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Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade

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メロエッタのキラキラリサイタル
Meloetta's Dazzling Recital

First broadcast

Japan	July 14, 2012
United States	February 15, 2013

English themes

Opening
Ending	I Wanna Dance

Japanese themes

Opening
Ending	みてみて☆こっちっち

Credits

No additional credits are available at this time.
Animation
Screenplay
Storyboard
Assistant director
Animation director

Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade (Japanese: メロエッタのキラキラリサイタル Meloetta's Dazzling Recital) is the 24th Pikachu short of the Pokémon anime. It aired alongside M15 and is available for the English audience on February 15, 2013 through the Pokémon TV app and the official Pokémon site.

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

Synopsis

Template:Incomplete synopsis The narrator starts explaining about the Pokémon forest. Pikachu and his friends looks at the sky. Suddenly, the moon begins to glow, and Meloetta appears. Meloetta lands on the ground, and plants the Melody Tree. Then, it sings the Relic Song which makes the tree grow and sprout Melody Berries. Meowth become excited and starts scratching Crustle, which makes it use Sandstorm. The Sandstorm breaks the tree, and the Melody Berries blast off. Meloetta manages to catch one of the berries as the other four scatter. Pikachu & friends start searching for the Melody Berries while Meowth searches for them as well, trying to impress Meloetta. Pikachu & friends manage to gather all Melody Berries & give them to Meloetta as Meloetta becomes happy & sings in the end.

Major events

Cilan's Crustle is revealed to know Sandstorm.
Meloetta is revealed to know Psychic.

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

Characters

Pokémon

Pikachu (Ash's)
Meowth (Team Rocket)
Axew (Iris's)
Snivy (Ash's)
Pignite (Ash's)
Oshawott (Ash's)
Scraggy (Ash's)
Emolga (Iris's)
Pansage (Cilan's)
Crustle (Cilan's)
Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
Meloetta (anime)
Pichu (Spiky-eared Variant); (Pichu Brothers)
Jigglypuff (anime)
Squirtle
Chikorita
Totodile
Corphish
Turtwig
Chimchar
Togepi
Psyduck
Croagunk
Charmander
Cyndaquil
Torchic
Treecko
Mudkip
Munchlax
Tepig
Piplup
Diglett
Dugtrio
Drifblim
Snorlax
Clamperl
Kecleon
Pachirisu
Mime Jr.
Wynaut
Riolu
Plusle
Minun
Larvitar
Mew
Celebi
Jirachi
Manaphy
Shaymin

Trivia

This was the first Pikachu short released alongside a movie since Gotta Dance.
It is the first Pikachu short to be dubbed into English and released since Pikachu's Island Adventure.
During the events of the short, silhouettes of Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Manaphy, and Shaymin appear in the background. Their locations are revealed during the dance number at the end.