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Kindergarten Chaos!

XY013

EP812

ニンフィアVSケロマツ！幼稚園は大さわぎ！！
Nymphia VS Keromatsu! Big Commotion in the Kindergarten!!

First broadcast

Japan	January 16, 2014
United States	April 12, 2014

English themes

Opening	Pokémon Theme (Version XY)
Ending

Japanese themes

Opening	Ｖ（ボルト）
Ending	Ｘ海峡Ｙ景色

Credits

Additional credits
Animation	Team Kato
Screenplay	藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita
Storyboard	冨安大貴 Daiki Tomiyasu
Assistant director	小林調 Chō Kobayashi
Animation directors	古川博之 Hiroyuki Furukawa
Animation directors	田中一真 Kazuma Tanaka

Kindergarten Chaos! (Japanese: ニンフィアVSケロマツ！幼稚園は大さわぎ！！ Nymphia VS Keromatsu! Big Commotion in the Kindergarten!!) is the 13th episode of Pokémon the Series: XY, and the 812th episode of the Pokémon animated series. It first aired in Japan on January 16, 2014 and in the United States on April 12, 2014.

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

Blurb

As Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie continue their journey to Cyllage City, they meet a young woman named Penelope who challenges Ash to a battle on the spot, right there in the forest! Penelope wants Ash to come with her if she beats him, which makes Serena a little nervous. Plus, Penelope’s partner for the battle is Sylveon, a Pokémon Ash hasn’t seen before. Ash is extra excited when Clemont tells him Sylveon is a Fairy-type Pokémon—a type Ash has never encountered!

Froakie does its best, but Sylveon easily defeats it with a devastating combo of Attract and Draining Kiss, leaving Froakie a little embarrassed and sulky for a while. Ash keeps his word, and all our heroes come along as Penelope leads them away...straight to her kindergarten class! Penelope explains that she and Sylveon explore the forest every day, looking for wild Pokémon to befriend so the children can meet them. This time, she’s brought our heroes and all their Pokémon instead! The kids are delighted, except for one boy named Randall, who’s afraid of Pokémon and determined to keep his distance.

Naturally, Team Rocket is lurking nearby, making plans to steal Pikachu—and Penelope’s Sylveon, too! They show up disguised as a traveling entertainment troupe and invite all the kids up on stage to play with them. When the kids are on the stage, Team Rocket sets off a series of smoke bombs. In the chaos, they swipe Pikachu and Sylveon and take off in their truck...but they don’t know Randall and Froakie are trapped there as well! Ash manages to hop onto the back of the truck as it drives away, and eventually gets inside. At first, he and Froakie work to break the cages holding Sylveon and Pikachu, but they’re too tough. When Randall sees how sad Sylveon is, he finally agrees to help, and with all three of them working together, the Pokémon are freed!

After they send the villains blasting off again, Ash and Randall return to the class, and Randall excitedly tells his classmates and teacher about his part in the rescue. The others are happy to see he’s gotten over his fear of Pokémon, and he even announces his plans to become a Pokémon Trainer when he gets older!

Plot

Ash facing Penelope

Somewhere in a forest, Ash has met the eye of a Trainer, who reminds him of the Trainer rule: they must now battle. Ash agrees, and the opposing Trainer introduces herself as Penelope, and releases her Pokémon, Sylveon. Ash has never seen the Pokémon before, and takes out his Pokédex which identifies it as an evolution of Eevee. Clemont tells him that Sylveon is a Fairy-type Pokémon, which is news to Ash. Bonnie remarks that Dedenne is also the same type. Despite never having battled or previously known the type, Ash sends out Froakie to battle. Before battling, Penelope asks Ash to promise one thing: that if she wins the battle, Ash will have to stay with her a while; flustering Serena. Ash, confident in his abilities, agrees, and begins the battle with a Bubble. Sylveon counters with Fairy Wind, which sends Froakie crashing into a tree. Sylveon follows up with Moonblast, but Ash instructs Froakie to jump out of the way, causing the tree's fruits to fall. Froakie hits the falling fruit at Sylveon, who hits them out of the way with its feelers. Ash claims that the attack was a decoy, and Froakie leaps from above with Water Pulse, which briefly dazes Sylveon. Ash sends Froakie to finish it, but Penelope has one final weapon, Attract. Froakie falls immediately and deeply in love with Sylveon. Ash commands it to pull it together, but Froakie does not listen. Sylveon uses Draining Kiss and kisses the enamored Froakie on the cheek, draining its energy and sending it to the floor, fainted. Ash runs over to retrieve Froakie, and Penelope tosses him an Oran Berry to heal Froakie. She says that since she won, as promised, Ash will be with her for a while, making Serena even more shocked.

Penelope leads the group to a kindergarten, where she introduces them to her students. The children ask her what Pokémon she brought with her today. The children notice Pikachu and crowd around him, and he escapes the mob up Ash's shoulders. The head teacher of the kindergarten joins the group and thanks the travelers for coming all the way out to the school. Penelope explains that she and Sylveon go out to the meadows every day and bring back the Pokémon they've befriended so the children can interact with Pokémon. Ash says that if that was the case, Penelope could have told him in the first place; and Serena puts her hand over her heart and breaths a sigh of relief. Meanwhile, Froakie is nursing a bruised ego away from the group when a kindergarten boy begins to approach him.

