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Origins of Mega Evolution!
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マスタータワー!メガシンカの歴史!! Master Tower! The History of Mega Evolution!!
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First broadcast
Japan
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September 18, 2014
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United States
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November 8, 2014
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English themes
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Japanese themes
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Credits
Animation
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Team Kato
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Screenplay
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面出明美 Akemi Omode
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Storyboard
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尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano
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Assistant director
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渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe
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Animation directors
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夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume
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岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane
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No additional credits are available at this time.
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Origins of Mega Evolution! (Japanese: マスタータワー!メガシンカの歴史!! Master Tower! The History of Mega Evolution!!) is the 43rd episode of the XY series, and the 842nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 18, 2014 and in the United States on November 8, 2014.
Blurb
Our heroes have arrived in Shalour City, but the Gym is inside the Tower of Mastery, which sits on an island with no apparent way to get there. Korrina comes to meet them and advises patience, which gives Ash some extra time to train! His Pokémon have really picked up on Tierno's rhythmic battle style, but it seems Ash doesn't quite have the dancing skills to pull it off.
Low tide reveals the path to the island, and our heroes cross, eager for a Gym battle—but first, Gurkinn has a history lesson for them. He tells how one of his ancestors discovered Mega Evolution along with his partner, Lucario, and mentions the family's treasured Scroll of Secrets...which catches Team Rocket's attention. The villains try to steal the scroll, but Korrina and her Mega Lucario quickly send them blasting off again!
As thanks, Gurkinn decides to let his granddaughter and our heroes see the Scroll of Secrets. Much to their dismay, the "secrets" turn out to be his own common-sense rules for life, rather than any new information about Mega Evolution. But there's no time for disappointment—it's time for Ash and Korrina's Gym battle!
Plot
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This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.
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Major events
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.
Debuts
Pokémon debuts
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Who's That Pokémon?: Pumpkaboo (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Fletchinder (Japan)
Trivia
- Mairin's Mega Evolution Journal: Mega Swampert
- This is the first time that the Pokémon Quiz segment features a Pokémon that has already been featured. In this case, Fletchinder was featured 22 episodes ago.
- The time between this episode's Japanese version's airing and its dubbed version's airing is only 51 days, breaking the record of the shortest gap between the airing of the Japanese version and the regular dubbed version of an episode, not taking into account the XY series sneak peek event.
Errors
- During the shot of Shalour City at evening, the mountains located behind the city hills are missing.
Dub edits
- The title card segment focuses on Ash in the dub instead of Korrina.
- For an unknown reason, the title card lacks the characters' shadows in the Polish dub.
In other languages