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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: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

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

• 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 episodes 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!
• Portuguese: Luzes, Camerupt, Ação
• Iberian Spanish: Luces, Camerupt, ¡Acción!

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.