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* Although it doesn't occur on-screen, Clemont mentions that [[Scottie]]'s {{p|Treecko}} used {{m|Razor Leaf}} during their Gym Battle, a move Treecko is [[Anime move errors|unable to learn]].
* Although it doesn't occur on-screen, Clemont mentions that [[Scottie]]'s {{p|Treecko}} used {{m|Razor Leaf}} during their Gym Battle, a move Treecko is [[Anime move errors|unable to learn]].
* In the dub when the group's Pokémon are eating, {{AP|Fletchinder}}'s Japanese voice can be heard.
* In the dub when the group's Pokémon are eating, {{AP|Fletchinder}}'s Japanese voice can be heard.
* IN the dub the narrator was missing in the beginning of the episode right after the the opening. The narrator's lines were left in the Closed Captions though. The line missing is as follows: "NARRATOR: With four kalos Gym badges in Ash's possession, our heroes continue to the Lumiose Gym for Ash's battle with Clemont."


===Dub edits===
===Dub edits===

Revision as of 04:21, 27 May 2015

XY063 : A Fork in the Road! A Parting of the Ways!
XY series
XY065 : Good Friends, Great Training!
Battling with Elegance and a Big Smile!
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XY064   EP863
フォッコVSマフォクシー!華麗なるパフォーマンスバトル!!
Fokko VS Mahoxy! A Splendid Performance Battle!!
First broadcast
Japan March 12, 2015
United States May 23, 2015
English themes
Opening Be a Hero
Ending
Japanese themes
Opening ゲッタバンバン
Ending ドリドリ
Credits
Animation Team Kato
Screenplay 面出明美 Akemi Omode
Storyboard 村野佑太 Yūta Murano
Assistant director 鈴木卓夫 Takuo Suzuki
Animation director 斉藤圭太 Keita Saitō
No additional credits are available at this time.

Battling with Elegance and a Big Smile! (Japanese: フォッコVSマフォクシー!華麗なるパフォーマンスバトル!! Fokko VS Mahoxy! A Splendid Performance Battle!!) is the 64th episode of the XY series, and the 863rd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 12, 2015 and in the United States on May 23, 2015.

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Blurb

Tensions flare when a Pokémon Showcase rehearsal turns into a big fight! To clear her head, Serena goes for a walk in town, where she meets a girl named Ariana. This Trainer (who looks oddly familiar) has some great advice about being a Pokémon performer! Can Serena learn from Ariana’s advice to reconnect with her Pokémon?

Plot

While en route to Lumiose City for Ash's Gym battle with Clemont, Ash, Serena, and Bonnie are watching a television broadcast about the Pokémon Showcase that Shauna had recently won in Coumarine City. Seeing Shauna's glory as the winner of a Showcase, Serena resolves to catch up to her rival and goes to train with Fennekin and Pancham as soon as Nurse Joy finishes healing them.

At first, the training proceeds well, with Serena, Fennekin, and Pancham obviously having fun and performing their moves in perfect harmony with each other. However, while performing a trick involving Pancham jumping through a fiery ring created by Fennekin's Flamethrower, Pancham's tail is burned and it becomes angry at Fennekin, blaming her for the mistake. Fennekin retaliates and, after Pancham tries the trick again and accidentally lands on Fennekin, the two of them begin fighting. Pancham hides behind Serena and taunts Fennekin, causing the latter to use Flamethrower in anger and hit Serena instead of Pancham. At this, Serena loses her temper and screams at her two Pokémon to stop fighting. Embarrassed and upset by the way she had treated her Pokémon, Serena leaves to go have some time by herself and think while Ash and Bonnie look after Fennekin, Pancham, and their other Pokémon.

Absentmindedly staring into the window of a shop, a miserable Serena decides that she is a failure as a Pokémon Performer. While lost in thought, a girl walks up behind her and comments on the hats in the window of the shop, thinking Serena is having trouble deciding which one to get. She introduces herself, somewhat hesitantly, as Ariana and invites Serena to go shopping with her, telling Serena how smiling is the most important thing when it comes to performing with one's Pokémon. While shopping, Serena and Ariana continue talking about Pokémon Performers. Serena is still very down on herself for her mistake in the Coumarine City Pokémon Showcase, which Ariana had watched on PokéVision, but Ariana tells her that everybody makes mistakes and to keep working with her Pokémon. Serena, enjoying their conversation, begins to smile again and Ariana says that people will love her smile. While the two girls share a meal together, Ariana suggests that Serena's first step to make amends with her Pokémon be to simply apologize, because she and Fennekin are always together and even though Pancham isn't always very honest with itself, it cares about Serena, too.

Meanwhile, Ash and Bonnie have been spending the day having fun with Pikachu, Dedenne, and the other Pokémon. Fennekin and Pancham, like Serena, have been very upset for much of the day, blaming themselves for Serena's anger and for the problems caused between them. Bonnie manages to coax them into eating their food, however, and she and Ash talk about how Clemont is doing back at the Lumiose Gym. At the Gym at that moment, Clemont defeats his newest challenger, a Trainer named Scottie, in his Gym challenge and gives him useful advice about the timing of his Treecko's Mega Drain.

Later that evening, Serena returns to where Ash, Bonnie, and her Pokémon are playing and Fennekin and Pancham immediately express their apologies to her. She, in turn, apologizes to them, and is startled when Ariana challenges her to a Double Battle. Ariana sends out her Delphox and Aromatisse to battle against Pancham and Fennekin. During the battle, Serena realizes that Ariana is a Performer herself and is at first unable to overcome her opponent's beautiful and effective combinations. When Ariana offers her advice about making sure she and her Pokémon are in full cooperation with each other, Serena begins a new combination with Stone Edge and Flamethrower that help her begin to turn the battle around. When Ariana counters with her own Flamethrower and hurts Fennekin, Serena remembers her advice to just keep smiling and reassures Pancham and Fennekin that everything will turn out all right in the end. Responding to Serena's words, Fennekin evolves into Braixen. Before the battle can be completed, however, Ariana is called away and leaves behind a confused Serena, Ash, and Bonnie.

The next day, Serena, Bonnie, and Ash are watching an exhibition by Kalos Queen Aria on television, and Serena finally recognizes her as "Ariana", the one who had given her so much help the day before. Inwardly thanking Aria for her assistance, Serena resolves to train even harder and someday achieve her dream of becoming Kalos Queen.

Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Treecko (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Aromatisse (Japan)

Other

Trivia

  • Ash and Serena read the title card.
    • This is the fourth time in the XY series that someone else reading the title card has been kept in the dub.
File:Title Card XY Serena V2.png
The title card segment focuses on Serena for this episode

Errors

  • Although it doesn't occur on-screen, Clemont mentions that Scottie's Treecko used Razor Leaf during their Gym Battle, a move Treecko is unable to learn.
  • In the dub when the group's Pokémon are eating, Fletchinder's Japanese voice can be heard.
  • IN the dub the narrator was missing in the beginning of the episode right after the the opening. The narrator's lines were left in the Closed Captions though. The line missing is as follows: "NARRATOR: With four kalos Gym badges in Ash's possession, our heroes continue to the Lumiose Gym for Ash's battle with Clemont."

Dub edits

File:Title Card XY Ash.png
The dub's title card with Serena's old design
  • The title card segment focuses on Ash in the dub, but is read by both Ash and Serena.
  • In the dub, Clemont states that Scottie's Treecko uses Mega Drain, a move Treecko can legally learn, instead of Razor Leaf.

In other languages


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