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Master Class Is in Session!

XY112

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マスタークラス開幕！火花散る乙女の激闘！！
The Master Class Begins! A Maidens' Fierce Fight Where Sparks Fly!!

First broadcast

Japan	March 17, 2016
United States	June 25, 2016

English themes

Opening	Stand Tall
Ending

Japanese themes

Opening	XY&Z
Ending	プニちゃんのうた

Credits

Additional credits
Animation	Team Kato
Screenplay	面出明美 Akemi Omode
Storyboard	樋口香里 Kaori Higuchi
Assistant director	大和田淳 Jun Ōwada
Animation directors	田島瑞穂 Mizuho Tajima
Animation directors	大橋藍人 Aito Ōhashi

Master Class Is in Session! (Japanese: マスタークラス開幕！火花散る乙女の激闘！！ The Master Class Begins! A Maidens' Fierce Fight Where Sparks Fly!!) is the 112th episode of the XY series, and the 911th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on March 17, 2016 and in the United States on June 25, 2016.

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

Blurb

It’s time for the Pokémon Showcase Master Class, and Serena’s friends and rivals have come to compete: Shauna, Miette, and Nini! For the first time, the performers are competing simultaneously in a Freestyle Performance, and the top vote-getter from each group of three moves on.

Jessie (disguised as Jessilee) wins Nini’s group in the first round, and Serena beats Miette! Afterward, both girls are upset, but they congratulate Serena and demand that she win it all for them. Serena, Jessie, and Shauna move on to compete in the semi-finals—and the winner will challenge Aria for the title of Kalos Queen!

Plot

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Major events

Ash and his friends arrive in Gloire City and meet up with Nini, Miette, and Shauna again.
Nini, Miette, Shauna, and Jessilee are revealed to have three Princess Keys each.
Serena, Nini, Miette, Shauna, and Jessie enter the Gloire City Pokémon Showcase Master Class.
Serena, Shauna, and Jessie advance to the semi-finals.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Scraggy (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Serena's Sylveon (Stage clothing) (Japan)

Pikachu (Ash's)
Meowth (Team Rocket)
Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
Dedenne (Clemont's)
Goodra (formerly Ash's)
Fennekin (Serena's; flashback)
Braixen (Serena's)
Pancham (Serena's)
Eevee (Serena's; flashback)
Sylveon (Serena's)
Bunnelby (Clemont's)
Chespin (Clemont's)
Gourgeist (Jessie's)
Lucario (Korrina's)
Ivysaur (Shauna's)
Flabébé (Shauna's; Orange Flower)
Delphox (Aria's)
Slurpuff (Miette's)
Smoochum (Nini's)
Fletchling (Grace's)
Rhyhorn (Grace's)
Helioptile (Alexa's)
Klefki (Monsieur Pierre's)
Bellsprout (Keanan's)
Meowstic (Blanche's; female)
Fletchling (Clarice's)
Furfrou (Alouette's; Pharaoh Trim)
Roserade (Elma's)
Solrock (Lily's)
Scraggy (Concetta's)
Glaceon (Sara Lee's)
Lilligant (Kazalie's)
Accelgor (Shulin's)
Honchkrow (Performer's)
Honedge (Performer's)
Vanillish (Performer's)
Lickitung (Performer's)
Smeargle (Performer's)
Lilligant (Performer's)
Pansage (Performer's)
Scizor (Performer's)
Litleo (Performer's)
Teddiursa (Performer's)
Plusle (Performer's)
Minun (Performer's)
Sneasel (Performer's)
Mightyena (Performer's)
Nidoqueen (Performer's)
Furret (Trainer's)
Marill (Trainer's)
Furfrou (Trainer's)
Psyduck (Trainer's)
Skiploom (Trainer's)
Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Squishy)
Floette (Blue Flower)
Florges (Blue Flower; anime)
Bellsprout
Gulpin (×3)
Wooper (×3)
Quagsire
Lotad
Ariados
Pinsir
Seviper

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Serena V2.png

The title card segment focuses on Serena for this episode

Poké TV: "Performer News" focusing on Kalos Queen Aria and ending with a performance by Pikachu Pop Star and Pikachu, Ph. D.
In the Japanese version, the title card segment focuses on, and is read by, Serena.
The dub's title is a reference to the phrase "Class is in session".
Music from Genesect and the Legend Awakened is used in this episode during the Freestyle Performances.
Serena narrates the preview for the next episode.
- At the end of the preview, Serena quotes the last line of DreamDream instead of saying "Everyone, get Pokémon!" like Ash always does.
This episode also marks the final appearances of Aria, Miette and Nini.

Errors

When Shauna, Miette, and Nini appear in front of the gates to meet Serena, none of their Pokémon are present in their entrance shots, although a few shots later their Pokémon are suddenly beside them. Braixen, Pancham, and Sylveon briefly disappear when Shauna appears as well despite being on the same side of Serena.
When the Showcase begins, Monsieur Pierre's mouth continues to move after he's finished speaking.
When Concetta, Nini, and Jessie begin performing at the same time, Nini was moved to the left of the stage, Jessie to the center, and Concetta to the right.
At the very end of the episode with the "To Be Continued" screen, Shauna's Flabébé disappears.

Dub edits

In the dub, Ash reads the title card instead of Serena.

In other languages

Language		Title
Danish		Mesterklassen er samlet!
Dutch		De hoofdklasse is een feit!
Finnish		Mestariluokka kokoontuu!
European French		Que l'épreuve des élues commence !
German		Alles oder nichts!
Italian		Categoria professionisti in gara!
Korean		마스터클래스 개막! 불꽃 흩날리는 소녀들의 대결
Norwegian		Mesterklassen er samlet!
Portuguese	Brazil	Classe Mestra reunida!
Portuguese	Portugal	A Classe Magistral Começou!
Spanish	Latin America	¡La Clase Maestra entra en sesión!
Spanish	Spain	¡Comienza la Clase Maestra!
Swedish		Mästarinne-klassen framträder!