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title_en=An Adventure of Mega Proportions! |
title_ja=ルカリオナイト！メガ島大冒険！！ |
title_ja_trans=Lucarionite! Adventure on Mega Island!! |
broadcast_jp=October 22, 2021 |
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'''An Adventure of Mega Proportions!''' (Japanese: '''ルカリオナイト！メガ島大冒険！！''' ''Lucarionite! Adventure on Mega Island!!'') is the 84th episode of ''[[Pokémon Journeys: The Series]]'', and the 1,169th episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It first aired in Japan on October 22, 2021 and in Canada on February 12, 2022<!-- and in the United States on *day*-->.
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==Plot==
At the [[Shalour Gym|Shalour City Gym]], {{Ash}} and [[Goh]] observe {{an|Korrina}} [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolving]] her {{TP|Korrina|Lucario}}. Korrina's challenger has his {{p|Quilladin}} attack with {{m|Wood Hammer}}, but Mega Lucario's {{m|Aura Sphere}} immediately overpowers it, defeating the {{pkmn|category|Spiny Armor Pokémon}} and making Korrina the winner. With the {{pkmn|battle}} over, Ash and Goh greet Korrina and descend down to the battlefield. [[Gurkinn]] also greets them and congratulates Ash for advancing to the Ultra Class in the [[World Coronation Series]]. Ash explains to Korrina that he wants to Mega Evolve his {{AP|Lucario}} too in preparation for his upcoming Ultra and Master Class battles. Remembering Ash's {{p|Riolu}}'s [[JN025|fascination towards her Lucario]], Korrina gladly agrees to help.

Ash, Goh, Korrina, and Gurkinn move to the top of the [[Tower of Mastery]], where Korrina hands Ash a pair of Mega Gloves, with a [[Key Stone]] embedded in one of them. Ash puts them on and admires his new Key Stone sparkling in the sunlight. Ash's Lucario suddenly becomes surrounded in an [[Aura]], which Goh mistakes for Lucario being about to Mega Evolve. Gurkinn corrects him on this, explaining that Mega Evolution requires the {{pkmn|Trainer}} to hold a Key Stone and the Pokémon to hold a [[Mega Stone]]. Each {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} capable of Mega Evolving has its own Mega Stone, with Lucario's Mega Stone being called the [[Lucarionite]]. Lucario walks to the edge of the balcony and points towards the sea. Gurkinn says that Ash's Key Stone has enhanced his Lucario's Aura, and Korrina realizes that it's pointing towards [[Mega Island]].

The group gets on a boat, where Gurkinn explains that Lucario had sensed the location of its Mega Stone. As they approach Mega Island, Korrina and Gurkinn explain that it suddenly appeared one day and was given its name due to the large number of Mega Stones found on it. Because of this, many Pokémon capable of Mega Evolving are also present on the island, making Goh excited. When they make land, Gurkinn stays at the boat, while Ash, Goh, and Korrina move on to go find a Lucarionite. They soon spot a shine inside a cave and run after it. They soon realize, however, that the shine was coming from the eyes of a {{p|Sableye}} instead of a Lucarionite, just in time to slip on a frozen hillside and start sliding down towards a ravine. Lucario manages to grab the edge of the cliff with the spikes on the back of its hands and grab Ash with its legs, while Ash grabs onto Goh and Goh grabs onto Korrina. {{AP|Pikachu}} retrieves {{AP|Dragonite}} and {{TP|Goh|Flygon}}'s {{i|Poké Ball}}s and calls them out to pick up the group. While flying to safety, the group notices an {{p|Abomasnow}} on the other side of the ravine and realizes that it was the one who had frozen the hillside.

The group continues to move further into the island. Just as Ash asks Lucario if it can sense where exactly its Mega Stone is, they notice a {{p|Salamence}} and a {{p|Pidgeot}} battling in the air above them. Pidgeot's {{m|Gust}} causes everyone to fall off Dragonite and Flygon and onto the giant lily pads below. The giant leaves bounce Ash and Korrina up and down, while Goh and Lucario are sent bouncing further and further away from one lily pad to another, with Flygon following them. Deciding that flying is too risky, Ash [[recall]]s Dragonite before he and Korrina head after Goh and Lucario.

