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{{ChapInfobox
|title_en={{color|FFF|To Make a Musical}}
|subtitle={{color|FFF|Maractus}}
|title_ja=VSマラカッチ
|title_ro=VS Maracacchi
|image=PS482.png
|scheme=Black & White
|pub1=VIZ Media mini-volume
|pub1-data=Adventure 22 in [[Pokémon Black and White volume 7|Vol. 7]]
|pub2=Kurokawa mini-volume
|pub2-data=Chapter 22 in [[Pokémon Black and White volume 3 (France)|Vol. 3]]
|pub3=Shogakukan full volume
|pub3-data=Chapter 482 in [[Pokémon Adventures volume 46|Vol. 46]]
|pub4=VIZ Media full volume
|pub4-data=Adventure 22 in [[Pokémon Adventures volume 46|Vol. 4]]
|location={{ci|Castelia}} [[Gate]]<br>{{rt|4|Unova}}<br>[[Desert Resort]]<br>[[Nimbasa City]]<br>[[Pokémon Musical|Musical Theater]]
}}

'''To Make a Musical''' (Japanese: '''VS マラカッチ''' ''VS Maractus''), titled '''VS Maractus''' in the [[Shogakukan Asia]] translation, is the 482nd chapter of the [[Pokémon Adventures]] manga, and the 22nd chapter of the {{MangaArc|Black & White}}.

It is subtitled '''Maractus''' (Japanese: '''準備''' ''Preparation'') in the [[VIZ Media]] translation and '''To Make a Musical''' in the Shogakukan Asia translation.

==Plot==
{{Incomplete plot}}
[[Black (Adventures)|Black]] reviews his offer from [[Grimsley]], agonizing about whether he should or should not battle him, and ends up falling unconscious. Grimsley then examines the caught Grunt, and finds out information about the nearby [[Relic Castle]]. Some time later, Black finds himself in [[Nimbasa City]], carried there by [[White (Adventures)|White]]. Black and White have a chat in their room, which ends up with White proposing the [[Pokémon Musical]], and drags him to the Musical building.

At the Musical building, White starts setting up the Pokémon Musical with her Tepig, [[Gigi]], as well as other Pokémon, and meets [[Elesa]], who invites Black to have a Gym battle.

==Major events==
* {{adv|Black}} falls unconscious after straining his head.
* [[Ryoku]] is revealed to be searching for {{p|Volcarona}} at the [[Relic Castle]].
* {{adv|White}} finds Black and the {{tc|Team Plasma Grunt}} at the {{ci|Castelia}} [[Gate]] and takes them to [[Nimbasa City]].
* White prepares the [[Pokémon Musical]] for its debut.

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===Debuts===
====Pokémon debuts====
* {{p|Zebstrika}}
* {{p|Darmanitan}} (Zen Mode)
* {{p|Emolga}}

==Characters==
===Humans===
* {{adv|Black}}
* {{adv|White}}
* [[Elesa]]
* [[Grimsley]]
* [[Ryoku]]
* {{tc|Team Plasma Grunt}}s
* Mayor of Nimbasa City (flashback)

===Pokémon===
* {{p|Braviary}} ([[Brav]]; {{adv|Black}}'s; flashback)
* {{p|Munna}} ([[Musha]]; {{adv|Black}}'s)
* {{p|Tepig}} ([[Gigi]]; {{adv|White}}'s)
* {{p|Zebstrika}} ([[Elesa]]'s)
* {{p|Emolga}} (×2; [[Elesa]]'s)
* {{p|Bisharp}} ([[Grimsley]]'s)
* {{p|Yamask}} ([[BW Agency]]'s)
* {{p|Vanillite}} ([[BW Agency]]'s)
* {{p|Solosis}} ([[BW Agency]]'s)
* {{p|Maractus}} ({{tc|Team Plasma Grunt}}'s)
* {{p|Darmanitan}} (×2; Zen Mode)

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==In other languages==
{{Epilang|color=C3C3C3|bordercolor=2C2C2C
|zh_cmn={{tt|VS 街頭沙鈴 - 準備|VS Maractus - Preparation}}
|fr_eu={{tt|Tous en scène ! (Partie 1)|All in scene! (Part 1)}}
|de={{tt|VS. Maracamba - Vorbereitungen|VS. Maractus - Preparations}}
|it=VS Maractus - {{tt|Preparativi|Preparation}}
|ko={{tt|VS 마라카치|VS Maractus}}
|pt_br=VS Maractus - {{tt|Preparação|Preparation}}
|es_la=VS Maractus: Preparativos
|es_eu={{tt|Contra Maractus|VS Maractus}}
|vi=VS Maracacchi - Chuẩn bị
}}
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