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Foggy Pokémon Orienteering!
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XY041   EP840
ポケエンテーリング！霧の中のＸ！
PokéEnteering! The X in the Mist!
First broadcast
Japan August 28, 2014
United States October 25, 2014
English themes
Opening Pokémon Theme (Version XY)
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening メガＶ（メガボルト）
Ending ピースマイル！
Credits
Animation Team Kato
Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami
Storyboard 樋口香里 Kaori Higuchi
Assistant director 末田宜史 Yoshifumi Sueda
Animation director 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara
No additional credits are available at this time.

Foggy Pokémon Orienteering! (Japanese: ポケエンテーリング！霧の中のＸ！ PokéEnteering! The X in the Mist!) is the 41st episode of the XY series, and the 840th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on August 28, 2014 and in the United States on October 25, 2014.

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Blurb

It's time for Pokémon Orienteering at Professor Sycamore's Pokémon summer camp! In this activity, the campers and their Pokémon follow a map to several different checkpoints, stamping their card at each one, and whoever gets all the stamps first is the winner! Our heroes in Team Froakie and their friends in Team Squirtle are neck and neck on their way to the finish line when a thick fog rolls in, separating Bonnie and Pikachu from everyone else.

Tierno, Trevor, and Shauna decide to put the race on hold to help Ash, Serena, and Clemont find them. After getting into some misadventures, Bonnie and Pikachu are safely recovered thanks to the cooperation among the two groups of friends and their Pokémon partners.

Unfortunately, they return to camp too late to win any points in the race, but the Team Squirtle trio declare that helping their friends was totally worth it! And on their way back, they spot a mysterious antlered Pokémon who causes flowers to bloom...

Plot

The episode begins when all the participants of the Pokémon Summer Camp eat dinner, Professor Sycamore comes and presents the challenge to the Trainers: a PokéEnteering competition in which one needs to collect stamps around the camp. The third place gets three points, while the second gets seven and the first team gets 10. Tierno thinks Team Squirtle will win, but Ash thinks Team Froakie will already win this. Serena asks how is Ash's foot, so Ash tells it is fine. Both teams are fired up to win the contest, pleasing Sycamore about their determination. Jessie spies on them and sees they will be off on the tournament. However, Meowth and James are happy with their work currently, surprising Jessie for that. Madame Catherine comes to report they would get a big paycheck, so Team Rocket washes the dishes, knowing they will capture the Pokémon later.

Next day, all teams are preparing for the tournament. Sycamore waves the flag, so everyone storms off. Meanwhile, Sycamore watches on the screens how strong the bonds between a Trainer and Pokémon are. Team Froakie comes to the first checkpoint and Team Squirtle follow them. However, they don't see where they are supposed to get a stamp. At a cliff, Sophie yells, as they need to climb up to receive the stamp. Everyone is surprised, but Tierno sends Squirtle, who helps him in gracefully climbing the mountain. Ash sends Froakie and climbs up as well. As Squirtle climbs, it trips over and falls down. Tierno catches it, but loses balance and falls down. Froakie releases its frubbles, softening Tierno's fall, who thanks Ash and Froakie. Ash and Froakie come to Sophie and tag their map for first checkpoint.

Later, Team Squirtle runs ahead of Team Froakie, as Clemont lags behind. While Bulbasaur leads Shauna across a rope bridge, Serena is scared, even with Fennekin by her side. Shauna runs off with the tagged map, while Serena tags her own in fear. Team Froakie and Team Squirtle come to a mountain maze, so Clemont and Trevor enter it. After some time, Clemont manages to find Cosette and tags the map. Both teams collect the tags, as they race to the place where they started the race. Both teams enter a fog and Ash bumps into a branch, as he did not see it. Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie walk through the fog, but Bonnie separates for the group and gets lost. Pikachu comes to her and both notice a strange Pokémon. Bonnie sees the flowers open to its presence. Bonnie goes to track it down, but the Pokémon runs off.

