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==Plot== | ==Plot== | ||
{{ | {{OBP|Annie|M05}} and [[Oakley]], two members of [[Team Rocket]], are determined to control the [[Soul Dew]], a special jewel with immense power. Their overnight library heist proves successful, with Oakley quickly locating her target, an ancient book. Oakley is particularly focused on the final chapter, informing Annie that a special machine known as the [[Defense Mechanism of Alto Mare]], or '''DMA''' for short, requires the Soul Dew to work. They leave their kiss-printed calling card and a rose to be discovered by the security guard while they escape. Annie and Oakley zip line into their waiting rocket-propelled vehicle, heading for their next destination, the canal city of [[Alto Mare]], [[Johto]]. | ||
The | The day of the annual [[Tour de Alto Mare]], a water chariot race through the canals of Alto Mare, arrives. Hoping to claim victory, {{Ash}} enters with his {{AP|Totodile}}, while traveling companion {{an|Misty}} and her {{TP|Misty|Corsola}} are competing as well. {{an|Brock}}, caring for {{AP|Pikachu}} and {{TP|Misty|Togepi}}, is amongst the crowd watching from a towering bridge. Brock quickly becomes distracted by a beautiful girl, and accidentally pushes Pikachu off the bridge. Pikachu, however is caught by Ash as he passes underneath, and quickly repositions himself on Ash’s shoulder. The race quickly becomes a three-tied event between Ash, Misty and last year's winner [[Ross]]. As they round the sharp turns, they accidentally splash the [[Team Rocket trio]] whose alfresco meal is spoiled by the crashing wake. At one point, Ash falls off his chariot while making a bend, and he quickly loses his lead when other contestants' race past him. The help of a mysterious invisible Pokémon, a {{OBP|Latias|M05}}, helps Ash and Totodile make a speedy comeback into a top three position. Ash cannot understand Totodile's sudden boost of energy. However Ash's chances of winning are dashed when Latias's older brother, a {{OBP|Latios|M05}}, intervenes and pulls Ash and Latias off-track. Latios eventually pulls Latias away from the water chariot, sending Ash and Totodile crashing in the process. Ross and Misty, meanwhile, both reach the finish line. Reviewing the footage, the judges notice that Corsola's horn narrowly reaches the finish line first, giving Misty the title of the year's Tour de Alto Mare winner. Ross congratulates Misty on the victory and also offers to show her around town. | ||
Ross, also a local gondolier, gives Ash and his friends a gondola-guided tour of Alto Mare. Misty admires her glass medallion prize, which Ross says depicts the guardians of Alto Mare, Latias and Latios. She then spots the two guardians on a pair of stone columns in the main city square. Ross adds that people never see the guardians anymore, namely because Alto Mare is now peaceful. Ash and the others wonder if they will get a chance to meet them. | |||
Latios becomes a | Meanwhile, Annie and Oakley, are scanning the main piazza for any signs of Latias or Latios. Oakley reveals that the Eon duo have the ability to transform into anything, even people, to remain undiscovered. Their special camera soon spots Latias disguised as a girl, so Annie and Oakley turn on their speedboat and zero-in on their target. The Rocket trio, meanwhile, are enjoying some gelato when the wake from Annie and Oakley's speeding boat washes over them. [[James]] immediately recognizes the pair as fellow Team Rocket members, and [[Jessie]] realizes that some secret operation must be happening. The trio agree to follow Annie and Oakley, hoping to thwart their plot and take all the credit for themselves. Ross, later drops the group off on the shore, informing them about some of the local attractions including a local gelateria. Pikachu becomes side-tracked after spotting a local water pump, and he decides to have a drink. A young girl turns on the water and Pikachu promptly takes a sip. Ash rushes over to call Pikachu back, but the young girl suddenly stares intensely at him, much to his surprise. As she runs off down an alleyway, Ash simply shrugs off the odd encounter. Annie and Oakley trail the girl, which their special glasses confirming it is Latias in disguise, before ambushing her with their {{p|Espeon}} and {{p|Ariados}}. The commotion piques Pikachu's interest, leading Ash directly to the confrontation. Ash intervenes and breaks the "girl" free of Ariados's sticky web. Annie orders her Espeon to teach Ash a lesson, and zap of {{m|Psybeam}} injures him. Ash then retaliates, having Pikachu use {{m|Thunderbolt}} on the Rocket duo and their Pokémon. Annie subsequently falls into the canal, and frustrated about her outfit being ruined, she orders the Pokémon go after Latias and Ash. Espeon and Ariados pursue their targets through Alto Mare's laneways, though Ash and the “girl” manage to outrun them. The girl then grabs Ash by the hand, guiding him back to where they started, the piazza with the drinking fountain. Brock and Misty call out to Ash, asking where he has been. Ash then turns around, only to find the girl has disappeared. | ||
Ash reunites with his friends, where they decide to visit the Alto Mare Museum. Inside, Ash notices the skeletal remains of a Pokémon embedded in the tiled floor. The curator, [[Lorenzo]], introduces himself and reveals that there are actually two Pokémon, a {{p|Kabutops}} and an {{p|Aerodactyl}}, which are reminders of Alto Mare's past. He guides the group through to the DMA, or Defense Mechanism of Alto Mare, which was built to protect Alto Mare. History tells that an evil [[Pokémon Trainer]] and their Pokémon terrorized the town. He explains that the original Latios came to the city, using his powers to drown the evil Pokémon and turning the streets into canals. Ash then spots the girl from before, accidentally touching the DMA in his moment of distraction. Ash hurriedly leaves his friends and Lorenzo to follow after the girl, all while Annie and Oakley spy on him with their flying surveillance camera. Ash confronts the girl, however she denies knowing him at all, much to his confusion. He soon loses track of her after running through some laneways, only for "her" to gesture for him to follow. The "girl" leads Ash through more laneways and through a brick wall to a hidden location. | |||
Ash and Pikachu step out from the darkness to find themselves now standing in a the [[Secret Garden (location)|Secret Garden]], incredibly landscaped and bursting with [[wild Pokémon]]. The "girl" appears again, leading Ash and Pikachu to find her swinging by herself on a swing. Ash is then attacked by an invisible force, Latios who is determined to keep outsiders away. Pikachu fails to land an attack and is knocked backwards by Latios's speed. The "girl" then stands in Latios's path, preventing him from knocking Ash over as well. Ash instantly recognizes Latios from the statues that he saw earlier. More confusingly, an identical looking girl, wearing a white beret, appears. As the girl orders Latios to attack the intruder, Lorenzo from the museum arrives to stop the confrontation. The "girl" who protected Ash decides to play with him, pushing him onto the rope swing before revealing herself to actually be a Latias in disguise. Latios meanwhile apologizes to Pikachu with a gentle lick to the face before the two start playing around together. The real girl, named {{OBP|Bianca|M05}}, apologizes to Ash, while her grandfather Lorenzo offer clarity of the situation. Bianca reveals that Latias has the unique ability to transform, and she often disguises herself as her, as they are best friends. Latias and Latios then show off one their other abilities, sight-sharing which enables them to show each other exactly what they are seeing. Afterwards, Lorenzo explains that he has taken care of Latias and Latios ever since they were babies. The pair were left orphaned by their father, Latios, who sacrificed his life to protect Alto Mare from the evil Trainer. A collage of stone tiles tell the story in more detail while Lorenzo shows Ash the precious Soul Dew, said to contain Latios's soul as well as the power to destroy Alto Mare, housed in a pool of pure water. Lorenzo asks Ash to keep the secret garden and location of the Soul Dew a secret, and he agrees. With it getting late, Ash and Pikachu decide to leave the Secret Garden, much to Latias's dismay as she still wants to keep playing. Lorenzo takes Ash through a shortcut via his gondola workshop, while Bianca takes Ash the rest of the way by boat. Ash takes the opportunity to ask Bianca about the two girls who were chasing her before. Bianca is confused at first, but realizes that it must have been Latias that was being pursued, which proves more concerning for her. | |||
