Pokémon the Series: XY / XYZ · XY arc
XY011 · The Bamboozling Forest!
竹林の追跡！ヤンチャムとゴロンダ！！
Synopsis
What happens.
While Ash and his friends have lunch, TRT watch the twerps from their Meowth Balloon. Also spying are two Pancham, and the rustling of the bushes gets Pikachu and the rest of the Pokemon to notice, except for Clemont's Chespin, who is focused on eating.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's XY011 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.