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* FridgeBrilliance: Arceus changes his type to be unaffected by the trio's dragon type attacks, something that seemed impossible at the time. Come the 6th generation, and Arceus gains a fairy plate, for a typing that's completely immune to dragons. It's likely that he had been using that to defend himself during the movie.
* FridgeHorror: When the timeline is rewritten, it is not stated completely that Arceus fell into a sleep that lasted until the present. We see three of its plates in a flashback in ''Anime/PokemonHoopaAndTheClashOfAges'', indicating that it helped create the Prison Bottle. This could signal that if the Jewel of Life was never returned, Hoopa would still be terrorizing Dahara City.

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* FridgeBrilliance: Arceus changes his type to be unaffected by the trio's dragon type attacks, something that seemed impossible at the time. Come the 6th generation, and Arceus gains a fairy plate, for a typing that's completely immune to dragons. It's likely that he had been using that to defend himself during the movie.
* FridgeHorror: When the timeline is rewritten, it is not stated completely that Arceus fell into a sleep that lasted until the present. We see three of its plates Plates in a flashback in ''Anime/PokemonHoopaAndTheClashOfAges'', indicating that it helped create the Prison Bottle. This could signal that if the Jewel of Life was never returned, Hoopa would still be terrorizing Dahara City.[[labelnote:*]]Then again, three Plates did appear in an episode long before this movie, and Arceus isn't missing them here, so make of it what you will.[[/labelnote]]


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** Soooo, why exactly is liquid metal as effective against Arceus as throwing a meteorite at it? Not much is stopping Arceus from using its Flame Plate to melt or evaporate it. Or using its Spooky Plate to possibly phase through it. Or, if it's mercury that's poisoning it, using its Toxic Plate to make it immune to poison. Plus, as the original timeline indicated, it had no problem with killing everything if it needed to...


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** During the fight with the Sinnoh trio, Arceus changes his type to be unaffected by their Dragon-type attacks, something that seemed impossible at the time. Gen VI then introduced the Fairy-type, which actually is immune to Dragon-type attacks.


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* ObviousJudas: Marcus's role as the BigBad is meant to be a twist. One look at his [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver obviously evil-looking design]] (a design which [[LawOfConservationOfDetail no-one else in the movie matches]]), however, and you already know Damos isn't the (only) one to blame.

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* CreatorsPet: The spikey-eared Pichu, which would go on to become a PromotionalPowerlessPieceOfGarbage in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver HeartGold and SoulSilver]]'' (which even swiped Celebi's place from the original games' Ilex Forest shrine event).

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The spikey-eared Pichu, which would go on to become a PromotionalPowerlessPieceOfGarbage in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver HeartGold and SoulSilver]]'' (which even swiped Celebi's place from the original games' Ilex Forest shrine event).
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* FridgeBrilliance: Arceus changes his type to be unaffected by the trio's dragon type attacks, something that seemed impossible at the time. Come the 6th generation, and Arceus gains a fairy plate, for a typing that's completely immune to dragons. It's likely that he had been using that to defend himself during the movie.
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* BaseBreaker: Arceus. To some, he's cool and genuinely tragic, while to others, he's a whiny {{Jerkass}} with an annoying voice.

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* BaseBreaker: BaseBreakingCharacter: Arceus. To some, he's cool and genuinely tragic, while to others, he's a whiny {{Jerkass}} with an annoying voice.
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* FridgeHorror: When the timeline is rewritten, it is not stated completely that Arceus fell into a sleep that lasted until the present. We see three of its plates in a flashback in ''Anime/HoopaAndTheClashOfAges'', indicating that it helped create the Prison Bottle. This could signal that if the Jewel of Life was never returned, Hoopa would still be terrorizing Dahara City.

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* FridgeHorror: When the timeline is rewritten, it is not stated completely that Arceus fell into a sleep that lasted until the present. We see three of its plates in a flashback in ''Anime/HoopaAndTheClashOfAges'', ''Anime/PokemonHoopaAndTheClashOfAges'', indicating that it helped create the Prison Bottle. This could signal that if the Jewel of Life was never returned, Hoopa would still be terrorizing Dahara City.
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* FridgeHorror: When the timeline is rewritten, it is not stated completely that Arceus fell into a sleep that lasted until the present. We see three of its plates in a flashback in ''Anime/HoopaAndTheClashOfAges'', indicating that it helped create the Prison Bottle. This could signal that if the Jewel of Life was never returned, Hoopa would still be terrorizing Dahara City.

