History Trivia / PokemonIChooseYou

* ActorAllusion: Billy Bob Thompson (the voice actor of Cross) has also voiced a [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shamus trainer who abandoned a Fire-type starter before.]]

** Series regular Shoko Nakagawa voices Nurse Joy this time around.

** Bonji is voiced by theater and film actor Arata Furuta, and in the English dub, he's voiced by Creator/MikePollock.
* EditedForSyndication: Disney XD's showing of the movie entirely cuts any expository scenes that happen after the movie ends, replacing it all with a quick credits list.
* MilestoneCelebration: The 20th ''Pokémon'' movie, and one that hearkens back to the first episode as it's also celebrating the anime's 20th anniversary.
* PopCultureUrbanLegends: For a while, rumors floated around that the movie contained a [[TheStinger stinger]] that featured Giovanni and Mewtwo, the latter clad in its armor suit from ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''. These rumors were later known to be false.
* RoleReprise: In the German dub, [[spoiler:Pikachu]] is voiced by Sabine Bohlmann, who last voiced the character over 15 years ago.
** In the English dub, Michele Knotz reprises her role as Nurse Joy for the first time since the penultimate episode of the ''Diamond and Pearl'' series.

** The director of the movie had a few minor ideas for what this movie could have been, including a straightforward ''Sun and Moon''-era movie and even an "All-Stars" movie, reuniting many of the past heroes and heroines with the current cast. Ultimately, they chose to go with the retelling due to the fact that, as a LongRunner, not many new fans know how Ash and Pikachu first met.
** Creator/VeronicaTaylor Campaigned to reprise her role as Ash in the English Dub of this film but ultimately Creator/SarahNatochenny remained as Ash for this continuity
* WordOfGod: It's been confirmed that [[spoiler:Verity is NOT the daughter of Cynthia, the Sinnoh Champion, contrary to popular belief at the time.]]
* WordOfSaintPaul: Kunihiko Yayuma revealed some during an interview, including:
** This movie being a WhatIf scenario had Ash found the Rainbow Wing dropped from Ho-oh.
** This version of Ash being more fashionable and his redesign influenced from Ken Sugimori.
** The number of Spearow chasing Ash and Pikachu increases 20 fold, totaling 1,000!
** Shoko Nakagawa representing 20 years of the ''Pokémon'' franchise as she started from playing the original ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Red/Green]]'' versions, resulting in her playing as Nurse Joy, an older sister figure.
** Ash being forever 10 years old.

** Unlike the original god, he states that [[spoiler:Verity isn't the daughter of Cynthia--her mother only resembles her.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The director of the movie had a few minor ideas for what this movie could have been, including a straightforward ''Sun and Moon''-era movie and even an "All-Stars" movie, reuniting many of the past heroes and heroines with the current cast. Ultimately, they chose to go with the retelling due to the fact that, as a LongRunner, not many new fans know how Ash and Pikachu first met.

* {{Jossed}}:
** A fan-theory that arose about the film is that it's a prequel to the ''Sun & Moon'' anime, which was described by an art director as "not a continuation of ''XY''." [[ExiledFromContinuity Misty and Brock]] making a guest appearance in ''Sun & Moon'', complete with flashbacks showing Ash wearing his original hat, more or less shoots this theory down.
** That Verity's mother is Cynthia, which [[WordOfGod the director]] debunked when he was asked about it by Shoko Nakagawa. [[https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1401385-pokemon Although...]] by the way he goes about it, it seems he was rather coy about addressing it. He does acknowledge that they do resemble each other, but you can tell that they are separate because of their different hair colors and he goes on to say that "Verity's mother is her mother."

* RoleReprisal: In the German dub, [[spoiler:Pikachu]] is voiced by Sabine Bohlmann, who last voiced the character over 15 years ago.

* UrbanLegends: For a while, rumors floated around that the movie contained a [[TheStinger stinger]] that featured Giovanni and Mewtwo, the latter clad in its armor suit from ''Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie''. These rumors were later known to be false.