New Pokémon the Series: XY Trailer Features Clemont & Serena

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DPulIQYTv4

As you can see, the above trailer heavily features Clemont, the Lumiose City Gym Leader, and his sister Bonnie (sidenote: her Japanese name is Eureka to go with the inventor theme). The female character from the Pokémon X & Y games, Serena, also makes an appearance! Looks like the series will start with a bang!

Pokémon the Series: XY Episode List (Translated)

  1. We’ve Arrived in the Kalos Region! The Beginning of Dreams and Adventure!!
  2. Mega Evolution and the Prism Tower!
  3. Froakie VS Fletchling! Aerial Battle Manuevers!!
  4. Pikachu and Dedenne! Cheek Rub!!

<3 PJ

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233 thoughts on “New Pokémon the Series: XY Trailer Features Clemont & Serena”

    • The funny thing is that even though Vivillon seems cool in that trailer, the fact that the first gym leader has it probably makes it an awful Pokemon to battle with.

      Also, the trailer cleverly cut away from Ash and Pikachu battling Vivillon to Vivillon battling Fletchling, so we never actually see Ash and Fletchling in the same shot. It seems likely that it is, but I hope that it’s Serena’s instead for a little change (but the two Fire types may dissuade her from Fennekin, which I like).

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      • Just because the first gym leader has it doesn’t mean it will be an awful Pokemon. You should use it yourself before u judge a Pokemon! =_=

        I still think the Fletchling is Ash’s, the fletchling could just like Serena like Caterpie liked Misty. Also Serena was sitting on the side of the battle field with Clemont, Bonnie, & Alexa!

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        • Nothing against the regional bugs, but they’re usually awful stat-wise. Beautifly is one of my all-time favorite Pokemon, but I’d never use it on a Wi-Fi team.

          You do see Serena watching Ash’s battle, but who is to say that the Fletchling scene isn’t cut and pasted from Serena’s battle against Viola from earlier in the episode since we don’t see Ash behind Fletchling? It’s most likely Ash’s but I do like the idea of it being Serena’s.

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  1. I do like the bit with Pikachu using an electric type move, and how it zooms in and out, kinda like battles for X&Y
    Ash is gonna get Froakie and Fletchling huh
    Also, are you gonna either cover the ep in pics or put a video for the next ep?

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      • Yeah I do remember you talking about that for the BW series, if you can’t, don’t go to extra trouble if you don’t need to, would like next ep vids tho

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  2. TBH, I would be surprised if Ash DIDN’T get a Fletchling. He’s had like every regional bird so far, why would they bother to change that?

    My only hope is that Fletchling gets more personality than the other birds in Ash’s previous rosters. His other Pokemon were all much more interesting.

    Oh and yeah, Ash is getting a Froakie. There’s no way he’d go to the lengths he goes to to save the Froakie in the video and it not want to join him afterwards.

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  3. Finally, the gym battles don’t look one sided anymore. The battle with Clemont looks cool and Viola has a Vivilon which is sweet.

    It’s like Ash vs Burgh all over again. That was the best gym match for me in B/W

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    • Chespin used Rollout. Rock type evolution has been confirmed.
      Quiladin used Mud Shot. Ground type evolution has been confirmed.

      It doesn’t exactly work like that, but it would be nice and I do see it coming.

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      • Really man? Okay, Bunnelby is the Digging Pokemon, it has a dirty skin, can learn Mud-Slap, Dig and Drill Run. I don’t remember that I said Quilladin will be Grass/Rock. I know that Rollout has been learned most of the Pokemon. Braixen can use Psychic, Psychock, Psybeam and Lucky Chant (I know its not Psychic, don’t worry) so it’s MAYBE a Psychic type. Seriously don’t think that I’m that dumb.

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        • Evidence points at it, but it’s not confirmed. I’m just saying that you can’t confirm a typing based on a single move, or we’d think that Piplup was a Flying type and that Chespin’s evos were the types I mentioned. You shouldn’t throw around words like “confirmed” unless it has been verified by GF. Next time, say, “Oh, Bunnelby used Drill Run, so he probably will evolve into a Ground type” instead of trying to sound like a newscaster and announce a suspicion. I never said you were dumb, just that your statement wasn’t quite correct.

