Marcus
Marcus ギシン Gishin | |
Marcus | |
Gender | Male |
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Hometown | Michina Town |
Region | Sinnoh |
Anime debut | Arceus and the Jewel of Life |
English voice actor | Jason Griffith |
Japanese voice actor | Kōichi Yamadera |
Marcus (Japanese: ギシン Gishin) is the primary antagonist in Arceus and the Jewel of Life. His actions in the past would go on to cause the events of The Rise of Darkrai and Giratina and the Sky Warrior.
In the anime
Marcus, who once was Damos's assistant, had come to resent Arceus due to his belief that it would allow Michina Town to return to being a wasteland if the Jewel of Life was reclaimed. Because of his belief, a seed of selfishness and greed grew in him, like a poison. This led Marcus to become the driving force behind Damos's apparent betrayal of it. By using his Bronzong's Hypnosis, he was able to control Damos and force him to attempt to destroy Arceus while not returning the Jewel of Life. However during the original turn of events, he had fallen to his death along with Damos after Arceus survived the attack and counterattacked.
After meeting up with Sheena, who had traveled to the past to stop Damos's apparent betrayal of Arceus, he learned how the future would have turned out as well as his own death. After deducing that Damos didn't use it, he then changed his plans to include silver water as well while attacking Arceus. This proved to be very effective and left the Alpha Pokémon helpless as the overall assault immobilized it. However, Sheena and Damos were able to communicate with the hearts of all the Pokémon, including Bronzong and Heatran, making them turn against Marcus, and Ash was able to make him give up the Jewel of Life by wrestling with him until he dropped it. As Ash caught the jewel and rushed with his Pikachu to return it to Arceus, Dawn, her Piplup, and another group consisting of a Chikorita, a Cyndaquil, a Totodile, and multiple Rattata, cornered Marcus, preventing him from following.
Even then, however, Marcus wasn't defeated yet. Although the Pokémon had stopped attacking and Ash had the Jewel of Life with Marcus unable to get it back, Arceus, now stranded at the bottom of the shrine, was by that time on the edge of death as the silver water continued to bury it. This, in turn, set off a strange sequence that nearly destroyed Ash, Brock, Dawn, Pikachu, Piplup, and Sheena, with Ash and Pikachu disappearing first as Marcus explained to Dawn what was going on.
At that moment, just as all seemed lost, Damos managed to reach the last remaining spark of life in Arceus's heart, giving it enough strength to reabsorb the Jewel of Life and fully recover, thus thwarting Marcus's plans and saving everyone from destruction (except Damos himself and a Pichu he befriended, who did not start disappearing). Marcus's scream was then heard and his crown seen on the ledge where he was standing, implying that he fell.
The fall did not kill him, as it was revealed that Marcus had went on to work for Damos in the end credits.
Character
Marcus is characterized by his manipulative, untrustworthy nature. Damos, Sheena and Arceus all fall victim to his careful planning and betrayal, as well as his lack of concern about using force, sometimes deadly, to accomplish his goals. He believes in the noble cause of keeping Michina Town from falling into desolation, but is unable to see the error in his misguided methods of reaching it.
Pokémon
This is a listing of Marcus's known Pokémon:
Controlled
Bronzong was instrumental in Marcus' plan to destroy Arceus. By hypnotizing Damos, Marcus forced him to betray Arceus and refuse to return the Jewel of Life. However, Bronzong was not acting under its own will, but was being controlled by special armor. Eventually, Damos' special ability to touch the hearts of Pokémon made Bronzong realize what it was doing, and, after the armor was destroyed by Piplup's Peck, Bronzong turned on Marcus and helped defend the Trainers that had rescued it.
Bronzong's known moves are Hypnosis, Gyro Ball and Flash Cannon. | ||
Debut | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | |
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Voice actors | ||
Japanese | Unshō Ishizuka | |
English | Bill Rogers |
Heatran, like Bronzong, was also forced to obey Marcus against its will by special armor. Heatran was also very powerful and also, like all Heatran, had the ability to walk on walls and ceilings with ease. Heatran was forced to battle against Ash and Dawn, but eventually realized what it was doing thanks to Damos and Sheena, and it allowed Pikachu to destroy its armor with Iron Tail. Heatran then turned on Marcus along with Bronzong.
Heatran's known moves are Fire Spin, Flamethrower and Protect. | ||
Debut | Arceus and the Jewel of Life | |
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Voice actors | ||
Japanese | Kenta Miyake | |
English | Tom Wayland |
Voice actors
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In the manga
In the movie adaptations
He appears as the primary antagonist of the movie's manga adaptation, fulfilling a similar role to his part in the movie, but with some changes. His plot is the same, but his motivations are much less altruistic, intending to use the Jewel of Life to become a god in his era. His actions are also more violent; for example, when Heatran disobeys him, he kicks it in the head repeatedly. At the climax of the story, when his plan is foiled, he commits suicide by activating a mechanism to cause the temple to collapse, causing a rockfall that is shown burying and killing him.
In the English translation of the manga adaptation, his name is spelled Markus.
Pokémon
Controlled
Bronzong was one of the Pokémon that Marcus controlled. It hypnotized Damos's Pokémon to attack Arceus
None of Bronzong's moves are known. | ||
Debut | Arceus and the Jewel of Life |
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Heatran was another Pokémon that Marcus controlled. Unlike the anime, Heatran was shown to have disobeyed Marcus.
None of Heatran's moves are known. | ||
Debut | Arceus and the Jewel of Life |
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Artwork
Ken Sugimori's design of Marcus |
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Marcus or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Marcus's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Heatran | Movie Commemoration Random Pack | 005/022 | |||||
Bronzong | Movie Commemoration Random Pack | 015/022 | |||||
Trivia
- Marcus shares the same voice actors with Sir Aaron, both in English and Japanese.
Name origin
Marcus's English name may be derived from his warlike nature towards Pokémon, as the name itself has some relation to the Roman god of war, Mars.
Gishin can mean both "loyal retainer" and "suspicion," both aspects of his character.
In other languages
Language | Name | Origin |
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Korean | 기신 Gisin | Transliteration of his Japanese name. |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 奇辛 Qíxīn | Transliteration of his Japanese name. |
This movie article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime. |