XY045

Splitting Heirs!

XY045   EP844 シトロン対ユリーカ！？ニャオニクスできょうだいバトル！！ Citron VS Eureka!? A Sibling Battle for Nyaonix!!

First broadcast Japan October 2, 2014 United States November 22, 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 面出明美 Akemi Omode Storyboard 柳瀬雄之 Takeyuki Yanase Assistant director 富沢信雄 Nobuo Tomizawa Animation director 佐野陽子 Yōko Sano 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

Splitting Heirs! (Japanese: シトロン対ユリーカ！？ニャオニクスできょうだいバトル！！ Citron VS Eureka!? A Sibling Battle for Nyaonix!!) is the 45th episode of the XY series, and the 844th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 2, 2014 and in the United States on November 22, 2014.

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

Plot

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Blake
• Heath
• Mother
• Father

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Meowstic (male and female) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Froakie (Ash's)
• Fletchinder (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Fennekin (Serena's)
• Meowstic (Blake's; male)
• Meowstic (Heath's; female)
• Espurr (Blake's; flashback)
• Espurr (Heath's; flashback)
• Exploud (Blake and Heath's father's)
• Beedrill (×3)
• Venipede (flashback)

Trivia

• Mairin's Mega Evolution Journal: Mega Blaziken
• This is the first time that the Pokémon Quiz segment features two Pokémon in one card, despite being in opposite genders.
• The next episode preview is narrated by Ash, Pikachu, and Wigglytuff.
• The opening animation is updated to include a Pancham with yellow shades, Grace, Aria and her Braixen, replacing Korrina, Lucario, Mabel, Mawile, Gurkinn and his Lucario.
• This episode revealed that Bonnie hates carrots.

Errors

• In the beginning of the episode, most of the tuft of fur on Fennekin's right ear is colored yellow like her body instead of red.
• When Bonnie, Serena, Heath and his Female Meowstic are heading towards the flower tree, the ribbon on Serena's hat is missing.

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  Fennekin's right tuft error

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  Serena without her ribbon

Dub edits

In other languages

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