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* HilariousInHindsight: When Sheena tells the heroes about a legend involving a young trainer with an electric Pokémon, Dawn automatically assumes it's referring to Ash. He isn't so quick to agree however, probably because of what happened [[Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}} the last time]] he JumpedAtTheCall.

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When Sheena tells the heroes about a legend involving a young trainer with an electric Pokémon, Dawn automatically assumes it's referring to Ash. He isn't so quick to agree however, probably because of what happened [[Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}} the last time]] he JumpedAtTheCall.



* {{Narm}}: Thunder creature? Really? Sheena couldn't just say "Electric-type Pokémon" or even ''Pikachu''?!

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* FridgeLogic:
** The GrandfatherParadox that occurs when [[spoiler:Arceus nearly dies in the past, prompting Ash and co. to fade away]] logically should come about as well when the Jewel of Life is returned in the past - either way, Arceus doesn't have a reason to attack humanity in the future, and Ash and co. have no reason to travel back in time in the first place.
** In the last few minutes of the movie, Arceus is still angry in the future even after the Jewel is returned in the past. If he has no reason to attack Michina Town, why was he fighting there to begin with?



** Well, subplot - at one point in the future, Team Rocket stumble across the real Jewel of Life as Arceus battles above them. You'd think that they'd try and use it to bait Arceus and get him under their control (or at least get him to cease his "judgement"). Instead they fumble around, do nothing with it and by the end the Jewel fades away thanks to the TimeyWimeyBall. They might as well have never found the sodding bauble to begin with.

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** Well, subplot - at At one point in the future, Team Rocket stumble across the real Jewel of Life as Arceus battles above them. You'd think that they'd try and use it to bait Arceus and get him under their control (or at least get him to cease his "judgement"). Instead they fumble around, do nothing with it and by the end the Jewel fades away thanks to the TimeyWimeyBall. They might as well have never found the sodding bauble to begin with.



* WhatAnIdiot: Ash, Dawn, and Brock doing nothing but standing there as Kevin explicitly orders them to escape as ''Giratina'' is in the distance fighting Dialga. Then Ash impulsively runs into the lake to get to Giratina. Granted, Giratina doesn't hurt him, but it was still a pretty dumb move when up against the enraged, 14ft tall EldritchAbomination.

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Ash, Dawn, and Brock doing nothing but standing there as Kevin explicitly orders them to escape as ''Giratina'' is in the distance fighting Dialga. Then Ash impulsively runs into the lake to get to Giratina. Granted, Giratina doesn't hurt him, but it was still a pretty dumb move when up against the enraged, 14ft tall EldritchAbomination.EldritchAbomination.
** Sheena tells the ObviouslyEvil [[EvilChancellor Marcus]] about exactly what is going to happen when Arceus doesn't get the Jewel of Life back. With almost no suspicion regarding his motivations, especially when he looks like [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar's]] second-rate cousin and the kind of guy who'd be most likely to backstab a god. This results in nearly getting herself and her friends erased from time. Great jorb, buddy.
* WTHCastingAgency: LargeHam extraordinaire Creator/DanGreen voices Damos, but some would prefer him to be Arceus' English voice as opposed to the nasally, whiny drag-queen voice provided by Tom Wayland.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Well, subplot - at one point in the future, Team Rocket stumble across the real Jewel of Life as Arceus battles above them. You'd think that they'd try and use it to bait Arceus and get him under their control (or at least get him to cease his "judgement"). Instead they fumble around, do nothing with it and by the end the Jewel fades away thanks to the TimeyWimeyBall. They might as well have never found the sodding bauble to begin with.

