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White—Victini and Zekrom
ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom

Black—Victini and Reshiram
ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram

Premiere

Japan	July 16, 2011
United States	December 3, 2011* December 10, 2011*

Home video

Japan	December 16, 2011
United States	April 3, 2012

English themes

Opening	Black and White
Ending	Follow Your Star (Ideals Mix)* Follow Your Star (Truth Mix)*

Japanese themes

Opening	ベストウイッシュ！
Ending	宙 -そら-* 響 -こえ-*

Ratings

United States	Not Rated
Great Britain	U
Ireland	?
Canada	?
Quebec	?
Japan	?
Germany	?
Australia	G
New Zealand	G

Pokémon The Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom (Japanese: ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom) and Pokémon The Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram (Japanese: ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram), referred to collectively as (Japanese: 劇場版ポケットモンスターベストウイッシュ The First Movie Theatrical Version - Pocket Monsters Best Wishes!: The First Movie), are the first Best Wishes series movies and, combined, the fourteenth Pokémon movie overall. They premiered in Japanese theaters on July 16, 2011. White—Victini and Zekrom received a limited release in US theaters on December 3rd and 4th 2011, making it the first Pokémon film to released commercially in theaters since Pokémon Heroes in 2003. It will air on Cartoon Network on February 11, 2012. Black—Victini and Reshiram premiered on Cartoon Network on December 10, 2011.

For the first time in the series's history, two different versions of a film were released. White—Victini and Zekrom features the Victory Pokémon Victini and the Deep Black Pokémon Zekrom, while Black—Victini and Reshiram features Victini and the Vast White Pokémon, Reshiram.

Plot

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Opening

The movie begins with the world of Pokémon opening, showing the Unova Pokémon populating the land, seas and skies. The screen moves towards Ash's Pikachu, who starts running, powers up an Electro Ball, and then fires it—at a Throh in White—Victini and Zekrom, or a Sawk in Black—Victini and Reshiram. Pikachu then runs to Ash. The trio reaches a fork in the road; Cilan looks at his map and tells the group to go left in Black—Victini and Reshiram, or right in White—Victini and Zekrom.

In White—Victini and Zekrom, the screen then moves to a hot desert, where a man named Damon is traveling by foot. Damon comes upon a young Blitzle with an injured leg, and he calls upon his Reuniclus's Psychic to help him carry the injured Blitzle on his shoulder. Damon, Reinculus, and Blitzle turn to walk back to a small village to find Blitzle's owner, a little girl named Luisa. Luisa's father thanks Damon for helping, but tells him to go home and that his plans are useless. Damon then tells the man that Eindoak Town can be revived, but he is again rebuffed.

At that moment, a dust storm appears in the desert, and heads towards the village. A herd of Bouffalant are startled by this, and they begin to stampede towards the village. Damon goes to check out the disaster and holds up his hand, cuing the appearance of Reshiram. Damon then climbs on Reshiram's back and orders it to destroy the dust storm, which it does with power and ease. Damon then asks the townspeople, who are shocked by the legendary Pokémon's appearance, to give him another chance.

In Black—Victini and Reshiram, the scene instead shows Damon and his Gothitelle visiting a town on a frozen tundra. He discusses the matter of the Kingdom of the Vale's revival with a resident there, but is again dismissed. He refuses to leave, asking to see Glacine, the village's chief. She and her son Luis are on a cliff working to find herbs with his Lillipup's help. Below, on an ice shelf, a group of Beartic become agitated when a giant iceberg collides with the ice. The cliff fractures, causing Luis to fall; then, as his mother and the first resident are trying to rescue him, the ice they are standing upon breaks off, stranding all of them in the path of the iceberg. Damon's Gothitelle saves Luis's Lillipup from falling into the water, and then Damon himself appears with Zekrom to destroy the iceberg. Damon and Zekrom reiterate their proposal, and, awed by the display, Glacine and her village reconsider.

Finding Victini

Near Eindoak Town, Ash, Iris and Cilan find a pair of Deerling in danger on a cliff face. Ash attempts to rescue them but begins to fall himself; however, he is rescued when Victini touches his foot out of his sight, giving him the ability to jump hundreds of feet across the canyon. Now separated from his stunned friends, Ash agrees to meet Iris and Cilan later and heads into a cave with the two Deerling. Victini shows Ash visions of the path he should take, allowing him to find his way through the cave. He reaches a giant cavern with a mesh of crystal paths, and Ash's presence mysteriously activates an orb and the crystals, before he is guided again to the cellar of Eindoak Town's castle and up to its balcony. There, he reunites with his friends.

