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Recap / Pokémon S17E9 "Clemont's Got a Secret!"

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"Well, we might as well just tell him the truth."
Bonnie, after Ash found out Clemont is the Lumiose Gym Leader

Japanese Title: Subdue Miare Gym! Citron's Secret!!

Original Airdate: December 5, 2013

US Airdate: March 15, 2014

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What's this I heard about you being the leader of Lumiose Gym?!

The twerps meet Clemont and Bonnie's father, Meyer, and find out Clemont is the leader of Lumiose Gym. There's just one problem: he left a robot in charge, and it's gone rogue, locking him out of his own gym. They will need to break in and try to knock some sense into it.

This episode contains examples of the following tropes:

  • A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Clembot received a dent in its head, which may have messed up its programming, causing it to go way too harsh on trainers visiting the gym for the Voltage Badge.
  • Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Meyer assumes that Serena is Clemont's girlfriend.
  • Arc Villain: Clembot can be considered one, as Clemont's problems with him stems way back from the first XY episode.
  • Conflicting Loyalty: The Lumiose Gym Pokémon are happy to see Clemont again, but they still have to attack him and his friends under Clembot's orders.
  • Continuity Nod: The group enter Prism Tower from a hole made by Sycamore's rampaging Garchomp back in "Lumiose City Pursuit".
  • Running Gag: Just as Misty and May didn't want Ash to know about their relations to respective Gym leaders (Cerulean and Petalburg, respectively), Clemont and Bonnie don't want Ash to know Clemont is the Lumiose Gym leader. Unsurprising in this case, considering that Ash was one of Clembot's victims and the only reason he wasn't horribly injured was because they were able to intervene.
  • So Proud of You: Meyer is...really excited that Clemont and Bonnie have found some friends.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: Ash and Serena go Demon Head on Clemont when they find out he kept his status as the Lumiose Gym Leader a secret from them.

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