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* TeenPregnancy: This is alluded to. Delia was a Rocket member as a teen. It's never mentioned when she had Ash, but there are some implications she had him young (especially if he is Giovanni's son). This is canon to ''LightNovel/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'', where Delia had Ash at 19.

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* TeenPregnancy: This is alluded to. Delia was a Rocket member as a teen. It's never mentioned when she had Ash, but there are some implications she had him young (especially if he is Giovanni's son). This is canon to ''LightNovel/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'', ''Literature/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'', where Delia had Ash at 19.
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-->'''Portrayed by''': Lauren Kling (Jessie), Andrew Rannells (James), Kathleen Roche (Meowth), Creator/MaddieBlaustein (Meowth, voice)

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-->'''Portrayed by''': Lauren Kling (Jessie), Andrew Rannells Creator/AndrewRannells (James), Kathleen Roche (Meowth), Creator/MaddieBlaustein (Meowth, voice)



-->'''Portrayed by''': Darren Dunstan

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-->'''Portrayed by''': Darren DunstanCreator/DarrenDunstan
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Gives Delia one of these, telling her that her past with Giovanni and his gang, is not what defines her. She has matured into a loving mother and overall good person, and like the world around she too has changed in "Everything Changes".
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Gives Delia one of these, telling her that her past with Giovanni and his gang, is not what defines her. She has matured into a loving mother and overall good person, and like the world around she too has changed in "Everything Changes".
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* AGodAmI: During "It Will All Be Mine," Giovanni says he'll have divine power and make the sun shine on only him.

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* AGodAmI: GodhoodSeeker: During "It Will All Be Mine," Giovanni says he'll have divine power and make the sun shine on only him.
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* AgeLift: It's unclear how old Ash is, but it's implied he's older than ten.

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* AgeLift: It's unclear how old Ash is, but it's implied he's at least slightly older than ten.
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* AGodIAm: During "It Will All Be Mine," Giovanni says he'll have divine power and make the sun shine on only him.

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* AGodIAm: AGodAmI: During "It Will All Be Mine," Giovanni says he'll have divine power and make the sun shine on only him.

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!!Delia!!Delia Ketchum


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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: The play predates the third movie and thus presents a contradictory backstory for Delia. Here, she was a part of Team Rocket as a teen. In the anime, it's shown she was a student of Professor Oak's as a teen.
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* AdaptationalSexuality: Implied with James. He's implied to be gay in ''Pokémon Live'', but in anime canon he's CampStraight and is at most AmbiguousyBi.

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* AdaptationalSexuality: Implied with James. He's implied to be gay in ''Pokémon Live'', but in anime canon he's CampStraight and is at most AmbiguousyBi.AmbiguouslyBi.
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* AdaptationalSexuality: Implied with James. He's implied to be gay in ''Pokémon Live'', but in anime canon he's CampStraight and is at most AmbiguousyBi.
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* ComingOfAgeStory: It's even more explicit than in the anime. Ash is growing up and wants to be treated like a man.

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* ComingOfAgeStory: It's even more explicit than in the anime. Ash A major part of Ash's arc is the fact that he's growing up and wants to be treated like a man.
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-->'''Portrayed by''': Dominic Nolfi


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-->'''Portrayed by''': Dennis Kenney


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-->'''Portrayed by''': Jennifer Risser, Creator/IkueOtani (voice)


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-->'''Portrayed by''': Lauren Kling (Jessie), Andrew Rannells (James), Kathleen Roche (Meowth), Creator/MaddieBlaustein (Meowth, voice)


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-->'''Portrayed by''': Darren Dunstan


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-->'''Portrayed by''': Dee Roscoli


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* AmbiguousGender: Surprising averted. Pikachu is repeatedly called "he" instead of "it" (probably because the song "Pikachu (I Choose You)" has Ash refer to it as being like his "brother"). Pikachu wouldn't be confirmed as male for several more years.