Cilan explains that the castle is known as the "Sword of the Vale", and is said in legend to have flown to its current location from a valley far away. While exploring the castle, Ash, Iris and Cilan share some macarons among themselves, but an invisible Victini keeps stealing Ash's macarons, much to his disbelief. The group hears fireworks outside, which causes Victini to choke on a macaron as the group realizes they must hurry to the town's battle tournament. In the ruckus, Ash runs into the invisible Victini—this confuses him for a moment, but he brushes it off. The group encounters a relatively plain-clothed Damon, who introduces himself as the castle's caretaker and offers to escort them to the town, which they accept.

In the town square, the group meets a woman named Juanita, who runs a Victini-themed souvenir stand with her Golurk (which is Shiny in Black—Victini and Reshiram). The town's mayor, Mannes, gives a speech to the townspeople congratulating them for the bountiful harvest they have collected. Mannes sends his Klink, Klang and Klinklang into a large music machine, starting the festival. He explains the tournament's rules: each competitor has been given a necklace and must challenge other competitors throughout the town, with losing trainers surrendering their necklaces until the winner emerges.

In the first round of the tournament, Ash faces Mako and her Serperior, which he defeats with Pikachu's Electro Ball. Iris battles a trainer named Tatsuki and his Emboar with her Emolga, but Emolga uses Volt Switch, forcing Excadrill to come out in its place, against the rules; the referee promptly awards the match to Tatsuki. Juanita's daughter, Carlita, and her Hydreigon (Shiny in White—Victini and Zekrom) quickly dispatches of Cilan's Pansage. Ash and Oshawott later battle Tatsuki and defeat Emboar with Aqua Jet.

Ash sends Tepig to face Leeku and his Samurott, and Samurott's Razor Shell effortlessly smashes Tepig into Juanita's stand of Victini trinkets. However, Victini covertly appears and powers up Tepig, allowing it to defeat Samurott with an absurdly powerful Ember. Carlita witnesses this, and, becoming suspicious, challenges Ash. When Ash's Scraggy attempts to Headbutt Hydreigon, it is knocked into the trees. Carlita sees Victini give Scraggy a powerup, after which Scraggy quickly defeats Hydreigon with a second Headbutt. Carlita surrenders her necklace to the judge, and then confronts Ash, informing the group of Victini's role.

Suspicious that Victini was the one who stole the macarons, Ash uses one to bait it out. It appears, and Ash excitedly tries to befriend it. Victini is initially receptive and playful, but becomes alarmed as Ash swings it around enthusiastically, leaving the Pokémon of the group to coax Victini back to them. As the party travels through town, Victini hesitates in the shadow of giant pillars. Ash tries to force Victini forward, but Victini gets clobbered by a magical barrier around the castle area, delineated by the pillars and preventing Victini's escape. Upset, Victini flees back towards the castle. Later, while looking for Victini with Juanita and Carlita, they run into Mannes and Damon. It is revealed that Damon is Juanita's son and Carlita's older brother. He has been traveling and has not contacted Juanita in some time, which she reprimands him for. Carlita attempts to cheer him by telling him about Victini's appearance, but he says he already knew.

Legends of the Vale

At Mannes's home, Victini is found leading a group of other Pokémon. Inside, Mannes relays the legend of the tribe now known as the People of the Vale: one thousand years ago, they were a prosperous people who lived in a place called the Kingdom of the Vale, in a valley where the Sword of the Vale originally resided. They used a power in the earth called the "Dragon Force" to enrich their land, and all was well. However, one day, the twin sons of the king—the Hero of Truth, who controlled Reshiram, and the Hero of Ideals, who controlled Zekrom—began a war over their beliefs. Reshiram and Zekrom battled and drained each others' strength, and then turned into orbs called "Dragon Stones". The kingdom was devastated, and the Dragon Force corrupted and chaotic, ravaging the earth instead of healing it. Desperate, the king asked Victini to lend him its power, and he created the "Pillars of Protection" and their barrier to control the flow of that power. Using this system, the king flew the Sword of the Vale, with all of the townspeople inside, out of the Kingdom of the Vale to a nearby mountaintop. There, the castle calmed the flow of the Dragon Force. However, soon after the castle landed, the king died, while the Pillars of Protection remained. The two regretful princes hid the Dragon Stones deep within the caverns of the Sword of the Vale.

