A Pokévision of Things to Come!

### Written by

Sonic876, Punkasaurus0530, Frogadier55, NegimaLover, TMNTHedgehog5, and DragonSpore18

### Directed by

Sonic876 and NegimaLover

***A Pokévision of Things to Come!*** is the 21st episode of *Josh's Adventures of Pokémon the Series: XY*.

## Plot

Ash and his friends sit on a bench at a Pokémon Center, watching the Top Ten most popular Pokévisions, promotional videos of Pokémon that Pokémon Trainers can create themselves. The number one video features famous Idol Aria, who along with her Fennekin are immensely popular, consistently ranking among the top ten spots, and leaves Ash's group impressed. When Clemont mentions that equipment for making videos is lent out nearby, Serena decides to make her Pokévision debut. Serena and Bonnie are eager to make videos, but Ash declines, wanting to train for his upcoming battle against Grant. The others agree to film without him, and are given the equipment. They plan to film the video themselves, then return the data to have the cutting and audio editing done for them. The group also borrows costumes and heads out to film.
Bonnie begins her production, which stars Clemont, Chespin, and Bunnelby, but after various attempts, it is clear that Clemont is neither comfortable nor skilled at acting. The footage is recorded nonetheless, after Bonnie provides a voice over. When Serena begins filming her video, Clemont assists by bringing out a machine, an automated and walking tripod robot: with a camera. However, as Serena begins the shot, Clemont loses control of the machine and it begins to chase after Serena and Fennekin. Up on a hill, Ash is training his Pokémon to be able to counter Grant's Onix's Rock Tomb. He notices the group down below, and commands Pikachu to use Electro Ball on the robot, but also accidentally hits Serena and Fennekin, making them unhappy and causing Ash to be hit by Fennekin's Ember. Serena takes the opportunity to change into a Fennekin cosplay costume, bringing excitement from Clemont and Bonnie and leaving Ash staring. The group convinces Ash to help with the filming, and he agrees. The group films Serena's video, using shots of her baking and walking in the city, and along the way, also notice Fennekin's close attention to her own cleanliness. Team Rocket watches over the final shot and hatches a plan to get the Pokémon.

Back at the Center, Serena and the group are notified of an unpleasant surprise: the editing machine is broken. Luckily, a group of "producers" and their editing studio known as the "Pokévision Rocketeers" have arrived. The group agrees to book them, but when they hand over their film, the producers insist on filming the amateur movie from scratch, and take the group's Pokémon. Feeling uneasy, the Trainers follow the producers and realize the studio is merely an empty lot, and that Team Rocket, who were disguised as the producers, has taken their Pokémon. Ash sends out Fletchling to follow Team Rocket's balloon as they fly away.

Inside a cave, the taken Pokémon, Dedenne, Pikachu, and Fennekin, are trapped in a glass cage, while Team Rocket celebrates and begin to film a movie at Jessie's request. They are spotted by Fletchling, who alerts Ash. Inside the glass cage, the Pokémon friends manage to break the glass together and run outside, where they escape across a muddy puddle. However Fennekin, not wanting to get her paws dirty, refuses to cross. Ash and the group arrive on the scene, but Serena notices Fennekin still unmoving, not wanting to get dirty just like her Trainer. As Serena runs to Fennekin, James orders Inkay to use Psybeam on Serena, sending her into the muddy ground, but Fennekin is too scared of the dirt to help her. Serena remembers that Fennekin always has helped her when she was in trouble before. As Jessie's Pumpkaboo uses Shadow Ball, Ash uses Pikachu to counter with Thunderbolt. Seeing that Serena doesn't care about the mud and remembering their friendship, Fennekin conquers her fears and runs to Serena. After Ash stops Inkay's attack with Pikachu's Electro Ball, Fennekin takes it upon herself to protect Serena against Pumpkaboo's Frustration and uses Flamethrower. Ash and Pikachu finish it up with Thunderbolt to blast Team Rocket off by defeating both Pumpkaboo and Inkay.

Back at the Pokémon Center, Serena finishes brushing and blow drying Fennekin clean before joining her companions to watch her finished Pokévision videos. Afterwards, Serena asks Ash what he thought of it, and both he and the group agree that the video was an overall success. Bonnie's video, however, which consists of Clemont recruiting girls to be his friend, ends in disaster. At the end of the day, Serena and Fennekin's bond has strengthened for the journey to come.

## Major events

* Serena learns about Pokévision and makes her first video.
* Jessie's Pumpkaboo is revealed to know Frustration.
* Serena's Fennekin is revealed to know Hidden Power and also learns Flamethrower.

## Characters

### Humans

* Ash
* Serena
* Clemont
* Bonnie
* Jessie
* James
* Nurse Joy (×2, one on TV)
* Aria (on TV)

### Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Bunnelby

* Pikachu (Ash's)
* Meowth (Team Rocket)
* Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
* Dedenne (Clemont's)
* Froakie (Ash's)
* Fletchling (Ash's)
* Fennekin (Serena's)
* Bunnelby (Clemont's)
* Chespin (Clemont's)
* Pumpkaboo (Jessie's; Super Size)
* Inkay (James's)
* Wigglytuff (Nurse Joy's; ×2; one on TV)
* Surskit (Viola's; flashback)
* Onix (Grant's; flashback)
* Fennekin (Aria's; on TV)
* Bibarel
* Ralts
* Onix
* Psyduck
* Kecleon
* Furret
* Gulpin
* Ducklett
* Simisear
* Swirlix
* Spritzee

## Transcript

*Main article: A Pokévision of Things to Come!/Transcript*
## Trivia

* Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Pichu
	+ There is no Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster following this episode as the episode was part of a one-hour special program.
* The episode's English dub title is a reference to the 1933 sci-fi novel *The Shape of Things to Come* by H. G. Wells. This was also used for a previous episode, and for a future episode.
* Meowth's outfit resembles the famous movie director Steven Spielberg, due to his beard and glasses. In the dub, he even uses the fake name "Spiel-Meowth".
* The fake movies Team Rocket made are referencing some real-life movies, such as *James Bond*, the kaiju film genre, and *Aliens*.
* This episode contains a parody of the MGM logo, with Meowth in place of the lion.
	+ A similar parody previously occurred with Zorua in *An Epic Defense Force!*.
* Serena's Fennekin is confirmed to be female in this episode.
* One of the promotion videos seen in the Pokévision features an Onix providing its Trainer shelter during a snowstorm. This is possibly a reference to the Indigo League special episode *Snow Way Out!*, where Brock used his Onix to protect himself and Misty during a snowstorm.
	+ In addition, the Japanese titles of both the promotion video and the aforementioned episode refer to Onix being used as a bivouac, a military encampment, usually a tent.
* This episode features the following flashbacks of Serena and her Fennekin:
	+ Serena meeting Fennekin, Fennekin using Ember on a wild Vespiquen to protect Serena and giving her hat back from *A Shockingly Cheeky Friendship!*.
	+ Serena and Fennekin at the Pokémon Center from *A Blustery Santalune Gym Battle!*.
	+ Serena hugging Fennekin after beating Team Rocket from *Grooming Furfrou!*.
* This episode marks the first appearance of a Crawdaunt in the main series since *Strategy with a Smile!*, 275 episodes earlier.
* Despite airing on the same day, due to timezone differences the dub of this episode aired in the United Kingdom before the United States.