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A Village Homecoming!

BW100   EP757 アイリス、竜の里へ帰る！ Iris Returns to the Village of Dragons!

First broadcast Japan October 25, 2012 United States February 16, 2013

English themes Opening It's Always You and Me Ending

Japanese themes Opening やじるしになって！ Ending みてみて☆こっちっち

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 武上純希 Junki Takegami Storyboard うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Assistant director うえだしげる Shigeru Ueda Animation director 緒方厚 Atsushi Ogata No additional credits are available at this time.

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

A Village Homecoming! (Japanese: アイリス、竜の里へ帰る！ Iris Returns to the Village of Dragons!) is the 100th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 757th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan on October 25, 2012 and in the United States on February 16, 2013.

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

Major events

• Ash and his friends arrive at Iris's hometown, the Village of Dragons.
• Ash and Cilan meet the Elder and Drayden for the first time.
• Drayden challenges Iris to a battle.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Zweilous

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Drayden
• Elder
• Shannon
• Villagers

Pokémon

Dare da?

Who's That Pokémon?: Zweilous

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Excadrill (Iris's)
• Emolga (Iris's)
• Dragonite (Iris's)
• Minccino (flashback)
• Pansear (flashback)
• Panpour (flashback)
• Deerling (flashback)
• Sandile (flashback)
• Pidove (flashback)
• Patrat (flashback)
• Axew (multiple)
• Fraxure (multiple)
• Reshiram (statue)
• Zekrom (statue)
• Zweilous (×2; one evolves; debut)
• Hydreigon (newly evolved)
• Haxorus
• Druddigon

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Ferroseed
• This is the first time the Elder and Drayden appear in person, as well as being the first physical appearances of Fraxure and Haxorus (having previously only appeared in dreams or flashbacks).
• Iris narrates the preview for the next episode.

Errors

• When Iris first releases her Dragonite from its Poké Ball, its antennae are briefly the same orange color as its body.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		艾莉絲、回到龍之鄉！

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