Favorite AG movie

In order of my most liked:
1. M08 Lucario
2. M06 Jirachi
3. Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon
4. M09 Manaphy
5. M07 Deoxys

Yeah, I'm actually counting the Mirage Pokémon thing because there's nowhere else to put that.


1. M08 Lucario

Easy win for this movie. Lots of neat ideas and backstory. Finally -sorta- showing off a war from long ago that they like to tease in the games. Lucario's just a cool character overall. I liked that mini-fight between Ash and Lucario, though I'm not too keen on how the English dub handled it. From what I was getting in the JP subtitled version, Lucario kept pushing and taunting Ash about his relationship with Pikachu while Ash was only defending them both. In the dub, they had Ash retaliate with a diss about Lucario and Aaron. I think that was my only big problem with the movie, a localization thing.

2. M06 Jirachi

Before I go into the movie, I wanted to mention some fanart I found and I have no idea how I even did... I believe this is supposed to be tied to a fanfic someone made where the characters end up joining the circus from this movie? You can probably figure all that out with a bit of digging, but here's some Dawn drawn as a clown. Random but I really liked these. Her pockets look kinda evil.. lol
1. www.deviantart.com/kurumierika/art/CM-Tangledpenman-797681522
2. www.deviantart.com/starmvenus/art/Dawnette-the-Clown-744496150

I liked that circus show at the start of the movie. I mentioned on another post somewhere that May was eating an ice cream during that circus show, got angry at one point and then gulped the entire thing in one bite, yet never suffered a brain freeze. Where's your brain May??? For this movie there was a localization change I did like, that was the scene where Ash talks to Max alone. Pokeshipping when Misty isn't even around, nice.

Part of the reason I liked this movie was because it focused more on Max. Honestly, I like Max more than May. That's the real loss I'm going to feel when I finish AG. I will say though, the "fake Groudon" was lame because there was no build up to it or I don't remember any. I always like those stories where the villain messes up so badly that they need to team up with the heroes.

3. Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon

Felt like a fanfic gone wrong but at least it wasn't too long. According to my quick search from years ago and memory of that, it basically WAS a fanfic. Pokémon USA came up with the story and commissioned this special, I think. That's probably why we got "Mewtwo the strongest Pokémon with the power of all Pokémon! Mwahahaha!" The ridiculousness is probably why its in the middle here for me. It's like they thought, "What if Professor Elm was evil?"

4. M09 Manaphy

Having a Pokémon Ranger be part of the movie was good, but I'm never a fan of the "overly cool" characters. (btw go play the second ranger game its very good) Luckily he didn't show off too much. Heart Swap was not used to it's full potential. ...There was another instance of a character eating a large scoop of ice cream in one bite and not getting a brain freeze (movie grandpa). Where's your brain old man??? No, I don't know why I notice these things. Oh- some highlights (prob Dub-only) were when Team Rocket mentioned Diamond and Pearl two different times. The second time, Meowth said, "Lets get through this season first!" I also cannot wait guys...

5. M07 Deoxys

This is the only movie so far that was putting me to sleep while watching. I had to watch it over several days. Should've been good. Cool high-tech city with random gizmos around, battle tower and just a really fun vibe throughout most of the movie. The biggest highlight for me was when Ash raised his hand to that main kid and was about to punch his face for pushing him. That was some reaction. The small bit of shippiness between Max and the twin girls in the credits did not go unnoticed by me. No one will change my mind on that one, I'm just gonna sit here being proud of my boy Max