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Talk:Regional form

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==Portuguese==
You can add "Variante regional" for Brazilian Portuguese on "In other languages" seciton. [[User:Muriloricci|Muriloricci]] ([[User talk:Muriloricci|talk]]) 16:03, 2 August 2016 (UTC)

== Is "Regional variant" an official term? ==

Is this an official term? I know Alolan Forme is, but is this as well?[[User:Trainer Yusuf|Trainer Yusuf]] ([[User talk:Trainer Yusuf|talk]]) 12:44, 9 August 2016 (UTC)
: Yes: http://www.pokemon-sunmoon.com/en-us/pokemon/ [[User:Glik|glik]][[User talk:Glik|glak]] 14:03, 9 August 2016 (UTC)

== Arbok ==

Shouldn't Arbok's regional forms be listed here? If I remember correctly, its pattern changes in every region in which it appears. [[User:Menace64|Menace64]] ([[User talk:Menace64|talk]]) 02:24, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
:This is a formal thing. If Arbok is not identified as a "regional variant", it's not one.
:Also, regional variants are fundamentally pretty ''significantly'' different from the rest of their species; they've ''adapted''. Differing patterns is neither significant nor a real adaptation. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 02:29, 10 August 2016 (UTC)

== Alolan Variants Should Have Their Own Pages ==

I don't think it's fair that Alolan variant Pokemon are only side notes on their "normal variant" pages. These Alolan formes are not like Hoopa Unbound or Arial Shaymin. Those Pokemon eventually find ways of returning to their original formes. These Alolan formes are inherent to the Pokemon, they will never change into their "normal" counterpart. They will have different abilities, different move sets, different typings. I think they merit having their own pages. For example keep the regular Ninetales page, and add another one entitled Ninetales (Alola). {{unsigned|Milotic1209}}
:We literally have no information about them except for the appearances, types, and some of their abilities. We don't have enough info to have their own pages, and even if we did, it's still a Vulpix, it's still a Ninetails...they aren't brand new Pokémon altogether. --[[User:HoennMaster|Hoenn]][[User talk:HoennMaster|Master]] 06:31, 10 August 2016 (UTC)
::We have seen Alolan Ninetales use Ice Beam, at least. Sky Shaymin would make for a fair base, what with Air Slash exclusivity there. [[User:Phineas81707|Phineas81707]] ([[User talk:Phineas81707|talk]]) 02:12, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
:::But people give new Pokemon Bulbapedia entries all the time without knowing what their full set list, abilities, evolution levels, etc. are going to be. Bewear alrealdy has a page, so that argument is kind of moot. In the case of Alolan Variants, every time one has been revealed we've gotten typing and even abilities, so we definitely have enough to start building pages for them and then fill them out completely once we know all the details. And yes it is still a Vulpix and Ninetales, but with a completely different appearance, diifferent abilities, I think that if we keep adding variants to the pages of "normal" Pokemon, it's going to start looking REALLY messy. I mean what if two generations down the line there's a ground typed Ninetales, are we seriously going to have all three versions on the same page? Crowded much? {{unsigned|Milotic1209}}
::::There have already been {{p|Wormadam|Pokémon}} with {{p|Deoxys|different forms}} that had significant differences. They all fit on one page just fine. [[User:Glik|glik]][[User talk:Glik|glak]] 16:06, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
:::::Fine, whatever. It seems most people are ok with everything being on one page. It seems to me that having regional variants of a Pokemon is a pretty momentous thing, that deserves more of a spotlight, but if no one really cares, then I give up. :P [[User:Milotic1209|Milotic1209]] ([[User talk:Milotic1209|talk]]) 16:12, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
::::::All Pokémon get their own page. That's why Bewear and all the Generation VII Pokémon have pages already. It's a different scenario. --[[User:HoennMaster|Hoenn]][[User talk:HoennMaster|Master]] 19:35, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
:::::::I agree that having new pages for alernate formes is a bit redundant, but for pokemon like Rotom or Arceus that have a lot of different typings or others like Alolan Vulpix that have very different learnset things can get a bit confusing. Is it possible to just hide the "alternative forms" typing matchups and learnset in the same way older generation moveset are hidden (even if it technically means creating a new page, but still not a whole new page for the same Pokémon, so it could be acceptable i think?) Or with some code that just changes the section of the tab that is shown in the article by clicking on the desired choice. This could be particulary useful for things like the weakness and resistance tab of pokemon like rotom or arceus and the pokeathlon stats of Arceus, just listing examples that come to my mind.[[User:Verucieru|Verucieru]] ([[User talk:Verucieru|talk]]) 13:21, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

==Descriptions==

What I mean by descriptions is the explanation that the official website uses for how the Pokémon developed these changes. For example, Meowth was a gift to the Alolan royal line from another region, and they developed a spoiled lifestyle, and then the Alolan monarchy fell, leaving the Alolan Meowth to become feral, and then they became normal Pokémon. So, I'm asking if these should go somewhere on Bulbapedia, and if they should, then where? Here, or on the pages for the individual Pokémon? [[User:MarioMiner|MarioMiner]] ([[User talk:MarioMiner|talk]]) 21:32, 11 August 2016 (UTC)
:They're on the species pages (or will be added soonish). [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 21:41, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

== Generation I only ==

At the moment, I believe there should be something on the page stating that thus far, only Pokemon from [[Generation I]] have regional variants. [[User:Superjustinbros.|Superjustinbros.]] ([[User talk:Superjustinbros.|talk]]) 03:44, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
:No. It'll be just fine to wait for anything like that until the game is out and we know for sure. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 12:13, 7 September 2016 (UTC)
::It was confirmed in a recent interview that all Alolan Pokemon are Generation 1 Pokemon because of the 20th Anniversary, I think it's worth noting that now. [[User:TrainerSplash|TrainerSplash]] ([[User talk:TrainerSplash|talk]])
:::Which interview was that? Could you link it here? --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 01:59, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
::::http://time.com/4536438/pokemon-sun-moon-interview/ Mostly it comes from the quote "we have in the Alola region these specific regional variances of existing Pokémon. A lot of players from the original games will see their old favorites, but with new takes." [[User:Superjustinbros.|Superjustinbros.]] ([[User talk:Superjustinbros.|talk]]) 05:40, 29 October 2016 (UTC)

== Alolan Rattata's typing origin for the trivia page ==

I'm going to post this here since no one is going to look at the Rattata discussion page

In Hawaii, the mongoose was introduced to keep the rat population under control, but the mongoose that they introduced was active during the day. The rat was nocturnal. The mongoose has actually been causing problems for the local bird populations. I first learned about it from an episode of Hawaii 5-0 (Season 4 Episode 2), but here's a little more info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive_species_in_Hawaii#Historical_examples [[User:Srushj11|Srushj11]] ([[User talk:Srushj11|talk]]) 03:34, 13 October 2016 (UTC)

== Mechanics ==

So, for certain Pokémon where only the evolved form is a regional variant (Exeggutor, Marowak, Raichu), do we know the exact mechanics of how this works? Example - would any Cubone evolve into a Marowak at night in Alola, or only a Cubone originating from the region? Further, (and I understand we won't really know this until there's external future games, but it's something to consider) would a Cubone originating from Alola evolve into a Ghost/Fire Marowak in another game? I thought these questions might be helpful in narrowing down some specifics. Mostly, I got wondering about this because I thought the branched evolutions on Cubone, Exeggcute, and Pikachu's page (and their evolution lines' pages, of course) might benefit from specifying "in Alola" or "from Alola". I understand if I'm overthinking this. [[User:Draceon|Draceon]] ([[User talk:Draceon|talk]]) 05:55, 5 December 2016 (UTC)
:From what I've heard from other folks, all such Pokémon that are native to Alola can only evolve into the Alola Form and all those that the game does not recognize as native to Alola (so either transferred from an older game, or hacked to appear transferred from an older game) can only evolve into the standard form. I'm not sure whether this is determined by the [[blue pentagon|black clover]] or some other method. And I'm just reporting secondhand, for that matter, so I can't confirm for certain. I and/or my source might well have misunderstood the mechanics. Once Pokémon Bank is updated it'll be a lot easier for folks to figure it out for sure. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 06:16, 5 December 2016 (UTC)

== Article naming ==

So, say if a trainer in the anime catches an alolan form of a pokemon, what would the name of the article be?
Example: Ash's Alolan Raticate, or just Ash's Raticate?-- --[[User:Handmaiden 101|Handmaiden 101]] ''([[User talk:Handmaiden 101|tAlk]])'' 08:03, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
:It would be "Ash's Diglett" etc. if Ash catches an Alolan Diglett etc. Compare [[Zoey's Gastrodon]]. (I specifically avoided "Ash's Raticate" because he already owned one, so that might be a bit tricky to deal with.) --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 08:38, 6 December 2016 (UTC)
::It's possible we would follow the precedent set by [[James' second Victreebel]]. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 17:09, 6 December 2016 (UTC)

== Trivia ==

*Geodude and its evolutionary relatives are the only three-stage evolutionary line to receive Alola forms.
Can we add this trivia? --[[User:AwesomeDJPokemon|'''AwesomeDJ''Pokémon''''']] 15:26, 7 December 2016 (UTC)
:I don't think it's notable. It's clearly evident from glancing casually at the list in the article. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 17:41, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

==Sinnoh==
I think Shellos and Gastrodon's variations technically count as regional variants. What do you think? {{unsigned|Pescavelho}}
:That's more of a coastal difference, since the two forms are only for which side of the region their from, being east and west.[[User:Animaltamer7|Animaltamer7]]12:35, 18 December 2016 (UTC)
::More importantly, it's not canonically identified as a regional variant. Therefore, it's not one. We can't deal in speculation and cruft. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 05:32, 19 December 2016 (UTC)

==Kanto==
At the end of the game, Hau mentions that the player's mom's Meowth is "Kantonian" would this be notable to put anywhere? I was thinking to include it under the Kanto page under it's own trivia section similar to how the Kalos one mentions that the adjective term for Kalos is Kalosian. But knowing how it might just refer to the type of Meowth found in Kanto would it be worth adding here instead? [[User:TrainerSplash|TrainerSplash]] ([[User talk:TrainerSplash|talk]]) 06:42, 22 December 2016 (UTC)
:Normal Meowth are definitely not only found in Kanto. And Hau could have just been playing around. Unless that specific term is used a lot more, we probably shouldn't jump on it for an "official" regional form. [[User:Tiddlywinks|Tiddlywinks]] ([[User talk:Tiddlywinks|talk]]) 06:55, 22 December 2016 (UTC)

== Breeding Trivia ==

Is it worth mentioning that a Pokémon that has an Alolan form can pass their Hidden Ability to their Alolan form via breeding? I just bred a Grimer with Poison Touch, and the Egg hatched into an Alolan Grimer with Power of Alchemy. --[[User:PKMNAdventurer|PKMNAdventurer]] ([[User talk:PKMNAdventurer|talk]]) 18:18, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
:Hidden Abilities (and regular Abilities, for that matter) work off "slots", so this is to be expected. I think it might be worth mentioning on the inheritance section of [[Ability]], but I'm not sure if it's worth noting here, and it certainly wouldn't be appropriate for Trivia. If it goes on this page, it should be worked into the actual main prose of the article somewhere. [[User:Pumpkinking0192|Pumpkinking0192]] ([[User talk:Pumpkinking0192|talk]]) 04:31, 3 April 2017 (UTC)

== can someone explain this bit? ==

"if a Pokémon evolves from a species that does not have a regional variant to one that does, then, in Alola, it will always evolve into its Alola Form and cannot evolve into its normal form." I don't understand it --[[User:Draph91|Draph91]] ([[User talk:Draph91|talk]]) 20:06, 24 August 2017 (UTC)
: An example: Cubone doesn't have an Alolan form, but Marowak does have one. If a Cubone evolves in the Alola region, it will always evolve into Alolan Marowak and not into a regular Marowak. [[User:Satsjoe|Satsjoe]] ([[User talk:Satsjoe|talk]]) 20:12, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

oh I understand now --[[User:Draph91|Draph91]] ([[User talk:Draph91|talk]]) 11:31, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

== Regional Variant vs. Regional Form ==

Would we have to change/redirect the page's name to reflect the new name for the concept? [[User:PDL|PDL]] ([[User talk:PDL|talk]]) 23:15, 7 August 2019 (UTC)
* This is good possibility with the new recon name, ultimately we need the admins vote on this matter.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 01:11, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
::Personally, I'd rather wait until the game comes out before we move any pages. If in-game they're "regional variants" still, despite the promotional material for the games using "regional form", then we should keep the page at the former. --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 10:51, 8 August 2019 (UTC)
== Regional Evolutions ==
Shouldn't we have a separate catergory for galarian evolutions - - ''unsigned comment from {{u|Shinx089}} ([[User talk:Shinx089|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Shinx089|contribs]]) ''
:Do you mean a category like {{cat|Pokémon that only evolve in Galar}}? --[[User:SnorlaxMonster|'''Snorlax''']][[User talk:SnorlaxMonster|'''Monster''']] 02:50, 21 September 2019 (UTC)
::Can we give regional evolution a section on this page?It make the Galrian From section less chunky and more balanced? It will make things more fair and easy to find.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob Kogan]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 17:43, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

== Huge templates ==

The templates in this page that compare the regional variants to the originals are way too large to display properly in my browser. Think we can tone down the size of them? [[User:Mr. Daikon|Mr. Daikon]] ([[User talk:Mr. Daikon|talk]]) 22:08, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

:I second this. Viewing the page while logged in is okay, but when I'm logged out the Galarian table gets partially cut off because it's so wide. Maybe the stats could be compressed into a single column per form instead of four to reduce width. [[User:Croaker|Croaker]] ([[User talk:Croaker|talk]]) 12:55, 10 January 2020 (UTC)

::I'm logged in and Galar is being cut off (Alola is fine). I think the best way might be to shrink the images from 150px to 120, 100 etc [[User:Pallukun|Pallukun]] ([[User talk:Pallukun|talk]]) 23:49, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

== Individual pages ==

[[User:Chosen/Sandbox/Alolan Raichu (Pokémon)|This page]] has existed for a couple months now, and I think it needs to be mainspaced, along with individual pages for other regional forms.