Goh and Lucario, meanwhile, land in the middle of a rocky area filled with erupting pillars of lava. While recalling Flygon, Goh notices that Lucario is having trouble withstanding the fiery environment due to being a {{t|Steel}} type. To solve the problem, he calls out {{DL|List of Goh's Pokémon|Panpour}} and has it use {{m|Rain Dance}}, creating a rain cloud over them as they try to get out of the area. On their way out, Goh spots a {{DL|List of Goh's Pokémon|Camerupt}} in their way and {{pkmn2|Caught|catches}} it, and has {{TP|Goh|Cinderace}} knock down a lava pillar with {{m|Pyro Ball}}. They eventually make it to a cooler environment, where Goh thanks his Pokémon for their help before recalling them.

Goh attemps to call Ash with his [[Rotom Phone]], but he gets no signal. As such, Lucario starts using its Aura to contact him instead. This causes a reaction in Ash's Key Stone, so he closes his eyes and focuses to sense Lucario. He and Lucario manage to sense each other's Aura, with Ash also sensing Goh's presence near Lucario. However, when Lucario starts heading towards Ash, it senses something else in another direction and heads that way instead. Ash senses this too and understands that Lucario has located its Mega Stone, so he and Korrina head towards where Lucario and Goh are headed.

The two pairs soon find themselves and each other in the midst of an area filled with tall metal spikes rising from the ground, which Korrina tells is called the Steel Forest. Lucario stands before one of the spikes, sensing that the Lucarionite is located inside it. As such, Ash tells Lucario to use Aura Sphere on it. The impact sends a shockwave through the metal spike, shattering it and revealing a Lucarionite, which strangely floats in mid-air. A laughter fills the air, and an old man referring to himself as the Mega Evolution Sage appears before them, floating in the air as well thanks to his {{p|Alakazam}}. He is lowered to the ground and declares that if Ash wishes to get the Lucarionite, he'll have to get past him first. Despite Goh being displeased by this unexpected obstacle, Ash accepts the challenge.

The Mega Evolution Sage starts the battle by Mega Evolving his Alakazam and having it bring the Lucarionite behind it. Lucario makes the first move with Aura Sphere, which Alakazam counters with {{m|Psybeam}}. Lucario then uses {{m|Double Team}} and charges at Alakazam, who uses {{m|Psychic}} to fire its spoons at the copies and locate the real Lucario amongst them, before following up with {{m|Tri Attack}}, which knocks Lucario down to the ground and inflicts it with {{status|paralysis}}. Regardless, Ash tells Lucario to jump up using the metal spikes. However, the paralysis catches up to Lucario mid-jump, causing it to fall down again. Ash encourages Lucario to try again, and while the paralysis hinders this attempt as well, Lucario manages to leap over Alakazam by grabbing on its beard, successfully grabbing the Lucarionite.

While Ash and Lucario celebrate their success and Goh and Korrina congratulate them, the Mega Evolution Sage laughs and pulls off his outfit and beard, revealing himself to have been a disguised Gurkinn all along. Ash and Goh are even more surprised when they find out that Korrina knew it was him the whole time. As everyone boards the boat and heads back to the mainland, Ash receives a notification on his Rotom Phone, learning that his next World Coronation Series opponent has been decided, and it's none other than [[Bea]]. Ash and Lucario smile confidently at each other, ready to win their third battle against their [[rival]].

==Major events==
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* {{Ash}} and [[Goh]] visit [[Kalos]] and meet {{an|Korrina}} and [[Gurkinn]] again.
* Ash receives a [[Key Stone|Mega Glove]] from Korrina.
* Goh {{pkmn2|caught|catches}} a {{DL|List of Goh's Pokémon|Camerupt}}.
* Ash obtains a [[Lucarionite]].
* Ash is notified that his next [[World Coronation Series]] Ultra Class {{pkmn|battle}} will be against [[Bea]].
* Bea's World Coronation Series ranking is revealed to have risen to 30.
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===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
=====Main series debuts=====
* {{me|Venusaur}}
* {{me|Slowbro}}
* {{me|Camerupt}}
* {{me|Alakazam}}

==Characters==
===Humans===
[[File:Dare da JN084.png|thumb|200px|{{tt|Dare da?|Who's That Pokémon?}}]]
* {{Ash}}
* [[Goh]]
* {{an|Korrina}}
* [[Gurkinn]]
* [[Bea]] (image)
* Trainers

