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{{MovieInfobox
|colorscheme=Galar
|entitle=Secrets of the Jungle
|jatitle=ココ
|rotitle=Koko
|poster=M23 English poster.png
|jaop=[[Koko (song)|ココ]]
|jaed=[[I'm Home and Welcome Back|ただいまとおかえり]]
|enop=[[Always Safe]]
|ened=[[No Matter What]]
|jpprem=December 25, 2020
|usprem=October 8, 2021
|jpvid=July 14, 2021
|usvid=N/A
|usrating=PG
|ukrating=PG
|irrating=?
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'''Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|劇場版|げきじょうばん}}ポケットモンスター　ココ''' '' {{tt|Pocket Monsters|Pokémon}} the Movie: Koko'') is the <!--first [[new series]] movie and the -->twenty-third [[Pokémon movie]] overall. It was originally scheduled to be released in Japan on July 10, 2020, but it was delayed to December 25, 2020 due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. It was released worldwide outside of Japan, China, and Korea on October 8, 2021 on [[Netflix]].

It was first hinted at in a teaser following [[M22]] in Japan featuring {{AP|Pikachu}}. It was first revealed in a teaser trailer that aired on [[Oha Suta]] in Japan on January 10, 2020. A full trailer was later released on February 28, 2020. The first English teaser trailer was revealed on November 13, 2020.

It is set in the alternate continuity established in ''[[M20|I Choose You!]]'' and continued in ''[[M21|The Power of Us]]''.

==Other posters and logos==
<gallery>
M23 teaser poster.png|Japanese teaser poster
M23 poster.png|Japanese poster
M23 poster 2.png|Second Japanese poster
M23 poster 3.png|Third Japanese poster
M23 poster 4.png|Fourth Japanese poster
M23 logo.png|Japanese logo
M23 logo eng.png|English logo
M23 logo eng 2.png|Alternate English logo
M23 key visual.png|Key visual by [[Shinomiya Yoshitoshi]]
</gallery>
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==Blurb==-->

==Plot==
Deep within the [[Forest of Okoya]], a tribe of {{p|Zarude}} live at the Heart Tree and its surrounding healing springs. The Zarude reign over the jungle, regularly terrorizing other wild Pokémon and stealing their food. One day, after collecting stolen food, [[Dada|one of the Zarude]] hears crying and discovers a human infant in a cradle on the riverbank. Unable to let the child perish in the wild, the Zarude brings him back to the Heart Tree, incurring the wrath of the others as the law of the Zarude prohibits outsiders from entering the area. The Zarude decides to leave his tribe and go into exile to raise the boy, giving him the name {{OBP|Koko|M23}} and being dubbed "Dada" by him in turn.

Ten years later, {{OBP|Ash Ketchum|M20}} and {{OBP|Ash's Pikachu|M20|Pikachu}} plan to travel into the Forest of Okoya from nearby [[Milyfa Town]]. They set out after a brief phone call between Ash and {{Delia}} that the former abruptly ends. A short time later, Ash and Pikachu come across a wild {{p|Cramorant}} in the jungle, but it escapes after {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Cramorant|attempting to swallow Pikachu}} and {{a|Gulp Missile|spitting him out}}. They then pursue a wild {{p|Flapple}}, which also escapes. Ash and Pikachu come across [[Sharon]] and a research team from the Biotope Company, a scientific organization studying the jungle in search of the healing springs. Nearby, {{TRT}} spy on the conversation. [[James]] looks up information regarding the Biotope Company on his tablet and finds out about the group's goals as well as its leader, [[Doctor Zed]]. The trio and {{TP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}} decide to infiltrate the Biotope Company in search of whatever they can steal for {{an|Giovanni}}. They disguise themselves as new employees of the company to spy on Zed, and are told by another scientist that they must not go near Zed's personal office.

