"Next up is a coordinator who has taken the top spot in Hoenn's Grand Festival. From Ecruteak City, it's Contestant #15, 'Sea Hero' Shiranui Tsukiko!"
A puff of smoke appeared on the stage and Shiranui was revealed posing like he was performing a jutsu. "Zoro, it's genjutsu time!" When Shiranui opened Zoro's Great Ball, black smoke poured out and metamorphosed into a field of darkness that spread out and covered the entire Battle Dome. From the darkness some scenery materialised in the form reminiscent of Halloween Town from The Nightmare Before Christmas. A flock of Zubat and a murder of Murkrow flew around the sky while all manner of Ghost and Dark-type Pokémon appeared, lip-syncing to This is Halloween while the song played. The Zoroark led the Dark-type singers as his illusions performed. The performance ended after a super-size Gourgeist rose out of some green goo. The audience gave Zoro a standing ovation and the Zoroark and all the Pokémon illusions took a bow before the illusions disappeared.
"Judges, what do you think?"
"That was one of the best appeals your Zoroark has ever graced us with!"
"What a remarkably scary performance!"
"Your Zoroark is very well trained if it can multitask like that; and I've seen it in battle."
10
9
10
Total: 29
Back in the green room, Shiranui was feeding Zoro a Poké Puff for the appeal befitting of Lavender Town.