Pokémon the Series: XY / XYZ · XYZ arc

XY135 · Rocking Kalos Defenses!

進撃する巨石!カロス防衛線!!

US air. 2016-12-10 JP air. 2016-09-15 Season. XYZ (S19) Position. Episode 135 of 140 in XY

Synopsis

What happens.

Continuing the battle, Lysandre's Gyarados uses Hyper Beam, but Pikachu dodges and uses Quick Attack. The Atrocious Pokémon is finally defeated by a combination of Mega Charizard X's Dragon Claw and Greninja's Cut, followed by Pikachu's Thunderbolt.

Synopsis adapted from Bulbapedia's XY135 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.

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.