Pokémon the Series: XY / XYZ · XY arc
XY004 · A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!
ピカチュウとデデンネ！ほっぺすりすり！！
Synopsis
What happens.
Having arrived in Lumiose City to begin her own journey, Serena receives a Pokédex from Professor Sycamore, as she chooses one of the three Kalos first partner Pokémon.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's XY004 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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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.
More from this arc
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.