I understand that there are certain non-regional Pokemon with significant differences that have all fit on one page, but with new Galarian forms, especially Pokemon like Meowth and Darmanitan, pages and infoboxes are getting really clunky and confusing, much more so than Pokemon like Deoxys or Wormadam, for example. Outside of name and number, regional forms act, function, and are treated like effectively different Pokemon. --[[User:Celadonkey|celadonk]] ([[User talk:Celadonkey|talk]]) 17:32, 11 January 2020 (UTC)

== Alolan Envoronment ==

Apart from Alolan Forms, according to Pokedex some Pokemon also differ in Alola. I don't know if it has any significance, but these Pokemon are:

(Poliwrath) Poliwrath in the Alola region are strong swimmers that use the breaststroke. Many children learn to swim by imitating Poliwrath. 
(Delibird) Although it naturally prefers colder locales, Delibird in Alola seem able to withstand the heat to a certain extent. 
(Makuhita) It was originally brought in from another region, but now Makuhita from Alola are more famous. 
(Snorunt) Their numbers seem to have rapidly increased in Alola. Custom has it that houses where Snorunt live will be prosperous for generations to come. 
(Exeggutor) Alola is the best environment for this Pokémon. Local people take pride in its appearance, saying this is how Exeggutor ought to look. 
(Tauros) Although it’s known to be a fierce Pokémon, Tauros in the Alola region are said to possess a measure of calmness. 
(Paras) Whether it’s due to a lack of moisture or a lack of nutrients, in Alola the mushrooms on Paras don’t grow up quite right. 
(Seel) It has always been supposed that Seel live only in cold seas. Their having shown up in Alola is a mystery. 
(Jynx) It sways its hips to a rhythm all its own. The precise movements of Jynx living in Alola are truly wonderful. 
(Pinsir) It gets into territorial disputes with Vikavolt. For some reason, it apparently gets along well with Heracross in Alola. 
(Ledyba) This Pokémon is very sensitive to cold. In the warmth of Alola, it appears quite lively. 
(Corsola) The pink of Corsola that live in Alola is deep and vibrant, thanks to seas filled with nutrition. 
(Tropius) The bunches of fruit growing around the necks of Tropius in Alola are especially sweet compared to those in other regions. 
(Gorebyss) The color of its body changes with the water temperature. The coloration of Gorebyss in Alola is almost blindingly vivid. 
(Stoutland) It pays no mind to the cold, thanks to its long warm coat. Stoutland in Alola look a little uncomfortable. 
(Sandile) Alola, where it’s warm all year round, is a comfortable environment for this Pokémon. Sometimes you’ll even see it outside of deserts. 
(Vanillish) It sprays its enemies with grains of ice to freeze them. Most Vanillish in Alola are smaller than average. 

--'''[[User:Team Rocket Grunt|Rocket Grunt]] ([[User talk:Team Rocket Grunt|Report To Me]])''' 14:20, 29 February 2020 (UTC)
:I would say it could offer info to individual pages but for regional forms it has no place, considering it's more focused on the physical, typing, abilities, etc. changes to a Pokémon rather than small adaptations noted only in the Dex. --[[User:Brawlersinthezone|Brawlersinthezone]] ([[User talk:Brawlersinthezone|talk]]) 04:37, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

== Galarian Slowbro, Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres ==

Please add Galarian Slowbro, Zapdos, and Moltres to this list.{{unsigned|GlowstoneLove}}
:They've been added. --[[User:Spriteit|Spriteit]] ([[User talk:Spriteit|talk]]) 00:34, 3 June 2020 (UTC)

== Galarian Slowking ==

Should a space for {{rf|Galarian}} {{p|Slowking}} be added, or should we wait since it hasn't been officially revealed yet? --[[User:Ratboy Jr.|Ratboy Jr.]] ([[User talk:Ratboy Jr.|talk]]) 18:26, 4 June 2020 (UTC)
: Let's wait till we actually have some information on it first. --[[User:Spriteit|Spriteit]] ([[User talk:Spriteit|talk]]) 05:39, 6 June 2020 (UTC)

== Request to move the TCG section to its own page ==
As of currently, the TCG template is becoming massive and should probably warrant its own page considering how many cards have been added. If there were only a few I would understand, but I believe now that it takes way too much space. --[[User:Brawlersinthezone|Brawlersinthezone]] ([[User talk:Brawlersinthezone|talk]]) 04:37, 14 June 2020 (UTC)
:It's still well below the point where we'd usually considering moving it over to its new page. I think we can push it a little while yet. --[[User:Spriteit|Spriteit]] ([[User talk:Spriteit|talk]]) 08:30, 14 June 2020 (UTC)

== Height/Weight ==

Do the tables really need these details? Even moves are not supposed to be there and these are much more important differences between forms.--'''[[User:Team Rocket Grunt|Rocket Grunt]] ([[User talk:Team Rocket Grunt|Report To Me]])''' 16:26, 17 June 2020 (UTC)

:Looking at the heights/weights, it seems useful to keep them, given that some Pokémon have drastic changes in those stats between forms. [[User:Butterfreeism|'''–Butterfreeism''']] ([[User talk:Butterfreeism|talk]]) 18:23, 4 September 2020 (UTC)
::Additionally, there are '''too many''' move differences to consider adding. It'll make the template/page look '''overcrowded'''. Heights/weight are at least practical and reasonable as to not make the page look crowded.--[[User:Force Fire|'''F'''orce]][[User talk:Force Fire|'''F'''ire]] 04:55, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

== Galarian Weezing signature ability/move ==

According to the Trivia section, only Galarian Slowbro and Stunfisk have both a signature move and ability. However, Galarian Weezing has a signature move (Strange Steam) and signature ability (Neutralizing Gas). Should we change this, or does Neutralizing Gas not count because Kantonian Weezing gets it as well? {{unsigned|Sunfishy}}
:You just answered your own question.--[[User:Force Fire|'''F'''orce]][[User talk:Force Fire|'''F'''ire]] 04:55, 5 September 2020 (UTC)

== Regional evolutions in the TCG ==

I have a question on whether we should list the regional evolutions (such as {{TCG|Obstagoon}}, etc.) in the "In the TCG" section. If the TCG section is there solely for what the games count as regional forms, then it makes sense to avoid listing them, however if we are considering regional forms as a mechanic (similar to {{TCG|Ultra Beast}}s), then it would make sense to include them, as they would be affected by all cards that specify a Pokémon with "Galarian" in the name (similar to how {{TCG|Necrozma}}'s forms are listed on the Ultra Beasts TCG page despite not being classified as [[Ultra Beasts]] in-game). I feel like this should be resolved before we get too much further into the generation. [[User:Mr. Daikon|Mr. Daikon]] ([[User talk:Mr. Daikon|talk]]) 19:01, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

==splitting==
I think regional varients should be split into their own pages. makes things a lot more clear and removes a lot of clutter and i thikn its better to only find info for the form you have. like if you have an alolan vulpix, you get only info for alolan vulpix.[[User:Roserade57|Roserade57]] ([[User talk:Roserade57|talk]]) 16:56, 21 March 2021 (UTC)

== Breeding ==

:''However, if one of the parents of the same evolutionary family held an Everstone when the Egg was produced, the offspring will be the same form as that parent.''

What happens when we breed Kantonian and Alolan Meowth, both with Everstone, in Galar?--'''[[User:Team Rocket Grunt|Rocket]] [[User talk:Team Rocket Grunt|Grunt]]''' 14:59, 17 September 2021 (UTC)
:Does it matter that we're not in a region that is any parent's form? (Would the result even be different if we were in Alola rather than Galar; or we're in Galar and it's Galarian Meowth rather than Alolan?) [[User:Nescientist|Nescientist]] ([[User talk:Nescientist|talk]]) 19:17, 20 September 2021 (UTC)
::It shouldn't really matter, we just need to know what will happen if both parents hold Everstone, but in Galar it would be more certain.--'''[[User:Team Rocket Grunt|Rocket]] [[User talk:Team Rocket Grunt|Grunt]]''' 13:18, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

== References for added forms ==

I'm biased towards including references for information when it's easily available. I used the official version notes as references for the Galarian forms added in the Expansion Pass, but it got deleted. What do you all think about including references for these newly added forms? [[User:Butterfreeism|'''–Butterfreeism''']] ([[User talk:Butterfreeism|talk]]) 19:46, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
:The references that you added didn't really add anything to the page. The versions in which the newer forms exist is already marked. --[[User:Celadonkey|celadonk]] ([[User talk:Celadonkey|talk]]) 22:17, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
::Ah, I see. Thanks for clarifying! [[User:Butterfreeism|'''–Butterfreeism''']] ([[User talk:Butterfreeism|talk]]) 17:14, 20 October 2021 (UTC)

== Kleavor ==

Hi guys, I'm new to Bulbapedia. I just tried to add a Hisusian Scyther to the list of Husui regional forms, then realised that it was evolution of Scyther. I deleted all I had changed, but the table went really long. Can someone please fix this and I'm really sorry. {{unsigned|LucarioLover197}}

== Regarding Hisuian Form Abilities ==

Could someone care to explain where we're getting this information about the Abilities of Hisuian Forms? Because... Legends: Arceus doesn't ''have'' Abilities. At least not on the summary screens. Regigigas still can't get it going at the start, but Darkrai's not giving anyone Bad Dreams, so I have no idea where this information is coming from. [[User:Giratina's Embodiment|Giratina's Embodiment]] - [[User talk:Giratina's Embodiment|Please don't hurt us...]] 19:25, 3 February 2022 (UTC)
:Datamine. Abilities are mentioned in the PLA code.--'''[[User:Team Rocket Grunt|Rocket]] [[User talk:Team Rocket Grunt|Grunt]]''' 19:45, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

I... feel like that merits mention on the page. I'm gonna add a reference; here's hoping I don't frick the table up too much. [[User:Giratina's Embodiment|Giratina's Embodiment]] - [[User talk:Giratina's Embodiment|Please don't hurt us...]] 20:35, 3 February 2022 (UTC)

== All Hisuian forms have signature moves except Arcanine ==

All fully evolved Hisuian Form Pokémon and/or their regional evolved forms have a signature move except Arcanine.
It gets the new move Raging Fury, but so does Infernape.
Does this fun fact warrant a bullet point in the trivia section? {{unsigned|Danward}}
:It ''might'' warrant a point on Arcanine's page, but probably not here. --[[User:Celadonkey|celadonk]] ([[User talk:Celadonkey|talk]]) 14:52, 4 February 2022 (UTC)
::Wait...are you forgetting about Basculegion and Ursaluna? They also share new moves with Empoleon and Torterra, respectively. I really like this detail. {{Unsigned|IMDCombee}}
:::It just means they're not signature moves. Not really anything worth noting, I don't think. --[[User:Celadonkey|celadonk]] ([[User talk:Celadonkey|talk]]) 19:04, 20 May 2022 (UTC)

== White-Striped Basculin ==

Both the mobile and Switch versions of Pokemon HOME count White-Striped Basculin as a Hisuian Form in the Pokedex search filters. Seems pretty unambiguous to consider it a proper regional form at this point. --[[User:Mr. Bonding|Mr. Bonding]] ([[User talk:Mr. Bonding|talk]]) 23:37, 18 May 2022 (UTC)

: Agreed, this is now confirmed by HOME version 2.0.0. I have gone ahead and updated the page. —[[User:Legoless|Legoless]] ([[User talk:Legoless|talk]]) 13:14, 19 May 2022 (UTC)

== Paldean Wooper ==

Paldean Wooper art is a screenshot of the Pokémon Presents can someone put the actual HD official artwork. --[[User:Neos|Neos]] ([[User talk:Neos|talk]]) 00:26, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

:it already does (if you look at the file history on the Paldean Wooper image); it's just that BP servers tends to get really slow when it comes to updating images on the mon pages? like i remember when "long Lechonk" (a Lechonk png squished vertically for some reason) was on Lechonk's infobox for like two weeks [[User:Anzasquiddles|Anzasquiddles]] ([[User talk:Anzasquiddles|talk]]) 01:47, 6 August 2022 (UTC)
:ok i figured it out; you need to clear your cache for the specific page. so you open the [[Regional form]] page, and if you're on Chrome you press Ctrl+F5 (or Ctrl+Fn+F5), and the latest version of the Paldean Wooper image should load properly [[User:Anzasquiddles|Anzasquiddles]] ([[User talk:Anzasquiddles|talk]]) 04:03, 6 August 2022 (UTC)

::Sorry for not responding, I didn't enter to this page for a couple of days, it worked, now I use this for a lot of pages and is fantastic, thanks --[[User:Neos|Neos]] ([[User talk:Neos|talk]]) 18:40, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

==Ancient and Futuristic forms==
What should be done,for the lack of an official name, for the "Ancient" and "Futuristic" forms of various Pokemon introduced in Gen 9? I'm thinking they might be a play on regional forms, but i'm not quite sure. Should they be added here? Or should we make a separate page for them?
:The Paradox Pokemon are their own unique species not regional forms. So no they do not go on this section.--[[User:Jacob9594|Jacob9594 ]] ([[User talk:Jacob9594|talk]]) 02:56, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
: Cool. What will we do about "regional fakes"/ "Convergent Evolution" like Diglett/Wiglett and Tentacool/Toedscool? 03:24, 19 November 2022 (UTC)~

Talk:Regional form

2022-11-19T02:51:37Z

Alexfc: Discussion of Ancient and Futuristic forms (Gen 9)

Pokémon movie

2018-08-25T22:16:52Z

Alexfc: /* Trivia */

{{search|movies that are part of the Pokémon anime|movies that exist in the Pokémon world|Movies in the Pokémon world}}
[[File:Pikachu the Movie.png|thumb|300px|Pikachu the Movie]]
[[File:Pokémon the Movie logo.png|thumb|300px|Pokémon the Movie]]
A '''Pokémon movie''' (Japanese: '''ポケモン・ザ・ムービー''' ''Pokémon the Movie'') is a theatrical film released in Japan in July, centering on {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} and following, as the {{pkmn|anime|main anime series}}, {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}. Typically, the movies' animation is done by [[Team Koitabashi]] of [[OLM Incorporated|OLM]], and each has at least one hour of footage. Nine of the movies also have a [[Pikachu short]] that is shown before the main feature, and all of them have a {{cat|Movie manga adaptations|manga adaptation}}.

