Line #14 YMMV/PokemonHoopaAndTheClashOfAges


1	* {{Asspull}}:
2	** As a [[PhysicalGod literal]] DeusExMachina, [[spoiler:Arceus shows up out of nowhere to stall the time-space warp at the film's climax]].
3	** Shadow Hoopa somehow being able to control multiple Legendaries like Giratina, Palkia, and Dialga.
4	** Latias and Latios are able to Mega Evolve without their Mega Stones for no reason whatsoever. Seems that there's a trend lately [[Anime/PokemonKyuremVsTheSwordOfJustice concerning]] [[Anime/PokemonGenesectAndTheLegendAwakened Legendaries]] activating {{Super Mode}}s in the movies in ways that outright contradict the games.
5	*** Latios' entire presence in this movie doesn't make much sense considering [[HeroicSacrifice what he did]] at the end of ''Anime/PokemonHeroes''. This mostly applies to the dub audience because the dub truncated ''Heroes'' to remove the explanation that many Latios and Latias had come to Alto Mare in the past, meaning this Latios is a separate member of the species.
6	** Wobbuffet successfully reflecting a Shadow Ball back at Giratina, despite the anime establishing that he cannot counter attacks that are beyond his own power level.
7	** [[spoiler: The time-space warp]]. How it happens raises a few eyebrows [[spoiler:("[[AwesomenessIsVolatile too many Legendaries together]]" seems like a bizarre cause, as multiple Legendaries have appeared together at once before with no warping of time and space anywhere, and it's not specified as a direct result of having the Creation trio involved)]], and its only real purpose is to force a climax onto the movie and make it run for longer than it needs to. That said, the specific line is that "too many were summoned", which may be related more to Hoopa's portals damaging space due to too many being used in a short span of time (in other words, Hoopa had never summoned so many Legendaries before). However, there is still room for absurdity in this scenario, because the literal [[spoiler: [[PhysicalGod physical gods of time and space]]]] are present, yet they couldn't fix this problem, which clearly is within the bounds of their power.
8	* CriticalDissonance: Despite being one of the most reviled ''Pokémon'' films among the fandom, it has a user rating of 6.1/10 on Website/IMDb.
9	* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Hoopa at one point early in the movie summons a ton of different Pikachu using its rings, then challenges Ash to guess which one is ''his'' Pikachu. Ash makes the right choice ''immediately''. Now ''that's'' [[TrueCompanions true friendship]] right there.
10	* InferredHolocaust: Legendaries slice and dice buildings, blast streams of molten lava into others, and freeze people in subzero conditions. It would be a miracle if no one actually died.
11	* JustHereForGodzilla: Admit it - with this many Legendaries together, odds are you're only interested in seeing the film for at least one of them.
12	** Either that, or you're interested in seeing [[EnsembleDarkhorse Possessed!Ash.]]
13	* {{Narm}}:
14	** While "Alléhooparing!" is a silly nonsense word that seems suited for the small, mischievous-looking Hoopa Confined, hearing it from the big, ogre-like Hoopa Unbound is... ''surreal''.
15	** In general, both of Hoopa's voices are almost impossible to take seriously in the English dub.
16	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w0YsaXJG-g Regigigas's cry]], unlike its cry from ''[[Anime/PokemonGiratinaAndTheSkyWarrior Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]'', ranges from "monotone guy in a recording booth", to "a dying computer's last pathetic sounds". Try listening to it with a straight face.
17	** The look on Meowth's face when he is possessed into opening the Prison Bottle.
18	** Kyogre flying. Or for that matter, Groudon ''not'' flying, when every other Legendary Pokemon could fly, even those that don't seem capable of doing so.
19	%%** Hoopa being seen at a small SCHOOL PLAYGROUND.
20	* NarmCharm: There ''are'' a good number of people who actually find Regigigas's cry awesome as much as they find it laughable. Or at least appropriately pitiful, considering that it already has a MemeticLoser reputation from its crippling Slow Start ability and this movie cements it by making it barely able to do anything before going down.
