Forces of nature (anime)

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The forces of nature are a trio of Legendary Pokémon that appeared in Pokémon the Series: Black & White. They were targeted twice for capture by Team Rocket, who desired to use their powers to control the weather and take over the world.

The forces of nature
The forces of nature in their Therian Formes

Tornadus

Tornadus
トルネロス Tornelos
Tornadus anime.png
Tornadus
Tornadus Therian anime.png
Tornadus in Therian Forme
Debuts in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1
Gender Male[1]
Ability Prankster*
Current location Milos Island
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This Pokémon is fully evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Tornadus Kensuke Satō Scott Williams

Tornadus (Japanese: トルネロス Tornelos) appeared in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1, Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2, and Unova's Survival Crisis! as Team Rocket's targets.

History

Long ago, Tornadus had a huge conflict with the Bolt Strike Pokémon: Thundurus. They battled over Milos Island and caused a lot of damage, endangering many people and Pokémon, until Landorus appeared to break them up. With the help of a Gothorita, Landorus was soon able to calm Tornadus and his rival; sending them away from the island. Prior to this a shrine was erected on Milos Island to keep Tornadus from returning.

After Team Rocket destroyed Tornadus's shrine in The Mighty Accelguard to the Rescue!, he returned to Milos Island in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1 while Lewis and his Gothorita were praying for fertility at Landorus's obelisk. He instantly attacked Ash and co with his Hurricane attack and caused damage to the forest with Air Slash. While Ash, Iris and Lewis fled to check on Tornadus's shrine, the Cyclone Pokémon battled with Cilan and his Pansage. Being far stronger than Pansage, Tornadus was able to easily shrug off his Bullet Seed and SolarBeam before defeating him. Thundurus soon appeared, having also had his shrine destroyed by Team Rocket, and confronted Tornadus. The two begin fighting once again, while briskly smacking down Ash's Pikachu, Snivy, Iris's Excadrill and Cilan's Stunfisk, who were attempting to stop their fight. As a result of their battle, the island turned chaotic and many wild Pokémon fled, as Ash and the others went to pray again for Landorus's help.

Tornadus battling Cilan's Pansage and Ridley's Golurk

In Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2, Landorus appears before Tornadus and Thundurus, asking them to calm their rage, though to no avail. The battle became a three-way melee between the three Legendary Pokémon, with neither of them showing signs of fatigue. Suddenly, Tornadus and his opponents were surrounded by small laser beams that formed a cage around each of them and they were brought up to Dr. Zager's helicopter. Despite their power, Tornadus and the others were unable to break free. A combination of Pikachu's Thunderbolt, Roggenrola's Flash Cannon, Axew's Dragon Rage, Emolga's Hidden Power and Pansage's SolarBeam that also proved unable to destroy the cages, managed to damage the helicopter, forcing Dr. Zager to drop the cargo hold and freeing the trio of Legendary Pokémon. While Team Rocket fled, Tornadus resumed fighting his opponents and eventually managed to cause serious damage to Landorus alongside Thundurus. Having the Abundance Pokémon cornered, Tornadus and Thundurus prepared to finish Landorus off, but Lewis's Gothorita used Psychic to send him a Revival Herb; giving Landorus the strength to use Protect, repeating what happened before. Tornadus took a massive hit from Landorus's Hyper Beam, before then being healed and finally listening to reason.

Tornadus later helped rejuvenate Milos Island by summoning rain to help Landorus's seeds grow, and used Hurricane to spread the newly grown Revival Herb spore across Milos Island, before departing.

In Unova's Survival Crisis!, Giovanni used the Reveal Glass to summon the trio, force them into their Therian Forme, and control them. He battled aggressively in the skies with Iris's Dragonite, Cynthia's Garchomp, Ridley's Golurk and Cilan's Pansage under Giovanni's command and were still unable to control himself even after Team Rocket fled the scene. Eventually he was calmed by Meloetta's song and turned back to his Incarnate Forme before leaving.