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Well, subplot - at one point in the future, Team Rocket stumble across the real Jewel of Life as Arceus battles above them. You'd think that they'd try and use it to bait Arceus and get him under their control (or at least get him to cease his "judgement"). Instead they fumble around, do nothing with it and by the end the Jewel fades away thanks to the TimeyWimeyBall. They might as well have never found the sodding bauble to begin with.with.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EuqrvkqmEk At least one critic]] persuasively argues that the Damos plot would be significantly more compelling if he ''had'' originally given in to temptation and refused to return the Jewel of Life, a good man betraying his morals for the sake of what he believes is a NecessaryEvil. Such a plot would also have made Marcus a bit more compelling and three-dimensional, using him first as a Devil's Advocate, and later, to try swiping the jewel himself in the endgame.

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* CreatorsPet: The spikey-eared Pichu, which would go on to become a PromotionalPowerlessPieceOfGarbage in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Heart Gold and Soul Silver]]''.
** Seriously, you could remove Pichu and replace it with another small pokemon and everything would still turn out the same. To make matters worse, the creators put it on the cover of the film even though it had very little screen time than that of other more notable pokemon.

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* CreatorsPet: The spikey-eared Pichu, which would go on to become a PromotionalPowerlessPieceOfGarbage in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Heart Gold HeartGold and Soul Silver]]''.
SoulSilver]]'' (which even swiped Celebi's place from the original games' Ilex Forest shrine event).
** Seriously, you could remove Pichu and replace it with another small pokemon Pokémon, and everything would still turn out the same. To make matters worse, the creators put it on the cover poster of the film displays it like a main cast member, even though it had has very little screen time than that of other more notable pokemon.(more notable) Pokémon.



** Some people said that Marcus was the human version of Shadow the Hedgehog when the movie was still in Japan. And now he's voiced by Jason Griffith!
* IronWoobie: The Creation Trio. Particularly, Dialga.

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** Some people said that Marcus was the human version of [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Shadow the Hedgehog Hedgehog]] when the movie was still in Japan. And now he's voiced by Japan, thanks to their similar appearances. The English dub then had Jason Griffith!
Griffith (the English voice of Shadow from 2005 to 2010) voice Marcus.
* IronWoobie: The Creation Trio. Particularly, Dialga.Trio, particularly (and [[ExtraOreDinary literally]]) Dialga. The three of them stand up against what is essentially their parent (and a literal {{God}}) to stop him from destroying humanity, and get repeatedly knocked down, with Dialga being the last man standing.[[note]]However, it's not directly said in the movie that Arceus created the three, and the trio don't seem to be bothered about attacking their creator, so make of it what you will.[[/note]]


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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Well, subplot - at one point in the future, Team Rocket stumble across the real Jewel of Life as Arceus battles above them. You'd think that they'd try and use it to bait Arceus and get him under their control (or at least get him to cease his "judgement"). Instead they fumble around, do nothing with it and by the end the Jewel fades away thanks to the TimeyWimeyBall. They might as well have never found the sodding bauble to begin with.
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* DescendedCreator[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to ADR director Tom Wayland, Arceus was originally going to be voiced by actor Vincent D'Onofrio of ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' and ''Film/MenInBlack'' fame. However, before his recording session, there were difficulties with D'Onofrio's agent and he was unable to record for the movie. After re-auditioning, Tom Wayland himself was chosen to voice Arceus instead.

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* DescendedCreator[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: DescendedCreator: According to ADR director Tom Wayland, Arceus was originally going to be voiced by actor Vincent D'Onofrio of ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' and ''Film/MenInBlack'' fame. However, before his recording session, there were difficulties with D'Onofrio's agent and he was unable to record for the movie. After re-auditioning, Tom Wayland himself was chosen to voice Arceus instead.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[TimeMaster Dialga,]] [[SpaceMaster Palkia,]] and [[{{Satan}} Giratina]] vs. [[{{God}} Arceus.]] Enough said.
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* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: [[TimeMaster Dialga,]] [[SpaceMaster Palkia,]] and [[{{Satan}} Giratina]] vs. [[{{God}} Arceus.]] Enough said.


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* JustHereForGodzilla: There's a part of the audience that skips most of the story just to see the Creation Trio battle against Arceus.


