Serena (anime)/Trivia


 * Out of all of 's, Serena took the longest time to officially join Ash's group after being introduced, taking seven episodes to do so.
 * She also took the longest time to reveal her goal in life, choosing to become a Pokémon Performer 47 episodes after her debut.
 * Serena is the first female traveling partner to not get herself or her bike shocked by at the start of their respective series.
 * ,, and all had their bikes electrocuted, while  and  were directly shocked by Pikachu.
 * Serena is the first character to have been invited into the group by Ash.
 * Serena is the first of Ash's friends to have known him prior to the beginning of the series.
 * Serena is the first of Ash's companions who, as a new, did not set out to obtain her first Pokémon at the introduction of the series. It took until A Battle of Aerial Mobility! before she set out to Professor Sycamore's lab.
 * Serena is the first of Ash's female companions to show some form of infatuation towards him.
 * Serena is the only one of Ash's friends who has not met any of Ash's other friends that she did not travel with herself.
 * Serena is the only main character to indefinitely change her outfit in the middle of a series, and the only one to permanently change her hairstyle at all.
 * Serena is the first main character not to have an appearance in a special or in the following series after her retirement from the main cast.
 * Serena's new appearance was first teased in preliminary images of a puck featuring her and her Pancham, which featured her in a silhouette.
 * It was first teased for the dub in the trailer for Hoopa and the Clash of Ages.
 * Serena's current outfit resembles clothing and a hairstyle from the Trainer customization feature found in Pokémon X and Y. The clothing Serena currently wears resembles the Red Fedora, Brown Riding Boots, and Black Knee Socks; and her hairstyle resembles the short hair with bangs.
 * Serena's second Bag is designed after a Heal Ball.
 * Not counting temporary Pokémon, Serena is the first of Ash's friends to catch a Pokémon that another one of his friends also had: both Serena and obtained an.
 * Had Serena succeeded in catching a in Going for the Gold!, she would have achieved this status as well, since  is owned by Misty.