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'''''Pokémon Live!''''' is, in simple words, [[The Musical]] stage show based on the ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]]'' anime. It ran late in 2000 and is one of the first ''Pokémon''-based productions made entirely in America. It's not canonical to the anime it's based on, but the story does seem to fit the bill of a [[Musical Episode]]. The soundtrack was made of songs from the [[Image Song]] album ''2.B.A. Master'', as well as a few songs from the later album ''Totally Pokémon'' and some exclusive musical numbers not heard anywhere else.
 
The story begins with a mysterious Gym Leader challenging all trainers to battle him for his one-of-a-kind Gym Badge, the Diamond Badge. Ash Ketchum, protagonist of the anime, is determined to win this Badge. However, he is also put through a dilemma of sorts; his friend Misty is upset that [[Forgotten Birthday|he never made good on his promise to take her to the movies for her birthday three weeks ago]], which she points out is an example of him focusing so much on his Pokémon training that he is ignoring his friends.
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* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Misty, to Ash.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: MechaMew2 learning Selfdestruct.
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: MechaMew2 has learned every single move... except for Thundershock and Thunder. This gives Giovanni the perfect excuse to have Jessie and James kidnap Ash's Pikachu for him. Keep in mind that Giovanni keeps referring to the total amount of moves as 251, which it is in the second generation. This means that MechaMew2 has somehow learned ''the signature moves of two'' ''[[Olympus Mons|legendary Pokémon]]'' (Lugia's [[Blow You Away|Aeroblast]] and Ho-oh's [[Kill It Withwith Fire|Sacred Fire]]) but is yet to meet one that uses either of the two rather common Electric-type moves.
* [[Dawson Casting]]: The characters are pre-teens. The actors... aren't. Kind of inevitable, really.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: {{spoiler|1=The original Mewtwo shows up and saves the day, using his telepathy and Ash's heart to give MechaMew2 a [[Care Bear Stare]].}}
* [[Former Teen Rebel]]: Delia
* [[Hey, It's That Guy!]]: The Professor and Delia are portrayed by Patrick Frankfort and Dee Roscioli (the latter of whom went on to star in ''[[Cats]]'' and later became world-famous as Elphaba in ''[[Wicked (Theatretheatre)|Wicked]]''). The fact that the actors were dating in real life leads to an [[Actor Allusion]] in which Ash tells Oak "Don't bring my mom home too late!"
** Also, Giovanni is played by [[Yu-Gi-Oh!|Maximilian Pegasus]].
** James is played by [[The Book of Mormon (Theatretheatre)|Elder Price]].
* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|1=Giovanni gave MechaMew2 the ability to "learn", which results in it "learning" the difference between good and evil in the end; Giovanni almost ends up [[Taking You Withwith Me|with it taking him with it]].}}
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Ash comes across as this since he is solely focused on obtaining the Diamond Badge, oblivious to Misty's feelings, and seemingly obsessed with Pokémon. However, in "I've Got A Secret", Ash sings about how he must move on from Pikachu's "departure" to follow his dream and become an adult. He gets over his idiocy by the end of the musical.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Well, not really, but it is revealed here that Giovanni used to date Ash's mom.
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