Meanwhile, Koko and Dada come across the aftermath of another of the Zarude tribe's rampages. Koko gathers seeds from the remains of the {{Berries}} left behind, and Dada plants them as their own private garden. A wild {{p|Hoothoot}} appears and informs them of trouble; a {{p|Flygon}} and {{p|Pangoro}} are fighting nearby and Koko heads off to stop it. By the time he separates them, Flygon is injured, so Koko brings it to the healing springs. He is caught by one of the other Zarude and threatened, but Dada arrives to collect him and apologizes for violating the tribe's territory. When Dada later admonishes Koko for trespassing on the Zarude territory, Koko lashes out, complaining that he is beginning to believe he is not a Zarude despite Dada's claims due to his different appearance and inability to use [[move]]s. Koko runs off, and while swinging through the trees, hits a pipe erected by the Biotope Company and is knocked out, falling into a river. Ash sees him go over a waterfall and pulls him to safety, bringing him to Milyfa Town's [[Pokémon Center]] for treatment. When Koko awakens, he grows alarmed and flees into the city. Ash follows and witnesses Koko calm a rampaging {{p|Drednaw}}. Seeing Koko communicate with Drednaw and Pikachu, and react in confusion to witnessing the use of a [[Poké Ball]], leads Ash to realize Koko believes he is a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} and has not seen other humans before. Ash introduces himself and manages to learn Koko's name, and the two spend time in Milyfa Town together, acquiring human clothing and food for Koko and watching people and Pokémon interact. That evening, they come across a {{p|Falinks}} driving humans away from the site of a planned fireworks display. After communicating with the trooper members of the Falinks, Koko saves their brass from one of the firework tubes, resolving the issue. Milyfa Town's mayor later thanks them for the aid and explains that the display is to honor {{p|Celebi}}, who is said to visit in times of peace and leave an egg from the future behind in its wake.

After seeing a parent and child in the town, Koko becomes excited to introduce Ash and Pikachu to Dada. He brings them into the jungle, but when Dada restrains them in vines and confronts Koko, Koko argues back that he now believes he is a human and demands the truth. Dada admits that this is indeed the case and brings all three to a remote laboratory he discovered years earlier, where he gives Koko the pendant he was wearing when Dada found him, and an old photograph of his infant self with his biological parents. Dada, admitting that he believes the laboratory to be Koko's parents' nest, leaves to return to the Heart Tree alone. There, the elder of the Zarude tribe tells him Celebi has not been seen since the day Dada appeared in the jungle, expressing a worry that something terrible is about to happen. Meanwhile, Team Rocket attempt to hack the security lock on Dr. Zed's office, but the drive containing their data is swallowed by the Cramorant from earlier.

That night, Ash recalls a memory of his own father assuring him that his dream was in his heart and would come true if he never gave up. Inspired, Koko begins searching the laboratory for more evidence of his past, and comes across a wallet with the Biotope Company's logo on it. Recognizing the symbol, Ash brings Koko to the company's building the next day. Dr. Zed greets them, but is visibly shaken when he sees Koko. Upon Ash showing him the photo, he explains that Koko's parents were [[Chrom and Phossa Molybdenum]], his former colleagues on the healing spring research, and that Koko's real name is Al Molybdenum. However, he further elaborates that Chrom and Phossa perished in a car accident ten years earlier, after which Al went missing. To confirm Koko's identity, Zed has Sharon scan his pendant, which reveals a cache of corrupted data and an image of the Heart Tree. Zed urges Koko to tell him where the Heart Tree is to honor his parents by finishing their work, but he grows upset and flees back into the jungle. As he draws close to the Heart Tree, he discovers a tracking chip planted on his shoulder by Dr. Zed, who has followed him on a motorcycle with several trucks and a giant spider-tank mecha in tow. Ash and Pikachu, who tried to follow Koko but became lost, are led to the scene by a {{p|Skwovet}} Koko befriended. Zed captures Ash, Pikachu and Koko in his {{p|Ariados}}'s {{m|String Shot}} and imprisons them in one of the trucks to prevent their interference while he leads the rest of the team to the Heart Tree.

At the Heart Tree, the Biotope Company team detects a powerful energy source. Dr. Zed orders anchoring missiles to be fired into the tree, releasing the healing spring water; he informs a horrified Sharon that his target was never the water but the tree itself, as the energy inside it is the source of the healing springs' power. His subordinates notice the Zarude around the Heart Tree and realize that it is their nest, but when they try to convince him to stop, Zed grows furious. Meanwhile, Team Rocket scheme to steal Pikachu by hijacking the truck Ash, Pikachu, Koko and Skwovet were imprisoned in. When the Cramorant reappears, they instead decide to take advantage of Cramorant's habit of swallowing Pikachu, but when it coughs up the drive it swallowed, they let Ash, Pikachu and Koko go in favor of breaking into Zed's office.

