History Characters / PokemonMovies

* TheyCalledMeMad: Th Institute deemed him this for Mirage Pokémon and rejected him.

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[[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeries The Original Series]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesMistyAndBrock Misty and Brock]], [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire Ruby and Sapphire]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl Diamond and Pearl]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlMainCast Main Cast]], [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPaul Paul]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhite Black & White]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXY XY]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoon Sun & Moon]] ([[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonMainCast Main Cast]]) | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeries Journeys]] ([[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesMainCast Main Cast]]) \\
'''Others:''' '''Movie characters'''-]]]]]

* BreathWeapon: It knows Aeroblast, and how to put it to good use.

[-'''Series-wide:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPikachu Pikachu]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTrio Team Rocket Trio]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketOrganization Team Rocket Organization]]\\

!!Iron-Masked Marauder (Vicious) [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketOrganization click here for more info]]

!!Poacher
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KoichiYamadera (Japanese), Creator/MaddieBlaustein (English)

A nameless Pokémon poacher who tried to capture Celebi 40 years ago. In the present, the Iron-Masked Marauder hunts him down to interrogate him about the spot where he found Celebi.

* DistressedDamsel: Mostly at the beginning. And, in a way, when she goes to Ash for help in saving Latios.

* GemstoneAssault: She can create diamonds, but since she hasn't mastered her powers, they soon disappear.
* OurFairiesAreDifferent: A Rock-Fairy type.

[-'''Series-wide:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPikachu Pikachu]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTrio Team Rocket Trio]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketTriosPokemon Team Rocket Trio's Pokémon]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesTeamRocketOrganization Team Rocket Organization]]\\
'''Major Characters:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesMisty Misty]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBrock Brock]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesMay May]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDawn Dawn]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesPaul Paul]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesIris Iris]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSerena Serena]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesLillie Lillie]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesGoh Goh]] \\
'''Original Series:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Kanto, Orange Islands, Johto)]]\\
[[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheOriginalSeriesOneShotCharacters One-shot Characters]]\\
'''Advanced Generation:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Hoenn)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireGymLeadersAndFrontierBrains Gym Leaders and Frontier Brains]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphireVillains Villains]]\\
'''Diamond and Pearl:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Sinnoh)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearlVillains Villains]]\\
'''Black and White:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Unova)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteRivals Rivals]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesBlackAndWhiteVillains Villains]]\\
'''XY:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Kalos)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYRivals Rivals]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYGymLeaders Gym Leaders]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYMegaEvolutionSpecials Mega Evolution Special]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesXYVillains Villains]]\\
'''Sun and Moon:''' [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Alola)]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonKahunasAndGuardianDeities Kahunas and Guardian Deities]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonAetherFoundation Aether Foundation]] | [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesSunAndMoonVillains Villains]]\\
'''Journeys:''' [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesAshsPokemon Ash's Pokémon (Journeys)]] | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesCast Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesGalar Galar]] | [[Characters/PokemonJourneysTheSeriesOneShotCharacters One-shot Characters]]\\
'''Horizons:''' [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesLeadCharacters Lead Characters]] | [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesPokemon Pokémon]] | [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesAntagonists Antagonists]] | [[Characters/PokemonHorizonsTheSeriesSupportingCast Supporting Cast]]\\
'''Movies:''' '''Movies 1 to 19''' | [[Characters/PokemonIChooseYou I Choose You!]] | [[Characters/PokemonThePowerOfUs The Power of Us]] | [[Characters/PokemonSecretsOfTheJungle Secrets of the Jungle]]-]]]]]

'''Movies:''' '''Movies 1 to 19''' | [[Characters/PokemonIChooseYou I Choose You!]] ([[Characters/PokemonIChooseYouAshKetchum Ash Ketchum]]) | [[Characters/PokemonThePowerOfUs The Power of Us]] | [[Characters/PokemonSecretsOfTheJungle Secrets of the Jungle]]-]]]]]

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The legendary birds behave like territorial wild animals (just bigger and way more destructive), contrary to subsequent Pokémon movies where most legendary Pokémon are shown to be sapient and intelligent.