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* WhatAnIdiot: Ash, Dawn, and Brock doing nothing but standing there as Kevin explicitly orders them to escape as ''Giratina'' is in the distance fighting Dialga. Then Ash impulsively runs into the lake to get to Giratina. Granted, Giratina doesn't hurt him, but it was still a pretty dumb move when up against the enraged, 14ft tall EldritchAbomination.
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* DescendedCreator[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to ADR director Tom Wayland, Arceus was originally going to be voiced by actor Vincent D'Onofrio of FullMetalJacket and MenInBlack fame. However, before his recording session, there were difficulties with D'Onofrio's agent and he was unable to record for the movie. After re-auditioning, Tom Wayland himself was chosen to voice Arceus instead.

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* DescendedCreator[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to ADR director Tom Wayland, Arceus was originally going to be voiced by actor Vincent D'Onofrio of FullMetalJacket ''Film/FullMetalJacket'' and MenInBlack ''Film/MenInBlack'' fame. However, before his recording session, there were difficulties with D'Onofrio's agent and he was unable to record for the movie. After re-auditioning, Tom Wayland himself was chosen to voice Arceus instead.
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* BaseBreaker: Arceus. To some, he's cool and genuinely tragic, while to others, he's a whiny {{Jerkass}} with an annoying voice.
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** Seriously, you could remove Pichu and replace it with another small pokemon and everything would still turn out the same. To make matters worse, the creators put it on the cover of the film even though it had very little screen time than that of other more notable pokemon.
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* DescendedCreator[=/=]WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to ADR director Tom Wayland, Arceus was originally going to be voiced by actor Vincent D'Onofrio of FullMetalJacket and MenInBlack fame. However, before his recording session, there were difficulties with D'Onofrio's agent and he was unable to record for the movie. After re-auditioning, Tom Wayland himself was chosen to voice Arceus instead.
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* CreatorsPet: The spikey-eared Pichu.

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* CreatorsPet: The spikey-eared Pichu. Pichu, which would go on to become a PromotionalPowerlessPieceOfGarbage in ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Heart Gold and Soul Silver]]''.
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** For some, Arceus' English voice is built out of {{Narm}}. DanGreen should have voiced ''him'', not Damos.

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** For some, Arceus' English voice is built out of {{Narm}}. DanGreen Creator/DanGreen should have voiced ''him'', not Damos.
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** Some people said that Marcus was the human version of Shadow the Hedgehog when the movie was still in japan. And now he's voiced by Jason Griffith!

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* IronWoobie: The Creation Trio. Particularly, Dialga.
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* Creator'sPet: The spikey-eared Pichu.

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* HilariousInHindsight: When Sheena tells the heroes about a legend involving a young trainer with an electric Pokemon, Dawn automatically assumes it's referring to Ash. He isn't so quick to agree however, probably because of what happened [[Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}} the last time]] he JumpedAtTheCall.

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* HilariousInHindsight: When Sheena tells the heroes about a legend involving a young trainer with an electric Pokemon, Pokémon, Dawn automatically assumes it's referring to Ash. He isn't so quick to agree however, probably because of what happened [[Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}} the last time]] he JumpedAtTheCall.



* {{Narm}}: Thunder creature? Really? Sheena couldn't just say "Electric-type Pokemon" or even ''Pikachu''?!

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* {{Narm}}: Thunder creature? Really? Sheena couldn't just say "Electric-type Pokemon" Pokémon" or even ''Pikachu''?!
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*** It may not help, but a certain FridgeBrilliance makes sense why Dan Green didn't voice him. Dan Green only voiced Mewtwo (the made-for-Tv movie), and the Illusion Entei from the 3rd movie. Why are they special and the others aren't? Because both Mewtwo and Entei were '''created by humans'''. It means that Dan Green is the voice people ''want'' legendaries to sound like, not how they ''normally'' sound.

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* HilariousInHindsight - When Sheena tells the heroes about a legend involving a young trainer with an electric Pokemon, Dawn automatically assumes it's referring to Ash. He isn't so quick to agree however, probably because of what happened [[Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}} the last time]] he JumpedAtTheCall.

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* HilariousInHindsight - HilariousInHindsight: When Sheena tells the heroes about a legend involving a young trainer with an electric Pokemon, Dawn automatically assumes it's referring to Ash. He isn't so quick to agree however, probably because of what happened [[Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}} the last time]] he JumpedAtTheCall.