Clemont comes to Ash and Serena, but sees Bonnie is not present. Ash is also shocked that Pikachu is not with them. Team Squirtle speeds up and sees Team Froakie nearby. However, they stop as Team Froakie are trying to find Bonnie and Pikachu. Team Squirtle decides to help, as Trevor notices tracks of Bonnie and Pikachu. Ash sends Fletchinder to search from sky, while everyone follows Charmander, whose tail glows amidst the fog. As Pikachu and Bonnie walk, Bonnie accidentally pulls a vine, dropping a stick onto Beedrill. Beedrill is enraged and goes to attack, but gets distracted by Pikachu. Charmander follows the tracks, but stops, as they end. Bonnie and Pikachu run off and land on Amoonguss, who releases spores. Bonnie, Pikachu and Dedenne are sleepy; Pikachu falls asleep, while Bonnie walks a few steps and falls off a cliff, landing on a Drifblim, while Ash's Fletchinder found her.

Team Froakie and Team Squirtle find Fletchinder and speed up. Some land on Amoonguss, who uses Spore. Squirtle uses Water Gun, while Froakie uses Water Pulse, pierced by Pin Missile and spread to douse the spores. They run off and stop, else they would've fallen down the cliff. Ash notices Pikachu nearby, who is sleeping, so suspect he has been affected by Spore. Across the canyon, they notice Bonnie, sleeping. They also notice Drifblim below, so Clemont and Trevor see if they could get them to float, they would create a bridge and save Bonnie. They go below and have Fennekin and Charmander use Flamethrower, Chespin and Bulbasaur Vine Whip and Squirtle Water Pulse, causing the Drifblim and Drifloon to fly up. Ash leaves Froakie to take care of Pikachu, as he jumps on Drifblim and goes to Bonnie. However, she does not wake up, so carries her across. Ash jumps, even if a strong wind blows.

However, he is quite far from the other cliff and jumps. He falls down, but Clemont releases the Aipom arm with Pikachu attached. Both teams pull Ash, Bonnie and Pikachu. Bonnie reports she saw a Pokémon that caused flowers to bloom, surprising everyone. She points at the Pokémon, who appears in the fog. Everyone is shocked, so Ash goes to scan it, but the Pokémon runs off. At the finish line, both teams congratulate to the winners, though they were too busy with rescuing Bonnie. Bonnie and Clemont apologize for the trouble, but Team Squirtle admits they wouldn't see such an amazing Pokémon.

Major events

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

Debuts

Humans

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

Characters

Humans

 
Pokémon Quiz

Pokémon

 
Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Charmander (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Charmander (Japan)

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Bonnie.png
The title card segment focuses on Bonnie for this episode

Errors

  • When Tierno and Squirtle jump on Amoonguss's head, its eye when they are closed are not colored black at all.
  • When Ash is apologizing to Amoonguss, the part of its Poké Ball-like pattern on its right arm is colored gray instead of red.
  • When Clemont and everyone are rescuing Ash and Bonnie, a part of Bulbasaur's bulb is colored the same way as its skin.
  • There are major inconsistencies with the points rating during the Summer Camp arc, which is further emphasized in this episode. In the beginning, Professor Sycamore mentions how Team Froakie, consisting of Ash and his friends, and Team Squirtle, consisting of Tierno, Trevor, and Shauna, have both 13 points. This corresponds with what the narrator says at the end of Day Three Blockbusters!, but not with the points given during the events seen. In accordancy with the activities that took place and the points given, Team Froakie should have 13 points, and Team Squirtle should have 10 points. Furthermore, they are both tied at the first place in the point ranking at the beginning of this episode, which is incorrect and should be Team Chikorita instead, who, also in accordancy with the points given, should have 14 points. Also, Team Fennekin is shown to be at the second place in the ranking, while Team Bulbasaur is shown to be at the third place. However, at the activities shown in the previous episode, they were shown not to have obtained any points. It is possible that there have been activities taking place off-screen, although this is not implied and still does not explain how Team Chikorita is not on the the top 3 ranking at all in this episode, even though they were shown to have obtained more points than both Team Froakie and Team Squirtle.

  • Amoonguss's eyes error

  • Amoonguss's arm error

  • Bulbasaur's bulb error

Dub edits

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The dub's title card
  • The title card segment focuses on Ash in the dub instead of Bonnie.
  • For an unknown reason, the title card lacks the characters' shadows in the Polish dub.

In other languages



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