Overnight, Annie and Oakley leap across the rooftops of Alto Mare to remain undetected. The Rocket trio, meanwhile go after them, until they fail to make one jump and land on a lamp post. The unannounced arrival of {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} makes the situation more precarious, as his added weight leads the post to break, sending Team Rocket plummeting to the ground. Annie sends her Espeon to subdue Lorenzo, who is busily carving a gondola in his workshop. Annie and Oakley then pass through to the Secret Garden. Latios quickly detects the threat and tries to attack the girls, but they simply cartwheel out of the way. Latias and Latios then become invisible, a surprising technique for Annie and Oakley to witness. However the Rocket agents are fully prepared and don their special glasses to keep track of their targets. Espeon zeroes in on Latias, attacking her with a {{m|Swift}} attack. Ariados follows on with {{m|Night Shade}}, striking Latias first then Latios who tries to intercept. Oakley goes onto to capture Latios in a sticky net, delivering a painful shock to Latios. Latias tries to ambush Espeon, only to be knocked down by a Psybeam attack. Annie calls for a follow up {{m|Tackle}}, but Latios manages to slides in its path. To subdue Latios, Espeon and Ariados use {{m|Psychic}} and String Shot on him. Latios orders Latias to getaway, and Latias heeds her brother's warning and flees into the canals. Oakley isn't bothered by Latias's escape, adding that Latios's power plus the Soul Dew should be enough. She manages to grab the Soul Dew from the pool, allowing Annie to examine it for a moment. Oakley then turns her attention to the etched mismatched tiles nearby, and using a computer program to analyse and decipher it, she discovers that it is actually an operational manual for the DMA. | |||
Lorenzo and Bianca rush over to the sacred pool, discovering the Soul Dew is now missing. Fearing something bad is about to unfold, they rush over to the museum to confront the culprits. Just ahead, Annie and Oakley reach the DMA inside the museum. Ariados tosses the exhausted Latios into a circular-marked area. A swirling cage then appears and carries Latios high into the air and begins to activate the DMA with his absorbed power. The protective gates around the mechanism disappear into the ground, with the control panel clearly in sight. Lorenzo and Bianca arrive, but are quickly subdued by another of Espeon's Psychic attacks and Ariados's sticky web keeps them tied up. Oakley proceeds to place the Soul Dew into the designated holder, and the DMA swings into life. | |||
Latias, meanwhile, has fled to the local [[Pokémon Center]] to ask for Ash's help, quickly transforming herself into Bianca. Pikachu alerts everyone to Latias's arrival, and Ash explains the peculiar situation to Brock and Misty. At Ash's request, Latias reveals her true form, stunning both Brock and Misty. Latias soon receives a sight-sharing transmission from Latios at the museum, alerting Ash and friends to some of Annie and Oakley's evil scheme. Ash sees that Lorenzo and Bianca have been tied up, while the Soul Dew has been taken. Oakley greedily steps into the control pod by herself, and ignoring Lorenzo's protests as she resurrects the Aerodactyl and Kabutops that once threatened Alto Mare. The two evil Fossil Pokémon, with oddly yellow eyes, are ordered to capture Latias. The sight sharing comes to an abrupt end, and the group realize they will have to act quickly. Oakley begins a city-wide lockdown, using the DMA to effectively seal Alto Mare up with gates. Metal gates spring from seemingly nowhere, closing off the laneways and balconies. Ash and Pikachu leap into the canal below, while Latias manages to escape just in time. Ash, determined to save Alto Mare and Latios, soon finds a gondola and order Latias help guide him to the museum. They are soon ambushed by the resurrected Aerodactyl, who grabs Latias with its feet. Ash leaps onto it before ordering Pikachu use Thunderbolt, which works in freeing Latias and Ash. Aerodactyl fires off a {{m|Hyper Beam}}, destroying the gondola and nearly drowning Ash, until Latias's interventions. As Latias begins carrying Ash and Pikachu through the canals, Ash notices a water chariot lying nearby. Hitching Latias to the pulley, Ash is pulled through the canals with ease, even managing to lose Aerodactyl after making a turn down a narrow waterway. | |||
