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The Visionary (Japanese: ザ・ビジョナリー The Visionary) is the third episode of Pokémon Evolutions. It was first released on the official English Pokémon YouTube channel, Pokémon TV, and the official Japanese Pokémon YouTube channel on October 7, 2021.
==Blurb==
When chasing your dream, do you give up when everyone tells you it’s wrong? Should you listen? Or do you continue to follow your vision, even if it puts all of Kalos at risk? For Lysandre, that’s never been a question…
==Plot==
In Geosenge Town, the earth is torn apart and houses are destroyed as Team Flare deploys the ultimate weapon. In the Team Flare Secret HQ, Lysandre, wearing his Lysandre Machine, faces down and , remarking that he must recapture Xerneas to feed its energy into the ultimate weapon, and sends out his before activating its Mega Evolution. The proves to be short-lived as Xerneas defeats Mega Gyarados in a single .
As Shauna and arrive on the scene, Lysandre lets out a roar in frustration, tossing his goggles to the floor and falls to his knees. In a series of flashbacks, Lysandre recalls his conversations with Diantha and Professor Sycamore, going over his fears that Kalos will one day lose its beauty and Pokémon will no longer exist. Getting to his feet, Lysandre addresses the s before him, saying that he doesn't expect them to understand his perspectives. Gesturing at the ultimate weapon, he remarks that its original intention was to give life, and it has enough energy for one final shot. His mouth turns up in a crazed grin as he declares he shall use it on himself and the three Trainers, so they may know the pain of eternal life and watching the beautiful world fade away.
In fear, Shauna and Serena back away, with Calem following suit. Alarms sound through the base as s and s alike evacuate the facility. Rippling with power, the weapon sends one energy blast skyward, piercing the clouds and flying into space before diving back down, before Lysandre screams that he and the Trainers shall live forever. The energy slams into Geosenge Town before the ultimate weapon sinks beneath the ground as Calem, Serena, and Shauna watch on silently.
A week later, Professor Sycamore watches Malva make an announcement on the Holo Caster. Malva acknowledges the shock felt throughout the region from Lysandre's actions, and plays a clip of Lysandre from a previous time, when he advised Trainers that the world was not set in stone, and they had the power to build a brighter future.
==Major events==
* Team Flare deploys the ultimate weapon in Geosenge Town.
* battles and defeats Lysandre.
* Lysandre uses the ultimate weapon in an attempt to grant himself, Calem, , and Shauna immortality.
* The ultimate weapon is buried again.
==Characters==
===Humans===
* 
* 
* Shauna
* Professor Sycamore
* Diantha (flashback)
* Malva (hologram)
* Lysandre
* s
* s
===Pokémon===
* ('s; )
* (Lysandre's; Mega Gyarados)
* (Professor Sycamore's)
* (Professor Sycamore's)
* (Professor Sycamore's)
* 
* (×2; flashback)
* (multiple; flashback)
==Trivia==
* While fufills the role the protagonist would in Pokémon X in this short, is still seen wearing her hat, unlike her rival counterpart.
** Also, unlike in the aforementioned , where the rival only obtains a Mega Ring during the post-game, Serena is seen wearing a Mega Ring here.
* The two in this episode wear the hats of and Serena.
===Errors===
* In the subtitles, Diantha is incorrectly referred to as "".
===Dub edits===
==In other languages==
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Category:Episodes written by Benjamin Townsend
Category:Episodes by one-time storyboarders
Category:Episodes by one-time directors
Category:Episodes by one-time animation directors
de:Pokémon: Entwicklungen Folge 3: Der Hellseher
es:EVO03
fr:PE03
it:EV03
ja:PE第3話
zh:Pokémon Evolutions 第3集