Pokemon The First Movie

Mewtwo Strikes Back Pikachu's Vacation
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General Information
Synopsis
Screenshots
Review

 

Information TITLE: Mewtwo Strikes Back

JAPANESE NAME: Pokemon The Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back

RELEASE DATE: November 27, 1999 (US)

Errors Below are the errors of Mewtwo Strikes Back, and they are quite big errors. They really need to work on these "Big Holes In The Ozone Layer".


ERROR 1 [ The person who is supposed to be riding on a Pidgeot was riding on a Fearow. ]

ERROR 2 [ The same person called his Pidgeot a Pidgeotto. ]

ERROR 3 [ Team Rocket called a Scyther an Alakazam. ]

Synopsis

Everything is black.....then water bubbles rise to the surface showing that the setting is underwater. Suddenly you see a streak of white. It's Mew, the legendary Pokemon everyone wants. The Mew is flying toward a mountain. The image disappears. A strange creature wakes up from it's dream. All you can see is it's eye. The creature appears to be floating in the tank. Then the image zooms out, revealing that the creature is a Pokemon: Mewtwo! Mewtwo is in some sort of tank filled with water. Surprised at its location, Mewtwo uses its psychic abilities to destroy the tank. Some scientists standing nearby turn around surprised. The scientists celebrate. It seems that their experiment was a success. They have managed to geneticly engineer a the legendary Pokemon, Mew and transformed it into Mewtwo. Mewtwo stares at its hands wondering what has happened to it. Mewtwo attacks the scientists and destroys the lab its in. After some time, Mewtwo is standing in the remains of the lab. A strange man approaches it. The man is Giovanni, the leader of Team Rocket. Giovanni speaks to Mewtwo and takes him back to his lab. Mewtwo is hooked up to a virtual reality thing to test its power. Mewtwo successfully completes the simulation, defeating a herd of Tauros and a Nidoking and Arcanine. Giovanni speaks to Mewtwo some more and then Mewtwo destroys the virtual reality machine and escapes from Giovanni's place. Mewtwo flys away and lands, thinking about what to do next. Next you see Ash, Brock, Misty, and Pikachu sitting down for a picnic outside on a sunny day. A weird looking guy comes to Ash and challenges him to a Pokemon match. Ash accepts and easily beats his Golem, Machamp, and other strong Pokemon using only his first stage Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and Pikachu. Then Ash sits down for a meal with his friends. Team Rocket spies on Ash. A Fearow flies high above the group with a camera on its neck. Giovanni is using the Fearow to spy on Ash. Next a Dragonite messenger flies from Giovanni's tower and flies full speed to Ash, nearly hitting Team Rocket. The Dragonite hands Ash a card (I think its an invitation). Ash looks at the card on on the card is two checkboxes, Yes and No. Ash marks yes. Dragonite takes the card back and flies back to Giovanni's tower. On the way, Dragonite runs into Team Rocket. Still mad from when Dragonite nearly hit them, Team Rocket uses a frying pan (I think) and hits Draonite over the head with it. Dragonite drops Ash's invitation and Team Rocket examines it. Next you see a sleeping Mew underwater in a bubble. Mew wakes up and flies into the sky. Next you see Ash, Misty, and Brock at a strange place with lots of other Pokemon trainers probably invited by Giovanni. Officer Jenny and another woman with blue hair is blocking a door. They talk for a while and then the setting switches to an outdoor place. There is an ocean and its storming. The Pokemon trainers ride their Pokemon over the ocean. A boat with the crew of Team Rocket disguised takes Ash, Brock, and Misty. Later a wave washes over the boat and Team Rocket loses their diguises. Jesse and James start saying the Team Rocket motto but everyone is washed overboard. Our heroes use their Pokemon to swim to the surface. They arrive at a strange tower and a woman greets them. They are taken to a room with other Pokemon trainers. Jesse and James are also at this tower and are exploring. Back to Ash, Misty and Brock. They are talking to some other trainers and looking at their Pokemon when suddenly Mewtwo appears. Mewtwo attacks one of the trainers. The trainer has Gyarados use Hyper Beam on Mewtwo. Mewtwo reflects Hyper Beam back at Gyarados who faints. Next you see Team Rocket walking through some halls. They arrive at a lab where Pokemon are in some tubes. Then a strange machine does something to Meowth. Then one of the tubes is suddenly filled with a clone of Meowth. Back to out heroes. Pikachu tries attacking Mewtwo but gets knocked back. Ash catches it. Next a bunch of Pokemon attack Mewtwo but get beaten. Then Mewtwo summons some of its clone Pokemon. Charizard, Venusaur and Blastoise. Ash and some other trainers send out the same Pokemon to fight. All the real Pokemon get beaten by the cloned ones. Then Mewtwo throws some black Pokeballs at all the Pokemon, which kidnaps them and sends them to the cloning lab. Ash saves Pikachu and his other Pokemon. In the cloning lab, there are a bunch of Pokemon in tubes. The leave the tubes and go to where Mewtwo is. Ash leads the real Pokemon and Mewtwo leads the clones. Then the Pokemon start fighting eachother, the real ones fighting the clones. Ash tries to punch Mewtwo but Mewtwo uses an attack on Ash that makes him fly back. Ash nearly hits the wall but a bubble appears that catches him. Mew created the bubble and starts fighting Mewtwo. Next Team Rocket comes and watches the Pokemon fight. Meowth meets his clone but they don't fight. They start talking. Then Pikachu sees its clone but doesn't attack. They do Thundershock on each other but don't get damaged. The Pikachu clone starts beating the real Pikachu with its paws. Ash arrives just in time to see Pikachu fall to the ground. Ash runs to Pikachu just as Mew and Mewtwo shoot incredible balls of energy at each other. Ash is caught in the crossfire. Ash falls to the ground, turned to stone. Pikachu tries to wake Ash. Pikachu tries shocking Ash but nothing works. Pikachu starts crying. Then all the Pokemon stop fighting and cry. The tears go to Ash and the stone goes away. Ash hugs Pikachu. Then Mewtwo decides not to fight anymore and takes his clone Pokemon with him. Mew goes with Mewtwo. Then everyone talks some more. At the end, you see Team Rocket on an island, laughing at something.

