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The Synchronicity Test!
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The Synchronicity Test! (Japanese: サトシとアラン!ゲッコウガVSメガリザードンふたたび!! Satoshi and Alain! Gekkouga VS Mega Lizardon Once Again!!) is the 116th episode of the XY series, and the 915th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on April 21, 2016 and is scheduled to air in the United States on July 23, 2016.
Blurb
Clemont is interested in the mysterious change that sometimes happens to Ash and Greninja during battle, and he’s going to put all of his scientific knowledge to work to figure it out! The initial findings don’t turn up much, but a later battle against Alain and his Charizard proves useful...
Plot
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Major events
- Clemont invents a wristband-like mechanic to enhance and analyze Ash and Greninja when using the Ash-Greninja form.
- Ash and his friends encounter Alain again.
- Alain is revealed to own a Metang.
- Ash has a battle against Alain and loses.
- Ash has a second battle with Alain, but it is abandoned when Ash collapses due to the strain of using the Ash-Greninja form.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
- Ash
- Serena
- Clemont
- Bonnie
- Olympia (flashback)
- Alain
- Sawyer (video; flashback)
- Nurse Joy
- Professor Sycamore (flashback)
- Mairin (video)
- Sophie (flashback)
- Cosette (flashback)
- Charlene (flashback)
- Carrie (flashback)
- Team Flare Grunt (video)
- Trainer
Pokémon
Pokémon Quiz: Metang (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Dedenne (Clemont's)
- Frogadier (Ash's; flashback)
- Greninja (Ash's, Ash-Greninja)
- Talonflame (Ash's)
- Hawlucha (Ash's)
- Noivern (Ash's)
- Luxray (Clemont's)
- Meowstic (Olympia's; male; flashback)
- Meowstic (Olympia's; female; flashback)
- Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X)
- Metang (Alain's)
- Sceptile (Sawyer's; video; flashback)
- Wigglytuff (Nurse Joy's)
- Chespin (Mairin's; Chespie; video)
- Bisharp (Heidayu's; video; flashback)
- Skitty (Trainer's)
- Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Squishy)
Trivia
- Poké TV: "Pokemon Unbelievable" focusing on Greninja.
- The English dub was released on iTunes on July 22, 2016, one day before the episode aired in the United States.
- Serena, Ash and Clemont narrate the preview for the next episode.
- XY&Z is used as an insert song during Ash's second battle against Alain.
- This is the first time Alain is seen using a Pokémon other than his Charizard.
Errors
- Clemont states that the Ash-Greninja form was seen only three times before the events of this episode instead of four times.
Dub edits
In other languages
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This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime. |
Categories:
- Episode articles with incomplete plot summaries
- Pages with broken file links
- XY series episodes
- Episodes focusing on Ash
- Episodes focusing on Alain
- Episodes in which a Legendary Pokémon appears
- Episodes written by Atsuhiro Tomioka
- Episodes storyboarded by Masahiro Sekino
- Episodes directed by Yūji Asada
- Episodes animated by Masaaki Iwane