BW098

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BW098

BW098   EP755 世界一華麗なポケモン！？チラチーノVSツタージャ！ The Most Magnificent Pokémon in the World?! Chillaccino VS Tsutarja!

First broadcast Japan October 11, 2012 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening やじるしになって！ Ending みてみて☆こっちっち

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 大橋志吉 Yukiyoshi Ōhashi Storyboard 吉村文宏 Fumihiro Yoshimura Assistant director 吉村文宏 Fumihiro Yoshimura Animation director 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara No additional credits are available at this time.

Screenshots on Filb.de Preview thread on BMGf Closed Original review thread on BMGf

(Japanese: 世界一華麗なポケモン！？チラチーノVSツタージャ！ The Most Magnificent Pokémon in the World?! Chillaccino VS Tsutarja!) is the 98th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 755th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 11, 2012.

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

Synopsis

Whilst walking in a forest, Emolga gets in a fight and gets knocked away, causing the gang to go chase after her. They find Emolga, and meet Maya, a snobbish girl, with what she calls "The most elegant Pokémon in the world", referring to her Cinccino. She is also accompanied by two women, Shion and Mizuki, with the "second most elegant Pokémon, and the third most elegant Pokémon", Lilligant and Roserade, respectively.

Maya calls Iris's Emolga ditzy and pathetic, and Ash's Snivy inelegant, as well as ugly. This causes Iris to become angry, which Maya then laughs and walks back to her tour bus. Iris climbs up the cliff Maya was on, but only to find that she is too late, Maya has just set off in her bus. The bus has a pattern with roses on it, so Ash and his friends head to the nearest city, and ask a passerby about it. This is when they find out about the Pokémon opera, and find the school.

The by passerby then says only girls are allowed, so Ash and Cilan cannot enter. Iris drags them to a costume store, where Ash and Cilan cross dress as females.

They enter the school, claiming they want to learn from Maya. Pikachu, Axew, and Pansage are dressed up as girls.

Major events

• Ash learns that the Unova League will be held in Higaki City.
• Ash and his friends leave Cynthia's villa.

For a list of all major events in Pokémon the Series, please see the timeline page.

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Cynthia
• Jervis
• Maya
• Mizuki
• Shion
• Chihaya

Pokémon

Dare da?

Who's That Pokémon?: Cinccino (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Pignite (Ash's)
• Snivy (Ash's)
• Scraggy (Ash's)
• Emolga (Iris's)
• Pansage (Cilan's)
• Cinccino (Maya's)
• Lilligant (Mizuki's)
• Roserade (Shion's)
• Cottonee (multiple)
• Swanna (multiple)
• Pidove (multiple)

Trivia

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Heatmor
• This episode includes Ash cross-dressing, which he has done once in every past series (the previously occasions involved him dressing up to challenge the Celadon Gym, helping someone practice confessing feelings and serving at the Mountain Hut Maid Café).
• During this episode, Pikachu's tail has a heart shaped piece of paper taped on, to make him appear female marking the first time that the Pikachu gender difference has been acknowledged in the anime.
• Maya breaks the fourth wall in this episode, doing so by pushing the split screen out in one scene to show her.
• After Iris puts her disguise on, the costumes in the background are the same ones she and Ash wore in An Epic Defense Force!.

In other languages

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