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* AmbiguousGender: Surprising Surprisingly averted. Pikachu is repeatedly called "he" instead of "it" (probably because the song "Pikachu (I Choose You)" has Ash refer to it as being like his "brother"). Pikachu wouldn't be confirmed as male for several more years.
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* AscendedExtra: In the Kanto episode he was so secluded in mystery that his face wasn't even revealed until several appearances in. Here, he's a major player in the plot.

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* AscendedExtra: In the Kanto episode episodes he was so secluded in mystery that his face wasn't even revealed until several appearances in. Here, he's a major player in the plot.
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* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: Professor Oak tries to escape from a cage via martial arts training. It doesn't go well. He never actually ''finished'' his martial arts lessons.

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* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: Professor Oak tries to escape from a cage via martial arts training. It doesn't go well. He never actually ''finished'' his martial arts lessons.lessons.
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* TheAtoner: Delia feels guilty for [[spoiler:associating herself with Giovanni]] as a young woman and wishes to keep Ash from learning the truth about her past.

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* TheAtoner: Delia feels guilty for [[spoiler:associating associating herself with Giovanni]] Giovanni as a young woman and wishes to keep Ash from learning the truth about her past.

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* AmbiguousGender: Surprising averted. Pikachu is repeatedly called "he" instead of "it" (probably because the song "Pikachu (I Choose You)" has Ash refer to it as being like his "brother"). Pikachu wouldn't be confirmed as male for many more years.

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* AmbiguousGender: Surprising averted. Pikachu is repeatedly called "he" instead of "it" (probably because the song "Pikachu (I Choose You)" has Ash refer to it as being like his "brother"). Pikachu wouldn't be confirmed as male for many several more years.


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* TheAtoner: Delia feels guilty for [[spoiler:associating herself with Giovanni]] as a young woman and wishes to keep Ash from learning the truth about her past.
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* TeenPregnancy: This is alluded to. Delia was a Rocket member as a teen. It's never mentioned when she had Ash, but there are some implications she had him young (especially if he is Giovanni's son). This is canon to ''LightNovel/PocketMonstersTheAnimation'', where Delia had Ash at 19.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: Surprising for a show that shipped Ash/Misty and Giovanni/Delia, it doesn't reference James/Jessie. Instead we get James being as camp as ever an joking about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".

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* AdaptationPersonalityChange:
** James stands up to, and insults, Jessie more than in canon.
** Jessie is a bit more upbeat and campy than in the anime.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Surprising for a show that shipped Ash/Misty and Giovanni/Delia, it doesn't reference James/Jessie. Instead we get James being as camp as ever an and joking about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".


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* AdaptationPersonalityChange: He's more zanier and wackier than in other portrayals.
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* FormerTeenRebel: When Delia was a teen, she hanged around with a bad crowd, dated Giovanni, and was in the gang that would son become Team Rocket.

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* FormerTeenRebel: When Delia was a teen, she hanged around with a bad crowd, dated Giovanni, and was in the gang that would son soon become Team Rocket.
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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Ash is a friend to all Pokemon, which is lampshadedby Misty in "I've Got A Secret". His memories and pure heart [[spoiler:even wreck Giovanni's plan by giving [=MechaMew2=] knowledge of love and right and wrong.]]

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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Ash is a friend to all Pokemon, which is lampshadedby lampshaded by Misty in "I've Got A Secret". His memories and pure heart [[spoiler:even wreck Giovanni's plan by giving [=MechaMew2=] knowledge of love and right and wrong.]]

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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: It's implied that his biological father is Giovanni.



* AmbiguousGender: Surprising averted. Pikachu is repeatedly called "he" instead of "it" (probably because the song "Pikachu, I Choose You" has Ash refer to it as being like his "brother"). Pikachu wouldn't be confirmed as male for many more years.

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* AmbiguousGender: Surprising averted. Pikachu is repeatedly called "he" instead of "it" (probably because the song "Pikachu, I "Pikachu (I Choose You" You)" has Ash refer to it as being like his "brother"). Pikachu wouldn't be confirmed as male for many more years.



