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{{MovieInfobox|

|colorscheme=Johto

|entitle=Spell of the Unown

|jatitle=結晶塔の帝王 ＥＮＴＥＩ

|rotitle=Emperor of the Crystal Tower: Entei

|poster=Pokemon-3-poster-0.jpg

|jpprem=July 8, 2000

|usprem=April 6, 2001

|usrating=G

|ukrating=U

|carating=PG

|qurating=G

|irrating=G

|aurating=PG

|nzrating=PG

|jprating=General

|derating=6

'''Pokémon 3: The Movie: Spell of the Unown''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|結晶塔|けっしょうとう}}の{{tt|帝王|ていおう}} ＥＮＴＥＩ''' ''Emperor of the Crystal Tower: Entei''; officially ''Lord of the "Unknown" Tower'' in Japan) is the 3rd Pokémon movie, and 3rd of all Pokémon movies. It was first in Japanese theaters on July 8, 2000.  It then made its way to North American theaters on April 6, 2001.

Professor [[Spencer Hale]], once one of [[Professor Oak]]'s top students and a good friend of the Ketchum family, is obsessed with discovering the secret behind the mysterious glyph-like Pokémon called {{p|Unown}}. One day while investigating some ruins, he disappears after encountering the enigmatic creatures, leaving his only daughter, [[Molly Hale|Molly]], alone back at his mansion.  

When a shipment of tiles from the ruins arrive at the mansion, the poor girl's depression and desire for companionship invokes the Unown trapped within them. As Molly wishes, they use their reality-warping powers to seal off the mansion and the surrounding valley of [[Greenfield]] in crystals and create an illusion of the [[legendary Pokémon]] {{p|Entei}} to stand in for her father. When Molly wishes for a mother (who had also vanished), Entei kidnaps {{Ash}}'s mother [[Delia Ketchum|Delia]] (who was not too far from the mansion, visiting the nearby town with Professor Oak and Ash's group) and brainwashes her into thinking she is the girl's mother, prompting Ash to charge head-first into the mansion on a rescue mission to not only save Delia, but also everyone else from the increasingly destructive powers of the Unown, who are more and more manipulated by Molly's impulses and feelings, crystallizing more and more of the environment within the mansion's vicinity.

Molly notices that Ash, [[Brock]], and [[Misty]] are trying to enter the mansion. Delia sees this too and when she sees Ash, she snaps out of her trance. Molly proceeds to deal with the intruders by approaching them with a projection of sorts. Since she is afraid that she is too young to be a Pokémon trainer, Molly "makes" herself older with the power of the Unown. As Molly meets Ash and his friends, she challenges them to a Pokémon battle and Brock accepts this challenge in order to let Ash and Misty gain enough time to save Delia, but loses to her own versions of super-powerful Pokémon, called Crystal Pokémon, created by the Unown according to Molly's wish. Ash and Misty are about to head up the second set of stairs when they are encountered by the older Molly again, but this time Misty takes her challenge. Surprised that the pre-teen Misty is old enough to be a Gym Leader, Molly restores her real age. She also changes the arena to an underwater setting, and they battle with their water Pokémon.  

Climbing the final set of stairs, Ash finally finds Delia with the real Molly, who is sleeping. Delia is surprised to see Ash,  both of them attempt to convince Molly to leave and return to reality. However, Ash is then confronted by Entei who viciously defends Molly's feelings. Forced into battle, Ash uses {{TP|Ash|Totodile}} and {{TP|Ash|Cyndaquil}} against Entei but the two are easily beaten. Pikachu is not as easily defeated, and puts up a valiant fight against Entei. [[Ash's Charizard]], who had seen Ash in trouble on Liza's television earlier and decided to help, returns from the [[Charicific Valley]] to save Ash and {{AP|Pikachu}} after Entei sends them flying. Ash then mounts Charizard as Entei engages them, and a spectacular battle erupts.

Charizard is more evenly-matched against Entei, and the two Pokémon throw everything they have at each other. At one point, Ash again tries to talk Entei out of fighting to do what's best for Molly, but Entei persists. Just as Entei is about to unleash a powerful blast at point blank range to finish Charizard off, Molly stops him, and decides she wants to live in reality again.