The locations in which the movies take place have been, since ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]'', based on [[Pokémon world in relation to the real world|real-world locations]] outside of Japan. Topics explored are typically deeper than those explored in the [[List of anime episodes|episodes]] aired on television, with the battle between greedy people who would use Pokémon for evil and those like Ash who are friends and partners to their Pokémon being a central issue in several movies.

When they open in Japan, they usually gross a large amount of money, typically ranking first for their premiere weekend. In 2008, [[M11|one movie]] drew in a significant crowd despite the fact that it was released in the same weekend as a {{wp|Studio Ghibli}} film. In the United States, only the first five movies, those associated with the [[original series]], were released in theaters, however, the movies continue to be dubbed, being released directly to home video and, since ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'', airing on {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Cartoon Network}} within a year of the Japanese premiere.

The [[M13|thirteenth movie]] saw a limited theatrical release in the United States as part of the "Pokémon Black Version and White Version Mall Tour". On December 3 and 4, 2011, ''[[M14|White—Victini and Zekrom]]'' received a limited commercial release in US theaters, making it the first movie since ''Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias'' to receive a commercial theatrical release. All of the {{series|Best Wishes}} and {{series|XY}} movies have aired in theaters in Australia and New Zealand, with the ''XY'' series movies premiering there before the United States. ''[[M20|I Choose You!]]'' also received a limited theatrical run internationally on November 5 and 6, 2017.

To date, there have been 21 theatrical Pokémon movies and three movie-length special episodes. Additionally, the miniseries ''[[Pokémon Origins]]'' is a similar length to a movie when all the episodes are combined.

==Movies==
===Original series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Kanto}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemedark|Johto}}"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 1
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Movie 1 poster.png|100px|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]
| '''[[M01|Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'''
| November 12, 1999
| {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ミュウツーの逆襲''' ''Mewtwo's Counterattack'' ''Mewtwo Strikes Back!''
| July 18, 1998
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' [[Ash Ketchum]] and {{ashfr}} are tricked into visiting [[New Island]], an island ruled by a mutant Pokémon, {{OBP|Mewtwo|original series}}. There, they find out about Mewtwo's plans to clone their Pokémon and destroy the world, and a massive battle follows between the clones and the originals—including the "original" counterpart to Mewtwo: {{OBP|Mew|M01}}.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 2
| rowspan="2" | [[File:P2kposter.jpg|100px|The Power of One]]
| '''[[M02|Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One]]'''
| July 21, 2000
| {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''幻のポケモンルギア爆誕''' ''Mirage Pokémon: Lugia's Explosive Birth'' ''Revelation-Lugia''
| July 17, 1999
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' [[Ash Ketchum]] and {{ashfr}} visit [[Shamouti Island]], the centerpoint of culture in the [[Orange Archipelago|Orange Islands]], just in time for their annual festival in honor of the Chosen One spoken of in legends who would save the world when {{OBP|Lugia|M02}}'s song was not enough to quell the fighting {{OBP|Legendary birds|M02}}. But when the meddling of a self-named "[[Lawrence III|Pokémon Collector]]" causes the legendary birds to begin fighting, will the Chosen One appear in time to help Lugia?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 3
| rowspan="2" | [[File:SpellOfTheUnown poster.jpg|100px|Spell of the Unown: Entei]]
| '''[[M03|Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown: Entei]]'''
| April 6, 2001
| {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''結晶塔の帝王ＥＮＴＥＩ''' ''Emperor of the Crystal Tower: Entei'' ''Lord of the "Unknown" Tower''
| July 8, 2000
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' When [[Spencer Hale]], a researcher exploring the mystery of the {{OBP|Unown|M03}}, disappears on an expedition, his daughter [[Molly Hale|Molly]] is left alone in their mansion in [[Greenfield]]. Using tiles of the Unown sent to her by her father, she brings Unown into the [[Pokémon world]], where their power can make real her dreams. When she wishes for her parents to return, however, she wishes her father as an {{OBP|Entei|M03}}, and then for him to bring her a mother. When Ash's [[Delia Ketchum|own mother]] is kidnapped by Entei to serve as Molly's, Ash and his friends must journey into the mansion that has been warped by the Unown's power and Molly's wishes... but can they get to Molly in time to stop the Unown's power from warping the whole [[Johto]] region... or even the world?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 4
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Pokemon forever.jpg|100px|Celebi: The Voice of the Forest]]
| '''[[M04|Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi: The Voice of the Forest]]'''
| October 11, 2002
| [[Miramax Films]]
| '''セレビィ時を超えた遭遇''' ''Celebi: Encounter Beyond Time'' ''Celebi: a Timeless Encounter''
| July 7, 2001
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' Forty years in the past, a [[Sam|young Trainer]] finds a {{OBP|Celebi|M04}} on the run from a Pokémon poacher. Trying to calm it, the boy is accidentally transported to the present day by Celebi, and thought by all in the past to have vanished. He meets {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}, but before they can get Celebi to take him back to the past, it is captured by a far more dangerous man, [[Team Rocket]] operative [[Iron-Masked Marauder]], whose [[Dark Ball]]s brainwash Celebi into following his every command.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 5
| rowspan="2" | [[File:PokéMovie 5.png|100px|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]
| '''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]'''
| May 16, 2003
| [[Miramax Films]]
| '''水の都の護神ラティアスとラティオス''' ''Guardian Gods of the City of Water: Latias and Latios'' ''The Guardians of Altomare''
| July 13, 2002
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' In [[Alto Mare]], a legend is told of its guardians, {{OBP|Latios|M05}} and {{OBP|Latias|M05}}, who have protected the city for a long time. The [[Soul Dew]], their essence, is kept in Alto Mare to keep the city safe. But when [[Team Rocket]] agents {{OBP|Annie|M05}} and [[Oakley]] arrive to attempt to steal the Soul Dew, Ash and his friends must recover it to keep Alto Mare safe at all costs.
|}
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===''Advanced Generation'' series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Hoenn}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Hoenn}}"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 6
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M06 Poster.png|100px|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]
| '''[[M06|Pokémon: Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'''
| June 1, 2004
| [[Miramax Films]]
| '''七夜の願い星ジラーチ''' ''Wishing Star of the Seven Nights: Jirachi'' ''Wishing Star of the Seven Nights''
| July 19, 2003
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' A [[Millennium Comet|mysterious comet]] that passes by every millennium awakens {{OBP|Jirachi|M06}}, a [[Mythical Pokémon]]. Using its power, [[Butler]], a magician who was formerly a member of [[Team Magma]], attempts to create a {{p|Groudon}} to further the [[Villainous team|villainous organization]]'s goals. Can {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} protect Jirachi during the week that it is awake?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 7
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M07 poster.png|100px|Destiny Deoxys]]
| '''[[M07|Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys]]'''
| January 22, 2005
| [[Miramax Films]]
| '''裂空の訪問者デオキシス''' ''Sky-Splitting Visitor: Deoxys'' ''Deoxys the Visitor''
| July 17, 2004
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' When a meteor crashes into Earth, a battle begins between {{OBP|Rayquaza|M07}} and the {{OBP|Deoxys|M07}} contained inside. With Rayquaza the victor, researchers pick up a portion of the meteor with the intention of studying it. When the Deoxys has finally recovered four years later, it attacks the city where the researchers call home, just in time for Ash and friends to visit. But why is it attacking? What connection does the meteor have with it?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 8
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M08 DVD cover.png|100px|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]
| '''[[M08|Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]'''
| September 19, 2006
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ミュウと波導の勇者ルカリオ''' ''Mew and the Wave Hero: Lucario'' ''Mew and the Wave Hero''
| July 16, 2005
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' [[Ash's Pikachu]] is taken to the [[Tree of Beginning]] by a wild {{OBP|Mew|M08}}. To get Pikachu back, Ash must now team up with a {{OBP|Lucario|M08}} from many years past, but with Lucario still bitter about the hero who sealed him away, Ash and friends must discover the hero's true intentions.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 9
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Movie 9 English Cover.png|100px|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]
| '''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'''
| March 23, 2007
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ポケモンレンジャーと 蒼海の王子マナフィ''' ''Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea: Manaphy'' ''The Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea''
| July 15, 2006
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' When the {{pkmn|Egg}} of a [[Mythical Pokémon]], {{OBP|Manaphy|M09}}, with ties to [[People of the Water|an ancient water-based civilization]], falls into the hands of [[The Phantom|a pirate]], a {{OBP|Pokémon Ranger|Ranger series}} entrusts the Egg to {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}—specifically {{an|May}}. May must keep the Egg safe until it hatches, and afterward, make sure Manaphy does not fall into the hands of the Phantom, lest [[Samiya]] be lost to the seafloor and Manaphy lose its home.
|}
{{-}}

===''Diamond & Pearl'' series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Sinnoh}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Sinnoh}}"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 10
| rowspan="2" | [[File:RiseOfDarkraiCover.jpg|100px|The Rise of Darkrai]]
| '''[[M10|Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai]]'''
| February 24, 2008
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ディアルガVSパルキアVSダークライ''' ''Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai''
| July 14, 2007
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' In [[Alamos Town]], a large shrine to {{mov|Dialga}} and {{mov|Palkia}}, the [[Space-Time Towers]], sits. But when Dialga and Palkia begin to battle in their dimension, the fight spills over into the Pokémon world, trapping Alamos Town away from the rest of the world. A {{OBP|Darkrai|M10}} that lives in town tries to help, but is ultimately blamed by the town as the cause of the problem. Can Ash and his friends save Alamos Town before it is destroyed, and prove Darkrai's intentions?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 11
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Giratina and the Sky Warrior rerelease.jpg|100px|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]
| '''[[M11|Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]'''
| February 13, 2009
| [[Universal Studios Home Entertainment]] (former); [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}} (current)
| '''ギラティナと氷空の花束シェイミ''' ''Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin''
| July 19, 2008
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' When dark, poisonous clouds begin to appear in the [[Reverse World]], home to {{mov|Giratina}}, it takes matters into its own hands and pursues the cause of the clouds: {{mov|Dialga}} and {{mov|Palkia}}. Finding Dialga, it lures it for revenge, and assumes {{OBP|Shaymin|M11}} to also be responsible. But this is not the only trouble: [[Zero|a researcher]] who wishes to make Giratina's power his own is also in pursuit of the Renegade Pokémon. With the balance of the Pokémon world and Reverse World altering due to Dialga and Giratina's own fight, Ash and friends must stop the fighting and get Shaymin to {{si|Gracidea}} to participate in the flower bearing ceremony.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 12
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Arceus and the Jewel of Life.png|100px|Movie 12]]
| '''[[M12|Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'''
| November 20, 2009
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''アルセウス超克の時空へ''' ''Arceus: To a Conquering Spacetime''
| July 18, 2009
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' Ash and friends have traveled to [[Michina Town]], an ancient area surrounded by many legends—and unsurprisingly, many [[legendary Pokémon]] as well. The fighting between {{mov|Dialga}} and {{mov|Giratina}} begins again, but [[Sheena]], a young woman who guards Michina Town's shrine, stops it and brings peace between Dialga, Giratina and {{mov|Palkia}}. The true reason for the fighting between the three [[legendary Pokémon]] is revealed when {{OBP|Arceus|M12}} emerges, seeking revenge for its betrayal by humanity at the hands of Sheena's ancestor [[Damos]]. With even Dialga, Palkia and Giratina unable to stand against the Pokémon said to have created all worlds, Ash, his friends and Sheena must embark on a trip back in time in a desperate bid to undo what went wrong and prevent Arceus's rampage from ever taking place.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 13
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Zoroark Master of Illusions.png|100px|Movie 13]]
| '''[[M13|Pokémon—Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]'''
| February 5, 2011
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''幻影の覇者ゾロアーク''' ''Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark''
| July 10, 2010
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' Ash and friends arrive in [[Crown City]], where the "Pokémon Baccer World Cup" will be held. However, the city is being destroyed by {{OBP|Raikou|M13}}, {{OBP|Entei|M13}} and {{OBP|Suicune|M13}}, who are all forms of a new and mysterious Pokémon, {{OBP|Zoroark|M13}}. Zoroark's child, {{OBP|Zorua|M13}}, asks Ash and his friends for help in saving its mother from the villain who has enslaved it. This draws them into a race against businessman [[Grings Kodai]], who has come to the city in pursuit of {{OBP|Celebi|M13}}'s "Time Ripple" for his own sinister ends, to save Crown City before Kodai's actions lead to its destruction.
|}
{{-}}