* BringHimToMe: Giovanni instructs Team Rocket to bring him Pikachu alive and unharmed so it can fight MechaMew2. Pikachu refuses to obey them, so Giovanni orders that Ash be captured as well.

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* BringHimToMe: Giovanni instructs Team Rocket to bring him Pikachu alive and unharmed so it can fight MechaMew2. [=MechaMew2=] Pikachu refuses to obey them, so Giovanni orders that Ash be captured as well.


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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: The play has some implications that Delia left him for Ash's father after already being pregnant with Ash.

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* FriendToAllLivingThings: Ash is a friend to all Pokemon, which is lampshadedby Misty in "I've Got A Secret". His memories and pure heart [[spoiler:even wreck Giovanni's plan by giving [=MechaMew2=] knowledge of love and right and wrong.]]
* GoodMorningCrono: The story starts with Ash sleeping in at home and Pikachu shocking him awake.
* NonchalantDodge: During "You Just Can't Win," Giovanni tries to punch Ash, who dodges and taunts him about it.



* CannotSpitItOut: Misty can't confess her feelings to Ash, partially because she feels he's completely focused on Pokemon and ignoring her. [[spoiler:She still hasn't told him even at the end of the play]].




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* CharacterExaggeration: He spends the entire musical drooling over girls and even hits on ''Misty''.
* HiddenDepths: He can use sign language.




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* AmbiguouslyGay: Surprising for a show that shipped Ash/Misty and Giovanni/Delia, it doesn't reference James/Jessie. Instead we get James being as camp as ever an joking about "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".
* BreakingTheFourthWall: They do this a lot, even in their intro scene.
* FailedASpotCheck: Jessie and James report that Ash got away from them while walking right past him.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: Used platonically with best friends Jessie and James, who do this quite a bit, both in songs and in dialogue.
* HelpImStuck: Jessie and James fall into their own pit trap and Meowth has to fetch a rope to rescue them.
* ShooOutTheClowns: Towards the end of the musical, Giovanni forces Team Rocket to leave so he can fight against Ash.



* AdaptationDyeJob: He wears his black suits from the game, not his orange suit from the anime.



* BadassArmFold: Giovanni does this in "You Just Can't Win" after grabbing Ash by the chin/neck and shoving him away.
* BringHimToMe: Giovanni instructs Team Rocket to bring him Pikachu alive and unharmed so it can fight MechaMew2. Pikachu refuses to obey them, so Giovanni orders that Ash be captured as well.
* TheChessmaster: Giovanni orchestrates the entire plot and manipulates just about everyone.




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* EvilFormerFriend: Delia used to date Giovanni. He still has feelings for her, but she's moved on.
* EvilGloating: "It Will All Be Mine" is basically evil gloating in the form of a song.
* EvilLaugh: He chuckles a lot.
* AGodIAm: During "It Will All Be Mine," Giovanni says he'll have divine power and make the sun shine on only him.
* LukeIAmYourFather: Subverted. It's implied he's Ash's dad, but this is never noted explicitly and it's unknown if Giovanni even ''knows'' he has a child (judging from his lack of reaction to Ash and his attempt at [[OffingTheOffspring killing him]], he doesn't).
* MaliciousMisnaming: At one point, Giovanni refers to Professor Oak as "Professor Acorn."
* NearVillainVictory: Giovanni's plan works completely, and he tries to kill Ash and Pikachu with Hyper Beam after they served their purpose in his plan. If not for [[spoiler:Mewtwo's intervention]], he would have won.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: He used to date Delia. In canon, the two don't even know each other.
* StrappedToABomb: [=MechaMew2=] puts [[spoiler:Giovanni]] in a headlock as it [[spoiler:counts down to self destruct.]]
* TakeOverTheWorld: Giovanni plans to do this through [=MechaMew2=].
* VillainousCrush: Giovanni still pines after his exe Delia.
* VisionaryVillain: Giovanni claims his plan will change the world forever, and his villain songs describe ruling the planet and controlling each day to the point that he'll make the sun shine on him alone.
* WouldHurtAChild: Giovanni is perfectly willing to kill Ash with [=MechaMew2's=] Hyper Beam, and he engages him in a fistfight shortly before that.
* YoureInsane!: Delia calls him "mad" when he explains his world domination plans to her.