Dr. Zed, remembering Chrom Molybdenum telling him something about Pokémon and humans being equals in the past, swears that he is making the right decision before coldly deeming Sharon and his other subordinates the same as Chrom. Ash, Pikachu and Koko catch up to the Biotope Company team, and their intervention causes Zed to completely snap. He throws the spider mecha's pilot out of its cockpit and seizes its controls himself, then confesses the truth: when Chrom and Phossa found the Heart Tree in the past, they realized that it was the Zarude troop's nest and decided to suspend the healing spring research out of respect for them. Zed, considering Pokémon below humans, tried to convince them to change their minds but was unsuccessful. Team Rocket discover an old video log in Zed's office, showing him descending into madness and trashing his desk before deciding he should lead the Biotope Company himself, and thus must eliminate the Molybdenums. He pursued them through the forest, running their car off the road and causing a fiery wreck before stealing their sample of the spring water and leaving them to die in the subsequent explosion. Unbeknownst to him, they had sent the infant Al down the river in a cradle with their remaining data contained within his pendant, leading to Dada finding and saving him.

Deeming Koko's survival as a fortunate miscalculation, Zed closes himself up in the mecha and swears that he will not be stopped. The Zarude troop, rallied by their alpha, join Ash, Pikachu and Koko in fighting Zed, but the mecha overpowers them until Dada, despite being injured, arrives with the Pokémon of the jungle, having convinced them to aid by apologizing for his troop's previous selfish behavior and asking for help saving his son. The army of Pokémon engage Zed in a lengthy, vicious battle, with the doctor declaring that he will do what the Molybdenums could not and prove to the world that his ideas are correct. During the battle, Dada suffers a grievous wound protecting Koko from one of the mecha's strikes. The elder Zarude urges Koko to bring Dada to the healing spring, but when they get there, the water does not heal Dada's injury due to Zed's missiles blasting the Heart Tree open. Dada begins to succumb to his wounds, thinking as he dies that he finally understands the meaning of being a father to be having something you want to protect even more than yourself. Koko, unwilling to accept Dada's death, decides to use his {{m|Jungle Healing|special move}}, which Dada told him only special Zarude could perform. When the elder tells him that it is hopeless as he is a human, Koko calls himself a Zarude. Miraculously, the jungle responds to Koko's wish, and he is able to harness its power to revive Dada. As Ash and his allies struggle to stop Dr. Zed, the mecha's original pilot remembers that the control mechanism for it is located on its back. With the aid of several of the jungle Pokémon and the Zarude, Pikachu manages to get behind the mecha and destroy the mechanism with {{m|Iron Tail}}, shutting it down. Zed flees from the scene of the battle, still believing that he can prove his ideas to be correct, but is spotted by Koko and Dada. Koko chases and corners him on a fallen tree overlooking a river, where Zed tries to escape by leaping into the water only for Koko to trap him with a vine.

In the aftermath, Ash and Pikachu join with the Biotope Company employees, the jungle Pokémon, and the Zarude troop as they repair the damage caused to the Forest of Okoya. At the Milyfa Town Pokémon Center, Ash calls Delia again, having just wanted to talk to her. A disguised Team Rocket watches a news report in the lobby revealing that Dr. Zed was arrested by [[Officer Jenny]] as a result of the information they leaked from his office. Ash later bids Koko farewell, but Koko subsequently decides that he wants to travel the world and act as a bridge between humans and Pokémon. He gathers a bag from Dada's nest and catches up to Ash, but trips and spills its contents, discovering that Dada left him a goodbye gift in the form of berries grown from the plants in their garden. Dada and the rest of the Zarude give him a final farewell by turning the healing springs into a geyser, and he bounds into his new future, embracing his dual identity as both human and Zarude. Later, at the Heart Tree, Dada sees that {{Shiny}} Celebi has returned to the jungle, heralding a new era of peace between all of its Pokémon.

