Line #45 Anime/PokemonTheMovieBlackAndWhite


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2	[[caption-width-right:300:[[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo One Movie For the Price of Two]]]]
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4	''Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom'' and ''Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram'' (known in Japan as ''Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom'' and ''Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram'') are a [[OneGameForThePriceOfTwo pair of]] ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' movies that together are the 14th movie in the franchise. It follows Ash, Iris, and Cilan meeting the legendary Pokémon known as Victini at the site of an ancient kingdom. The main antagonist is Damon, a descendant of the People of the Vale who wants to restore their kingdom, and will use whatever means necessary to do so.
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6	The ''White'' movie got a limited theatrical release in the US over the weekend of December 3, 2011; the ''Black'' movie was shown on Creator/CartoonNetwork the following week.
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9	!!These movies provide examples of:
10	* ActionMom: Juanita.
11	* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Carlita and her mom both own Shiny Pokémon depending on the version: Juanita's Golurk is Shiny in the Black movie while Carlita's Hydreigon is Shiny in the White movie.
12	* AndIMustScream: Victini being trapped within the confines of the Kingdom for thousands of years. Doesn't help matters that its confinement happened right after its best friend died right in front of it. Even worse, it's immortal in the first place. So if not for Damon and Ash, it literally would have been trapped in that tiny mountain kingdom for all eternity.
13	* AntiVillain: Damon is of the well-intentioned variety, as explained below under WellIntentionedExtremist.
14	* BigBad: Damon.
15	* TheChosenOne: Ash and Damon are chosen by their respective Legendaries.
16	* ContinuityCameo: [[Anime/PokemonZoroarkMasterOfIllusions Peg]] appears in the credits.
17	* TheCorruption: What happens when the Dragon Force gets out of control, complete with disintegrating plants.
18	* CurbStompBattle: Carlita's Hydreigon (a pseudo-Legendary) beats Cilan's Pansage (a not fully evolved Pokémon with low stats) with a single Dragon Breath. Later, Oshawott beats Tatsuki's Emboar after a collision between Aqua Jet and Flare Blitz and Ash's Tepig and Scraggy beat Lear and Carlita's Pokémon in one blow after being powered up by Victini. Golurk is also knocked out by the Legendary dragon without much problems. Finally, Pikachu knocks out Mako's Serperior with a single Electro Ball and later takes down Damon's Reuniclus or Gothitelle with little issue.
19	* DarkIsNotEvil: Zekrom, in the White movie.
20	* DeathGlare: Iris shoots Emolga one after the latter's Volt Switch causes Iris to automatically be disqualified from the tournament due to sending out Excadrill even though the rules are the trainers can only use one Pokémon.
21	* ElegantGothicLolita: Damon's Gothitelle in ''Black''.
22	** A trainer dressed as one with a Gothita and a Gothorita is shown in both movies.
23	* GildedCage: Victini is unable to go beyond the barrier surrounding Eindoak Town. The area is certainly beautiful, and Victini has plenty of friends among the local wild Pokémon, but it's been trapped there for 1,000 years. [[spoiler:It's finally freed at the end of the movie, allowing it to explore the rest of the world.]]
24	* HeelFaceTurn: Damon realizes his mistake and attempts to help save Ash and Victini.
25	* HeroicSecondWind: Victini, being the Victory Pokémon, gives this to Ash's Pokémon during Eindoak Town's Pokémon competition, making it so that Tepig and Scraggy are the ones delivering {{Curb Stomp Battle}}s instead of receiving them from a [[ElementalRockPaperScissors Samurott]] and a [[LightningBruiser Hydreigon]], respectively.
26	* LightIsNotGood: Reshiram, in the White version.
27	* LightningFireJuxtaposition: Which of the two legendaries Ash and Damon wind up releasing depends on the version of the movie, but both get to use all of their signature moves either way.
28	* MeaningfulName: Damon- His name can refer to the English word of evil demon or the original Greek meaning heavenly god or the Greek neutral/unaligned spirit.
29	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Damon after he realizes that his plan will destroy the world.
30	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: In Japanese, Damon is named Dread Grangil.
31	* NeverSayDie: Averted, when Damon uses the Pillars of Protection to drain Victini’s power to move the castle, Juanita tries to stop Damon by saying that “Victini will die” if he continues.
