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2	[[caption-width-right:230:Your wish is in command of Jirachi.]]
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4	The sixth ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' film, and the first movie for ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesRubyAndSapphire''.
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6	Once every thousand years, the Millennium Comet can be seen from Earth for seven days. By the light of that comet and the bond of one chosen by destiny, a Pokémon that can grant wishes awakens. One man, mocked by his colleagues for his failure, wants to use this Pokémon to finally complete his goal of bringing a legendary creature to life.
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9	!!This movie provides examples of:
10	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: This film gives May and Max's relationship a lot of focus, and it's clear she loves him despite their bickering.
11	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Stated by the narrator before the movie itself begins.
12	* BigBad: Butler. He is the driving force behind the movie's conflict with his goal of getting Jirachi and using its power to create a Groudon.
13	* BigNo: Jirachi when Butler gets its [[ThirdEye True Eye]] (the one on its stomach) to open by having Dusclops torture it.
14	* CallToAgriculture: The ending to ''Lucario and the Mystery of Mew'' reveals [[spoiler:that Butler and Diane have decided to take up residence in Forina, with Butler even taking up farming.]] Presumably, this is his way of atoning for his actions in this movie.
15	* ColonCancer: The title.
16	* CombatTentacles: The psuedo-Groudon sports several that emerge from either its claws or its spines. They devour any living creature they manage to catch.
17	* ContinuityNod:
18	** During part of the narration at the beginning of the movie, each Pokémon from the previous movies get a cameo, in chronological order, starting with [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie Mewtwo]], then [[{{Anime/Pokemon2000}} Lugia]], [[{{Anime/Pokemon3}} Entei]], [[Anime/Pokemon4Ever Celebi]], and [[Anime/PokemonHeroes Latias and Latios]]. Before all of them is Ho-oh, who was first seen in the very first episode.
19	** Also, the Pokémon fireworks seen in the movie were introduced in an episode that aired a couple weeks before the movie premiered.
20	** The English dub also added in a very [[Heartwarming/PokemonJirachiWishmaker heartwarming bit]] where Ash refers to a friend (obviously Misty) who had to leave him, and who he misses every day.
21	* CoversAlwaysLie: A Groudon is shown on the DVD cover. While a Groudon plays a role in the plot, it looks very different, due to it not actually being a real Groudon. Also, Ash's Treecko and Brock's Mudkip are featured, but neither appear in the film itself.
22	* CreatingLife: Butler is trying to create a Groudon from a fossil he found. His first attempt was a failure that got him banished from Team Magma, his second blew up in his face, and his [[RuleOfThree third attempt]] created a monster.
23	* DarkIsNotEvil: Absol fits his description to a tee. It's not trying to hurt Jirachi, just return it to Forina.
24	* ADayInTheLimelight: Max, as the movie focuses on his friendship with Jirachi.
25	* DoomedByCanon: Butler is horrified by the false Groudon's destruction, calling it evil, as it wasn't the real Groudon. However, anyone that's played Ruby or Emerald at the time would know that Team Magma themselves go through their own crisis with the real Groudon, as it also causes massive destruction and could not be controlled. The remakes make it worse, as Primal Groudon is made synonymous with the end of all life, with a signature move and ability that implies death.
26	* EatingTheEnemy: Butler uses Jirachi's power to create a Groudon. But the Groudon that's summoned isn't like the Groudon he's familiar with at all. In fact, [[GoneHorriblyWrong it proves to be a remorseless monster]] bent on destroying life. Not only does it [[WalkingWasteland kill all the plants it walks near]] but it uses tentacles made of slime to capture and absorb all people and Pokémon into it's body. Once caught, they can be seen trapped in bubbles in its [[BodyHorror transparent stomach.]]
27	* EldritchAbomination: The fake Groudon that Butler creates, which seems to be a rather solid BlobMonster. It sucks the life out of everything around it, killing wildlife and exuding slimy tendrils that grab and absorb any living creature they capture. Its lines perpetually glow unlike the real Groudon's and it doesn't conjure an endless drought.
28	* EndingTheme: "Make a Wish". Notable as it's the only movie to feature part of the Japanese ending theme, alongside an English version of the song.
29	* EvilAllAlong: Butler, who initially seemed like a nice enough guy. It's even revealed that he used to work for Team Magma.
30	* EvilIsNotAToy: Unsurprisingly, Meta Groudon goes out of Butler's control.
31	* {{Expy}}: Forina was Based on the historic Chinese Wulingyuan area.
32	* FictionalConstellations: The film's closing credits rolls across a number of constellations, which turn out to be based on various Pokémon from the franchise. The very last constellation appears as a single, shiny star that dissolves into one of the dots on Pikachu's cheeks.
