Heading towards Coumarine City, Ash & Co. meet up with a pair of brothers, each with a Meowstic. Having both been on their journeys separately, they are now returning home but, when they finally meet after so long, there is tension between the two of them. When they get home, their father decides to set a test for them to compete against eachother in, with the winner being chosen as his successor, and Ash & co. are roped in to help. Who will win?

After a Pancham disrupts a television performance and steals Ash's hat and Clemont's glasses, Serena battles it with her Fennekin in an attempt to capture it and teach it manners.