XY094

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XY093

XY093   EP892 Z爆誕！カロスに潜む者！！ Z's Explosive Birth! What Lurks in Kalos!!

First broadcast Japan October 29, 2015 United States

English themes Opening Ending

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

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 金崎貴臣 Takaomi Kanasaki Assistant director 西田健一 Ken'ichi Nishida Animation directors 大橋藍人 Aito Ōhashi 西谷泰史 Yasushi Nishiya No additional credits are available at this time.

Preview thread on BMGf Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: Z爆誕！カロスに潜む者！！ Z's Explosive Birth! What Lurks in Kalos!!) is the 93rd episode of the XY series, and the 892nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 29, 2015, as the first episode of the XY & Z arc, and as part of a one-hour special alongside SS035.

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

Plot

Major events

• Ash and his friends find a Zygarde Core, which Bonnie nicknames "Puni-chan".
• Ash and his friends meet up with Sawyer again.
• Ash and his friends encounter Team Flare for the first time.
• Sawyer tells Ash and his friends about Terminus Cave.
• Sawyer is revealed to have earned four new Badges.

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

Debuts

Humans

• Team Flare
  • Celosia
  • Mable
  • Aliana
  • Bryony
  • Xerosic
  • Team Flare Grunts

Pokémon debuts

• Zygarde (10% and 50%)

Main series debuts

• Zygarde (Zygarde Cell and Zygarde Core)

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Sawyer
• Alain
• Lysandre
• Xerosic
• Celosia
• Mable
• Aliana
• Bryony
• Team Flare Grunts

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Zygarde (Zygarde Core) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Frogadier (Ash's)
• Talonflame (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Noibat (Ash's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Luxray (Clemont's)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Eevee (Serena's)
• Grovyle (Sawyer's)
• Pyroar (Lysandre's; male)
• Drapion (Celosia's)
• Bisharp (Bryony's)
• Houndour (Team Flare Grunt's)
• Skorupi (Team Flare Grunt's)
• Sneasel (Team Flare Grunt's)
• Zygarde (Zygarde 10%, Cell and Core; Puni-chan)
• Zygarde (Zygarde 50%)
• Dodrio (multiple)

Trivia

• Music from Genesect and the Legend Awakened and Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction is used in this episode.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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