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XY048 · Bonnie for the Defense!

Name: Bonnie for the Defense!
Released: 2014-12-20

出動ラプラス防衛隊！ユリーカがんばる！！

US air. 2014-12-20 JP air. 2014-10-30 Season. XY (S17) Position. Episode 48 of 140 in XY

Synopsis

What happens.

On their journey to Coumarine City, Clemont stops to show Ash, Serena, and Bonnie an old invention of his; the "Clemontic Shower".

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's XY048 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.