PK27

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Pikachu short

Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad

PK27   ピカチュウとポケモンおんがくたい Pikachu and the Pokémon Band

First broadcast Japan July 18, 2015 United States December 21, 2015

English themes Opening None Ending Join the Band

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

Credits Animation Team Kamei Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 三浦陽 Yo Miura Assistant director 三浦陽 Yo Miura Animation directors 田島端穂 Mizuho Tajima 竹内杏子 Takeuchi Kyoko 吉野真一 Shin'ichi Yoshino 尾鷲英俊 Hidetoshi Otaka No additional credits are available at this time.

Pokémon: Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad (Japanese: ピカチュウとポケモンおんがくたい Pikachu and the Pokémon Band) is the 27th Pikachu short of the Pokémon anime. It debuted alongside the eighteenth movie. It became available to watch through Pokémon TV on December 21, 2015.

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

Blurb

Pikachu and all its Pokémon friends are working on a musical performance, but their rehearsal keeps getting interrupted! Will they be ready to sing for the Berry Jubilee?

Plot

The narration starts off with various scenes of Pokémon living in a forest. While Pikachu and friends are singing together, Meowth and Chespin are sneakily climbing a tree to pick some Pecha Berries. However, just as Meowth is about to grab a berry, a Torchic intervenes and tackles him. Trevenant, Florges, Sudowoodo and Aromatisse notice the commotion, and Florges uses Psychic to levitate Meowth and Chespin off the tree. The narrator states that no one would be able to eat berries until the song is over, and Trevenant nods in agreement. Florges stops using Psychic, causing Meowth and Chespin to suddenly fall. Jessie's Gourgeist and James's Inkay attempt to catch Meowth, but Meowth bumps off Gourgeist's head and falls on Pikachu. Pikachu becomes angry and fires a Thunderbolt on all the Pokémon present. However, Dedenne quickly calms Pikachu down.

Pikachu then declares everyone to sing, and all heartily agree. But before they do, Pancham and Chespin both try to attract Smoochum's attention, but their argument is swiftly ended by Braixen. As Pikachu starts singing, many Pokémon join. But before the song finishes, Hawlucha stops the song by yelling and placing its hands over its ears, and then runs away looking worried. Pikachu and friends run off after Hawlucha. When they find Hawlucha, Meowth asks Hawlucha what was wrong. Hawlucha responds despondently, with Meowth interpreting that Hawlucha was not good at singing. However, Meowth upsets Hawlucha further by telling him to start singing anyway because then they won't be able to eat any berries. At that moment, Luxray begins to sing and the other Pokémon join as well. The narrator encourages Hawlucha that singing is fun and that it could enjoy singing even though it couldn't sing. Pikachu then throws a branch of wood at Hawlucha, which it breaks in two. With enough encouragement, Hawlucha tentatively begins to sing. With Hawlucha now enjoying itself, all the Pokémon sing and dance.

However, Chespin and Pancham begin to run around with their heads butting each other. As they begin to run faster and faster, the pace of the song becomes too fast. Eventually, the two run off into the forest until they slam into a Snorlax. This causes Snorlax to start tumbling down the hill, and Chespin and Pancham desperately try running on top of Snorlax to avoid falling off. Those who had followed the two see the rolling Snorlax and run away, excluding Pikachu. But soon Pikachu runs off too, seeing that it was futile to stop the rolling Snorlax by himself. Eventually, Snorlax catches up to Meowth, squashing him. As Snorlax reaches the end of the hill, with the aid of more Pokémon, they stop the descent of the Snorlax.

Soon, all the Pokémon start to sing and dance again. This time, all the Pokémon walk around the forest as they sing. At one point, Trevenant uses Psychic on all the trees in the forest, causing them to dance along with them. Just as they reach the Berry tree, Snorlax wakes and jumps, crashing onto the ground. Soon, many Pecha Berries drop from the tree, and all the Pokémon feast joyfully on the berries.

Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Florges (Red Flower)
• Gourgeist (Jessie's)
• Binacle

Characters

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Frogadier (Ash's)
• Fletchinder (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Noibat (Ash's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Luxray (Clemont's)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Gourgeist (Jessie's)
• Inkay (James's)
• Snorlax
• Gothita
• Florges (Red Flower)
• Pichu
• Treecko
• Torchic
• Diglett
• Croagunk
• Hoothoot
• Buneary
• Trevenant
• Sudowoodo
• Chimchar
• Binacle
• Politoed
• Aipom
• Aromatisse
• Bellossom
• Smoochum
• Ledyba (multiple)
• Roselia
• Vivillon (multiple; Meadow Pattern)
• Gogoat
• Skiddo
• Wooper
• Zigzagoon
• Furret
• Marill (×4)
• Teddiursa (×4)
• Stunky
• Skuntank
• Azumarill (×3)
• Azurill
• Piplup
• Karrablast
• Oddish
• Budew
• Roserade
• Bellsprout
• Sentret
• Patrat
• Flaaffy (×3)
• Plusle
• Minun
• Geodude
• Sandshrew
• Nidoran ♀
• Nidoran ♂
• Bidoof
• Bibarel
• Staryu
• Mudkip
• Hoopa (Confined)

Trivia

Poster for the short

• The evolution of Clemont's Luxio, Serena's Fennekin, and Jessie's Pumpkaboo, release of Ash's Goodra and the capture of Ash's Noibat were first teased on the poster for this short.
  • The short was released in Japan the Saturday before the episode in which Pumpkaboo evolved.
• The scene in which Ash's Pikachu and a Raichu race with their cheeks touched in Pikachu's Vacation is recreated by Serena's Pancham and Clemont's Chespin.
• This is the first appearance of a Buneary that isn't Dawn's since her capture in Setting the World on Its Buneary!

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		皮卡丘與神奇寶貝樂隊
Thai		ปิกาจู กับวงดนตรีโปเกมอน

External links

• Official website for Pokémon: Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad (Japanese)

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