Talk:The Electric Tale of Pikachu

2007-12-29T17:20:09Z

XD375: New section: Movie Adaptation?

I've uploaded cover photos for the first issue of each series, in case someone finds a place to use them. They're not high quality as the the company who made my scanner won't let anyone release drivers for Linux for it, so I used my digital camera. The images are:
* Image:Manga Electric Pikachu Boogaloo English v1 300x400.jpg
* Image:Manga Pikachu Shocks Back English v1 300x400.jpg
* Image:Manga Surfs Up Pikachu English v1 300x400.jpg
* Image:Manga The Electric Tale of Pikachu English v1 300x400.jpg
--[[User:Meowth346|Meowth346]]

== The or no The? ==

In the title. Should it be ''The Electric Tale of Pikachu'' or simply ''Electric Tale of Pikachu''? The opening line refers to it as the former... '''[[User:TTEchidna|T]][[User talk:TTEchidna|T]][[wp:Echidna|Echidna]]''' 00:42, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

== Movie Adaptation? ==

I'm pretty sure there was also an adaptation of the first Pokémon movie based on The Electric Tale of Pikachu, or am I wrong? [[User:XD375|XD375]] 17:20, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

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2006-12-31T04:32:34Z

XD375: Removed tag category

Hi, I'm XD375. I plan on updating...someday...
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2006-12-31T04:32:02Z

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2006-09-02T18:46:33Z

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The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon

2006-07-21T19:39:08Z

XD375: Lucario DVD

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'''The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon''' is a special episode of the [[Pokémon anime]]. It was first broadcast in USA on April 29, 2006.

Many fans believe the special to be testing ground for new voice actors ''(See [[Pokémon USA recasting controversy]])'', but [[Pokémon USA]]'s response is the company wanted to give a special to American fans.

In the special, [[Ash Ketchum|Ash]], [[Misty]], and [[Professor Oak]] are invited to the mansion of [[Dr. Yung]], a Pokémon scientist who has developed a machine to create Pokémon. However, he is kidnapped by a mysterious stranger who wishes to use the system to produce Pokémon with absolutely no weaknesses, and is enraged by the sudden presence of {{p|Mew}}...
{{spoilers}}
=Synopsis=
Ash is rereading his letter, inviting him to Dr. Yung's lab, to [[Brock]], [[May]], and [[Max]]. When he gets there, he is shocked to see Misty and Professor Oak. Dr. Yung appears, and shows them a few [[mirage Pokémon]]. He invites Misty to battle one. [[Misty's Staryu]] against a mirage {{p|Aggron}}. She is shocked that Staryu's most powerful attacks don't even make it blink. Staryu goes out quickly. Ash begins to battle when the Armaldo suddenly locks up. Yung's Mirage Pokémon System has mysteriously locked up! The controller explodes in his hands, and a handful of legendary Pokémon appear. A stranger, calling himself ''[[Mirage Master]]'', uses the system he has just hijacked to his advantage, kidnapping Professor Oak and Dr. Yung. Ash and company cannot get back inside because a bunch of mirage Pokémon stand just inside.

Oak, in the custody of Mirage Master, demands to know where Dr. Yung is. Mirage Master ignores his query, and demands the password to Professor Oak's research lab. Oak refuses. A Mew flies in. Professor Oak is greeting it when Mew is attacked. The Professor demands to know why Mirage Master did that. The Mirage Master says that Mew was a failed creation, and he tells Mew to leave.

Ash, Misty, Brock, May, and Max formulate a plan. Ash and Misty will sneak in through the moat, Brock will alert [[Officer Jenny]] (with the intention of receiving a candlelight dinner for two), and May and Max will wait in case Ash and Misty get in trouble. They split up. Ash and Misty use [[Ash's Corphish|Corphish]] and Staryu to get in.

[[Team Rocket]], after the Mirage System Plans, are looking around. They attempt to burst through a door, only to have it hit them in the noses! Ash and Misty walk through, Team Rocket does the motto, thereby wasting enough time for Mirage Master to check the camera. Team Rocket escapes, Ash, Misty, and [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] are held by two mirage {{p|Machamp}} and a mirage {{p|Ursaring}}. As the three are being carried, Ash sees Mew appear again, and Pikachu uses {{m|Thunder}}. Some various things are blown up, including a wall, signaling to May and Max. May goes in, and tells Max to wait. Pikachu frees all of them, Misty falls over the edge of the bridge, and Pikachu is recaptured, leaving Ash and Mew. Mew is suddenly trapped by a force field, and Ash manages to get Mew free. Ash discovers that Mew is a mirage Pokémon.

Pikachu is in a fearsome-looking device. Professor Oak asks what the Mirage Master is doing. Mirage Master says he will extract Pokémon data from Pikachu's memory, and that this would not be needed if Oak was cooperative. Pikachu contorts with pain. He looks at the picture. {{p|Lugia}}... {{p|Entei}}... {{p|Celebi}}... {{p|Latios}}... {{p|Latias}}... These are all rare Pokémon Pikachu has seen. Oak cannot stand the look of Pikachu, and enters in the password: REDGREEN. Suddenly, Mirage Master has the ability to download information from places around the world. [[Tracey]], Professors [[Professor Elm|Elm]], and [[Professor Birch|Birch]] stare at computers in their labs, while [[Nurse Joy]] deals with problems at the [[Pokémon Center]].