===''Best Wishes'' series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Unova}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Unova}}"
|- style="color: #FFF"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="3" | 14
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Victini and Zekrom movie poster.png|100px|Victini and Zekrom]]
| '''[[M14|Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom]]'''
| December 3, 2011
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム''' ''Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom''
| July 16, 2011
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| '''[[M14|Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram]]'''
| December 10, 2011
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム''' ''Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram''
| July 16, 2011
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| [[File:Victini and Reshiram movie poster.png|100px|Victini and Reshiram]]
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' Ash, Iris, and Cilan arrive in [[Eindoak Town]], a village where the descendants of a race known as the People of the Vale live, to participate in a battle tournament. They meet the Victory Pokémon, {{OBP|Victini|M14}}, and learn of its deep connection to the history of the People of the Vale and their land. However, when [[Damon]], a man aiming to use the castle known as the [[Sword of the Vale]] to restore [[Kingdom of the Vale|his people's kingdom]] to its former glory, captures Victini to move his plan forward, he sets in motion a chain of events that threaten to destroy not only Eindoak Town but the entire world.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 15
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M15 English poster.png|100px|Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsmen: Keldeo]]
| '''[[M15|Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice]]'''
| December 8, 2012
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''キュレムVS聖剣士ケルディオ''' ''Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo''
| July 14, 2012
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' {{OBP|Keldeo|M15}} is training to become one of the Sacred Swordsmen, like {{OBP|Cobalion|M15}}, {{OBP|Terrakion|M15}}, and {{OBP|Virizion|M15}}. But when it decides to challenge {{OBP|Kyurem|M15}} to prove its strength, it ends up badly injured. Later encountering Ash and his friends aboard a train to the city of Roushan, Keldeo drags them into its desperate attempt to escape from the enraged Kyurem and its gang of {{p|Cryogonal}}. As Kyurem's relentless pursuit drives the group from the train into the big city and finally deep into the abandoned mine Kyurem calls home, can they help Keldeo find its inner strength and defeat Kyurem to prove itself a true Sacred Swordsman?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 16
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M16 English poster alternate.png|100px|]]
| '''[[M16|Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and The Legend Awakened]]'''
| October 19, 2013
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''神速のゲノセクトミュウツー覚醒''' ''Extreme Speed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens''
| July 13, 2013
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' Distressed due to the loss of their homeland, the [[Genesect Army]] attacks [[New Tork City]]. Coincidentally, Ash and his friends are visiting the city to see the park called [[Pokémon Hills]]. When the Genesect begin rampaging in the city, Ash is protected by the sudden appearance of a familiar Pokémon—{{OBP|Mewtwo|Best Wishes series}}. Despite sympathizing with the plight of the Genesect, Mewtwo attempts to convince them to leave New Tork City and go somewhere else where artificial Pokémon can belong, only to get into a conflict with the Red Genesect that leads the team. Can Mewtwo overcome the Genesect to save New Tork City or is the city doomed to be destroyed and changed into the nest of a Pokémon left behind by history?
|}
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===''XY'' series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Kalos}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Kalos}}"
|- style="color: #FFF"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 17
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M17 English poster.png|100px|The Cocoon of Destruction]]
| '''[[M17|Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction]]'''
| November 8, 2014
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''破壊の繭とディアンシー''' ''The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie''
| July 19, 2014
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' [[Diamond Domain]] is a land deep under the [[Kalos]] region where many {{p|Carbink}} live. The land is given life by the Heart Diamond, which can only be created by its princess, {{p|Diancie}}. However, Diancie currently does not have the power to create a new Heart Diamond, and the land is threatened due to the aging of the current one. After meeting {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}, Diancie sets off on an adventure to find {{p|Xerneas}}, but during their travels, the group comes across the cocoon where {{p|Yveltal}}—said to have destroyed all life in Kalos long ago—sleeps. During a conflict with a gang of jewel thieves targeting Diancie, Yveltal awakens, leading to a crisis that threatens to repeat the disaster of ages past.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 18
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M18 English poster.png|100px|The Clash of Ages]]
| '''[[M18|Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages]]'''
| November 5, 2015
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''光輪の超魔神フーパ''' ''The Archdjinni of the Rings: Hoopa''
| July 18, 2015
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' One hundred years ago, [[Dahara City]] was threatened with destruction when {{an|Hoopa}} brought a number of [[legendary Pokémon]] into the area, but was saved when a [[Ghris|mysterious man]] bound its power with the [[Prison Bottle]]. In the present, {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in Dahara City and meet [[Meray]], who cares for Hoopa in its peaceful Confined form. Meray's brother, [[Baraz]], obtains the Prison Bottle in hopes of restoring Hoopa's true power, but that power has grown angry over the years and seeks revenge. After escaping from the Prison Bottle, the evil Shadow Hoopa goes on a rampage to erase its weaker self, culminating in both Hoopa summoning groups of legendary Pokémon to fight each other. In order to save Dahara City, Meray, Baraz and Ash's friends must recreate the Prison Bottle and stop Shadow Hoopa, but even if they succeed, an even greater threat may still await.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 19
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M19 English poster.png|100px]]
| '''[[M19|Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel]]'''
| November 4, 2016
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ボルケニオンと機巧のマギアナ''' ''Volcanion and the Mechanical Magearna''
| July 16, 2016
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter {{p|Volcanion}} after a blast of steam from the sky, and Ash becomes bonded to it by an unknown force. Volcanion, who hates humans, is forced to bring Ash along as it heads to the [[Azoth Kingdom]]. Volcanion is in pursuit of {{p|Magearna}}, hoping to rescue it from a corrupt minister who has stolen it with the intent of using Magearna's mysterious power to conquer the kingdom of machinery. Ash and Volcanion are forced to work together to rescue Magearna.
|}
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===''Sun & Moon'' series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Alola}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Alola}}"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 20
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M20 English poster.png|100px]]
| '''[[M20|Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!]]'''
| November 5, 2017
| {{wp|Fathom Events}} [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''キミにきめた！''' ''I Choose You!''
| July 15, 2017
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' On his tenth birthday, {{OBP|Ash Ketchum|M20|Ash}} sets off from [[Pallet Town]] to become a [[Pokémon Trainer]] alongside a Pikachu that disobeys him. The duo encounter {{an|Ho-Oh}} and, after acquiring a [[Rainbow Wing]], pledge to meet it again one day. With his travel companions [[Sorrel]] and [[Verity]], and guided by the mysterious {{p|Marshadow}}, Ash travels to [[Mount Tensei]] in search of Ho-Oh. However, they encounter a powerful opponent who stands in their way.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 21
| [[File:M21 English poster.png|100px]]
| '''[[M21|Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us]]'''
| November 24, 2018
| {{wp|Fathom Events}}
| '''みんなの物語''' ''Everyone's Story''
| July 13, 2018
| style="{{roundybr|5px}}" | [[Toho]]
|}
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==Long specials==
These special episodes do not appear in theaters in either the original or the dub, but run longer than the half hour that normal episodes fill. Due to this, they are often considered television ''Pokémon'' movies, not counting towards the running total.

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Side}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Side}}"
! Cover
! English title
! English release
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
|- style="background:#FFF"
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Mewtwo Returns DVD US.png|100px|Mewtwo Returns]]
| '''[[Mewtwo Returns|Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns]]'''
| December 5, 2001
| '''ミュウツー！我ハココニ在リ''' ''Mewtwo! I Am Here''
| December 30, 2000
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="4" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' {{OBP|Mewtwo|original series}}, who has been hiding out in the [[Johto]] region since last he was seen, has been located by {{an|Giovanni}}. Now the [[Team Rocket|Rocket]] Boss wants to recapture the powerful Pokémon to again use him for his own purposes. It was released directly to video in the United States.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Pocket Monsters Crystal DVD cover.png|100px|The Legend of Thunder!]]
| '''[[The Legend of Thunder!]]'''
| June 3, 2006 (Part 1) June 10, 2006 (Parts 2 and 3)
| '''ポケットモンスタークリスタル・ライコウ　雷の伝説''' ''Pocket Monsters Crystal: Raikou - Legend of Thunder''
| December 30, 2001
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="4" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' In the first anime break from {{Ash}} and his friends, three Trainers, {{jo|Jimmy}}, {{jo|Marina}}, and [[Vincent]] must stop the evil [[Team Rocket]] duo [[Attila]] and [[Hun]] from capturing {{OBP|Raikou|The Legend of Thunder!}}. It was divided up into three parts to become the first three episodes of [[Pokémon Chronicles]] when dubbed.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| rowspan="2" | [[File:The Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon poster.png|100px|The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]
| '''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon|Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]'''
| April 29, 2006
| '''戦慄のミラージュポケモン''' ''The Terrifying Mirage Pokémon''
| October 13, 2006
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="4" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' {{Ash}}, {{an|May}}, [[Max]], and {{an|Brock}} meet up with {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Professor Oak}} to investigate [[Dr. Yung]]'s new Mirage Pokémon system. But when the mysterious Mirage Master appears with a Mirage {{p|Mewtwo}}, Ash is forced to fight him to stop his plans to dominate the world with his Mirage Pokémon.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | [[File:Pokémon Origins.png|100px|Pokémon Origins]]
| '''[[Pokémon Origins]]'''
| November 15, 2013 ([[PO01|File 1]]) November 18, 2013 ([[PO02|File 2]]) November 20, 2013 ([[PO03|File 3]]) November 22, 2013 ([[PO04|File 4]])
| '''ポケットモンスター {{j|THE ORIGIN}}''' ''Pocket Monsters: The Origin''
| October 2, 2013
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="4" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' In this television film retelling the story of {{game|Red and Green|s}}, {{ga|Red}} becomes a [[Pokémon Trainer]] and travels around the [[Kanto]] region, battling against [[Gym Leader]]s, and the [[Elite Four]]. He has a rivalry with {{ga|Blue}} and battles against [[Team Rocket]] and [[Giovanni]]. During his travels, Red discovers a mysterious, never-before-seen Pokémon. Pokémon Origins was divided up into four episodes when dubbed.
|}
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==Relation to the main anime==
Generally, Pokémon movies and long specials have little to no impact on the overall plotline of the anime and fans will argue as to whether or not they are considered true [[canon]]. Evidence going either way is sparse, with many details, such as the fact that {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, and {{an|Brock}} having met {{mov|Dialga}} and {{mov|Palkia}} in ''[[M10|The Rise of Darkrai]]'', ''[[M11|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]'', and ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'' going unmentioned when the [[Legendary Pokémon]] are seen again in ''[[DP152|The Battle Finale of Legend!]]''. Other details introduced in movies, such as Ash's [[Aura]] abilities as well as Dawn's [[Lunar Wing]], have in fact been referenced by the main anime. ''[[M20|I Choose You!]]'' is a unique exception in these regards, instead being an alternate retelling of Ash's early journey, with the following movie, ''[[M21|The Power of Us]]'', being strongly implied to take place in that same alternate timeline.

It is possible that early on, the movies were intended to have no impact on the main anime continuity, as Mewtwo's erasure of everyone's memories at the conclusion of ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' means that the events of the movie don't have much continuing impact on the series. However, as the series has progressed, more references to past movies have been made, with Ash recognizing a {{p|Latios}} immediately in ''[[DP189|The Semi-Final Frontier!]]'', despite having only seen one previously in ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]''.

Due to this inconsistency, it will be noted in the movies' individual articles when a reference has been made to them in the main anime. The placement of the movies in the anime timeline will normally be between the episodes aired before and after the date of the movie's Japanese premiere, though often with more recent movies, this placement can vary with regard to events in the main anime.

''[[Pokémon Origins]]'', which is not a movie but rather a miniseries, exists within its own canon separate from the main anime series. 

==Home video releases==
===North American home video releases===
{{main|List of English language Pokémon movie home video releases (Region 1)}}

===United Kingdom home video releases===
{{main|List of English language Pokémon movie home video releases (Region 2)}}

===Australian home video releases===
{{main|List of English language Pokémon movie home video releases (Region 4)}}

==Trivia==
* Since [[Generation IV]], placeholder data in the [[List of locations by index number|list of locations where a Pokémon can be obtained]] exists for movies.
** In Generation IV, [[List of locations by index number (Generation IV)|placeholder data]] exists for every movie between [[M09|the ninth]] and [[M16|the sixteenth]], with space reserved for movies from 2006 to 2016.
** In [[Generation V]], [[List of locations by index number (Generation V)|placeholder data]] exists for every movie between [[M13|the thirteenth]] and the present, with space reserved for movies from 2010 to 2020.
** In [[Generation VI]], [[List of locations by index number (Generation VI)|placeholder data]] exists for every movie between [[M16|the sixteenth]] and the [[M21|the twentieth-first]], with space reserved for movies from 2013 to 2018.
** In [[Generation VII]], [[List of locations by index number (Generation VII)|placeholder data]] exists for every movie between [[M19|the ninteenth]] and the present, with space reserved for movies from 2016 to 2021.
* Several characters from the movies have been featured as cameos in the games [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Diamond, Pearl]] and [[Pokémon Platinum Version|Platinum]]. Their names match that of the characters they are based on in the Japanese version, however, the English translators missed those references and named them differently.
** '''Ace Trainers Felix and Dana''' from {{rt|229|Sinnoh}} have their [[party|teams]] based on those of [[Butler]] and [[Diane]] from ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''.
** '''{{tc|Ace Trainer}} Jamie''' from {{rt|224|Sinnoh}} is a {{pkmn|Trainer}} who analyzes battles using her laptop. She is based on {{mov|Rebecca}} from ''[[M07|Destiny Deoxys]]'', and challenges the player with her {{p|Metagross}}.
** '''{{tc|Swimmer}} Katelyn''' from {{rt|220|Sinnoh}} is based on [[Lizabeth]] from ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]''.

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==External links==
* [http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-episodes/pokemon-movies/ Official website for ''Pokémon'' movies] (English)
* [http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/ Official website for ''Pokémon'' movies] (Japanese)
* [http://www.pokemon.co.jp/anime/movie/ An official webpage for ''Pokémon'' movies] (Japanese)
* {{wp|List of Pokémon films|''Pokémon'' movies on Wikipedia}}

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[[File:Pikachu the Movie.png|thumb|300px|Pikachu the Movie]]
[[File:Pokémon the Movie logo.png|thumb|300px|Pokémon the Movie]]
A '''Pokémon movie''' (Japanese: '''ポケモン・ザ・ムービー''' ''Pokémon the Movie'') is a theatrical film released in Japan in July, centering on {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} and following, as the {{pkmn|anime|main anime series}}, {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}. Typically, the movies' animation is done by [[Team Koitabashi]] of [[OLM Incorporated|OLM]], and each has at least one hour of footage. Nine of the movies also have a [[Pikachu short]] that is shown before the main feature, and all of them have a {{cat|Movie manga adaptations|manga adaptation}}.

