Pokémon the Series: XY / XYZ · XYZ arc

XY127 · Analysis Versus Passion!

Name: Analysis Versus Passion!
Released: 2016-10-08

準決勝フルバトル！サトシ対ショータ！！

US air. 2016-10-08 JP air. 2016-07-21 Season. XYZ (S19) Position. Episode 127 of 140 in XY

Why this episode matters

Key episode in XY

Lysandre's climax. Zygarde 100% Forme finale. Animation peak.

Signature episode for Serena

Performance climax of the Team Flare arc.

Signature episode for Bonnie

Bonnie's emotional climax; Squishy leaves.

Synopsis

What happens.

Remo and Alain are in the middle of a Full Battle, and eventually, Alain's Charizard finishes off Remo's Rhyperior with a slash of its Dragon Claw. The scoreboard reveals that Alain has managed to defeat five of Remo's Pokémon while losing only his own Metagross.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's XY127 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 · 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 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.