Pokémon Smash Episode 31, The Maid Cafe Miltank! / The New Character to Succeed Yadon Akiyama Makes His Entrance!? / A Pokémon Battle for the Original King of Pokémon Battles, Group Member Baba! (メイドカフェのミルタンク！ / ヤドン秋山をこえる新ゆるキャラ登場！？ / ポケモンバトルには初代王者・馬場隊員が登場！), aired on Sunday in Japan.

Golgo started off the show with a little dance routine 'Up Up Side Side Sha-wing PokéMorning! (Lit. Up Up Side Side Make a Circle PokéMorning! 縦　縦　横　横 マル描いて　ポケモーニング！) which the rest of the crew did as well. Golgo then told everyone that it was May 5th (５　８だろ go hachi daro) which sort of sounds like Gōya(ゴーヤ). Golgo was stretching a bit to get the crew to make the connection but he then gave everyone some fried Goya which Misaki quickly pretended to like. Golgo then decided to feed her some more and then crowned her the champion.


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Yamamoto introduced this weeks rerun episode as part of the Pokémon Library and he also announces this weeks theme, Pokémon are precious partners (ポケモンは大事なパートナー). This weeks Pokémon Library rerun episode was The Maid Cafe Miltank! (メイドカフェのミルタンク！) from the Diamond and Pearl series. A full summary of that episode is available in the episode guide. Red said the go-to line 'OK! Pokémon Library!' to start the repeat episode.

After the Pokémon Library episode, Misaki and Hana showed up with Akiyama Yadon's tail and face mask and were wondering what they were for. The narrator explained that during Pokémon Sunday, Akiyama often did segments dressed up as Yadon. Then they but the outfit on Misaki. Akiyama then made the announcement that a new character to succeed Yadon Akiyama would be making its entrance.


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Baba and Yamamoto then are standing around in a field awaiting Akiyama who comes dressed up as a Yanappu. The narrator indicates that Dent in the anime Best Wishes also has a Yanappu. Akiyama also joked that the sound Yanappu make sounds like a napsack. Baba then pointed out that Akiyama had tap over his nipples and wonder why he did that. He explained that he covered them up because Yanappu don't seem to have them but Baba said it just brought more attention to that fact with the tape. Akiyama then read the dex entry for Yanappu which states: "It shares the leaf on its head with weary-looking Pokémon. These leaves are known to relieve stress." Akiyama then asks Yamamoto to get the mirror behind his back so he can find a good leaf from his head to give to Baba to eat which would hopefully reduce his stress but he couldn't eat it all because it tasted so bad. He then gave him a different leaf which he thought would taste better but Baba just ended up spitting it out too. Giving up on Yanappu, Akiyama leaves to change into a different outfit.


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Akiyama returns but this time he's dressed up as a Victini. The narrator then reads the dex entry for Victini which states: "It creates an unlimited supply of energy inside its body, which it shares with those who touch it." Akiyama Victini had already touched Yamamoto and to show the power that Victini has Yamamoto was forced to play hat-hammer janken with a person that was stronger and had a bigger hammer. Yamamoto won the first two rounds bun ended up loosing round 3 and the hit ended up breaking his helmet. After seeing Yamamoto lose, Akiyama had second thoughts about being Victini.


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Black/White Pokémon Cosplay (黒白なりきりポケモン)

A new Black/White Pokémon Cosplay (黒白なりきりポケモン) event was announced a few weeks ago and the narrator reminded viewers of the upcoming event. The event will be put on to promote the new 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) and it will be split up by the Zekrom/Black Team and Reshiram/White Team. Each team has specific Pokémon that people can cosplay and they can be found on the different sides of the movie poster.


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People wishing to cosplay as the following Pokémon would be on Team Zekrom/Black Team (Robert): Kibago, Pokabu, Victini, Zekrom, Tsutarja, Sazandora, Lanculus, Nageki, Bivanilla, Landlos.
People wishing to cosplay as the following Pokémon would be on Reshiram/White Team (International Division Girls): Yanappu, Pikachu, Reshiram, Mijumaru, Golugh, Gothiruselle, Dageki, Shikijika, Kumasyun.

Akiyama returned and this time he was dressed up as Maracacchi (マラカッチ). Yamamoto and Akiyama looked over the costume to realize it had some spikes on it. The narrator then read the dex entry which states: "Arid regions are their habitat. They move rhythmically, making a sound similar to maracas." Yamamoto then turned on a stereo and played the current Best Wishes ending song Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな？ＢＷ) to see if Akiyama Maracacchi could dance. Baba who had a box to emulate a Koaruhie, squirted water at Akiyama to see if he could be distracted from his dancing. Akiyama quickly scratched off Maracacchi.


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Switching locations Akiyama dressed up as Dotekkotsu (ドテッコツ) this time. The narrator read the dex entry which states: "They strengthen their bodies by carrying steel beams. They show off their big muscles to their friends." A wrestler showed up and began flexing his muscles. A bit intimidated, Akiyama began pole dancing with the steel I-bar but Baba quickly stopped him and read the dex entry from Pocket Monsters White for Dotekkotsu which states: dex entry which states: "This Pokémon is so muscular and strongly built that even a group of wrestlers could not make it budge an inch." Another wrestler showed up and they both tried to move Akiyama Dotekkotsu by using a lot of wrestling moves on him. It wasn't long until they proved the dex entry didn't apply to Akiyama Dotekkotsu.


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Akiyama changed one last time and this time he dressed up as a Muggyo. The last Pokémon to be revealed in the current Best Wishes ending song Can You Say the Pokémon? BW (ポケモン言えるかな？ＢＷ) is Muggyo. Baba and Yamamoto were both surprised that Akiyama picked such a lame and boring Pokémon like Muggyo. Baba read the dex entry which states: "Its skin is very hard, so it is unhurt even if stepped on by sumo wrestlers. It smiles when transmitting electricity." After hearing the dex entry Akiyama was quite afraid but when the sumo wrestler got on his back he realized that it didn't hurt. They then gave Akiyama a lightbulb to see if he could fullfil the last part of the dex entry which he did and he lit up the lightbulb while smiling. Will Akiyama's new character be Muggyo?!


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With Maria still away, they showed pictures of her before going to the Marketing Department segment. 8 year old Yuto-kun was this weeks battler and he had over 1000 hours of gameplay logged. He liked Golgo a lot but wanted to battle Baba because he thought he was the best Smash battler. Baba proved to be a strong opponent and defeated Yuto-kun.

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