High up in a tree, Team Rocket watches the group through binoculars. Meowth is infatuated with Sylveon and falls from the tree, in love. James decides that this will be the day that Team Rocket gets Pikachu, and while they're at it, Sylveon too. Jessie agrees to start the operation right away.

Back at the kindergarten, the kids fawn over Ash's Pikachu, and the travelers in turn release all their other Pokémon for the children to play with, much to the kids' excitement. In the halls, Ash sees a child running away, unbeknownst to them the same boy who approached Froakie. The head teacher identifies him as Randall, and goes to get him. Penelope explains that Randall actually loves Pokémon, but gets scared easily. As children and Pokémon play, Sylveon offers some Pokémon food to Froakie, who shakes his head and blushes, still embarrassed by his performance in battle. Ash tells Froakie to cheer up. The head teacher returns with Randall in hand. Ash shows him Froakie, but Randall is scared to touch or feed Froakie, despite Ash and the group's reassurances. Hiding his face with his hat, Randall remembers a time when he was younger and first encountered Pokémon. Randall recalls finding a Hoppip under his back porch, when a Beedrill appeared behind him, scaring Hoppip and causing it to accidentally harm Randall, who watches, crying, as it hopped away. Now, Randall explains he just wanted to be friends with Hoppip. The group urges him not to worry about it too much, but Randall is still unconvinced.

Just then, a semi-truck backs into the yard. The side opens revealing a colorful set and three "performers", who bid the children to watch as they start to juggle. The children, including the travelers, rush excitedly to the truck, while Penelope and the head teacher remain behind, confused. Team Rocket invites the kids onstage and hand out juggling balls to the children while Randall sits down behind a set piece, Froakie is also unamused. As the children attempt to perform tricks, smoke is released, obscuring the teachers' view. As the children scream, Ash tells them to exit the truck, which they do, as the smoke is thinning. As Ash checks that everyone made it down, alone on the stage with Sylveon and Pikachu, two nets come down and trap the two Pokémon, sending Ash flying offstage. The door to the set closes and Team Rocket shed their disguises from on top the truck. Ash demands they give the Pokémon back, but Team Rocket drives off at full speed. Ash runs after the truck, followed by Fletchling, and grabs onto the back just as the truck rounds a bend. At the kindergarten, the teachers realize that Randall is missing.

Noticing Fletchling in their mirror, James sends out mud from their exhaust pipe and hits Fletchling, sending it back. Inside, Randall and Froakie surprise each other and notice Pikachu and Sylveon, who are trapped in glass containers. Back at the kindergarten, Ash's friends realize that Randall is still on the truck. Accompanied by Penelope, they decide to go save them. Inside the truck again, Froakie tries to break the containers with Bubble and Water Pulse, but to no avail, while Randall looks on. Ash has managed to open the truck's back door and struggles into the truck, reassuring the Pokémon and Randall, promising to release them. Sooner down the road, Fletchling cleans off its feathers when Bonnie, Serena, Clemont, and Penelope drive up, asking what happened. On the truck's stage, Ash joins forces with Froakie to try and break Pikachu and Sylveon out of captivity. Together, they ram up against the containers repeatedly, but with little effect. Ash asks Randall to help, but he is reluctant and self-doubting. Ash convinces him by saying that he need Randall's help to save everyone, and together the three break Sylveon free, who thanks Randall with its feelers. Pikachu is also released, and at last Randall feels comfortable with Pokémon.

The truck parks inside a warehouse, and Team Rocket emerges, eager to report their success right away. However, their laughter stops abruptly when the truck door lifts open to reveal Ash, Randall, and the released Pokémon. Jessie and James send out Pumpkaboo and Inkay, and command them to use Shadow Ball and Psybeam, respectively. Sylveon protects Randall as Ash sends Froakie with a Water Pulse and Pikachu with a Thunderbolt, which collide mid-air with Team Rocket's attacks. In the smoke that ensues, Ash commands Pikachu to use Electro Ball, sending Team Rocket blasting off again. Fletchling and Penelope's car arrive at the warehouse to see that everyone is safe and well.

Back at the kindergarten, Randall tells his classmates the story of how he saved Pikachu and Sylveon, and asks Froakie if they are friends. Ash assures them they are and that he is Randall's friend too, and Froakie and Randall fist bump, Randall not scared any longer. Later, as Ash and his companions say goodbye, Randall says that he too wants to be a Pokémon Trainer when he gets older, and Ash promises that the next time he sees him, they'll battle. The class waves goodbye as the four travelers disappear into the distance.