21	* NightmareFuel: Hoopa's introduction at the very start of the movie is quite disconcerting, especially considering that it essentially appears from nowhere, flashes a SlasherSmile at the people nearby, and then causes all hell to break loose.
22	* OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow: The ending can be summed up as "[[spoiler:Hoopa and Baraz are faced with impossible odds in the face of a time-space distortion, [[DeusExMachina and then God shows up and makes all the bad things go away]]]]."
23	* {{Sequelitis}}: Even among modern ''Pokémon'' movies, this one isn't held in high regard, largely due to the very thin plot behind the fireworks of the legendary scuffle, the repetitive dialogue [[ViewersAreMorons that hammers what's happening onscreen into the viewers' heads]] and [[spoiler:a ([[PhysicalGod quite literal]]) DeusExMachina ending]]. Japanese audiences seemed to agree, as the film only made ¥2,040,078,200 ($22 million) in theaters, being the worst-performing ''Pokémon'' movie since ''Anime/PokemonHeroes'', and the second-worst performing one in the franchise (only being outdone by [[Anime/PokemonVolcanionAndTheMechanicalMarvel the very next one]])!
24	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter:
25	** Lugia shows up early on, gets thrown out of the movie before it can even take part in the Kerfuffle of Legends, and is never mentioned again. You're almost left to wonder why it was even brought in at all.
26	** While most of the Legendaries count to some degree (being little more than snarling {{Kaiju}} who punch each other for half an hour), another big offender ([[AdvertisedExtra despite being on the poster]]) is [[spoiler:Arceus]]. All it really does is [[spoiler:act as a literal DeusExMachina to save the day]] before promptly disappearing.
27	** Clemont, Serena, and Bonnie count too. While Ash spends half an hour commanding gods, they sit in the background doing some ritual to forge a Prison Bottle, spouting little to no dialogue.
28	** Baraz and Meray were wasted, merely being there to [[ViewersAreMorons explain what is already shown]], give exposition, or be a plot device. Many would have liked to see the origins of their powers and connection to Arceus.
29	* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
30	** Despite having multiple Legendary Pokémon fighting each other, the actual "Clash of Ages" winds up lacking dramatic tension due to every human character except the core cast [[CouldHaveBeenMessy up and vanishing from the scene]], thereby eliminating any actual threat and consequences the battle may have beyond property damage, on top of the characterless OlympusMons lacking any real motive to fight each other (besides "LetsYouAndHimFight"), and as such the audience has no real reason to root for anyone beyond their favorites to win.
31	** The Legendaries present are all Pokémon that could be caught in ''Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire'', and among them is Lugia. You'd think this would be the perfect opportunity for Ho-Oh to get its long-awaited movie treatment (if only as a side character), but once more, Ho-Oh is a no-show. This, however, is actually [[AuthorsSavingThrow fixed]] [[Anime/PokemonIChooseYou two movies later]].
32	** Speaking of Lugia, both it and Kyogre are legendaries strongly associated with the ocean, but are summoned by different Hoopas. Expecting them both to clash in an epic battle? Too bad, Lugia is shafted before the battle can actually take place, while Kyogre only gets the spotlight for a single scene and is otherwise more or less forgotten amongst the other combatants.
33	* VideoGameMoviesSuck: ''Hoopa'' ranks up with ''Anime/PokemonGenesectAndTheLegendAwakened'' as one of the most fan-criticized ''Pokémon'' movies, largely due to the thin plot: outside the titular Clash of Ages (which has problems itself), there's very little of note going on. The writing (especially in the English dub) has also been criticized for being very hand-holding, [[ViewersAreMorons over-explaining every facet of the plot with constant exposition]], even when the onscreen action makes it obvious what's happening. And then there's the ending, which many perceive as a cop-out.

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