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A Frolicking Find in the Flowers!

XY089

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イーブイはひとみしり！？お花畑でつかまえて！！
The Eievui Who is Shy of Strangers!? Capture at the Flower Garden!!

First broadcast

Japan	September 24, 2015
United States	November 14, 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

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	西田健一 Ken'ichi Nishida
Animation directors	青木一紀 Kazunori Aoki
	斉藤圭太 Keita Saitō
	中村路之将 Michinosuke Nakamura
	千葉茂 Shigeru Chiba

A Frolicking Find in the Flowers! (Japanese: イーブイはひとみしり！？お花畑でつかまえて！！ The Eievui Who is Shy of Strangers!? Capture at the Flower Garden!!) is the 89th episode of the XY series, and the 888th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on September 24, 2015, in Canada on November 7, 2015, and in the United States on November 14, 2015.

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

Blurb

As our heroes take a break in a beautiful meadow on their way to Anistar City, Serena and Bonnie unexpectedly come across an Eevee, dancing joyfully in the sunlight! Serena is quite charmed by the Evolution Pokémon, but then Ash calls out to the girls and startles Eevee into running away.

Determined to find Eevee again, Serena decides to put on a performance to attract its attention. Sure enough, Eevee creeps up to watch—only to be grabbed by Team Rocket! In the battle that follows, Eevee uses Protect to keep Serena out of the line of fire, and Pikachu’s Thunderbolt soon sends the villains blasting off again.

Serena asks Eevee to join her Pokémon Showcase team. After a bit of shy hesitation, Eevee agrees, and our heroes are off once more—with a new member in the group!

Plot

On their journey to Anistar City for Ash's next Gym Badge, Serena finds out that the next Pokémon Showcase will also be held at the same city. Bonnie, noticing Serena slowing down, asks her if anything is wrong. Serena replies saying she is worried that she has a lot to work on for her next Showcase. Ash comments he also needs to do some more training. As the group walk continue to walk through a forest, Ash and his friends find an open field of flowers with fresh air, and decide to take a break there. Bonnie runs off to play, while Clemont decides to make tea. Ash, Clemont and Serena all take out their Pokémon from their Poké Balls.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket are spying on them on a ledge higher above. James and Meowth comment that they would like a rest like Ash and the group, however Jessie gets angry at them and becomes determined to win the next Showcase which Serena is also entering.

As Clemont continues to make tea and Ash is playing with Pikachu, Serena makes a crown of flowers for herself as well as for Bonnie and Dedenne. Dedenne jumps up in excitement at it, but accidentally knocks the crown off her head. The crown then rolls down a hill which Dedenne and Pancham run after. Pancham catches it as it bounces off a rock, but then notices an Eevee dancing on a ledge behind the rock. Serena, Bonnie, Braixen, Pancham and Dedenne all look it wonder at Eevee who is so light on its feet. Ash then calls out that tea is ready, scaring Eevee away. Over tea, Serena comments on the Eevee, saying that seeing Eevee may help in coming up with a brand new routine for the Pokémon Showcase. The group then decide to look for Eevee.

Team Rocket, who are still spying on the group, overhear their conversation, and Jessie also decides to search for Eevee for her Showcase performance. Meowth comments that he can dance too and gets up to dance, but is ignored by the other two.

To search for Eevee, Clemont pulls out his invention he calls "Living Thing Finder Mark 2". Clemont narrows the search to Pokémon of small size, but it instead detects a Vivillon and a Budew. It then malfunctions and explodes. The group then decide to split up to look for Eevee. The group are unsuccessful in finding Eevee, and Serena decides to look just one more time. Serena heads off into long grass, but Eevee, who is hiding up in a tree, shouts out to her. Serena stops at Eevee's voice and then realizes she is at the edge of a cliff and that Eevee had saved her. Eevee runs away but Serena decides not to follow, and instead places her crown of flowers on a rock for Eevee.

Clemont and Bonnie then have another plan, and place Serena's Poké Puffs in various locations to lure Eevee. Eevee takes and runs away with a Poké Puff, but only Bunnelby notices. Clemont, Bonnie, Luxray and Dedenne then notice it has disappeared, blaming Chespin for eating it instead.

The group then head off to sleep, determined to look for Eevee the next day. During the night, Serena is unable to sleep and takes a walk into the fields with Braixen and Pancham. She finds Eevee dancing on a ledge, and wearing the crown she had left for Eevee. Serena again comments she would like to befriend the Eevee, and Braixen and Pancham agree.

The next day, Serena says to the others that she would like to look for Eevee in another way, this time by showing Eevee how happy she and her Pokémon are during a performance. Braixen and Pancham perform by combining Flamethrower and Dark Pulse respectively. Eevee, who is interested, draws closer. Serena then notices Eevee and talks to it, asking whether it would like to join them to perform in Pokémon Showcases. However, Team Rocket intervenes by capturing Eevee in a net. They then take out Inkay and Gourgeist for battle. Inkay uses Psybeam which Pikachu counters with Electro Ball. Gourgeist uses Shadow Ball which is countered by Braixen's Flamethrower. Inkay then begins to use Tackle which Pikachu tries to block with Iron Tail, but gets thrown back with a surprise Foul Play.

