Pokemon X and Y Till We Compete Again

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Till We Compete Again!

XY140

EP939

終わりなきゼロ！また逢う日まで！！
The Endless Zero! Until the Day We See Again!!

First broadcast

Japan	October 27, 2016
United States	January 8, 2017* January 21, 2017*

English themes

Opening	Stand Tall
Ending	Pokémon Theme (Version XY)* Exist a Hero* Stand up Tall*

Japanese themes

Opening	XY&Z
Ending	Ｖ（ボルト）

Credits

No additional credits are available at this fourth dimension.
Animation	Team Kato
Screenplay	冨岡淳広 Atsuhiro Tomioka
Storyboard	矢嶋哲生 Tetsuo Yajima
Assistant manager	矢嶋哲生 Tetsuo Yajima
Animation directors	大橋藍人 Aito Ōhashi
	小山知洋 Tomohiro Koyama
	広岡トシヒト Toshihito Hirooka

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Preview thread on BMGf Airtight
Original review thread on BMGf
Dub review thread on BMGf

Till We Compete Again! (Japanese: 終わりなきゼロ！また逢う日まで！！ The Endless Zip! Until the Day We See Again!!) is the 140th and concluding episode of Pokémon the Serial: XY, and the 939th episode of the Pokémon anime. Information technology first aired in Japan on Oct 27, 2016, in Canada on Jan 14, 2017, and in the United states of america on January 21, 2017.

Blurb

At the Lumiose aerodrome, Ash is heading home to Kanto, Serena is catching a flight to Hoenn, and Clemont and Bonnie have come to see them off. Dedenne doesn't seem to understand what's happening, and when Bonnie explains that information technology's time to say goodbye to their friends, Dedenne throws a tantrum and runs off to hide!

Bonnie before long coaxes information technology dorsum with a moving speech communication nigh pursuing their dreams together, then it's fourth dimension for Serena's flying and an emotional farewell to Ash. Clemont has the perfect idea for passing the fourth dimension until Ash has to go out—a battle between Pikachu and Bunnelby, just similar on the mean solar day they met!

Plot

Ash makes a phone call to Professor Oak and Delia. Delia thanks Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie for accompanying Ash on his Kalos journeying, and they clinch her the pleasure was theirs as they've learned a lot from traveling with him and had a lot of fun also. Ash tells his mom that he has a lot of stories to tell and will be starting the trip dorsum to Kanto that afternoon, and Professor Oak assures him they'll be waiting. Delia wishes her son a safe journey, and extends an open invitation to Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie to visit anytime. The telephone call ends, and Ash tells Pikachu that it's time to starting time getting ready, making Bonnie offset to realize their journey is indeed about to come up to an cease.

Later, the gang tuck into luncheon; however, Serena notices that Bonnie has barely eaten anything. Bonnie shrugs information technology off by claiming to have eaten too many sweets earlier, and as Clemont begins to remind her most not eating simply before meals, the doorbell rings. The gang find that Professor Sycamore, Alain, Mairin, and Chespie accept arrived, with Sycamore telling them that he just called to say a terminal goodbye earlier Ash and Serena leave.

Jessie, James, and Meowth make a report to Giovanni detailing how they single-handedly brought downward Team Flare and destroyed the Giant Rock, cheers to doctored footage, while claiming that their goal was their unabridged reason for coming to Kalos in the first place. Giovanni tells them that information technology'due south obvious they did play a role in stopping Team Flare and congratulates them on a job well washed before ordering them to report dorsum to the Squad Rocket HQ. The iii so gloat with their Pokémon that the altered footage worked and that Giovanni is pleased with them, before rushing off to grab the starting time plane back to Kanto.