==Featured Pokémon==
* {{p|Zarude}}
* {{p|Celebi}} ({{shiny}})

==Debuts==
===Pokémon debuts===
* {{p|Zarude}} (regular and {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Zarude|Dada}})
* {{p|Gossifleur}}
* {{p|Eldegoss}}
* {{p|Cramorant}} (regular, {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Cramorant|Gulping, and Gorging}})
* {{p|Arrokuda}}
* {{p|Flapple}}
* {{p|Falinks}}
* {{p|Rillaboom}}
* {{p|Inteleon}}
* {{p|Dubwool}}
* {{p|Boltund}}
* {{p|Blipbug}}
* {{p|Dottler}}
* {{p|Impidimp}}
* {{p|Thievul}}
* {{p|Stunfisk}} ({{rf|Galarian|Form}})
* {{p|Perrserker}}
* {{p|Hattrem}}
* {{p|Alcremie}}

==Characters==
===Humans===
* {{OBP|Ash Ketchum|M20|Ash}}
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* {{Delia}}
* [[Nurse Joy]]
* [[Officer Jenny]]
* {{OBP|Koko|M23}}
* [[Dr. Zed]]
* [[Sharon]]
* [[Chrom and Phossa Molybdenum]] (photo; flashback)
* [[Milyfa Town]] mayor
* Scientists
* [[Rita]] (cameo)
* [[Phil]] (cameo)
* [[Mother and daughter]]

===Pokémon===
* {{p|Pikachu}} ({{OP|Ash|Pikachu (M20)}})
* {{p|Meowth}} ({{MTR}})
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ({{OP|Jessie|Wobbuffet}})
* {{p|Chansey}} ({{OP|Nurse Joy|Chansey}})
* {{p|Ariados}} ([[Dr. Zed]]'s; ×4)
* {{p|Wooloo}} (Mayor's)
* {{p|Dubwool}} (Mayor's)
* {{p|Munna}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Cinderace}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Cinccino}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Alakazam}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Hitmontop}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Hitmonlee}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Machamp}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Tyrogue}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Lickitung}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Jigglypuff}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Marill}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Zweilous}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Azumarill}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Poliwag}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Klink}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Klang}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Krabby}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Ferrothorn}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Mime Jr.}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Luxio}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Sneasel}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Ralts}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Poliwhirl}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Vulpix}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Rockruff}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Machop}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Dreepy}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Perrserker}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Thievul}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Stunfisk}} (Trainer's, {{rf|Galarian|Form}})
* {{p|Golurk}} (Trainer's)
* {{p|Zarude}} ([[Dada|M23]]; {{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Zarude|Dada}}; debut)
* {{p|Celebi}} ({{shiny}})
* {{p|Zarude}} (multiple)
* {{p|Cutiefly}}
* {{p|Ribombee}}
* {{p|Cherubi}}
* {{p|Cherrim}} ({{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Cherrim|Sunshine Form}})
* {{p|Seedot}}
* {{p|Flygon}}
* {{p|Vibrava}}
* {{p|Skwovet}}
* {{p|Greedent}}
* {{p|Morelull}}
* {{p|Shiinotic}}
* {{p|Stunky}}
* {{p|Dwebble}}
* {{p|Flapple}}
* {{p|Lotad}}
* {{p|Lombre}}
* {{p|Cottonee}}
* {{p|Whimsicott}}
* {{p|Foongus}}
* {{p|Amoonguss}}
* {{p|Caterpie}}
* {{p|Hoothoot}}
* {{p|Oddish}}
* {{p|Gossifleur}}
* {{p|Cramorant}} ({{DL|List of Pokémon with form differences|Cramorant|Gulping and Gorging Form}})
* {{p|Combee}}
* {{p|Roggenrola}}
* {{p|Drednaw}}
* {{p|Pidove}}
* {{p|Drifloon}}
* {{p|Boldore}}
* {{p|Falinks}}
* {{p|Rillaboom}}
* {{p|Inteleon}}
* {{p|Ninjask}}
* {{p|Vileplume}}
* {{p|Exeggutor}}
* {{p|Ludicolo}}
* {{p|Exeggcute}}
* {{p|Heracross}}
* {{p|Rufflet}}
* {{p|Boltund}}
* {{p|Blipbug}}
* {{p|Dottler}}
* {{p|Impidimp}}
* {{p|Eldegoss}}

