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XY003 · A Battle of Aerial Mobility!

Name: A Battle of Aerial Mobility!
Released: 2014-02-01

ケロマツVSヤヤコマ！空中機動バトル！！

US air. 2014-02-01 JP air. 2013-10-24 Season. XY (S17) Position. Episode 3 of 140 in XY

Why this episode matters

Signature episode for Clemont

Clemont and Bonnie's debut.

Synopsis

What happens.

Serena, having seen Ash on television and recognized him, decides to leave for Professor Sycamore's research laboratory in Lumiose City to receive her first partner Pokémon. Her mother wishes her luck and reminds Serena to keep practicing her Rhyhorn racing.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's XY003 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · XY001-XY049

XY.

Ash arrives in Kalos with Pikachu; meets Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie. Picks up Froakie. Lumiose Gym puzzle introduces Clemont. Sycamore's lab introduces Mega Evolution.

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Pokémon featured · 20

Who appears.

Linked entries open the species page on the Pokédex. Items without a sprite (alternate forms, regional variants, generic group references) fall back to a name pill.

Other episodes in XY.

Episode synopsis from Bulbapedia, CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5. Editorial context (arc affiliation, cultural moments, character signatures) hand-verified May 2026. Pokémon, character names, and series titles © Nintendo, Game Freak, Creatures Inc., The Pokémon Company, OLM Inc. This is an unofficial fan reference.