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うつしみの洞窟！鏡の国のサトシとサトシ！？
Reflection Cave! Mirror World Satoshi and Satoshi!?
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First broadcast
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July 31, 2014
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| United States
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September 27, 2014
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
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The Cave of Mirrors! (Japanese: うつしみの洞窟！鏡の国のサトシとサトシ！？ Reflection Cave! Mirror World Satoshi and Satoshi!?) is the 37th episode of the XY series, and the 836th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 31, 2014 and in the United States on September 27, 2014.
Blurb
While our heroes are exploring Reflection Cave, named for its mirrorlike crystal walls, Ash's own reflection pulls Pikachu through one of the mirrors! Ash leaps after it and finds himself in another world, with a Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena very different from the ones he knows.
After our Ash helps Mirror Ash drive off Team Rocket and reclaim his own Pikachu, Mirror Clemont tells him of a frightening legend—people who pass through one of the mirrors in Reflection Cave must return to their own world before sunset or risk being stuck on the wrong side of the mirror forever! Ash hurries back to the mirror he first stepped through, where his friends are waiting on the other side, and all of them focus on reuniting with each other.
Thanks to the strong bonds of friendship, Ash and Pikachu are pulled back to their own world just in time!
Plot
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Major events
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Wobbuffet (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Wobbuffet
(Japan)
Trivia
- Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Noivern
- The regular opening sequence is replaced with clips from Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction. Although this is a standard practice with some Japanese shows when a tie-in movie is released, this marks the first time it has occurred in the anime.
- The next episode preview is narrated by Clemont, Ash, Serena, and Bonnie.
- This preview is a parody of radio dramas. Unlike most previews narrated by several characters, Clemont is the only one actually reciting a synopsis, while Ash, Bonnie and Serena provide reactions according to his narration. Also, just like in Seeking Shelter From the Storm!, no background music plays during the preview.
- It is never revealed how Team Rocket ended up in the Mirror World, or how they later escaped as Mirror Clemont stated that people from another world cannot return to their own world after sunset.
- Ash's Hawlucha's Karate Chop was animated differently in this episode, making it look more similar to Wing Attack, and resumed its usual appearance in subsequent episodes. The reason for this is unknown.
Errors
- After Team Rocket captures Mirror Ash's Pikachu, Wobbuffet is heard before the sound of its Poké Ball opening.
- When Ash jumps into his dimension, Mirror Ash's Pikachu disappears, but when regular Ash gets to his dimension, Mirror Pikachu reappears on Mirror Ash's shoulder.
- Also, at the same time his Pikachu disappears, Serena is to the right of Mirror Ash, but a few seconds later, Serena is to the left of him.
Mirror Pikachu, reappearing
Dub edits
- For an unknown reason, the title card lacks the characters' shadows in the Polish dub.
In other languages
Dutch
Finnish
European French
German
Italian
Polish
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
European Spanish
Swedish
Thai
