History Anime / PokemonOrigins

-->'''[[WebVideo/Pokesins Garonr1va]]''': Looks like you’ll have to start again. Have fun with all the Caterpies.

* FourElementEnsemble: Red's main team shown in the Hall of Fame. With the exception of [[NonElemental Persian]], each one has an elemental power--Charizard has fire, Lapras has water, both Scyther and Dodrio have air/wind and Jolteon has lightning.

%% These don't explain what the reaction is. * Berserk Button:

* BerserkButton:
** Protip -- don't refer to Pokémon as just "business" in front of Red. He doesn't take it well.
** ''Don't'' [[spoiler:call your Pokémon morons in front of your grandfather, Blue]].

** A more traditional example is Red's mom, who has blue hair in the games but brown in this anime, most likely to either more resemble Delia, her incarnation from the "actual anime", or to emphasize the family resemblance.

* {{Expy}}: The design of Red's mother, especially her brown hair, bangs, and ponytail, is clearly inspired more by [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Ash's mother Delia]] than by any of the dark-haired sprites of the protagonist's mom from the games.

* StockSubtitle: ''Origins'' (English); ''The Origin'' (Japanese).

* YouDontLookLikeYou: The Pokémon Nurse at the Pokémon Center. Justifed, as the Pokémon Nurses didn't get Nurse Joy/Joi's pink hair until ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire''. Also, all the nurses match Generation I artwork by Sugimori. That's also why they are different at each center: he made several incarnations of them.

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''Pokémon Origins'' (known as ''Pocket Monsters: The Origin'' [[MarketBasedTitle in Japan]]) is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' {{OVA}}/four-episode MiniSeries, [[MerchandiseDriven made to assist in promoting]] ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''. It aired on October 2nd, 2013 in Japan and began streaming on the North American official site in mid-November of 2013. Following the long-running ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' itself, ''Pokémon Origins'' is the second animated adaptation of the original ''Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' (preserving more of the plot of ''Red and Blue/Green'' while mixing in elements of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen]]'' as well as ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver]]'') games featuring Red, his [[TheRival rival Blue Oak]], and their adventures across the Kanto region. The animation was split among three studios, Creator/ProductionIG, Creator/OLMIncorporated and Creator/{{Xebec}}[[labelnote:*]]with further assistance by Studio Izena on the latter's episodes[[/labelnote]].

The official releases of the English episodes are available on the ''[[http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-episodes/ Pokémon TV]]'' webpage, and they [[http://www.hulu.com/pokemon-origins can now be found]] on Creator/{{Hulu}} and [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/pokemon-origins/id862658212 on iTunes]].

* AscendedExtra: The girl in Pokemon House is given a name (Reina) and a supporting role in File Two.

* TheCameo: The original black-colored Jynx and a Slowking appear in photos in the Hall of Fame, [[FreezeFrameBonus but only for a couple of seconds]]. Other Pokemon who appear in these scenes include Venusaur, Snorlax, Flareon, Electabuzz, Kangaskhan, Starmie, Pidgeot, Onix, Poliwhirl, Seaking, and Primape.

** [[EnforcedTrope Enforced]] in that its primary audience is the people who played the Generation I games as children, [[PopularityPolynomial who are all now in their mid-to-late twenties.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:Giovanni, after Red's battle reminds him of how he used to feel as a young Pokemon trainer.]]

** [[SeriesMascot Pikachu]] only appears in a short cameo during a catching montage despite being Red's highest leveled Pokemon in the games.

* AdaptationalBadass: Not that Charizard wasn't already badass, but [[spoiler: Mega Evolution didn't exactly exist in ''Red and Blue'']].

** The entirety of episode 4, due to having some of the best staff of the [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries original anime]] working on the episode, including Masaaki Iwane. Especially with the fight with [[spoiler: Mewtwo]].

