This article is about an episode of the Pokémon animated series that has not been dubbed into English. As such, its coverage may contain romanized Japanese names, rather than dub names.
(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.
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.
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!.
