XY078

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.

SS033

SS033   ピカチュウはスター！？ 映画デビュー！！ Pikachu Becomes a Star!? It's Movie Debut!!

First broadcast Japan June 18, 2015 United States

English themes Opening none Ending

Japanese themes Opening None Ending ガオガオ・オールスター

Credits Animation Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 前園文夫 Fumio Maezono Animation director 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara No additional credits are available at this time.

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(Japanese: ピカチュウはスター！？ 映画デビュー！！ Pikachu Becomes a Star!? It's Movie Debut!!) is the fourth special episode of the XY series. It first aired in Japan on June 18, 2015 as a one-hour special alongside XY077.

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

Plot

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

• 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.

In other languages

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