Pokémon the Series: XY / XYZ · XY arc
XY043 · Showdown at the Shalour Gym!
シャラジム戦！ピカチュウVSメガルカリオ！！
Synopsis
What happens.
Ash and his friends arrive at Shalour City for Ash's Gym battle against Korrina. At the Pokémon Center, Ash is excited, but Clemont and Serena are worried about Korrina's strength.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's XY043 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.