BW087

Expedition to Onix Island! (Japanese: イワークの島でサバイバル！ Survival on the Island of !) is the 87th episode of the, and the 744th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 5, 2012 and in the United States on November 10, 2012.

Major events

 * changes into its Pirouette Forme for the first time and is revealed to know.
 * Dawn's Piplup is revealed to have learned.
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Pokémon debuts

 * (Pirouette Forme)

Humans

 * Jessie
 * James
 * Jervis
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 * James
 * Jervis
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Pokémon
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Trivia

 * Team Rocket's Pokémon Live Caster: Meloetta's Dazzling Recital
 * Viewers could call one of three phone numbers to hear an answer from either Jessie, James, or . Ten random callers won a copy of.
 * narrates the next episode preview.
 * During the beach scene, Pikachu makes an allusion to the Surfing Pikachu.
 * This is the first time the term Shiny Pokémon is used in the anime.