Pokémon the Series: XY / XYZ · XYZ arc
XY128 · A Riveting Rivalry!
ライバル決戦！サトシゲッコウガVSメガジュカイン！！
Synopsis
What happens.
The battle between Ash and Sawyer continues as Sawyer's Aegislash stands before Pikachu after it has cut down all the trees and cleared the battlefield with Sacred Sword, limiting Pikachu's options for evading attacks.
Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's XY128 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.