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          • @Jack
            I get that penguins don’t fly, but the discussion was about moves that a Pokemon knows predicting its type. What does that list of Pokebeach rumors have to do with Bunnelby’s typing? And Clefairy being a Fairy is likely, but by no means confirmed, and Troll Freak could make it not get Fairy. I’m kinda lost with what you’re trying to say, so I’m done.

          • That is correct. Penguins can’t fly because they can swim. Other birds can’t swim because they can fly. Look it up.
            But doduo is still flying type, and it can fly weirdly enough.

          • Umm, well it’s not really a trade off, more specifically penguins don’t possess the correct mass or wings to be able to fly, while other birds can’t get their feathers wet. Water birds can swim and fly. I think Doduo does possess wings but how it can fly doesn’t make sense indeed.

          • No other bird can swim like a penguin does. That is, underwater at full speed. Most other birds can indeed swim at the surface and dive for a minute, but that’s it. Birds can get their feathers wet, that’s why they excrete a waxy substance they spread on the feathers, it is essentialy a watershield. Crude oil mixes with this and removes the waxy substance, so that’s why birds drown whenever a huge oil tanker leaks.
            But there was some recent cool research that showed penguins’ wings are adapted to the hydrodynamic flow of water, while other birds wings are more adapted to air. The research concluded that they could only be good in one thing, so that’s why penguins can’t really fly, and other birds can’t really swim.

          • Left Head and Right Head are listening to either metal or rock, while Middle Head needs a clear mind to stay focused.

  4. Wait… if Clemont has a Bunnelby, I really doubt he’s going to be an Electric type gym leader. Then, which type is he going to be? Normal? Ground? Steel?… I don’t understand anything… he seemed so obviously Electric.

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  5. I don’t know if it’s already been on here, but Origins will be out in America November 15 but will not air on tv. It will be on Pokemon tv online.

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  6. Oh my gosh this is just keeps getting better and better!!!! I’m way more excited about this then I was with Best Wishes. And that animation hnng <3

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  7. Ok Ash is getting
    Froakie (and used to catch Fletchling)
    Fletchling (bound to happen)

    Bonnie holds on to Clemont’s pokemon including Dedenne

    Bunnelby’s dig / Double Team combo has won my respect

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  8. Wow, the anime made Bunnelby a lot cuter sounding and cool looking now XD I really hope they’re planning to keep the anime this nice looking. The other seasons were always so rushed looking and reusing action scenes all the time. Like when dragonite would use thunderpunch, they’d use the same clip over and over :l

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  9. so what sort of pokemon do you think ash, clemont and serena will get in hte anime.
    i think ash will get
    froakie, flectching, charazard, pancham
    serena will get
    fenekin, spritze,meowstic and maybe have a blastoise since she knows ash from pallet town
    and clemont will get
    dedenne, hepotile, and bunnleby

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    • I don’t think Ash will be bringing Charizard to Kalos. It’d be too powerful and was just in Best Wishes. I don’t mean to hate on it because I like his Charizard, but it needs a break. He’ll probably return it to Charisific Valley and train.

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  10. Since Best Wishes is over, I just have one question…did Ash’s Primape ever show up in Best Wishes? It was in the second season Best Wishes opening.

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    • The very last scene in the BW series has Ash’s mom looking at a picture with Ash and all of his Pokemon at the lab with him. It has almost all the Pokemon he’s ever had, but noticeably missing are Squirtle (with Officer Jenny), Butterfree and Pidgeot (released), Aimbipom (Traded away to Dawn), and Larvitar (technically not his). I actually searched the picture specifically looking for Primape, but I didn’t see him. I guess he’s still with the fighting guy.

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      • I see. Then why the heck was it in the opening then? I guess TV Tokyo was pulling an Oorotto on us. Also, I saw the picture and his Gliscor was there. This confirms that it was at Oak’s the whole time and not at its Sensei doesn’t it? On bulbapedia, it’s location has been marked “Status Unknown” or “Unknown”

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        • Yeah, it left to perfect Giga Impact, but it was never established until now whether he went back to train or joined Ash’s others with Oak. I guess he’s back with Ash then.

          I guess it’s like Pidgeot, Butterfree, and Tyrannitar and Larvitar in Battle Frontier’s opening. They never appeared again, but it was just showing off all his past captures. Also, maybe Primape appeared in the opening to let young fans know that Ash caught a the Primape in that flashback with Charmander in the episode that Charizard returns.

