Fun at the Beach... or Water Park

A few of my friends and I decided to have some fun at the city's local water park today. The motivation for this activity was that we will probably become somewhat busy with our separate activities that we probably will not be able to see each other as often as we used to, or even at all. All that fun reminds me of a particular Pokémon feature, a pre-movie short which in English is entitled Pikachu's PikaBoo, as well as its associated music pieces. That one is a whole lot of fun too.

This short is the "pre-show" for the fourth Pokémon feature film (which in English is subtitled as 4Ever). In the short, Pikachu and a group of Pokémon - many of which happen to be part of the main characters' teams at the time - are having fun in a mansion and a beach, and this results in a game of hide-and-seek with the local Pokémon. Unfortunately, there's also quite a bit of mayhem as the game of hide-and-seek results in chaos that wreaks havoc all around. Ultimately, all the Pokémon work together to tone down the chaos and turn up the fun. It's a total blast; I really recommend watching it.

The music pieces of the short are also pretty good, though they're cartoony in style. One of them, which in fact is also the first one featured in the short, is titled as the first four words of the title of this post. It was the reminder of this music piece in particular that helped to connect this day to this short. All the music pieces are incidental in nature and in title; they suit the various situations in the short. Other pieces I like from the short are titled "The Lawnmower Chase", which is very obvious as to where it goes in the short, and "Let's PikaBoo Again!" as the closing resolution piece.

In some sense, I do kind of wish that we could have more fun together again, as the final concluding piece of the short suggests. Unfortunately, things are what they are, so I've prepared myself for the fact that we will be separated most of the time. Regardless, this is one of those times I'll remember fondly, especially aided by a Pokémon connection. It just makes the memories of the day more fun, perhaps as fun as the Pokémon connection to which I've related this day.