XY135

Rocking Kalos Defenses!

XY135   EP934 進撃する巨石！カロス防衛線！！ The Advancing Megalith! The Kalos Line of Defense!!

First broadcast Japan September 15, 2016 United States December 4, 2016* December 10, 2016*

English themes Opening Stand Tall Ending

Japanese themes Opening XY&Z Ending ニャースのバラード

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 樋口香里 Kaori Higuchi Assistant director 仲野良 Ryō Nakano Animation directors 緒方厚 Atsushi Ogata 小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama No additional credits are available at this time.

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Rocking Kalos Defenses! (Japanese: 進撃する巨石！カロス防衛線！！ The Advancing Megalith! The Kalos Line of Defense!!) is the 135th episode of the XY series, and the 934th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 15, 2016 as a one-hour special alongside XY136 and is scheduled to air in the United States on December 10, 2016.

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

Blurb

Team Flare appears to be defeated for now—Clemont has destroyed their control system at great personal cost, and Alain and Ash have battled Lysandre to a standstill. But as the villain disappears, he promises that his new world will come to pass...

Meanwhile, Mairin and Serena rescue Chespie—only to watch in horror as it’s absorbed by the mysterious Giant Rock, which changes shape to resemble Zygarde! It begins to move, heading toward the Anistar Sundial in search of more energy. Everyone is determined to stop it at all costs—including the Gym Leaders and Champion Diantha, as they join our heroes to rescue Chespie and save the world!

Plot

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Major events

• Ash and Alain defeat Lysandre.
• Team Rocket defeats and subdues Celosia and Mable.
• The Megalith inside Lysandre Labs absorbs Chespie and takes the form of a Zygarde 50% Forme.
• The Megalith Zygarde destroys Lysandre Labs and heads towards the Anistar City Sundial, threatening to cause an explosion that would destroy the world.
• Bonnie persuades Z2 to trust her.
• Ash meets up with Steven again.
• Ash and his friends, along with Alain, Mairin, Professor Sycamore, Blaziken Mask, Steven, Malva, and Team Rocket, follow the Megalith Zygarde.
• Diantha and all the Gym Leaders of Kalos arrive to join the battle against the Megalith Zygarde.

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
• Nurse Joy
• Officer Jenny
• Professor Sycamore
• Alain
• Mairin
• Tierno
• Trevor
• Shauna
• Sawyer
• Blaziken Mask
• Lysandre
• Celosia
• Mable
• Team Flare Grunts
• Team Flare Admins
• Viola
• Grant
• Korrina
• Ramos
• Valerie
• Olympia
• Wulfric
• Malva
• Steven Stone
• Diantha
• Trainers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Weavile (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Mairin's Chespie (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Greninja (Ash's; Ash-Greninja)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Sylveon (Serena's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Luxray (Clemont's)
• Wigglytuff (Nurse Joy's)
• Garchomp (Professor Sycamore's; Mega Garchomp)
• Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X)
• Chespin (Mairin's; Chespie)
• Ivysaur (Shauna's)
• Charizard (Trevor's)
• Blastoise (Tierno's)
• Sceptile (Sawyer's)
• Vivillon (Viola's; Meadow Pattern)
• Tyrunt (Grant's)
• Lucario (Korrina's; Mega Lucario)
• Gogoat (Ramos's)
• Spritzee (Valerie's)
• Meowstic (Olympia's; female)
• Meowstic (Olympia's; male)
• Abomasnow (Wulfric's)
• Houndoom (Malva's; Mega Houndoom)
• Metagross (Steven's; Shiny; Mega Metagross)
• Gardevoir (Diantha's)
• Blaziken (Blaziken Mask's; Mega Blaziken)
• Gyarados (Lysandre's; Shiny; Mega Gyarados)
• Drapion (Celosia's)
• Weavile (Mable's)
• Poliwag (Trainer's)
• Helioptile (Trainer's)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Squishy)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Z2)

Other

• Clembot
• Megalith Zygarde

Trivia

• Poké TV:"Pokémon 24 Hours!" featuring the Gym Leaders of Kalos region.
• The English dub was released on iTunes and Amazon Video on December 4, 2016, six days before the episode airs in the United States.
• This is the first time Ash has defeated the leader of a villainous team in battle.
• This episode marks the first time that all eight Gym Leaders from a region appear at the same time.
• A piano version of Puni-chan's Song is used as an insert song when Squishy speaks to Z2 about humans.
• A remix of XY&Z is used as an insert song during the group's fight against he Megalith Zygarde.
• A full version of V (Volt) is used as an insert song when all Gym Leaders appear.

Errors

• The bottom half of Greninja is cut off before the group looks over the edge of Prism Tower after Lysandre falls off.

Dub edits

• During the scene where the Gym Leaders and Diantha arrive, the original version displays each character's name and title on screen in Japanese text as they each say their own line. These texts were removed in the dub.
• XY&Z is replaced with an instrumental of Stand Tall.

In other languages

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