* {{Narm}} - Thunder creature? Really? Sheena couldn't just say "Electric-type Pokemon" or even ''Pikachu''?!
** Back then, they hadn't even coined the word "Pokemon". "Magical creature" was the term of the day.
*** But that doesn't explain why ''she'' couldn't say "Pikachu".

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* {{Narm}} - {{Narm}}: Thunder creature? Really? Sheena couldn't just say "Electric-type Pokemon" or even ''Pikachu''?!
** Back then, they hadn't even coined the word "Pokemon". "Magical creature" was the term of the day.
*** But that doesn't explain why ''she'' couldn't say "Pikachu".
''Pikachu''?!
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** Some people said that Marcus was the human version of Shadow the Hedgehog when the movie was still in japan. And now he's voiced by Jason Griffith!
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** For some, Arceus' English voice is built out of Narm. Dan Green should have voiced ''him'', not Damos.
*** It may not help, but a certain [[FridgeBrillance Fridge Brilliance]] makes sense why Dan Green didn't voice him. Dan Green only voiced Mewtwo (the made-for-Tv movie), and the Illusion Entei from the 3rd movie. Why are they special and the others aren't? Because both Mewtwo and Entei were '''created by humans'''. It means that Dan Green is the voice people ''want'' legendaries to sound like, not how they ''normally'' sound.

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** For some, Arceus' English voice is built out of Narm. Dan Green {{Narm}}. DanGreen should have voiced ''him'', not Damos.
*** It may not help, but a certain [[FridgeBrillance Fridge Brilliance]] FridgeBrilliance makes sense why Dan Green didn't voice him. Dan Green only voiced Mewtwo (the made-for-Tv movie), and the Illusion Entei from the 3rd movie. Why are they special and the others aren't? Because both Mewtwo and Entei were '''created by humans'''. It means that Dan Green is the voice people ''want'' legendaries to sound like, not how they ''normally'' sound.
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*** It may not help, but a certain [[FridgeBrillance Fridge Brillance]] makes sense why Dan Green didn't voice him. Dan Green only voiced Mewtwo (the made-for-Tv movie), and the Illusion Entei from the 3rd movie. Why are they special and the others aren't? Because both Mewtwo and Entei were '''created by humans'''. It means that Dan Green is the voice people ''want'' legendaries to sound like, not how they ''normally'' sound.

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*** It may not help, but a certain [[FridgeBrillance Fridge Brillance]] Brilliance]] makes sense why Dan Green didn't voice him. Dan Green only voiced Mewtwo (the made-for-Tv movie), and the Illusion Entei from the 3rd movie. Why are they special and the others aren't? Because both Mewtwo and Entei were '''created by humans'''. It means that Dan Green is the voice people ''want'' legendaries to sound like, not how they ''normally'' sound.

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* HilariousInHindsight - When Sheena tells the heroes about a legend involving a young trainer with an electric Pokemon, Dawn automatically assumes it's referring to Ash. He isn't so quick to agree however, probably because of what happened [[{{Ptitlel8caxut9}} the last time]] he JumpedAtTheCall.

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* HilariousInHindsight - When Sheena tells the heroes about a legend involving a young trainer with an electric Pokemon, Dawn automatically assumes it's referring to Ash. He isn't so quick to agree however, probably because of what happened [[{{Ptitlel8caxut9}} [[Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}} the last time]] he JumpedAtTheCall.



*** It may not help, but a certain [[FridgeBrillance Fridge Brillance]] makes sense why Dan Green didn't voice him. Dan Green only voiced Mewtwo (the made-for-Tv movie), and the Illusion Entei from the 3rd movie. Why are they special and the others aren't? Because both Mewtwo and Entei were '''created by humans'''. It means that Dan Green is the voice people ''want'' legendaries to sound like, not how they ''normally'' sound.

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*** It may not help, but a certain [[FridgeBrillance Fridge Brillance]] makes sense why Dan Green didn't voice him. Dan Green only voiced Mewtwo (the made-for-Tv movie), and the Illusion Entei from the 3rd movie. Why are they special and the others aren't? Because both Mewtwo and Entei were '''created by humans'''. It means that Dan Green is the voice people ''want'' legendaries to sound like, not how they ''normally'' sound.sound.
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