Pokemon XY Episode 5 Recap

Okay guys so I have made the decision to only recap the most important XY episodes up until our current episode, then I will recap every episode week by week as it airs. So today I will be recapping both episode 5 and 6 as this is where Ash earns his first Kalos gym badge!

Pokemon XY Episode 5
A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!

We begin with Serena and Fennekin enjoying the morning sunshine while eating breakfast at the Pokemon Centre. Serena is nearly at Santalune City and is so excited because she will finally get to see him! By him, she means Ash. But why does Serena want to see Ash so badly?

Meanwhile, our trio have finally arrived in Santalune City, Clemont trailing behind and out of breath as usual. You would think with all the running Ash and Bonnie do he would've built up some endurance by now. But nope, still not an athlete. However he is seemingly more thoughtful than Ash as he asks if Ash knows where the Santalune Gym is. Ash replies with "Nope! Not a clue!". Nice one Ash, nice one. While posing in front of a water fountain with his level 1000 Pikachu, explaining how he figures things out best when running (I don't know if I can agree with him on that one), a lovely young lady points him in the direction of the gym and our trio are off again!

Arriving at the Santalune Gym, our trio meet up with Ash's Pokemon journalist pal Alexa and her sister, the Santalune gym leader Viola. Of course, Viola was the young lady who gave them directions to the gym (and cue shocked faces all around). Wow, I never saw that coming!

Inside the gym, they discover that Viola is a photographer. She is very talented at capturing bug Pokemon you know. This is when Bonnie pulls a Brock, gets down on one knee and asks Viola to be Clemont's wife! Oh the feels. We miss you Brock. But Bonnie is pretty damn hilarious.

And now the gym battle between Ash and Viola begins! Viola sends out her first Pokemon; a Surskit. One of my favourites! Woo! Ash sends out his trusty pal, level 1000 Pikachu who has a huge advantage over Surskit who is a bug/water type. Things heat up quickly with Pikachu beginning with a quick attack. Surskit counters with protect then dodges Pikachu's irontail. An electroball from Pikachu and an icebeam from Surskit collide mid air in a huge explosion. Clemont and Bonnie look on with gaping mouths. Viola then shows her creativity by getting Surskit to use icebeam on the battlefield, turning it into ice. Of course Pikachu falls over and Ash tells Pikachu to "get up quick!". Ice is slippery you know Ash? I'd like to see you stand up there without falling over.

Surskit clearly has the advantage here and dances around Pikachu with incredible speed. Pikachu manages to land an irontail, followed by a thunderbolt which is stopped midair by Surskits icebeam. With Pikachu down on the ice, Surskit unleashes a signal beam and our level 1000 Pikachu is down and out. Poor Pikachu.

Ash's chooses to send out his newly captured Fletchling when who should appear? Why it's Serena of course! She seems totally excited to see Ash and joins our friends to watch the battle. Fletchling begins this round off with a peck only to be dodged by our super speed Surskit. Fletchling is super speedy itself and dodges Surskit's return icebeam. Fletchling continues to impress us with it's speed by dodging Surskit's sticky web with a double team. But wait, I feel like Viola is planning something sneaky with that attack. A well aimed razor wind by Fletchling makes for a direct hit and now Viola's Surskit is down.

Viola sends out her last Pokemon; our beautiful bug type Vivillon. Vivillon appears with some crazy music playing in the background that makes me think aliens are invading Earth.

Who's that Pokemon?!

It's Vivillon!

Now that we've ascertained aliens are not in fact invading Earth, Fletchling begins this round off with a peck, only to be stopped by Vivillon's psychic. Vivillon follows with a gust and Fletchling is blown into, wait for it, none other than the sticky web! I knew Viola was planning something sneaky. With Fletchling stuck in the web, Vivillon releases an almighty solar beam and our poor little fire birdy loses it's first battle. Viola is the victor.

Our trio take Pikachu and Fletchling to the Pokemon Centre, running straight past Serena without a second glance. Poor Serena. She does notice that Ash has left his backpack behind and returns it after finding him at the Pokemon Centre. After introductions are made, we are about to find our how Serena knows Ash when, we are interrupted by our now fully healed Fletchling and Pikachu. Serena brings out her Fennekin and Bonnie is once amazed by the cuteness of these Kalos Pokemon.

Episode 5 ends with the appearance of Alexa who decides to help Ash do some special training in order to combat Vivillon's gust. Can he do it? Can Ash win his first Kalos gym badge in a rematch against Viola? I guess we'll find out, as the journey continues...

Casey