* CompressedAdaptation: It was inevitable. The moments shown in detail are: the beginning, Pewter Gym battle with Brock, the Lavender Town plot, Silph Co., the Viridian Gym Battle, Kanto Champion battle, and [[spoiler: Mewtwo]]. Everything else is shown through montages. If a place that was visited at one point only has chronological significance at a later point, it gets more-detailed coverage in a flashback when it becomes significant.

* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Giovanni, although it's more like he's remembering why he ''shouldn't'' be a heel.]]

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Due to the mini-series being directly inspired from a video game. The Japanese episodes use "Report" (such as ''Report 1 - Red'' being the first episode; the term refers to how the process of saving a game is usually referred to as "reporting" in the Japanese ''Pokémon'' games). The English version swaps it out for the word "File" (as in Save File) to convey the same concept.

---> [[spoiler: '''Giovanni (aloud):''' "You disappoint me with your lack of skill, Red."]]
---> [[spoiler: '''Giovanni (thinking to himself)''': ''Disappointed? He's just a kid with no knowledge of battle theory; why am I disappointed?'']]
* OneBulletLeft: In every major battle, Charizard is Red's last Pokémon still standing, and it always wins. Even when it has a type disadvantage. Justified when Giovanni observes that Red has been power-leveling Charizard but neglecting his other Pokémon.

*** Red's Charizard is voiced by Shin'ichiro Miki, the voice actor for Ash's Charizard[[note]][[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and James in Japanese]][[/note]]; however, instead of having a roar that sounds vaguely like "[[PokemonSpeak Liza]][[NonDubbedGrunts rdon!]]", this Charizard sounds more like [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Bowser]].

''Pokémon Origins'' (known as ''Pocket Monsters: The Origin'' [[MarketBasedTitle in Japan]]) is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' {{OVA}}/four-episode MiniSeries, [[MerchandiseDriven made to assist in promoting]] ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''. It aired on October 2nd, 2013 in Japan and began streaming on the North American official site in mid-November of 2013. Following the long-running main ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime series]] itself, ''Pokémon Origins'' is the second animated adaptation of the original ''Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' (preserving more of the plot of ''Red and Blue/Green'' while mixing in elements of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen]]'' as well as ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver]]'') games featuring Red, his [[TheRival rival Blue Oak]], and their adventures across the Kanto region. The animation was split among three studios, Creator/ProductionIG, Creator/OLMIncorporated and Creator/{{Xebec}}[[labelnote:*]]with further assistance by Studio Izena on the latter's episodes[[/labelnote]].

Compare and contrast to the main ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime itself, in addition to ''Manga/PokemonZensho'', a manga based off ''Red and Green'' that is similarly (if not more) close to the source series.

* AdaptationDistillation: Of the original generation games (compared to the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} main TV series]], which went for [[AdaptationExpansion expansion]] instead).

** The entirety of episode 4, due to having some of the best staff of the [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} original anime]] working on the episode, including Masaaki Iwane. Especially with the fight with [[spoiler: Mewtwo]].
* TheAnimeOfTheGame: A TruerToTheText version compared to [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the standard one]], even down to there only being the original 151 Pokémon introduced in Generation 1, [[TheCameo except for a Slowking seen in a Hall of Fame picture]]. [[spoiler:While Mega Charizard X is a Gen VI addition, his ''species'' is nothing new.]]

* {{Expy}}: The design of Red's mother, especially her brown hair, bangs, and ponytail, is clearly inspired more by [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash's mother Delia]] than by any of the dark-haired sprites of the protagonist's mom from the games.

** Despite the different premise, there are still several [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to the original ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' anime,

* {{Expy}}: Red's mother, with her brown hair, ponytail, and bangs, is clearly influenced more by Delia than by any of the sprites of the mother from the games.

** [[spoiler:In the time it takes for a flashback, Mewtwo takes down Red's entire team except Articuno and Charizard. Articuno goes down after the damage inflicted by Blizzard gets nullified by Recover, and Charizard did little better. Cue Mega Charizard X, who turns the tables on Mewtwo. [[http://imageshack.us/a/img405/3521/9wf.gif Just]] [[http://imageshack.us/a/img855/7775/2wj.gif look!]]]]

