History Anime / PokemonJirachiWishmaker

* 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? All you're doing is pissing it off. 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.

* {{Scatting}}: May's lullaby consists of her singing, "Doo doo doo."

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* 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 [[UpToEleven make it worse]], as Primal Groudon is made synonymous with the end of all life, with a signature move and ability that implies death.

* 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 Pokemon into it's body. Once caught, they can be seen trapped in bubbles in its [[BodyHorror transparent stomach.]]

* EvilIsNotAToy: Unsurprisingly, the fake Groudon goes out of Butler's control.

* FictionalConstellations: The film's closing credits rolls across a number of constellations, which turn out to be based on various Pokemon from the franchise. The very last constellation appears as a single, shiny star that dissolves into one of the dots on Pikachu's cheeks.

** [[spoiler: Butler himself in the end.]]

* LoveMartyr: [[spoiler:Diane pushes Butler out of the way from one of psuedo-Groudon's tentacles.]]
* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler: Butler's new goal after his creation goes horribly wrong is to save Diane after she gets absorbed by the fake Groudon. Jirachi lampshades it.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Said by Butler when the pseudo-Groudon runs amok.
* NeverTrustATrailer: A situation where this trope mingles with TrailersAlwaysSpoil- other than the teaser, the English trailers really play up the fake Groudon's role[[note]]"A dangerous force lies just beyond the surface, and only one Pokémon can stop it!"[[/note]]. This is despite said fake Groudon [[spoiler: only having 10 minutes of screentime, near the end of the movie.]]
* NoSell: Conventional Pokémon attacks are pretty much useless against fake Groudon.

* ReversePolarity: [[spoiler:Butler believes that putting his machine in reverse would enable them to drain energy out of the fake Groudon. It works, and the monster starts rotting away and melting into sludge right before it tries to absorb Jirachi.]]

* TeleportSpam: One of Jirachi's abilities. During the battle with the fake Groudon, it's used for TeleportationRescue several times.

* WalkingWasteland: The fake Groudon kills everything near it. Almost immediately after it's created, the plant-life around it withers and dies at an alarming rate.

* AbsenteeActor: For some reason, none of the gang's Pokémon appear aside from Pikachu and May's Torchic, even though Ash's Treecko and Brock's Mudkip are on the poster.

The sixth ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' film, and the first movie for the ''Advance Generation'' series.

The sixth entry in the ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' series of films, and the first movie for the ''Advance Generation'' series.

* AbsenteeActor: For some reason, none of the gang's Pokémon appear aside from Pikachu and May's Torchic, even though Ash's Treeko and Brock's Mudkip are on the poster.

* 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 Treeko and Brock's Mudkip are featured, but neither appear in the film itself.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: [[TheImmodestOrgasm Diane's scream]] as [[spoiler:she saves Butler from the [[EldritchAbomination False!Groudon.]]]] It doesn't help that she was captured by [[spoiler:[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything False!Groudon's tentacles.]]]]