Serena commands Pancham to use Stone Edge, which successfully frees Eevee from the net but sends it flying through the air. Serena runs and grabs Eevee safely despite Gourgeist's Seed Bomb attempting her from doing so. Eevee then runs away from both Serena and Team Rocket. Team Rocket try to follow it but is blocked by Serena who tries to protect Eevee. Jessie commands Gourgeist to use Seed Bomb at Serena, Braixen and Pancham, but Eevee runs and Protects the three. Eevee then uses Swift at Team Rocket and Pikachu uses Thunderbolt, causing Team Rocket to blast off into the air.

After this, Serena again asks Eevee if it will join them. Eevee decides to join Serena and Serena catches Eevee in a Poké Ball. Ash and Clemont take their Pokémon out of their Poké Balls to introduce them to Eevee. Eevee is timid and hides behind Serena but also seems to be comfortable with Bunnelby.

Major events

Serena learns that a Pokémon Showcase will be held in Anistar City.
Serena catches an Eevee.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Serena's Eevee

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

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

Pikachu (Ash's)
Meowth (Team Rocket)
Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
Dedenne (Clemont's)
Frogadier (Ash's)
Talonflame (Ash's)
Hawlucha (Ash's)
Noibat (Ash's)
Bunnelby (Clemont's)
Chespin (Clemont's)
Luxray (Clemont's)
Braixen (Serena's)
Pancham (Serena's)
Eevee (Serena's; new)
Gourgeist (Jessie's)
Inkay (James's)
Vivillon (Meadow Pattern; ×3)
Hoppip (×3)
Budew (×2)
Skiploom (×2)
Oddish
Burmy (×2)
Pidgey (×3)
Teddiursa (screen; silhouette)
Fennekin (screen; silhouette)
Braixen (screen; silhouette)
Ursaring (screen; silhouette)

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Serena V2.png

The title card segment focuses on Serena for this episode

In the Japanese version, the title card segment focuses on, and is read by, Serena.
Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Braixen
The Japanese title of this episode is possibly a reference to the Japanese title of the J. D. Salinger book, The Catcher in the Rye.
The preview for the next episode is narrated by Tierno, Shauna, Serena, and Eevee.
The scene when Serena, Braixen and Pancham watch Eevee dancing is similar to the scene used in Mad-Paced Getter.
Clemont makes a reference to an earlier episode, when he talks about the predecessor to the invention that he uses in his attempt to locate Eevee.
The title of the English dub of this episode is listed as "The Frocking Find in the Flowers!" on most TV guides.

Errors

During the scene where Team Rocket are watching Ash and his friends and their Pokémon eating lunch, Serena's hat is shown on her head but in the scene before her hat was shown to be taken off.
During the scene where Clemont is about to gear up his invention, his hairstyle is switched backwards.
In the dub, Clemont refers to his invention as the "Living Thing Finder Mark II", saying that it is an improved model of a previous invention. However, said invention is called the "Body Detecting Radar Bot Mark III".
In one scene, Frogadier is seen without its scarf made of frubbles.
- At the same scene, Bonnie's hairstyle is switched backwards.
After Serena leaves her tent alongside Braixen and Pancham, she is shown walking out barefoot, but in the next frame she is wearing sandals.
When Serena is talking to Eevee after she has finished performing the practice routine for her upcoming Showcase, the color on her dress just above her blue ribbon, is briefly colored the same as the ribbon.
When Serena is going to rescue Eevee, Bonnie appears with five bangs on her forehead without her hairpin.
When Bonnie is playing with Pancham, Chespin, and Eevee near the end of the episode, her ponytail is missing. This error repeats three times.

Hairstyle error
Scarf and ponytail error
Dress color error
Bonnie's forehead error
Bonnie's ponytail error

Dub edits

The title card segment is read by Ash instead of Serena.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	伊貝怕生？在花田抓住牠！ * 伊貝會怕生！？在花田抓住他！ * 伊貝怕生保！？喺花田捉住佢！！ *
Chinese	Mandarin	伊布會怕生！？在花田抓住牠！！
Dutch		Een dartelende vondst tussen de bloemen!
Finnish		Ilakointia kukkakedolla!
European French		Une jolie rencontre au milieu des fleurs !
German		Ein fantastischer Fund in den Blumen!
Italian		Un felice incontro tra i fiori!
Korean		낯을 가리는 이브이!? 꽃밭에서 잡아라!!
Norwegian		Et muntert funn i blomstene!
Polish		Roztańczone znalezisko w kwiatach!
Portuguese	Brazil	Um Achado Surpreendente nas Flores!
Portuguese	Portugal	Um Feliz Achado nas Flores!
Russian		Находка в цветах!
Spanish	Latin America	¡Un divertido hallazgo en las flores!
Spanish	Spain	¡Un hallazgo bailarín entre las flores!
Thai		อีบุยจอมขี้อาย!? การจับในทุ่งดอกไม้!!