BW116

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BW116

BW116   EP773 燃えよリザードン！VSカイリュー！ Burn, Lizardon! VS Kairyu!

First broadcast Japan March 7, 2013 United States

English themes Opening It's Always You and Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening やじるしになって！2013 Ending サクラ・ゴーラウンド

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: 燃えよリザードン！VSカイリュー！ Burn, Lizardon! VS Kairyu!) is the 116th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 773rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 7, 2013.

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

Major events

• Iris and Cilan meet Professor Oak in person for the first time.
• Ash's Charizard returns and is revealed to have learned Wing Attack, Slash, and Dragon Tail.
• Charizard battles Iris's Dragonite. The battle is called off by N.

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Professor Oak
• Tracey
• N
• Nurse Joy
• Magikarp salesman
• Misty (flashback)
• Brock (flashback)
• Damian (flashback)
• Koga (flashback)
• Liza (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Charmander (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's; flashback)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Charmander (Ash's; flashback)
• Charmeleon (Ash's; flashback)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's; flashback)
• Squirtle (Ash's; flashback)
• Primeape (Ash's; flashback)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Pignite (Ash's)
• Snivy (Ash's)
• Boldore (Ash's)
• Excadrill (Iris's)
• Emolga (Iris's)
• Dragonite (Iris's)
• Togepi (Misty's; flashback)
• Audino (Nurse Joy's)
• Magikarp (Magikarp salesman's)
• Bulbasaur
• Charmander
• Squirtle
• Spearow (multiple; flashback)
• Golbat (Koga's; flashback)
• Aerodactyl (flashback)
• Magmar (Blaine's; flashback)
• Pikachu (Ritchie's; Sparky; flashback)
• Poliwrath (Tad's; flashback)
• Charizard (Liza's; Charla; flashback)
• Dragonair (Clair's; flashback)
• Blastoise (Gary's; flashback)
• Articuno (Noland's; flashback)
• Charizard (multiple; flashback)

Trivia

• This is the first appearance of Ash's Charizard since Pace - The Final Frontier!, 309 episodes ago.
• This is the first time Misty had a speaking role since The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon.
  • This is also the first time since Following A Maiden's Voyage! when Tracey has made an appearance in person.
• This episode features flashbacks from Charmander – The Stray Pokémon, Primeape Goes Bananas, The Ninja Poké-Showdown, Snow Way Out!, The March of the Exeggutor Squad, The Problem with Paras, Attack of the Prehistoric Pokémon, Volcanic Panic, Friend and Foe Alike, Charizard Chills, Charizard's Burning Ambitions, Better Eight Than Never, Can't Beat the Heat!, and The Symbol Life. However, the flashbacks all have new animation matching that of the Best Wishes series.

Errors

• During the flashback when Charizard battles Aerodactyl, Aerodactyl's leg is colored as Charizard's as it is holding Ash.
• During the flashback when Ash was sending Charizard to the Charicific Valley, his sleeve is discolored.

In other languages

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