But... Wetlands is on June 9th
I'd rather see:
XYZ30-31 Lumiose City
32-35 Team Flare Arc
37-40 Iris comeback
42-48 Kalos League
50 - Bye bye 6th Gen
There is always a break on August
No there wasn't a break in august in one of the XY years. Although i did make a mistake in some of the May/June airdates, so I'll have to bump out an episode or two from my speculation.
I'll put it in spoil tags for people who don't want to see my fanfiction.
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May 26 | Winding Woods
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June 02 | Snowbelle Gym
June 09 | Wetlands
June 16 | Lumiose City (1/3) | Pancham- Serena & Shauna
June 23 | Lumiose City (2/3) | Charizard- Trevor
June 30 | Lumiose City (3/3) | Tierno & Mega-Blastoise
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July 07 | Team Flare Climax (1/4) |
Ash-Greninja vs Mega-Charizard! Battle for Puni-chan!!
July 14 |
[break for Volcanion & Magearna movie]
July 21 | Team Flare Climax (2/4) |
50% Zygarde vs 50% Zygarde!!
July 28 | Team Flare Climax 1-Hour Special!! (3&4/4) |
The Greatest Crisis to face Kalos!! &
The Ultimate Weapon! Perfect Zygarde Appears!!
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Aug 04 | Lumiose City | Aftermath.
- Alain, traveling with Mairin will attempt to enter the Kalos League, which will take place in 3 months.
- Clemont confronts why Limone hid the fact that he is Blaziken Mask from him and Bonnie.
- Serena is contacted by Grace, telling her she was invited to perform at Dragon Fes, a festival hosted by Drasna at Vaniville Town
- Iris arrives by plane to Lumiose City in the final minute of the episode.
Aug 11 | Lumiose City | Iris meets up with Ash by coincidence again. She is traveling to the Dragon Fes to get the chance to battle Drasna of the Kalos Elite Four. She and Ash battle with Noivern and Dragonite in the same spot Ash battled Clemont in.
Aug 18 | Vaniville Town (1/3) | Alexa appears. She will write an article about the festival. Dragon Fes begins. Serena performs and Iris learns about Fairy-types' immunity to Dragon-types.
Battle Tournament begins. Montage showing Top 16 and Top 8.
* Noivern and Talonflame for Ash
* Sylveon and Pancham for Serena
* Luxray and Bunnelby for Clemont
* Excadrill and Emolga for Iris
Aug 25 | Vaniville Town (2/3) | Dragon Fes continues. Top 4 and Top 2.
* Serena (Sylveon) vs Iris (Axew/Fraxure) | Axew evolves, but Serena wins.
* Clemont (Chespin) vs Ash (Pikachu) | Pikachu wins.
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* Ash (Hawlucha) vs Serena (Braixen) | Braixen pulls out a new Psychic move and Hawlucha pulls out a Rock Tomb.
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Sep 01 | Vaniville Town (3/3) | Ash (Ash-Greninja) vs Drasna (Mega-Altaria) during the festival. In the evening near sundown, Iris also requests a battle with Drasna, even though she lost. Drasna accepts to help a fellow Dragon Master. Gible vs Altaria. Gible starts to learn Draco Meteor. Drasna offers Iris the chance to go with her so she can help Gible master it. Iris leaves the group.
Sep 08 | Kalos League (1/8) | Opening Ceremonies. Reserves returning. Rival meet ups.
Sep 15 | Kalos League (2/8) | Preliminaries - All 1 vs 1.
* Ash vs Jimmy | Pikachu vs Pikachu
Sep 22 | Kalos League (3/8) | Top 64 - 3 vs 3
* Ash vs Trevor | Talonflame vs Charizard is the main match-up.
Sep 29 | Kalos League (4/8) | Top 32 (montage) & Top 16 - 3 vs 3
Top 32
* Ash vs ??? | Noivern vs Dragalge is the only battle shown.
Top 16
* Ash vs Astrid | Hawlucha vs Mega-Absol is the main match-up
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Oct 06 | Kalos League (5/8) | Top 8 6 vs 6
* Ash vs Sawyer | Ash-Greninja vs Mega-Sceptile is the main match-up.
Oct 13 | Kalos League (6/8) | Top 4 6 vs 6
* Ash vs Tierno | Goodra vs Mega-Blastoise is the main match-up.
Oct 20 | Kalos League (7/8) Semifinals end and Finals begin.
Oct 27 | Kalos League (8/8) Finals | Ash (Ash-Greninja) vs Alain (Mega-Charizard), finishes. Alain is the Pokémon League Champion.
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Nov 03 | Lumiose City | Ash thanks Alexa, Sycamore, and Limone for all their help. Ash spends one final day with Serena, Clemont and Bonnie. They all see him at the airport.
Nov 10 | Pallet Town | Ash spends time with all his Pokémon. Delia receives a call from her sister. She just moved to Alola with her daughter and Meowth and wants Delia and Ash to visit.
Nov 17 |
[week break between series and Sun and Moon release]
Nov 24 | Sun & Moon [Episodes 1 & 2] *I realized they always start the new series the Thursday after the game release.*
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But in summary, I think Iris could be on the main cast for about 5 episodes. Aug 04 - Sep 01. Dawn was the exception to the girls return. Misty got 2 appearances in AG but 5 episodes total. May got 5 episodes in DP. Dawn got like 9 episodes, but she didn't do much at all.