Bidoof's Big Stand

Bidoof's Big Stand Poster

Bidoof's Big Stand (Japanese: ビッパ、キミにきめた！ Bidoof, I Choose You!) is an animated short released on January 11, 2022 by The Pokémon Company on the Official Pokémon YouTube Channel and Pokémon TV, and on February 9, 2022 on the Official Pokémon Japanese YouTube Channel.

Blurb

A bumbling Bidoof with a tendency to bite off more than it can chew finds itself between a rock and a hard place as it embarks on a journey to find its place in the world.

Plot

The Trainer and Bidoof

The story follows the trajectory of a female Bidoof. Initially, the Plump Mouse Pokémon lived in a group with others of its kind. As much as it tried, Bidoof couldn't fit in with the other, soon leaving the colony after angering all of them. While trying to eat an Oran Berry, Bidoof ends up being attacked by a group of Starly and soon after by a Staraptor, this situation ends up causing Bidoof to be saved by a Trainer and his Lucario which causes the Predator Pokémon to flee after seeing the strength of their Aura Sphere after it missed.

After seeing the Trainer and his lucario high five, Bidoof wishes to join them and after much insistence, the Trainer ends up giving in and capturing Bidoof for his team. During his Pokémon Journey, the Trainer has a habit of using Bidoof to be able to cross obstacles thanks to its strong teeth and the move Rollout, rewarding Bidoof with an Oran Berry. On one of these occasions, Bidoof is used to open a cave exit where a wild Gengar appears, quickly replacing Bidoof with Lucario. This made Bidoof start to feel bored of doing these actions, believing that its function would be just that.

Eventually, the Trainer reaches the Pokémon League finals where his team ends up being completely defeated in a Full Battle, forcing the Trainer to use Bidoof in battle. Initially shocked to be in a real Pokémon battle, the Trainer encourages Bidoof to do its best, Bidoof manages to defeat the Golem (which defeated his Lucario) thanks to her teeth. After the rock type's defeat, his opponent brings out a Staraptor, heavily intimidating the Bidoof but soon fights it, only to be heavily beaten by an array of moves including Hyper Beam. Flung back to her Trainer, the Bidoof doesn't give up and stands on their hindfeet before using rollout (and a sneeze) to defeat the Staraptor, thus winning the league for herself and the trainer, finally being given the high five it wanted when they first met.

In the short's epilogue, Trainer is seen taking Bidoof to see its old group of her kind, taking some foods for Bidoof on a beach and taking some pictures with it.

Featured Pokémon

• Bidoof
• Pikachu
• Lucario
• Golem
• Staraptor
• Piplup
• Gengar
• Combee
• Starly

Cast

Cast
Bidoof	Shoofu Zang
Additional Bidoof	Dino Andrade
Additional Bidoof	Erica Mendez

Staff

Sound

• Recording Studio: Bang Zoom! Studios
• Sound Supervisors: Eric P.Sherman, Patrick Rodman
• Casting Director: Mami Okada
• Associate Producer: Mio Monroe
• Dialogue Production/Editor: Ricardo Watson
• Recording Studio Operations: Luis Robles
• Assistant Audio Engnners: John Shieh, Ismael Yanez, Keeley Pierson, Isaac Caldas
• Production Manager: AJ Gam
• Production Coordinator: Robert G.Mah
• Original Character Art/Character Design: GAME FREAK inc.

Animation

• Animation Production: TAIKO Studios
• Executive Producer: Hande Zhang
• Production Managers: Brandie Braxton, Chi "Giselle" Gao
• Art Director: Alvin Lee Zhen Loong
• Visual Development: Noor Sofi
• Storyboard Artists: Moss Lawton, Ian Mutchler
• Additional Story and Research: Tyson Heese, Moss Lawton, Ian Mutchler, Zi "Vicky" Wang, Shoofu Zhang
• Editor: Shoofu Zhang
• Assets Lead: Ming He
• Assets:Muqiang Hong, Mo Shen, Jiamin Wang, Yanglin Xu, Hootian Yang.
• Additional Assets:Xin Chang, Xi Jiang, Yael Pereira Lopez, Robert Kubus
• 7 Idea Animation Studio: Jiale Cheng, ChongChong He, Weiman Le, Lingjiang Meng, Qinnan Tong, Ziyue Zhang, Boyu Zheng, Chenghu Zhu
• Tiny Island Productions: Nyoe Yun Qi, Didik Subastian, Yudathama
• Divergent Vision Studio: Wenghong Deng, Yihan He, Qingyu Ni

Other credits

• Rigging: Lingwei Li, Hongbo "Andy" Men
• Young Ambition Studio: Xiong Lin, Chenyu Wang
• Chunsen Cultural Creative Co.: Yimin Huang, Hongwei Luo
• 7 Idea Animation Studio: Chen Chen, Licong Guo
• Animation Supervisor: Qinghui Lü
• Animators: Mingyang Du, Jianxiong Liu, Bing Lu, Yang Ma, Bo Tian, Zi "Vicky" Wang, Tianyao Zhang
• Additional Animators:Anil Kumar Avvaru, Heidi Husband, Maxilliano Keller, Paritosh Kumawat, Suryabhan Singh Rathore, Lakshmipati Raju

In other languages

Language		Title
Italian		Forza, Bidoof!
Brazilian Portuguese		A Ascenção de Bidoof
European Spanish		El gran viaje de Bidoof

Video

By The Official Pokémon YouTube channel

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References

This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of Pokémon animation.