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| Season | Pokémon the Series: XY Kalos Quest (Season 18) · Goodra & the Voltage Badge arc (XY065–XY067) |
| Episode | Season 18, episode 19 · English episode 862 · Japanese episode 867 · Bulbapedia code XY067 |
| English title | The Moment of Lumiose Truth! |
| Japanese title | ミアレジム戦！サトシVSシトロン！！ Miare Jimu Sen! Satoshi Tai Shitoron!! — “Miare Gym Battle! Satoshi VS Citron!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 9 April 2015 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 13 June 2015 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | Getta Banban (Mad-Paced Getter) – Tomohisa Sako · Doridori (DreamDream) – Shōko Nakagawa |
| English opening | Be a Hero – Ben Dixon and The Sad Truth |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Goodra (US) |
| Previous episode | Confronting the Darkness! (XY066) |
| Next episode | Garchomp’s Mega Bond! (XY068) |
Plot episodeVoltage BadgeClemont rejoins
The Moment of Lumiose Truth! is the 19th episode of Pokémon the Series: XY Kalos Quest, the eighteenth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 862nd episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 867, Bulbapedia code XY067). It first aired in Japan on 9 April 2015 and in the United States on 13 June 2015. It falls within the season’s Goodra & the Voltage Badge stretch (EP65–EP67).
Synopsis
Ash finally battles Clemont at the Lumiose Gym and wins the Voltage Badge, his fifth, when Goodra’s Rain Dance and Bide overcome Luxray, after which Clemont hands his Gym back to Clembot and rejoins the journey. Serena and Bonnie watch from the stands with Braixen, Pancham and Dedenne, Chespin arrives disappointed that it will not be battling, Meyer turns up to everyone’s surprise, and Clembot referees. Clemont opens with Bunnelby against Pikachu, and Bonnie notices that the battle is playing out just like the pair’s first match. Bunnelby shows off its newly learned Wild Charge and grabs Pikachu with its ears as before, and its Dig hits once, but Pikachu’s Iron Tail into the ground stops the second Dig and Pikachu lands the final blow.
Clemont’s second Pokémon is Heliolisk, and Ash recalls Pikachu in favour of Goodra. Goodra’s Dragon Pulse nearly connects, but Heliolisk is extremely fast, runs rings around its slower opponent and leaves it paralysed with Thunder Wave, so Ash switches again and brings in Hawlucha. Heliolisk presses its advantage, dazzling Hawlucha with Flash and battering it with Parabolic Charge, and for a while the Wrestling Pokémon cannot land a blow. Watching closely, Ash notices that Heliolisk always pauses to spread its frills before it attacks. He tells Hawlucha to wait for that opening, and the instant the frills open, Hawlucha closes in and knocks Heliolisk out with a point-blank High Jump Kick, leaving Clemont with only one Pokémon. Clemont’s last Pokémon is Luxray.
It sets up Electric Terrain, knocks Hawlucha out with a single Wild Charge and soon defeats Pikachu as well, swinging the battle towards Clemont. Ash sends Goodra back in and has it use Rain Dance, which washes away the Electric Terrain while its Hydration Ability cures its paralysis in the rain. The two trade blows evenly until Goodra unleashes Bide and defeats Luxray, winning Ash the match and the Voltage Badge. Trainer and Gym Leader praise each other’s performance, and Serena suggests Laverre City as the next destination. Clemont announces that he will leave the Gym and his Gym Pokémon in Clembot’s care and travel with the group again, and everyone renews their original promise, this time with Serena and Dedenne included.
Major Events
- Voltage Badge. Ash beats Clemont at the Lumiose Gym: Pikachu beats Bunnelby, Hawlucha beats Heliolisk, Luxray beats Hawlucha and Pikachu, and Goodra’s Rain Dance, Hydration and Bide beat Luxray
- Clemont leaves the Gym to Clembot and rejoins the journey
- Theresa Buchheister’s first episode as dub director
Trivia
- The English title plays on “the moment of truth”, for Ash’s long-awaited battle with Clemont.
- The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Kalos storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- Getta Banban plays as an insert song at the end of the Gym battle
- Last episode with the Japanese ending DreamDream
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