==Cast==
{{cast/h|Galar}}
{{cast|Galar|Ash Ketchum|disp=Ash|Sarah Natochenny|Satoshi|Rica Matsumoto|サトシ|松本梨香|top=yes}}
{{cast|Galar|Ash's Pikachu|disp=Pikachu|Ikue Ohtani|Pikachu|Ikue Ohtani|ピカチュウ|大谷育江}}
{{cast|Galar|Jessie|Michele Knotz|Musashi|Megumi Hayashibara|ムサシ|林原めぐみ}}
{{cast|Galar|James|Carter Cathcart|Kojirō|Shin-ichiro Miki|コジロウ|三木眞一郎}}
{{cast|Galar|Meowth (Team Rocket)|disp=Meowth|Carter Cathcart|Nyarth|Inuko Inuyama|ニャース|犬山イヌコ}}
{{cast|Galar|Delia Ketchum|disp=Delia|Sarah Natochenny|Hanako|Masami Toyoshima|ハナコ|豊島まさみ}}
{{cast|Galar|Narrator|disp=Narration|Rodger Parsons|Narration|Kenyu Horiuchi|ナレーション|堀内賢雄|bottom=yes}}
! colspan=6 | Special appearances by
|-
{{cast|Galar|Dada|List of English voice actors{{!}}Edward Bosco|Zarude|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Nakamura Kankurō|ザルード|中村勘九郎|top=yes}}
{{cast|Galar|Zarude (Pokémon)|disp=Elder Zarude|List of English voice actors{{!}}Kellen Goff|Elder Zarude|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Hiroshi Naka|長老ザルード|中博史}}
{{cast|Galar|Zarude (Pokémon)|disp=Alpha Zarude|Ryan Andes|Leader Zarude|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Kenjiro Tsuda|リーダー・ザルード|津田健次郎}}
{{cast|Galar|Zarude (Pokémon)|disp=Sub-Alpha Zarude|List of English voice actors{{!}}Major Attaway|Sub-Leader Zarude|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}KENN|サブリーダー・ザルード|KENN}}
{{cast|Galar|Koko (M23)|disp=Koko|List of English voice actors{{!}}Kimlinh Tran|Koko|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Moka Kamishiraishi|ココ|上白石萌歌}}
{{cast|Galar|Doctor Zed|Billy Kametz|Dr. Zed|Kōichi Yamadera|ゼッド博士|山寺宏一}}
{{cast|Galar|Sharon|List of English voice actors{{!}}Michelle Ruff|Karen|Shōko Nakagawa|カレン|中川翔子|}}
{{cast|Galar|Chrom and Phossa Molybdenum|disp=Dr. Chrom Molybdenum|List of English voice actors{{!}}Kaiji Tang|Dr. Chrom Molybden|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Tokuyoshi Kawashima|クロム・モリブデン博士|川島得愛}}
{{cast|Galar|Chrom and Phossa Molybdenum|disp=Dr. Phossa Molybdenum|Lisa Ortiz|Dr. Rin Molybden|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Arisa Sekine|リン・モリブデン博士|関根有咲}}
{{cast|Galar|Mayor (M23)|disp=Mayor|Marc Thompson|Mayor|List of Japanese voice actors{{!}}Kenichi Ogata|町長|緒方賢一|bottom=yes}}
|}

==Staff==
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==Soundtrack==
{{main|Koko Theme Song Collection}}
{{main|Koko Music Collection}}
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==Events==-->

==Manga adaptations==
{{main|Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle—Another Beginning}}