While watching Ash and his friends play with Victini, Damon informs his mother that her dream—that the People of the Vale could one day live again in the Kingdom of the Vale, as relayed in a flashback—can now come true. He intends to borrow Victini's power just as the king did, and return the Sword of the Vale to its rightful place. Inside, without Ash and his friends, Damon relays his journeys over the past three years. Damon visited the scattered tribal settlements of the People of the Vale to try to find support for his dream to reclaim the land that was the Kingdom of the Vale. He was always rebuffed, until one day he heard a voice emanating from the chambers under the Sword of the Vale. He and Mannes investigated, walking on a crystal path when, inexplicably, the two found themselves separated onto different paths. Damon went on alone to find his legendary dragon, and with it as his ally, he demonstrated the truth of the legend and his dragon's power by helping the leaders of the settlements. (Here, each version of the movie briefly shows Damon's dragon like in the opening of the other version—Zekrom assisting in the desert in Black—Victini and Reshiram, and Reshiram in the tundra in White—Victini and Zekrom.) The leaders agreed to help him—and as if on cue, they appear in Mannes's study in support of Damon's goal: the resurrection of the Kingdom of the Vale.

Victini dreams about its millennium trapped in the Pillars of Protection, witnessing the establishment and growth of Emolak Town. The dream ends with the spirit of the king returning to apologize for the trap, then saying goodbye and fading away; Ash inexplicably experiences the dream as well, and is awoken. Victini takes Ash, Iris, and Cilan to a balcony, where it shows them the sunrise over an ocean shore; Ash comes to understand that Victini wishes to go to the shore, and promises to take it.

Conflict

Meanwhile, at the Sword of the Vale, Juanita and Carlita watch as Damon prepares to execute his plan on the observation deck of the castle. He sends out his Sigilyph, and it takes its place in a mechanism atop the chamber. Sigilyph's power awakens the thousands of Solosis and Duosion in the lower chambers of the castle, and in turn, the Pillars of Protection activate, rise, and begin to travel towards the castle. Alarmed, Victini flees from the ever-constricting barrier, eventually flying to the castle, where Damon requests that it lend him its power. As Damon reminds Victini of the king, it is briefly cooperative until it gets caught in another, smaller barrier. The smaller pillars force it into a mechanism that begins draining Victini's power, using it to power up the Solosis and Duosion. As Ash, Iris, and Cilan arrive, the castle slowly ascends into the sky, and the healthy Dragon Force flows out, returning to the Kingdom of the Vale and beginning to restore it.

Ash, Iris, Cilan, Juanita, and Carlita rush into the main chamber and find Damon torturing Victini. Horrified that this was her son's plan, Juanita demands he stop, which shocks and upsets him. When Ash attempts to destroy the machine draining Victini's power, Damon attacks the group with his Reuniclus or Gothitelle. Damon's Reshiram or Zekrom then arrives, and Juanita attempts to fight the dragon with Golurk, but Golurk is defeated easily. Ash once again tries to climb the mechanism, but Damon's Psychic-type Pokémon knocks him out.

While unconscious, Ash receives a vision from Victini, of the king warning Victini to never let the Sword of the Vale be moved again, because if it is, the Dragon Force would return to run amok, causing a repeat of the disaster that struck the Kingdom of the Vale, and threatening the entire world. This has already begun, but with the castle now above the clouds, Damon and his dragon are unaware of it happening. Ash awakens in the cellar of the castle, and Juanita begs him to forgive Damon, as he truly believes he is doing the right thing. She then reveals that one thing can stop Damon's dragon: the other dragon, which should still be deep in the castle's dungeons, where had Ash passed through at the beginning of the film. As the group explores the crystal cavern, Ash and Pikachu soon find themselves suddenly separated, as Damon had been; Ash and Pikachu go on alone. A voice challenges Ash, and then the paths begin to collapse, forcing him to the bottom of the cavern. There, he finds the Dragon Stone, and hears a voice asking him for his ideal (White—Victini and Zekrom) or truth (Black—Victini and Reshiram). He answers that he wants to save Victini and fulfill his promise, satisfying the voice, which reveals itself to be Zekrom (in White—Victini and Zekrom) or Reshiram (in Black—Victini and Reshiram).

