XY046

The Clumsy Crier Quiets the Chaos! (Japanese: どじっこプクリンVS暴走ボーマンダ！！ The Clumsy VS the Rampaging !!) is the 46th episode of the, and the 845th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 9, 2014 and in the United States on November 29, 2014.

Blurb
Team Rocket stalks a Salamence and attaches a device that's supposed to make it sleep, but something goes wrong and the Salamence runs wild! Meanwhile, our heroes have stopped at a Pokémon Center, where Nurse Joy is overwhelmed by the number of Pokémon arriving for treatment, injured by the very same Salamence. Even worse, her assistant Wigglytuff is new to the job and having some trouble.

Jessie and James, disguised as ambulance drivers, arrive on the scene to catch Pikachu and Wigglytuff. On their way out, they run straight into the Salamence! Nurse Joy steps in to protect her assistant, but Wigglytuff overcomes its fears and walks right up to Salamence, immune to the flurry of Dragon-type attacks. Wigglytuff uses a powerful Heal Pulse, which calms the raging Pokémon and saves the day!

Team Rocket's device is removed, and a grateful Salamence quickly sends the villains flying. Wigglytuff's future at the Pokémon Center looks bright, as our heroes say their goodbyes and continue their journey!

Plot
Jessie and walk into a cave, as  plan to capture a  to use it against the  and capture. She accidentally kicks a rock, causing Salamence to wake up. James and advise her to play dead, so she and Pumpkaboo fall down, while Salamence sniffs them. She whispers to James and Meowth to do something, though they order her to put the hypnosis device on Salamence. She does so, keeping Salamence calm. However, it bashes onto the wall, becoming angry. Jessie and Pumpkaboo run out, while James and Meowth wonder if the device is broken. The Salamence attacks, blasting Meowth and Pumpkaboo off, while it flies off.

The heroes enter a Pokémon Center. comes, but trips over and scatters the Poké Balls it was holding. The heroes help it collect the Balls back, though Wigglytuff falls down once more. Nurse Joy comes and helps Wigglytuff, telling the heroes it is new to the Center. A van comes, so the heroes and Nurse Joy head outside to see a wounded and. Wigglytuff goes to help, but falls down. and get Linoone into the Center. dramatically takes out his Aipom Arm to get Bidoof, but Ash has beaten him to it, already carrying Bidoof into the Center. However, a new van appears, so Joy and Clemont go to help more Pokémon. They bring in Meowth and Pumpkaboo, while Jessie and James, dressed as paramedics, see that the twerps are here as well. Clemont goes inside, but Wigglytuff bumps into him.

Meowth flies into the air, so Wigglytuff goes to help him. However, Wigglytuff's head bumps into Meowth, and Meowth is knocked onto the wall, displeasing Jessie and James. Nurse Joy apologizes, though hears another van and brings a inside as well. A while later, Joy has healed the Pokémon. Wigglytuff carries Teddiursa, but trips over, causing Teddiursa to be blown away. Its Trainer catches it, making Teddiursa happy, though Wigglytuff is visibly upset. They ask the Trainer, a, about what happened. The Breeder reports that a Salamence came and began attacking everyone. She noticed that it seemed to be in pain, so Joy promises to heal Salamence's injury. At night, Pikachu visits Wigglytuff, trying to cheer it up, but Wigglytuff remains sad. Team Rocket observes and plan on catching both Pokémon.

However, Ash appears, advising Wigglytuff to visit Nurse Joy, who is worried, lifting its spirits. Later, the heroes are worried about Wiggytuff, as it is convinced it is a failure. Nurse Joy comes and assures them they shouldn't be worried about that. Bonnie takes a book about Wigglytuff and reads it. Nurse Joy recites there were that rampaged around the area. A Wigglytuff appeared and calmed them down by itself, and then healed the injured Pokémon, restoring peace in the area. Since then, all Pokémon Centers in Kalos have had a Wigglytuff as their assistant. Joy and the heroes believe Wigglytuff will grow as a helpful assistant, ready to heal anyone. Wigglytuff cries after hearing these compliments, and rushes to Nurse Joy, but falls down.

The next day, Clemont presents the Mechanized Motivator. He places it on Bonnie's head and the machine tries to motivate her. However, Bonnie is not impressed. Clemont then places it on Wigglytuff's head. The machine overloads, so Pikachu stops the machine, but it explodes anyways. Jessie and James come, dressed as paramedics, and take Pikachu and Wigglytuff, as they claim they are injured by the explosion. They take the Pokémon into the van and reveal themselves. Pikachu uses Thunderbolt, but it fails, as the van is Electric-proof. Team Rocket drives off, while Joy tells the group that they have an ambulance van they can use.

As Team Rocket is driving off, happy to have captured Pikachu and Wigglytuff, Meowth stops as something is blocking the road. They tell it to move, but it turns out to be a Salamence, the very same one they tried to control earlier. Meowth drives backwards, as the Salamence attacks in pursuit. The van is blown in the air, though Pikachu and Wigglytuff come out, joining the heroes and Nurse Joy. Team Rocket ask the twerps to help them, as the Salamence they tried to capture is now berserk. The heroes are unimpressed by Team Rocket's method of capture. Salamence attacks, but misses. Joy tells Salamence she can heal the pain, but Salamence uses against her. However, Wigglytuff uses, defending Joy and itself. Ash drags Joy away, as Salamence attacks Wigglytuff. However, Wigglytuff walks to it, unharmed, and Clemont points out that Wigglytuff is a Pokémon, so  attacks have no effect on it.

Wigglytuff uses, healing and calming Salamence down. Ash comes and takes the device from Salamence's head. The heroes and Joy are pleased at how Wigglytuff was successful. Team Rocket is relieved, but gets blasted off by Salamence. Later, Joy thanks the heroes, though Ash points out that Wigglytuff should be given the credit, instead. Joy asks Wigglytuff to be her assistant, touching Wigglytuff. Pikachu comes to Wigglytuff, comforting it. The heroes bid farewell to Joy and Wigglytuff, who decides to become Joy's assistant.

Humans

 * Jessie
 * James
 * Nurse Joy
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Pokémon
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Trivia

 * Mairin's Mega Evolution Journal:
 * Jessie's Wobbuffet does not appear in this episode.
 * This is the first time a Pokémon has been shown to be unaffected by a  move, as seen when Wigglytuff walks into Salamence's, completely unhurt, to get close and use  to calm it down.
 * narrates the preview for the next episode.

Errors

 * During Mairin's Mega Evolution Journal segment, the lower jaw of is incorrectly colored with the same blue as its skin, and 's lower jaw is colored red instead of white.
 * In the dub, when is watching  and, James misnames Wigglytuff's name as Wigglypuff.

In other languages
Ein ängstlicher Tollpatsch wird zum Held des Tages! EP850 XY046 XY046 XY編第45話 精灵宝可梦 XY 第46集