32	* NonSerialMovie: The first full-on case for the series; whereas all previous movies can either be written off as {{filler}} or have some set-up/reference in the show proper, these movies are explicitly debunked since Ash and his friends claim they haven't met Zekrom/Reshiram in the ''Episode N'' arc of the anime. Even if this wasn't the case, having two mutually exclusive versions makes this movie mostly incompatible with the anime's continuity.
33	* OffscreenTeleportation: The referee abruptly shows up when Carlita challenges Ash to a battle and the People of the Vale unexpectedly turn up at the castle to support Damon.
34	* OhCrap: Numerous times such as when Iris gives Emolga a DeathGlare after the latter's Volt Switch causes Excadrill to be sent out during the tournament and disqualifies Iris and when Ash thinks he is going to die.
35	* OminousFloatingCastle: The Sword of the Vale.
36	* OneGameForThePriceOfTwo: The movies are almost identical, with only a few minor, cosmetic differences. Given that it's ''Pokémon'', this worked surprisingly well.
37	** Later averted, as the DVD release bundles the two movies together for about the same price as a single movie.
38	** The original Australasian release played this straight, with separate [=DVDs=] for ''White'' and ''Black'', though a combined package of both was later released.
39	* OnlyTheWorthyMayPass: Only TheChosenOne can progress beyond a certain point in the caverns beneath the castle. Anyone else will just keep going around in circles.
40	* OutOfFocus: As always, the travelling partners Cilan and Iris hardly get to do anything for the plot and in fact they lose the opening tournament (Iris is disqualified thanks to Emolga's Volt Switch and Pansage is blown away via Dragon Breath).
41	* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: Reshiram and Zekrom. Zekrom follows heroes with strong ideals (Romanticism) while Reshiram follows heroes who seek the truth (Enlightenment).
42	* ShoutOut: When a Fire-type battles a Water-type, Cilan comments that an attack is 'not very effective'. Also counts as a MythologyGag.
43	* ShutUpHannibal: When Damon states that sacrifices are needed in the pursuit of ideals or truth (depending on the version), Ash responds that his own view of the given concept doesn’t need sacrifice, leaving Damon in StunnedSilence.
44	* SingleTear: When Ash thinks he's about to die from cold and oxygen loss.
45	* SpaceIsCold: When the castle rises up [[FrozenBodyFluids it gets so cold that Ash's tear freezes solid before it hits the ground]]. Considering it had rose to the Mesosphere, which has temperatures below -143 Celsius, this isn’t too implausible.
46	* SweetTooth: Victini is a huge fan of Cilan's macarons.
47	* {{Telepathy}}: Reshiram and Zekrom speak through this.
48	* VocalDissonance:
49	** Carlita's Hydreigon in the Japanese version has a cry that sounds like a very high-pitched shriek. In the English dub, this was replaced with a slightly deeper growl.
50	** Samurott's [[PokemonSpeak cry]] resembles a gruff woman's voice in the dub. It could well be female, but a female voice wouldn't be the first thing to come to mind when thinking of a [[LarynxDissonance bearded]] samurai sea lion, and was most likely done in order to share a voice actor with Ash's Oshawott. ''[[VideoGame/PokeParkWii PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond]]'' would later feature a Samurott with a more fitting, male-voiced cry.
51	** Despite technically being genderless, Reshiram speaks with a distinctly masculine voice in both the Japanese and English versions, contrasting its feminine appearance.
52	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Damon wants to restore the Kingdom of the Vale to its former glory, blissfully unaware ([[MyGodWhatHaveIDone until his plan is underway]]) that the resulting Dragon Force upheaval would cause catastrophic damage to the land. [[HeelFaceTurn He is quick to do everything in his power to repent once the truth is revealed to him.]]
53	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The unimportant People of the Vale disappear half-way through the flying castle sequence and aren't shown evacuating with everyone else, though the end credits show them celebrating with everyone else.
54	* WolverinePublicity: Reshiram and Zekrom. Despite what the trailers would imply, the dragon mascot of each movie only appears for about 15 minutes, with Damon's dragon getting (a bit) more screen time. Most of the movie focuses on Ash, Pikachu and Victini (along with Cilan and Iris). Also, compare [[http://nerdreactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Pokemon-Movie-14-poster.jpg one of the Japanese posters]] to its [[http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/a/a8/M14_eng_poster.png English equivalent.]]
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