Mannes arrives, and meets Juanita, Carlita, Iris, and Cilan, having flown to the castle in a helicopter powered by his Klink, Klang, and Klinklang. He warns the group of the disaster on the surface, but by now they already know. Golurk returns to again fight Reshiram or Zekrom, but fails; however, the dragon's finishing blow is deflected by its opposite, which arrives with Ash riding on it. Ash jumps off at the courtyard of the castle, and then Zekrom and Reshiram engage in an epic battle in the sky. Inside the castle, Pikachu engages Reuniclus or Gothitelle.

Finally, Ash's dragon defeats Damon's, forcing it below the clouds, where they both witness the unfolding tragedy of the deadly Dragon Force. Pikachu defeats Reuniclus or Gothitelle and Ash climbs the mechanism, but Damon's dragon returns before he can destroy the barrier around Victini. Damon orders it to stop Ash, but it ignores him and instead destroys the mechanism to free Victini. Damon's dragon explains to him that it has heard the "land's anger", and then the two dragons blow away the clouds, revealing to Damon the devastation that the Dragon Force has caused. Panicking, Damon immediately becomes remorseful and begs Reshiram and Zekrom to help him stop the disaster. They agree, "lending their power" and redirecting some of the destructive Dragon Force into the Sword of the Vale—this powers up the Pokémon inside much more than Victini did, but also causes the mechanisms throughout the castle to become erratic, including the castle's flight.

Climax

Damon directs his family, Mannes, and Ash's group to leave immediately, fearing that the castle may crumble. Damon, meanwhile, insists that he will stay until the disaster is averted and the world is saved. However, when Ash tries to flee, the barrier generated by the Pillars of Protection continues to trap Victini inside, and Ash refuses to leave without it. Iris escapes with Carlita on Hydreigon's back, while Cilan and Juanita board Mannes's helicopter. As the pillars close in, the castle rocks, and Damon is thrown from it. Without warning, the Sword rapidly ascends into the sky, uncontrolled. All the Psychic-type Pokémon flee, leaving Ash, Pikachu, and Victini alone in the castle.

High in the Earth's atmosphere, the castle begins to frost over, and the thin, cold air begins to take a toll on Ash. Damon appears, saved by and now riding his mother's Golurk, while Reshiram and Zekrom attack the Pillars of Protection. But as the pillars are attacked, they are knocked towards each other, constricting even further around Victini. The pillars soon collide and close completely in the castle's courtyard, trapping Ash, Pikachu, and Victini within their walls. Damon tells Ash to hold on, as he is one of the dragons' chosen, and in a desperate bid to save them, Golurk fruitlessly tries to pry the pillars apart with its hands. Reshiram and Zekrom continue to destroy the pillars, but now several layers of pillars are in the way, and it proves too time-consuming. Inside the prison created by the Pillars of Protection, a weak and delirious Ash sadly apologizes to Victini for failing in his promise to take it to the ocean, before it becomes so cold that Ash's tears freeze and he falls unconscious.

Victini decides to use Searing Shot, which is too weak to break apart the pillars, but Ash is warmed and wakes up due to the attack. He witnesses Victini summoning up all of its power to activate V-create, its ultimate move. This finally destroys the Pillars of Protection once and for all, and the chaotic Dragon Force gets ejected into space—but Victini is nowhere to be seen. With the barrier and Dragon Force gone, Damon re-enters the castle and wraps Ash in a blanket that helps keep him alive.

Closing

Later, with Reshiram, Zekrom, and Golurk pushing the castle, Damon steers the castle down to the advancing tendril of the deadly Dragon Force. Just as Ash wakes up, he lands the Sword, calming the Dragon Force before it can destroy the entire planet. On the beach, Ash, Iris, and Cilan stare out at the ocean, saddened by the apparent death of Victini. Believing that Victini sacrificed itself to destroy the Pillars of Protection and save him, Ash apologies again before flinging one of Cilan's macarons toward the ocean. However, the macaron suddenly stops in mid-air and is eaten—and Victini reveals itself to be very much alive, now freed from the barrier just as it always dreamed.

