History YMMV / PokemonHeroes

* EvilIsSexy: Annie and Oakley, with their midriff-baring black leather outfits and slim, curvaceous, well endowed figures.

* AmericansHateTingle: The AmbiguousEnding of whether it was Bianca or Latias who kissed Ash is a rather [[BrokenBase infamous debacle]] among the Western fandom, mainly due to the latter carrying {{Squick}}y implications. In Japan, however, the ending is considered much more SugarWiki/{{heartwarming|moments}}, with various references to the ending still being shown in the main series anime long after the movie's release (including during the famous KissingDiscretionShot from the end of ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY XYZ]]''). In general, ''Pokémon Heroes'' has a much better reception in Japan than it does in the West, with it having won [=2nd=] place in [[https://www.nintendo-insider.com/most-memorable-pokemon-movies-as-voted-in-japan/ a Japanese poll]] for the most popular ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' movie, only beaten out by ''[[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''.
** To give a bigger picture on how much Japan enjoys ''Heroes'': in 2017, it was voted the most popular in a [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2017-07-06/pokemon-heroes-latias-and-latios-tops-fan-poll-of-favorite-franchise-film/.118289 fan poll]] hosted on the Pokémon films' official website. In 2021, the Pokémon Company released a poll in Japan asking them to pick their favorite one in each category of OS, AG, DP, BW, and XY, and the winner for the OS group was ''Heroes''. Finally, for the 25th anniversary of the Pokémon films in 2022, the Pokémon Company re-released three of most popular Pokémon films in Japan that year and they were ''[[Anime/PokemonTheRiseOfDarkrai Rise of Darkrai]]'', ''[[Anime/PokemonJirachiWishmaker Wish Maker]]'', and ''Heroes''.

* AmericansHateTingle: The AmbiguousEnding of whether it was Bianca or Latias who kissed Ash is a rather [[BrokenBase infamous debacle]] among the western fandom, mainly due to the latter carrying {{Squick}}y implications. In Japan, however, the ending is considered much more SugarWiki/{{heartwarming|moments}}, with various references to the ending still being shown in the main series anime long after the movie's release (including during the famous KissingDiscretionShot from the end of ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY XYZ]]''). In general, ''Pokémon Heroes'' has a much better reception in Japan than it does in the west, with it having won [=2nd=] place in [[https://www.nintendo-insider.com/most-memorable-pokemon-movies-as-voted-in-japan/ a Japanese poll]] for the most popular ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' movie, only beaten out by ''[[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''.

-->'''Ash:''' Latias!
'''Bianca:''' Latios!

* AmericansHateTingle: The AmbiguousEnding of whether it was Bianca or Latias who kissed Ash is a rather [[BrokenBase infamous debacle]] among the western fandom, mainly due to the latter carrying {{Squick}}y implications. In Japan, however, the ending is considered much more SugarWiki/{{heartwarming|moments}}, with various references to the ending still being shown in the main series anime long after the movie's release (including during the famous KissDiscretionShot from the end of ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeriesXY XYZ]]''). In general, ''Pokémon Heroes'' has a much better reception in Japan than it does in the west, with it having won [=2nd=] place in [[https://www.nintendo-insider.com/most-memorable-pokemon-movies-as-voted-in-japan/ a Japanese poll]] for the most popular ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' movie, only beaten out by ''[[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie Mewtwo Strikes Back]]''.

* ItWasHisSled: [[spoiler: Latios dies saving Alto Mare at the end.]] A lot of fan art of the two Eon Dragons gives this away.

-->'''Ash''': Latias!
-->'''Bianca''': Latios!
-->'''Pikachu''': Pikachu!

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: While not as highly regarded as [[Anime/{{Pokemon 3}} the third movie]] or the original Japanese of [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie the first]], this is still regarded as one of the better movies of the original series, and at least often viewed as a good bit more enjoyable than its [[Anime/Pokemon4Ever immediate predecessor]] (though how negatively the [[DubInducedPlotlineChange heavy editing]] of the dub affects that enjoyability is debated).

* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: While not as highly regarded as [[Anime/{{Pokemon 3}} the third movie]] or the original Japanese of [[Anime/PokemonTheFirstMovie the first]], this is still regarded as one of the better movies of the original series, and at least often viewed as a good bit more enjoyable than its [[Anime/Pokemon4Ever immediate predecessor]] (though how negatively the [[CutAndPasteTranslation heavy editing]] of the dub affects that enjoyability is debated).

%%* LesYay: Annie and Oakley.

* HarsherInHindsight: ''My Best Friends'' being the film's end credits song, considering this was the final film with the original cast. It doesn't help that it caps off a medley with the prior song being ''The Time Has Come,'' which first played during Recap/PokemonS1E39PikachusGoodbye and ends its section with "Somehow, someway, we'd have to say goodbye."
** In [[VideoGame/PokemonSuperMysteryDungeon Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon]], we see both [[spoiler:the Latios and Latias of that universe [[TakenForGranite killed off]] and unable to protect each other from harm.]]

* HarsherInHindsight: ''My Best Friends'' being the film's end credits song, considering this was the final film with the original cast. It doesn't help that it caps off a medley with the prior song being "The Time Has Come," which first played during Recap/PokemonS1E39PikachusGoodbye and ends its section with "Somehow, someway, we'd have to say goodbye."

* HarsherInHindsight: ''My Best Friends'' being the film's end credits song, considering this was the final film with the original cast.