Moves used

Incarnate Forme

Tornadus Hidden Power.png
Using Hidden Power
Move First Used In
Hurricane Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1
Air Slash Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1
Hidden Power Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1
Hammer Arm Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Therian Forme

Tornadus Therian Hurricane.png
Using Hurricane
Move First Used In
Air Slash Unova's Survival Crisis!
Hurricane Unova's Survival Crisis!
Hidden Power Unova's Survival Crisis!
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Thundurus

Thundurus
ボルトロス Voltolos
Thundurus anime.png
Thundurus
Thundurus Therian anime.png
Thundurus in Therian Forme
Debuts in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1
Gender Male[2]
Ability Prankster*
Current location Milos Island
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This Pokémon is fully evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Thundurus Unshō Ishizuka Sean Schemmel

Thundurus (Japanese: ボルトロス Voltolos) appeared in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1, Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2, and Unova's Survival Crisis! as Team Rocket's targets.

History

Long ago, Thundurus had a huge conflict with the Cyclone Pokémon: Tornadus. They battled over Milos Island and damaged the environment severely, putting the people and Pokémon that lived there in danger, until Landorus appeared to break them up. With the help of a Gothorita, Landorus was soon able to calm Thundurus and his opponent; banishing them from the island. Prior to this a shrine was built on Milos Island to keep Thundurus from returning.

After Team Rocket defiled Thundurus's shrine in A Call for Brotherly Love!, he returned to Milos Island in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1 and confronted Tornadus. The two began fighting once again swiftly smacking down Ash's Pikachu and Snivy, Iris's Excadrill, and Cilan's Stunfisk, who were trying to stop their fight. As a result of their battle, the island turned chaotic and many wild Pokémon fled, as Ash and the others went to pray again for Landorus's help.

In Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2, Landorus appears before Tornadus and Thundurus, asking them to calm their rage, though to no avail. The battle became a three-way melee between the three Legendary Pokémon, with neither of them showing signs of fatigue. Suddenly, Thundurus and his opponents were surrounded by small laser beams that formed a cage around each of them and they were brought up to Dr. Zager's helicopter. Despite their power, Thundurus and the others were unable to break free. A combination of Pikachu's Thunderbolt, Roggenrola's Flash Cannon, Axew's Dragon Rage, Emolga's Hidden Power and Pansage's SolarBeam that also proved unable to destroy the cages, managed to damage the helicopter, forcing Dr. Zager to drop the cargo hold and freeing the trio of Legendary Pokémon. While Team Rocket fled, Thundurus resumed fighting his opponents and eventually managed to cause serious damage to Landorus alongside Tornadus. Having the Fertility Pokémon cornered, Tornadus and Thundurus prepared to finish Landorus off, but Lewis's Gothorita used Psychic to send him a Revival Herb; giving Landorus the strength to use Protect, repeating what happened before. Thundurus took a massive hit from Landorus's Hyper Beam, before then being healed and finally listening to reason.

Thundurus later helped rejuvenate Milos Island before departing.

In Unova's Survival Crisis!, Giovanni used the Reveal Glass to summon the trio, force them into their Therian Forme, and control them. He battled aggressively in the skies with Iris's Dragonite, Cynthia's Garchomp, Ridley's Golurk and Cilan's Pansage under Giovanni's command and were still unable to control himself even after Team Rocket fled the scene. Eventually he was calmed by Meloetta's song and turned back to his Incarnate Forme before leaving.

Moves used

Incarnate Forme

Thundurus Wild Charge.png
Using Wild Charge
Move First Used In
Thunder Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1
Focus Blast Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1
Wild Charge Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1
Hammer Arm Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Therian Forme

Thundurus Therian Thunder.png
Using Thunder
Move First Used In
Thunder Unova's Survival Crisis!
Focus Blast Unova's Survival Crisis!
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Landorus

Landorus
ランドロス Landlos
Landorus anime.png
Landorus
Landorus Therian anime.png
Landorus in Therian Forme
Debuts in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2
Gender Male[3]
Ability Unknown
Current location Milos Island
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This Pokémon is fully evolved.
Voice actor Japanese English
As Landorus Kenta Miyake Marc Thompson

Landorus (Japanese: ランドロス Landlos) was referenced in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 1 before physically appearing in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2 and Unova's Survival Crisis! as Team Rocket's targets.

