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BW014

BW014   EP671 シッポウシティ！博物館で大冒険！！ Shippou City! Big Adventure at the Museum!!

First broadcast Japan December 23, 2010 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening ベストウイッシュ！ Ending 心のファンファーレ

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 米村正二 Shōji Yonemura Storyboard まついひとゆき Hitoyuki Matsui Assistant director 牧野吉高 Yoshitaka Makino Animation director 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara Additional credits

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(Japanese: シッポウシティ！博物館で大冒険！！ Shippou City! Big Adventure at the Museum!!) is the 14th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 671st episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on December 23, 2010.

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

Synopsis

Ash and co. finally arrive at Shippou City, and Iris is amazed at all the artwork displayed on the warehouses around the town. Dent explains that Shippou City is well known as the city of art and admiration because of the way the citizens essentially use their buildings as canvases. Though Ash is looking forward to his gym battle more than the artwork. Dent informs him that the gym is within the city's museum and the team make their way to Ash's second gym challenge. However, when they arrive there is a sign outside informing them that the museum is closed. Ash tries to see if anyone is inside when Dent notices a poster for a new exhibit that was scheduled to open that day, despite the museum being closed. Ash knocks on the door once more and a man is heard screaming from inside the museum.

A man is shown being chased by a Dome Fossil through the halls of the museum. He finally manages to get the door unlocked and falls to the ground in front of Ash and co.. Dent asks the man if he's alright when he exclaims he was being chased by a Kabuto fossil, though the hall appears empty. The group goes to investigate only to find that the fossil is back on its display. Dent suggests the man tell them everything that happened so they go outside to a table to talk. The man explains that the night before, he and the staff were finishing up the exhibit they were about to open up and that they finished late at night. He had stayed behind to make sure everything was in order before the grand opening when the lights went out, and when he made his way to the light switch he heard footsteps and sobbing and a flame appeared and chased him out of the museum. The next morning he returned to the museum with the rest of the staff but they found nothing out of the ordinary, but he postponed the opening of the exhibit until the haunting was resolved to protect guests. When the rest of the staff left, he went back inside which is when he was chased by the dome fossil, and met Ash and co..

Iris is convinced that the museum is cursed by a demon trying to cause disaster, whereas Dent is positive the events could be solved scientifically. Ash becomes frustrated, wanting to know whether or not he'll get the gym battle he's been wanting, and Iris scolds him for being inconsiderate. The man explains that even if the museum was open, "Mama" was on a business trip. Ash questions who "Mama" is when the man introduces himself as Kidachi, vice curator of the museum and husband to the gym leader, Aloe. The group then introduces themselves to Kidachi and Dent asks if they may have a tour of the museum.

Kidachi shows them the dome fossil that was seen chasing him earlier, and explains that it was once a Kabuto. He also takes them to a Dragonite fossil which Iris seems to have knowledge of. Next he shows them a meteorite that is said to hold extra-terrestrial energy. Lastly he takes them to the exhibit that was set to open that day which included suits of armor, and a collection of items retrieved from some ruins, including a well-made replica of a Desukaan which is said to reside in ruins. Iris states that she has a hunch of the cause of the curse, claiming it's her "sixth sense", however Dent states she has no definitive proof. Ash then notices a mask inside a glass case and Kidachi explains that it's a replica of a mask held by the Pokémon Desumasu. Iris states that she gets a bad vibe from the mask, and the group is taken to a large library within the museum. Kidachi explains they let their guests research the artifacts they have on display as much as they like in the library, and asks if they figured anything out during the tour. Dent explains that nothing seemed out of the ordinary, and Iris states that she couldn't come up with a reason for the bad vibe she got. Ash just complains of being hungry, and Dent asks if they could spend the night at the museum as they could experience the phenomenon for themselves, which Kidachi accepts. He is inspired by their courage despite being children, and Iris remarks that Ash is the only child among them.

That night, the group set up camp within one of the exhibits and Kidachi apologizes for the crudity of the manner they're forced to sleep in, and Ash replies that they're use to it. Outside, Team Rocket is seen waiting in a dark alley when TRFlint ([[{{{2}}} (move)|{{{2}}}]]) appears with their next orders. He asks if they have investigated the museum, and after Jessie confirms he explains that their mission is to swap the meteorite within the museum with the dummy they were given at the train station. The explains that their aim is not for the meteorite but for the meteorite. James asks for him to be more specific and the four of them continue the conversation unheard.

