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“Pikachu and friends rescue enslaved Whismur from Team Rocket's new HQ, sparking dance-filled chaos.”
Pokémon: Gotta Dance!
おどるポケモンひみつ基地
6.46
7,959 rank · 13,984 viewers · 1 favorites
Comedy
Fantasy
Kids
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Synopsis
Pikachu and friends rescue enslaved Whismur from Team Rocket's new HQ, sparking dance-filled chaos.
Jesse, James and Meowth have just completed building a giant new Team Rocket headquarters, and will soon be hosting a grand gala to show it to the boss. Several Whismur Pokemon (with maracas in hand) have been enslaved to provide the entertainment of the evening, much to their dismay. However, when Pikachu, Torchic, Mudkip and the rest of the gang find their way into the base and to the jail cell of the Whismur, they know they need to free their comrades from captivity. During the impending escape attempt, both friend and foe alike can't help but break out in group dances galore. (Source: IMDB)
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 3 sampled reviews
5.7
/10
What 3 viewers settled on.
50%
recommend
Score distribution
median 6
mode 3
σ 2.05
Agreement
Polarized
σ 2.05 · split reception
The polarity gap
5.0 pts
Recommenders 8.0 · others 3.0
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Score over time
↓ 2.33
Running avg · Aug 2016 → Apr 2026
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 8 “I don't normally see pokemon shorts. However, when I was younger, I got the groudon movie dvd and there was a short that came with it. So I watched. Then I danced. Then I rewatched. Then 5 years...”
- 3 “This short seems to have only been created to help advertise the music that was created and that basically had a whole music video for in the first 5 minutes. The plot of the short is basically...”
- 6 “‘The Red Shoes’ was a fairy tale by Hans Andersen, and just like his other stories, it had his characteristic gruesome and morbid imagery. It told the sad tale of a girl, Karen, cursed by an angel...”
Verbosity
Short · 33%
Medium · 67%
Long · 0%
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- Format 1 × 24′ eps × min
- Total runtime 0h 24m all episodes
- Aired Jul 2003 – ongoing
- Source Movie media type
- Rated PG Children
- Ref. BS-4160 catalog
Produced by
- Shogakukan Productions Producer
Licensed by
- 4Kids Entertainment Licensor
- Miramax Films Licensor