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The Power of One redirects here. For the song, see The Power of One (song). For the CD or vinyl single of the song "The Power of One", see The Power of One (single).

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Pokémon the Movie 2000 redirects here. For the book, see Pokémon the Movie 2000 (book). For the Ani-Manga, see Pokémon the Movie 2000 (graphic novel). For the Topps trading cards, see Pokémon the Movie 2000 Trading Cards. For the soundtrack, see Pokémon the Movie 2000 (soundtrack). For the score, see Pokémon the Movie 2000 (score).

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The Power of One 幻のポケモン ルギア爆誕 Mirage Pokémon Lugia's Explosive Birth

Premiere Japan July 17, 1999 United States July 21, 2000

Home video Japan February 02, 2000 United States November 14, 2000

English themes Opening Pokémon World Ending The Power of One Polkamon Flying Without Wings

Japanese themes Opening ライバル！ Ending toi et moi

Ratings United States G Great Britain PG Ireland G Canada G Quebec ? Japan G Germany 6 Australia G New Zealand G

Pokémon the Movie 2000 - The Power of One (Japanese: 幻のポケモン ルギア爆誕 Mirage Pokémon: Lugia's Explosive Birth; officially Revelation-Lugia in Japan) is the second original series movie, and second of all Pokémon movies. It was first in Japanese theaters on July 17, 1999. It then made its way to North American theaters on July 21, 2000.

The Power of One was shown with the Pikachu Short movie Pikachu's Rescue Adventure, and with Slowking's Day (Japan only).

Other posters and logos

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  Pikachu the Movie poster

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  Final Mirage Pokémon: Lugia's Explosive Birth movie poster

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  Poster featuring Lugia

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  Mirage Pokémon: Lugia's Explosive Birth logo

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  Pokémon the Movie 2000 logo

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  The Power of One title screen

Synopsis

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Disturb not the harmony of fire, ice or lightning, lest these titans wreak destruction upon the world in which they clash. Though the water's great guardian shall arise to quell the fighting, alone its song will fail, and thus the earth shall turn to ash. O Chosen One, into thine hands bring together all three. Their treasures combined tame the Beast of the Sea.

--Shamouti Prophecy

Lawrence III, a wealthy collector of the world's most valuable antiques, wishes to make his collection complete by catching the three legendary birds, Moltres, Zapdos and Articuno. Any one of them would be a priceless addition to Lawrence's collection, but he aims to capture the three in order to capture the fourth and most powerful bird, Lugia. Using his giant flying aircraft, Lawrence attacks the Fire Island, home to Moltres and captures the firebird. However, as Lawrence begins to follow the prophecy, the world's climate begins to be affected.

Somewhere in the Orange Islands, Ash, Misty and Tracey are traveling to their next island destination on board a boat owned by a woman named Maren. Team Rocket as usual follow in their submarine. Suddenly, both parties are struck by a sea storm and dragged across the ocean to the middle of the Orange Islands, where they arrive at Shamouti Island. The weather is also going wrong at Pallet Town, as witnessed by Professor Oak and Delia Ketchum. The trio and their Pokémon meet the islanders of Shamouti, who are celebrating their annual Legend Festival following the prophecy's tale - a Chosen One shall help Lugia to save the world and calm the legendary birds. Maren's friend, Carol was once the Festival Maiden, but now her younger rebellious sister Melody takes on the role with some reluctance, until she meets Ash and kisses him, angering Misty.

During the festival ceremony, Melody explains Ash's role as Chosen One. He must venture out to the islands of the legendary birds and collects three glass orbs that represent the elements of Fire, Ice and Lightning, bring them back to Shamouti's shrine where Melody will play a wonderful tune (similar to the cry of Lugia) which will end the festival. Ash heads out immediately, with Maren and Pikachu going with him. Pikachu seems to be the only one who realizes the seriousness of the weather and leads Ash to the location of the Fire Sphere on Fire Island, after Maren's boat crashes onto its shores. Team Rocket, Misty, Tracey and Melody show up later on, but the island is visited by Zapdos. Pikachu and Zapdos communicate using electrical attacks, Zapdos explaining he shall claim the island for his own. Lawrence's ship appears, capturing Zapdos and the rest in Melody's boat. Lawrence is very polite to his accidental captives and kindly releases them in the lower chamber of his ship where Moltres and Zapdos are held prisoner.

