XY050

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Pathways to Performance Partnering!

XY050   EP849 踊れヤンチャム、魅せろフォッコ！明日へのステップ！！ Dance, Yancham — Captivate, Fokko! The Dance for Tomorrow!!

First broadcast Japan November 13, 2014 United States February 7, 2015

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening メガＶ（メガボルト） Ending ドリドリ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 樋口香里 Kaori Higuchi Assistant director 古賀一臣 Kazuomi Koga Animation directors 松永香苗 Kanae Matsunaga 玉川明洋 Akihiro Tamagawa No additional credits are available at this time.

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

Pathways to Performance Partnering! (Japanese: 踊れヤンチャム、魅せろフォッコ！明日へのステップ！！ Dance, Yancham — Captivate, Fokko! The Dance for Tomorrow!!) is the 50th episode of the XY series, and the 849th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 13, 2014 and is scheduled to air in the United States on February 7, 2015 as the start of the Eighteenth season, Pokémon the Series: XY - Season 2.

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

Major events

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
• Nene

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Smoochum (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Froakie (Ash's)
• Fletchinder (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Luxio (Clemont's)
• Fennekin (Serena's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Pumpkaboo (Jessie's)
• Inkay (James's)
• Smoochum (Nene's)
• Farfetch'd (Nene's)

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Serena.png

The title card segment focuses on Serena for this episode

• Serena reads the title card.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Magneton*
  • Instead of Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster or Mairin's Mega Evolution Journal, Steven appears to talk about Mega Latias and Mega Latios.
    • Mother and daughter from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew made a cameo appearance during Mega Latias and Mega Latios journal.
• Yuji Ueda is credited for Wobbuffet for this episode but it does not make an appearance.
• Jessie displays her love towards Smoochum again in this episode.

Errors

• In one scene, Luxio's pupils are white instead of yellow.

• 

  Luxio's eyes error

In other languages

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