Ash is surprised to have been told that Alain and Mairin are leaving on a new journey to Frost Cavern equally part of Professor Sycamore'south research. Sycamore explains the discovery that the Anistar Sundial is now emitting energy whenever sunlight shines on information technology that can be used to pin down the location of Mega Stones, meaning that there should be a Mega Stone somewhere in Frost Cavern. Mairin explains that many other locations have been identified too, all of which will exist checked out as part of her and Alain's investigation. Ash and then notices that Alain is no longer wearing his Mega Ring, and Alain explains that because he had received it from Lysandre, he gave it to the authorities to utilise equally evidence, knowing total well that he would no longer be able to Mega Evolve his Charizard. Alain tells Ash that he has decided to follow his example and start from scratch with the intention of finding the Mega Stone on his ain, and hopes that one day when they're both potent enough again they will battle once more. Ash promises him that they will, and the ii friends bid each other a terminal goodbye. Chespie says farewell to Clemont's Chespin, who begins to weep. Mairin thanks Serena for her help in rescuing Chespie from Lysandre Labs, but Serena shrugs off the thanks by maxim that Mairin played every bit much of a role as she did. Sycamore tells the gang before he leaves that he looks forward to reuniting with them all one day, and the gang bid him, Alain, Mairin, and Chespie goodbye. Ash then realizes it'due south time for them to prepare to leave likewise, causing Bonnie to get distressing once more.

At Lumiose Aerodrome, the gang discover that Serena's flight to Hoenn will be leaving before Ash's flying and determine to take the adventure to permit out all their Pokémon to say good day, warning them that they may non encounter each other again for quite a long time. There are many fond farewells among the Pokémon, with much sadness and tears. Braixen walks upwards to Dedenne to say goodbye; notwithstanding, Dedenne can't bring himself to. Bonnie sadly tells him that they need to say cheerio, merely Dedenne begins to get upset and instead escapes from Bonnie'southward arms and runs through the drome. Giving hunt, and using Pikachu'due south electricity, they track downward Dedenne who is hiding backside a video monitor. Everyone asks Dedenne to sally only he refuses to. Bonnie tells him she understands how he feels considering she feels exactly the same; she feels very shut to everyone and their Pokémon and her dream is that they could all stay together forever. Even so, she explains that she understands that Ash and Serena take their own dreams and they need to exit to pursue them, only as she has her own dream of ane twenty-four hours condign a Pokémon Trainer with Dedenne every bit her partner. She hopes to one day defeat Serena in a Pokémon Showcase and win confronting Ash in a Pokémon battle and knows that saying goodbye is only another footstep on that journey, and and so that'due south why they should be happy, too, since it brings them all closer to their dreams. Dedenne is nevertheless upset, merely emerges and jumps into Bonnie'southward artillery. Ash asks Dedenne to assistance Bonnie achieve her dream and looks forward to facing Bonnie in a boxing anytime, although he doesn't intend to lose. Serena concurs, promising to face and attempt and win against Bonnie in a Showcase. Clemont also looks forrard to when he tin can face her in a Gym boxing. This helps both Dedenne and Bonnie to cheer upward, knowing they still take a lot to look forrard to.

Soon information technology is fourth dimension for Serena to leave. She cheers Ash, Clemont, and Bonnie for all of their help throughout her first journey. Clemont asks her to call them occasionally, while Bonnie tells her she'll come and find her once she's started her journey. Serena and then tells Ash she's glad she sought him out when she began her journey and that he is her ultimate goal. Ash is briefly taken aback. She vows to seek him out once again someday as a more mature adult female, and Ash voices his approving. Equally Serena is carried down the escalator, she rapidly turns effectually again, asking for one last matter from Ash. She runs support the escalator and is seen leaning in towards Ash, only her cheerio is not shown direct. As the escalator pulls her back downwards again, Clemont, Bonnie, and Pikachu are stunned and blushing. Ash's face remains blank for a while, while Serena is also blushing as she moves abroad. Serena thanks them, and they all recover to bid her an enthusiastic goodbye.

Outside the drome, Ash, Clemont, and Bonnie scout as Serena'south airplane leaves. Clemont hopes Serena will be okay, and Ash assures him that she'll be fine and volition become stronger in Hoenn. Clemont also promises to go stronger and invent devices that will aid people and Pokémon. The three have some more fourth dimension before Ash'south aeroplane leaves, so Clemont has a asking for Ash before he leaves; he wishes to end their adventure in Kalos as it began: with a boxing. Ash happily agrees, and sends Pikachu up against Bunnelby as Bonnie watches. The two Trainers, every bit would be expected, battle to their hardest.

