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Its next appearance came in the era of {{Ash}} and [[Ash's friends|his friends]], in which it appeared in Michina Town and began passing down its Judgment to destroy the area. [[Sheena]] attempted to return the Jewel of Life in this era but inadvertently gave it a fake (which had been created to further prevent it from retaking the real Jewel), making it even angrier. When the [[creation trio]] appeared to protect the world from Arceus, {{mov|Palkia}} restrained it while {{mov|Dialga}} sent the heroes back in time to Damos's betrayal.

[[File:Arceus Plates.png|250px|thumb|right|Arceus's Plates (5 are missing)]]

In the ancient past the group discovered that Damos was controlled by another man, [[Marcus]], who had grown bitter with his belief that returning the Jewel of Life to Arceus would result in Michina Town once again becoming desolate and wished to destroy it to prevent such events. By manipulating Sheena, Marcus nearly succeeded in killing Arceus and permanently altering the fabric of space-time (nearly destroying Ash and all the other heroes except Damos in the process). Fortunately, Damos managed to reach the last bit of life in Arceus's heart, giving it enough strength to re-absorb the Jewel of Life from Ash, saving it from certain death. It then revived the heroes, and they returned to the future. Although Arceus was still furious when they returned, the past finally caught up with the present, and it remembered Ash's role in saving its life, thus soothing its rage and, as it later remarked, making it feel part of the world Ash and the others lived in for the "first time."

Arceus was a trusting Pokémon to any individual who was willing to join forces with it, as demonstrated with [[Damos]]. However, after betraying Arceus when he was hypnotized by [[Marcus]], Arceus changed its way and wanted to work alone. It became that way during the present until {{Ash}} and {{ashfr|the others}} went back in time to stop Marcus. With the past altered, Damos managed to bond with Arceus and Ash when they both tried to return the Jewel of Life. As soon as Ash and the others went back in their own time, Arceus became friendly towards Ash, {{AP|Pikachu}} and everyone else due to their past being altered.

[[File:Arceus M12 manga.png|thumb|Arceus in the manga]]

*Arceus's Plates appear as a certain color and are brick-shaped in the games, but in the movie, they are coffin-shaped and glow in rainbow colors. However, in the episode ''[[DP060|Journey to the Unown!]]'', they appear as in the games.

*According to ADR Director [[Tom Wayland]], Arceus was originally going to be voiced by actor Vincent D'Onofrio of ''Full Metal Jacket'' and ''Men In Black'' fame. Unfortunately, before his recording session, there were difficulties with D'Onofrio's agent and he was unable to record for the Movie. After re-auditioning, [[Tom Wayland]] himself was chosen to voice Arceus instead.