History

Landorus battling Iris's Dragonite

Iris, dressed up as a shrine maiden, summoned Landorus in Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2 with the help of Lewis's Gothorita in order to have Tornadus and Thundurus cease the fighting. He battled the two until Team Rocket and Dr. Zager arrived and caged the forces of nature with their energy fields. The energy fields were attached to Dr. Zager's helicopter. Ash, his friends, and Lewis tried freeing them with their Pokémon, but their attacks were rendered useless on the energy fields. They went for the helicopter instead and Dr. Zager released control of Landorus, Tornadus, and Thundurus, and fled along with Team Rocket. The battle between the forces of nature continued and Landorus struggled to avoid Thundurus and Tornadus's onslaught, which gave the two a chance to inflict damage on Landorus. Gothorita gave Landorus a Revival Herb to fully recover his strength. Now fully healed, Landorus fired a Hyper Beam at Tornadus and Thundurus. He was then finally able to convince the two to stop their fighting.

Landorus helped regrow the crops of Revival Herbs on Milos Island and then departed with the other members of the forces of nature.

In Unova's Survival Crisis!, Giovanni used the Reveal Glass to summon the trio, force them into their Therian Forme, and control them. He battled aggressively in the skies with Iris's Dragonite, Cynthia's Garchomp, Ridley's Golurk and Cilan's Pansage under Giovanni's command and were still unable to control himself even after Team Rocket fled the scene. Eventually he was calmed by Meloetta's song and turned back to his Incarnate Forme before leaving.

Moves used

Incarnate Forme

Landorus Hyper Beam.png
Using Hyper Beam
Move First Used In
Protect Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2
Extrasensory Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2
Hyper Beam Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2
Stone Edge Stopping the Rage of Legends! Part 2
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

Therian Forme

Landorus Therian Hyper Beam.png
Using Hyper Beam
Move First Used In
Stone Edge Unova's Survival Crisis!
Hyper Beam Unova's Survival Crisis!
A shows that the move was used recently, unless all moves fit this case or there are fewer than five known moves.

In the games

The two Legendary Pokémon were distributed on December 16, 2011 to January 10, 2012 for Japanese players of Pokémon Black and White to commemorate their appearance in BW059 and BW060. Thundurus was made available for players of Pokémon Black and Tornadus for players of Pokémon White.

Pokémon Info Trainer Memo Battle Moves Ribbons
Cherish Ball summary IV.png ボルトロス Dex No. 0642 Random nature. Electric Thunder Wishing Ribbon
Lv. 70 Type   Fighting Hammer Arm
Spr 5b 642.png Electric Flying Pokémon Event Fighting Focus Blast
OT ミロスとう Apparently had a Electric Wild Charge
ID No. 12161 fateful encounter at This Pokémon was available in Japan and Wi-Fi
from December 16, 2011 to January 10, 2012.
Item Ability Lv. 70.
Revival Herb Revival Herb Prankster  
The date this Pokémon was received is determined by the date on the DS when the Wonder Card is received.
This Pokémon is English in origin.
Can be obtained with: B W B2 W2
Pokémon Info Trainer Memo Battle Moves Ribbons
Cherish Ball summary IV.png トルネロス Dex No. 0641 Random nature. Flying Hurricane Wishing Ribbon
Lv. 70 Type   Fighting Hammer Arm
Spr 5b 641.png Flying Unknown Pokémon Event Flying Air Slash
OT ミロスとう Apparently had a Normal Hidden Power
ID No. 12161 fateful encounter at This Pokémon was available in Japan and Wi-Fi
from December 16, 2011 to January 10, 2012.
Item Ability Lv. 70.
Revival Herb Revival Herb Prankster  
The date this Pokémon was received is determined by the date on the DS when the Wonder Card is received.
This Pokémon is English in origin.
Can be obtained with: B W B2 W2


References

  1. Tornadus is a male exclusive Pokémon species.
  2. Thundurus is a male exclusive Pokémon species.
  3. Landorus is a male exclusive Pokémon species.

Related articles

For more information on these Pokémon's species, see Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus.

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