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XY038 · Summer of Discovery!

Name: Summer of Discovery!
Released: 2014-10-11

ポケモン・サマーキャンプ！ライバル三人組登場！！

US air. 2014-10-11 JP air. 2014-08-14 Season. XY (S17) Position. Episode 38 of 140 in XY

Why this episode matters

Key episode in XY

Team Flare's reveal. Lysandre as one of the franchise's most coherent villains.

Synopsis

What happens.

While his friends watch on, Ash trains with Froakie for their upcoming Gym battle against Korrina. Unexpectedly, a log descends down the waterfall and is about to hit Pikachu, but Froakie saves him by using its newly learned Cut.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's XY038 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 · 14

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.