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Facing the Grand Design!
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Facing the Grand Design! (Japanese: カラマネロ対マーイーカ ！絆は世界を救う！！ Calamanero VS Maaiika! The Bonds that Would Save the World!!) is the 54th episode of the XY series, and the 853rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 25, 2014 and in the United States on March 14, 2015.
Plot
The episode begins with Inkay eating a croissant along with Team Rocket. Jessie comments on how fast Inkay is eating, but James knows it's because Inkay absolutely loves croissants. Just then, Team Rocket notice Ash and his friends and begin formulating a plan to catch Pikachu. The scene then transitions to Ash and his friends who are talking about UFO sightings at Grace Tower, although Clemont, being a man of science, dismisses the statement and says the sightings weren't actually UFO's but merely people's eyes playing tricks on them. Just then a rustling is heard from the bushes and a Malamar emerges.
Ash warns the others to not look at the lights on Malamar's chest as they each recollect on the events of A Conspiracy to Conquer. Instead of doing anything to the group, however, the Malamar floats away. Soon, Ash and his friends witness a group of Inkay, Malamar, Flabébé, Bidoof, and Ledyba living together in a forest. Team Rocket is watching from a different side and notices the group of Pokémon as well. Just then, three trucks speed past, almost running over everyone and causing much animosity on the part of Ash and his friends. Inkay is also very angry and senses something so it pursues the trucks with Team Rocket following.
Inkay is seen speeding up the mountain with Team Rocket not that far behind. James wonders what has gotten into his Pokémon and Jessie asks TRMeowth ([[{{{2}}} (move)|{{{2}}}]]) to translate, although he is unable to do so because Inkay is too agitated. Once they reach the top of the mountain, Team Rocket sees the trucks from before, along with six strange devices. James remembers seeing them somewhere before, but he can't remember where. Just then, James sees a Malamar emerge from the truck, recognizing it as the Malamar that hypnotized him and the rest of Team Rocket (except Meowth) in A Conspiracy to Conquer. Just then, two other Malamar show up and the three begin cackling. Inkay is furious and begins shouting in extreme agitation, which grabs the unwanted attention of the three evil Malamar. The Malamar that appeared previously, the leader of the group, orders the other two to go after Team Rocket.
Team Rocket run down the mountain quickly but end up crashing in front of Ash and his friends, who think they've come to steal Pikachu again. A lady then tells everyone to hide with her. She then reveals herself to be the Officer Jenny they met during their first run-in with the evil Malamar. Inside a cave, she informs the group that she is conducting a top secret investigation on Malamar after their previous encounter. Soon after, a large quake causes them all to run out of the cave and see the six devices on top of the mountain, supporting a large sphere of energy. Before the group can formulate a plan to stop it, however, the Malamar discover them and capture everybody except James, Inkay, Meowth, and Clemont, who manage to escape thanks to Inkay.
In the forest, Clemont thanks Bunnelby for helping with their escape with its Dig. Inkay is still furious and Meowth is finally able to tell that it is because Inkay is unable to get over Malamar hypnotizing James in the past. Meowth apologizes to Inkay, as he originally believed Inkay was in cahoots with the evil Malamar. Inkay then goes off to get help from the Pokémon in the forest. The good Malamar are skeptical of Inkay's story at first, but when one of the evil Malamar arrives and attacks their friends, they retaliate and agree to help stop the evil Malamar's plan.
Meanwhile, the Malamar are boasting about the true nature of their "final project" to their captives on top of the mountain. Using the six devices, created with the help of scientists they hypnotized previously, the Malamar are aiming to alter the world's environment drastically in order to create a world that is best suited for them, although such a world would almost certainly not benefit any other parties. As the countdown progresses, James, Inkay, Meowth, and Clemont arrive with the group of Malamar and Inkay they befriended, thus taking the evil Malamar by surprise and freeing the others from their control. One of the evil Malamar then seizes Inkay and hypnotizes it to turn it against James, but the bond between James and Inkay is too strong and James manages to bring his friend back to its senses. With the combined power of Inkay, the wild Pokémon, Officer Jenny's Manectric, and Pikachu, the three Malamar are defeated easily and their final project destroyed, but not before they escape with the devices and promise that they will eventually succeed in their plan.
Back in the forest, the Pokémon are playing happily and then one of the Malamar motions for Inkay to come and join them. Inkay is led into the forest by the wild Inkay, who see it as one of their friends. Seeing this, James believes that Inkay would be happier here in the forest than traveling around with him, but Inkay rebukes him, stating in no uncertain terms that nothing makes it happier than traveling around with him and Team Rocket. At this, James is overcome with emotion and embraces Inkay happily.
Major events
- Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket encounter the evil Malamar from before.
- James attempts to release Inkay, but Inkay decides to stay with him.
- For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Bidoof (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Malamar (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Dedenne (Clemont's)
- Bunnelby (Clemont's)
- Inkay (James's)
- Manectric (Officer Jenny's)
- Malamar (anime)
- Malamar (×8; 6 good; 2 evil)
- Inkay (multiple)
- Ledyba (multiple)
- Bidoof (multiple)
- Flabébé (multiple; Red Flower, Yellow Flower, Orange Flower, and Blue Flower)
Trivia
- Mairin's Mega Evolution Journal: Mega Rayquaza
- This is the last episode of Mega Evolution Journal to be shown.
- Ash and Team Rocket read the title card for this episode.
- Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie narrate the preview for the next episode.
- The title card for this episode focuses on Team Rocket for the first time.
- Team Rocket didn't recite their motto in this episode.
- This is another time where Pokémon Quiz segment features a Pokémon that has already been featured. In this case, Malamar was featured 35 episodes ago.
- One of the flashback scenes with James and Inkay features James disguising Inkay as Pikachu while wearing an Ash disguise himself. This scene takes place during Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!, although it was never seen in said episode.
- James's Inkay remains outside of its Poké Ball throughout the episode.
Errors
- The evil Malamar's Psychic was used to levitate Inkay despite Inkay being immune to Psychic-type moves.
- The good Malamar's Psycho Cut were able to damage the evil Malamar despite Psychic-type moves having no effect on Dark-type Pokémon.
- In the flashback scene with James and Inkay disguising themselves as Ash and Pikachu, James's hair is colored gray just like his gloves instead of dark cyan.
James's hair error
Dub edits
- The title card segment focuses on, and is read by, Ash in the dub instead of Team Rocket.
In other languages
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