XY082

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A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?

XY081   EP880 パンプジンフェスティバル！さよならバケッチャ！? The Pumpjin Festival! Farewell, Bakeccha!?

First broadcast Japan July 23, 2015 United States September 26, 2015

English themes Opening Be a Hero Ending

Japanese themes Opening ゲッタバンバン Ending ガオガオ・オールスター

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 樋口香里 Kaori Higuchi Assistant director 前園文夫 Fumio Maezono Animation directors 松田芳明 Yoshiaki Matsuda 西谷泰史 Yasushi Nishiya 志村泉 Izumi Shimura 中矢利子 Toshiko Nakaya No additional credits are available at this time.

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

A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell? (Japanese: パンプジンフェスティバル！さよならバケッチャ！? The Pumpjin Festival! Farewell, Bakeccha!?) is the 81st episode of the XY series, and the 880th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 23, 2015 and is scheduled to air in the United States on September 19, 2015.

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

Major events

• Jessie trades her Pumpkaboo with Count Pump's Mawile, but later trades it back.
• After Jessie and Count Pump trade their Pokémon, Pumpkaboo evolves into Gourgeist.

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Gourgeist (Jessie's)

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Nurse Joy
• Count Pump
• Count Pump's butler
• Kids

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Gourgeist (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Fletchinder (Ash's)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Pumpkaboo (Jessie's; traded to Count Pump; evolves)
• Gourgeist (Jessie's; newly evolved; traded back to Jessie)
• Mawile (Jessie's; Mega Mawile; fantasy)
• Inkay (James's)
• Wigglytuff (Nurse Joy's)
• Pumpkaboo (Count Pump's; Small Size; Prince Pumpkaboo)
• Mawile (Count Pump's; traded to Jessie, then traded back)
• Gourgeist (Count Pump's butler's; ×3)
• Chespin (Trainer's) *
• Wobbuffet (Trainer's) *

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Team Rocket V2.png

The title card segment focuses on Team Rocket for this episode

• Team Rocket reads the title card.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Skiddo
  • Instead of Pokémon Holo Caster, there is a special preview for M18.
• This episode marks the first time one of Team Rocket's Pokémon has evolved since The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!, 334 episodes earlier.
  • This also marks the first time one of Team Rocket's Pokémon has been traded since Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid, 619 episodes earlier.
• This episode marks the second time a main character trades a Pokémon for another one, but later trades it back. The first time was in Battle Aboard the St. Anne, 865 episodes earlier.
• After Prince Pumpkaboo reveals he no longer loves Jessie's Gourgeist after her evolution, Meowth sympathizes with it, alluding a previous crush he had in For The Love of Meowth!.
• This episode confirms that Jessie's Pumpkaboo (and later, Gourgeist) is female and Super Size.
• The regular opening sequence is replaced with clips from Hoopa and the Clash of Ages. They appear after the beginning sequence of Ash and his friends' preparations of the journey.
• The cosplays seen in this episode include:
  • Ash: Snorlax
  • Pikachu: Psyduck
  • Serena: Florges (Red Flower)
  • Clemont: Watchog
  • Bonnie: Ludicolo
  • Dedenne: Corphish
  • Chespin: Pikachu
  • Jessie: Mismagius
  • James: Gourgeist
  • Meowth: Banette
  • Wobbuffet: Sawk
  • Inkay: Pikachu
    • Inkay's Pikachu costume is the same one it wore in Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!, while Meowth's Banette costume is the same one he wore in Ghoul Daze! and Celebrating the Hero's Comet!.
• Ash and Serena narrate the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• When Count Pump's butler activates the trap gate and trapped Ash and his friends, Pikachu's Psyduck beak is colored white instead of beige.
• On the flashback of Jessie receiving a cake from her Pumpkaboo, her boots were colored the same as her skin.
• When Serena orders Braixen to use Flamethrower to blast off Team Rocket, Braixen was already executing the move before Serena could finish calling out the attack.

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  Pikachu's Psyduck beak error

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  Jessie's boots error

In other languages

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