A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?

### Written by

Sonic876, Punkasaurus0530, Frogadier55, NegimaLover, TMNTHedgehog5, and DragonSpore18

### Directed by

Sonic876 and NegimaLover

***A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?*** is the 34th episode of *Josh's Adventures of Pokémon the Series: XY Kalos Quest*.

## Plot

Arriving in a new town, Ash and his friends spot two children run by, dressed as Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist. Upon reaching the Pokémon Center, they are surprised to see Nurse Joy and Wigglytuff dressed as each other. Nurse Joy explains that the town is celebrating its Gourgeist Festival, where people and Pokémon wear costumes for fun. The gang decide to join in the festivities, with Serena making costumes for everyone. Elsewhere, Team Rocket have also put on costumes, remarking that the festival is a perfect opportunity to steal Pikachu since they guessed the twerps couldn't resist participating. Far away, a short, squat man and his Pumpkaboo observe Jessie's Pumpkaboo to their delight. The man orders his steward to have Team Rocket's group brought to him immediately.
As they walk about, Ash and company learn from the two children they saw earlier that in addition to dressing up, trading treats is a part of the festival as well. Serena trades some of her homemade treats for the children's candy, and the group resolves to do as much trading as possible. Meanwhile, before they can commence their plan to catch Pikachu, Team Rocket finds themselves cornered in an alleyway by three Gourgeist. The steward from earlier, revealing to own them, has the Gourgeist stand down and apologizes, extending his master's invitation to them for a sumptuous dinner. Team Rocket decide to accept the offer and catch Pikachu later.

In the man's castle atop a hill, he introduces himself as Count Pumpka, and reveals the reason why he invited Team Rocket: his Prince Pumpkaboo fell in love with Jessie's Pumpkaboo, who he refers to as a very rare specimen. James confirms that Pumpkaboo come in different varieties of size, and Jessie's Pumpkaboo is a female of the Super Size variety, which Jessie apparently was never aware of. Jessie decides to use the situation to her own benefit by telling Count Pumpka that Pumpkaboo is being pursued by Ash's group, who previously stole Pikachu, and asks Count Pumpka to apprehend them and retrieve Pikachu. Surprised, Count Pumpka agrees and sends his steward away. In the streets, Ash's group encounters the steward who demands Pikachu, sending out his Gourgeist to attack when Ash doesn't know what the steward is talking about. Pikachu, Pancham and Bunnelby put up a good fight, but are soon knocked over. Under the guise of a smokescreen from Gourgeist's Leech Seed, the steward leaves with Pikachu. To the gang's shock, Pikachu has been left behind - but Chespin, who had a Pikachu costume on, has gone missing.

Back in the castle, Team Rocket is pleased that Pikachu has been caught and presented, not realizing that it's actually Chespin. Count Pumpka states that since he met Jessie's demands, it's now time for her to hold up her end of the bargain: he wants Jessie to trade Pumpkaboo to him so the two Pumpkaboo can marry! Jessie is stunned, quickly indicating her reluctance to trade Pumpkaboo away since they have a great bond together. At this point Ash and company show up to demand Chespin, having found Team Rocket via Fletchinder, but Count Pumpka traps them in an electrified cage after they defeat his steward's Gourgeist. Count Pumpka offers a Mawile to Jessie in trade, reminding Jessie that Mawile is one of the few Pokémon who can undergo Mega Evolution; excited by the idea of owning a Mega Mawile, Jessie agrees to the trade. Pumpkaboo is outraged since Jessie had said so many great things about their relationship only moments ago, and floats over to the enamored Pumpkaboo. James and Meowth are bemused at the display of affection between the two females. Silently, Jessie trades Pumpkaboo away via a trade machine Count Pumpka arranged for, while Clemont attempts to disable the electrified cage.

Happily, Count Pumpka releases his new Pumpkaboo, but Pumpkaboo instantly evolves into Gourgeist, shocking Jessie. Count Pumpka remarks the exchange must have triggered Gourgeist's evolution, but to his dismay his own Prince Pumpkaboo is intimidated by the new Super Size Gourgeist and indicates his displeasure. Jessie is infuriated by this, going into a tirade about how Gourgeist cared for her during her times of illness and loneliness. Both Trainer and Pokémon embrace each other in tears, apologizing to each other, and Jessie demands that Gourgeist be traded back since Count Pumpka no longer has any reason to keep her. Disappointed, Count Pumpka agrees, and Gourgeist is traded back to Jessie, much to her and Gourgeist's delight.