As the sun sets in Kalos, Clemont and Bonnie sentinel as Ash's plane flies away. On a bright sunny day in Hoenn, Serena arrives, set up to brainstorm a new adventure every bit she recalls her previous adventures: choosing Fennekin as her starter Pokémon, meeting Pancham and Eevee, finding her calling every bit a Pokémon Performer, and getting a chance to strive for the title of Kalos Queen. At the Prism Belfry, Clemont works on an invention (assisted by Clembot) equally he remembers coming together Ash, getting to invent various devices, reuniting with Luxio, eventually facing Ash in a Gym Battle and having to sacrifice his first Clembot to help defeat Squad Flare. Bonnie recalls all the Pokémon she got to meet throughout the journey and formed special relationships with: Flabébé, Lapras, Tyrunt, and Squishy. At his lab, Professor Sycamore helps a Youngster choose his first Pokémon earlier taking a call from Alain and Mairin. In Frost Cavern, Alain, Mairin, Charizard, and Chespie take in the wonderful sights as Alain looks forward to his fresh start. At the ruins of the Lysandre Labs, Sawyer is living his dream equally he assists Steven with his investigation of the site. In a forest, Shauna, Tierno, and Trevor enjoy meeting the various Pokémon that live there. At the wetlands, Goodra continues its role as caregiver every bit it breaks up a squabble between a Lotad and a Wooper. Nearby, Greninja destroys another vine made of negative energy while being watched over past Squishy and Z2, continuing its office every bit protector of Kalos.

On his plane, Ash looks out at the passing seascape as he recalls his adventures in Kalos: arriving in the region with Alexa, making new friends and meeting new Pokémon, defeating Gym Leaders, finding new rivals, going on new adventures, coming together with Team Rocket various times, deepening his relationship with Froakie and eventually unlocking the ability of the Bail Phenomenon, making it to the finals of the Lumiose Briefing against Alain, and destroying the Giant Rock and taking downward Team Flare with the assist of the Gym Leaders of Kalos, Diantha, Steven, Malva, and Zygarde. He then recalls his final farewell with Greninja, before leaving him so he could come across his own destiny.

It is the middle of the night when Ash arrives at the outskirts of Pallet Town, and the young Trainer spends a few seconds regarding his hometown before continuing. Arriving domicile, he sees the lights are still on and knows his mom is waiting. Taking a moment to reflect that they have some other wonderful adventure backside them, Ash and Pikachu enter the business firm ready for the mean solar day when they'll proceed their side by side Pokémon journey.

Major events

Squad Rocket heads back to the Team Rocket Headquarters.
Serena leaves the group and heads to Hoenn, arriving there sometime later.
Ash and Clemont have a battle, with the end result left unknown.
Ash separates from Clemont and Bonnie, leaving the Kalos region and returning to Pallet Town.

For a list of all major events in the anime, please run into the timeline of events.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Ash
Serena
Clemont
Bonnie
Jessie
James
Professor Oak
Giovanni
Delia
Professor Sycamore
Alain
Mairin
Tierno
Trevor
Shauna
Sawyer
Viola (flashback)
Grant (flashback)
Korrina (flashback)
Ramos (flashback)
Valerie (flashback)
Olympia (flashback)
Wulfric (flashback)
Malva (flashback)
Diantha (flashback)
Steven Stone
Alexa (flashback)
Meyer/Blaziken Mask (flashback)
Grace (flashback)
Sophie
Kali (flashback)
Katherine (flashback)
Bloom (flashback)
Linnea (flashback)
Heidi (flashback)
Kye (flashback)
Jay (flashback)
Lilia (flashback)
Alvin (flashback)
Youngster
Citizens
Passengers

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Pikachu (US and international)
Pokémon Quiz: Pikachu (Nihon)