The locations in which the movies take place have been, since ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]'', based on [[Pokémon world in relation to the real world|real-world locations]] outside of Japan. Topics explored are typically deeper than those explored in the [[List of anime episodes|episodes]] aired on television, with the battle between greedy people who would use Pokémon for evil and those like Ash who are friends and partners to their Pokémon being a central issue in several movies.

When they open in Japan, they usually gross a large amount of money, typically ranking first for their premiere weekend. In 2008, [[M11|one movie]] drew in a significant crowd despite the fact that it was released in the same weekend as a {{wp|Studio Ghibli}} film. In the United States, only the first five movies, those associated with the [[original series]], were released in theaters, however, the movies continue to be dubbed, being released directly to home video and, since ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'', airing on {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Cartoon Network}} within a year of the Japanese premiere.

The [[M13|thirteenth movie]] saw a limited theatrical release in the United States as part of the "Pokémon Black Version and White Version Mall Tour". On December 3 and 4, 2011, ''[[M14|White—Victini and Zekrom]]'' received a limited commercial release in US theaters, making it the first movie since ''Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias'' to receive a commercial theatrical release. All of the {{series|Best Wishes}} and {{series|XY}} movies have aired in theaters in Australia and New Zealand, with the ''XY'' series movies premiering there before the United States. ''[[M20|I Choose You!]]'' also received a limited theatrical run internationally on November 5 and 6, 2017.

To date, there have been 21 theatrical Pokémon movies and three movie-length special episodes. Additionally, the miniseries ''[[Pokémon Origins]]'' is a similar length to a movie when all the episodes are combined.

==Movies==
===Original series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Kanto}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemedark|Johto}}"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 1
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Movie 1 poster.png|100px|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]
| '''[[M01|Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'''
| November 12, 1999
| {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ミュウツーの逆襲''' ''Mewtwo's Counterattack'' ''Mewtwo Strikes Back!''
| July 18, 1998
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' [[Ash Ketchum]] and {{ashfr}} are tricked into visiting [[New Island]], an island ruled by a mutant Pokémon, {{OBP|Mewtwo|original series}}. There, they find out about Mewtwo's plans to clone their Pokémon and destroy the world, and a massive battle follows between the clones and the originals—including the "original" counterpart to Mewtwo: {{OBP|Mew|M01}}.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 2
| rowspan="2" | [[File:P2kposter.jpg|100px|The Power of One]]
| '''[[M02|Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One]]'''
| July 21, 2000
| {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''幻のポケモンルギア爆誕''' ''Mirage Pokémon: Lugia's Explosive Birth'' ''Revelation-Lugia''
| July 17, 1999
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' [[Ash Ketchum]] and {{ashfr}} visit [[Shamouti Island]], the centerpoint of culture in the [[Orange Archipelago|Orange Islands]], just in time for their annual festival in honor of the Chosen One spoken of in legends who would save the world when {{OBP|Lugia|M02}}'s song was not enough to quell the fighting {{OBP|Legendary birds|M02}}. But when the meddling of a self-named "[[Lawrence III|Pokémon Collector]]" causes the legendary birds to begin fighting, will the Chosen One appear in time to help Lugia?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 3
| rowspan="2" | [[File:SpellOfTheUnown poster.jpg|100px|Spell of the Unown: Entei]]
| '''[[M03|Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown: Entei]]'''
| April 6, 2001
| {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''結晶塔の帝王ＥＮＴＥＩ''' ''Emperor of the Crystal Tower: Entei'' ''Lord of the "Unknown" Tower''
| July 8, 2000
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' When [[Spencer Hale]], a researcher exploring the mystery of the {{OBP|Unown|M03}}, disappears on an expedition, his daughter [[Molly Hale|Molly]] is left alone in their mansion in [[Greenfield]]. Using tiles of the Unown sent to her by her father, she brings Unown into the [[Pokémon world]], where their power can make real her dreams. When she wishes for her parents to return, however, she wishes her father as an {{OBP|Entei|M03}}, and then for him to bring her a mother. When Ash's [[Delia Ketchum|own mother]] is kidnapped by Entei to serve as Molly's, Ash and his friends must journey into the mansion that has been warped by the Unown's power and Molly's wishes... but can they get to Molly in time to stop the Unown's power from warping the whole [[Johto]] region... or even the world?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 4
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Pokemon forever.jpg|100px|Celebi: The Voice of the Forest]]
| '''[[M04|Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi: The Voice of the Forest]]'''
| October 11, 2002
| [[Miramax Films]]
| '''セレビィ時を超えた遭遇''' ''Celebi: Encounter Beyond Time'' ''Celebi: a Timeless Encounter''
| July 7, 2001
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' Forty years in the past, a [[Sam|young Trainer]] finds a {{OBP|Celebi|M04}} on the run from a Pokémon poacher. Trying to calm it, the boy is accidentally transported to the present day by Celebi, and thought by all in the past to have vanished. He meets {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}, but before they can get Celebi to take him back to the past, it is captured by a far more dangerous man, [[Team Rocket]] operative [[Iron-Masked Marauder]], whose [[Dark Ball]]s brainwash Celebi into following his every command.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 5
| rowspan="2" | [[File:PokéMovie 5.png|100px|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]
| '''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]'''
| May 16, 2003
| [[Miramax Films]]
| '''水の都の護神ラティアスとラティオス''' ''Guardian Gods of the City of Water: Latias and Latios'' ''The Guardians of Altomare''
| July 13, 2002
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' In [[Alto Mare]], a legend is told of its guardians, {{OBP|Latios|M05}} and {{OBP|Latias|M05}}, who have protected the city for a long time. The [[Soul Dew]], their essence, is kept in Alto Mare to keep the city safe. But when [[Team Rocket]] agents {{OBP|Annie|M05}} and [[Oakley]] arrive to attempt to steal the Soul Dew, Ash and his friends must recover it to keep Alto Mare safe at all costs.
|}
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===''Advanced Generation'' series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Hoenn}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Hoenn}}"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 6
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M06 Poster.png|100px|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]
| '''[[M06|Pokémon: Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'''
| June 1, 2004
| [[Miramax Films]]
| '''七夜の願い星ジラーチ''' ''Wishing Star of the Seven Nights: Jirachi'' ''Wishing Star of the Seven Nights''
| July 19, 2003
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' A [[Millennium Comet|mysterious comet]] that passes by every millennium awakens {{OBP|Jirachi|M06}}, a [[Mythical Pokémon]]. Using its power, [[Butler]], a magician who was formerly a member of [[Team Magma]], attempts to create a {{p|Groudon}} to further the [[Villainous team|villainous organization]]'s goals. Can {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} protect Jirachi during the week that it is awake?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 7
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M07 poster.png|100px|Destiny Deoxys]]
| '''[[M07|Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys]]'''
| January 22, 2005
| [[Miramax Films]]
| '''裂空の訪問者デオキシス''' ''Sky-Splitting Visitor: Deoxys'' ''Deoxys the Visitor''
| July 17, 2004
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' When a meteor crashes into Earth, a battle begins between {{OBP|Rayquaza|M07}} and the {{OBP|Deoxys|M07}} contained inside. With Rayquaza the victor, researchers pick up a portion of the meteor with the intention of studying it. When the Deoxys has finally recovered four years later, it attacks the city where the researchers call home, just in time for Ash and friends to visit. But why is it attacking? What connection does the meteor have with it?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 8
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M08 DVD cover.png|100px|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]
| '''[[M08|Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]'''
| September 19, 2006
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ミュウと波導の勇者ルカリオ''' ''Mew and the Wave Hero: Lucario'' ''Mew and the Wave Hero''
| July 16, 2005
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' [[Ash's Pikachu]] is taken to the [[Tree of Beginning]] by a wild {{OBP|Mew|M08}}. To get Pikachu back, Ash must now team up with a {{OBP|Lucario|M08}} from many years past, but with Lucario still bitter about the hero who sealed him away, Ash and friends must discover the hero's true intentions.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 9
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Movie 9 English Cover.png|100px|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]
| '''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'''
| March 23, 2007
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ポケモンレンジャーと 蒼海の王子マナフィ''' ''Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea: Manaphy'' ''The Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea''
| July 15, 2006
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' When the {{pkmn|Egg}} of a [[Mythical Pokémon]], {{OBP|Manaphy|M09}}, with ties to [[People of the Water|an ancient water-based civilization]], falls into the hands of [[The Phantom|a pirate]], a {{OBP|Pokémon Ranger|Ranger series}} entrusts the Egg to {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}—specifically {{an|May}}. May must keep the Egg safe until it hatches, and afterward, make sure Manaphy does not fall into the hands of the Phantom, lest [[Samiya]] be lost to the seafloor and Manaphy lose its home.
|}
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===''Diamond & Pearl'' series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Sinnoh}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Sinnoh}}"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 10
| rowspan="2" | [[File:RiseOfDarkraiCover.jpg|100px|The Rise of Darkrai]]
| '''[[M10|Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai]]'''
| February 24, 2008
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ディアルガVSパルキアVSダークライ''' ''Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai''
| July 14, 2007
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' In [[Alamos Town]], a large shrine to {{mov|Dialga}} and {{mov|Palkia}}, the [[Space-Time Towers]], sits. But when Dialga and Palkia begin to battle in their dimension, the fight spills over into the Pokémon world, trapping Alamos Town away from the rest of the world. A {{OBP|Darkrai|M10}} that lives in town tries to help, but is ultimately blamed by the town as the cause of the problem. Can Ash and his friends save Alamos Town before it is destroyed, and prove Darkrai's intentions?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 11
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Giratina and the Sky Warrior rerelease.jpg|100px|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]
| '''[[M11|Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]'''
| February 13, 2009
| [[Universal Studios Home Entertainment]] (former); [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}} (current)
| '''ギラティナと氷空の花束シェイミ''' ''Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin''
| July 19, 2008
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' When dark, poisonous clouds begin to appear in the [[Reverse World]], home to {{mov|Giratina}}, it takes matters into its own hands and pursues the cause of the clouds: {{mov|Dialga}} and {{mov|Palkia}}. Finding Dialga, it lures it for revenge, and assumes {{OBP|Shaymin|M11}} to also be responsible. But this is not the only trouble: [[Zero|a researcher]] who wishes to make Giratina's power his own is also in pursuit of the Renegade Pokémon. With the balance of the Pokémon world and Reverse World altering due to Dialga and Giratina's own fight, Ash and friends must stop the fighting and get Shaymin to {{si|Gracidea}} to participate in the flower bearing ceremony.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 12
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Arceus and the Jewel of Life.png|100px|Movie 12]]
| '''[[M12|Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'''
| November 20, 2009
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''アルセウス超克の時空へ''' ''Arceus: To a Conquering Spacetime''
| July 18, 2009
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' Ash and friends have traveled to [[Michina Town]], an ancient area surrounded by many legends—and unsurprisingly, many [[legendary Pokémon]] as well. The fighting between {{mov|Dialga}} and {{mov|Giratina}} begins again, but [[Sheena]], a young woman who guards Michina Town's shrine, stops it and brings peace between Dialga, Giratina and {{mov|Palkia}}. The true reason for the fighting between the three [[legendary Pokémon]] is revealed when {{OBP|Arceus|M12}} emerges, seeking revenge for its betrayal by humanity at the hands of Sheena's ancestor [[Damos]]. With even Dialga, Palkia and Giratina unable to stand against the Pokémon said to have created all worlds, Ash, his friends and Sheena must embark on a trip back in time in a desperate bid to undo what went wrong and prevent Arceus's rampage from ever taking place.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 13
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Zoroark Master of Illusions.png|100px|Movie 13]]
| '''[[M13|Pokémon—Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]'''
| February 5, 2011
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''幻影の覇者ゾロアーク''' ''Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark''
| July 10, 2010
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' Ash and friends arrive in [[Crown City]], where the "Pokémon Baccer World Cup" will be held. However, the city is being destroyed by {{OBP|Raikou|M13}}, {{OBP|Entei|M13}} and {{OBP|Suicune|M13}}, who are all forms of a new and mysterious Pokémon, {{OBP|Zoroark|M13}}. Zoroark's child, {{OBP|Zorua|M13}}, asks Ash and his friends for help in saving its mother from the villain who has enslaved it. This draws them into a race against businessman [[Grings Kodai]], who has come to the city in pursuit of {{OBP|Celebi|M13}}'s "Time Ripple" for his own sinister ends, to save Crown City before Kodai's actions lead to its destruction.
|}
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===''Best Wishes'' series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Unova}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Unova}}"
|- style="color: #FFF"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="3" | 14
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Victini and Zekrom movie poster.png|100px|Victini and Zekrom]]
| '''[[M14|Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom]]'''
| December 3, 2011
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム''' ''Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom''
| July 16, 2011
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| '''[[M14|Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram]]'''
| December 10, 2011
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム''' ''Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram''
| July 16, 2011
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| [[File:Victini and Reshiram movie poster.png|100px|Victini and Reshiram]]
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' Ash, Iris, and Cilan arrive in [[Eindoak Town]], a village where the descendants of a race known as the People of the Vale live, to participate in a battle tournament. They meet the Victory Pokémon, {{OBP|Victini|M14}}, and learn of its deep connection to the history of the People of the Vale and their land. However, when [[Damon]], a man aiming to use the castle known as the [[Sword of the Vale]] to restore [[Kingdom of the Vale|his people's kingdom]] to its former glory, captures Victini to move his plan forward, he sets in motion a chain of events that threaten to destroy not only Eindoak Town but the entire world.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 15
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M15 English poster.png|100px|Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsmen: Keldeo]]
| '''[[M15|Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice]]'''
| December 8, 2012
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''キュレムVS聖剣士ケルディオ''' ''Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo''
| July 14, 2012
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' {{OBP|Keldeo|M15}} is training to become one of the Sacred Swordsmen, like {{OBP|Cobalion|M15}}, {{OBP|Terrakion|M15}}, and {{OBP|Virizion|M15}}. But when it decides to challenge {{OBP|Kyurem|M15}} to prove its strength, it ends up badly injured. Later encountering Ash and his friends aboard a train to the city of Roushan, Keldeo drags them into its desperate attempt to escape from the enraged Kyurem and its gang of {{p|Cryogonal}}. As Kyurem's relentless pursuit drives the group from the train into the big city and finally deep into the abandoned mine Kyurem calls home, can they help Keldeo find its inner strength and defeat Kyurem to prove itself a true Sacred Swordsman?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 16
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M16 English poster alternate.png|100px|]]
| '''[[M16|Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and The Legend Awakened]]'''
| October 19, 2013
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''神速のゲノセクトミュウツー覚醒''' ''Extreme Speed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens''
| July 13, 2013
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' Distressed due to the loss of their homeland, the [[Genesect Army]] attacks [[New Tork City]]. Coincidentally, Ash and his friends are visiting the city to see the park called [[Pokémon Hills]]. When the Genesect begin rampaging in the city, Ash is protected by the sudden appearance of a familiar Pokémon—{{OBP|Mewtwo|Best Wishes series}}. Despite sympathizing with the plight of the Genesect, Mewtwo attempts to convince them to leave New Tork City and go somewhere else where artificial Pokémon can belong, only to get into a conflict with the Red Genesect that leads the team. Can Mewtwo overcome the Genesect to save New Tork City or is the city doomed to be destroyed and changed into the nest of a Pokémon left behind by history?
|}
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===''XY'' series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Kalos}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Kalos}}"
|- style="color: #FFF"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 17
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M17 English poster.png|100px|The Cocoon of Destruction]]
| '''[[M17|Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction]]'''
| November 8, 2014
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''破壊の繭とディアンシー''' ''The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie''
| July 19, 2014
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' [[Diamond Domain]] is a land deep under the [[Kalos]] region where many {{p|Carbink}} live. The land is given life by the Heart Diamond, which can only be created by its princess, {{p|Diancie}}. However, Diancie currently does not have the power to create a new Heart Diamond, and the land is threatened due to the aging of the current one. After meeting {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}, Diancie sets off on an adventure to find {{p|Xerneas}}, but during their travels, the group comes across the cocoon where {{p|Yveltal}}—said to have destroyed all life in Kalos long ago—sleeps. During a conflict with a gang of jewel thieves targeting Diancie, Yveltal awakens, leading to a crisis that threatens to repeat the disaster of ages past.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 18
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M18 English poster.png|100px|The Clash of Ages]]
| '''[[M18|Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages]]'''
| November 5, 2015
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''光輪の超魔神フーパ''' ''The Archdjinni of the Rings: Hoopa''
| July 18, 2015
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' One hundred years ago, [[Dahara City]] was threatened with destruction when {{an|Hoopa}} brought a number of [[legendary Pokémon]] into the area, but was saved when a [[Ghris|mysterious man]] bound its power with the [[Prison Bottle]]. In the present, {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in Dahara City and meet [[Meray]], who cares for Hoopa in its peaceful Confined form. Meray's brother, [[Baraz]], obtains the Prison Bottle in hopes of restoring Hoopa's true power, but that power has grown angry over the years and seeks revenge. After escaping from the Prison Bottle, the evil Shadow Hoopa goes on a rampage to erase its weaker self, culminating in both Hoopa summoning groups of legendary Pokémon to fight each other. In order to save Dahara City, Meray, Baraz and Ash's friends must recreate the Prison Bottle and stop Shadow Hoopa, but even if they succeed, an even greater threat may still await.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 19
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M19 English poster.png|100px]]
| '''[[M19|Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel]]'''
| November 4, 2016
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ボルケニオンと機巧のマギアナ''' ''Volcanion and the Mechanical Magearna''
| July 16, 2016
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter {{p|Volcanion}} after a blast of steam from the sky, and Ash becomes bonded to it by an unknown force. Volcanion, who hates humans, is forced to bring Ash along as it heads to the [[Azoth Kingdom]]. Volcanion is in pursuit of {{p|Magearna}}, hoping to rescue it from a corrupt minister who has stolen it with the intent of using Magearna's mysterious power to conquer the kingdom of machinery. Ash and Volcanion are forced to work together to rescue Magearna.
|}
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===''Sun & Moon'' series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Alola}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Alola}}"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 20
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M20 English poster.png|100px]]
| '''[[M20|Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!]]'''
| November 5, 2017
| {{wp|Fathom Events}} [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''キミにきめた！''' ''I Choose You!''
| July 15, 2017
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' On his tenth birthday, {{OBP|Ash Ketchum|M20|Ash}} sets off from [[Pallet Town]] to become a [[Pokémon Trainer]] alongside a Pikachu that disobeys him. The duo encounter {{an|Ho-Oh}} and, after acquiring a [[Rainbow Wing]], pledge to meet it again one day. With his travel companions [[Sorrel]] and [[Verity]], and guided by the mysterious {{p|Marshadow}}, Ash travels to [[Mount Tensei]] in search of Ho-Oh. However, they encounter a powerful opponent who stands in their way.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 21
| [[File:M21 English poster.png|100px]]
| '''[[M21|Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us]]'''
| November 24, 2018
| {{wp|Fathom Events}}
| '''みんなの物語''' ''Everyone's Story''
| July 13, 2018
| style="{{roundybr|5px}}" | [[Toho]]
|}
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==Long specials==
These special episodes do not appear in theaters in either the original or the dub, but run longer than the half hour that normal episodes fill. Due to this, they are often considered television ''Pokémon'' movies, not counting towards the running total.

