XY079

A Frenzied Factory Fiasco!

XY078   EP877 激闘モンスターボール工場！ピカチュウVSニャース！！ Fierce Battle in the Monster Ball Factory! Pikachu VS Nyarth!!

First broadcast Japan June 25, 2015 United States September 5, 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 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard 三浦陽 Yo Miura Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 松永香苗 Kanae Matsunaga 志村泉 Izumi Shimura 酒井裕未 Hiromi Sakai No additional credits are available at this time.

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

A Frenzied Factory Fiasco! (Japanese: 激闘モンスターボール工場！ピカチュウVSニャース！！ Fierce Battle in the Monster Ball Factory! Pikachu VS Nyarth!!) is the 78th episode of the XY series, and the 877th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 25, 2015 and in the United States on September 5, 2015.

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

Blurb

Ash and friends are excited to check out the famed Poké Ball Factory outside of Anistar City! But the tour goes awry when their tour guides turn out to be none other than Team Rocket. When Pikachu escapes Team Rocket’s clutches, it’s up to Ash’s best friend to save the day!

Plot

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The episode begins with Ash and his friends arriving to Poké Ball Factory.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Poké Ball Factory workers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Staraptor (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Meowth (Team Rocket) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Frogadier (Ash's)
• Fletchinder (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Noibat (Ash's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Luxray (Clemont's)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Pumpkaboo (Jessie's)
• Inkay (James's)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Delphox
  • Instead of Pokémon Holo Caster, Hoopa pops out to announce the viewers to get the Legendary Pokémon giveaways and the tickets for the movie.
• Despite being introduced in Generation I, this episode marks the first time Great Balls and Ultra Balls have been seen in the anime.
  • This episode also marks the anime debut of Net, Nest, Dusk, Dive, Repeat, Premier, and Heal Balls outside of credit songs.
  • James also mentions Quick Balls once, although none are seen in this episode.
  • In one scene, Meowth gets the Safari Ball pattern painted on his face, marking the debut of Safari Ball's in-game design in the anime.
• This episode marks the first time since its capture that Dedenne has been returned to its Poké Ball.
• This is the first time the Pokémon Quiz segment features a talking Pokémon, in this case, Meowth.
  • Also, this is the second time not to feature a Team Rocket decoy card in this segment.
• Serena, Braixen, and Pancham narrate the preview for the next episode.
• This episode was aired on Teletoon in Canada on August 29, a week before it aired in the United States.
• This is the third time in the XY series that the dub version of Who's That Pokémon? reveals a Pokémon that doesn't appear in this episode.

Errors

• As the other Pokémon came out of their Poké Balls, Bunnelby's pupils are bigger than its appearances in other episodes.

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  Bunnelby with bigger pupils

Dub edits

• The title card segment focuses on Ash in the dub instead of Team Rocket.

In other languages

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