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Ash and Pikachu continue their epic journey in the next exciting season of Pokémon the Series: XY Kalos Quest! While Ash continues his quest to win eight Gym badges so he can enter the Kalos League, he and his traveling companions will make new friends, forge new rivalries, and, of course, meet some brand-new Pokémon! Serena, with her partner Fennekin and new friend Pancham, will take on the Pokémon Showcase world; Clemont will continue to create inventions and hope some of them are a hit; and Bonnie, as ever, will try to find someone to take care of her big brother!

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Poster for the season

• Ash and his friends meet Nini. (XY050)
• Ash and his friends meet up with Sanpei again. (XY052)
• Ash, Clemont and Bonnie meet Serena's mother, Grace, for the first time in person. (XY053)
• Ash, his friends, and Team Rocket encounter the evil Malamar from before. (XY054)
• Serena and Jessie participate in their first Pokémon Showcase. (XY060)
• Serena cuts her hair short and starts wearing new clothes. (XY060)
• Ash and his friends head back to Lumiose City for Ash's Gym battle with Clemont. (XY060)
• Clemont leaves the group and heads to Lumiose City with a Kalos Power Plant worker to train before his Gym battle with Ash. (XY062)
• Clemont begins his training to battle Ash, adding his Gym Pokémon back to his active party. (XY063)
• Clemont meets a Trainer named Sawyer. (XY064)
• Serena meets Aria in person. (XY064)
• Ash, Serena, and Bonnie meet up with Tierno again. (XY065)
• Ash, Serena, and Bonnie reunite with Clemont. (XY066)
• Ash and his friends encounter Meyer and Alexa again. (XY066)
• Clemont rejoins the group, and returns control of Lumiose Gym and his Gym Pokémon to the Clembot. (XY067)
• Ash and his friends meet up with Professor Sycamore again. (XY068)
• Professor Sycamore's Garchomp achieves Mega Evolution for the first time. (XY068)
• Ash and his friends learn the full story behind the invasion of Goodra's homeland. (XY069)
• Ash and his friends learn the truth to why Florges invaded Goodra's homeland. (XY070)
• Clemont meets up with Sawyer again, while Ash, Serena and Bonnie meet him for the first time. (XY073)
• Serena learns that a Pokémon Showcase will be held in Dendemille Town. (XY075)
• Sawyer leaves the group and heads to Coumarine City, to face the Coumarine City Gym Leader, Ramos. (XY075)
• Ash and his friends come across a Pokémon Egg, which hatches into a Noibat. (XY076)
• Ash competes in the Pokémon Sky Relay with his Flying-type Pokémon Fletchinder, Hawlucha, and Noibat, and places second. (XY077)
• Ash's Noibat learns how to fly. (XY077)
• Ash and co. meet up with Miette again. (XY080)
• Ash and co. meet up with Trevor again. (XY086)
• Ash and co. learn more about Frogadier's past. (XY092)
• Professor Sycamore gives Ash and Serena new Pokédexes. (XY093)

• This is the only season whose subtitle is not used within the episodes themselves. This is not counting the first two seasons, which were referred to simply as "Pokémon" during their original airings.

• Pokémon the Series: XY Kalos Quest page at Pokémon.com

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