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XY131   EP930
カロスリーグ優勝! サトシ頂上決戦!!
Kalos League Victory! Satoshi's Ultimate Match!!
First broadcast
Japan August 18, 2016
United States
English themes
Opening
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening XY&Z
Ending ピカチュウのうた
Credits
Animation Team Kato
Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita
Storyboard 飯島正勝 Masakatsu Iijima
Assistant director 飯島正勝 Masakatsu Iijima
Animation directors 小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama
西谷泰史 Yasushi Nishiya
No additional credits are available at this time.

(Japanese: カロスリーグ優勝! サトシ頂上決戦!! Kalos League Victory! Satoshi's Ultimate Match!!) is the 131st episode of the XY series, and the 930th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 18, 2016.

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Plot

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Having finally reached the Lumiose Conference finals, Ash is now facing Alain, who has proven to be an extremely powerful Trainer to battle against. With the remaining Pokémon being three-to-two in Ash's favor, Pikachu is now facing Alain's ace: Charizard. Pikachu attacks Charizard with a Thunderbolt, but the Flame Pokémon shrugs off the super effective hit as if it was nothing. Ash commands a Quick Attack, but Pikachu's previous battle against Alain's Metagross is starting to show its effect, causing the Electric Mouse to fall on its knee. A Flamethrower from Charizard lands a clean hit on Pikachu, who barely has any strength left to continue. Charizard takes flight and launches another Flamethrower, but Ash, using a tactic learned from Clemont's Bunnelby, has Pikachu use Iron Tail on the ground, creating a cloud of dirt to block the incoming Fire-type attack. Alain compliments Ash's strategy before ordering a Dragon Claw, which Pikachu counters with an Iron Tail. The two moves clash, but the impact is too much for the weakened Pikachu, who finally faints, leaving both sides with two Pokémon remaining.

Back at the stands, Malva is commentating on the events taking place at the stadium, but her cameramen, Team Rocket, are hardly paying any attention on her, instead complaining about Pikachu losing. James, whom Jessie and Meowth had glared at for rooting for the twerp earlier, is glad to see his fellow team members cheering for Ash too, as none of them is wanting to see their longtime enemy lose to a guy like Alain. In the crowd, Ash's friends are discussing about the battle situation. Sawyer points out that both of Alain's remaining Pokémon have already battled, while Ash's remaining two Pokémon are still at full health, giving him an advantage. Serena agrees to this, seeing the confident smile on Ash's face. At the VIP box, Mairin is encouraging Alain to do his best.

Ash sends out Goodra as his fifth Pokémon, while Alain chooses to recall Charizard and send out his Bisharp again. In order to create an environment suitable for Goodra, Ash has the Dragon Pokémon use Rain Dance, creating a rainstorm on the battlefield. Goodra begins the offensive with Ice Beam, which Bisharp dodges while charging in for an Iron Head. Goodra blocks the attack by grabbing Bisharp with its horns and then throwing it into the air. Goodra's assault continues with a Dragon Pulse, which is blocked by a Focus Blast from Bisharp. As Bisharp charges in for another Iron Head, Ash has Goodra use Bide, forcing it to take the attack. As Bide is charging, Alain continues his own offensive by having Bisharp attack with another Focus Blast and Iron Head, severely damaging Goodra. Ash launches a counterattack in the form of a full-charged Bide, which hits Bisharp dead on, causing it to fall on its knee. Back at the wetlands, Keanan and the wetland Pokémon are following the battle on TV, while Meyer and Clembot listen to the broadcast from a radio while doing a repair job at a roof in Lumiose City.

Back at the stadium, Bisharp hits Goodra straight into the face with an Iron Head, causing the severely weakened Dragon Pokémon to fall on its knees. Alain orders Bisharp to go for the finish with a Guillotine, which Goodra desperately attempts to counter with a Dragon Pulse, but the Sword Blade Pokémon slices through the counterattack and delivers a devastating Guillotine, causing Goodra's endurance to finally run out and the resilient Dragon-type to faint, leaving Ash with just Pokémon remaining: Greninja. As Ash's Water-type is sent out, Malva comments how losing Greninja would result in Ash's defeat, Team Rocket grumpily comments on how she's acting as if Greninja's defeat is only a matter of time, as they of all people know how tough Ash can be.

Alain commands an Iron Head from Bisharp, which Greninja counters with a Double Team. As Bisharp is trying to find the real one among the clones, Ash calls a Water Shuriken from Greninja, which makes a direct hit on Bisharp, finally taking it out of the fight. Sawyer realizes that Ash used the rain created by Goodra's Rain Dance to his advantage, as it powers up Grenija's Water-type moves. For his final Pokémon, Alain calls out his Charizard once again. Both Ash and Alain are determined to do their best with their final battlers.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Mega Charizard X (Japan)

Other

Trivia

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The title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode
  • Poké TV: "Kalos League News" focusing on Ash and Alain.
  • This marks the first time that Ash has lost a League battle to an opponent that he had previously battled.
    • This is also the first time Ash has battled in the final round of a Pokémon League Conference.
  • Ash, Clemont, Bonnie, and Serena narrate the preview for the next episode.
  • This episode marks the end of Goodra's perfect win streak.

Errors

  • When Ash has Greninja use Water Shuriken to counter Blast Burn, Greninja's right hand is cut off.
  • Right after Greninja faints, the scoreboard displays two Talonflame on Ash's team instead of Talonflame and Hawlucha.

Dub edits

In other languages


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