* ManlyTears: [[spoiler:Right after he learns the truth about why Aaron sealed him away as well as him finally learning Aaron viewed him as a dear friend more than anything rather than them being a "master-servant" relationship as Lucario always thought. By the end of said reveal, Lucario is ''openly weeping.'']]

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A Sword of Justice in training, who is very eager to fight Kyurem at first.

* BadassAdorable: Pint-sized and cute, like Mew and its counterparts in the movie. Also like them is that he can really fight (although unlike them, he doesn't have a cutesy-sounding voice).
* {{BFS}}: [[spoiler:His Secret Sword is about as long as he is!]]
* BullyingADragon: Literally picked a fight with the Dragon type Kyurem before he was ready.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:Gains Resolute Forme just in time for its rematch with Kyurem.]]

* HotBlooded: Was heavily this before getting his ass handed to him by Kyurem.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: [[spoiler:Yields in his rematch with Kyurem.]]

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* SternTeacher: Cobalion is the most serious of his trio, but genuinely wants to see Keldeo get stronger.

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* TeamMom: Serves as this to the Swords of Justice.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Is the only female member of the Swords of Justice.

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* BigFun: Is the bulkiest member of the Swords of Justice, and is also the most jovial.
* TheBigGuy: Big and muscular when compared to the other Swords of Justice.

* AdaptationalBadass: Is outright stated by Iris to be the strongest Dragon-type in the world, is certainly no slouch in a fight, and most notably can switch between both its alternate forms at will just by "borrowing" Reshiram and Zekrom's power, when elsewhere in the franchise it needs to fuse with either Reshiram or Zekrom to do so.
* BerserkButton: If you pass through his arc to fight him, you better see the battle to the end and not run away. He ''will'' hunt you down.
* BigBad: [[spoiler:Except he's less evil and more angry that Keldeo ran away and didn't finish the fight.]]
* BloodKnight: He will accept any invitation to a fight. Just don't run away.
* FlunkyBoss: A pack of Cryogonal is always following him.

* LargeHam: More quiet than most hams, but his voice makes any speaking have impact. Then there is the way he accepts invitations to a fight: set up an icy combat ring with an arc for the challenger to pass through as formality.
* OneWingedAngel: Can take the Black Kyurem and White Kyurem forms at will.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Iris specifically stated Kyurem is the strongest Dragon-type in the world.%%And boy does he prove that title.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the games, Giratina was a SatanicArchetype who was banished for being a BloodKnight (by who is unknown, but is likely to be Arceus) and in ''Legends Arceus'' [[spoiler:it was one of the main antagonists alongside Volo, uncaring if the universe was destroyed as long as it could get revenge]]. Here, it has no animosity towards anyone, is looking for Shaymin to open a portal from the Distortion World, and it only holds a grudge on Dialga for polluting the Distortion World with his and Palkia's fight. It also [[spoiler:attempts to hold off Arceus with Palkia to buy Ash and co. time as they go back in time to fix everything]].
* AntiVillain: Type IV (In Name Only). Despite its [[FaceOfAThug villainous look]], it really has nothing against the protagonists or Shaymin. It's just extremely choleric towards Dialga and Palkia going on with their lifelong feud to the point their fighting polluted its world. Considering it attacks Dialga first and not Palkia implies Dialga started it.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: In ''Arceus and the Jewel of Life'', it recognizes Ash as one of the humans who saved it and, per Ash's pleas, [[SwiperNoSwiping gives up its grudge with Dialga]] just as it was preparing to kill the time dragon.

* DarkIsNotEvil: It can hold a grudge against those who damage the Reverse World, its frightening appearance leads the protagonists to believe it is evil, and Shaymin thinks it wants to eat it. Ultimately, it doesn't bear any ill will towards the protagonists, and just needed Shaymin's help. Even its conflict with Dialga and Palkia was born due to the duo's fight causing reality to start collapsing.

* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: After Shaymin restores it to life, it just has the most pleasant smile and allows Pikachu and Piplup to run around on its head showing that it is not evil at all.

