Pokemon Episode 71 - Lights, Camera, Quack-tion!
Season 1: Indigo League
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| 71 | 69 | "Lights, Camera, Quack-tion!" (Pokémon the Movie!) "Pokemon za Mūbī!" (ポケモン・ザ・ムービー!) | November 5, 1998 | October 8, 1999 |
| When there's a Pokémon movie made nearby, Ash and his friends put their Pokémon in for audition. Misty's Psyduck gets the main role while the others get minor roles. (Or) The group continue on their way to find a girl who wants a Pokémon battle. She chooses her Raichu to battle against Pikachu. The battle does not even begin until Team Rocket slams their net down to capture Pikachu. They accidentally get the girls’ Raichu, which shocks them. Then a movie director named Spielbug enters to stop the action and tell about how famous a director he is. He tells about a Pokémon movie he is making, but cannot find anyone to co-star with Wigglytuff because she is too tough. Everyone gets slapped who offends her in the slightest way. All the Pokémon audition and then sing, but on Jigglypuff’s turn everyone falls asleep. After that, Wigglytuff decides with a few slaps that she won’t work with any of Team Rocket’s Pokémon. All the other Pokémon just quit, leaving Psyduck on stage who gets the part. Arbok and Weezing don’t take the rejection easily, and it takes a talk from Jessie and James to give them more confidence to be famous again. They come back to attack the movie, and steal all the Pokémon. Psyduck is the only one left. Wigglytuff’s crying and Misty’s yelling gives Psyduck a bad headache, and he saves the Pokémon from Team Rocket. Then, Wigglytuff and Psyduck are back together. Spielbug then gets an even better idea for a movie about Pokémon trainers. | ||||
