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A Dancing Debut!

XY100   EP899 踊れイーブイ！トライポカロン･デビュー！！ Dance, Eievui! Its TryPokaron Debut!!

First broadcast Japan December 17, 2015 United States April 9, 2016

English themes Opening Stand Tall Ending

Japanese themes Opening XY&Z Ending プニちゃんのうた

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 秋山勝仁 Katsuhito Akiyama Assistant director 大和田淳 Jun Ōwada Animation directors 緒方厚 Atsushi Ogata 毛利和昭 Kazuaki Mōri 小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama 中矢利子 Toshiko Nakaya No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf Dub review thread on BMGf

A Dancing Debut! (Japanese: 踊れイーブイ！トライポカロン･デビュー！！ Dance, Eievui! Its TryPokaron Debut!!) is the 100th episode of the XY series, and the 899th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 17, 2015 and in the United States on April 9, 2016.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Blurb

Serena is set to compete in the Couriway Pokémon Showcase! She’s joined by her friend Nini, as well as Jessilee (Team Rocket’s Jessie in disguise). The competition gets really interesting when they reach the Freestyle Performance round and Eevee makes its Showcase debut!

Plot

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Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Serena arrive in Couriway Town. The see the showcase which is held outside. Serena's Eevee is very nervous about the showcase. The night before Jessie, James, and Meowth go spying on the showcases. The morning before the show, Serena meets up with Nini, who is shown to have a Gothita. Palermo also arrives to scout at the contest. The first competitor is Nini, who advanced to the next round. Second is Jessilee, who also advances. After a couple of other performers, Serena is the last to perform, and also advances. In the final round, Nini, Jessilee, and Serena all give their final performances. Eevee gets very nervous before her first contest, but is calmed down by Serena. During the show, Eevee falls off Braixen's stick. Despite this, they continue to try their best. At the end of the showcase, Jessilee is declared the champion and wins her first princess key.

Major events

• Ash and his friends arrive in Couriway Town and meet up with Nini again.
• Nini is revealed to have obtained a Gothita and to have earned two Princess Keys.
• Serena, Jessie, and Nini enter the Couriway Showcase and Jessie wins, earning her first Princess Key.

For a list of all major events in the animated series, please see the history page.

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Nini
• Palermo
• Monsieur Pierre
• Lily
• Cyn Lee
• Performers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Gothita (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Serena's Eevee (Stage clothing) (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Fennekin (Serena's; flashback)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Eevee (Serena's)
• Gourgeist (Jessie's)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Squishy)
• Klefki (Monsieur Pierre's)
• Smoochum (Nini's)
• Farfetch'd (Nini's)
• Gothita (Nini's)
• Solrock (Lily's)
• Leafeon (Cyn Lee's)
• Glaceon (Cyn Lee's)
• Mightyena (Performer's)
• Pansage (Performer's)
• Pansear (Performer's)
• Panpour (Performer's)
• Teddiursa (Performer's)
• Ducklett (Performer's)
• Ekans (fantasy)
• Mamoswine (fantasy)

Trivia

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The title card segment focuses on Serena for this episode

• Poké TV: "Performer News" focusing on Nini's Smoochum and Farfetch'd and then a performance by a Pikachu Rock Star.
  • In original airings, Poké TV is replaced by a presentation from Professor Oak featuring the reveal of Volcanion in the upcoming 2016 Pokémon movie.
• Serena reads the title card for this episode.
• Bonnie, Squishy, Xerosic, and Celosia narrate the preview for the next episode.
• Mariya Ise returns to her role as the voice of Bonnie in this episode after her maternity leave.
• DreamDream is used as an insert song near the end of Serena's Freestyle Performance.
• All of Serena's Pokémon remain outside of their Poké Balls for the entire episode.
• A reference to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's novella The Little Prince is made when a snake (Ekans) swallowed an elephant (Mamoswine) but held the appearance of a hat (in this case a Poké Puff).

Errors

• During the Theme Performance, Cyn Lee's Leafeon's chest leaves are miscolored yellow instead of green.
• During Serena's Freestyle Performance, as Serena and Braixen are throwing Braixen's branch to one another, Braixen's Japanese voice can be heard in the dub when she throws the branch back to Serena.

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  Leafeon error

Dub edits

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The dub's title card with Serena's old design

• The title card segment focuses on, and is read by Ash in the dub instead of Serena.
• In the dub when Bonnie was in front of the gate the next day, Dedenne didn't make a cry but his cry was left in the closed captioning. In the Japanese version, he did say a cry after Bonnie speaks.

In other languages

← XY099 : A Festival of Decisions!

XY series

XY101 Meeting at Terminus Cave! →

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