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* CompositeCharacter: [=MechaMew2=] is primarily based on Mewtwo, but also has Mew's unique feature of being able to learn every Pokemon move.
* HumanityIsInfectious: Thanks to Ash's memories, [=MechaMew2=] gains sentience and the ability to talk.
* InvincibleVillain: [=MechaMew2=] wins every battle it participates in until the very end, meaning it defeated at least 250 trainers offscreen. It's only defeated by [[spoiler:Mewtwo giving in sentience that results in it blowing up to stop Giovanni]].
* NighInvulnerable: [=MechaMew2=] is seemingly unaffected by any opponent's attack, no matter how strong.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: [=MechaMew2=] speaks with heavy reverb and a male/female voice similar to the Mewtwo/Nurse Joy example from the anime's first movie.



* AdaptedOut: Of the Dubai version.



* DarkSecret: Delia keeps her past relationship with Giovanni secret because she's terrified of how Ash will take the news.



!!Professor Oak

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!!Professor OakOak
* AdaptationalComicRelief: He's goofier than in the anime.
* AdaptedOut: Of the Dubai version.
* AscendedExtra: He has more screentime than in the anime.
* WhatTheFuAreYouDoing: Professor Oak tries to escape from a cage via martial arts training. It doesn't go well. He never actually ''finished'' his martial arts lessons.
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!!Ash Ketchum
* AgeLift: It's unclear how old Ash is, but it's implied he's older than ten.
* ComingOfAgeStory: It's even more explicit than in the anime. Ash is growing up and wants to be treated like a man.
* DisappearedDad: It's more obvious in the musical due to Delia's love life being discussed. Delia left Giovanni for Ash's father, but Ash's dad isn't in their life for some never-discussed reason.
* ForgottenBirthday: Ash forgot Misty's birthday, which was three weeks ago.

!!Misty
* AgeLift: Misty is at least eleven, if not older.
* PromotedToLoveInterest:
** Misty's implied crush on Ash from the anime is front and center here.
** PlayedForLaughs when Brock begins crushing on Misty. She's not pleased.

!!Brock
* AdaptationalComicRelief: Brock has no CharacterDevelopment and instead exists to make funny quips.

!!Pikachu
* AmbiguousGender: Surprising averted. Pikachu is repeatedly called "he" instead of "it" (probably because the song "Pikachu, I Choose You" has Ash refer to it as being like his "brother"). Pikachu wouldn't be confirmed as male for many more years.
* DemotedToExtra: Due to the limits of the medium, Pikachu is demoted from his status as a core character. He just pops up once in a while to make noises and prove he hasn't been AdaptedOut.

!!Team Rocket (Jessie, James, Meowth)

!!Giovanni
* AscendedExtra: In the Kanto episode he was so secluded in mystery that his face wasn't even revealed until several appearances in. Here, he's a major player in the plot.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Giovanni explicitly hates just about everyone, with Delia being his exception.

!!Delia
* AscendedExtra: She's a reoccuring character in the anime but is a major part of the plot in ''Live''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Delia used to be a part of Team Rocket, but she regrets those days and tries her best to keep Ash from learning about her past.
* FormerTeenRebel: When Delia was a teen, she hanged around with a bad crowd, dated Giovanni, and was in the gang that would son become Team Rocket.
* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: It's implied that Giovanni is Ash's biological father, not Delia's husband.
* PromotedToLoveInterest: Giovanni used to date, though Delia only describes him as a "friend".

!!Professor Oak

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