers Pancham, and he spontaneously evolves into Pangoro. Chespin evolves into Chesnaught, and they start arguing. They're just about to have a battle when Pikachu tries to break the argument up, and Chesnaught asks if Pikachu can spontaneously evolve, too. Pangaro translates Pikachu's answer, which is that Pikachu can't. The flame monster starts firing at them, and Chesnaught and Pangaro agree to battle after taking care of the flame monster. Chesnaught uses Pin Missile, Pangaro uses Dark Pulse, and Pikachu uses Thunderbolt. The three successfully splits the flame monster into several smaller flame monsters. Before the group can finish the battle, a loud sound is heard. Clemont's alarm clock explodes and awakens everyone.

Pikachu and Meowth both return to their groups, unsure if they are still in the dream or not. Ash and Clemont, still searching for Squishy, notice the explosion coming from their campsite. Everyone else notices it too, and question why it was so loud. Meowth returns to Jesse and James, and explains his strange dream. James suggests that Meowth has been working too much and is starting to hallucinate, and Jesse suggests that Meowth should go back to sleep. Meowth decides that he's never going to sleep again, because he doesn't want that dream again.

Back at the campsite, Ash and his friends find Clemont's exploded alarm clock, and assume the explosion came from it. Clemont says he can't handle another failed contraption, and Ash cheers him up by sayng that the alarm clock definitely would have waken everyone up. Bonnie retrieves Squishy from his tree, and everyone is relieved to have found him. Suddenly, a dark cloud falls over the group, and Darkrai shows himself. Ash recognizes him, and all of a sudden Pikachu shows up and runs toward Ash. Pikachu, clearly relieved that Ash is back to normal, is happy to see him. Darkrai flies off, and Clemont remarks that Darkrai was most likely after Pikachu's bad dream. Ash asks what the dream was about, and Pikachu appears too embarrassed to tell him. The adventurers pack up and proceed on their journey to Snowbelle City.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Zygarde (Complete Forme)

TV episode debuts

• Chesnaught*

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

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

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Froakie (Ash's; dream)
• Frogadier (Ash's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Diggersby (Clemont's; devolves in dream)
• Chespin (Clemont's; directly evolves in dream)
• Chesnaught (Clemont's; dream)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Delphox (Serena's; dream)
• Pancham (Serena's; evolves in dream)
• Pangoro (Serena's; dream)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core and Complete; Squishy) (Zygarde Complete Forme in dream)
• Darkrai
• Mareep (multiple; dream)

Trivia

• Poké TV: Pokémon Unbelievable featuring Darkrai and Cresselia.
  • This is the first time a previously featured Poké TV program is used, albeit on a different subject.
• Meowth and Pikachu read the title card for this episode.
• Early in the episode, Ash and his friends watch the Litleonid meteor shower, a phenomenon first mentioned in Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire's Delta Episode.
• Nihei, Sanpei, and Ippei narrate the preview for the next episode.
• The dub episode title is a reference to a song called Dream a Little Dream of Me.

Errors

• When Pikachu and Meowth are running away from the fiery ghost figure, Squishy disappears from Pikachu's back.
• In the dream after Serena's Braixen (as a Delphox) uses Flamethrower, the ribbon on her wand disappears.
• In one scene, a part of James's eyes are the same color as the background.

Dub edits

• The title card segment focuses on Ash in the dub instead of Pikachu. The title card is also read by Ash.
• In the Japanese version, Darkrai utters a faint cry upon being spotted by Ash and company near the end of the episode. In the dub, however, Darkrai does not make any sound after it runs away upon being spotted by Ash and company.
• The extra scene of the fight between Clemont's Chespin and Serena's Pancham in their final forms Chesnaught and Pangoro in their dream was cut in the dub.

In other languages

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