XY116

The Synchronicity Test!

XY116   EP915 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 Alan! Gekkouga VS Mega Lizardon Once Again!!

First broadcast Japan April 21, 2016 United States July 22, 2016* July 23, 2016*

English themes Opening Stand Tall 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 関野昌弘 Masahiro Sekino Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane Additional credits

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

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 Alan! 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 in the United States on July 23, 2016.

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

Blurb

Clemont has been wondering about the mysterious change that sometimes happens to Ash and Greninja during battle, and he wants to get to the bottom of it—with science! He challenges Greninja to battle his Luxray while “Clembot Mini” performs an analysis, but nothing unusual happens.

While Greninja is healing up, Alain and his Charizard stop by the same Pokémon Center and enthusiastically agree to the next battle! During this fierce competition, Ash and Greninja sync up, and Greninja transforms in a spectacular display of power—but after Ash has an intense and scary reaction, the battle is cut short. Still, he’s determined to get stronger alongside Greninja!

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

Pokémon Quiz

• 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

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Metang (US and international)
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)
• Wigglytuff (Nurse Joy'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)
• 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 the dub, Clemont didn't tell Luxray to use Electric Terrain.
• XY&Z was replaced with an instrumental version of Stand Tall.
• Unlike in An Electrifying Rage!, Noivern's voice is dubbed in this episode.

In other languages

Language		Title
Danish		Synkronicitetstesten!
Dutch		De synchroniteitstest! * De synchroniciteitstest! *
Finnish		Synkronisointikoe!
European French		Le test de synchronisme !
Italian		Prova di affinità!
Norwegian		Synkronisitetstesten!
Brazilian Portuguese		O teste de sincronismo!
European Spanish		¡La prueba de la sincronización!
Swedish		Synkronicitetstestet!

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