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A Fiery Rite of Passage!

XY096   EP895 シシコとカエンジシ！炎の旅立ち！！ Shishiko and Kaenjishi! A Fiery Journey!!

First broadcast Japan November 19, 2015 United States March 12, 2016

English themes Opening Stand Tall Ending

Japanese themes Opening XY&Z Ending プニちゃんのうた

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 村野佑太 Yūta Murano Assistant director 渡辺正彦 Masahiko Watanabe Animation directors 直井由紀 Yuki Naoi 夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane 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 Fiery Rite of Passage! (Japanese: シシコとカエンジシ！炎の旅立ち！！ Shishiko and Kaenjishi! A Fiery Journey!!) is the 96th episode of the XY series, and the 895th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on November 19, 2015 and in the United States on March 12, 2016.

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

Blurb

During their trek across a vast grassland, our heroes hear a powerful roar in the distance! It’s the leader of a Pyroar pride, who is sternly commanding a young Litleo to leave the pride and live on its own. Ash’s first instinct is to intervene, but after he realizes this is a necessary rite of passage, he convinces his friends to follow at a distance so they can keep an eye on Litleo.

Litleo’s journey is interrupted when Team Rocket swoops in to grab Pyroar, who has also been watching over the little one from a distance. Litleo is determined to stop Team Rocket, and finds the courage and strength to stand up to the villains. With a little help from our heroes, Team Rocket is sent blasting off again, and Pyroar is freed!

It looks like Litleo will be just fine on its own, so after saying goodbye to their new friend, our heroes are off once again to Snowbelle City!

Plot

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Major events

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

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

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Frogadier (Ash's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Squishy)
• Litleo (×4)
• Pyroar (×4; one male and three females)

Trivia

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The title card segment focuses on Ash for this episode

• Poké TV: Pokémon Unbelievable featuring gender differences of Pokémon in the Kalos region, specifically Meowstic and Pyroar.
• Ash's Pikachu, along with Clemont's Bunnelby, Serena's Braixen, and Ash's Frogadier (which appear as Diggersby, Delphox, and Froakie respectively in a dream) narrate the preview for the next episode.

Dub edits

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The dub's title card with Serena's old design

• The title card segment in the dub features Serena's old design.

In other languages

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