XY077

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XY077   EP876 挑戦ポケモンスカイリレー！飛べ、オンバット！！ The Pokémon Sky Relay Challenge! Fly, Onbat!!

First broadcast Japan June 18, 2015 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ゲッタバンバン Ending ガオガオ・オールスター

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 前園文夫 Fumio Maezono Animation directors 能海知佳 Chika Noumi 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara No additional credits are available at this time.

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

(Japanese: 挑戦ポケモンスカイリレー！飛べ、オンバット！！ The Pokémon Sky Relay Challenge! Fly, Onbat!!) is the 77th episode of the XY series, and the 876th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on June 18, 2015 as a one-hour special alongside SS033.

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

Major events

• Ash competes in the Pokémon Sky Relay with his Flying-type Pokémon Fletchinder, Hawlucha, and Noibat, and places second.
• Noibat learns how to fly.

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

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Oiseau
• Ornis
• Announcer

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Starly (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Fletchinder (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Noibat (Ash's)
• Pumpkaboo (Jessie's)
• Inkay (James's)
• Starly (Ornis's)
• Staravia (Ornis's)
• Staraptor (Ornis's)
• Noctowl (Oiseau's)
• Shedinja (Trainer's)
• Ninjask (Trainer's)
• Vibrava (Trainer's)
• Honchkrow (Trainer's)
• Emolga (Trainer's)
• Swanna (Trainer's)
• Butterfree (Trainer's)
• Masquerain (Trainer's)
• Hydreigon (Trainer's)
• Crobat (Trainer's)
• Hoppip (Trainer's)
• Ledyba (Trainer's)
• Swellow (Trainer's)
• Swoobat (Trainer's)
• Combee (Trainer's)
• Altaria (Trainer's)
• Pidgeotto (Trainer's)
• Skarmory (Trainer's)

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Ash V2.png

The title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Ursaring
  • There is no Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster following this episode, due to it being aired back-to-back with SS033.
• The next episode preview is narrated by Ash, Pikachu, and Frank, while Frank's Pikachu can be heard singing the background.
• Ash's Fletchinder, Hawlucha, and Noibat remain outside of their Poké Balls throughout this episode.

Errors

• Team Rocket blasts off once, however, two different twinkles for it were shown.

In other languages

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