* GroundhogDayLoop: Is trapped in one by Dialga, preventing the use of its powers to leave the Distortion World, thus its plan to force Shaymin to use Seed Flare to create another portal and negating the loop.
* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: It uses its snakelike Origin forme whenever in the Distortion World, and changes to its legged form outside of it. The change is automatic.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Has red eyes, quite fitting for the franchise's [[SatanicArchetype equivalent of Satan]], and doesn't hesitate to take revenge on Dialga and Palkia the hard way.
* {{Revenge}}: Tries to kill Dialga more than once, out of anger at it threatening the entirety of existence with its fight against Palkia, which while harsh is hardly unjustified. Luckily, Ash talks him out of it in their second encounter.
* SwiperNoSwiping: Played with since it's not actually villainous, but once it starts getting ready to kill Dialga, it recognizes Ash and Pikachu after they plea to it to stop. After briefly reminiscing about them, it stops and lets Dialga just go.

* BadassAdorable: It's very playful, but has fighting skills on par with Mewtwo. What did you expect?
* BewareTheSillyOnes: It's not nearly as nice as its playful, goofy demeanor suggests, and is more than willing to engage in a brutal fight to the death with Mewtwo after he angers it.
* BigDamnHero: Catches Ash after being sent flying by Mewtwo and is the only creature alive able to match Mewtwo in power.

* LetsGetDangerous: It spends the first half of the film before confronting Mewtwo bouncing around the island playing. When Mewtwo delivers his BadassBoast that he is superior, Mew just chases its tail, and giggles as it dodges Mewtwo's attacks. But when one of Mewtwo's attacks finally hits and sends it flying through the air? It returns the favor.
* NotSoHarmless: Its playful, curious nature make it seem like a harmless creature, but it proves to be just as powerful and vicious in battle as Mewtwo, once he pisses it off.
* PatrickStewartSpeech: When Mewtwo attempts to assert he and his CloneArmy are superior Mew and the originals due to their greater innate powers, Mew launches into a speech (helpfully translated by Meowth for Team Rocket and the audience), that those powers mean nothing and the ''real'' measure of a Pokémon is what's in their heart. [[ShutUpKirk Mewtwo responds with another energy ball]].

* CopiedTheMoralsToo: Averted. Whereas many of the clones are identical in personality (minus their BloodKnight side, of course), Pikachu is the most radically different in personality from them.

* HitMeDammit: Unfortunately for Pikachutwo, no matter how much he hits Ash's Pikachu -- he simply doesn't understand why Pikachu [[DefiantToTheEnd keeps standing up]] ''[[MartialPacifist without]]'' [[MartialPacifist the intent to fight]].

* CopiedTheMoralsToo: Played with. Meowthtwo looks the dopiest of the clones, but shares Meowth's bad sense of battle by not wanting to fight, while being [[SmarterThanYouLook smarter than he looks]] given its [[ThePhilosopher philosopher]] side.

* BadassPacifist: For most of the story Lugia is trying to calm the legendary birds down and doesn't actually launch any attacks, simply dodging or protecting itself with a barrier. It isn't until Lawrence tries to capture it, that [[PacifismBreakingPoint Lugia is finally pissed enough to go on the offensive]] and [[IAmNotLefthanded it becomes abundantly clear it could have easily beaten down the birds with brute force if it had wanted to]].

* GetOut: Variations of it, which form almost all of his dialogue. [[spoiler:He's speaking to Palkia and Dialga.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Granted, he's less of a "jerk" and simply seems a little more inclined towards aggression than negotiation, which can't have helped the public opinion of him. Despite this, there's a ''major'' emphasis on his Heart of Gold.
* LightningBruiser: He's strong enough to hold his own against [[PhysicalGods Dialga and Palkia]] ''SIMULTANEOUSLY''. Even more impressively, his primary focus at the time was protecting Alima and its inhabitants.

* NotHelpingYourCase: His aggressive behavior and tendency to trap people in nightmares, really doesn't do much to convince anyone of his good intentions.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The only Legendary to appear in three straight movies; sure enough it becomes a big influence in the third movie, where its time powers let it send Ash and co. back in time to prevent Arceus from developing a hatred of humans and trying to destroy the world.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: In the twelfth movie, it is defeated by Arceus within the first twenty minutes, and yet it is the reason why Ash, his friends and Sheena were able to travel back in time to resolve everything.

