Lysandre/Trivia


 * Lysandre shares three Pokémon with Cyrus, another leader of a villainous team:, , and . Their goals are also similar; both involve trying to wipe out everyone for some purpose and using Legendary Pokémon to achieve it.
 * Xerosic and Mable, two of his top scientists, possess a and a  and, respectively; all Pokémon that Cyrus had.
 * Lysandre's cybernetic suit, the Lysandre Machine, was meant to be used to drain Xerneas's/Yveltal's power into the ultimate weapon.
 * In the anime, its functions are different: the "bugs" attached to the backpack piece are able to shoot beams of Mega Evolution energy, while the gauntlet is used to control the Giant Rock. Additionally, the pieces of the suit are capable of flight and can carry Lysandre into the air while he is wearing them.
 * Lysandre's Gyarados knows and, which it cannot learn in . The only way for Gyarados to know these moves in Pokémon X and Y is through Move Tutors in ,  and  before being transferred through Pokémon Bank, or through a Move Tutor in.
 * The background story of Lysandre told by an NPC in Snowbelle City is similar to the manga , where a king, who wants to save humanity and wanting peace for his peasants, eventually realizes their stupidity and grows to hate them, eventually becoming a tyrant.
 * Lysandre's hairstyle was stylized to somewhat resemble a male 's mane, one of his Pokémon.
 * In the anime, Lysandre is the first villainous team leader to debut in a side story episode, and also the first to have a Shiny Pokémon.
 * Also in the anime, Lysandre is not Professor Sycamore's former pupil. Instead, the two only meet for the first time during the events of Mega Evolution Special IV.
 * When Lysandre is defeated for the last time, the undefined performs a unique victory pose.
 * Lysandre's visor can be seen on his desk in Team Rocket's Castle, though he does not wear it at any point as a member of Team Rainbow Rocket.
 * Lysandre is the only villainous team leader in the core series to date who never wears his team's insignia on his clothing.
 * In the anime Lysandre is the first villainous team leader Ash has beaten in a battle.