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Performing with Fiery Charm!

XY079   EP878 テールナーとヤンチャム！！魅せろ炎のパフォーマンス！！ Tairenar and Yancham!! A Captivating Fiery Performance!!

First broadcast Japan July 2, 2015 United States September 6, 2015* September 12, 2015*

English themes Opening Be a Hero Ending

Japanese themes Opening ゲッタバンバン Ending ガオガオ・オールスター

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 面出明美 Akemi Omode Storyboard 村野佑太 Yūta Murano Assistant director 松田清 Kiyoshi Matsuda Animation director 新村杏子 Kyōko Niimura 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

Performing with Fiery Charm! (Japanese: テールナーとヤンチャム！！魅せろ炎のパフォーマンス！！ Tairenar and Yancham!! A Captivating Fiery Performance!!) is the 79th episode of the XY series, and the 878th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 2, 2015 and in the United States on September 12, 2015.

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

Blurb

It’s Serena’s turn to shine in the Pokémon Showcase taking place in Dendemille Town! She’ll be up against her rival Miette, as well as Jessilia (who looks strangely familiar). The first round is all about Poké Puffs, just like the previous competition between Serena and Miette. And things really heat up when all three performers advance to the Freestyle Performance...

Plot

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Major events

• Ash and his friends arrive in Dendemille Town and meet up with Miette again.
• Miette is revealed to have obtained a male Meowstic.
• Serena, Jessie, and Miette compete in the Dendemille Rookie Class Showcase.
• Serena wins the Showcase, earning her first Princess Key.

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

Debuts

TV episode debuts

• Litleo

Main series debuts

• Honedge

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Professor Sycamore
• Sophie
• Cosette
• Grace
• Tierno
• Shauna
• Trevor
• Aria
• Monsieur Pierre
• Miette
• Gena
• Salt
• Decanta
• Performers
• Audience

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Plusle and Minun (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Braixen (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)
• Rhyhorn (Grace's)
• Fletchling (Grace's)
• Klefki (Monsieur Pierre's)
• Delphox (Aria's)
• Aromatisse (Aria's)
• Slurpuff (Miette's)
• Meowstic (Miette's, male)
• Jigglypuff (Gena's)
• Mime Jr. (Salt's)
• Furfrou (Decanta's; Matron Trim)
• Lickitung (Performer's)
• Honedge (Performer's)
• Litleo (Performer's)
• Vanillish (Performer's)
• Plusle (Performer's)
• Minun (Performer's)
• Swanna (Performer's)
• Psyduck (Performer's)
• Sneasel (Performer's)
• Furret (Performer's)
• Simisear (Trainer's)
• Meowstic (Trainer's; male)
• Marill (Trainer's)
• Furfrou (Trainer's)
• Roselia (Trainer's)
• Swirlix (Trainer's)
• Meowstic (Trainer's; female)
• Ducklett (Trainer's)
• Simisage (Trainer's)
• Audino (Trainer's)
• Scrafty (Trainer's)
• Flareon (Performer's; video)
• Dratini (Performer's; video)
• Seaking (Performer's; video)
• Pidgey (Performer's; video)
• Ninetales (Performer's; video)
• Skiddo (×2; flashback)

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Serena V2.png

The title card segment focuses on Serena for this episode

• Serena reads the title card.
• Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Barbaracle
  • Instead of Pokémon Holo Caster, Hoopa pops out to announce the viewers to see the trailer of the upcoming movie.
• Ash, Clemont, and Rotom narrate the preview for the next episode.
• Bonnie seems to be aware of Serena's crush on Ash.
• This episode marks the first time in the Pokémon anime where two Pokémon are featured in the dub version of a Who's That Pokémon? segment.
  • Plusle and Minun also didn't say their name after being revealed in the segment, likely because they normally keep their Japanese voices in the dub and there wasn't any audio to use.
• DreamDream is used as an insert song in this episode.
• This episode features the following flashbacks of Serena during the scene when receiving her score.
  • Serena telling Grace she wants to become a Pokémon Performer, then racing with her on Skiddo and win from A Race for Home!.
  • Serena crying at the dock while Fennekin and Pancham try to cheer her up and cutting her hair short after losing her first Pokémon Showcase from A Showcase Debut!.
  • Serena making a lot of Poképuffs.
• Serena wears the same dress she wore in A Fashionable Battle!.
• Serena's Braixen and Pancham remain outside of their Poké Balls throughout the episode.
• The Pokémon Performers who own the Swanna, Psyduck, and Furret also appeared during the Coumarine City Pokémon Showcase in A Showcase Debut!. Coincidentally, all three didn't make it past the Theme Performance in both Showcases.
• This episode's English dub title wasn't revealed until after the two following episodes's titles. It first aired in Canada on September 5, 2015 along with an Amazon premiere on September 6, 2015, and in the United States on Cartoon Network on September 12, 2015.

Errors

• The hair tuff on the male Meowstic which belongs to an unknown Trainer during the scene outside of the Pokémon Showcase stadium is colored dark blue instead of white.
• When Ash, Clemont, and Bonnnie walk up to Miette after she shows up, a second Slurpuff is seen overlapping Miette and her Slurpuff.
• When the VS screen featuring Miette appeared, her Meowstic is missing.
• When Aria is shown watching Serena's performance, her collar is white instead of black. This error repeats in the next two scenes.
• When Serena is walking down a hallway, backstage of the Pokémon Showcase with her Pokémon, Braixen's right paw is briefly colored yellow instead of white four times.
• The Pokémon Performers who own the Litleo and Vanillish have their key colors swapped when receiving their score.
• When Chespin, Pikachu, and Dedenne all smell the PokéPuffs, at one point Dedenne's mouth moves but no sound was there.

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  Meowstic hair tuff error

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  Second Slurpuff

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  Miette's Meowstic is missing

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  Aria's collar error

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  Braixen's right paw error

Dub edits

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

• The title card segment focuses on Ash in the dub instead of Serena, but is still read by Serena.

In other languages

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XY series

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