Pikachu (Ash'south)
Meowth (Team Rocket)
Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
Dedenne (Clemont's)
Froakie (Ash's; flashback)
Frogadier (Ash's; flashback)
Greninja (formerly Ash'due south; Ash-Greninja; Ash-Greninja in flashback)
Fletchling (Ash'southward; flashback)
Fletchinder (Ash'due south; flashback)
Talonflame (Ash's)
Hawlucha (Ash's)
Goomy (Ash's; flashback)
Goodra (formerly Ash'due south)
Noibat (Ash's; flashback)
Noivern (Ash's)
Fennekin (Serena's; flashback)
Braixen (Serena's)
Pancham (Serena'southward)
Eevee (Serena's; flashback)
Sylveon (Serena'due south)
Bunnelby (Clemont's)
Chespin (Clemont'due south)
Luxio (Clemont's; flashback)
Luxray (Clemont'south)
Gourgeist (Jessie's; Super Size)
Inkay (James's)
Garchomp (Professor Sycamore's; Mega Garchomp; flashback)
Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X; Mega Charizard X in flashback)
Chespin (Mairin's; Chespie)
Charmeleon (Trevor'south; flashback)
Sceptile (Sawyer's)
Salamence (Sawyer's; flashback)
Slurpuff (Sawyer's; flashback; image)
Aegislash (Sawyer's; flashback)
Clawitzer (Sawyer'south; flashback)
Slaking (Sawyer's; flashback; image)
Vivillon (Viola's; flashback)
Tyrunt (Grant's; flashback)
Lucario (Korrina's; Mega Lucario; flashback)
Gogoat (Ramos's; flashback)
Spritzee (Valerie's; flashback)
Meowstic (Olympia's; male; flashback)
Meowstic (Olympia's; female person; flashback)
Abomasnow (Wulfric's; Mega Abomasnow; flashback)
Houndoom (Malva's; Mega Houndoom; flashback)
Metagross (Steven's; Shiny; Mega Metagross; flashback)
Gardevoir (Diantha's; Mega Gardevoir; flashback)
Helioptile (Alexa'south; flashback)
Blaziken (Meyer'south; Mega Blaziken; flashback)
Flabébé (Grayness'due south; Red Flower; flashback)
Wobbuffet (Dr. White'south; flashback)
Wynaut (Dr. White's; ×3; flashback)
Tyrunt (Scientists'; flashback)
Watchog (Trainer's; ×3)
Sentret (Trainer's; ×2)
Teddiursa (Trainer'due south; ×4)
Furfrou (Trainer'southward; Natural Course)
Pachirisu (Trainer's; ×2)
Scraggy (Trainer'south; ×2)
Hoppip (Trainer'south; ×2)
Oddish (Trainer's; ×ii)
Smeargle (Trainer'southward)
Fletchling (Trainer's; ×ii)
Staravia (Trainer's)
Chespin (starter Pokémon)
Fennekin (starter Pokémon)
Froakie (starter Pokémon)
Zygarde (Zygarde Cadre, 50%, and Complete Forme; Squishy; 50% and Complete Forme in flashback)
Zygarde (Zygarde Core and Complete Forme; Z2; Complete Forme in flashback)
Florges (Blue Flower; anime)
Wooper (anime; ×4)
Floette (Blueish Flower)
Bunnelby
Oddish
Budew
Teddiursa
Patrat
Fletchling (×two)
Lotad (×five)
Seviper (×two)
Quagsire (×iii)
Yanmega (×2)
Beedrill (×3)
Ariados (×3)
Pinsir (×two)
Swanna (×2)
Skiddo (×2; flashback)
Lapras (×3; flashback)
Spritzee (×ii; flashback)
Doduo (flashback)
Swanna (flashback)
Moltres (flashback)
Spewpa (×2; flashback)
Scatterbug (flashback)
Sentret (flashback)
Chespin (video)
Fennekin (video)
Froakie (video)
Wigglytuff (video)
Latios (epitome)

Other

Clembot
Behemothic Rock (fantasy; video; flashback)

