XY097

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A Fiery Rite of Passage!

XY097

EP896

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

No additional credits are available at this time.
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
Animation directors	夏目久仁彦 Kunihiko Natsume

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 97th episode of the XY series, and the 896th 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.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Humans

Pokémon Quiz

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

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

Trivia

File:Title Card XY Ash V2.png

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.

Errors

In the Brazilian Portuguese dub, "Portuguese" is misspelled as "Portugues" in the credits.

Dub edits

In other languages


Language		Title
Danish		Et heftigt overgangsritual!
Dutch		Een vurig overgangsritueel!
Finnish		Tulinen aikuistumisriitti!
European French		Un rite de passage flamboyant !
Italian		Un infuocato rito di passaggio!
Norwegian		Et flammende overgangsritual!
Brazilian Portuguese		Um Impetuoso Rito De Passagem!
Swedish		En tuff invignings-rit!
Thai		ชิชิโกะกับคาเอ็นจิชิ! การเดินทางแห่งเปลวเพลิง!!