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XY075

XY075   EP874 ライバルバトル３本勝負！ 明日に向かって！！ Three-Match Rival Battle! Towards the Future!!

First broadcast Japan June 4, 2015 United States

English themes Opening 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 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 木村哲 Tetsu Kimura Assistant director 関野昌弘 Masahiro Sekino Animation directors 西谷泰史 Yasushi Nishiya 黒石崇裕 Takahiro Kuroishi 堤舞 Mai Tsutsumi 新村杏子 Kyōko Niimura No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: ライバルバトル３本勝負！ 明日に向かって！！ Three-Match Rival Battle! Towards the Future!!) is the 75th episode of the XY series, and the 874th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan on June 4, 2015.

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

Plot

Major events

• Scottie is revealed to own a Slurpuff.
• Scottie encounters Team Rocket for the first time.
• Serena learns that a Pokémon Showcase will be held in Dendemille Town.
• Ash learns that the next Gym is located in Anistar City.
• Scottie's Treecko evolves into Grovyle.
• Ash has a 3vs3 battle with Scottie and wins.
• Scottie heads to Coumarine City.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Birch (flashback)
• Steven Stone (fantasy/flashback)
• Monsieur Pierre (video)
• Scottie
• Valerie (flashback)
• Kirika (flashback)
• Karen (flashback)
• Shione (flashback)
• Asami (flashback)

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Treecko (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Frogadier (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Luxray (Clemont's)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Pumpkaboo (Jessie's)
• Inkay (James's)
• Metagross (Steven's; Shiny; fantasy/flashback)
• Spritzee (Valerie's; flashback)
• Klefki (Monsieur Pierre's; video)
• Treecko (Scottie's; evolves)
• Grovyle (Scottie's; newly evolved)
• Bagon (Scottie's)
• Slurpuff (Scottie's)
• Torchic (flashback)
• Mudkip (flashback)
• Taillow (flashback)
• Panpour (video)
• Marill (plush toy)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Smoochum
  • Instead of Pokémon Holo Caster, Hoopa pops out to announce the viewers to get the Legendary Pokémon giveaways and the tickets for the movie.
• Ash, Bonnie, and Clemont narrate the preview for the next episode.
• James and Meowth break the fourth wall when Jessie fantasizes about marrying Steven Stone by tearing out Steven and the background respectively.
• Ash learns that Sceptile can Mega Evolve.
• Team Rocket doesn't recite their motto in this episode.
• Mad-Paced Getter is used during the end of Ash and Scottie's 3v3 battle.

Errors

• The red spot underneath Scottie's Slurpuff's collar disappears for a brief second.
• When James is looking as Scottie's notebook before Slurpuff finds it, his glove disappears.
• When Ash tells Pikachu to use Thunderbolt the second time, his backpack disappears. It reappeared after Team Rocket got blasted off.
• After being hit by Pikachu's Thunderbolt, Team Rocket flew off in the following order: Meowth, Jessie, James, Inkay and Pumpkaboo, and Wobbuffet. When they were blasting off, they were in this order: Jessie, Pumpkaboo, James, Meowth, Wobbuffett, and Inkay.
• Scottie's Slurpuff used Electro Ball, a move that it cannot legally learn.
• When Ash holds up Frogadier's Poké Ball, the white center and black band around the white button is much larger than normal.
• For a brief second after Scottie's Treecko comes out of its Poké Ball, its right arm is colored the same as its tail.
• When Grovyle uses Leaf Blade on Frogadier, Frogadier's entire face is dark blue.

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  Slurpuff's missing red spot on its body

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  James's glove on his left hand is not covering the thumb on the same hand

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  Ash missing his backpack

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  Ash's Frogadier's Poké Ball has a bigger ring around its button than it should have

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  Treecko's right arm error

Dub edits

In other languages

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