However, this proves to be a mistake when Ash uses his Pokémon to release the two birds, who immediately get into a fight and destroy the ship in the process. The ship crashes onto Lightning Island, where Ash finds the Lightning Sphere. The group escape onto Melody's boat while Moltres, Zapdos and new arrival Articuno duel overhead. A giant typhoon scoops up the boat and carries it to the Shamouti Shrine, where Ash and the others meet Slowking, the shrine's guardian. Able to speak, he shows Ash where to place the collected spheres. In the moment he places the Thunder and Fire Sphere, the legendary birds attack the shrine, but are stopped by the sudden appearance of Lugia. Lugia, who can also speak using psychic powers, explains that Ash must collect the Ice Sphere from Articuno's island. Ash doubts he can do it, but support from his friends and Pokémon changes his mind when Misty realises when the legend states 'The earth shall turn to ash' it refers to the earth relying on Ash as the Chosen One to save it.

As Ash sets out with Pikachu, Squirtle, Bulbasaur, Charizard, and Lugia towards Ice Island, Team Rocket witness a helicopter containing Professor Oak, Delia, Professor Ivy and a news crew crash land. Seeing a discarded inflatable raft and the helicopter's tail propeller, they get an idea. Ash's attempts to reach the island are thwarted by the legendary birds, but Team Rocket surprisingly come to the rescue on a motorboat using the items they salvaged. Team Rocket shock Ash by revealing that they do not wish the world to be destroyed. The heroes (and villains) race through the island and find the Ice Sphere. The legendary birds appear and Articuno is knocked out by its opponents. Ash, Pikachu and Team Rocket are saved by Lugia who heads back to Shamouti.

However, Lugia is slowed down by the extra weight of Team Rocket. The trio of villains decide to let go and nobly sacrifice themselves to allow Ash to save the world, something of which he is shocked by. Lawrence's ship, which is still functional, tries to capture Lugia, but it uses an Aeroblast attack to defeat the remaining legendary birds and Lawrence's ship before falling unconscious into the sea. Ash also falls unconscious but is saved by the timely arrival of Misty. Misty and Tracey revive Ash, who leads the group back to the shrine. Ash inserts the final sphere into the shrine, which shines brightly with the unison of the spheres. Melody plays Lugia's tune, which revives him and restores balance to the legendary birds. Lugia takes Ash and Pikachu for a fly with Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres beside them. Suddenly, a giant stream of water rises out of the ocean (the Beast of the Sea) and is tamed by the song. All the birds return to their homes and the Beast of the Sea vanishes into the ocean.

Lugia also departs, thanking Ash for his help. After Lugia has left, Delia, Oak and Ivy arrive, Delia scolding Ash for his recklessness but then asks him if he could visit her once in a while on his journey. Ash agrees to her question. Lawrence picks up an Ancient Mew card from the wreckage of his ship, deciding to restart his collection on a smaller scale. The film ends with Team Rocket appearing on Shamouti, having survived their sacrificial fall, lamenting that nobody actually saw them being heroes - but Slowking reveals to them that many people watched them and are right now. Slowking looks towards the screen, breaking the fourth wall, as do Team Rocket, who end the film discussing what they should do now since they seem to now be good.

