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Pokémon Live! is most notorious for featuring far more [[Shipping|heavy romantic overtones]] than the series on which it is based. In particular, Misty's feelings for Ash are [[PokéShipping|outright stated]] and a large source of angst for her character. The show was also the inspiration for [[DiamondShipping]], named after the Diamond Badge Giovanni offers to Trainers. During the events of the story, Delia reveals to Professor Oak that she once dated Giovanni when they were teenagers, though she left his gang after meeting Ash's father. This backstory, however, outright contradicts the Japanese-only audio dramas on the origins of Team Rocket. | Pokémon Live! is most notorious for featuring far more [[Shipping|heavy romantic overtones]] than the series on which it is based. In particular, Misty's feelings for Ash are [[PokéShipping|outright stated]] and a large source of angst for her character. The show was also the inspiration for [[DiamondShipping]], named after the Diamond Badge Giovanni offers to Trainers. During the events of the story, Delia reveals to Professor Oak that she once dated Giovanni when they were teenagers, though she left his gang after meeting Ash's father. This backstory, however, outright contradicts the Japanese-only audio dramas on the origins of Team Rocket. | ||
Pokémon Live! was planned to have a [http://web.archive.org/web/20011019041628/http://www.pokemon.com/events/live.html home video release] around the time that the Pokémon tour had finished. Much later in 2016, in an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WE5RAG68UI interview with GameInformer]; Michael Slade stated that prior to production of the musical that he had no knowledge of Pokémon whatsoever aside from who Pikachu was. He was sent a copy of [[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]] to help him study for the production. He watched the film several times before starting to understand it better. | Pokémon Live! was planned to have a [http://web.archive.org/web/20011019041628/http://www.pokemon.com/events/live.html home video release] around the time that the Pokémon tour had finished. Much later in 2016, in an [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WE5RAG68UI interview with GameInformer]; Michael Slade stated that prior to production of the musical that he had no knowledge of Pokémon whatsoever aside from who Pikachu was. He was sent a copy of ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' to help him study for the production. He watched the film several times before starting to understand it better. | ||
Michael Slade was only given a few weeks to get the full script completed with each act being written in roughly a week. During this time, [[Ikue Ōtani]] also looked over the script for approval of when Pikachu would speak during production and recorded lines specifically for use in Pokémon Live!. | Michael Slade was only given a few weeks to get the full script completed with each act being written in roughly a week. During this time, [[Ikue Ōtani]] also looked over the script for approval of when Pikachu would speak during production and recorded lines specifically for use in Pokémon Live!. | ||
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* Dennis Kenney, the actor who played Brock, appeared as a host in the [[Pokémon Insider: The Video|Pokémon Insider promotional video]]. The video includes a clip of himself (in character as Brock) performing the song [[Two Perfect Girls]]. | * Dennis Kenney, the actor who played Brock, appeared as a host in the [[Pokémon Insider: The Video|Pokémon Insider promotional video]]. The video includes a clip of himself (in character as Brock) performing the song [[Two Perfect Girls]]. | ||
* Both Pokémon Insider and [[Pokémon.com]] at the time claimed Pokémon Live! was to be aired on television and released on home video in the United States, but no such broadcast or release ever occurred. This was explained years later as due to a lack of financial success and a lack of interest that lead to the home video release being scrapped.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011019041628/http://www.pokemon.com:80/events/live.html Pokémon Live! - ''Pokémon.com (archived)'']</ref> Producer Chris Mitchell confirmed that a high definition professional recording was made but that plans for releasing it ended up falling through. | * Both Pokémon Insider and [[Pokémon.com]] at the time claimed Pokémon Live! was to be aired on television and released on home video in the United States, but no such broadcast or release ever occurred. This was explained years later as due to a lack of financial success and a lack of interest that lead to the home video release being scrapped.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20011019041628/http://www.pokemon.com:80/events/live.html Pokémon Live! - ''Pokémon.com (archived)'']</ref> Producer Chris Mitchell confirmed that a high definition professional recording was made but that plans for releasing it ended up falling through. | ||
* Michael Slade stated in a 2016 interview with GameInformer that alongside MechaMew2 there was supposed to be one more Pokémon that Ash Ketchum would face off against that would attack using bubbles. It was scrapped late into production and forgotten about. | * Michael Slade stated in a 2016 interview with GameInformer that alongside MechaMew2, there was supposed to be one more Pokémon that Ash Ketchum would face off against that would attack using bubbles. It was scrapped late into production and forgotten about. | ||
* Stage actors would get annoyed by children who were taking their Pokémon lights and pointing them at the stage during dark lighting moments. | * Stage actors would get annoyed by children who were taking their Pokémon lights and pointing them at the stage during dark lighting moments. | ||
* Some of the props were left behind in a now-abandoned theater (which never hosted the musical) in Canada before the show moved overseas and were discovered nearly 20 years later by urban explorers. | * Some of the props were left behind in a now-abandoned theater (which never hosted the musical) in Canada before the show moved overseas and were discovered nearly 20 years later by urban explorers. | ||