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  11. With a new series coming soon, this gives Ash a chance to catch types of Pokémon he’s never used: Steel, Psychic, Ghost, and Fairy. Which of these new types do you think he’ll catch? Or none of them (it happened in Advanced Generation Series)?

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    • I don’t see Ash getting any of the Fairy types revealed so far. Usually he doesn’t tend to get the cutesy ones, and I can’t think of any Fairy types that would fit him well. I feel like they’ll slip him a Steel type that doesn’t look like one (like Lucario or Empoleon), just because I can’t see Ash using the type that is known for intelligence (Psychic) and the spooky one (Ghost).

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      • If Team Rocket used a Psychic and Ghost Pokémon, then Ash might too, but I doubt it as well. I agree that if he does use a Steel type, it probably wouldn’t look like one. Maybe he’ll use Mawile, which is also a fairy and isn’t a dainty, cute, or pink fluffball.

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  12. Ummm, can I just say this new series will be EFFING amazing! The quality of the battles are top-notch and the animation as well as the movements are very fluid not stiff like BW.

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  13. I love the way Bunnelby uses dig and pops out using double team. That fletchling (which i assume is ash’s) looks like a freaking boss.

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  14. Wow with every commercial that is shown of this new season it makes me even more excited!!!! I can’t wait for this to be dubbed and I’m definitely gonna try and find the subbed version.

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  15. Hopefully Froakie (or whatever water type Ash gets this region) will evolve. He’s only had one water type evolve and that was Krabby way back in the Indigo league. >.>

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  16. Ok so I just had a thought. Although they haven’t shown a ton of footage from XY, from seeing the battle scenes, do you think they have gotten rid of the colored backgrounds? I mean when a Pokemon attacks in the anime, there’s usually a colored background. In the footage shown it looks like they’ve done away with that and are just showing the attack with a few extra little things around to show the action. I for one hope they have gotten rid of the background. It just seemed lazy to me and unnecessary.

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  17. I’m curious about why Clemont is using a Bunnelby. I know Iris had Emolga and Cilan had Stunfisk and whatnot, but it seems like Clemont is actually using Bunnelby in a Gym battle, which strikes me as odd…

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      • That’s like the only thing I know for a fact about the Black and White anime: Team Rocket is serious this time.

        Well that and apparently everybody says Cilan and Iris is annoying as Sawsbuck.

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        • they are, the good thing, well that i like is that whenever theres a tournament there is always a whole bunch of ash’s friends competing which makes it more interesting, like when bianca defeated ash’s rival with her emboar

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      • Jesse and James left their non-Unova Pokemon behind because it would cause too much of a stir with non-native Pokemon, seeing as how Unova was so far away from the first four regions.

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        • ohhhhH!!! i see, well they were awesome in nova except for the pokemon that they use, hopefully in x and y they don’t become dumb like in sinho

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  18. Ash will have Froakie.. It’ll evolve since it sorta gives off that Tepig vibe (No? Only me? Haha).. Probably a Chespin and it won’t evolve since it’s like the Oshawott of this gen.. And Serena will have Fennekin (Which will probably evolve fully) Can’t wait for the anime! xD

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  19. I’ve became a Clemont fangirl! The quality is way too good!! Even fingernails!!! I think Clemont’s glasses capture the sunlight (The possible reason why his glasses occasionally fog up in the anime). I hope he doesn’t loose his eyesight (notice how his lenses light up too?). I thought his gym was like a freezer (his jumpsuit and his foggy glasses in the games). In the anime he’s perfectly fine he’s not overheating (overwise he would have removed it). I wish his glasses didn’t have the ability to light up it scares me, I love his beautiful face. I think Clemont is hot! I wonder what’s underneath that jumpsuit (I hope he takes it off at some point). And I want a shirtless scene out of him!! I think something happened to the parents, otherwise Clemont would be alone. I think Clemont is taking care of Bonnie, so we might get a few fatherly behaviours out of him (like Brock). He’s a good big brother to take over the responsibility to take care of his sister with no parents around. I think Clemont is 14 or 15. I think he’ll cook with his gadgets.

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  20. I feel like this will be Team Rocket’s team
    Jessie
    -Wobuffet
    -Malamar
    James
    -Swirlex(everytime he calls it out of its ball it will jump on him and snuggle his face)

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  21. Well . If they want to continue the sereies after thisgen is over they could just make ash get. Together with serena and have like a ttimeskip and have like ash jr continue his dream

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