Major events

Debuts

• Articuno
• Zapdos
• Lugia
• Slowking

Characters

Humans

• Ash
• Misty
• Tracey
• Jessie
• James
• Melody
• Lawrence III
• Professor Oak
• Delia Ketchum
• Professor Ivy
• Maren
• Carol
• Tobias
• Brock (cameo)

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Togepi (Misty's)
• Bulbasaur (Ash's)
• Charizard (Ash's)
• Squirtle (Ash's)
• Lapras (Ash's)
• Snorlax (Ash's)
• Staryu (Misty's)
• Goldeen (Misty's)
• Psyduck (Misty's)
• Marill (Tracey's)
• Venonat (Tracey's)
• Scyther (Tracey's)
• Arbok (Jessie's)
• Weezing (James's)
• Mr. Mime (Delia's, Mimey)
• Zapdos (movie)
• Articuno (movie)
• Moltres (movie)
• Lugia (movie)
• Slowking (anime)
• Slowpoke (multiple)
• Slowbro (multiple)
• Magikarp (multiple)
• Pidgey (multiple)
• Pidgeotto (multiple)
• Pidgeot (multiple)
• Diglett (multiple)
• Paras
• Parasect
• Seel (multiple)
• Dewgong (multiple)
• Wartortle (multiple)
• Blastoise (multiple)
• Ekans (multiple)
• Arbok (multiple)
• Eevee
• Vaporeon
• Lickitung
• Tentacool (multiple)
• Tentacruel (multiple)
• Golduck (multiple)
• Horsea (multiple)
• Seadra
• Seaking (multiple)
• Gyarados (multiple)
• Staryu
• Starmie (multiple)
• Venomoth (multiple)
• Spearow (multiple)
• Fearow (multiple)
• Butterfree (multiple)
• Zubat
• Golbat
• Raichu (multiple)
• Rhyhorn
• Rhydon
• Onix (multiple)
• Cubone (multiple)
• Exeggutor (multiple)
• Machop
• Machoke
• Machamp
• Hitmonlee
• Hitmonchan
• Primeape
• Tauros (multiple)
• Voltorb
• Geodude
• Golem
• Nidoran♂
• Nidorino
• Nidoking
• Nidoran♀
• Nidorina
• Nidoqueen
• Vulpix
• Ninetales
• Rapidash (multiple)
• Doduo
• Dodrio
• Magnemite (multiple)
• Magneton
• Ivysaur
• Venusaur
• Sandshrew
• Sandslash
• Kangaskhan
• Rattata
• Raticate
• Pinsir
• Electabuzz (multiple)
• Alakazam
• Wigglytuff
• Tangela
• Oddish
• Gloom
• Vileplume
• Krabby (multiple)
• Kingler (multiple)
• Clefairy (multiple)
• Drowzee
• Hypno
• Shellder (multiple)
• Cloyster (multiple)
• Poliwag (multiple)
• Poliwhirl (multiple)
• Poliwrath (multiple)
• Chansey
• Growlithe (multiple)
• Bellsprout
• Weepinbell
• Victreebel

Cast

Cast
Ash	Veronica Taylor	Satoshi	Rica Matsumoto	サトシ	松本梨香
Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	ピカチュウ	大谷育江
Misty	Rachael Lillis	Kasumi	Mayumi Iizuka	カスミ	飯塚雅弓
Togepi	Satomi Kōrogi	Togepi	Satomi Kōrogi	トゲピー	こおろぎさとみ
Tracey	Ted Lewis	Kenji	Tomokazu Seki	ケンジ	関智一
Jessie	Rachael Lillis	Musashi	Megumi Hayashibara	ムサシ	林原めぐみ
James	Eric Stuart	Kojirō	Shin'ichirō Miki	コジロウ	三木眞一郎
Meowth	Maddie Blaustein	Nyarth	Inuko Inuyama	ニャース	犬山イヌコ
Professor Oak	Stan Hart	Dr. Okido	Unshō Ishizuka	オーキド博士	石塚運昇
Delia	Veronica Taylor	Hanako	Masami Toyoshima	ハナコ	豊島まさみ
Lawrence III	Neil Stuart	Jirarudan	Takeshi Kaga	ジラルダン	鹿賀丈史
Slowking	Nathan Price	Yadoking	Masatoshi Hamada	ヤドキング	濱田雅功
Lugia	Eric Rath	Lugia	Kōichi Yamadera	ルギア	山寺宏一
Melody	Amy Birnbaum	Fleura	Akiko Hiramatsu	フルーラ	平松晶子
Maren	Tara Jayne	Michiko	Kotono Mitsuishi	ミチコ	三石琴乃
Moltres	Rikako Aikawa	Fire	Rikako Aikawa	ファイヤー	愛河里花子
Articuno	Yumi Tōma	Freezer	Yumi Tōma	フリーザー	冬馬由美
Zapdos	Katsuyuki Konishi	Thunder	Katsuyuki Konishi	サンダー	小西克幸
Professor Ivy	Kayzie Rogers	Dr. Uchikido	Keiko Han	ウチキド博士	藩恵子
Narration	Ken Gates	Narration	Unshō Ishizuka	ナレーション	石塚運昇

