BW088

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The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo!

BW088   EP745 ソムリエ探偵デント！消えたクマシュンの謎！！ Sommelier Detective Dent! The Mystery of the Missing Kumasyun!!

First broadcast Japan July 19, 2012 United States November 17, 2012

English themes Opening Rival Destinies 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 浅田裕二 Yūji Asada Assistant director 川田武範 Takenori Kawada Animation director 岩根雅明 Masaaki Iwane No additional credits are available at this time.

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

The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo! (Japanese: ソムリエ探偵デント！消えたクマシュンの謎！！ Sommelier Detective Dent! The Mystery of the Missing Kumasyun!!) is the 88th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 745th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on July 19, 2012 and in the United States on November 17, 2012.

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

Synopsis

While in Undella Town, Cilan helps a boy named Chris track down his missing Cubchoo. However, they instead find a roaming Beartic that might have once been Chris’s Cubchoo. Template:Incomplete synopsis

Major events

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

Characters

Humans

Dare da?

• Ash
• Iris
• Cilan
• Dawn
• Jessie
• James
• Jervis
• Chris
• Brock (fantasy)

Pokémon

Who's That Pokémon?

Who's That Pokémon?: Joltik (US and international) Cubchoo (Japan)

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Axew (Iris's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Oshawott (Ash's)
• Pignite (Ash's)
• Scraggy (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Mamoswine (Dawn's)
• Meloetta (anime)
• Cubchoo (Chris's)
• Larvitar (Chris's; new)
• Joltik
• Beartic
• Basculin (Red-Striped; multiple)

Trivia

• Team Rocket's Pokémon Live Caster: Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade
  • Viewers could call one of three phone numbers to hear an answer from either Jessie, James, or Meowth. Fifteen random callers won Pokémon merchandise.
• Iris narrates the next episode preview.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		酒侍偵探天桐！消失的噴嚏熊之謎！！
Dutch		Het Mysterie van de Vermiste Cubchoo!
German		Das geheimnisvolle Verschwinden von Petznief!
Greek		Το Μυστήριο του Εξαφανισμένου Cubchoo!
Italian		Il Mistero del Cubchoo Scomparso!
Polish		Tajemnica Zaginięcia Cubchoo!
European Spanish		¡El misterio del Cubchoo perdido!

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