XY107

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An Explosive Operation!

XY106   EP905 爆裂グランドフォース！ジガルデ捕獲作戦！！ The Explosive Ground Force! The Zygarde Capture Operation!!

First broadcast Japan February 11, 2016 United States May 21, 2016

English themes Opening Stand Tall Ending

Japanese themes Opening XY&Z Ending ロケット団団歌

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 松永香苗 Kanae Matsunaga 志村泉 Izumi Shimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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

An Explosive Operation! (Japanese: 爆裂グランドフォース！ジガルデ捕獲作戦！！ The Explosive Ground Force! The Zygarde Capture Operation!!) is the 106th episode of the XY series, and the 905th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on February 11, 2016 and is scheduled to air in the United States on May 21, 2016.

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

Plot

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

Major events

• Giovanni assigns Jessie, James, and Meowth to capture Zygarde.
• Team Rocket attempt to capture Z2, but are stopped by Team Flare and Alain.
• Z2 is captured by Team Flare.

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
• Giovanni
• Matori
• Alain
• Mable
• Aliana
• Lysandre
• Xerosic
• Team Flare Grunts

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Zygarde (Z2; Zygarde 10% Forme) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Noibat (Ash's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Gourgeist (Jessie's)
• Inkay (James's)
• Persian (Giovanni's)
• Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X)
• Druddigon (Aliana's)
• Weavile (Mable's)
• Sneasel (Team Flare Grunt's)
• Skorupi (Team Flare Grunt's)
• Poochyena (Team Flare Grunt's)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Squishy)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core, Cell, 10% and 50%; Z2)

Trivia

• Poké TV: "Pokémon Unbelievable" focusing on Squishy.
• In the Japanese version, the title card segment focuses on Team Rocket and is read by Alain.
• This episode marks Matori's first appearance since A Battle of Aerial Mobility!, 103 episodes prior. It is also her first speaking appearance in the XY series, and the first one overall since Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!, 225 episodes ago.
• Team Rocket's Team Song is used as the Japanese ending theme for this episode.
  • It is also used as an insert song during Team Rocket's battle with Team Flare.
• Bonnie can be heard singing Puni-chan's Song to Squishy in this episode.
• Clemont, Bonnie, and Hiro narrate the preview for the next episode.
  • At the end of the preview, Clemont says "Everyone, Clemontic Gear, ON!" instead of Ash saying his "Everyone, get Pokémon!" phrase.

Errors

• During Team Rocket and Team Flare's battle, Weavile is hit by Inkay's Psybeam. As a Dark-type, Weavile should not have taken any damage.
• After Zygarde 50% uses Dragon Pulse for the first time on Team Rocket and Team Flare, Gourgeist and Inkay are seen with Jessie and James, even though they were both returned to their Poké Balls in the previous scene.

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In other languages

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