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Pokémon 3: The Movie: Spell of the Unown (Japanese: 結晶塔の帝王 Kessho-tō no Teiō, Emperor of the Crystal Tower, subtitle Lord of the Unknown Tower) is the 3rd Pocket Monsters movie, and 3rd of all Pokémon movies. It was first in Japanese theaters on July 8, 2000. It then made its way to North American theaters on April 6, 2001.
Summary
Renowned Pokémon researcher Spencer Hale goes mysteriously missing while researching a species of Pokémon, the Unown. He leaves behind his daughter, young Molly Hale. In her grief, Molly unwittingly summons the Unown, who realise her dreams and wishes into existence. The Unown appease her wishes for a father and mother by creating a representation of the legendary Pokémon, Entei to act as a father figure, and for a mother they kidnap Ash's mother, Delia Ketchum.
The Unown transform the mansion where Molly lives into a huge, crystal-like tower, while leaving the surrounding land as a crystallized wasteland. To save his mother, Ash and his friends will have to overcome Entei, Molly and the conspiring Unown, whose dream-like grip on the tower has turned into a stranglehold.
Important characters
Featured Pokémon
Movie guide
Character introductions
Pokémon debuts
- Unown
- Entei
Trivia
Two Pokémon Dolls in Molly's room, Phanpy and Teddiursa, are later imagined as her own Pokémon, when she battles against Misty and Brock. Even later on, in the credits, she gets her own Teddiursa.
The book that Spencer reads to Molly supposedly has a picture of a Beautifly in it.
The movie's title, Spell of the Unown, refers to both the fact that the crystal covering much of Greenfield is made by a spell that the Unown have made, but as well that Unown are able to be used to literally spell out words and phrases, which Molly does with the tiles.