Team Rocket prepares to leave, but Clemont tells them that he wants Chespin back, but Jessie tells him that Chespin is theirs now. As Bonnie identifies Inkay as a fake Pikachu, she manages to pull off Meowth's Banette costume. Exposed, Team Rocket pull off their disguises. Clemont identifies Team Rocket as the actual criminals, much to Count Pumpka and his steward's horror. Jessie sends Gourgeist into battle. She uses Shadow Ball and Leech Seed but Pikachu manages to dodge the first attack and deflect the second one with Iron Tail. After Bunnelby dodges Inkay's Psybeam, it uses Double Slap to send it flying and release Chespin from its cage, and Clemont reunites with his Pokémon. Braixen and Pikachu send Team Rocket blasting off with a combined attack of Flamethrower and Thunderbolt, though Jessie is still happy to be reunited with her beloved Gourgeist, while James and Meowth are relieved that their friends are happy.

Count Pumpka apologizes to Ash's group for the trouble he inadvertently caused, inviting them as guests. On the castle balcony, Ash and friends are served with soup in pumpkin bowls, with Gourgeist's face cut into them. As they eat, a fireworks display is held, which Count Pumpka explains is a tradition to end the festival. The episode ends with the group admiring the fireworks.

## Major events

* Jessie trades her Pumpkaboo for Count Pumpka's Mawile.
	+ As a result of the trade, Pumpkaboo evolves into Gourgeist.
* Jessie trades Mawile back for her newly evolved Gourgeist.

## Characters

### Humans

* Ash
* Serena
* Clemont
* Bonnie
* Jessie
* James
* Nurse Joy
* Count Pumpka
* Count Pumpka's steward
* Kids

### Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Gourgeist

* Pikachu (Ash's)
* Meowth (Team Rocket)
* Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
* Dedenne (Clemont's)
* Fletchinder (Ash's)
* Braixen (Serena's)
* Pancham (Serena's)
* Bunnelby (Clemont's)
* Chespin (Clemont's)
* Pumpkaboo (Jessie's; Super Size; traded to Count Pumpka; evolves)
* Gourgeist (Jessie's; Super Size; newly evolved; traded back to Jessie)
* Mawile (Jessie's; Mega Mawile; fantasy)
* Inkay (James's)
* Wigglytuff (Nurse Joy's)
* Pumpkaboo (Count Pumpka's; Small Size; Prince Pumpkaboo)
* Mawile (Count Pumpka's; traded to Jessie, then traded back)
* Gourgeist (Count Pumpka's steward's; ×3)
* Chespin (Trainer's) \*
* Wobbuffet (Trainer's) \*

## Transcript

*Main article: A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?/Transcript*
## Trivia

* In the Japanese version, the title card segment focuses on, and is read by, Team Rocket.
* Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Skiddo
	+ During the initial airing, there is instead a special preview for the second *Pokémon the Series: XY* movie.
* The English dub was released on iTunes and Prime Video on September 20, 2015, six days before the episode aired in Template:Pmin. The same occurred for all of the episodes featured in Volume 3 of Pokémon the Series: XY Kalos Quest that aired after *Mega Evolution Special III*, consisting of *A Not-So-Flying Start!* to ***A Festival Trade! A Festival Farewell?***.
* This episode marks the first time one of Template:Cat has evolved since *The Thief That Keeps on Thieving!*, 335 episodes earlier.
	+ However, the Pokémon in question was not in possession of Team Rocket while evolving.
	+ This also marks the first time one of Team Rocket's Pokémon has been traded since *Here's Lookin' at You, Elekid*, 620 episodes earlier.
		- This is also the first episode in which one of Team Rocket's Pokémon is traded to not feature the Magikarp salesman.
* This episode marks the second time a main character trades a Pokémon for another one, but later trades it back. The first time was in *Battle Aboard the St. Anne*, 866 episodes earlier.
* After Prince Pumpkaboo reveals he no longer loves Jessie's Gourgeist after her evolution, Meowth sympathizes with him, alluding a previous crush he had in *For The Love of Meowth!*.
* James is initially unable to recognize Gourgeist, despite having dressed himself up as one.
* This episode confirms that Jessie's Pumpkaboo (and later, Gourgeist) is female and Pumpkaboo and Gourgeist.
* The regular Japanese opening sequence was replaced with clips from *Hoopa and the Clash of Ages*. They appear after the beginning sequence of Ash and his friends' preparations of the journey.
* The cosplays seen in this episode include:

* Pikachu: Psyduck
* Serena: Florges (Flabébé, Floette, and Florges)
* Clemont: Watchog
* Dedenne: Corphish
* Chespin: Pikachu
* Jessie: Mismagius
* Meowth: Banette
* Wobbuffet: Sawk
* Inkay: Pikachu

* Inkay's Pikachu costume is the same one it wore in *Heroes - Friends and Faux Alike!*, while Meowth's Banette costume is the same one he wore in *Ghoul Daze!* and *Celebrating the Hero's Comet!*.
* Ash and Serena narrate the preview for the next episode.
* As of this episode, Kate Bristol replaces Jennifer Forziati-DaCosta as the voice of Nurse Joy in the English dub.
* This episode was the first to air in Japan after the theatrical release of M18.
* Ash and his friends wear their regular outfits only in the very beginning of the episode.