Trivia

The title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode

Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Mega Development
Unlike the final episodes of the previous four series, the phrase "Side by side Time... A New Kickoff!" is non used; instead being replaced with "And to our own way" in golden cursive writing, likely as a reference to the ending of the Pokémon X and Y games.
- This practise would afterwards be replicated at the end of the terminal episode of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon, this time using the phrase "...and your dreams!".
The English language dub was released on iTunes and Prime number Video on Jan viii, 2017, xiii days before the episode aired in the United States. The aforementioned occurred for all episodes in Volume 4 of Pokémon the Series: XYZ that aired after an all-solar day marathon of Teen Titans Go! on November 26, 2016, and before January 11, 2017, when the error was fixed (The Correct Hero for the Right Job! through Till We Compete Again!).
- Yet, the episode was pulled from iTunes and Amazon on January 11, 2017, although those who had already purchased and downloaded the episode could notwithstanding view it. Information technology was afterward released again on iTunes and Amazon on January 22, 2017, the twenty-four hours information technology was supposed to be released.
This is the last episode to have a frame charge per unit of xxx frames per second. In Pokémon the Series: Lord's day & Moon, the episodes return to a frame rate of 24 frames per 2d, which was used previously in the original serial and Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire.
Team Rocket does not perform the motto or blast off in this episode.
An instrumental version of Relic Song from Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade is used when Ash, Bonnie, and Clemont separate with Serena in the airdrome. This music is replaced in the English dub.
The total version of V (Volt) is used every bit an insert song at the finish of the episode, being played over clips of previous episodes (substituting the usual ending sequence).
This episode was followed by a preview of Pokémon the Serial: Sun & Moon.
The Solrock and Lunatone souvenirs that Squad Rocket drops at the airport while returning to the Team Rocket HQ in Kanto are probable a reference to Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon.
Professor Sycamore narrates the preview for the side by side episode.
This is the concluding principal series episode to air on Cartoon Network in the United States.
Ash'south last battle in the Kalos region is against Clemont, which is a callback to the episode Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, in which Ash has his kickoff battle in Kalos against him too.
The aerial view of the Hoenn airport Serena arrives at is a direct copy of Kansai International Airport in Osaka, Nippon, while the archway gate she is shown at is well-nigh identical to the Saga Airport in Saga, Japan.
- In the real earth, the Saga Airport is located in Kyushu, the ground of the Hoenn region, and the Kansai International Airport is located in the Kansai region of Japan, the basis of the Johto region.
This finale marks the offset fourth dimension in the concluding episode of a series where:
- The regional professor appears.
- Ash or his friends exercise not encounter Squad Rocket.
When Ash arrives domicile, the flowers seen next to his firm are baby'southward-breath. Tetsuo Yajima stated in a tweet that the presence of these flowers was meant to be symbolic to their meaning in the flower language (innocence, pure of heart).
This episode is Delia Ketchum's merely appearance in Pokémon the Series: XY and first advent overall since The Dream Continues!, 140 episodes prior.
This episode has the second longest credits sequence of any episode, with the credits being displayed onscreen over a span of ii minutes.
This is the final episode where Kayzie Rogers voices Wobbuffet. Erica Schroeder takes on the role starting from Loading the Dex!.

Errors

Dub edits

In the Japanese version, Delia apologizes to Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie for any trouble Ash might accept been, while in the English dub, she simply asks how they are.
V (Volt) is replaced past an instrumental medley of Pokémon Theme (Version XY), Be a Hero, and Stand up Tall in U.S and international versions. In the Thai dub, Long Long Time plays. In the Korean dub, Beyond the Limit plays.
In the U.s. Cartoon Network ambulation, Ash's flashback sequence is shortened past one minute and twenty seconds. Because of this, the credits are played for their normal xxx-second duration after the end of the episode, rather than displayed over two minutes of the flashback sequence every bit in the Japanese version and the iTunes and Amazon version.
In the French dub, the "And to our own way" text is removed, although the sparkle furnishings that accompanied its appearance are not.

In other languages

Language		Title
Czech		Dokud se znovu neutkáme!
Danish		Til vi dyster igen!
Dutch		Totdat we het weer tegen elkaar opnemen!
Finnish		Kunnes taas kilpailemme!
European French		Au revoir.... Jusqu'au prochain combat !
German		Was für eine wunderbare Zeit!
Italian		Alla prossima!
Korean		끝나지 않은 제로! 다시 만날 그 날까지!!
Norwegian		Til vi konkurrerer igjen!
Polish		Practice kolejnej rywalizacji!
Portuguese	Brazil	Até nós competirmos de novo! Até competirmos de novo! *
Portuguese	Portugal	Até ao nosso próximo combate!
Russian		До новых состязаний!
Castilian	Latin America	¡Hasta competir otra vez!
Castilian	Spain	¡Hasta que volvamos a competir!
Swedish		Tills vi tävlar igen!
Thai		ศูนย์ที่ไม่มีวันจบสิ้น! จนกว่าจะถึงวันที่ได้พบกันใหม่!!
Turkish		Bir daha maç yapıncaya kadar!