History Trivia / PokemonTheFirstMovie

** [[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4pmwla The Japanese teaser trailer]] consists entirely of scenes from an earlier draft of the movie.

** 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 at the 2019 Anime Expo premiere of the film, director Kunihiko Yuyama revealed that the girls were designed specifically for the teaser and that the older woman's resemblance to Misty was purely coincidental.

** It is commonly believed that the movie was originally meant to be the finale of the series before the anime was renewed, due to the Japanese teaser trailer having scenes that aren't in the movie. However, the anime was renewed before the film even entered pre-production, and it was never actually intended as anything more than a side story.

* DelayedReleaseTieIn: The first season of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' 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.

* DoItYourselfThemeTune: All in the Japanese version:
** The movie's version of "Masaze Pokémon Master" is once again performed by Ash/Satoshi's voice actor, Rica Matsumoto.
** The ending theme, "Kaze To Issho Ni", is performed by Sachiko Kobayashi, voice of Miranda/Voyager.

* ReimaginingTheArtifact: An unusual potential case with Miranda, the blue-haired woman at the dock. She has a noticeably distinct design despite having barely any role in the movie. But if you [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b70GRNYnacI watch]] the original Japanese trailer, you'll notice the woman with the character that looks like a grown-up Misty and her possible daughter is identical to her. It's possible her character was meant to have a larger role in the first draft, or there was a different character the design was originally made for who got removed from the film in later drafts and they chose to reuse the design for a minor character in the final version.

* VanillaEdition: The current Region 1 DVD - it only has the theatrical film and lacks both the 10-minute prologue that was on the original VHS and DVD and even the accompanying Pikachu short that was shown before it in theatres.

* DelayedReleaseTieIn: The first season of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' 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 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.

* DelayedReleaseTieIn: The first season of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' 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 averted in America however where the episodes aired before the film's North American theatrical release.

** Another from the commentary. The dubbing error of Team Rocket seeing a silhouette of Scyther and calling 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.

* ThrowItIn: 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.

* VanillaEdition: The current Region 1 DVD - it only has the theatrical film it lacks both the 10-minute prologue that was on the original VHS and DVD and even the accompanying Pikachu short that was shown before it in theatres.

** [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4pmwla The Japanese teaser trailer]] consists entirely of scenes from an earlier draft of the movie.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The English dub's soundtrack is a nice little time capsule of late 90s bubblegum pop.

* ImageSource:
** SphereOfPower

* QuoteSource:
** GoneHorriblyRight

* TheDanza: Raymond, the pirate trainer Ash faces at the beginning of the movie, is voiced by Raymond Johnson.

* DelayedReleaseTieIn: The first season of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' 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 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]]

* VanillaEdition: The current Region 1 DVD - it only has the theatrical film it lacks both the 10 minute prologue that was on the original VHS and DVD and even the accompanying Pikachu short that was shown before it in theatres.

** Mew could originally speak like 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]]".
** 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.

* VanillaEdition: The current Region 1 DVD - it only has the theatrical film it lacks both the 10 minute prologue that was on the original VHS and DVD and even the accompanying Pichachu short that was shown before it in theatres.

* The first season of ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' 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.

* * ReimaginingTheArtifact: An unusual potential case with Miranda, the blue-haired woman at the dock. She has a noticeably distinct design despite having barely any role in the movie. But if you [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b70GRNYnacI watch]] the original Japanese trailer, you'll notice the woman with the character that looks like a grown-up Misty and her possible daughter is identical to her. It's possible her character was meant to have a larger role in the first draft, or there was a different character the design was originally made for who got removed from the film in later drafts and they chose to reuse the design for a minor character in the final version.

* TheOtherDarrin: Young Mewtwo was voiced by Takimoto Fujiko in the radio drama. He's voiced by Morikubo Shoutarou in the anime.

** 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 Pokemon 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]]

** 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 passed its initial DVD release. It was dubbed into English, and they have every audio master to everything ''Pokemon'' 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.

** 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 passed its initial DVD release. It was dubbed into English, and they have every audio master to everything Pokemon 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.

* ThrowItIn: 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.
* UrbanLegends:

** According to Rachael Lillis, Warner Bros briefly considered replacing the entire voice cast with celebs, and even made an offer to Creator/LeonardoDiCaprio to voice Ash.