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| Season | Pokémon the Series: XYZ (Season 19) · Farewells & the legend of X, Y and Z arc (XY137–XY140) |
| Episode | Season 19, episode 47 · English episode 935 · Japanese episode 940 · Bulbapedia code XY140 |
| English title | Till We Compete Again! |
| Japanese title | 終わりなきゼロ！また逢う日まで！！ Owari Naki Zero! Mata Au Hi made!! — “The Endless Zero! Until the Day We Meet Again!!” |
| First aired (Japan) | 27 October 2016 · TV Tokyo |
| First aired (US) | 21 January 2017 · Cartoon Network |
| Screenplay | Atsuhiro Tomioka |
| Opening / ending (Japan) | XY&Z – Satoshi (Rica Matsumoto) · V (Volt), full version – Rica Matsumoto |
| English opening | Stand Tall – Ben Dixon and The Sad Truth |
| Who’s That Pokémon? | Pikachu (US) |
| Previous episode | Facing the Needs of the Many! (XY139) |
| Next episode | The Legend of X, Y, and Z! (XYS05) |
Plot episodeSeries finaleSerena’s farewell
Till We Compete Again! is the 47th episode of Pokémon the Series: XYZ, the nineteenth season of the Pokémon anime, and the 935th episode of the English dub overall (Japanese episode 940, Bulbapedia code XY140). It first aired in Japan on 27 October 2016 and in the United States on 21 January 2017. It falls within the season’s Farewells & the legend of X, Y and Z stretch (EP137–EP140).
Premiered on 21 January 2017, the last main-series episode on Cartoon Network, whose broadcast cut 1:20 from Ash’s closing flashback; Canada had shown it on 14 January. It went on sale on iTunes and Amazon Prime Video on 8 January, was pulled on 11 January and returned on 22 January.
Synopsis
Ash’s journey through Kalos comes to an end as the friends say goodbye: Serena leaves for Hoenn with a parting kiss, Ash and Clemont battle one last time, and Ash returns home to Pallet Town. Ash calls his mother and Professor Oak, and Delia thanks Serena, Clemont and Bonnie for travelling with her son. Bonnie hardly eats, sad that the journey is ending. Team Rocket report to Giovanni, claiming with doctored footage that they brought down Team Flare single-handedly, and are ordered back to headquarters. Professor Sycamore, Alain, Mairin and Chespie come to say goodbye: the Anistar Sundial’s light can now reveal Mega Stones, and Alain, who has handed his Mega Ring and Mega Stone to the authorities as evidence because they came from Lysandre, is heading to Frost Cavern with Mairin to find a new Mega Stone on his own. He promises Ash a battle someday.
At Lumiose Airport, the friends let all their Pokémon out for a last farewell before Serena’s flight to Hoenn. Dedenne cannot bear to say goodbye and runs off through the terminal until Pikachu finds it hiding behind a video monitor. Bonnie admits she feels the same way but says that goodbye is a step towards everyone’s dreams: one day she will beat Serena in a Showcase and Ash in a battle. Dedenne jumps into her arms. Serena thanks the group and tells Ash she is glad she sought him out at the start of her journey, calling him her ultimate goal and promising to meet him again as a more mature woman. Riding down the escalator, she turns back, runs up and kisses Ash, leaving Clemont, Bonnie and Pikachu stunned, before blushing and boarding her plane.
Watching her plane depart, Clemont vows to become stronger and invent things that help people and Pokémon, and he asks Ash for one last battle to end their journey the way it began; Pikachu and Bunnelby clash, with the result left untold. At sunset, Clemont and Bonnie watch Ash’s plane leave. Across the world, Serena arrives in Hoenn, Clemont works with Clembot, Sycamore helps a new Trainer choose a starter, Alain and Mairin explore Frost Cavern, Sawyer assists Steven at the ruins of Lysandre Labs, Goodra settles a squabble in the wetlands, and Greninja destroys another root as Squishy and Z2 watch. On the plane, Ash remembers his adventures in Kalos. In the middle of the night he reaches Pallet Town, pauses to look at his hometown, and walks into the house where his mother is waiting, ready for his next journey.
Major Events
- Series finale. Alain leaves for Frost Cavern with Mairin
- Serena kisses Ash goodbye and leaves for Hoenn
- Ash and Clemont battle one last time, the result unseen
- Ash returns to Pallet Town
- Japanese ending V (Volt) in full
- The last main-series episode on Cartoon Network
- Kayzie Rogers’s last episode as Wobbuffet
Trivia
- The screenplay is by Atsuhiro Tomioka.
- This is a plot episode: it advances the Kalos storyline.
Changes in the English Dub
- The US Cartoon Network broadcast cut 1:20 from Ash’s closing flashback so that the credits ran their usual 30 seconds
- Delia’s apology for Ash becomes “how are you?”
- The Japanese ending is the full V (Volt) over clips of the XY series; the dub replaces it with an instrumental medley of Pokémon Theme (Version XY), Be a Hero and Stand Tall
- “Relic Song” from Meloetta’s Moonlight Serenade plays at Serena’s airport farewell, replaced in the dub
Part of our Pokémon the Series: XYZ guide. Browse every season of the Pokémon anime.