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Lights! Camera! Pika!

SS033   ピカチュウはスター！？ 映画デビュー！！ How to ピカチュウ・ザ・ムービー！よーい！アクション！！ 迅雷のヒーロー！スーパーピカチュウ！！ ピカチュウのドキドキNG大賞 Pikachu Becomes a Star!? Its Movie Debut!! How to Pikachu The Movie! OK! Action!! The Lightning-fast Hero! Super Pikachu!! Pikachu's Shocking Bloopers

First broadcast Japan June 18, 2015 United States November 21, 2015

English themes Opening Be a Hero Ending

Japanese themes Opening ゲッタバンバン Ending ガオガオ・オールスター

Credits Animation Team Kato Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 尼野浩正 Hiromasa Amano Assistant director 前園文夫 Fumio Maezono Animation directors 篠原隆 Takashi Shinohara 内田裕 Yū Uchida 斉藤圭太 Keita Saitō 中村路之将 Michinosuke Nakamura 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

Lights! Camera! Pika! / How to make a Pikachu Movie: Ready...Action! / Lightning Fast! Brave and Strong! Super-Pikachu! / The Very Best of Super-Pikachu's Back-Slapping Bloopers! (Japanese: ピカチュウはスター！？ 映画デビュー！！・How to ピカチュウ・ザ・ムービー！よーい！アクション！！・迅雷のヒーロー！スーパーピカチュウ！！・ピカチュウのドキドキNG大賞 Pikachu Becomes a Star!? Its Movie Debut!! / How to Pikachu The Movie! OK! Action!! / The Lightning-fast Hero! Super Pikachu!! / Pikachu's Shocking Bloopers) is the fourth special episode of the XY series. It first aired in Japan on June 18, 2015 as a one-hour special alongside XY077, in Canada on November 14, 2015 alongside Hoopa — The Mischief Pokémon and Hoopa and the Clash of Ages, and in the United States on November 21, 2015.

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

Blurb

During their journey across the Kalos region, our heroes are surprised to come across the largest group of Pikachu they’ve ever seen! It turns out that these Pikachu live on the sprawling estate of Frank, a film director who adores Pikachu.

Frank has long dreamed of making a blockbuster movie about a group of Pikachu living in Pikachuland, who must defend their town against the evil Pikachu Libre! Super Pikachu will save the day, and Frank wants Ash’s Pikachu to play the part of the beloved superhero.

Our heroes want to take part in the production, too, so they participate in every aspect of making the film: script writing, voice acting, even costumes and makeup. When everything is finished, it’s clear that the action-packed movie—complete with a blooper reel and a behind-the-scenes documentary filmed by Serena—is a resounding success!

Plot

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Major events

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

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Cosplay Pikachu (all costumes)

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Frank
• Jean
• Voice actors
• Frank's wife (flashback)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Pikachu (Frank's; Pikachu Rock Star)
• Pikachu (Frank's; Pikachu Belle)
• Pikachu (Frank's; Pikachu Pop Star)
• Pikachu (Frank's; Pikachu, Ph. D)
• Pikachu (Frank's; Pikachu Libre)
• Pikachu (Frank's; multiple)
• Gurdurr (Frank's)
• Magnemite (Frank's)
• Heliolisk (Frank's)
• Swirlix (Frank's)
• Weezing (Frank's)
• Torkoal (Frank's)
• Jigglypuff (picture; flashback)

Trivia

The MGM parody

• Professor Oak's Pokémon Holo Caster: Pikachu
  • This is a repeat Holo Caster from XY001, with Hoopa added in.
• The English title of this episode is derived from the saying Lights, Camera, Action!
  • The English title is also similar to that of previous episodes.
• The woman who appears in the sound booth bears a striking resemblance to Ikue Ohtani, the voice actress for Ash's Pikachu.
  • Furthermore, the woman is seen recording lines for Super Pikachu, which Ikue Ohtani herself voices in this episode.
  • The man recording next to her seems to be a Yūki Kaji lookalike. However, Yūki Kaji does not voice any character besides Clemont in this episode.
• This episode contains a parody of the MGM logo, with Pikachu in place of Leo the Lion and a Poké Ball underneath it.
  • A similar parody previously occurred with Zorua and Meowth in An Epic Defense Force! and A PokéVision of Things to Come!, respectively.
• The outfits worn by Pikachu Libre's minions in the movie resembled the outfits of the Shocker Combatmen from Kamen Rider.
• This episode marks the first appearance of a Weezing in the anime since James released his.
• At the end of the dubbed version of the episode, Ash and his friends say, "That's all, folks!" This is a reference to the text present at the end of the Looney Tunes cartoons.
• Out of the titles of the four parts of this episode, only the first is read by Ash, while the other three are read by Frank.
• Mad-Paced Getter is used as an insert song in this episode.

Dub edits

• Mad-Paced Getter is replaced by instrumental music in the dub.

In other languages

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