BW134

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The Journalist from Another Region!

BW134   EP791 パンジー登場！エリキテルとゴーゴート！！ Pansy Appears! Erikiteru and Gōgōto!!

First broadcast Japan July 18, 2013 United States October 12, 2013

English themes Opening It's Always You and Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening 夏めく坂道 Ending 手をつなごう

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 面出明美 Akemi Omode Storyboard 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino Assistant director 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino Animation director 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara No additional credits are available at this time.

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

The Journalist from Another Region! (Japanese: パンジー登場！エリキテルとゴーゴート！！ Pansy Appears! Erikiteru and Gōgōto!!) is the 134th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 791st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 18, 2013 and is scheduled to air in the United States on October 12, 2013.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis As they reach Minori Island, Ash and his friends meet up with Alexa, a journalist from the Kalos region, and her Pokémon Gogoat and Helioptile which Ash's Pokédex doesn't recognize. Alexa explains that she's in the Decolore Islands to write an article on the tradition of Minori Island, the Harvest Festival. As they visit the festival, they learn of a special Pokémon Sumo Tournament where the winner shall win a Focus Band, and some rare Berries. Ash, Iris and Cilan each decide to enter this tournament, but things turn out to be tougher than they thought. Who will win the tournament?

Major events

• Ash, Iris and Cilan meet Alexa, a reporter from the Kalos region, for the first time.
• Alexa joins Ash and his friends during their travels to Kanto.

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

Debuts

• Alexa

Pokémon debuts

• Helioptile
• Gogoat

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Jessie
• James
• Porter
• Alexa
• Yukiya
• Kondo

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Hariyama (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Pignite (Ash's)
• Dragonite (Iris's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Helioptile (Alexa's; debut)
• Gogoat (Alexa's; debut)
• Golurk (Yukiya's)
• Beartic (Kondo's)
• Hariyama
• Pidove (fantasy/flashback)
• Deerling (Spring Form; fantasy/flashback)
• Minccino (fantasy/flashback)
• Patrat (fantasy/flashback)
• Purrloin
• Darmanitan (fantasy/flashback)
• Sandile (fantasy/flashback)
• Galvantula (fantasy/flashback)
• Amoonguss (fantasy/flashback)
• Seismitoad (fantasy/flashback)
• Ursaring (fantasy/flashback)
• Beartic (fantasy/flashback)
• Darumaka
• Lillipup
• Ampharos
• Audino
• Shinx
• Vigoroth
• Aggron
• Exeggutor
• Slaking
• Watchog
• Tyranitar
• Rhyperior
• Machop
• Petilil
• Swanna (multiple; flashback)

Photographs

• Mew
• Bulbasaur
• Charmander
• Squirtle
• Venusaur
• Charizard
• Elgyem
• Masquerain
• Wooper
• Wynaut
• Dunsparce
• Caterpie
• Treecko
• Lucario
• Medicham
• Krabby
• Pikachu
• Piplup
• Blaziken
• Pinsir
• Solosis
• Turtwig
• Grotle
• Torterra
• Pidove
• Samurott

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Cinccino
• This episode marks the first anime appearance of Generation VI Pokémon and a Generation VI move.
  • The English dub of the episode will be aired the same day that Pokémon X and Y are going to be released.
• This episode marks the first appearance of a Grotle in the main series other than the one that belonged to Ash.
• This episode aired on September 20, 2013 in Italy (on K2), twenty-two days before the US airdate.

Iris's Dragonite's antennae error

• The gap between the Japanese and Italian airings is 64 days, making this the sortest time between the premier of the Japanese version and a western dub of the same episode (prior to the XY sneak peek event).
  • Similarly, the gap between the Japanese and US airings is 86 days, making this the shortest time between the premiere of the Japanese version and the English dub of the same episode (prior to the XY sneak peek event).

Errors

• In a recurring error, when Iris first releases her Dragonite from its Poké Ball, its antennae are briefly the same orange color as its body.

In other languages

Language		Title
Italian		La giornalista di un'altra regione!

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