Major events

Ash learns of the Fairy type.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Main series debuts

Sylveon

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

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

Trivia

The title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode

Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Manectric
Ash, Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie narrate the preview for the next episode.
- At the end of the preview, Bonnie says "Everyone, keep Pokémon!" instead of Ash saying his "Everyone, get Pokémon!" phrase.
- Unusually, no background music is played during the preview.
The car Penelope is driving to rescue Ash and Randall appears to be a Citroën 2CV, indicated by the Citroën logo on the radiator of the car.
- This may be a reference to Clemont's Japanese name, Citron.
Music from Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice is used in this episode.
This episode shares many similarities to The Purr-fect Hero:
- Both episodes involve a kindergarten.
- Both episodes involve Ash and his friends releasing their Pokémon to show the kindergartners.
- A wild Beedrill attacking a little boy in the flashback.
- Team Rocket performing a show to trick the kindergartners and Ash and his friends.

Errors

In some scenes, Sylveon's tail, its paws, and the tips of its feelers, as well as Penelope's shoes, turn white.
As the principal introduces Randall, the bow on Penelope's head turns completely white.
After Sylveon uses Attract on Froakie, Bonnie's hair clip is the same color as her hair. This error also occurs when the principal wonders where Randall went.
In some scenes, the watch on Penelope's left hand is missing.
When Meowth falls out of the tree, his ears are cream-colored like his body instead of black for a few frames.
After James says that they should capture Sylveon, the sound of Wobbuffet's Poké Ball opening can be heard, despite him already being out.
When Penelope asks Ash and his friends to release their Pokémon to show to the kids, her waist is too large and her legs are cut off.
When Clemont shows two young boys his Bunnelby, his eyes have no sclerae.
In one scene during Randall's flashback, the stripes on his shoes are missing.
As Meowth and Jessie begin to juggle, Jessie's pockets and the eye on Meowth's Cubchoo outfit disappear for a few frames.
In one scene, half of Serena's hat is colored pink instead of light-pink.
As Meowth passes out the balls, the brown spot on the back of Chespin's head is missing.
Before Ash, his friends, and the kindergartners throw their balls into the air, one of Ash's gloves is missing.
After Team Rocket finishes their motto, Meowth's right foot turns completely cream, Bunnelby's foot is completely gray, and Penelope's shoes are completely pink.
When Ash and Froakie are about to break Sylveon's glass container, the tips of Pikachu's ears are yellow instead of black.
- In the same scene, Sylveon's left knee is half-pink while the back of its head is completely pink.
As Ash asks Randall to help free Pikachu, Sylveon's tail is missing.
When the glass shatters to free Sylveon, Sylveon is to the right of Pikachu when all prior scenes show it on his left.
Sylveon rubs its feeler on Randall's head with the following shot pulling it back and looking towards Ash. However, in the next shot, it shows it rubbing Randall's head again despite not reaching back out with its feeler.
When Ash, Froakie, Randall, and Sylveon are breaking the glass box to save Pikachu, the front of Randall's shoes are green instead of yellow.
- In the same scene, Randall has his hat on, despite not wearing in previous shots.
When Team Rocket arrives in their new hideout, the back of Meowth's ears are black instead of cream.
When Team Rocket blasts off, the brown part of Meowth's tail turns cream for a few frames.
When Ash agrees to battle Randall when he grows up, the bow on Penelope's shirt is missing.
In the Swedish dub, the narrator does not say "fortsättning följer".

Penelope missing her watch
Sylveon's tail error
Chespin's head error
Randall's shoes error
Penelope with no bow on her shirt

Dub edits

For an unknown reason, the title card lacks the characters' shadows in the Greek dub.
In the English dub, Ash confirms Froakie's gender as male by saying, "It's because he lost the battle to Sylveon. I think Froakie's a little embarrassed about the Attract."

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	仙子精靈對呱呱泡蛙！幼稚園大騷動！！* 仙子精靈VS呱呱泡蛙！幼稚園大騷動！！*
Chinese	Mandarin	仙子精靈VS呱呱泡蛙！幼稚園大騷動！！
Danish		Kaos i børnehaveklassen!
Dutch		Chaos bij het kinderdagverblijf!
Finnish		Päiväkotikaaos!
European French		Chaos à la crèche !
German		Kindergarten-Chaos!
Greek		Χάος στο Νηπιαγωγείο!
Hebrew		!כאוס בגן הילדים
Hindi		नर्सरी में गड़बड़ी Nursery me Gadbadee!
Indonesian		Kekacauan di Taman Kanak-Kanak!
Italian		Un asilo nel caos!
Korean		님피아 VS 개구마르! 유치원 대소동!
Norwegian		Barnehagekaos!
Polish		Chaos w przedszkolu!
Portuguese	Brazil	Caos no Jardim de Infância!
Portuguese	Portugal	Caos no jardim de infância
Russian		Хаос в детском саду!
European Spanish		¡Caos en el Cole!
Swedish		Kaos på dagis!
Thai		นินเฟีย ปะทะ เคโระมัตสึ! โรงเรียนอนุบาลเกิดความวุ่นวายครั้งใหญ่!!
Turkish		Anaokulunda Kargaşa!
Vietnamese		Ninfia đấu với Keromatsu ! Náo loạn trường mẫu giáo