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Review RATING: 8 out of 10

You wouldn't say Mewtwo Strikes Back is a good movie. The ending was very weak. It'd be better if Mewtwo destroys all the way. Mew and Mewtwo didn't really even battle. All Mewtwo did was throw some black balls and did some psychic attacks I don't even know. The beginning, I must say, is better than the end. But my favorite Pokemon was in action more in the last half of the movie. Another thing is that the movie is way too short, and it just doesn't fit in the "Good Movies" section. However, Mewtwo is still my favorite Pokemon, and whatever Mewtwo is in, I say is good.


 

Information TITLE: Pikachu's Vacation

JAPANESE NAME: Pikachu's Vacation

RELEASE DATE: November 27, 1999 (US)

Synopsis

On one summer day, Pikachu and the other Pokemon owned by Ash and his friends comes to Pokemon Land, a park only for Pokemon to spend their holiday. They are all joyful. However, after a while of their coming through the gate, Togepi starts to cry. He is now a baby, and hungry. Startled, yet wanting him to stop crying, Pikachu pulls his cheeks to make a funny face. Squirtle also tries, though in vain. Bulbasaur finds an apple ripe on a branch of a tree, and shoots leaves to cut it off. The fruit drops, and rolls to stop right before Psyduck. He takes it, and then eats it. Togepi starts to cry again. Bulbasaur then held Togepi in its vines, and sang a "Bulba-By". Soon, Togepi falls asleep. Pikachu is relieved, but Raichu, Cubone, Marrill, a mouse monster, and Snubble, a bulldog one, pass near them, chatting loudly. Squirtle asks the group to be quiet, making them angry. As Bulbasaur joins, two groups glares at each other, ready to fight. Pikachu tries hard to soothe them. Togepi totters to a river valley, and onto a log over it. Pikachu turns pale, and follows onto it, crying, "Pipipi (means 'Togepi')." The log moves suddenly. Pikachu is startled, while Togepi is pleased. It rolls down the valley in a high speed, throwing Pikachu into the river. He looks around quickly for Togepi, finding him at a side of the valley. He sighs, relieved. As he is back, carrying Togepi on his back, he gives another sigh to have seen the two groups still quarrel. They decide to have Squirtle and Marrill have a swimming match. Marrill swimmed well, but was stopped by a Starmie. Squirtle got on top of a Goldeen. At the end, Marrill won the swimming match. Still, they wanted compitition. Raichu's electric sparks sparkle, hitting the ground near Togepi. Pikachu dashes near him, shielding him. A spark hits Pikachu. He stiffens his body, shocked. Raichu and other Pokemon of his group laugh. Pikachu looks back, his eyes lifted, and burning with rage. He goes close to Raichu, glaring at him. Raichu stares back. A tense hash is between them for all of a minute... They dash out suddenly. They run and run and run, down paths, through a river, crashing against Pokemon on their way; Meowth, who sleep on a grassland, Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee, and stepped on Charizard's tail. Charizard flares up, and dashes after them, but two Pokemon don't care. Charizard blows them away, and Pikachu and Raichu lands on a Snorlax's belly. Charizard then flew low, and got its head stuck in a hole. Puzzlement are in minds of Pokemon, except for Raichu's group, including Charizard. The hole is too small for his head, and he cannot pull it out no matter how many times he tries to pull back. Pokemon tie his legs tight with the end of a long and thick rope, grips it and pulls it with all their mights. They try over and over, but Charizard's head is still in the hole. Tears fills his eyes, as he is scared. Raichu and his group watch them, keeping a short distance. Pikachu goes near them, and asks, "Pika, pika pika chu. Pikachu. (Help us. Please)" They agree with him, and goes to take the rope, except Cubone. They try harder, and Charizard's head is almost out, yet still in. Tears roll down his cheeks. Cubone's hands grip at the point an inch before Pikachu's on the rope. Pikachu is delighted. They try once more, much harder. Finally, Charizard is pulled back, his head out the hole. The two groups are now friends. They repair places which have been destroyed by their fight, and play together the rest of the day. In the evening, Ash and his friends come to take Pikachu. As he calls Pikachu, a big smile is on Pikachu's face. "Pikapi! (Ash)" Pikachu runs straight into his arms.

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Review RATING: 9.9 out of 10

I would say that Pikachu's Vacation is an excellent movie! Everytime I watch it (about 5 times already), it lightens up my day. It makes me want to be a Pokemon too, since I can have so much fun. The reason the rating is only 9.9 and not 10 is because there are a few things that I don't really like. Every time they change scenes, you see some Pokemon moving around. That takes up about 10% of the movie's time!!! I wish this movie could be longer, though I don't know what else they can put in it.