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Side}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Side}}"
! Cover
! English title
! English release
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
|- style="background:#FFF"
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Mewtwo Returns DVD US.png|100px|Mewtwo Returns]]
| '''[[Mewtwo Returns|Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns]]'''
| December 5, 2001
| '''ミュウツー！我ハココニ在リ''' ''Mewtwo! I Am Here''
| December 30, 2000
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="4" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' {{OBP|Mewtwo|original series}}, who has been hiding out in the [[Johto]] region since last he was seen, has been located by {{an|Giovanni}}. Now the [[Team Rocket|Rocket]] Boss wants to recapture the powerful Pokémon to again use him for his own purposes. It was released directly to video in the United States.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Pocket Monsters Crystal DVD cover.png|100px|The Legend of Thunder!]]
| '''[[The Legend of Thunder!]]'''
| June 3, 2006 (Part 1) June 10, 2006 (Parts 2 and 3)
| '''ポケットモンスタークリスタル・ライコウ　雷の伝説''' ''Pocket Monsters Crystal: Raikou - Legend of Thunder''
| December 30, 2001
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="4" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' In the first anime break from {{Ash}} and his friends, three Trainers, {{jo|Jimmy}}, {{jo|Marina}}, and [[Vincent]] must stop the evil [[Team Rocket]] duo [[Attila]] and [[Hun]] from capturing {{OBP|Raikou|The Legend of Thunder!}}. It was divided up into three parts to become the first three episodes of [[Pokémon Chronicles]] when dubbed.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| rowspan="2" | [[File:The Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon poster.png|100px|The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]
| '''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon|Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]'''
| April 29, 2006
| '''戦慄のミラージュポケモン''' ''The Terrifying Mirage Pokémon''
| October 13, 2006
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="4" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' {{Ash}}, {{an|May}}, [[Max]], and {{an|Brock}} meet up with {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Professor Oak}} to investigate [[Dr. Yung]]'s new Mirage Pokémon system. But when the mysterious Mirage Master appears with a Mirage {{p|Mewtwo}}, Ash is forced to fight him to stop his plans to dominate the world with his Mirage Pokémon.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | [[File:Pokémon Origins.png|100px|Pokémon Origins]]
| '''[[Pokémon Origins]]'''
| November 15, 2013 ([[PO01|File 1]]) November 18, 2013 ([[PO02|File 2]]) November 20, 2013 ([[PO03|File 3]]) November 22, 2013 ([[PO04|File 4]])
| '''ポケットモンスター {{j|THE ORIGIN}}''' ''Pocket Monsters: The Origin''
| October 2, 2013
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="4" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' In this television film retelling the story of {{game|Red and Green|s}}, {{ga|Red}} becomes a [[Pokémon Trainer]] and travels around the [[Kanto]] region, battling against [[Gym Leader]]s, and the [[Elite Four]]. He has a rivalry with {{ga|Blue}} and battles against [[Team Rocket]] and [[Giovanni]]. During his travels, Red discovers a mysterious, never-before-seen Pokémon. Pokémon Origins was divided up into four episodes when dubbed.
|}
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==Relation to the main anime==
Generally, Pokémon movies and long specials have little to no impact on the overall plotline of the anime and fans will argue as to whether or not they are considered true [[canon]]. Evidence going either way is sparse, with many details, such as the fact that {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, and {{an|Brock}} having met {{mov|Dialga}} and {{mov|Palkia}} in ''[[M10|The Rise of Darkrai]]'', ''[[M11|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]'', and ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'' going unmentioned when the [[Legendary Pokémon]] are seen again in ''[[DP152|The Battle Finale of Legend!]]''. Other details introduced in movies, such as Ash's [[Aura]] abilities as well as Dawn's [[Lunar Wing]], have in fact been referenced by the main anime. ''[[M20|I Choose You!]]'' is a unique exception in these regards, instead being an alternate retelling of Ash's early journey, with the following movie, ''[[M21|The Power of Us]]'', being strongly implied to take place in that same alternate timeline.

It is possible that early on, the movies were intended to have no impact on the main anime continuity, as Mewtwo's erasure of everyone's memories at the conclusion of ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' means that the events of the movie don't have much continuing impact on the series. However, as the series has progressed, more references to past movies have been made, with Ash recognizing a {{p|Latios}} immediately in ''[[DP189|The Semi-Final Frontier!]]'', despite having only seen one previously in ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]''.

Due to this inconsistency, it will be noted in the movies' individual articles when a reference has been made to them in the main anime. The placement of the movies in the anime timeline will normally be between the episodes aired before and after the date of the movie's Japanese premiere, though often with more recent movies, this placement can vary with regard to events in the main anime.

''[[Pokémon Origins]]'', which is not a movie but rather a miniseries, exists within its own canon separate from the main anime series. 

==Home video releases==
===North American home video releases===
{{main|List of English language Pokémon movie home video releases (Region 1)}}

===United Kingdom home video releases===
{{main|List of English language Pokémon movie home video releases (Region 2)}}

===Australian home video releases===
{{main|List of English language Pokémon movie home video releases (Region 4)}}

==Trivia==
* Since [[Generation IV]], placeholder data in the [[List of locations by index number|list of locations where a Pokémon can be obtained]] exists for movies.
** In Generation IV, [[List of locations by index number (Generation IV)|placeholder data]] exists for every movie between [[M09|the ninth]] and [[M16|the sixteenth]], with space reserved for movies from 2006 to 2016.
** In [[Generation V]], [[List of locations by index number (Generation V)|placeholder data]] exists for every movie between [[M13|the thirteenth]] and the present, with space reserved for movies from 2010 to 2020.
** In [[Generation VI]], [[List of locations by index number (Generation VI)|placeholder data]] exists for every movie between [[M16|the sixteenth]] and the [[M21|the twentieth]], with space reserved for movies from 2013 to 2018.
** In [[Generation VII]], [[List of locations by index number (Generation VII)|placeholder data]] exists for every movie between [[M19|the ninteenth]] and the present, with space reserved for movies from 2016 to 2021.
* Several characters from the movies have been featured as cameos in the games [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Diamond, Pearl]] and [[Pokémon Platinum Version|Platinum]]. Their names match that of the characters they are based on in the Japanese version, however, the English translators missed those references and named them differently.
** '''Ace Trainers Felix and Dana''' from {{rt|229|Sinnoh}} have their [[party|teams]] based on those of [[Butler]] and [[Diane]] from ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''.
** '''{{tc|Ace Trainer}} Jamie''' from {{rt|224|Sinnoh}} is a {{pkmn|Trainer}} who analyzes battles using her laptop. She is based on {{mov|Rebecca}} from ''[[M07|Destiny Deoxys]]'', and challenges the player with her {{p|Metagross}}.
** '''{{tc|Swimmer}} Katelyn''' from {{rt|220|Sinnoh}} is based on [[Lizabeth]] from ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]''.

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==External links==
* [http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-episodes/pokemon-movies/ Official website for ''Pokémon'' movies] (English)
* [http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/ Official website for ''Pokémon'' movies] (Japanese)
* [http://www.pokemon.co.jp/anime/movie/ An official webpage for ''Pokémon'' movies] (Japanese)
* {{wp|List of Pokémon films|''Pokémon'' movies on Wikipedia}}

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[[File:Pikachu the Movie.png|thumb|300px|Pikachu the Movie]]
[[File:Pokémon the Movie logo.png|thumb|300px|Pokémon the Movie]]
A '''Pokémon movie''' (Japanese: '''ポケモン・ザ・ムービー''' ''Pokémon the Movie'') is a theatrical film released in Japan in July, centering on {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} and following, as the {{pkmn|anime|main anime series}}, {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}. Typically, the movies' animation is done by [[Team Koitabashi]] of [[OLM Incorporated|OLM]], and each has at least one hour of footage. Nine of the movies also have a [[Pikachu short]] that is shown before the main feature, and all of them have a {{cat|Movie manga adaptations|manga adaptation}}.