Back at the Pokémon Center, Misty and Brock have scaled some of the obstacles, but remain trapped by the metal gates. Noting that Ash managed to leave all of his other Pokémon behind, Brock and Misty send out {{TP|Brock|Crobat}}, {{TP|Misty|Politoed}} and {{TP|Misty|Corsola}} to assist in the meantime. The Pokémon reinforcements arrive just in time, saving Ash from the resurrected Kabutops and its sharp scythes. As Ash and Latias near the museum, Oakley sends a wall of water their way. Latias uses {{m|Safeguard}}, saving herself and Ash from drowning. This consequently causes the DMA is go haywire, trapping Oakley inside as its controls are overwhelmed. The crystal blue-colored Soul Dew transforms into a murky orb and the machine begins to demand more power from Latios. Ash and Latias soon arrive, with Lorenzo and Bianca quickly freed from their holds while Latias tries to help her brother Latios. After trying to charge at the spherical cage holding Latios several times, Latias is eventually able to overpower it while Ash and the others pull Latios free. The DMA stops swinging around wildly, while Oakley comes to her senses from being overcome by the controls. Annie decides they should make their getaway, and Oakley simply agrees. Annie goes to retrieve the Soul Dew from the DMA, however this causes the special jewel to break and she is thrown into the control pod by the resulting wave of energy. The hatch seals shut, trapping Annie and Oakley inside while DMA reactivates, now pulsing with red energy. Misty and Brock reach the museum as this all unfolds. Lorenzo proclaims that the prophecy is coming true, declaring that the Soul Dew has been out of the water for far too long, so the waterways across Alto Mare will be consequently drained. | |||
As warned, the waters all recede from Alto Mare. Lorenzo, however, warns that a far worse event is ahead. Latias and Latios sense the next threat, a tsunami wave that is due to hit the city. The Eon siblings rush directly into the wake and disperses it with their immense powers, appearing like a giant blue orb. The now fast-moving currents begin replenishing the canals and waterways, while the Rocket trio are washed away. Latios, however, is exhausted and has expended all of his power. Like his father before him, he has sacrificed himself to save the city of Alto Mare. A bright blue beam of light appears towards the sky. The effects of the DMA begin to settle, with the resurrected Pokémon returning to their places at the museum, and the barricades across the city now disappearing. | |||
As day breaks, Lorenzo takes Bianca and the others out to sea to search for Latios and Latias. A wild {{p|Mantine}} and a pair of {{p|Chinchou}} carry the exhausted Latias directly to their gondola. Bianca is glad to be reunited with one of them, but cannot help but wonder about Latios’s whereabouts. Latios gestures up at the sky, and Bianca realizes that the blue light up to the sky was Latios. Lorenzo reveals that Latios, like his father, gave his life to save Alto Mare. The gesture leaves everyone feeling somber and cold. Latias then receives a sight-sharing transmission, allowing everyone to see from Latios's perspective; the world from space and finally complete darkness. Bianca then receives a new Soul Dew, a final gift from Latios, before everyone is returned to the gondola. Afterwards, the new Soul Dew is placed back in the Secret Garden pool, with Lorenzo and Bianca thanking Latios for his great sacrifice. | |||