!! This Animation contains examples of:

* {{Expy}}: Red's mother, with her brown hair, ponytail, and bangs, is clearly influenced more by Delia than by any of the mothers' sprites from the games.

* FreezeFrameBonus: Pictures of the original Jynx design and a Slowking are in the Hall of Frame, but only for a short time.
* FriendlyRivalry: Red and Blue have one with each other.

* {{Expy}}: Red's mother, with her brown hair, ponytail, and bangs, is clearly influenced more by Delia than by any of the mother's sprites from the games.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons:
** Subverted with Lance's Dragonite which is briefly shown and defeated.
** Played with concerning Charizard, which is the main featured Pokémon and is dragonic in appearance (but not actually a Dragon-type). [[spoiler:It's eventually played straight when it Mega Evolves into Mega Charizard X.]]

A successor series of 3 to 5 minute shorts, called ''Anime/PokemonGenerations'', released online in 2016. Aside from being closer to the games, the two series are unrelated.

* SuddenlyVoiced: Red is a SilentProtagonist in the games, but in the special talks normally.

*** Red's Charizard is voiced by Shin'ichiro Miki, the voice actor for Ash's Charizard[[note]][[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and James in Japanese]][[/note]]; however, instead of having a roar that sounds vaguely like "[[PokemonSpeak Liza]][[NonDubbedGrunts rdon!]]", this Charizard sounds more like [[SuperMarioBros Bowser]].

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''Pokémon Origins'' (known as ''Pocket Monsters: The Origin'' [[MarketBasedTitle in Japan]]) is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' {{OVA}}/four-episode MiniSeries, [[MerchandiseDriven made to assist in promoting]] ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''. It aired on October 2nd, 2013 in Japan and began streaming on the North American official site in mid-November of 2013. Following the long-running main ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime series]] itself, ''Pokémon Origins'' is the second animated adaptation of the original ''Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' (preserving more of the plot of ''Red and Blue/Green'' while mixing in elements of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen]]'' as well as ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver]]'') games featuring Red, his [[TheRival rival Blue Oak]], and their adventures across the Kanto region. The animation was split among three studios, Creator/ProductionIG, Creator/OLMIncorporated and Creator/{{Xebec}}[[labelnote:*]]with further assistance though Studio Izena on the latter's episodes[[/labelnote]].

* {{Foil}}: Giovanni [[spoiler:and Red. It turns out Giovanni was a trainer much like Red, but he forgot how much he enjoyed Pokémon and became a ruthless buisnessman-gangster.]]

''Pokémon Origins'' (known as ''Pocket Monsters: The Origin'' [[MarketBasedTitle in Japan]]) is a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' {{OVA}}/four-episode MiniSeries, [[MerchandiseDriven made to assist in promoting]] ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY''. It aired on October 2nd, 2013 in Japan and began streaming on the North American official site in mid-November of 2013. Following the long-running main ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} anime series]] itself, ''Pokémon Origins'' is the second animated adaptation of the original ''Videogame/PokemonRedAndBlue'' (preserving more of the plot of ''Red and Blue/Green'' while mixing in elements of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen]]'' as well as ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver]]'') games featuring Red, his [[TheRival rival Blue Oak]], and their adventures across the Kanto region. The animation was split among three studios, Creator/ProductionIG, Creator/OLMIncorporated and Creator/{{Xebec}}[[labelnote:*]]with further assistance though Studio Izena[[/labelnote]].

* {{Irony}}: Despite being Red's [[WeaponOfChoice main Pokémon]] in [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} various]] [[Manga/PokemonZensho other]] [[Manga/PokemonSpecial adaptations]], along with being his highest leveled Pokemon in the games, [[SeriesMascot Pikachu]] [[DemotedToExtra is only caught after the Pokémon League and is never used after]].

** A more traditional example is Red's mom, who has blue hair in the games but brown in this anime, most likely to more resemble the "actual anime" version of the character (or to emphasize the family resemblance).