History Anime / PokemonVolcanionAndTheMechanicalMarvel

* NonSerialMovie: The movie cannot fit into the anime continuity, as Squishy transforms into Complete Forme Zygarde on its own despite the series later establishing that this requires both cores. Also, the Magearna Ash meets in the movie is said to be the only one of its kind, but Lillie has a shiny Magearna in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'' and Ash does not recognize it. However, the movie does have a scene where Alain battles Korrina with both of them Mega Evolving their Pokémon and ''A Diamond in the Rough!'' reveals that the battle [[CurbStompBattle went very badly for Mega Lucario]].

* NonSerialMovie: The movie cannot fit into the anime continuity, as Squishy transforms into Complete Forme Zygarde on its own despite the series later establishing that this requires both cores. Also, the Magearna Ash meets in the movie is said to be the only one of its kind, but Lillie has a shiny Magearna in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'' and Ash does not recognize it.

* NonSerialMovie: The movie cannot fit into the anime continuity, as Squishy transforms into Complete Forme Zygarde on its own despite the series later establishing that this requires both cores, and Ash does not recognize Magearna in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon'' despite meeting it in the movie.

* AdapationDeviation: The manga has a large number of differences such as Ash and Pikachu being the only protagonists, Alva having several unnamed assistants instead of Levi and Cherie and Alva being arrested by Officer Jenny at the end.

* AdaptationalWimp: Magearna is a powerful Mythical Pokémon which is a MightyGlacier with a unique ability called Soul-Heart that [[StatusBuff increases its already high Special Attack stat]] when a Pokémon faints. In this movie, Magearna is a DamselInDistress LivingMacGuffin so that Volcanion can represent a KnightInShiningArmor; and uses its [[SecretArt signature move]], [[WaveMotionGun Fleur Cannon]], only a single time to no avail.

* TheCameo: There's a brief snippet of Alain and Korrina's battle, used to demonstrate Mega Evolution.

** Furing the battle against the Mega Evolution Army, Mega Sharpedo is nearly squashed by Ash and his friends' flying airship and has to dodge alongside Mega Alakazam, gets blown away by a shockwave after Ash-Greninja hits Mega Pidgeot with a Water Shuriken and gets kicked away by Hawlucha's High Jump Kick, all within a few seconds.

* {{Brainwashed}}: The Mega Wave not only forces Pokémon to Mega Evolve with a PainfulTransformation, but they also lose control of themselves.

* ButtMonkey: The heap of abuse Ash suffers while stuck to Volcanion would probably remind us of his Original Series and/or ''Best Wishes!'' days (and prepare us for his upcoming ''Sun and Moon'' days). To put it into perspective, here are some of the things he deals with:

* WeightWoe: Magearna is embarrassed at being called heavy by Clemont.

* SpectacularSpinning: When Alain and Korrina use Mega Evolution, their Pokémon glow and spin before taking their Mega forms. Strangely enough, no such movement ever presented itself in the anime.

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: When Alain and Korrina use Mega Evolution, their Pokémon glow and spin before taking their Mega forms. Strangely enough, no such movement ever presented itself in the anime.

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The nineteenth ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' movie, following ''[[Anime/PokemonHoopaAndTheClashOfAges Hoopa and the Clash of Ages]]'', and the final film for the ''XY'' saga of the anime. As the title says, this movie stars Volcanion and Magearna -- the latter [[EarlyBirdCameo debuting ahead of]] its appearance in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''.

The film was released on July 16, 2016 in Japan. Like ''Hoopa and the Clash of Ages'', it was a box office bomb. In fact, it bombed so badly it became a temporary FranchiseKiller. Since ''Anime/PokemonIChooseYou'' explicitly takes place in an AlternateContinuity, ''Volcanion and the and the Mechanical Marvel'' is also the last film to take place in the main continuity that began with ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie'' in 1998. In many European markets and the United States, the film premiered on TV, and in many cases was packaged with the first two episodes of the ''Sun & Moon'' anime. In the U.S. specifically, this marked the series' move to Creator/DisneyXD on December 5, 2016.

IWillPunishYourFriendForYourFailure: Alva does this to Team Rocket after they failed their mission to capture and secure Magearna by kidnapping Meowth.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Team Rocket trio, being the scoundrels they are, at first ally themselves with Alva and his mission, solely in the hopes of finally stealing Pikachu. However, after Alva takes Magearna's Soul-Heart and dismisses the value of its life other than being a tool in his own plot, and Meowth hears Magearna's voice from within the Soul-Heart, the trio becomes horrified and disgusted by Alva's callous ruthlessness and turns against him, only for Alva to eject Jessie and James from his ship mid-air and take Meowth hostage to use as a monitor for Magearna's voice. The former two then spend the rest of the film trying to rescue their comrade from Alva and help stop his plans, and at the end, when everything has been resolved, the trio watches Ash, Pikachu, and everyone else in satisfaction for a while before slipping away unnoticed without bothering them.

* ForcedToWatch: Alva does this to both Meowth and Raliegh in this movie. He forces Raleigh to watch as he destroys and kills his sister and friends. He AGAIN does it to Meowth after he kidnaps him. Meowth, however, is more crushed than Raliegh as Jessie and James, who are on the ship trying to rescue him when Alva attempts to kill Ash and the others again after realizing they survived his attack

* AFriendInNeed: Jessie and James fall under this trope for good reasons: They waste no time in devising a plan to rescue Meowth from Alva knowing he was in danger. As annoying as Meowth is at times, they really do love him and want him to be safe.

* AFriendInNeed: Jessie and James get this trope after Meowth is kidnapped by Alva.

* Afriendinneed: Jessie and James get this trope after Meowth is kidnapped by Alva.

* ClothingDamage: Happens to [[ButtMonkey Ash]] twice. Volcanion damages his normal outfit, leaving him rather dirty and unkempt. The second time was with a suit that was suppose to cushion Ash. This leaves him stranded in his [[ComedicUnderwearExposure tank top and boxers]]. Luckily, Serena was there for Ash to actually have clothes.

* CutLexLuthorACheck: Through neo-arcane science, Alva has discovered a means to make several Pokémon Mega Evolve at once while bypassing the whole "bond with Pokémon" process. He could just patent all this and get rich of it, but as he already is a man of wealth and influence, he only thinks about using it for conquest.

* Distressed Dude: Meowth falls under the trope for the second half of the movie. After he's kidnapped by Alva, he's tortured and forced to translate the agonized screams of a suffering Pokemon. It only ends when he's rescued by Jessie and James.

* DecapitatedArmy: Alva's Pokémon army ditch him and his cronies once they're free of their {{Brainwashed}} states.

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Volcanion appears to die near the end, but is swiftly proven to be alive. Magearna itself undergoes a Disney Death of personality (''a la'' ''WesternAnimation/WallE'') at the same time.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Alva has this when Greninja destroys his jetpack. [[SubvertedTrope He lives to see the credits, though.]] ]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: The Mythical Pokémon Magearna makes its debut ahead of its native game, ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''.