This marks the first appearance of a Buneary and a Piplup since Dawn's own since her return in the Best Wishes series. It's also the first appearance of a Torchic since May's in the Advanced Generation series.
The song Pikachu and the other Pokémon perform is a version of "Roaring All-Stars", the fourth Japanese ending song of the XY anime series.
A cheek-to-cheek footrace between Serena's Pancham and Clemont's Chespin is a re-creation of a similar scene between Pikachu and Raichu in Le vacanze di Pikachu (1998).
Sarah Natochenny, who is the current voice of Ash, does the English dub narration for this short.
The English dub ending song "Join the Band" is performed by Haven Paschall, who does the voice of Serena.