Later, Ash, Misty and Brock prepare to continue on their journey across Johto. They boat past Lorenzo's workshop to thank him and say goodbye. Lorenzo calls out to Bianca, but with no answer he concludes that she must have already left for the market. He wishes them luck anyhow, and the group move on. As Ash and the others speed off, Ash then spots Bianca waving to him from one of the other laneways and orders the driver to pull over. Bianca runs over to the pier to give Ash a parting gift, a sketch and what appears to be a kiss on the cheek. He calls out to Bianca only for her to run off. Misty and the others are left stunned by the surprise kiss, but are also left wondering whether that was Bianca or a transformed Latias. Ash, however, is unfazed. He unwraps the drawing to see that it is of him and Pikachu together, before their boat continues on. Pikachu soon spots something up in the sky, Latias and two Latios flying overhead in formation, bringing smiles to everyone’s faces. | |||
Back at the museum, Lorenzo is busily ordering repair work on the DMA. Meanwhile, [[Officer Jenny]] and her force place Annie and Oakley under arrest, after the two are discovered trapped inside the DMA. Housed in maximum security facility, the Rocket duo now wear prison stripes and read books on precious artefacts that they hope to one day steal. | |||
==Major events== | ==Major events== | ||
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* Just like in ''Celebi: The Voice of the Forest'', this one briefly displays {{p|Porygon}} at the beginning. | * Just like in ''Celebi: The Voice of the Forest'', this one briefly displays {{p|Porygon}} at the beginning. | ||
* This is the first movie not to feature a remixed version of the [[season]]'s theme song during the opening credits; instead, an extended version of [[Believe in Me]] with no new lyrics is played. | * This is the first movie not to feature a remixed version of the [[season]]'s theme song during the opening credits; instead, an extended version of [[Believe in Me]] with no new lyrics is played. | ||
* This is the first movie in Japan to use a different opening theme than the opening used at the time in the main series; in this case, using the 2002 remix of [[Aim to Be a Pokémon Master]] rather than [[Ready Go!]], which had been used in the {{pkmn|anime}} for four months by the movie's release. | * This is the first movie in Japan to use a different opening theme than the opening used at the time in the main series; in this case, using the 2002 remix of [[Aim to Be a Pokémon Master]] rather than [[Ready Go!]], which had been used in the {{pkmn|anime}} for four months by the time of movie's release. | ||
* Director [[Kunihiko Yuyama]] traveled to {{wp|Venice|Venice, Italy}} for inspiration when designing [[Alto Mare]]. | * Director [[Kunihiko Yuyama]] traveled to {{wp|Venice|Venice, Italy}} for inspiration when designing [[Alto Mare]]. | ||
** This explains why the characters say ''{{tt|ciao|hello}}'' and ''{{tt|arrivederci|goodbye}}'', as well as the names of {{OBP|Bianca|M05}} and [[Lorenzo]]. | ** This explains why the characters say ''{{tt|ciao|hello}}'' and ''{{tt|arrivederci|goodbye}}'', as well as the names of {{OBP|Bianca|M05}} and [[Lorenzo]]. | ||
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[[File:Alphabet.png|thumb|250px|Cyrillic characters on Oakley's computer]] | [[File:Alphabet.png|thumb|250px|Cyrillic characters on Oakley's computer]] | ||
* {{wp|Cyrillic script|Cyrillic}} characters appear on the right side of Oakley's computer screen while she is deciphering the code on the stone plates. | * {{wp|Cyrillic script|Cyrillic}} characters appear on the right side of Oakley's computer screen while she is deciphering the code on the stone plates. | ||
* In this movie, just like its predecessor ''Celebi: The Voice of the Forest'', Team Rocket lands on a protruding object that only breaks when {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} comes out of | * In this movie, just like its predecessor ''Celebi: The Voice of the Forest'', Team Rocket lands on a protruding object that only breaks when {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} comes out of his {{i|Poké Ball}}. | ||
* In a reference to ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'', {{OBP|Annie|M05}} and [[Oakley]] read about [[Lawrence III]] in prison during the ending credits. | * In a reference to ''[[M02|The Power of One]]'', {{OBP|Annie|M05}} and [[Oakley]] read about [[Lawrence III]] in prison during the ending credits. | ||
* This is the first movie to feature the permanent death of a Pokémon, in this case {{OBP|Latios|M05}}. | * This is the first movie to feature the permanent death of a Pokémon, in this case {{OBP|Latios|M05}}. | ||