Damon falls to his knees, overwhelmed with guilt that his actions had backfired so badly. However, Juanita consoles him by telling him they will have a lot of work to do to rebuild the Kingdom of the Vale. Victini sends Ash a vision of it helping with the rebuilding, and he understands that their time together is at an end. Bidding farewell to Damon, Juanita, Carlita, Mannes, and the other People of the Vale, Ash, Iris, and Cilan depart for new adventures.

During the credits, Damon and Juanita lead the People of the Vale in their reconstruction efforts. A single sprout is seen on the once-dead land in the Kingdom of the Vale, implying that the area can indeed be revived. While traveling, Ash, Iris, and Cilan get caught in a windstorm created by Tornadus (in White—Victini and Zekrom) or a thunderstorm caused by Thundurus (in Black—Victini and Reshiram). They later travel through a town where the Team Rocket trio watches them from a café, with Peg passing by as well. Reshiram and Zekrom continue flying throughout the world, appearing in the skies in a variety of places.

Featured Pokémon

Debuts

Characters

Human

Ash
Iris
Cilan
Jessie
James
Damon
Carlita
Juanita
Mannes
Ravine
Luisa
Glacine
Luis
Mako
Tatsuki
Leeku
King of the People of the Vale
Hero of Truth
Hero of Ideals
Trainers
Eindoak Town referee
Citizens
People of the Vale
Peg

Pokémon

Pikachu (Ash's)
Axew (Iris's)
Meowth (Team Rocket)
Oshawott (Ash's)
Tepig (Ash's)
Scraggy (Ash's)
Excadrill (Iris's)
Emolga (Iris's)
Pansage (Cilan's)
Victini (wild)
Zekrom (wild)
Reshiram (wild)
Gothitelle (Damon's, Black—Victini and Reshiram only)
Reuniclus (Damon's, White—Victini and Zekrom only)
Sigilyph (Damon's)
Solosis (wild, many)
Duosion (wild, many)
Golurk (Juanita's, Shiny in Black—Victini and Reshiram)
Hydreigon (Carlita's, Shiny in White—Victini and Zekrom)
Blitzle (Luisa's, White—Victini and Zekrom only)
Lillipup (Luis's, Black—Victini and Reshiram only)
Klink (Mannes's)
Klang (Mannes's)
Klinklang (Mannes's)
Alomomola (multiple)
Audino
Braviary
Carracosta
Cinccino (flashback)
Deerling (Autumn Form; intro, Summer Form, multiple)
Drilbur (multiple)
Eelektrik (multiple)
Emboar (Tatsuki's)
Gothita (Trainer's)
Gothorita (Trainer's)
Herdier (flashback)
Mandibuzz
Minccino
Palpitoad (multiple)
Patrat (multiple)
Pidove (multiple)
Samurott (Leeku's)
Seismitoad
Serperior (Mako's)
Sigilyph
Swoobat (multiple)
Tirtouga (multiple)
Tranquill (multiple)
Trubbish
Tympole (multiple)
Tynamo (multiple)
Woobat (multiple)
Volcarona

Credits only

Tranquill (Ash's)
Snivy (Ash's)
Dwebble (Cilan's)
Stunfisk (Cilan's)
Tornadus (White—Victini and Zekrom only)
Thundurus (Black—Victini and Reshiram only)

Exclusive to White—Victini and Zekrom

Basculin (Blue-Striped form, multiple)
Bouffalant (multiple, intro)
Darmanitan (Standard Mode, intro)
Frillish (female, multiple, intro)
Reuniclus (Damon's)
Heatmor (intro)
Jellicent (female, multiple, intro)
Lilligant (multiple, intro)
Rufflet (multiple, intro)
Sawsbuck (Summer Form, multiple, intro)
Stoutland
Throh
Tornadus (credits)
Unfezant (male and female, multiple, intro)

Exclusive to Black—Victini and Reshiram

Archen (multiple, intro)
Archeops (multiple, intro)
Basculin (Red-Striped form, multiple, intro)
Ducklett (multiple, intro)
Frillish (male, multiple, intro)
Jellicent (male, multiple, intro)
Krookodile (intro)
Liepard (multiple, intro)
Lillipup (Luis's)
Gothitelle (Damon's)
Sawk
Sawsbuck (Autumn Form, multiple, intro)
Swanna (multiple, intro)
Thundurus (credits)
Whimsicott (multiple, intro)
Zebstrika (multiple, intro)

