Line #3 Trivia/PokemontheFirstMovie


1	* BadExportForYou:
2	** When the triple-film DVD came out in 2009, many expected all three movies, including this one, to be widescreen unlike the previous VHS and DVD release. Sadly...no dice. This was later remedied with the triple feature Blu-ray release in 2016, though the releases add problems of their own, as detailed in the note in the KeepCirculatingTheTapes entry below.
3	** No Western DVD release has included the Japanese version. This is par for the course for ''Pokémon'', but the Japanese version of this movie is in greater demand than the other movies due to its differences from the English version.
4	* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer:
5	** Mew was, at least for a short period, mistakenly referred to as Mewtwo's mother rather than its clone counterpart. This also ignores the franchise's (mostly) strict adherence to gendering Pokémon.
6	** According to ''TV Guide'' and the Comcast information guides, the plot of the film has Ash and friends battling Mewtwo and the scientist that created it -- despite the fact that [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Mewtwo killed said scientist]] within the first few minutes of the film.
7	* TheDanza: Raymond, the pirate trainer Ash faces at the beginning of the movie, is voiced by Raymond Johnson in the Japanese version.
8	* DelayedReleaseTieIn: The first season of ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' features several episodes which lead into ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''. However, due to the infamous [[Recap/PokemonS1E38ElectricSoldierPorygon "Electric Soldier Porygon"]] seizure incident, the show was taken off the air for a few months. The movie's release date did not move to compensate for the schedule delay, meaning the Mewtwo tie-in episodes ended up airing a few months ''after'' the movie had already come out. This was [[AvertedTrope averted]] in America however where the English episode package did not include "Electric Soldier Porygon" and it allowed the episodes to air before the film's North American theatrical release.
9	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
10	** This film as well as the latter two movies took years to get a Blu-ray disc release thanks to years of disputes between Warner Bros. (the licensees of the movies for all territories except Japan), The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, and Toho. By TheNewTens, fans were getting irritated over having to deal with the 4:3 aspect ratio of the DVD and VHS releases and pushed for the disputes to end so they could get the films remastered for high definition. The disputes were finally resolved in December 2015, and a Blu-ray disc release of all three movies in a triple-feature Steelbook pack was announced for release in February 2016, in time for the ''Pokémon'' franchise's [[MilestoneCelebration twentieth anniversary]]![[note]]Though there are a couple of catches: First, the films will be presented ''only'' with the 4Kids English dubs in 2.0 lossy stereo sound, and second, all of the special features from the [=DVDs=] will not be available in the set, meaning no Pikachu shorts at the beginning, either.[[/note]]
11	** The 1998 theatrical version of the film has remained under this status since the release of the ''kanzenban'' version a year later. The latter version [[GeorgeLucasAlteredVersion re-does a large number of shots in the film to add in CGI]] (be it replacing entire effects such as whirling clouds or simple choreographic retouches); this is the version that would be used for the film's English dub and all following home video releases. The theatrical version, meanwhile, has never seen a single re-release since its initial VHS & [=LaserDisc=] pressings in the first half of 1999, and only continues to survive thanks to the likes of [=eBay=], Amazon, and a small number of video-sharing sites in the most obscure corners of the internet.
12	** Weirdly enough, the "Mewtwo's Origins" short, which is also the actual first 10-minute opening of the film, has yet to be released overseas past its initial DVD release. It was dubbed into English, and they have every audio master to everything ''Pokémon'' that 4Kids dubbed, so re-inserting the segment with its dub wouldn't be that hard. It also makes some things in the film more clearer, like Mewtwo's characterization, why its Charizard, Venusaur, and Blastoise have weird markings on them, and ''why'' it came into creation in the first place. The film flows better with it, so not at least including it as at least a bonus feature for the later releases is baffling.
13	** While the film's score is still available to purchase and stream, the pop soundtrack is out of print and only available on Napster anymore.
14	* TheOtherDarrin: Young Mewtwo was voiced by Creator/FujikoTakimoto in the radio drama. He's voiced by Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo in the anime.
15	* PopCultureUrbanLegends:
16	** It's been revealed that [[http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13970 the reports of the death of Mewtwo's original VA]] [[Creator/MarkTwain have been]] [[ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated greatly exaggerated]]. And he apparently voiced Mr. Fuji as well, instead of Creator/MaddieBlaustein.
17	** It's commonly stated that in the Japanese version Mew has a line about how the clones are "[[FantasticRacism inferior and should die]]". This is either a mistranslation or an outright lie. The actual line is roughly "The real ones are real. If the clones fight only using their bodies and not with skill, the real ones will never lose."
18	** It's long been believed that the orange haired woman in the Japanese teaser trailer was an older Misty and the little girl she's playing with was her and Ash's daughter. However director Kunihiko Yuyama [[https://www.cbr.com/pokemon-the-first-movie-trailer-differences/#:~:text=Pok%C3%A9mon%3A%20The%20First%20Movie%20Was%20Going%20to%20Be%20The%20End,film%20to%20end%20the%20franchise revealed]] at the 2019 Anime Expo that this was not the case, stating that the girls were designed specifically for the teaser and that the older woman's resemblance to Misty was purely coincidental.
19	* ThrowItIn:
20	** The commentary remarked that Misty's "please, no" reaction to [[spoiler:Ash's "death"]] was originally, jokingly ad-libbed by Rachael Lillis as [[CallBack "My bike!"]] when trying to find a workable two-syllable reaction to said event.
21	** Another from the commentary. [[InconsistentDub The dubbing error]] of Team Rocket seeing a silhouette of Scyther and calling it Alakazam was noticed by 4Kids but they decided to leave it in because they felt that it was plausible for Team Rocket to make that mistake and thought it would be fun detail for kids to notice.
22	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
23	** [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4pmwla Two Japanese]] [[https://youtu.be/1M26R8lLcpc teaser trailers]] consist entirely of scenes from an earlier draft of the movie.
24	** [[http://www.style.fm/as/05_column/shudo166.shtml One of Takeshi Shudo's blogs]] revealed that there would have been an anime episode prior to the movie where Ash and Mewtwo crossed paths, but the four-month hiatus brought on by the "Electric Soldier Porygon" incident put an end to that.
25	** Mew could originally speak as Mewtwo could, but director Kunihiko Yuyama figured Mew flying around wordlessly would be more impactful than it "droning to Mewtwo about the meaning of life", thus all its dialogue was replaced with, "[[PokemonSpeak Mew]]".
26	** According to Takeshi Shudo's blog, Mew was originally intended to be [[BitchInSheepsClothing "violent and unpredictable"]], and was angered that humans had created a clone of it. This came across more clearly when Mew was intended to have a speaking role, but Mew picking a fight with Mewtwo was intended to still convey this sentiment.
27	** The scene of Ash saving Pikachu from the cloning machine wasn't originally present but was added by Yuyama, who believed the film didn't have enough action scenes.
28	** According to Rachael Lillis, Warner Bros briefly considered replacing the entire voice cast with [[CelebrityVoiceActor celebs]], and even made an offer to Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio to voice Ash.

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