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XY124 · A Gaggle of Gadget Greatness!

Name: A Gaggle of Gadget Greatness!
Released: 2016-09-17

爆熱の機巧（からくり）フェスティバル！！

US air. 2016-09-17 JP air. 2016-06-16 Season. XYZ (S19) Position. Episode 124 of 140 in XY

Why this episode matters

Key episode in XY

Ash vs. Alain, Kalos League finals. Ash loses; many call it his best canonical battle.

Signature episode for Ash Ketchum

Kalos League finals loss to Alain. Most-cited "best loss" of his run.

Synopsis

What happens.

Reaching a signpost, Clemont exclaims that it points to the Gadget Festival: the largest exhibition of mechanical devices in the Kalos region. Ash and his friends are disinterested, and Serena questions whether the festival is that great of an event.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's XY124 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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Pokémon featured · 9

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 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.