History Awesome / PokemonDetectivePikachu

* Psyduck finally letting loose with one of its headaches, blowing away the Greninja pursuing the heroes and shaking a huge patch of forest.

* Meta Example: The fact that this is the '''first''' ever live action video based movie with a fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes!

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[[caption-width-right:300:"[[DidntSeeThatComing That's a twist. That's very twisty.]]"]]

* Meta Example: The fact that this is the ''first'' live action video based movie with a fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes!

* Howard manages to recapture Mewtwo, take over its mind with a neural transmitter, and use its powers to forcibly fuse humans with their Pokemon all across the city.

** Worth noting is the music that kicks in as Pikachu decides to [[LetsGetDangerous take Mewtwo on.]] The 8-bit chiptunes at the start make it clear the production crew ''know'' the source material, they ''know'' the audience wants some classic Pokemon action, and they're about to ''deliver.''

* The movie could have easily strongly marketed [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Generation I]] Pokémon to appeal to the mainstream media like it (and most other media that also have a history on banking on nostalgia like ''Franchise/Transformers'' and ''Franchise/Power Rangers'') has often done, but instead, the marketing and the movie itself pays respect to all of the then-current seven Generations. Sure, Generation I still gets the [[HoldYourHippogriffs Pyroar's]] share, but each of the seven Generations has at least one visibly marketed and highlighted representative, each given time in the limelight.
** Initially, [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Generation IV]] somewhat seems to get the short end of the stick by only having one representative active, namely the many gigantic Torterra, and the only other three featured members of that Generation - Dialga, Palkia, and Arceus, are relegated to statues. However, the latter three are used well, in the form of creating [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolism]] and {{foreshadowing}} Howard's attempts to play God.

** Initially, [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Generation IV]] somewhat seems to get the short end of the stick by only having one representative active, namely the many gigantic Torterra, and the only other three featured members of that Generation -Dialga, Palkia, and Arceus, are relegated to statues. However, the latter three are used well, in the form of creating [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolism]] and {{foreshadowing}} Howard's attempts to play God.

** Initially, [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Generation IV]] somewhat seems to get the short end of the stick by only having one representative active, namely the many gigantic Torterra, and the only other three featured members of that Generation -Dialga, Palkia, and Arceus, are relegated to statues. However, the latter three are used well, in the form of creating [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolism]] and {{Foreshadowing}} of Howard's attempts to play God.

--> '''Howard:''' You think you can stand in the way of the future?! [[AGodAmI I]] ''[[AGodAmI AM]]'' [[AGodAmI THE FUTURE!]]

** Initially, [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Generation IV]] somewhat seems to get the short end of the stick by only having one representative active, namely [[spoiler: the many gigantic Torterra]], and the only other three featured members of that Generation -Dialga, Palkia, and Arceus, are relegated to statues. However, the latter three are used well, in the form of creating [[RuleOfSymbolism symbolism]] and {{Foreshadowing}} of [[spoiler: Howard's attempts to play God]].