33	%%* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
34	* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler:Butler]] made a machine that he believed would create a Groudon from scratch. The "Groudon" that resulted, well, ''wasn't''. It was an EldritchAbomination that was different from Groudon in every conceivable way except for its general shape.
35	* GreaterScopeVillain: Team Magma plays this role in the film. Butler used to work for them and his entire motivation for wanting to use Jirachi's power to resurrect Groudon stems from the fact that he hasn't gotten over being kicked out of Team Magma after his initial experiment to create a Groudon failed.
36	* HeelFaceTurn:
37	** Diane goes against Butler to drive Ash, Jirachi, and the gang back to Forina.
38	** [[spoiler:Butler himself in the end.]]
39	* {{Homage}}: This movie is very reminiscent of the works of Creator/StevenSpielberg, bearing a particular resemblance to ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial''.
40	* ImplacableMan: The psuedo-Groudon. Fire a Razor Wind at it? All you did was attract its attention. Use Hyper Beams or Flamethrowers to ward off its tentacles? They'll be back in the next moment or so. Hit the monster itself with said attacks? That won't do a thing. Reverse the machine's polarity so that it drains its energy? That works as long as you can keep it up and might even kill it eventually, but even then you might need to hit it in some way with the energy you stole from it to finish it off, just to be sure.
41	* ItsPersonal: Butler's goal is motivated out of pure hate and spite for being banished from Team Magma.
42	* KeepItForeign[=/=]TooLongDidntDub: A rare musical example. 4Kids Entertainment (through ''Creator/{{Disney}}''), rather than creating a new ending theme like they do with every ''Pokémon'' movie, decided to do a version of the film's original ending theme that alternated between English vocals and the original Japanese vocals, building up to the point where both singers have a duet in their respective languages.
43	* LighterAndSofter: For most of the film, anyway, since a lot of focus goes to Max's friendship with Jirachi.
44	* LoveMartyr: [[spoiler:Diane pushes Butler out of the way from one of Meta Groudon's tentacles.]]
45	* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:Butler's new goal after his creation goes horribly wrong is to save Diane after she gets absorbed by Meta Groudon. Jirachi lampshades it.]]
46	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Said by Butler when Meta Groudon runs amok.
47	* NeverTrustATrailer: A situation where this trope mingles with TrailersAlwaysSpoil- other than the teaser, the English trailers really play up Meta Groudon's role[[note]]"A dangerous force lies just beyond the surface, and only one Pokémon can stop it!"[[/note]]. This is despite Meta Groudon [[spoiler:only having 10 minutes of screentime, near the end of the movie.]]
48	* NoSell: Conventional Pokémon attacks are pretty much useless against Meta Groudon.
49	* ProtagonistTitle: "Wish Maker" is what Jirachi calls Max, and is presumably what he call all of the friends it make during his awake.
50	* ReversePolarity: [[spoiler:Butler believes that putting his machine in reverse would enable them to drain energy out of Meta Groudon. It works, and the monster starts rotting away and melting into sludge right before it tries to absorb Jirachi.]]
51	* {{Scatting}}: May's lullaby consists of her singing, "Doo-doo-doo."
52	* ShesAManInJapan: Jirachi is referred to with male pronouns in the English dub, while the Brazilian dub uses female pronouns. In the games it is [[NoBiologicalSex genderless]].
53	* TeleportSpam: One of Jirachi's abilities. During the battle with Meta Groudon, it's used for TeleportationRescue several times.
54	* ThrowItIn: InUniverse -- when Max rushes up on stage with Ash following him, Butler improvises by using them in his next trick. He then continues improvising when Team Rocket crashes the show.
55	* TrackingDevice: Butler's Mightyena puts one on the RV when Diane uses it to help Ash and his friends escape. It falls off mid-trip, though.
56	* WalkingWasteland: Meta Groudon kills everything near it. Almost immediately after it's created, the plant-life around it withers and dies at an alarming rate.
57	* WhatSongWasThisAgain: The original ending song, ''Chiisaki Mono'' ("Tiny Thing"), is a valentine to the memory of growing up and the friend that helped you do it. The English ending song, ''Make a Wish'', is about believing in yourself and achieving your dreams. As fancy as it sounds to play both the English and Japanese lyrics in ''Make a Wish'', the lyrics are thematically incongruent.
58	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Butler at least ''thinks'' his intentions to prove the truth to Team Magma are right and not at all misguided.
59	* YoureInsane: Diane calls Butler "mad" when he reveals that he intends to steal Jirachi's power. His response?
60	-->'''Butler:''' Not mad. Just a little angry and maybe a wee bit impatient to get on with the show.

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