AG086

Lights, Camerupt, Action!

AG086   EP360 映画はバクーダに乗って!! The Film's Riding on Bakuuda

First broadcast Japan July 22, 2004 United States July 16, 2005

English themes Opening This Dream

Japanese themes Opening チャレンジャー!! Ending いっぱいサマー!!

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 大町繁 Shigeru Ōmachi Animation director たけだゆうさく Yūsaku Takeda Additional credits

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Lights, Camerupt, Action! (Japanese: 映画はバクーダに乗って!! The Film's Riding on Bakuuda) is the 86th episode of the Advanced Generation series, and the 360th episode of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on July 22, 2004 and in the United States on July 16, 2005.

Spoiler warning: Major plot or ending details may follow.

Synopsis

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Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Armaldo

TV episode debuts

• Kirlia

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• May
• Brock
• Max
• Jessie
• James
• Elijah
• Mariah
• Isamu Akai (cameo)
• Gary Oak (flashback)
• Professor Oak (flashback)
• Delia (flashback)
• Brock's siblings (flashback)

Pokémon

Pokémon Trainer's Choice: Sandshrew

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Chimecho (James's)
• Grovyle (Ash's)
• Corphish (Ash's)
• Torkoal (Ash's)
• Bulbasaur (May's)
• Lombre (Brock's)
• Seviper (Jessie's)
• Camerupt (Elijah's)
• Pikachu (Isamu's; cameo)
• Clefairy (Isamu's; cameo)

All other Pokémon in this episode appear on films:

• Pikachu
• Meowth (giant)
• Armaldo (debut)
• Kirlia (debut)
• Machoke
• Snorlax
• Sentret
• Pichu
• Natu
• Xatu
• Bellossom
• Marill
• Azumarill
• Hoppip
• Sunflora
• Remoraid
• Marshtomp (can become giant)
• Wurmple
• Shroomish
• Exploud
• Plusle
• Minun
• Gulpin

Trivia

"Red" Akai, his Clefairy, and his Pikachu appearing in one of Ash's favorite films.

• This episode features a brief appearance of characters from the Pocket Monster manga series.
• The title of this episode is similar to an earlier episode and both episodes focus on movies.
• The movie May described, about a luxurious spaceship with a Natu and Xatu in love who are separated because of an ice asteroid, is a parody of the movie Titanic.
• The movie they watched at the end, about a Princess Kirlia being taken by an Exploud and being rescued by Plusle and Minun, is similar to the story of Super Mario.
• The episode's title is a play with the phrase, "Lights, Camera, Action!"

Errors

• The Azumarill in the last movie that Brock saw had the voice of an Azurill.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Les pokémon font leur cinéma
• German: Projektor an und Action!
• Italian: Cinema per tutti!
• Latin American Spanish: ¡Luces, Camerupt, Acción!
• Brazilian Portuguese: Luzes, Camerupt, Ação!
• Iberian Spanish: Luces, Camerupt, ¡Acción!

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each episode of the Pokémon anime.