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During a discovery in some far-off ruins, Professor Spencer Hale is sucked into the realm of the Unown, who then appear to his young daughter Molly. The Unown make Molly's wishes come true, and the Pokémon transform the mansion into a crystal palace, finally creating an Entei as Molly's father.

* [[And the Rest]]: This is when Ash's mom started doing this to him. She greets Pikachu with a hug, and Ash with "Oh hi honey." And the fans think she's overprotective?

* [[Almighty Mom]]

* [[Broke Your Arm Punching Out Cthulhu|Almost Broke Your Neck Punching Out Cthulhu]]: Hey, Charizard, Entei is no run-of-the-mill Legendary.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Molly (Type II) and Entei (Type IV).

* [[Bond Creatures]]: Entei, to Molly.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Team Rocket, [[Running Gag|as usual]].

'''Meowth. after the Rocket Trio saved Ash''': If anything happened to you, we'd be out of showbusiness! }}

** This is also the explicit reason for their temporary [[Enemy Mine]]. If anything happened to Ash and Co., the show would end and [quote] "they'd be out of showbizness."

* [[Catch Phrase]]: Entei has two, "If that is what you wish." and "I am happy that you are happy."

** Ash's team vs Entei, too. None of them stood a chance. Charizard was an exception, as he was able to put up a good fight, but Entei and the Unown stacked the odds ''waaay'' high against him, due to Molly wanting Entei to win and the Unown magnifying the power of her imagination.

* [[Darker and Edgier]]: Compared to the last film. This one is definitely more psychological (which is not a word commonly associated with Pokémon), and has far more creepy antagonists in the shape of the Unown. {{spoiler|Also Entei comes ''dangerously'' close to ''killing'' Ash's Charizard at the end of their fight}}.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: What started the plot.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: During the climax, Ash trying to convince Entei to "let Molly go," and Entei not wanting to hear any of it. <ref>separation issues</ref>

* [[Fluffy Tamer]]: Teenage!Molly's Pokémon all fit this trope. Justfied, since, again, little girl.

* [[Funny Background Event]]: While Ash and company are talking to Team Rocket about their [[Villainous Rescue]], Charizard turns around to listen in on them.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Upon seeing the Unown for the first time, James states that he "hasn't seen this many strange letters since the time [he] placed a personal ad."

** Brock's dialogue with teenage Molly in their battle can be seen as rather flirty. He ''is'' trying to distract her, though.

* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: Entei was created to be a father figure/guardian to Molly (or more specifically was based directly on her actual father). Once the Unown go out of control, they threaten Molly's own life, and Entei goes against them to protect her.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Molly and Entei, after their defeat.

'''Meowth''': ''Hey, don't steal my line.'' }}

* [[Hero Antagonist]]: Entei is actually one of the nicest characters in the series, it's just that he happens to be loyal to an increasingly insane [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]].

* [[It's Personal]]: So far the only movie for it to be for Ash.

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Entei again; justified in that he is a creation of the Unown based off Molly's thoughts and memories (and more specifically, her father), and he exists solely to protect her and keep her happy.

* [[Leitmotif]]: The five-note trumpet bar that accompanies Entei.

* [[Lucky Translation]]: When Molly uses the Unown tiles to spell out "Mama and Papa and Me together", she's actually spelling out her own name, ミー ''Mii''. It just so happened that they romanized it to "ME" allowing them to use the scene without having to do any visual edits.

* [[Mission Control]]: thanks to the [[Girl of the Week]] conveniently giving the gang a Pokégear, Professor Oak was able to maintain radio contact with them. His first order of business: [[What the Hell, Hero?|telling Ash off]] for foolishly taking things into his own hands.

* [[Momma's Boy]]

* [[Nakama]]: It was at its most obvious in this movie.

* [[Obliviously Evil]]: The Unown. They know damn well what they're doing, but it's clear they don't have any concept of the fact it's "evil".

* [[Older Alter Ego]]: The Unown create crystal bodies for Molly as an adult and preteen respectively when she battles with Brock and Misty.

* [[Product Promotion Parade]]: The song-and-dance in the back-alley funhouse, which serves solely to introduce the new mons.

** And an excuse for [[Ear Worm|gratuitous swing music]].

* [[Pun-Based Title]]: There are two different meanings in the dub's title "Spell of the Unown", which, some will find actually [[Fridge Brilliance|brilliant]].

* [[Reality Warper]]: The Unown, and Molly by extension.

* [[Troubling Unchildlike Behavior]]: Some of what Molly does of her own free will is borderline sociopathic.

* [[Undying Loyalty]]: Entei towards Molly.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: When Molly is in emotional turmoil over what to do when Ash comes to take his mother back and set everything right, Entei (who can naturally feel what she feels) goes berserk and tries to kill Ash. It's made worse by Ash telling Molly that Entei is an illusion and not her real papa:

** Not just that. As she starts crying and getting angry, the whole room starts producing crystal spikes, in order to try and isolate her from what is causing her anger(Ash and his mother trying to take her away). Eventually, the emotional turmoil gets so confusing, as she can't decide whether to stay with Entei or leave with Ash and causing Entei to disappear, thus the reason of the turmoil, {{spoiler|the Unown go berserk and starts cristallizing the whole field, so out of control that they won't even follow Molly's will}}.

* [[Walking Wasteland]]: Entei can crystallize anything he touches.

* [[Water Is Air]]: Thanks to Molly's Unown-granted powers, her battle with Misty is underwater, but states she shut off the drowning hazard beforehand.

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