History Anime / PokemonDestinyDeoxys

** Similarly, this is also the first ''Film/{{Pokemon}}'' movie to be given a PG-12 rating in Japan (all the previous films were rated G). The next PG-12 ''Pokémon'' movie wouldn't be released for [[Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea another two years.]]

* WindTurbinePower

* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The ID cards, of all things.]]

* BareYourMidriff: Rebecca.

* BreathWeapon: Rayquaza's WeaponOfChoice in battle.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: This movie is notable for featuring several other secondary protagonists alongside Ash and the gang: Tory and Professor Lund, [[SexySecretary Yuko]], [[TheAce Rafe]], his twin siblings [[TokenMiniMoe Audrey and Kathryn]], [[HopelessSuitor Sid]], and [[{{Meganekko}} Rebecca]].

* AdultFear: Would ''you'' want your child in Tory's shoes during that stampede?

* {{Homage}}: The film's plot is very reminiscent of ''Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds'', a film [[Film/WarOfTheWorlds adaptation]] of which also came out in the US in 2005.

''Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys'' is the seventh film in the ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' franchise, and the second and final film set in the Hoenn region.

* AIIsACrapshoot: The security bots go bonkers after Deoxys short-circuits them. This leads to the robotic systems of LaRousse city ending up being the final antagonist, rather than either Deoxys or Rayquaza, all three of whom are taken out of commission during the final action scene.

* AvoidTheDreadedGRating: Sort of. When it aired on Kids WB!, it had a rating of TV Y7.

* BigBad: Deoxys. [[PoorCommunicationKills At least that's what everyone assumes]].

* ContinuityNod: May's main rival Drew is later revealed to be from the city this movie is set in.

* HealingFactor: Deoxys has this, given proper focus when one of Rayquaza's Hyper Beams blows away the purple one's side, and it almost casually regenerates it.

* MamaBear[=/=]PapaWolf[=/=][[KnightTemplarBigBrother Knight Templar Big Sibling]]: [[spoiler:Purple Deoxys goes to ''enormous'' lengths trying to find its friend, who is technically younger than it is.]]
** Rafe also is protective of his two younger sisters, going so far as to stay behind with his Blaziken in a last stand in order to give the girls (and by extension, the rest of the party) a chance to escape.

* [[OneManArmy One Mon Army]]: Deoxys don't need an army, they ''are'' an army.
** MesACrowd: also helps a little that they have this ability.
* PoorCommunicationKills: The whole movie is set in motion because of a [[PoorCommunicationKills Poor Communication Kill]] when Rayquaza assaults Deoxys because it thought Deoxys was [[AlienInvasion invading]]. Though given that Deoxys' method of travel can be the equivalent of a ColonyDrop, its fear is understandable.
** Also, most pokemon on the planet seem to speak a shared language. Deoxy's origins in space prevent it from communicating with Rayquaza like a common pokemon would.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Plusle and Minun, and the little pair are just cute enough to help Tory get over his fear of Pokémon.

* {{Strong as They Need to Be}}: Rayquaza and Deoxys are both legendary Pokémon with Rayquaza being a bit bulkier but here Deoxys can instantly change between its {{competitive balance}} forms at will, its signature move that it spams is supposed to get weaker after each use but here it remains just as strong and it also has incredible healing abilities. Oh and it can create an army of clones pretty much instantly without any apparent effort.

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Pokémon?]]: Tory is terrified of Pokémon because of an incident that happened when he was younger (he was caught in the middle of a Sealeo and Walrein stampede). [[spoiler:Until he rescues Plusle and Minun from their falling death, and in the end seems to have finally gotten over this fear, and implies he's adopted the two.]]

* ConspicuousCG: This movie made highly generous use of CG Pokémon, especially for the scenes involving the multiple Deoxys' and all of the robotic cubes. It looks ''ugly'', but given that this movie was made in ''2004'', it isn't nearly as bad as it could've been.

* HealingFactor: Deoxys has this.

** For most of the film, Rayquaza appears to be nearly evenly matched against Deoxys. However, towards the end of the film, Deoxys finally decides that it has had enough of being harassed and abandons all restraint, at which point it completely dominates Rayquaza to the point that it seems like it might well have killed it had the second Deoxys not intervened and shielded it from Deoxys's attack.

* CurbStompBattle: What's supposed to be a tag-battle at the beginning of the movie essentially becomes a 2-on-1 match, as Ash's partner Tory has no Pokémon of his own and had never actually been in a Pokémon battle, rendering him useless. Not surprisingly, the fight itself results in a humiliating loss for Ash.

* ConspicuousCG: This movie made highly generous use of CG Pokémon, especially for the scenes involving the multiple Deoxys'. It looks ''ugly''.