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XY117

XY117   EP916 サトシ対チャンピオン・カルネ！VSメガサーナイト！！ Satoshi VS Champion Carnet! VS Mega Sirnight!!

First broadcast Japan May 5, 2016 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 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 樋口香里 Kaori Higuchi Assistant director 仲野良 Ryō Nakano Animation directors 上杉遵史 Junji Uesugi 千葉茂 Shigeru Chiba 内田裕 Yū Uchida Additional credits

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

(Japanese: サトシ対チャンピオン・カルネ！VSメガサーナイト！！ Satoshi VS Champion Carnet! VS Mega Sirnight!!) is the 117th episode of the XY series, and the 916th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on May 5, 2016.

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

Plot

Major events

• Olympia tells Diantha about the upcoming threat to Kalos.
• Ash and his friends meet up with Diantha again.
• Diantha informs Ash and his friends on the island that Team Flare used to experiment on in an earlier episode and about Zygarde.
• Ash's Greninja reaches its final Ash-Greninja form.
• Ash has a rematch against Diantha, which is interrupted when Ash overexerts himself during the battle and collapses with Greninja.

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
• Professor Sycamore (flashback)
• Sophie (flashback)
• Cosette (flashback)
• Alain (flashback)
• Olympia
• Charlene (flashback)
• Carrie (flashback)
• Diantha
• Lysandre
• Xerosic
• Mable (flashback)
• Aliana (flashback)
• Kathi Lee

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Mega Gardevoir (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Frogadier (Ash's; flashback)
• Greninja (Ash's; Ash-Greninja)
• Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X; flashback)
• Weavile (Mable's; flashback)
• Druddigon (Aliana's; flashback)
• Gardevoir (Diantha's; Mega Gardevoir)
• Meowstic (Olympia's; male)
• Meowstic (Olympia's; female)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Squishy)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core and 50%; Z2; 50% in flashback)

Trivia

• Poké TV: "Pokémon 24 Hours!" program focusing on Diantha and her Gardevoir.
• Ash's Greninja remains outside of its Poké Ball for the entire episode.
• Music from Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice is used in this episode.
• An instrumental version of XY&Z is used during Ash's battle against Diantha.
• An instrumental version of Team Rocket's Team Song is used as an insert song during Team Rocket's motto.
• Sawyer and Ash narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

Dub edits

In other languages

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