Pokémon the Series: XY / XYZ · XY Kalos Quest arc

XY074 · Fairy-Type Trickery!

Name: Fairy-Type Trickery!
Released: 2015-08-01

クノエジム戦！美しきフェアリーの罠！！

US air. 2015-08-01 JP air. 2015-05-28 Season. XY: Kalos Quest (S18) Position. Episode 74 of 140 in XY

Why this episode matters

Signature episode for Bonnie

Bonnie meets Squishy (the Zygarde Core).

Synopsis

What happens.

After witnessing Sawyer's loss against Valerie, Ash and his friends arrive at the Laverre Gym for Ash to challenge her to a battle as well. Sawyer has come along in order to watch Ash's Gym battle.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's XY074 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.

Story arc · XY050-XY093

XY Kalos Quest.

Badge run continues. Korrina arc (Mega Lucario). Serena's Pokémon Performer track formalizes. Team Flare introduced.

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Pokémon featured · 8

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 Kalos Quest.

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.