PK27

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Pikachu short

Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad

PK27   ピカチュウとポケモンおんがくたい Pikachu and the Pokémon Band

First broadcast Japan July 18, 2015 United States December 21, 2015

English themes Opening None Ending Join the Band

Japanese themes Opening None Ending ガオガオ・オールスター

Credits Animation Screenplay 園田英樹 Hideki Sonoda Storyboard 三浦陽 Yo Miura Assistant director 三浦陽 Yo Miura Animation directors 田島端穂 Mizuho Tajima 竹内杏子 Takeuchi Kyoko 吉野真一 Shin'ichi Yoshino 尾鷲英俊 Hidetoshi Otaka No additional credits are available at this time.

Pokémon: Pikachu and the Pokémon Music Squad (Japanese: ピカチュウとポケモンおんがくたい Pikachu and the Pokémon Band) is the 27th Pikachu short of the Pokémon anime. It debuted alongside the eighteenth movie. It became available to watch through Pokémon TV on December 21, 2015.

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Blurb

Pikachu and all its Pokémon friends are working on a musical performance, but their rehearsal keeps getting interrupted! Will they be ready to sing for the Berry Jubilee?

Plot

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Major events

Debuts

Pokémon debuts

• Florges (Red Flower)
• Gourgeist (Jessie's)
• Binacle

Characters

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Frogadier (Ash's)
• Fletchinder (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Noibat (Ash's)
• Bunnelby (Clemont's)
• Chespin (Clemont's)
• Luxray (Clemont's)
• Braixen (Serena's)
• Pancham (Serena's)
• Gourgeist (Jessie's)
• Inkay (James's)
• Snorlax
• Gothita
• Florges (Red Flower)
• Pichu
• Treecko
• Torchic
• Avalugg
• Diglett
• Croagunk
• Hoothoot
• Buneary
• Trevenant
• Sudowoodo
• Chimchar
• Binacle
• Politoed
• Aipom
• Aromatisse
• Bellossom
• Smoochum
• Ledyba (multiple)
• Roselia
• Vivillon (multiple; Meadow Pattern)
• Wooper
• Zigzagoon
• Furret
• Marill (×4)
• Teddiursa (×4)
• Skuntank
• Azumarill (×3)
• Piplup
• Karrablast
• Oddish
• Roserade
• Bellsprout
• Sentret
• Flaaffy (×3)
• Hoopa (Confined)

Trivia

Poster for the short

• The evolution of Clemont's Luxray, Serena's Braixen, and Jessie's Gourgeist, release of Ash's Goodra and the capture of Ash's Noibat were first teased on the poster for this short.
  • The short was released the Saturday before the episode in which Pumpkaboo evolved.
• The scene in which Ash's Pikachu and a Raichu race with their cheeks touched in Pikachu's Vacation is recreated by Serena's Pancham and Clemont's Chespin.
• Despite airing several weeks after the debut of the episode in which it evolved in the English dub, Ash's Talonflame is still depicted as a Fletchinder.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		皮卡丘與神奇寶貝樂隊
Thai		ปิกาจู กับวงดนตรีโปเกมอน

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