XY078

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This article is about an episode of the Pokémon anime that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.

Lights! Camera! Pika!

SS033   ピカチュウはスター！？ 映画デビュー！！ How to ピカチュウ・ザ・ムービー！よーい！アクション！！ 迅雷のヒーロー！スーパーピカチュウ！！ ピカチュウのドキドキNG大賞 Pikachu Becomes a Star!? It's Movie Debut!! How to Pikachu The Movie! OK! Action!! The Lightning-fast Hero! Super Pikachu!! Pikachu's Shocking Bloopers

First broadcast Japan June 18, 2015 United States November 14, 2015

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ゲッタバンバン Ending ガオガオ・オールスター

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 前園文夫 Fumio Maezono Animation directors 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara 内田裕 Yū Uchida 斉藤圭太 Keita Saitō 中村路之将 Michinosuke Nakamura No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf (Closed) Original review thread on BMGf

Lights! Camera! Pika! (Japanese: ピカチュウはスター！？ 映画デビュー！！・How to ピカチュウ・ザ・ムービー！よーい！アクション！！・迅雷のヒーロー！スーパーピカチュウ！！・ピカチュウのドキドキNG大賞 Pikachu Becomes a Star!? It's Movie Debut!! / How to Pikachu The Movie! OK! Action!! / The Lightning-fast Hero! Super Pikachu!! / Pikachu's Shocking Bloopers) is the fourth special episode of the XY series. It first aired in Japan on June 18, 2015 as a one-hour special alongside A Relay in the Sky! and is scheduled to air in the United States on November 14, 2015.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Plot

This plot summary is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this plot summary to add missing sections and complete it.

Major events

For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the history page.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Cosplay Pikachu (all costumes)

TV episode debuts

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Frank
• Jean

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Pikachu (Frank's; Pikachu Rock Star)
• Pikachu (Frank's; Pikachu Belle)
• Pikachu (Frank's; Pikachu Pop Star)
• Pikachu (Frank's; Pikachu, Ph. D)
• Pikachu (Frank's; Pikachu Libre)
• Pikachu (Frank's; multiple)
• Gurdurr (Frank's)
• Magnemite (Frank's)
• Heliolisk (Frank's)
• Swirlix (Frank's)
• Weezing (Frank's)
• Torkoal (Frank's)
• Jigglypuff (picture; flashback)

Trivia

The parody

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Pikachu
  • It is a repeat Holo Caster from Kalos, Where Dreams and Adventures Begin!, with Hoopa added in.
• The woman who appears in the sound booth bears a striking resemblance to Ikue Ohtani, the voice actress for Ash's Pikachu.
  • Furthermore, the woman is seen recording lines for Super Pikachu, which Ikue Ohtani herself voices in this episode.
  • The man recording next to her seems to be a Yūki Kaji lookalike. However, Yūki Kaji does not voice any character besides Clemont in this episode.
• This episode contains a parody of the MGM logo, with Pikachu in place of Leo the Lion and a Poké Ball underneath it.
  • A similar parody previously occurred with Zorua and Meowth in An Epic Defense Force! and A PokéVision of Things to Come!, respectively.
• This episode marks the first appearance of a Weezing in the anime since James released his.

Errors

In other languages

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