The locations in which the movies take place have been, since ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]'', based on [[Pokémon world in relation to the real world|real-world locations]] outside of Japan. Topics explored are typically deeper than those explored in the [[List of anime episodes|episodes]] aired on television, with the battle between greedy people who would use Pokémon for evil and those like Ash who are friends and partners to their Pokémon being a central issue in several movies.

When they open in Japan, they usually gross a large amount of money, typically ranking first for their premiere weekend. In 2008, [[M11|one movie]] drew in a significant crowd despite the fact that it was released in the same weekend as a {{wp|Studio Ghibli}} film. In the United States, only the first five movies, those associated with the [[original series]], were released in theaters, however, the movies continue to be dubbed, being released directly to home video and, since ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'', airing on {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Cartoon Network}} within a year of the Japanese premiere.

The [[M13|thirteenth movie]] saw a limited theatrical release in the United States as part of the "Pokémon Black Version and White Version Mall Tour". On December 3 and 4, 2011, ''[[M14|White—Victini and Zekrom]]'' received a limited commercial release in US theaters, making it the first movie since ''Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias'' to receive a commercial theatrical release. All of the {{series|Best Wishes}} and {{series|XY}} movies have aired in theaters in Australia and New Zealand, with the ''XY'' series movies premiering there before the United States. ''[[M20|I Choose You!]]'' also received a limited theatrical run internationally on November 5 and 6, 2017.

To date, there have been 21 theatrical Pokémon movies and three movie-length special episodes. Additionally, the miniseries ''[[Pokémon Origins]]'' is a similar length to a movie when all the episodes are combined.

==Movies==
===Original series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Kanto}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemedark|Johto}}"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 1
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Movie 1 poster.png|100px|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]
| '''[[M01|Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'''
| November 12, 1999
| {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ミュウツーの逆襲''' ''Mewtwo's Counterattack'' ''Mewtwo Strikes Back!''
| July 18, 1998
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' [[Ash Ketchum]] and {{ashfr}} are tricked into visiting [[New Island]], an island ruled by a mutant Pokémon, {{OBP|Mewtwo|original series}}. There, they find out about Mewtwo's plans to clone their Pokémon and destroy the world, and a massive battle follows between the clones and the originals—including the "original" counterpart to Mewtwo: {{OBP|Mew|M01}}.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 2
| rowspan="2" | [[File:P2kposter.jpg|100px|The Power of One]]
| '''[[M02|Pokémon the Movie 2000: The Power of One]]'''
| July 21, 2000
| {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''幻のポケモンルギア爆誕''' ''Mirage Pokémon: Lugia's Explosive Birth'' ''Revelation-Lugia''
| July 17, 1999
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' [[Ash Ketchum]] and {{ashfr}} visit [[Shamouti Island]], the centerpoint of culture in the [[Orange Archipelago|Orange Islands]], just in time for their annual festival in honor of the Chosen One spoken of in legends who would save the world when {{OBP|Lugia|M02}}'s song was not enough to quell the fighting {{OBP|Legendary birds|M02}}. But when the meddling of a self-named "[[Lawrence III|Pokémon Collector]]" causes the legendary birds to begin fighting, will the Chosen One appear in time to help Lugia?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 3
| rowspan="2" | [[File:SpellOfTheUnown poster.jpg|100px|Spell of the Unown: Entei]]
| '''[[M03|Pokémon 3: The Movie - Spell of the Unown: Entei]]'''
| April 6, 2001
| {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''結晶塔の帝王ＥＮＴＥＩ''' ''Emperor of the Crystal Tower: Entei'' ''Lord of the "Unknown" Tower''
| July 8, 2000
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' When [[Spencer Hale]], a researcher exploring the mystery of the {{OBP|Unown|M03}}, disappears on an expedition, his daughter [[Molly Hale|Molly]] is left alone in their mansion in [[Greenfield]]. Using tiles of the Unown sent to her by her father, she brings Unown into the [[Pokémon world]], where their power can make real her dreams. When she wishes for her parents to return, however, she wishes her father as an {{OBP|Entei|M03}}, and then for him to bring her a mother. When Ash's [[Delia Ketchum|own mother]] is kidnapped by Entei to serve as Molly's, Ash and his friends must journey into the mansion that has been warped by the Unown's power and Molly's wishes... but can they get to Molly in time to stop the Unown's power from warping the whole [[Johto]] region... or even the world?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 4
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Pokemon forever.jpg|100px|Celebi: The Voice of the Forest]]
| '''[[M04|Pokémon 4Ever - Celebi: The Voice of the Forest]]'''
| October 11, 2002
| [[Miramax Films]]
| '''セレビィ時を超えた遭遇''' ''Celebi: Encounter Beyond Time'' ''Celebi: a Timeless Encounter''
| July 7, 2001
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' Forty years in the past, a [[Sam|young Trainer]] finds a {{OBP|Celebi|M04}} on the run from a Pokémon poacher. Trying to calm it, the boy is accidentally transported to the present day by Celebi, and thought by all in the past to have vanished. He meets {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}, but before they can get Celebi to take him back to the past, it is captured by a far more dangerous man, [[Team Rocket]] operative [[Iron-Masked Marauder]], whose [[Dark Ball]]s brainwash Celebi into following his every command.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 5
| rowspan="2" | [[File:PokéMovie 5.png|100px|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]
| '''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]'''
| May 16, 2003
| [[Miramax Films]]
| '''水の都の護神ラティアスとラティオス''' ''Guardian Gods of the City of Water: Latias and Latios'' ''The Guardians of Altomare''
| July 13, 2002
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' In [[Alto Mare]], a legend is told of its guardians, {{OBP|Latios|M05}} and {{OBP|Latias|M05}}, who have protected the city for a long time. The [[Soul Dew]], their essence, is kept in Alto Mare to keep the city safe. But when [[Team Rocket]] agents {{OBP|Annie|M05}} and [[Oakley]] arrive to attempt to steal the Soul Dew, Ash and his friends must recover it to keep Alto Mare safe at all costs.
|}
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===''Advanced Generation'' series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Hoenn}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Hoenn}}"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 6
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M06 Poster.png|100px|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]
| '''[[M06|Pokémon: Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'''
| June 1, 2004
| [[Miramax Films]]
| '''七夜の願い星ジラーチ''' ''Wishing Star of the Seven Nights: Jirachi'' ''Wishing Star of the Seven Nights''
| July 19, 2003
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' A [[Millennium Comet|mysterious comet]] that passes by every millennium awakens {{OBP|Jirachi|M06}}, a [[Mythical Pokémon]]. Using its power, [[Butler]], a magician who was formerly a member of [[Team Magma]], attempts to create a {{p|Groudon}} to further the [[Villainous team|villainous organization]]'s goals. Can {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} protect Jirachi during the week that it is awake?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 7
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M07 poster.png|100px|Destiny Deoxys]]
| '''[[M07|Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys]]'''
| January 22, 2005
| [[Miramax Films]]
| '''裂空の訪問者デオキシス''' ''Sky-Splitting Visitor: Deoxys'' ''Deoxys the Visitor''
| July 17, 2004
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' When a meteor crashes into Earth, a battle begins between {{OBP|Rayquaza|M07}} and the {{OBP|Deoxys|M07}} contained inside. With Rayquaza the victor, researchers pick up a portion of the meteor with the intention of studying it. When the Deoxys has finally recovered four years later, it attacks the city where the researchers call home, just in time for Ash and friends to visit. But why is it attacking? What connection does the meteor have with it?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 8
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M08 DVD cover.png|100px|Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]
| '''[[M08|Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew]]'''
| September 19, 2006
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ミュウと波導の勇者ルカリオ''' ''Mew and the Wave Hero: Lucario'' ''Mew and the Wave Hero''
| July 16, 2005
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' [[Ash's Pikachu]] is taken to the [[Tree of Beginning]] by a wild {{OBP|Mew|M08}}. To get Pikachu back, Ash must now team up with a {{OBP|Lucario|M08}} from many years past, but with Lucario still bitter about the hero who sealed him away, Ash and friends must discover the hero's true intentions.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 9
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Movie 9 English Cover.png|100px|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]
| '''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]'''
| March 23, 2007
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ポケモンレンジャーと 蒼海の王子マナフィ''' ''Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea: Manaphy'' ''The Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea''
| July 15, 2006
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' When the {{pkmn|Egg}} of a [[Mythical Pokémon]], {{OBP|Manaphy|M09}}, with ties to [[People of the Water|an ancient water-based civilization]], falls into the hands of [[The Phantom|a pirate]], a {{OBP|Pokémon Ranger|Ranger series}} entrusts the Egg to {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}—specifically {{an|May}}. May must keep the Egg safe until it hatches, and afterward, make sure Manaphy does not fall into the hands of the Phantom, lest [[Samiya]] be lost to the seafloor and Manaphy lose its home.
|}
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===''Diamond & Pearl'' series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Sinnoh}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Sinnoh}}"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 10
| rowspan="2" | [[File:RiseOfDarkraiCover.jpg|100px|The Rise of Darkrai]]
| '''[[M10|Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai]]'''
| February 24, 2008
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ディアルガVSパルキアVSダークライ''' ''Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai''
| July 14, 2007
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' In [[Alamos Town]], a large shrine to {{mov|Dialga}} and {{mov|Palkia}}, the [[Space-Time Towers]], sits. But when Dialga and Palkia begin to battle in their dimension, the fight spills over into the Pokémon world, trapping Alamos Town away from the rest of the world. A {{OBP|Darkrai|M10}} that lives in town tries to help, but is ultimately blamed by the town as the cause of the problem. Can Ash and his friends save Alamos Town before it is destroyed, and prove Darkrai's intentions?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 11
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Giratina and the Sky Warrior rerelease.jpg|100px|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]
| '''[[M11|Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]'''
| February 13, 2009
| [[Universal Studios Home Entertainment]] (former); [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}} (current)
| '''ギラティナと氷空の花束シェイミ''' ''Giratina and the Sky's Bouquet: Shaymin''
| July 19, 2008
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' When dark, poisonous clouds begin to appear in the [[Reverse World]], home to {{mov|Giratina}}, it takes matters into its own hands and pursues the cause of the clouds: {{mov|Dialga}} and {{mov|Palkia}}. Finding Dialga, it lures it for revenge, and assumes {{OBP|Shaymin|M11}} to also be responsible. But this is not the only trouble: [[Zero|a researcher]] who wishes to make Giratina's power his own is also in pursuit of the Renegade Pokémon. With the balance of the Pokémon world and Reverse World altering due to Dialga and Giratina's own fight, Ash and friends must stop the fighting and get Shaymin to {{si|Gracidea}} to participate in the flower bearing ceremony.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 12
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Arceus and the Jewel of Life.png|100px|Movie 12]]
| '''[[M12|Pokémon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'''
| November 20, 2009
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''アルセウス超克の時空へ''' ''Arceus: To a Conquering Spacetime''
| July 18, 2009
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' Ash and friends have traveled to [[Michina Town]], an ancient area surrounded by many legends—and unsurprisingly, many [[legendary Pokémon]] as well. The fighting between {{mov|Dialga}} and {{mov|Giratina}} begins again, but [[Sheena]], a young woman who guards Michina Town's shrine, stops it and brings peace between Dialga, Giratina and {{mov|Palkia}}. The true reason for the fighting between the three [[legendary Pokémon]] is revealed when {{OBP|Arceus|M12}} emerges, seeking revenge for its betrayal by humanity at the hands of Sheena's ancestor [[Damos]]. With even Dialga, Palkia and Giratina unable to stand against the Pokémon said to have created all worlds, Ash, his friends and Sheena must embark on a trip back in time in a desperate bid to undo what went wrong and prevent Arceus's rampage from ever taking place.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 13
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Zoroark Master of Illusions.png|100px|Movie 13]]
| '''[[M13|Pokémon—Zoroark: Master of Illusions]]'''
| February 5, 2011
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''幻影の覇者ゾロアーク''' ''Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark''
| July 10, 2010
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' Ash and friends arrive in [[Crown City]], where the "Pokémon Baccer World Cup" will be held. However, the city is being destroyed by {{OBP|Raikou|M13}}, {{OBP|Entei|M13}} and {{OBP|Suicune|M13}}, who are all forms of a new and mysterious Pokémon, {{OBP|Zoroark|M13}}. Zoroark's child, {{OBP|Zorua|M13}}, asks Ash and his friends for help in saving its mother from the villain who has enslaved it. This draws them into a race against businessman [[Grings Kodai]], who has come to the city in pursuit of {{OBP|Celebi|M13}}'s "Time Ripple" for his own sinister ends, to save Crown City before Kodai's actions lead to its destruction.
|}
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===''Best Wishes'' series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Unova}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Unova}}"
|- style="color: #FFF"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="3" | 14
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Victini and Zekrom movie poster.png|100px|Victini and Zekrom]]
| '''[[M14|Pokémon the Movie: White—Victini and Zekrom]]'''
| December 3, 2011
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ビクティニと黒き英雄ゼクロム''' ''Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom''
| July 16, 2011
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| '''[[M14|Pokémon the Movie: Black—Victini and Reshiram]]'''
| December 10, 2011
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ビクティニと白き英雄レシラム''' ''Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram''
| July 16, 2011
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| [[File:Victini and Reshiram movie poster.png|100px|Victini and Reshiram]]
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' Ash, Iris, and Cilan arrive in [[Eindoak Town]], a village where the descendants of a race known as the People of the Vale live, to participate in a battle tournament. They meet the Victory Pokémon, {{OBP|Victini|M14}}, and learn of its deep connection to the history of the People of the Vale and their land. However, when [[Damon]], a man aiming to use the castle known as the [[Sword of the Vale]] to restore [[Kingdom of the Vale|his people's kingdom]] to its former glory, captures Victini to move his plan forward, he sets in motion a chain of events that threaten to destroy not only Eindoak Town but the entire world.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 15
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M15 English poster.png|100px|Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsmen: Keldeo]]
| '''[[M15|Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice]]'''
| December 8, 2012
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''キュレムVS聖剣士ケルディオ''' ''Kyurem VS the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo''
| July 14, 2012
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' {{OBP|Keldeo|M15}} is training to become one of the Sacred Swordsmen, like {{OBP|Cobalion|M15}}, {{OBP|Terrakion|M15}}, and {{OBP|Virizion|M15}}. But when it decides to challenge {{OBP|Kyurem|M15}} to prove its strength, it ends up badly injured. Later encountering Ash and his friends aboard a train to the city of Roushan, Keldeo drags them into its desperate attempt to escape from the enraged Kyurem and its gang of {{p|Cryogonal}}. As Kyurem's relentless pursuit drives the group from the train into the big city and finally deep into the abandoned mine Kyurem calls home, can they help Keldeo find its inner strength and defeat Kyurem to prove itself a true Sacred Swordsman?
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 16
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M16 English poster alternate.png|100px|]]
| '''[[M16|Pokémon the Movie: Genesect and The Legend Awakened]]'''
| October 19, 2013
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''神速のゲノセクトミュウツー覚醒''' ''Extreme Speed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens''
| July 13, 2013
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' Distressed due to the loss of their homeland, the [[Genesect Army]] attacks [[New Tork City]]. Coincidentally, Ash and his friends are visiting the city to see the park called [[Pokémon Hills]]. When the Genesect begin rampaging in the city, Ash is protected by the sudden appearance of a familiar Pokémon—{{OBP|Mewtwo|Best Wishes series}}. Despite sympathizing with the plight of the Genesect, Mewtwo attempts to convince them to leave New Tork City and go somewhere else where artificial Pokémon can belong, only to get into a conflict with the Red Genesect that leads the team. Can Mewtwo overcome the Genesect to save New Tork City or is the city doomed to be destroyed and changed into the nest of a Pokémon left behind by history?
|}
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===''XY'' series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Kalos}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Kalos}}"
|- style="color: #FFF"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 17
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M17 English poster.png|100px|The Cocoon of Destruction]]
| '''[[M17|Pokémon the Movie: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction]]'''
| November 8, 2014
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''破壊の繭とディアンシー''' ''The Cocoon of Destruction and Diancie''
| July 19, 2014
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' [[Diamond Domain]] is a land deep under the [[Kalos]] region where many {{p|Carbink}} live. The land is given life by the Heart Diamond, which can only be created by its princess, {{p|Diancie}}. However, Diancie currently does not have the power to create a new Heart Diamond, and the land is threatened due to the aging of the current one. After meeting {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}}, Diancie sets off on an adventure to find {{p|Xerneas}}, but during their travels, the group comes across the cocoon where {{p|Yveltal}}—said to have destroyed all life in Kalos long ago—sleeps. During a conflict with a gang of jewel thieves targeting Diancie, Yveltal awakens, leading to a crisis that threatens to repeat the disaster of ages past.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 18
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M18 English poster.png|100px|The Clash of Ages]]
| '''[[M18|Pokémon the Movie: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages]]'''
| November 5, 2015
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''光輪の超魔神フーパ''' ''The Archdjinni of the Rings: Hoopa''
| July 18, 2015
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' One hundred years ago, [[Dahara City]] was threatened with destruction when {{an|Hoopa}} brought a number of [[legendary Pokémon]] into the area, but was saved when a [[Ghris|mysterious man]] bound its power with the [[Prison Bottle]]. In the present, {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} arrive in Dahara City and meet [[Meray]], who cares for Hoopa in its peaceful Confined form. Meray's brother, [[Baraz]], obtains the Prison Bottle in hopes of restoring Hoopa's true power, but that power has grown angry over the years and seeks revenge. After escaping from the Prison Bottle, the evil Shadow Hoopa goes on a rampage to erase its weaker self, culminating in both Hoopa summoning groups of legendary Pokémon to fight each other. In order to save Dahara City, Meray, Baraz and Ash's friends must recreate the Prison Bottle and stop Shadow Hoopa, but even if they succeed, an even greater threat may still await.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 19
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M19 English poster.png|100px]]
| '''[[M19|Pokémon the Movie: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel]]'''
| November 4, 2016
| [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''ボルケニオンと機巧のマギアナ''' ''Volcanion and the Mechanical Magearna''
| July 16, 2016
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} encounter {{p|Volcanion}} after a blast of steam from the sky, and Ash becomes bonded to it by an unknown force. Volcanion, who hates humans, is forced to bring Ash along as it heads to the [[Azoth Kingdom]]. Volcanion is in pursuit of {{p|Magearna}}, hoping to rescue it from a corrupt minister who has stolen it with the intent of using Magearna's mysterious power to conquer the kingdom of machinery. Ash and Volcanion are forced to work together to rescue Magearna.
|}
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===''Sun & Moon'' series===
{| class="roundy" width="100%" style="text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Alola}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Alola}}"
! Movie
! Poster
! English title
! English release
! American distributor
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
! Japanese distributor
|- style="background:#FFF"
! rowspan="2" | 20
| rowspan="2" | [[File:M20 English poster.png|100px]]
| '''[[M20|Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!]]'''
| November 5, 2017
| {{wp|Fathom Events}} [[VIZ Media]] / {{DL|Pokémon in the United States|Kids' WB!|Warner Bros.}}
| '''キミにきめた！''' ''I Choose You!''
| July 15, 2017
| [[Toho]]
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="6" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' On his tenth birthday, {{OBP|Ash Ketchum|M20|Ash}} sets off from [[Pallet Town]] to become a [[Pokémon Trainer]] alongside a Pikachu that disobeys him. The duo encounter {{an|Ho-Oh}} and, after acquiring a [[Rainbow Wing]], pledge to meet it again one day. With his travel companions [[Sorrel]] and [[Verity]], and guided by the mysterious {{p|Marshadow}}, Ash travels to [[Mount Tensei]] in search of Ho-Oh. However, they encounter a powerful opponent who stands in their way.
|- style="background:#FFF"
! style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | 21
| [[File:M21 English poster.png|100px]]
| '''[[M21|Pokémon the Movie: The Power of Us]]'''
| November 24, 2018
| {{wp|Fathom Events}}
| '''みんなの物語''' ''Everyone's Story''
| July 13, 2018
| style="{{roundybr|5px}}" | [[Toho]]
|}
{{-}}