Trivia

• The first names of Ash's mother, Professor Oak, and Professor Ivy were first revealed in this movie.
• Lawrence III's actions in this movie were set in motion due to an Ancient Mew card. This is the only movie to feature a Pokémon card.
• In the dub edit, the bag of chips within Maren's boat during Ash's visit to Fire Island still has Japanese characters on it.
• This is the first movie where Brock isn't a main character, though he has a cameo; when Professor Oak calls Professor Ivy to inform her of the unstable weather situation, Brock can be seen in the background, running from side to side in a frenzy (presumably doing multiple chores at the same time, as he can be seen carrying a Nidorina and a Paras). He is also seen in a picture in Ash's house in Pallet Town and making various poses in the background of a video conversation between Professors Ivy and Oak. Brock would be a main character in every other movie until the first Black & White movie, in which he makes no appearance.
• Some of the Pokémon shown on the cover are never actually seen in the movie.
• On the front cover, it appears as if Ash's undershirt is white, but it's actually black.
• When Pikachu steals Ash's hat, Ash behaves similarly to the way he did in Primeape Goes Bananas.
• When Professor Oak is talking to Professor Ivy, the Pokémon TCG type symbols are shown as link buttons near the bottom of the screen.
• In this movie, Team Rocket uses a dub-only variation of their motto.
  • This is also the only movie in which Team Rocket recites a variation of the motto and one of the few in which they actually recite a full motto.
• Four of the movie's characters, Melody, Carol, Maren, and Professor Ivy, each share their Japanese voice actresses with one character from the anime, Sailor Moon. Melody's voice actress, Akiko Hiramatsu, voiced the villain Calaveras in the Sailor Moon R arc. Carol's voice actress, Aya Hisakawa, voiced Sailor Mercury. Maren's voice actress, Kotono Mitsuishi, voiced Sailor Moon herself, and Professor Ivy's voice actress, Keiko Han, voiced Luna and Queen Beryl.
• Ash follows up on the agreement he made with his mother at the end of the film after every region, visiting Pallet Town before heading off to his next destination.
• Pikachu and Zapdos are shown to be able to communicate through electricity.
• Lawrence III goes after the legendary birds in reverse National Pokédex order.

