M02
- If you were looking for the song, see The Power of One (song).
Pokémon the Movie 2000 - The Power of One (Japanese: 幻のポケモンルギア爆誕 Maboroshi no Pokémon Lugia Bakutan, Legendary Pokémon Lugia: Explosive Birth, subtitled Revelation Lugia) is the 2nd Pocket Monsters movie, and 2nd of all Pokémon movies. It was first in Japanese theaters on July 17, 1999. It then made its way to North American theaters on July 21, 2000.
Summary
Disturb not the harmony of fire, ice or lightning, less these titans wreak destruction upon the world in which they clash. Though the water's great guardian shall arise arise to quell the fighting, along its song will fail, thus the earth shall turn to ash. Oh, Chosen One. Into thine hands bring together all three. Their treasure combined, tame the Beast of the Sea.
- --Shamouti Prophecy
Lawrence III, a wealthy collector of the world's most valuable antiques, wishes to make his collection complete by catching the three Legendary Birds, Moltres, Zapdos and Articuno. Anyone of them would be a priceless addition to Lawrence's collection, but he aims to capture the three in order to capture the fourth bird, Lugia.
Characters
Humans
- Ash Ketchum
- Misty
- Tracey
- Jessie
- James
- Melody
- Lawrence III
- Professor Oak
- Delia Ketchum
- Professor Ivy
- Maren
- Carol
- Brock (cameo)
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's Pikachu|Ash's)
- Meowth (Meowth (Team Rocket)|Team Rocket)
- Zapdos
- Articuno
- Moltres
- Lugia
- Slowking
- Bulbasaur (Ash's Bulbasaur)
- Charizard (Ash's Charizard)
- Squirtle (Ash's Squirtle)
- Lapras (Ash's Lapras)
- Snorlax (Ash's Snorlax)
- Togepi (Misty's Togepi)
- Staryu (Misty's Staryu)
- Goldeen (Misty's Goldeen)
- Psyduck (Misty's Psyduck)
- Marill (Tracey's Marill)
- Venonat (Tracey's Venonat)
- Scyther (Tracey's Scyther)
- Arbok (Jessie's Arbok)
- Weezing (James' Weezing)
- Mr. Mime (Delia's Mr. Mime)
- A large number of cameos by first generation Pokémon.
Movie guide
Character introductions
Pokémon debuts
Cast
出演 | |||||
Ash Ketchum | Veronica Taylor | Satoshi | Rica Matsumoto | サトシ | 松本梨香 |
Pikachu | Ikue Ohtani | Pikachu | Ikue Ohtani | ピカチュウ | 大谷育江 |
Misty | Rachael Lillis | Kasumi | Mayumi Iizuka | ||
Togepi | Satomi Kōrogi | Togepi | Satomi Kōrogi | ||
Tracey | Ted Lewis | Kenji | Tomokazu Seki | ||
Jessie | Rachael Lillis | Musashi | Megumi Hayashibara | ムサシ | 林原めぐみ |
James | Eric Stuart | Kojirō | Shin'ichirō Miki | コジロウ | 三木眞一郎 |
Meowth | Maddie Blaustein | Nyarth | Inuko Inuyama | ニャース | 犬山イヌコ |
Professor Oak | Stan Hart | Dr. Ōkido | Unshō Ishizuka | ||
Delia Ketchum | Veronica Taylor | Hanako | Masami Toyoshima | ||
Lawrence III | Neil Stuart | Jirarudan | Takeshi Kaga | ||
Slowking | Nathan Price | Yadoking | Masatoshi Hamada | ||
Lugia | Eric Rath | Lugia | Kōichi Yamadera | ||
Melody | Amy Birnbaum | Furūra | Akiko Hiramatsu | ||
Maren | Tara Jayne | Michiko | Kotono Mitsuishi | ||
Moltres | Rikako Aikawa | Fire | Rikako Aikawa | ||
Articuno | Yumi Tōma | Freezer | Yumi Tōma | ||
Zapdos | Katsuyuki Konishi | Thunder | Katsuyuki Konishi | ||
Professor Ivy | Kayzie Rogers | Dr. Uchikido | Keiko Han | ||
Narration | Ken Gates | Narration | Unshō Ishizuka |
Trivia
- Delia Ketchum, Professor Oak, and Professor Ivy's first names were first revealed in this movie.
- New Johto Pokémon first made their debut in this movie including Slowking, Lugia, and Elekid in the Pikachu Short.
- Lawrence III's actions in this movie were set in motion due to an Ancient Mew card.
- Tracey meets Professor Oak and Delia at the end of the movie. However, in A Tents Situation, Tracey acts as if he never met them before.
- "And Tracey, it's nice to finally meet you." - Delia
- "He's really real!" - Tracey
- Ash could have given Professor Oak the GS Ball, which was the reason he went to the Orange Islands in the first place, but instead waits until he gets back to Pallet Town.
- When Melody and Misty first meet Melody tells them what time the banquet is and then says "Misty, try not to get jealous." However only Ash was introduced while Misty's and Tracey's names were never mentioned.
- It is shown Ekans can swim.
- Some of the Pokémon shown on the cover are never actually seen in the movie.
- On the front cover, it appears as if Ash's undershirt is white, but it's actually black/really dark green.
Errors
Dub edits
The Japanese prophecy did not refer to Ash specifically, but only to an "exceptional trainer".
A portion of Professor Oak's explanation of what was causing the weather disturbance was cut. In it, Professor Oak theorized that life on earth was started by a chemical reaction that began when lightning struck volcanic seawater on the young planet, relating it to the elemental abilities of Zapdos, Moltres, and Articuno.
When the Pokémon are attempting to free the legendary birds, ThunderShock, Water Gun, and Flamethrower are used simultaneously. Tracey's explanation, which was cut from the dub, is that "electricity, plus fire, plus water... electricity separates water into hydrogen and oxygen, which is then recombined using fire which means- Everybody get down!"