* ADayInTheLimelight: It is somewhat more important in Movie 10 than Dialga, due to appearing earlier in the climax [[spoiler:and restoring the almost destroyed Alamos Town with its powers.]]
* {{Determinator}}: After Dialga is unable to continue fighting after using its powers to send Ash and co. back in time, it and Giratina manage to keep fending off Arceus for a good deal of time until Ash and his friends return, at which that point both it and Giratina are finally trounced.

* AdaptationalBadass: Its [[SecretArt Seed Flare]]. In the games, it's a very strong attack that can even potentially AntiArmor the opponent. Here, it's even stronger, being able to create portals back to the normal world at the Distortion World.

* BrattyHalfPint: Its Land Forme has an ego the size of a Wailord and, ironically for a Pokémon based around gratefulness, was rather bossy and ungrateful to Ash and co. Averted in its Sky Forme, though.

* TalkingAnimal: Speaks via telepathy.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the games, Giratina was a SatanicArchetype who was banished for being a BloodKnight (by who is unknown, but is likely to be Arceus) and in ''Legends Arceus'' [[spoiler:it was one of the main antagonists alongside Volo, uncaring if the universe was destroyed as long as it could get revenge]]. Here, it has no animosity towards anyone, is looking for Shaymin to open a portal from the Distortion World, and it only holds a grudge on Dialga for polluting the Distortion World with his and Palkia's fight.
* AntiVillain: Type IV (In Name Only). Despite its [[FaceOfAThug villainous look]], it really has nothing against the protagonists or Shaymin. It's just really pissed at Dialga and Palkia going on with their lifelong feud to the point their fighting polluted its world. Considering it attacks Dialga and not Palkia implies Dialga started it.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: In ''Arceus and the Jewel of Life'' it recognizes Ash as one of the humans who saved it and per Ash's pleas gives up its grudge with Dialga just as it prepared to kill the time dragon.

* AdaptationalBadass: Arceus in the games, even with his plates, is still a Pokémon that can be defeated by a single non-legendary mon under the right conditions and his Multitype Ability merely lets him change to one type at a time. Here, Multitype is made even stronger, allowing him to outright NoSell every attack thrown at him by anyone provided he has the right plate. Even without his plates, he can survive a mass Thunderbolt attack from hundreds of Pokémon and easily decimate his opposition. Furthermore, in the games all other members of the Creation Trio can defeat it even on their own, here they all get destroyed fighting him and just barely hold him back. Though [[JustifiedTrope you wouldn't expect anything less]] from the {{God}} of all Pokémon, would you

* EveryoneHasStandards: It's a heroic force that helps those in actual need, ''not'' something who will just do it because they're asking for it. Case in point, it shows NoSympathy for the remains of Team Galactic to rescue Cyrus, given how they used Heatran, who almost died after absorbing the Fire Plate and ripping a hole in space-time, and Arceus completely ignores them as it leaves.

* AdaptationalBadass: Zoroark is a GlassCannon in the games. While this one retains the 'cannon' part, she completely lacks the 'glass,' tanking absurd amounts of punishment without stopping. Her MasterOfIllusion powers absolutely ''dwarf'' the simple 'disguise itself' ones its game counterpart has, being city wide in potential scope and even being able to fool senses other than sight.

* NotSoAboveItAll: She turns into Pikachu when she and her son (in the form of Ash) are riding away on a boat at the end of the movie, just to [[{{Troll}} mess with the duo]].

* WeUsedToBeFriends: Downplayed. When Ash tries to help her remember him and calm down a bit, he brings up that they used to play together when they were younger. She evidently ''doesn't'' remember this and in her defense, Ash only seems to vaguely remember.

* MsFanservice: Her adult form [[BuxomBeautyStandard is stacked]] and wears a micro dress under a sleeveless cardigan.

* FairyGodmother: Aside from being a male guardian lion, he fulfills this role towards Molly.