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| Season | Pokémon the Series: XY (Season 17) · Arrival in Kalos arc (XY001–XY004) |
| Episode | Season 17, episode 1 · English episode 796 · Japanese episode 801 · Bulbapedia code XY001 |
| English title | Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin! |
| Japanese title | カロス地方にやってきた！夢と冒険のはじまり！！ Karosu Chihō ni Yattekita! Yume to Bōken no Hajimari!! — “We’ve Arrived in the Kalos Region! The Beginning of Dreams and Adventures!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 17 October 2013 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 18 January 2014 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | V (Volt) – Yūsuke · X Kaikyō Y Geshiki (X Strait Y Scenery) – J☆Dee’Z |
| English opening | Pokémon Theme (Version XY) – Ben Dixon & The Sad Truth |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Spritzee (US) |
| Next episode | Lumiose City Pursuit! (XY002) |
Plot episodeSeason premiereSerena, Clemont & Bonnie debut
Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin! is the 1st episode of Pokémon the Series: XY, the seventeenth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 796th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 801, Bulbapedia code XY001). It first aired in Japan on 17 October 2013 and in the United States on 18 January 2014. It falls within the season’s Arrival in Kalos stretch (EP1–EP4).
Shown on Cartoon Network as a sneak preview with XY002 on 19 October 2013, two days after Japan and straight after the premiere of Genesect and the Legend Awakened, with the Japanese background music and a placeholder opening; the regular run began with it at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday 18 January 2014, with re-recorded lines and a new voice for Clembot.
Synopsis
Ash arrives in the Kalos region with Pikachu and Alexa, is thrown out of the Lumiose Gym for having no Badges, and meets Clemont, Bonnie and a Froakie that rescues Pikachu from Team Rocket. In Vaniville Town, Serena is woken by her mother’s Fletchling for another day of Rhyhorn-racing practice. At the airport Ash glimpses a mysterious Blaziken on the control tower, and Alexa, whose sister is away from the Santalune Gym, points him to the Gym in Prism Tower.
Inside Prism Tower a robotic voice asks how many Badges he has; with none, Ash is electrocuted and dropped through a trapdoor. Clemont’s backpack inflates to break his fall, and Bonnie catches Pikachu. Ash explains he has come for the Kalos League and challenges Clemont, whose Bunnelby blocks Thunderbolt and digs underground to dodge Quick Attack, Iron Tail and Electro Ball.
Team Rocket interrupt, and Wobbuffet’s Mirror Coat sends an Electro Ball back at Pikachu, but a watching Froakie leaps in and takes the hit. Froakie pins Team Rocket with its frubbles, Bunnelby’s Dig launches them and Pikachu’s Thunderbolt blasts them off. Froakie collapses, and the group rush it to Professor Sycamore’s lab.
Major Events
- Ash arrives in Kalos. Ash and Alexa land in Lumiose City and glimpse a mysterious Blaziken
- Clembot asks for four Badges and drops Ash through a trapdoor
- Ash meets Clemont and Bonnie
- Pikachu against Clemont’s Bunnelby is interrupted by Team Rocket
- Froakie takes the reflected Electro Ball meant for Pikachu
- Serena is introduced in Vaniville Town
- Aired in Japan as a one-hour premiere with XY002 and in the US first as a sneak preview on 19 October 2013
- Debuts of Serena, Clemont, Bonnie and Grace and TV debuts of Froakie, Fletchling, Meowstic, Scatterbug, Spewpa, Flabébé, Swirlix, Bunnelby, Dedenne, Furfrou, Pangoro, Malamar, Spritzee and Mega Blaziken
Pokémon making their anime debut
Froakie#0656 · XY001
Fletchling#0661 · XY001
Meowstic#0678 · XY001
Scatterbug#0664 · XY001
Spewpa#0665 · XY001
Flabébé#0669 · XY001
Swirlix#0684 · XY001
Bunnelby#0659 · XY001
Dedenne#0702 · XY001
Furfrou#0676 · XY001
Pangoro#0675 · XY001
Malamar#0687 · XY001
Spritzee#0682 · XY001
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Kalos storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- The US version omits the “To Be Continued” caption, which the UK version keeps
- Several lines were re-recorded and Clembot’s voice changed between the October 2013 sneak preview and the January 2014 broadcast
- Microphone static can be heard on Grace’s “usual”
- Debut of the English opening Pokémon Theme (Version XY) (Ben Dixon and The Sad Truth) and of the Japanese V (Volt) and X Strait Y Scenery
- The first music from Kyurem VS. the Sword of Justice
- The official dub replaced much of the Japanese music, which the October 2013 sneak preview had kept in full
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