XYS01

This article is about a special episode of the Pokémon anime that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

(Japanese: ポケットモンスターXY特別編 最強メガシンカ ～ActⅠ（アクトワン）～ Pocket Monsters XY Special Episode: The Strongest Mega Evolution ~Act I~) is the first special episode of the XY series. It first aired in Japan on April 3, 2014.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Other posters and logos

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  Poster

Plot

Major events

• Alan meets Manon, a beginner Trainer.
• Manon catches a Flabébé, which she nicknames "Fla-chan".
• Alan has a battle against Siebold of the Elite Four, but loses.
• Manon decides to travel with Alan.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

• Alan
• Manon
• Ayaka
• Siebold
• Lysandre

Pokémon debuts

• Absol (Ayaka's; Mega Absol)
• Blastoise (Siebold's; Mega Blastoise)
• Garchomp (Louie's; Mega Garchomp)
• Flabébé
• Venusaur (Mega Venusaur)
• Charizard (Mega Charizard Y)
• Alakazam (Mega Alakazam)
• Gengar (Mega Gengar)
• Kangaskhan (Mega Kangaskhan)
• Pinsir (Mega Pinsir)
• Gyarados (Mega Gyarados)
• Aerodactyl (Mega Aerodactyl)
• Mewtwo (Mega Mewtwo X)
• Ampharos (Mega Ampharos)
• Scizor (Mega Scizor)
• Heracross (Mega Heracross)
• Houndoom (Mega Houndoom)
• Tyranitar (Mega Tyranitar)
• Gardevoir (Mega Gardevoir)
• Mawile (Mega Mawile)
• Aggron (Mega Aggron)
• Medicham (Mega Medicham)
• Manectric (Mega Manectric)
• Banette (Mega Banette)
• Lucario (Mega Lucario)
• Abomasnow (Mega Abomasnow)

Main series debuts

• Charizard (Alan's; Mega Charizard X)

Characters

Humans

• Alan
• Manon
• Louie
• Ayaka
• Siebold
• Professor Sycamore (flashback)
• Sophie (flashback)
• Lysandre
• Nurse Joy

Pokémon

• Charizard (Mega Charizard X; Alan's)
• Charmander (Alan's; flashback)
• Absol (Mega Absol; Ayaka's)
• Garchomp (Mega Garchomp; Louie's)
• Blastoise (Mega Blastoise; Siebold's)
• Chespin (Manon's; Hari-san)
• Flabébé (Manon's; Yellow Flower; Fla-chan; new)
• Wigglytuff (Nurse Joy's)
• Garchomp (Professor Sycamore's; flashback)
• Lucario (painting; flashback)
• Combee (×2; flashback)
• Marill (flashback)
• Helioptile (flashback)
• Psyduck (flashback)
• Azurill (flashback)
• Linoone (flashback)
• Scatterbug (flashback)
• Zigzagoon (flashback)
• Smeargle
• Gallade

Pokémon in the intro

• Venusaur (Mega Venusaur)
• Charizard (Mega Charizard Y)
• Blastoise (Mega Blastoise)
• Alakazam (Mega Alakazam)
• Gengar (Mega Gengar)
• Kangaskhan (Mega Kangaskhan)
• Pinsir (Mega Pinsir)
• Gyarados (Mega Gyarados)
• Aerodactyl (Mega Aerodactyl)
• Mewtwo (×2; Mega Mewtwo X and Y)
• Ampharos (Mega Ampharos)
• Scizor (Mega Scizor)
• Heracross (Mega Heracross)
• Houndoom (Mega Houndoom)
• Tyranitar (Mega Tyranitar)
• Blaziken (Mega Blaziken)
• Gardevoir (Mega Gardevoir)
• Mawile (Mega Mawile)
• Aggron (Mega Aggron)
• Medicham (Mega Medicham)
• Manectric (Mega Manectric)
• Banette (Mega Banette)
• Lucario (Mega Lucario)
• Abomasnow (Mega Abomasnow)

Cast

Trivia

• This marks the first time that a male Garchomp appears in the anime.
• This is the first time Blast Burn has been used in the anime.
  • As of this episode, all variations of Hyper Beam have been featured in the anime.
• This is the first episode in the anime that features a completely different narrator, as opposed to having physical characters narrating on some occasions.

Errors

• Professor Sycamore's Garchomp has a cut on her fin, which means she is a male.

Dub edits

In other languages

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