Pokémon movie: Difference between revisions

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[[File:Pikachu the Movie.png|thumb|300px|Pikachu the Movie]]

The locations in which the movies take place have been, since ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]'', based on [[Pokémon world in relation to the real world|real-world locations]] outside of Japan. Topics explored are typically deeper than those explored in the [[List of anime episodes|episodes]] aired on television, with the battle between greedy people who would use Pokémon for evil and those like Ash who are friends and partners to their Pokémon being a central issue in several movies.

==Movies==

===Original series===

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! Movie

! English title

! English release

===''Advanced Generation'' series===

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! Movie

! English title

! English release

| [[Toho]]

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===''Diamond & Pearl'' series===

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! Movie

! English title

! English release

| [[Toho]]

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===''Best Wishes'' series===

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! {{color|FFF|Movie}}

! {{color|FFF|English title}}

! {{color|FFF|English release}}

! {{color|FFF|Japanese release}}

! {{color|FFF|Japanese distributor}}

| rowspan="2"| [[File:Victini and Zekrom movie poster.png|100px|Victini and Zekrom]]

| '''[[M14|Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom]]'''

| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}

| '''ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム'''<br />''Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom''

| [[Toho]]

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| '''[[M14|Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram]]'''

| December 10, 2011

| [[Toho]]

|- style="background:#FFF"

| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" |'''Summary:''' Ash, Iris, and Cilan arrive in [[Eindoak Town]], a village where the descendants of a race known as the People of the Vale live, to participate in a battle tournament. They meet the Victory Pokémon, {{OBP|Victini|M14}}, and learn of its deep connection to the history of the People of the Vale and their land. However, when [[Damon]], a man aiming to use the castle known as the [[Sword of the Vale]] to restore [[Kingdom of the Vale|his people's kingdom]] to its former glory, captures Victini to move his plan forward, he sets in motion a chain of events that threaten to destroy not only Eindoak Town but the entire world.

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===''XY'' series===

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! {{color|FFF|Movie}}

! {{color|FFF|English title}}

! {{color|FFF|English release}}

===''Sun & Moon'' series===

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|- style="background:#FFF"  

| July 15, 2017

| [[Toho]]

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Due to this inconsistency, it will be noted in the movies' individual articles when a reference has been made to them in the main anime. The placement of the movies in the anime timeline will normally be between the episodes aired before and after the date of the movie's Japanese premiere, though often with more recent movies, this placement can vary with regard to events in the main anime.

==Home video releases==

{{main|List of English language Pokémon movie home video releases (Region 4)}}

** In [[Generation V]], [[List of locations by index number (Generation V)|placeholder data]] exists for every movie between [[M13|the thirteenth]] and the present, with space reserved for movies from 2010 to 2020.

** In [[Generation VI]], [[List of locations by index number (Generation VI)|placeholder data]] exists for every movie between [[M16|the sixteenth]] and the present, with space reserved for movies from 2013 to 2018.

* Several characters from the movies have been featured as cameos in the games [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Diamond, Pearl]] and [[Pokémon Platinum Version|Platinum]]. Their names match that of the characters they are based on in the Japanese version, however, the English translators missed those references and named them differently.

** '''Ace Trainers Felix and Dana''' from {{rt|229|Sinnoh}} have their [[party|teams]] based on those of [[Butler]] and [[Diane]] from ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''.