XY088: Difference between revisions

A Trip Down Memory Train!

XY087   EP886 追憶のトレイン！シトロンとホルビー！！ Memories of the Train! Citron and Horubee!!

First broadcast Japan September 17, 2015 United States November 7, 2015

English themes Opening Be a Hero Ending

Japanese themes Opening ゲッタバンバン Ending ガオガオ・オールスター

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 金崎貴臣 Takaomi Kanasaki Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation directors 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume 直井由紀 Yuki Naoi 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

A Trip Down Memory Train! (Japanese: 追憶のトレイン！シトロンとホルビー！！ Memories of the Train! Citron and Horubee!!) is the 87th episode of the XY series, and the 886th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 17, 2015, in Canada on October 31, 2015, and in the United States on November 7, 2015.

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

Blurb

On the road to Anistar City, Ash and friends fall into a Team Rocket pit trap! Pikachu quickly sends the villains blasting off again. Then the ground underneath our heroes collapses, leaving them in an abandoned subway tunnel.

Bonnie is reminded of when she and Clemont first met Bunnelby, who was living in an old subway car in Lumiose City with a group of Pokémon. The group was being threatened by a grumpy Diggersby who wanted the train for itself! Thanks to some battling tips from Clemont, Bunnelby managed to defeat Diggersby and protect its home.

Soon after, the subway car was in danger, and Clemont, Bonnie, Bunnelby, and all its Pokémon friends—now including Diggersby—had to work together to move it to safety! After the train found its new home, Clemont and Bunnelby sadly parted ways...but Bunnelby’s friends had a better idea. They encouraged Bunnelby to go after its newly chosen Trainer, and the rest is history!

Plot

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

While still traveling towards Anistar City, Ash and his friends fall down a deep hole. As the heroes are okay, they look above to see Team Rocket, who gloats about digging this pitfall trap and wants to get Pikachu. To teach their foes a lesson, Ash has Pikachu to attack with Thunderbolt but Meowth releases a net that cancels electricity. Clemont sends Bunnelby to break the net with Mud Shot which allows Pikachu to use another Thunderbolt and Team Rocket gets blasted off again. As the heroes celebrate, they fall down into a much deeper hole and landed into an abandoned mine.

Major events

• Clemont reveals how he got his Bunnelby.

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
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

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

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Diggersby (flashback)
• Trubbish (flashback)
• Zigzagoon (flashback)
• Skitty (flashback)
• Delcatty (flashback)
• Patrat (flashback)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Luxray
• Serena, Braixen, and Pancham narrate the preview for the next episode.
• Brilliantly is used as an insert song near the end of the episode.
• Team Rocket breaks the fourth wall in this episode.
• This episode marks the return of Team Rocket's pitfall traps.
• The English dub title is based on the phrase "A trip down memory lane".
• This episode's English dub title was not revealed until after the two following episodes' titles.

Errors

• In one scene, Clemont's teeth are colored the same way as the background.

• 

  Clemont's teeth error

Dub edits

• The title card segment focuses on Ash in the dub instead of Clemont.

In other languages

Language		Title
European French		Un train vers le passé !

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.