Cast

Cast
Ash	Sarah Natochenny	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
Cilan	Jason Griffith	Dent	Mamoru Miyano	デント	宮野真守
Iris	Eileen Stevens	Iris	Aoi Yūki	アイリス	悠木碧
Axew	Kayzie Rogers	Kibago	Minami Tsuda	キバゴ	津田美波
Jessie	Michele Knotz	Musashi	Megumi Hayashibara	ムサシ	林原めぐみ
James	Carter Cathcart	Kojirō	Shin'ichirō Miki	コジロウ	三木眞一郎
Meowth	Carter Cathcart	Nyarth	Inuko Inuyama	ニャース	犬山イヌコ
Narrator	Rodger Parsons	Narrator	Unshō Ishizuka	ナレーション	石塚運昇
Special appearances by
Damon	J. Michael Tatum	Dred Grangil	Takeshi Tsuruno	ドレッド・グランギル	つるの剛士
Carlita	Leah Clark	Karita	Satomi Ishihara	カリータ	石原さとみ
Juanita	Khristine Hvam	Janta	Mao Daichi	ジャンタ	大地真央
Luisa	Lisa Ortiz	Sed	Shōko Nakagawa	セード	中川翔子
Luis	Eileen Stevens	Aude	Shōko Nakagawa	オード	中川翔子
Mannes	Michael Alston Baley	Momont	Kōichi Yamadera	モーモント	山寺宏一
Ravine	Bob Senkewicz	Kajin	Tsuguo Mogami	カジン	最上嗣生
Glacine	Erica Schroeder	Yajin	Sayuri	ヤジン	紗ゆり
Manuke	Eli James	Manuke	Kiyotaka Furushima	マヌーク	古島清孝
Donuke	Tom Wayland	Donuke	Kensuke Satō	ドヌーク	佐藤健輔
Leeku	Tom Wayland	Leeku	Misato Fukuen	リーク	福圓美里
Victini	Nana Mizuki	Victini	Nana Mizuki	ビクティニ	水樹奈々
Reshiram	Marc Thompson	Reshiram	Shosuke Tanihara	レシラム	谷原章介
Zekrom	Marc Thompson	Zekrom	Hideki Takahashi	ゼクロム	高橋英樹

Soundtrack

The theme songs for the film are The Sky (Japanese: 宙 -そら-) in Black Hero, and The Voice (Japanese: 響 -こえ-) in White Hero, both performed by Every Little Thing.

Differences between the films

The major difference between the films is that the main featured Pokémon in White—Victini and Zekrom is Zekrom, while Reshiram is the main Pokémon of Black—Victini and Reshiram. Ash befriends the said Pokémon in those movies, with Damon using the other Pokémon.
The World of Pokémon intro, while stylistically the same in both films, feature different Pokémon depending on the version.
During the World of Pokémon intro, Pikachu is seen battling a Throh in White—Victini and Zekrom, while in Black—Victini and Reshiram, he battles a Sawk.
Ash, Iris and Cilan come to a fork in the road at the beginning of both films. In White—Victini and Zekrom, they take the left path, while in Black—Victini and Reshiram, they take the right path.
Pokémon that appear in the background differ depending on the version.
Damon's appearance differs between the two films.
Damon's Pokémon is Reuniclus in White—Victini and Zekrom, while in Black—Victini and Reshiram, it is Gothitelle.
Damon travels through the desert in White—Victini and Zekrom (with Bouffalant and the Blitzle evolutionary family appearing in the area), and an icy plain in Black—Victini and Reshiram (where Beartic and Stoutland are in the area, the latter of which are used by the natives).
In White—Victini and Zekrom, Carlita's Hydreigon is a Shiny Pokémon, and Juanita's Golurk is colored normally, whereas in Black—Victini and Reshiram, this is reversed, with Golurk being the Pokémon who is Shiny.
Numerous scenes are altered in various ways between the two films. For example, the scene of Damon and Mannes talking at the ruins of the Kingdom of the Vale takes place during the day in White—Victini and Zekrom but at night in Black—Victini and Reshiram. Other scenes throughout the films are mirrored.
- Some small scenes appear only in one version or the other.
The background music differs depending on the version, due to having different music composers for each movie. The ending theme also differs, with The Sky in White—Victini and Zekrom and The Voice in Black—Victini and Reshiram.
In the credits, in White—Victini and Zekrom, Tornadus creates a windstorm that is encountered by Ash and friends; in Black—Victini and Reshiram, Thundurus creates a thunderstorm that is encountered by Ash and friends.

