Pokémon Smash Episode 41, Pokémon Ranger! The Wave-Guiding Riolu!! (Part 1) / Movie Premiere Commemmoration - A Pokémon Movie Quiz Tournament with Takeshi Tsuruno and Koichi Yamadera! / Movie Theme Song Artists ELT Present their Songs!(ポケモンレンジャー！波導のリオル!!（前編） / 映画公開記念・つるの剛士さんと山寺宏一さんを迎えてポケモン映画クイズ大会！／映画主題歌を歌うELTが歌を披露！), aired on Sunday in Japan.

The announcer introduced what was on the show. He started the show by saying: "Hi! Time again and we'll bring you the special edition of Pokémon Smash featuring Pokémon movies!" The episode started with the entire crew on set as Golgo walked in with a Victini mask on. Shoko-tan introduced that the episode would be a dedicated special to the 14th Pocket Monsters movies Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram / Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム / ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム)

Shoko-tan introduced this weeks rerun episode as part of the Pokémon Library and he also announces this weeks theme, Understanding each others feelings even when separated! (はなれていても気持ちは必ず通じる！). This weeks Pokémon Library rerun episode was Pokémon Ranger! The Wave-Guiding Riolu!! (Part 1)(ポケモンレンジャー！波導のリオル!!（前編）) from the Diamond and Pearl series. A full summary of that episode is available in the episode guide. Professor Red said his go-to line 'OK! Pokémon Library!' to start the repeat episode.


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After the Pokémon Library episode, they showed quick interviews of people who had just finished watching the new movies at the theater. The announcer also reminded the audience that Zekrom and Reshiram were both being distributed at Japanese theaters for players that brought their Pokémon Black or White games. Zekrom and Reshiram both have the OT of Satoshi (サトシ). Players that brought Pokémon Black to the theater got Zekrom while players that brought Pokémon White received Reshiram. Detailed information about Satoshi's Zekrom and Satoshi's Reshiram are available in the Event database.

Maria was then caught trying to touch her nose with her tongue. Kōichi Yamadera (山寺宏一) the voice of Momont and Takeshi Tsuruno (つるの剛士) the voice of Dread in the 14th movies joined the PokéSmash crew on set. They were both there to participate in the Pokémon Movie Quiz Tournament as a Movie Premiere Commemmoration event. While talking to Takeshi Tsuruno, Robert brought up Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな? BW) which he sings at the time of this episodes airing was the ending theme for both Pocket Monsters Best Wishes and Pokémon Smash. Takeshi Tsuruno decided to sing the song but after a few verses the crew finally got him to stop singing the song. A chart of Kōichi Yamadera (山寺宏一) voice acting roles in the Pocket Monsters movies over the past 14 years was shown. He then quickly showed his voice acting talent by switching voices.


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The Pokémon Movie Quiz Tournament then began. Each of the cast members were able to answer and showed their results. Tsuruno just sat there and answer "curry" (ルウ) to every question. Below are the questions that the voice actors asked the cast.

Picture	Seiyū	Question	Answer
	Mizuki Nana (水樹奈々) The voice of Victini	Which scene did Mizuki just reenact? (水樹さんが演じたシーンはどんあシーンでしょう？)	Victini eating a Macaroon Spoiler: Click to show!
	Satomi Ishihara (石原 さとみ) The voice of Carlita	What nice surprise happened during Ishihara's dubbing session? (石原さんがアフレコ中うれしかった出来事とは？)	The staff prepared macaroons to eat during the dubbing of the macaroon scene (アフレコ中にマカロンが食べたくなりスタッフがマカロンを用意してくれた) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Mao Daichi (大地真央) The voice of Janta	Take back the _____ Earth! (理想のOOを取りもどしましょう！)	Take back the ideal Earth! (理想の大地を取りもどしましょう！) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Shōsuke Tanihara (谷原章介) The voice of Reshiram	What made Tanihara so happy that he did the V-sign? (谷原さんがVサインをするくらいうれしかった出来事とは？)	He found the copy of Pocket Monsters White he thought he had lost (なくしたと思っていたポゲットモンスターホワイトが見つかった) Spoiler: Click to show!
	Hideki Takahashi (高橋英樹) The voice of Zekrom	What made Takahashi so happy that he did the V-sign? (高橋さんがVサインをするくらいうれしかった出来事とは？)	Dreaming that he could fly ( 夢の中で空を飛べた) Spoiler: Click to show!

Every Little Thing - Sora

The group Every Little Thing which includes Kaori Mochida (持田香織) and Ichiro Ito (伊藤一朗) returned in this episode to sing the theme song: Sora (宙 -そら-) which is the ending theme for Victini and the Dark Hero - Zekrom (ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム). Koe (響 -こえ-) which is the ending theme for Victini and the Light Hero - Reshiram (ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム) is similar to Sora. Below are the covers for the CD which were released on July 13th, 2011 in Japan. Click on the images for more information.

CD+DVD/Jacket A	Limited Edition / Jacket B	Pokémon Limited Edition / Jacket C

Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな? BW)

As a reminder for the CD of Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな? BW) which was released on June 22nd, 2011, they filmed various kids singing the song for the ending.

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