XY007

This article is about an episode of the Pokémon animated series that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

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Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!

XY007

EP806

セレナにおまかせ!? 激走サイホーンレース！
Leave it to Serena!? The Charging Sihorn Race!

First broadcast

Japan	November 21, 2013
United States	March 1, 2014

English themes

Opening	Pokémon Theme (Version XY)
Ending

Japanese themes

Opening	Ｖ（ボルト）
Ending	Ｘ海峡Ｙ景色

Credits

No additional credits are available at this time.
Animation	Team Kato
Screenplay	面出明美 Akemi Omode
Storyboard	尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano
Assistant director	内田裕 Yū Uchida
Animation director	内田裕 Yū Uchida

Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race! (Japanese: セレナにおまかせ!? 激走サイホーンレース！ Leave it to Serena!? The Charging Sihorn Race!) is the seventh episode of the XY series, and the 806th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 21, 2013 and is scheduled to air in the United States on March 1, 2014.

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

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete.
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Major events

Serena officially joins the gang in their travels.
Serena tells Ash about the first time they met and Ash finally remembers her.
The gang decide to head back through Lumiose City on their way to Cyllage City.
Serena encounters Team Rocket for the first time.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

Ash
Serena
Clemont
Bonnie
Jessie
James
Officer Jenny
Grace
Ishizuka
Racers
Audience
Commentator

Pokémon

Pokémon Quiz: Fennekin (Japan)

Pikachu (Ash's)
Meowth (Team Rocket)
Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
Fennekin (Serena's)
Bunnelby (Clemont's)
Dedenne (Clemont's)
Rhyhorn (Grace's; flashback)
Fletchling (Grace's; flashback)
Inkay (James's)
Rhyhorn (Ishizuka's)
Rhyhorn (multiple)
Poliwag (flashback)
Pidgeotto (multiple)

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Serena.png

The title card segment focuses on Serena for this episode

Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Helioptile
Serena and Ash narrate the preview for next episode.
The title card for this episode focuses on Serena.

Errors

When Ash and company continue their journey along with Serena, the black belt on Serena's hat disappears three times.
When something is coming near the trees, the brown and yellow colors of Pikachu's tail are swapped.
When Ash and his friends are panicking while the Rhyhorn are coming through, Bonnie's satchel is colored orange, just like Dedenne for a few frames, and later, when they're running away from the Rhyhorn, Dedenne's ears are completely orange for a few frames.
The first time Ash tries to climb Rhyhorn, his hat is not flipped backwards; however, in the next scene when he gets up after falling down, it is.
When Serena is about to show how to ride on a Rhyhorn, while Bonnie was excited a lot, Serena got a line added near her neck for some reason.
In one scene for a single frame, the left half of Serena's ribbon is colored the same way as her hair.
When Ash and the others are panicking because the Rhyhorn are going to hurt Serena, Clemont's glasses are missing the orange part that holds his glasses to his nose.
In one scene for a single frame, the right half of Serena's ribbon is colored the same way as her hair.
In a scene before the race begins, when Serena is sitting in the sidelines, her stockings are colored like her skin tone instead of black.
When Ash notices what happened to the racers and their Rhyhorn, Pikachu's nose disappears for a single frame. The same error repeats four times.
When the mysterious web is getting closer to Ash, Pikachu's tail is completely yellow without the brown color at the end of his tail for a few frames.
When their transporter was starting to shake, for a single frame, Jessie's left ear is colored white, just like her skirt.
When Ash is telling Serena's mother that he rode on a Rhyhorn for the first time, Bonnie's hairclip is colored the same way as her hair.