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[[File:SS029 poster.png|thumb|150px|Promotional poster for the first special]]

The '''Mega Evolution Specials''' (Japanese: '''ポケットモンスターXY特別編 最強メガシンカ''' ''Pocket Monsters XY Special Episode: The Strongest Mega Evolution'') are a series of four [[side story episodes]] that are set during {{Ash}}'s journey through [[Kalos]]. The specials focus on an original protagonist and former [[Professor's aides#In the anime|assistant]] of [[Professor Sycamore]], [[Alain]], and his partner, a Mega {{TP|Alain|Charizard}} X, and his quest to research and defeat every known [[Mega Evolution|Mega Pokémon]]. He is joined by [[Mairin]], a beginning {{pkmn|Trainer}} who [[Starter Pokémon|started]] with her {{p|Chespin}}, Chespie. Other characters include [[Steven Stone]], the {{pkmn|Champion}} of [[Hoenn]], and [[Lysandre]], a mysterious benefactor who has his own reasons for pursuing Mega Evolution.

The first special aired April 3, 2014 in Japan, a week after the Japanese debut of ''[[XY021|A PokéVision of Things to Come!]]''. The dubbed version of that special aired May 31, 2014, a week after the English airing of of ''[[XY019|A Conspiracy to Conquer!]]'' The original special focused on Alain's journey to different parts of Kalos to fight and defeat Trainers with Mega Pokémon, including the [[Siebold]] of the Kalos [[Elite Four]]. Subsequent episodes have aired in Japan on a biyearly basis, with the second and third episodes focusing around Mega {{p|Rayquaza}}, the [[Primal Reversion|Primal forms]] of {{p|Groudon}} and {{p|Kyogre}}, and the origins of Mega Evolution in Hoenn. The fourth and final special aired on October 29, 2015, tying directly into [[XY093]], the first episode of the ''XY & Z'' arc of {{series|XY}}.

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{{Episodelistbody|SS029|Mega Evolution Special I|ポケットモンスターXY特別編 最強メガシンカ ～ActⅠ（アクトワン）～|Pocket Monsters XY Special Episode: The Strongest Mega Evolution ~Act I~|May 31, 2014|April 3, 2014}}

{{Episodelistbody|SS031|Mega Evolution Special II|ポケットモンスターXY特別編 最強メガシンカ ～ActⅠⅠ（アクトワン）～|Pocket Monsters XY Special Episode: The Strongest Mega Evolution ~Act II~|February 7, 2015|November 6, 2014}}

{{Episodelistbody|SS032|Mega Evolution Special III|ポケットモンスター XY 特別編 最強メガシンカ　～Act ⅠⅠⅠ（アクトワン）～|Pocket Monsters XY Special Episode 'The Strongest Mega Evolution ~Act III~'|August 15, 2015|March 19, 2015}}

{{Episodelistbody|SS035|Mega Evolution Special IV|ポケットモンスター XY 特別編 最強メガシンカ　～Act ⅠV（アクトワン）～|Pocket Monsters XY Special Episode 'The Strongest Mega Evolution ~Act IV~'|December 26, 2015|October 29, 2015}}

{{Episodelistfooterspecial|Hoso|This concludes the Mega Evolution Specials.}}

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{{cast|Hoso|Alain|List of English voice actors{{!}}Jonathan Silver|Alain|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Kenshō Ono|アラン|小野賢章|top=yes}}

{{cast|Hoso|Alain's Charizard|disp=Charizard|Kensuke Satō|Lizardon|Kensuke Satō|リザードン|佐藤健輔}}

{{cast|Hoso|Mairin|Zoe Martin|Manon|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Mikako Komatsu|マノン|小松未可子}}

{{cast|Hoso|Mairin#Chespie|disp=Chespie|Suzy Myers|Hari-san|Yuka Terasaki|ハリさん|寺崎裕香}}

{{cast|Hoso|Lysandre|disp=Lysandre/Narration|List of English voice actors{{!}}H.D. Quinn|Fleur-de-lis/Narration|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Hideaki Tezuka|フラダリ /ナレーション|手塚秀彰}}

{{cast|Hoso|Steven Stone|Andrew Paull|Daigo Tsuwabuki|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Ken'ichi Suzumura|ツワブキ・ダイゴ|鈴村健一}}

{{cast|Hoso|Steven's Metagross|disp=Metagross|Kenta Miyake|Metagross|Kenta Miyake|メタグロス|三宅健太}}

{{cast|Hoso|Professor Sycamore|List of English voice actors{{!}}Jake Paque|Platane|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Hiroshi Tsuchida|プラターヌ|土門大|bottom=yes}}

{{cast|Hoso|Astrid|Kate Bristol|Ayaka|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Miyuu Sawai|アヤカ|沢井美優|top=yes}}

{{cast|Hoso|Remo|Marc Thompson|Louie|Kōichi Yamadera|ルイ|山寺宏一}}

{{cast|Hoso|Siebold|Eli James|Zumi|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Hiroyuki Yoshino|ズミ|吉野裕行}}

{{cast|Hoso|Malva|List of English voice actors{{!}}Samara Naeymi|Pachira|Akeno Watanabe|パキラ|渡辺明乃}}

{{cast|Hoso|Squishy|disp=Zygarde Core|Billy Bob Thompson|Zygarde Core|Yūki Kaji|ジガルデ・コア|梶裕貴|bottom=yes}}

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