==Trivia==
* This movie was released between [[JN049]] and [[JN050]] in Japan.
* This {{pkmn|movie}} is directed by Tetsuo Yajima, who had previously directed ''[[Pokémon the Series: XY]]'' and the movie ''[[M21|The Power of Us]]''. He returns to the position after the [[M22|previous movie]] was directed by [[Kunihiko Yuyama]] and Motonori Sakakibara.
* The theme of {{OBP|Koko|M23}} being raised as a {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} may act as a reference to the theme of {{wp|Tarzan}} being raised as an ape in ''{{wp|Tarzan of the Apes}}'' and the theme of {{wp|Mowgli}} being raised as a wolf in ''{{wp|The Jungle Book}}''. It is also similar to ''[[EP034|The Kangaskhan Kid]]'', where {{OBP|Tommy|EP034}} was also raised by Pokémon.
* This is the first movie to: 
**Be dubbed by [[Iyuno-SDI Group]].
**Feature [[Kenyu Horiuchi]] as the [[narrator]] in the Japanese version.
**Not feature a [[Legendary Pokémon]].
**Be delayed from its original release date in Japan, due to concerns over the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].
*** As a result, it is the first such movie to be released outside of the month of July in Japan.
** Not use a opening theme from the main anime series, remixed or not (Of the movies that do have opening themes).
* This movie marks the first time Ash mentions his father, the previous [[EP002|two]] [[M20|references]] having come from {{Delia}}.
* Had this movie been released on its intended date, it would have marked the {{pkmn|anime}} debuts of {{p|Cinderace}} and {{p|Greedent}}.
* Several photographs of scenery from this movie, including the [[Milyfa Town]] [[Pokémon Center]], the Great Tree and the Biotope Company building, appear on the wall of [[Professor Mirror]]'s laboratory in [[New Pokémon Snap]]. These are described in the game as "landscape photographs taken by [[Rita]]" that are from an unclear region other than [[Lental]]. Accordingly, Rita and [[Phil]] make cameo appearances in this movie, taking photographs in Milyfa Town.
* This movie introduces the least number of Legendary and/or [[Mythical Pokémon]] out of all the movies, with only one, if the [[M03|Spell of the Unown: Entei]] is not included, where the only [[Entei (M03)|Legendary Pokémon]] was fabricated by the [[Unown (M03)|Unown]].
* This movie is unusual in that while all the Zarude are seen speaking English, it is not through telepathy or them learning to speak but rather their speech being translated for the audience's benefit when in each other's, Koko's or the company of the other jungle Pokémon. As a result, in scenes in which other humans besides Koko (who also has his basic speech translated) meet the Zarude, they are shown to be like other Pokémon and can only say their name.
* Koko is seen using {{m|Jungle Healing}} during the climax of the movie, making this the first instance of a [[human]] using a Pokémon [[move]] in the anime.
* In [[Pokémon Masters EX]], {{mas|Jessie}}, {{mas|James}}, and {{MTR}} are transported to [[Pasio]] by the same {{Shiny}} {{p|Celebi}} that appears in this movie.
* In the credits for the [[Song of Zarude]] in the English dub, Mason Lieberman's name is misspelled as "Mason Leiberman."
* The movie was largely unsuccessful at the box office, having the lowest proceeds. This was largely because of Japan reinstituting lockdowns under a national emergency regarding an unexpected spike in COVID-related cases in January around the time of the film's release.
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===Differences from the main series===-->

===Errors===
* During the rainfall in the [[Forest of Okoya]] near the end of the movie, wild {{p|Cherrim}} can be seen in their [[List of Pokémon with form differences#Cherrim|Sunshine Forms]] despite the sun not being out.

===Dub edits===
* [[Always Safe]] replaces {{so|Koko}} as the opening theme, [[My New Friends]] replaces [[Show Window]] as an insert song, and [[No Matter What]] replaces [[I'm Home and Welcome Back]] as the ending theme.
* [[Koko Music Collection|Time to Stuff my Face!!]] is replaced with silence.
* In the original version, [[Dr. Zed]] calls [[Chrom and Phossa Molybdenum]] by their first names when asking them where the data is. In the dub, he simply calls them "you two", and their first names are only mentioned in closed captioning.
* In the Japanese version, when the Dada Zarude returns to the pack in the beginning of the movie with Koko, the Zarude elder mentions that the Zarude will die if things change in their territory, and the Dada Zarude mentions the child will die if gotten rid of. The pack yells to kill it.  In the English dub, death isn't directly mentioned, as the Elder says that the pack will wither away, and the child won't survive. The pack yell to just get rid of it. Death is not mentioned anywhere in the movie.
* In the Japanese version, the credits show pictures of the drawing contest for the movie. In the English dub, the pictures aren't shown.

==In other languages==
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==External links==
* [https://www.pokemon-movie.jp Japanese movie website]
* [https://www.pokemon.co.jp/anime/movie/ Pokemon.co.jp movie website]<!--

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