Errors

Normal-colored Paras

• When Brock is seen running around Professor Ivy's Lab, the Nidorina and Paras he carries are normal-colored, despite the Pokémon on Valencia Island being alternately colored, including Paras, in Poké Ball Peril.
• Tracey meets Professor Oak and Delia at the end of the movie. However, in A Tent Situation, Tracey acts as if he never met them before.
  • "And Tracey, it's nice to finally meet you." - Delia
  • "He's really real!" - Tracey
• Ash could have given Professor Oak the GS Ball, which was the reason he went to the Orange Islands in the first place, but instead waits until he gets back to Pallet Town.
  • However, it is likely that this was done on purpose, as the movie, unlike the anime, was not initially released on "free" TV, and instead was a theatrical production.
• When Melody and Misty first meet, Melody tells them what time the banquet is and then says "Oh, and Misty, try not to get jealous." However only Ash was introduced while Misty's and Tracey's names were never mentioned.
• At the beginning of the movie, Lawrence III's computer says that the three legendary birds are unique to the Orange Islands, yet they are all found elsewhere multiple times in the anime, especially Articuno.
  • However, the computer may have been meaning that their abilities were unique, as they seemed to affect the weather on a planetary scale, which the legendary birds in the anime weren't known to do.
• When Zapdos is captured, Ash and his friends are captured with the boat. They are shown in the ship without it.
• When the sled is destroyed, Ash returns Charizard, but no Poké Ball was shown.
• When the group of Ash and Team Rocket go to Ice Island, Jessie's hair becomes purple, lasting until they leave the island.
  • However, this may be due to the lighting in the island.

Dub edits

File:Pocket Monsters -Movie 2- - Maboroshi no Pokemon - Lugia Bakutan.jpg

The deleted shot

• The Japanese prophecy did not refer to Ash specifically, but only to an "exceptional Trainer".
• A portion of Professor Oak's explanation of what was causing the weather disturbance was cut. In it, Professor Oak theorized that life on earth was started by a chemical reaction that began when lightning struck volcanic seawater on the young planet, relating it to the elemental abilities of Zapdos, Moltres, and Articuno.
• When the Pokémon are attempting to free the legendary birds, ThunderShock, Water Gun, and Flamethrower are used simultaneously. Tracey's explanation, which was cut from the dub, is that "electricity, plus fire, plus water... electricity separates water into hydrogen and oxygen, which is then recombined using fire which means—Everybody get down!" However, this line is included in the novelization and the ani-manga with different dialogue.
  • The English audio track on the DVD released in the 2007 Japanese box set simply cut to dead silence during this scene. The same was done during Professor Oak's explanation scene.
• Although in the English version the birds are referred as "titans", in the Finnish version they are referred as "gods" like in the Japanese version. This is the only Finnish version of any movie to use this term though.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	利基亞爆誕
	Mandarin	夢幻之神奇寶貝 洛奇亞爆誕
Czech		Pokémon 2: Síla jednotlivce
Danish		Pokémon 2: Kun Én Har Styrken
Dutch		Pokémon 2: Op Eigen Kracht
Finnish		Pokémon 2 - Yhden voimalla / Pelastakaa maailma
French	Canada	Pokémon: le Film 2000
	Europe	Pokémon 2: Le Pouvoir Est En Toi
German		Pokémon 2 -Die Macht des Einzelnen
Hungarian		Pokémon 2000: Bízz az erőben!
Italian		Pokémon 2 - La Forza di Uno
Korean		루기아의 탄생
Norwegian		Pokémon 2000: Den Enes Kraft
Polish		Pokémon 2 - Uwierz w Swoją Siłę
Portuguese	Brazil	O Poder de Um
	Portugal	Pokémon 2000: O Poder Único
Russian		Покемон 2000: Сила Избранного
Slovak		Pokémon 2: Sila jedného'
Spanish	Latin America	El Poder de Uno
	Spain	Pokémon 2: El poder de uno
Swedish		Pokémon 2: Ensam är Stark

Related articles

• Pokémon the Movie 2000 (soundtrack) - English soundtrack
• Pokémon the Movie 2000 (score) - English score
• Mirage Pokémon: Lugia's Explosive Birth Music Collection - Japanese soundtrack
• Mirage Pokémon Lugia's Explosive Birth (manga) - manga adaptation
• Pokémon the Movie 2000 (graphic novel) - "Ani-Manga" adaptation
• Pokémon the Movie 2000 (book) - chapter book adaptation

External links

• Pokémon: The Movie 2000 at IMDb
• Gekijô-ban poketto monsutâ: Maboroshi no pokemon: Rugia bakutan at IMDb

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