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Lights, Camera, Quacktion! (Japanese: ポケモン・ザ・ムービー！ Pokémon the Movie!) is episode 69 of the Pokémon anime. It was first broadcast in Japan on November 5, 1998 and in the United States on October 8, 1999.

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

Synopsis

Major events

Debuts

• Wigglytuff

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Brock
• Jessie
• James
• Katrina
• Cleavon Schpielbunk

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?: Snorlax (US and international), Pukurin (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Pidgeotto (Ash's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Vulpix (Brock's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Raichu (Katrina's)
• Jigglypuff (anime)

Pokémon seen at the town/movie set:

• Blastoise
• Raticate
• Fearow
• Nidoran♀
• Wigglytuff (debut)
• Diglett
• Poliwrath
• Abra
• Magnemite
• Doduo
• Cloyster
• Krabby
• Hitmonlee
• Chansey
• Tauros
• Gyarados

Trivia

• The story that Cleavon Schpielbunk had for his movie is obviously based of the play Romeo and Juliet, written by William Shakespeare.
• Cleavon Schpielbunk's name is probably based on the director, Steven Spielberg.
• In the dub, when the Pokémon were dancing, the Pokémon Dance Mix plays as background music.
• Cleavon's motto is similar to the Team Rocket motto.
• This episode's dub title is a reference to the popular movie phrase, Lights, Camera, Action!
• The Japanese name for this episode is 'Pokémon the Movie' title of the The Second Movie.

Errors

• Cleavon Schpielbunk said he won the "Golden Growlithe", yet the statue that's being shown behind him is an Arcanine.

Dub edits

In other languages

• French: Lumière! Moteur! Action!
• Italian: Ciak si gira!

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