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A Race for Home!

XY053   EP852 セレナの本気！激走メェークルレース！！ Serena's Earnest! The Wild Meecle Race!!

First broadcast Japan December 18, 2014 United States March 7, 2015

English themes Opening Be a Hero Ending

Japanese themes Opening メガＶ（メガボルト） Ending ドリドリ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 面出明美 Akemi Omode Storyboard 川田武範 Takenori Kawada Assistant director 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Animation directors 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 松永香苗 Kanae Matsunaga 中矢利子 Toshiko Nakaya 酒井裕未 Hiromi Sakai No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf Dub review thread on BMGf

A Race for Home! (Japanese: セレナの本気！激走メェークルレース！！ Serena's Earnest! The Wild Meecle Race!!) is the 53rd episode of the XY series, and the 852nd episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 18, 2014 and in the United States on March 7, 2015.

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

Blurb

When our heroes come across a Skiddo ranch known for its delicious cheese and ice cream, they discover that Serena's mom, Grace, is there as a Rhyhorn racing coach. Everyone wants to ride a Skiddo, except Clemont.

Grace asks Serena if she's keeping up her Rhyhorn race training, not knowing her daughter's dream is to become a Pokémon performer. Meanwhile, Team Rocket shows up to swipe all the goodies! Serena recruits one of the ranch's racing Rhyhorn to speed after them, and thanks to her exceptional riding and battle skills, the villains are defeated.

When Grace insists that her daughter come home to continue her training as a Rhyhorn racer, Serena finally musters up the courage to tell her mom about her dream. Grace doesn't seem to take her seriously, so Serena challenges her to a Skiddo race, vowing that if she loses, she will return home. But Serena's determination shines, and she wins the race—and her mother's approval!

Plot

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The episode begins with Ash and his friends arriving to Baa de Mer Ranch.

Major events

• Ash, Clemont and Bonnie meet Serena's mother, Grace, for the first time in person.
• Grace learns of Serena's dream to become a Pokémon Performer.
• Serena wins in a Skiddo race against her mother, and receives her blessing.
• Serena learns that a Pokémon Showcase will be held in Coumarine City.

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

TV episode debuts

• Skiddo

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Grace
• Jessie
• James
• Aria (flashback)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

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

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Frogadier (Ash's)
• Fletchinder (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Luxio (Clemont's)
• Fennekin (Serena's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Pumpkaboo (Jessie's)
• Inkay (James's)
• Fletchling (Grace's; flashback)
• Rhyhorn (Grace's)
• Braixen (Aria's; flashback)
• Rhyhorn (×2)
• Skiddo (multiple)
• Gogoat (multiple)
• Mareep (multiple)
• Doduo (×2)
• Dodrio

Mega Audino Journal Pokémon

• Charizard (Mega Charizard X; Alain's)
• Audino (Mega Audino)
• Eevee
• Scraggy
• Houndour

Trivia

• Serena reads the title card.
  • This is the first time in the XY series that someone else reading the title card has been kept in the dub.
• Mairin's Mega Evolution Journal: Mega Audino
• Team Rocket narrates the preview for the next episode.
• This episode features the following flashbacks of Serena and her old goal about becoming a Rhyhorn racer:
  • Serena rides on Grace's Rhyhorn during her morning training in Lumiose City Pursuit!.
  • Serena leaving her house and beginning her Pokémon journey to meet Ash in A Battle of Aerial Mobility!.

Errors

• When Bonnie pouts at Clemont, part of the sclera on her eye is missing.
• When Grace is spying on Serena, her left iris has its colors inverted.
• Rhyhorn used Tackle, a move that it cannot legally learn.
• In the dub, when Serena starts talking to her mom about her wanting to become a Pokémon Performer, her mouth doesn't move when she says "I wanna become" in the full sentence of "I've decided I wanna become a Pokémon Performer." This was likely a lip-flap issue.

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  Bonnie missing part of her sclera

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  Grace's inverted iris

Dub edits

• The title card segment focuses on Ash in the dub instead of Serena, but is still read by Serena.
• In the UK, Italian, German, Russian, Polish and Latin American Spanish versions, the title is read by Ash instead of Serena.

In other languages

Language		Title
Dutch		Een race naar huis!
European French		Une course vers l'avenir !
German		Ein Rennen um einen Traum!
Italian		O la va o la spacca!
Polish		Wyścig o powrót do domu!
Brazilian Portuguese		Uma Corrida para Casa!
Russian		Гонка до дома!
Spanish	Latin America	¡Una carrera a casa!
	Spain	¡Una Carrera por la Vuelta a Casa!
Thai		ความจริงจังของเซเรน่า! ซิ่งไปกับเมเคิลเรซ!!

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