Pokémon the Series: XY / XYZ · XYZ arc
XY121 · Seeing the Forest For the Trees!
迷いの森・・・進化の夜明け！
Synopsis
What happens.
After losing to Wulfric during the previous episode, Ash is sitting alone in the Route 20, thinking about his recent defeat. Nurse Joy reveals to his friends that his Greninja also ran away, though she tells them that its strength was back to normal after its defeat.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's XY121 entry, used under CC-BY-NC-SA 2.5.
Story arc · XY094-XY140
XYZ.
Ash-Greninja's Bond Phenomenon stabilizes. Z2 / Squishy (Zygarde Core) bonded to Bonnie; the Zygarde plot escalates. Team Flare's endgame; Kalos League finals.
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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 XYZ.
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.