Back at the museum, Iris is attempting to wake up Ash after feeling a strange wind when a strange mist appears. Kidachi wakes up and leaps to his feet in fear and Iris claims the spirit is trying to start something, though Dent claims it must be the ventilation system's broken. A suit of armor then appears from the dark doorway that the mist is coming from. Dent is convinced it's merely low frequency waves, until the suit draws its sword and he claims it's being controlled by strings like a puppet. Regardless, Ash has Pikachu use Quick Attack which causes the suit of armor to fall apart. It then reassembles itself and Pikachu is then ordered to use Volt Tackle which dismembers the suit of armor yet again and releases a flame from inside the armor. It then chases Kidachi around the room and Ash calls out his Oshawott and orders it to use Water Gun. The head of the suit then reanimates itself and chases after Kidachi and Ash has Pikachu take care of it once and for all with Iron Tail. Iris claims she thinks the spirit is after Kidachi, and he states that he hasn't done anything to make a spirit angry when it suddenly starts to rain.

It stops raining after only a few seconds and sobbing is suddenly heard coming from the next room. As Iris and Dent argue over the source, Ash tells them that there's no way they'll know for sure until they see for themselves. They venture into the next room when Ash notices that the mask from earlier is actually crying. As Dent tries to explain how it's producing tears, the mask levitates and starts bashing itself against the glass. The Dragonite fossil has also become animated and has appeared behind the group. Dent seems to stop believing this was all just mere scientific coincidences as the Dragonite begins punching the glass of the display. Dent sends out his Yanappu and has it use Bullet Seed on the fossil which causes it to fall apart, as well as produce a strange cry. Kidachi opens the display to check the condition of the mask when it suddenly flies across the room and places itself on Dent's face and takes control of him. It then fires two balls of fire at the group stating they need to be punished. Iris tries talking to the spirit that now possesses Dent, asking what has caused it to become so angry. It replies that it is angry because the mask was caged, and that it is precious.

Aloe suddenly appears in the doorway and explains that the mask must be the real mask of a Desumasu. Kidachi is overjoyed to see his wife has shown up just in time. Aloe asks Kidachi where he first got the mask, and he replies that he found it lying on the ground as the staff workers were carrying in the items for the exhibit. He assumed it was thrown in along with the Desukaan replica even though they had only ordered the Desukaan. The mask then reassembles the Dragonite and Aloe calls out her Miruhog which illuminates the room with a blinding light. Ash scans the Miruhog with his PokéDex as Aloe requests that Desumasu shows itself. The mask then removes itself from Dent's head and floats towards the ceiling where a Desumasu appears. Ash scans the Desumasu, and Aloe explains that Desumasu must have been among the items for the exhibit and must have somehow dropped its mask, which Kidachi then took as a replica and put on display. She adds that when Desumasu realized the whereabouts of its mask, it must have thought it was taken from it. Desumasu confirms Aloe's theory as true, and Dent realizes that the events were caused by Desumasu using Psychic, and Haze, as well as Rain Dance and Will-O-Wisp. Kidachi runs to Aloe's side and sincerely apologizes to Desumasu for the misunderstanding, which the Desumasu accepts with forgiveness. With the Desumasu happy again, Ash exclaims that Desumasu is actually a cute Pokémon and Dent states it has a mysterious taste.

At sunrise they bid the Desumasu farewell. Ash claims that it's the perfect morning to the day of his second gym battle. The episode ends with Ash formally introducing himself to Aloe, and Aloe gladly accepting his challenge.

Major events

• Ash and company arrive in Shippou City and meet Aloe, the local Gym Leader.
• Team Rocket meet TRFlint ([[{{{2}}} (move)|{{{2}}}]]) again, who tells them to break into the Shippou City museum to steal a meteorite, and replace it with the fake that was given to them in BW012.

Debuts

• Kidachi
• Aloe

Pokémon debuts

• Desumasu
• Miruhog

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Dent
• Jessie
• James
• TRFlint ([[{{{2}}} (move)|{{{2}}}]])
• Aloe
• Kidachi

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Kibago (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Yanappu (Dent's)
• Miruhog (Aloe's; debut)
• Desumasu (debut)
• Pidove (statue)
• Yanappu (rooftop's painting)
• Tepig (rooftop's painting)
• Dragonite (skeleton)
• Kabuto (fossil)

Trivia

• There is no Professor Oak's Live Caster following this episode, instead being replaced with a preview of future events.

Errors

Dub edits

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