* [[Molly Hale]]

* {{mov|Lisa}}

* [[Nurse Joy]]

===Pokémon===

* {{p|Vulpix}} ({{OP|Brock|Vulpix}})

* {{p|Entei}} ([[Entei (Spell of the Unown)|illusion created by the Unown]])

* {{p|Unown}} ([[Unown (Spell of the Unown)|anime]])

* {{p|Charizard}} ({{OP|Ash|Charizard}})

* {{p|Teddiursa}} ([[Molly Hale|Molly's]])

===Debuts===

* {{p|Teddiursa}}

* {{p|Kingdra}}

* {{p|Aipom}}

* {{p|Granbull}}

! {{AP|Pikachu}}

! lang="ja" | カスミ

| lang="ja" | 飯塚雅弓

! {{MTR}}

| Naoto Takena

! lang="ja" | エンテイ

| lang="ja" | 竹中直人

! Me Snowdon

| [[Akiko Yajima]]

! lang="ja" | ミー・スノードン

| lang="ja" | 矢島晶子

! Sully Snowdon

! lang="ja" | シュリー・スノードン博士

| lang="ja" | 竹中直人

! {{mov|Lisa}}

| [[Lisa Ortiz]]

! [[Schuyler]]

! John

! lang="ja" | ジョン

| lang="ja" | 薬丸裕英

! lang="ja" | ハナコ

| lang="ja" | 豊島まさみ

! lang="ja" | オーキド博士

| lang="ja" | 石塚運昇

! lang="ja" | ケンジ

| lang="ja" | 関智一

! lang="ja" | ナレーション

| lang="ja" | 石塚運昇

[[Image:Unreleased Unown.jpg|left|thumb|Unknown Unown]]

* This movie premiered in Japan between the episodes between ''[[EP155|The Forest Grumps]]'' and ''[[EP156|The Psychic Sidekicks]]''. Judging by the storyline, it takes place after ''[[EP154|Fowl Play]]'', because [[Ash's Noctowl]] is present, but before ''[[EP165|Hassle In The Castle]]'', because [[Brock's Golbat]] is still a {{p|Zubat}}, so its premiere took place in proper time.

* The movie's title, ''Spell of the Unown'', refers to both the fact that the crystal covering much of [[Greenfield]] is made by a spell that the Unown have made, but as well that Unown are able to be used to literally spell out words and phrases, which Molly does with the tiles.

* Some of the Unown that appear on Professor Oak's computer are, as of yet, [[Unreleased Pokémon|unreleased]]. However, since they're just drawings, it is possible that they don't really exist in {{g|world}}.

* A picture in Molly's book has similar wings to a {{p|Beautifly}}.

[[Image:Spell_Of_The_Unown-Hale-s_Report.jpg|thumb|The report from Prof. Hale]]

===Errors===

===Dub edits===

* {{tt|Chinese|Hong Kong and Taiwan}}: '''{{tt|結晶塔之帝王|The King of the Crystal Tower}}'''

* Korean: '''{{tt|결정탑의 제왕|The Emperor of the Crystal Tower}}'''

* Polish: '''{{tt|Pokémon 3 - Zaklęcie Unown|Pokémon 3 - The Unown Curse}}'''

* Brazilian Portuguese: '''{{tt|Pokémon 3 - O Feitiço dos Unown|Pokémon 3 - The Spell of Unown}}'''

* European Portuguese: '''{{tt|A magia dos Unowns|The magic of Unown}}'''

* {{tt|Spanish|Iberian and Latin American}}: '''{{tt|El Hechizo de los Unown|The Spell of the Unown}}'''

* Finnish: '''{{tt|Pokémon 3 - Unownien Loitsu/(Kristallitorni)|Pokémon 3 -Spell of the Unown/(the Crystaltower) [TV only] }}'''

 

==External links==

*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266860/ ''Pokémon 3: The Movie'' at IMDb]

 

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