Comparison gallery

Damon preparing to stop many stampeding Bouffalant in White—Victini and Zekrom
Damon preparing to stop an iceberg in Black—Victini and Reshiram

Events

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Reshiram and Zekrom distribution artwork

Pre-order distribution

A special Victini is available to people who pre-order tickets to the film in Japan. This Victini will know the previously-unobtainable move V-create, as well as its other signature move, Searing Shot, and the signature moves of Reshiram and Zekrom, Fusion Flare and Fusion Bolt.

Movie distributions

Zekrom was made available for players of Black and Reshiram for players of White. Both will have the original Trainer サトシ Satoshi. Both dragons are at level 100 and know their signature moves, Blue Flare and Fusion Flare, and Bolt Strike and Fusion Bolt, respectively. Also, Reshiram knows Mist and Zekrom knows Haze, due to the Japanese names for these moves being しろいきり White Mist and くろいきり Black Mist, respectively.

Other distributions

Users of the Japanese-language Global Link could obtain a C-Gear skin featuring Victini.

Players of Black could obtain a Shiny Hydreigon, based on Carlita's, while players of White could obtain a Shiny Golurk, based on Juanita's.

Users of the Japanese-language Global Link can also obtain one of two C-Gear skins featuring Reshiram or Zekrom, depending on which Pokémon they put to sleep before taking them to the Eindoak Home, which, much like the Pokémon Café Home, is another event exclusive.

Trivia

Director Yuyama Kunihiko scouted locations in France (including Nice, Gourdon, Tourrettes-sur-Loup and Mont Saint-Michel) as part of pre-production for this movie.
This movie premiered in Japanese theaters between Reunion Battles In Nimbasa! and Cilan Versus Trip, Ash Versus Georgia!, although since both were part of the four-part Club Battle arc, it's doubtful the movie actually took place then. The movie more likely took place shortly before or after the Club Battle arc.
- Due to the skipping of two episodes and the moving of A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition!, the films were likely originally meant to debut between Archeops in the Modern World! and Movie Time! Zorua in "The Legend of the Pokémon Knight"!.
These are the first movies in which Brock does not appear; he made a cameo appearance in The Power of One.
If both versions are counted together, these films debut 34 new Pokémon, more than any other film in the series.
This is the second time when two Pokémon movies debuted within the same year in the US.
Several short scenes were removed from the Cartoon Network airing of Black—Victini and Reshiram on December 10, 2011 to reduce the film's total running time. These included the appearance of Gothita, Gothorita and their trainer, the entrances of several of the Pokémon in Mannes's garden such as Cottonee, a shot of Damon's face as he explains his plans for the People of the Vale, and Mannes's Klink and Klang installing themselves in the music machine.
- Several of these scenes were restored for the February 11, 2012 airing of White—Victini and Zekrom, but other additional cuts were made.
The mother and daughter characters first shown in Lucario in the Mystery of Mew make a cameo in these movies as well, appearing right after Ash defeated Tatsuki.

Dub edits

The title card sequence removes the animation of Zekrom or Reshiram unfolding its wings.
The opening song is Black and White Theme, a full-length version of the dub's opening song. The Sky and The Voice are replaced as the ending songs by Follow Your Star (Ideals Mix) in White-Victini and Zekrom, and Follow Your Star (Truth Mix) in Black-Victini and Reshiram.
The credits remove the Victini-themed tarot cards that appear in one sequence, replacing them with a full-screen version of the Tornadus/Thundurus scenes.
The cut of White—Victini and Zekrom that aired on Cartoon Network on February 11, 2012 featured several edits to the credits at the beginning and end of the film: the opening credits were moved to the World of Pokémon segment, the Black and White Theme sequence was therefore textless, and the closing credits were played over a black screen without any of the clips normally featured.

Errors

In both movies, just before Victini reveals itself to the group, Ash asks Victini if it lent him its powers. When Ash says this, his lips do not move with the rest of his mouth.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		比克提尼與黑英雄捷克羅姆比克提尼與白英雄雷希拉姆
Italian		Pokémon il Film: Bianco—Victini e Zekrom Pokémon il Film: Nero—Victini e Reshiram
Korean		비크티니와 흑의 영웅 제크로무 비크티니와 백의 영웅 레시라무

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