History Recap / PokemonGenerationsE18TheRedemption

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: AZ designed a machine to resurrect his beloved Floette. He then turned it into the "Ultimate Weapon" to punish those humans who originally killed it, ending the war and becoming the ruler of Kalos.

* NeverSayDie: Totally and utterly {{averted}}.

* {{Narrator}}: The mother of a little girl in the crowd narrates the story of AZ's past as the girl remembers it. The words spoken were said by AZ to the PlayerCharacter in the game when they took on Team Flare.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: InUniverse example. Apparently, the people of Kalos consider the story of a guy lost a loved one in a war then sacrificed countless innocents to power a WeaponOfMassDestruction is perfectly acceptable to be read to children as a bedtime story.

* RedemptionQuest: After he was left by Floette, AZ wandered the world alone for 3,000 years. At the point of this episode, he had just been liberated from Team Flare, who sought his Ultimate Weapon. When Calem defeats AZ, he feels free, and Floette finally returns to him.

* WhatTheHellHero: Floette abandoned AZ when it realized that the Ultimate Weapon was powered by other Pokémon, and this power was used to resurrect it.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: AZ designed a machine to resurrect his beloved Floette. He then turned it into the "Ultimate Weapon" to punish those humans who originally killed it, ending a war and dominating Kalos.

* ContinuityCavalcade: This episode is set at the end of the main plotline of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', when the PlayerCharacter is challenged by AZ. Here, Calem is that Champion. Golurk, the last of AZ's Pokémon to be beaten, is one of the Pokémon the player faces in the game battle. Calem's party includes Charizard and Chesnaught.

* MissedMomentOfAwesome: We barely see anything of Calem and AZ's battle.

* TakenForGranite: One shot implies that the pokemon whose lives were drained for AZ's machine became petrified into stone slabs. These are the tombstones on Route 10.

* {{Narrator}}: The mother of a little girl in the crowd narrates the story of AZ's past as the girl remembers it.

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[[caption-width-right:350:AZ crashes Calem's coronation.]]

* ContinuityCavalcade: This episode is set at the end of the main plotline of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', when the PlayerCharacter is challenged by AZ. Calem is that Champion, and Serena is in the crowd. Golurk, the last of AZ's Pokémon to be beaten, is one of the Pokémon the player faces in the game battle. Caleb's party includes Charizard and Chesnaught.

* RedemptionQuest: After he was left by Floette, AZ wandered the world alone for 3,000 years. At the point of this episode, he had just been liberated from Team Flare, who sought his Ultimate Weapon. When Caleb defeats AZ, he feels free, and Floette finally returns to him.

[[caption-width-right:350:AZ crashes Caleb's coronation.]]

The celebration of the winner of the Kalos Pokémon League is crashed by AZ, who challenges the new Champion, Caleb, to find out what it means to be a Pokémon Trainer.

* ContinuityCavalcade: This episode is set at the end of the main plotline of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', when the PlayerCharacter is challenged by AZ. Caleb is that Champion, and Serena is in the crowd. Golurk, the last of AZ's Pokémon to be beaten, is one of the Pokémon the player faces in the game battle. Caleb's party includes Charizard and Chesnaught.

* RedemptionQuest: After he was left by Floette, AZ wandered the world alone for 3,000 years, and at that point had just been liberated from Team Flare, who sought his Ultimate Weapon. When Caleb defeats AZ, he feels free, and Floette finally returns to him.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: AZ designed a machine to resurrect his beloved Floette. He then turned it into the "Ultimate Weapon" to punish those humans who originally killed it, and dominated Kalos.

* RedemptionQuest: After he was left by Floette, AZ wandered the world alone for 3,000 years. When Caleb defeats him, he feels free, and Floette finally returns to him.

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: AZ designed a machine to resurrect his beloved Floette. Then turned it into the "Ultimate Weapon" to punish those humans who originally killed it, and dominate Kalos.

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* ContinuityCavalcade: This episode is set at the end of the main plotline of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', when the PlayerCharacter is challenged by AZ. Caleb is that Champion, and Serena is in the crowd.

The celebration of the winner of the Kalos Pokemon League is crashed by AZ, who challenges the new Champion, Caleb,

* ContinuityCavalcade: This episode is set at the end of the main plotline of ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', when the PlayerCharacter is challenged by AZ. Caleb is the Champion, and Serena is in the crowd.
* PoweredByAForsakenChild: The Ultimate Weapon drained the life energy of other Pokemon in order to work.

* WhatTheHellHero: Floette abandoned AZ when it realized that the Ultimate Weapon was powered by other Pokemon, and this power was used to resurrect it.