Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions: Difference between revisions

 

At least until Ash finds out that Zoroark is Zorua's mother, and that she's only doing these things for Zorua's sake. Ash takes it upon himself to return Zorua to Zoroark, and to find out just what it is that Grings Kodai is up to. Which is further complicated by the appearance of the ''real'' Legendary Beasts [[Knight Templar|that have come to stop]] Zoroark.

 

* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Piplup the second time Zorua takes Dawn's form. [http://a.yfrog.com/img612/5396/2g3.png Dawn does not approve].

* [[Cross Dressing Voices]]: Eileen Stevens as Zorua.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Almost any battle [[The Woobie|Zorua]] is in ends up this way, though it's mainly because, despite him trying as hard as he can, he's still just a baby and only knows one real move, plus his illusions were pretty much useless against Kodai because of the villain's illusion canceler. However, Zoroark delivers one in a [[Big Damn Heroes]] fashion by {{spoiler|rushing in and saving the outnumbered Dawn and Brock from [[The Dragon|Goon]] and taking out all his Pokémon with little effort.}}

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Compare this movie to many of the movies before it. The antagonist Grings Kodai is so evil that he strangles Celebi, tries to kill Ash and his friends, and near the end, {{spoiler|threatens to kill Zorua in front of its mother.}}

** [[It Gets Worse]]. In the English Dub, {{spoiler|Zorua ''gives up'' and submits himself to die at the hands of Kodai.}}

{{quote| "[[Oh Crap|I guess there's no more time left for me...]]"}}

** And if you've had some practice at filling in the blanks about [[Pokémon Speak|what Pokemon say]], you can practically ''hear'' Celebi crying "STOPITSTOPITICAN'TBREATHE!"

* [[Darkest Hour]]: {{spoiler|Zorua has been captured by [[Big Bad|Kodai]], Ash, Celebi, and Pikachu are caught in his Mismagius's Psychic and unable to so much as ''move'', and Dawn and Brock are too far away to help. [[Hope Spot|Zoroark arrives and makes a beeline for Kodai]], but her love for her child is used to disable her, allowing Kodai's Shuppet to take her out too! With no one left to oppose him, [[The Bad Guy Wins|Kodai obtains the Time Ripple and all plant life in Crown City begins to die.]] Yeah, it turned out to be a fake, but it was still a rather dark moment.}}

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Zoroark and Zorua are both Dark Types, and Zoroark is rather frightening looking, but they're both rather heroic.

* [[Deleted Scene]]: In the Cartoon Network premiere of this movie, the beginning sequence before the title card is cut out entirely. There really isn't any information cut out that the viewers don't get later, barring one exception. {{spoiler|Grings Kodai makes a comment that Zorua is adopted.}}

** Later airings of the movie included this scene.

* [[Determinator]]: Zoroark, even more so than Ash in this movie, made better by the fact that the only noises she makes are screams, and they sound just like another well known [[Fullmetal Alchemist|determinator]] due to sharing the same seiyū.

** Must run in the family, kind of. Zorua isn't nearly as strong and gets beaten much more easily, but the little guy just keeps trying until he's finally {{spoiler|nearly killed by an electric shock that is ultimately used to kill his mother.}}

** [[Evil Gloating]]

* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: Kodai has a [[Mook]] named Goon. Though said [[Mook]] is actually his [[The Dragon|Dragon]].

* [[For the Evulz]]: Just to prove what a [[Complete Monster]] he is, {{spoiler|Kodai ''electrocutes a baby'' in front of its mother, who had already given up the moment she saw he had her son, with a smile on his face.}} He then quips that he ''thoroughly enjoyed it.''

* [[Glamour Failure]]: Zorua's human guises all show his tail. It doesn't happen when he turns into fellow Pokémon. He ''is'' just a baby, though, so he probably hasn't had enough practice with it yet. Zoroark has no such problem.

* [[Heroic Resolve]]: For once, not [[The Hero|Ash]]; Zoroark gets this after spending a few hours trying and failing to free herself from her prison (cage encased in an outer coating of steel that badly shocks her whenever she touches it). Then [[Mama Bear|she hears Zorua cry out for help]] and proceeds to tear her way out. After that, she's completely [[Unstoppable Rage|unstoppable]], proceeds to pull two [[Big Damn Heroes]] moments (One by {{spoiler|saving a heavily outnumbered Dawn and Brock from [[The Dragon]] and his Pokémon}}, then another by {{spoiler|arriving in the nick of time to stop Kodai from winning}}), and fight to a draw against three [[Olympus Mons]]. By the time she's finally saved her son, {{spoiler|she's sustained so much damage she actually ''dies'', though [[Unexplained Recovery|she gets better]].}}

** In-game, Zoroark's defensive stats are sub-par at best, so that makes this Zoroark's [[Determinator|rugged determination]] even ''more'' impressive.

