Pokémon Origins: Difference between revisions

The story is split into four episodes. It was first aired in Japan on October 2, 2013, airing in its entirety. The first episode premiered in English on [[Pokémon TV]] on November 15, 2013, with subsequent episodes following on November 18, 20, and 22, 2013; the episodes remained on Pokémon TV until December 2, 2013. All four episodes were released on DVD and Blu-ray in Japan on December 4, 2013. On January 30, 2014, the English dubs of all four episodes were made available on the [[Hulu]] streaming service for the United States (although after April 2015, they became Hulu Plus-exclusive), along with [[Amazon Video]]<ref>http://www.hulu.com/pokemon-origins</ref>. On May 28, 2014, the English dubs of all four episodes [http://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/pokemon-origins/id862658212 were released] on the {{wp|iTunes}} distribution service, available in {{wp|Standard-definition television|standard-definition}} (SD) and {{wp|High-definition television|high-definition}} (HD) formats. On September 13, 2016, the first English dubbed episode was uploaded to Pokémon's official YouTube account.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfxmHCtj5cI&app=desktop</ref>

* {{OBP|Red|Origins}} speaks.

*The character dialogue is directly from Red and Blue when in the text boxes during the montages (such as the beginnings of Files 2, 3, and 4), but when actually spoken, it is retranslated.

*[[Pallet Town]] is much bigger.

*The two visits to [[Professor Oak's Laboratory]] for the [[starter Pokémon]] and the [[Pokédex]] are combined in Origins. Thus, [[Oak's Parcel]] is absent.

*Red encounters certain wild Pokémon in locations where they cannot be encountered in the games, such as {{p|Caterpie}} and {{p|Spearow}} appearing on {{rt|1|Kanto}}.

*Red and {{OBP|Blue|Origins}} first battle on Route 1, instead of in Professor Oak's Laboratory. He references the lab battle by proposing that he and Red "test out [their] Pokémon" like in the games, but quickly changes his mind.

*[[Brock]] meets Red on Route 1, whereas in the games he meets Red at the [[Gym]], like all Generation I [[Gym Leader]]s except [[Giovanni]].

*The Gym Trainers do not battle Red.

*[[Reina]] has a bigger role.

*There are no {{tc|Channeler}}s or any other Trainers in the [[Pokémon Tower]].

*Red is shown to already own a {{p|Jolteon}} by the time he visits Pokémon Tower, despite having not yet visited [[Celadon City]], where he would obtain Eevee at [[Celadon Condominiums]].

*The [[Silph Scope]] is obtained in the Pokémon Tower, instead of in the [[Rocket Hideout]]. However, a {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}} held it before Blue stole it from him.

**The Rocket Hideout is instead encountered afterwards in a flash back in File 3.

*Blue helps Red in the Pokémon Tower.

*The [[Marowak (ghost)|ghost Marowak]] is calmed by her child, {{p|Cubone}}, instead of Red.

*Giovanni is the only Trainer that battles Red inside [[Silph Co.]] Also, Red loses against him.

*In the games, Blue leaves Red to defeat Team Rocket in Silph Co. In this special, he goes to inform the police, though only after being scolded by Red.

*The [[Master Ball]]'s production is put on hold, as opposed to Red being given one.

*Giovanni uses fewer Pokémon.

**This is referenced by him putting away his regular Gym Pokémon to battle Red with his two most powerful ones.

*In the games, Giovanni originally disbands Team Rocket because he does not wish to face his followers after losing to Red. In this special, he disbands them because he remembers his former love for Pokémon.

*One of the photos in the [[Hall of Fame]] includes a {{p|Slowking}}, a [[Generation II]] Pokémon.

*Blue goes to Cerulean Cave to catch {{p|Mewtwo}}, whereas in the game he does not go at all.

*Mewtwo knows {{m|Confusion}} instead of {{m|Psychic}}.

*[[Mega Evolution]], [[Mega Stone]]s, and [[Key Stone]]s were all added in Pokémon Origins.

{{cast|Kanto|Red (Origins)|List of English voice actors{{!}}Bryce Papenbrook|disp=Red|Red|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Junko Takeuchi|レッド|竹内順子|top=yes}}

{{cast|Kanto|Blue (Origins)|disp=Blue|Lucien Dodge|Green|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Takuya Eguchi|グリーン|江口拓也}}

{{cast|Kanto|Giovanni|List of English voice actors{{!}}Jamieson Price|Sakaki|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Rikiya Koyama|サカキ|小山力也}}

{{cast|Kanto|Mr. Fuji|List of English voice actors{{!}}Kirk Thornton|Elder Fuji|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Minoru Inaba|フジ老人|稲葉実}}

==Background information==

* The sound effects and visual effects for [[Poké Ball]]s (such as when a Pokémon is being sent out) differ in comparison to the effects used in the main Pokémon anime, instead being more loyal to the game. Another example is the three small stars that pop out of a Poké Ball when it has successfully caught a Pokémon.

* Pokémon battles are more intense than in the regular anime. The scene where Green's Squirtle uses Bite on Red's Charmander is also toned down in the English dub.

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