===Pokémon===
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[[Who's That Pokémon?]]: {{p|Lucario}}
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu}})
* {{p|Raboot}} ({{OP|Goh|Cinderace}}; flashback)
* {{p|Cinderace}} ({{OP|Goh|Cinderace}})
* {{p|Dragonite}} ({{OP|Ash|Dragonite}})
* {{p|Riolu}} ({{OP|Ash|Lucario}}; flashback)
* {{p|Lucario}} ({{OP|Ash|Lucario}})
* {{p|Flygon}} ({{OP|Goh|Flygon}})
* {{p|Grookey}} ({{OP|Goh|Grookey}})
* {{p|Panpour}} ({{DL|List of Goh's Pokémon|Panpour|Goh's}})
* {{p|Camerupt}} ({{DL|List of Goh's Pokémon|Camerupt|Goh's}}; new)
* {{p|Rotom}} ([[Professor Cerise]]'s; [[Rotom Phone]]; ×2)
* {{p|Lucario}} ({{OP|Korrina|Lucario}}; [[Mega Evolution|Mega Lucario]])
* {{p|Alakazam}} ([[Gurkinn]]'s; [[Mega Evolution|Mega Alakazam]])
* {{p|Quilladin}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Gyarados}}
* {{p|Sableye}}
* {{p|Abomasnow}}
* {{p|Salamence}}
* {{p|Pidgeot}}
* {{p|Onix}} (flashback)
* {{p|Venusaur}} ([[Mega Evolution|Mega Venusaur]]; fantasy)
* {{p|Gyarados}} ([[Mega Evolution|Mega Gyarados]]; fantasy)
* {{p|Slowbro}} ([[Mega Evolution|Mega Slowbro]]; fantasy)
* {{p|Camerupt}} ([[Mega Evolution|Mega Camerupt]]; fantasy)
* {{p|Abomasnow}} ([[Mega Evolution|Mega Abomasnow]]; fantasy)
* {{p|Lucario}} (fantasy)

==Trivia==
* [[Get Inspired! Let's Solve a Poké Riddle!!]]: {{p|Alakazam}}
* As of this episode, [[Goh]] has registered 100 unique {{OBP|Pokémon|species|Pokémon species}} in his [[Pokédex]].
*This episode marks the first main series appearance of a {{p|Camerupt}} since ''[[DP171|Dawn of a Royal Day!]]'', 532 episodes earlier.
** This also marks the first main series appearance of a {{p|Quilladin}} since its physical debut in ''[[XY095|Love Strikes! Eevee, Yikes!]]'', 265 episodes earlier.
* The coloring of {{Ash}}'s [[Key Stone|Mega Glove]], black around the palm with a red band around the wrist, is identical to the coloring of his gloves from [[List of clothing in the anime|his outfits]] in ''[[Pokémon the Series: Black & White]]'' and ''[[Pokémon the Series: XY]]''.
* Ash obtaining his Mega Glove at the balcony of the [[Tower of Mastery]] is a [[List of cross-canon references|reference]] to [[Pokémon X and Y]], where the {{player}} obtains their [[Mega Ring]] in the same location.
* This is the first time when {{m|Tri Attack}}'s secondary effect has been mentioned or seen activating in the anime.
* Music from ''[[M15|Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice]]'' is used in this episode.
* Ash, {{AP|Pikachu}}, and Goh narrate the preview for the [[JN085|next episode]].

===Errors===
* When Ash learns that his next [[World Coronation Series]] opponent is [[Bea]], his outfit is colored the same way as his jacket that he normally wears.

===Dub edits===
* The kanji '''命爆発''' (''Life Explosion'') that appear during Korrina's poses before she Mega Evolves her Lucario are removed in the dub.
* The Japanese texts depicting [[Shalour City]] and [[Mega Island]]'s names are edited out.

==In other languages==
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[[Category:Pokémon Journeys: The Series episodes|084]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Atsuhiro Tomioka]]
[[Category:Episodes storyboarded by Noriaki Saito]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Rokusuke Okimitsu]]
[[Category:Episodes animated by Reiko Arai]]
[[Category:Episodes animated by Kurika Yamagata]]
[[Category:Episodes animated by Katsuji Matsumoto]]
[[Category:Episodes by multiple animation directors]]
[[Category:Episodes in which a main character obtains a new Pokémon]]
[[Category:Episodes which aired in Canada before the United States]]

[[es:EP1174]]
[[fr:LV084]]
[[it:PM084]]
[[ja:新無印編第84話]]
[[zh:宝可梦 旅途 第84集]]