"You have to believe me, Officer!" Brock pleads to Officer Jenny. "We need to go to Professor Yung's lab for a candlelight dinner... I mean-" Nurse Joy flickers onto the officer's computer. She tells the officer that someone is downloading massive amounts of Pokémon data. Brock tells her about Mirage Master, and they leave.

Misty is hanging on a bridge. She suddenly loses her grip, and May appears in the nick of time to save her. They go upstairs. Ash and Mew are there already, and the process of creating the Pokémon finishes in a flash of light. A mirage {{p|Mewtwo}} emerges. He attacks them, and they run. Outside of the boundaries of the Mirage System, the heroes think they are safe... A halo of missiles launch from the towers, and they expand the system! Mewtwo and Mirage Master emerge. Mirage {{p|Entei}}, {{p|Articuno}}, and {{p|Zapdos}} suddenly appear. Oak correctly guesses the identity of the Mirage Master. Mirage Master removes his mask, revealing Dr. Yung! Oak reveals that when Mirage Master first appeared, he was a hologram, and that Yung was expelled from the Pokémon Institute for his research, deemed disrespectful to Pokémon. Yung's Mewtwo and Ash and company battle. Yung is about to obliterate Pikachu when Mew takes the blow. Me then is absorbed into the Mirage System. Yung says "good riddance," and Mewtwo absorbs the entire Mirage System database. Ash is enraged that Mew is called a failed creation, and the attack begins anew.

Team Rocket is blown away in this fight. Pikachu is about to be killed when Mew holds Mewtwo back! Ash orders Pikachu to perform {{m|Volt Tackle}}, and Mewtwo is destroyed, as are Mew and the System. The fortress is now aflame, and Yung retreats inside. The police are looking, as are firefighters, but they cannot find him yet.

=Major events=
==Debuts==
* Dr. Yung
* Mirage Pokémon

=Characters=
==Humans==
* [[Ash]]
* [[Misty]]
* [[May]]
* [[Brock]]
* [[Max]]
* [[Professor Oak]]
* [[Jessie]]
* [[James]]
* [[Dr. Yung]]
* [[Nurse Joy]]
* [[Officer Jenny]]
* [[Tracey]] (cameo)
* [[Professor Elm]] (cameo)
* [[Professor Birch]] (cameo)
* Police
* Firefighters

== Pokémon ==
* {{p|Pikachu}} ([[Ash's Pikachu|Ash's]])
* {{p|Meowth}} ([[Meowth (Team Rocket)|Team Rocket]])
* {{p|Wobbuffet}} ([[Jessie's Wobbuffet|Jessie's]])
* {{p|Corphish}} ([[Ash's Corphish|Ash's]])
* {{p|Staryu}} ([[Misty's Staryu|Misty's]])
* {{p|Gyarados}} ([[Misty's Gyarados|Misty's]])
* {{p|Combusken}} ([[May's Combusken|May's]])
* {{p|Squirtle}} ([[May's Squirtle|May's]])
* {{p|Dragonite}} ([[Professor Oak]]'s)
* {{p|Entei}} (flashback)
* {{p|Lugia}} (flashback)
* {{p|Celebi}} (flashback)
* {{p|Latias}} (flashback)
* {{p|Latios}} (flashback)

=== Mirage Pokémon ===

* {{p|Machoke}}
* {{p|Machamp}}
* {{p|Magnemite}}
* {{p|Omanyte}} (flashback)
* {{p|Omastar}}
* {{p|Kabuto}} (flashback)
* {{p|Kabutops}}
* {{p|Aerodactyl}} (two)
* {{p|Articuno}}
* {{p|Zapdos}}
* {{p|Mewtwo}}
* {{p|Mew}}
* {{p|Unown}} (flashback)
* {{p|Ursaring}}
* {{p|Houndoom}}
* {{p|Entei}}
* {{p|Mightyena}}
* {{p|Aggron}}
* {{p|Lileep}} (flashback)
* {{p|Cradily}} (flashback)
* {{p|Anorith}} (flashback)
* {{p|Armaldo}}
* {{p|Absol}}

=Trivia=
* [[Ash's Pikachu]], [[Misty's Staryu]], [[Misty's Gyarados]], Professor Oak's {{p|Dragonite}}, {{p|Articuno}}, {{p|Zapdos}}, {{p|Mew}}, {{p|Houndoom}}, and {{p|Entei}} kept their Japanese voices.
* All the music used in the special was originally used in the Japanese movies and series. 4Kids mostly used its own, American-composed music for the series.
* The scenes of Pikachu's memories of Lugia, Entei, Celebi, Latias, and Latios, came from their respective movie appearances.
** Lugia: [[The Power of One|Pokémon the Movie 2000]]
** Entei: [[Spell of the Unown|Pokémon 3 - the Movie]]
** Celebi: [[Pokémon 4Ever]]
** Latios and Latias: [[Pokémon Heroes]]
*A redubbed version, with the newer voices and the others improved, is on the DVD for [[Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]].
==Errors==

== Dub edits ==

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