** In the dub, we have [[Sean Schemmel]] as Kodai, Bella Hudson as Rowena, and [[Wayne Grayson]] as Karl.

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Kodai uses his TV network and the televisions placed throughout the city to broadcast an 'apology' to Crown City for Zoroark's 'controling' his Legendary Beasts and order an evacuation. At the end of the film, the group uses the same network and system of televisions to [[Engineered Public Confession|broadcast]] his [[Evil Gloating]] and reveal him.}}

* [[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Son]]: The entire reason Zoroark does ''anything'' Kodai says is that she believes he's got her son and will hurt him if she doesn't. {{spoiler|He doesn't, but she doesn't know that. However, he pulls this again at the end when he really ''does'' have Zorua.}}

* [[Infant Immortality]]: Zorua is a little baby, so he's in line for this, right? ''[[Averted Trope|Wrong!]]'' Zorua gets the living tar beat out of him by [[Complete Monster|Grings Kodai]] and his cronies, and Kodai even [[Would Hurt a Child|electrocutes the poor guy]]. {{spoiler|In the English dub, Zorua even says that he thinks he's going to die.}}

{{quote| '''Ash''': Stop, Kodai! All the trees and flowers will die!<br />

'''Kodai''': What do I care? So long as my visionary powers grow, [[Worth It|it's all worth it!]] }}

* {{spoiler|[[Mortal Wound Reveal]]: After being badly shocked by [[Complete Monster|Kodai]], Zoroark manages to drive him off with the help of the Legendary Beasts and appears to be fine. However, after he's out of the scene, she collapses and barely lives long enough to bring Kodai down with an illusion. [[Unexplained Recovery|She Gets Better]] [[Disney Death|though]].}}

* [[Near Villain Victory]]: Possibly the closest call of the movies so far.

* [[Nothing Can Stop Us Now]]: After {{spoiler|absorbing the Time Ripple, [[Big Bad|Kodai]],}} given his huge ego, cannot resist going on about how he's won and there's nothing Ash or anyone else can do about it. {{spoiler|He comes right out and says that he destroyed all of Crown City's greenery 20 years ago, and has absolutely ''no'' qualms about [[Tempting Fate|doing it again, because no one will ever find out]]. Turns out he absorbed an illusion Time Ripple created by Zoroark and Ash's reporter friends caught his [[Evil Gloating]] on film, marking the beginning of his [[Complete Monster|well deserved]] [[Humiliation Conga]].}}

* [[Oh Crap]]: Goon gets a delightful one when he sees Zoroark, in a full on [[Mama Bear]] [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], running straight at him. Later on, Kodai gets his own when {{spoiler|Zoroark fights through his electrical shock and blasts him off his feet. From then on, this becomes his [[Humiliation Conga|default expression]].}}

** On a less fun, more tragic note, {{spoiler|Zorua has one when he realizes his mother just jumped over him and got hit with a Shadow Ball meant for him...right as they were about to reunite...}}

** Note too that she fought several Bug Pokemon, which Dark-types are weak against, and stomped them all. Of course, they [[Genre Blind|kept attacking with Ghost moves]], which she resists.

* [[The Password Is Always Swordfish]]: In the Japanese version, the password to Kodai's files about the Time Ripple is...''"Time Ripple"'' ("VISION" in the English dub). Rowena [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this.

* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]: Ash and company are normally fine with letting the [[Big Bad]] be arrested and being done with it, but [[Big Bad|Kodai]] is such a [[Selfish Evil|horrible]], [[Complete Monster|evil]] [[Moral Event Horizon|person]], they're not letting him off that easy. {{spoiler|He finds himself intentionally forced to witness his [[Evil Gloating]] [[Engineered Public Confession|be broadcast live on his own TV network]]. To make it even more crushing, the entire cast is just sitting around him in absolute silence, giving him a mass [[Death Glare]] the entire time, including the police who likely just heard about what he's done.}} Did he deserve it? You bet!

* [[Please Wake Up]]: {{spoiler|After Zoroark dies from wounds inflicted by Kodai, Zorua tries desperately to wake her, crying and even making an illusion of their home and promising her they can go back. [[Unexplained Recovery|She gets better]], but that doesn't make it any less of a [[Tear Jerker]].}}

* [[Police Are Useless]]: Subverted at the end. {{spoiler|Both Kodai and Goon are arrested for their crimes.}}

** Even more fitting in the manga{{spoiler|; while Zoroark's fate is pretty much the same, her final act of revenge is a good bit different. She chases Kodai with illusionary vines, causing [[Disney Villain Death|Kodai to fall off of the top of the stadium to his death]].}}

* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: Averted with Zoroark. Nothing about her suggests that she is female except for her son constantly calling her 'Meema'.

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Kodai hurting Zorua sends [[Mama Bear|Zoroark]] into one of these. Let's just say that when she gets mad, standing between her and her baby is a '''very''' bad idea.

* [[Verbal Tic]]: Zorua ends all of his sentences with the adorable "zo".