==Long specials==
These special episodes do not appear in theaters in either the original or the dub, but run longer than the half hour that normal episodes fill. Due to this, they are often considered television ''Pokémon'' movies, not counting towards the running total.

{| class="roundy" style="margin:auto; text-align:center; background: #{{colorschemedark|Side}}; border: 3px solid #{{colorschemelight|Side}}"
! Cover
! English title
! English release
! Japanese title
! Japanese release
|- style="background:#FFF"
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Mewtwo Returns DVD US.png|100px|Mewtwo Returns]]
| '''[[Mewtwo Returns|Pokémon: Mewtwo Returns]]'''
| December 5, 2001
| '''ミュウツー！我ハココニ在リ''' ''Mewtwo! I Am Here''
| December 30, 2000
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="4" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' {{OBP|Mewtwo|original series}}, who has been hiding out in the [[Johto]] region since last he was seen, has been located by {{an|Giovanni}}. Now the [[Team Rocket|Rocket]] Boss wants to recapture the powerful Pokémon to again use him for his own purposes. It was released directly to video in the United States.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Pocket Monsters Crystal DVD cover.png|100px|The Legend of Thunder!]]
| '''[[The Legend of Thunder!]]'''
| June 3, 2006 (Part 1) June 10, 2006 (Parts 2 and 3)
| '''ポケットモンスタークリスタル・ライコウ　雷の伝説''' ''Pocket Monsters Crystal: Raikou - Legend of Thunder''
| December 30, 2001
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="4" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' In the first anime break from {{Ash}} and his friends, three Trainers, {{jo|Jimmy}}, {{jo|Marina}}, and [[Vincent]] must stop the evil [[Team Rocket]] duo [[Attila]] and [[Hun]] from capturing {{OBP|Raikou|The Legend of Thunder!}}. It was divided up into three parts to become the first three episodes of [[Pokémon Chronicles]] when dubbed.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| rowspan="2" | [[File:The Mastermind of Mirage Pokemon poster.png|100px|The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]
| '''[[The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon|Pokémon: The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon]]'''
| April 29, 2006
| '''戦慄のミラージュポケモン''' ''The Terrifying Mirage Pokémon''
| October 13, 2006
|- style="background:#FFF"
| colspan="4" style="text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' {{Ash}}, {{an|May}}, [[Max]], and {{an|Brock}} meet up with {{an|Misty}} and {{an|Professor Oak}} to investigate [[Dr. Yung]]'s new Mirage Pokémon system. But when the mysterious Mirage Master appears with a Mirage {{p|Mewtwo}}, Ash is forced to fight him to stop his plans to dominate the world with his Mirage Pokémon.
|- style="background:#FFF"
| rowspan="2" style="{{roundybl|5px}}" | [[File:Pokémon Origins.png|100px|Pokémon Origins]]
| '''[[Pokémon Origins]]'''
| November 15, 2013 ([[PO01|File 1]]) November 18, 2013 ([[PO02|File 2]]) November 20, 2013 ([[PO03|File 3]]) November 22, 2013 ([[PO04|File 4]])
| '''ポケットモンスター {{j|THE ORIGIN}}''' ''Pocket Monsters: The Origin''
| October 2, 2013
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| colspan="4" style="{{roundybr|5px}}; text-align:left" | '''Summary:''' In this television film retelling the story of {{game|Red and Green|s}}, {{ga|Red}} becomes a [[Pokémon Trainer]] and travels around the [[Kanto]] region, battling against [[Gym Leader]]s, and the [[Elite Four]]. He has a rivalry with {{ga|Blue}} and battles against [[Team Rocket]] and [[Giovanni]]. During his travels, Red discovers a mysterious, never-before-seen Pokémon. Pokémon Origins was divided up into four episodes when dubbed.
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==Relation to the main anime==
Generally, Pokémon movies and long specials have little to no impact on the overall plotline of the anime and fans will argue as to whether or not they are considered true [[canon]]. Evidence going either way is sparse, with many details, such as the fact that {{Ash}}, {{an|Dawn}}, and {{an|Brock}} having met {{mov|Dialga}} and {{mov|Palkia}} in ''[[M10|The Rise of Darkrai]]'', ''[[M11|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]'', and ''[[M12|Arceus and the Jewel of Life]]'' going unmentioned when the [[Legendary Pokémon]] are seen again in ''[[DP152|The Battle Finale of Legend!]]''. Other details introduced in movies, such as Ash's [[Aura]] abilities as well as Dawn's [[Lunar Wing]], have in fact been referenced by the main anime. ''[[M20|I Choose You!]]'' is a unique exception in these regards, instead being an alternate retelling of Ash's early journey, with the following movie, ''[[M21|The Power of Us]]'', being strongly implied to take place in that same alternate timeline.

It is possible that early on, the movies were intended to have no impact on the main anime continuity, as Mewtwo's erasure of everyone's memories at the conclusion of ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' means that the events of the movie don't have much continuing impact on the series. However, as the series has progressed, more references to past movies have been made, with Ash recognizing a {{p|Latios}} immediately in ''[[DP189|The Semi-Final Frontier!]]'', despite having only seen one previously in ''[[M05|Pokémon Heroes: Latios & Latias]]''.

Due to this inconsistency, it will be noted in the movies' individual articles when a reference has been made to them in the main anime. The placement of the movies in the anime timeline will normally be between the episodes aired before and after the date of the movie's Japanese premiere, though often with more recent movies, this placement can vary with regard to events in the main anime.

''[[Pokémon Origins]]'', which is not a movie but rather a miniseries, exists within its own canon separate from the main anime series. 

==Home video releases==
===North American home video releases===
{{main|List of English language Pokémon movie home video releases (Region 1)}}

===United Kingdom home video releases===
{{main|List of English language Pokémon movie home video releases (Region 2)}}

===Australian home video releases===
{{main|List of English language Pokémon movie home video releases (Region 4)}}

==Trivia==
* Since [[Generation IV]], placeholder data in the [[List of locations by index number|list of locations where a Pokémon can be obtained]] exists for movies.
** In Generation IV, [[List of locations by index number (Generation IV)|placeholder data]] exists for every movie between [[M09|the ninth]] and [[M16|the sixteenth]], with space reserved for movies from 2006 to 2016.
** In [[Generation V]], [[List of locations by index number (Generation V)|placeholder data]] exists for every movie between [[M13|the thirteenth]] and the present, with space reserved for movies from 2010 to 2020.
** In [[Generation VI]], [[List of locations by index number (Generation VI)|placeholder data]] exists for every movie between [[M16|the sixteenth]] and the present, with space reserved for movies from 2013 to 2018.
** In [[Generation VII]], [[List of locations by index number (Generation VII)|placeholder data]] exists for every movie between [[M19|the ninteenth]] and the present, with space reserved for movies from 2016 to 2021.
* Several characters from the movies have been featured as cameos in the games [[Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Diamond, Pearl]] and [[Pokémon Platinum Version|Platinum]]. Their names match that of the characters they are based on in the Japanese version, however, the English translators missed those references and named them differently.
** '''Ace Trainers Felix and Dana''' from {{rt|229|Sinnoh}} have their [[party|teams]] based on those of [[Butler]] and [[Diane]] from ''[[M06|Jirachi: Wish Maker]]''.
** '''{{tc|Ace Trainer}} Jamie''' from {{rt|224|Sinnoh}} is a {{pkmn|Trainer}} who analyzes battles using her laptop. She is based on {{mov|Rebecca}} from ''[[M07|Destiny Deoxys]]'', and challenges the player with her {{p|Metagross}}.
** '''{{tc|Swimmer}} Katelyn''' from {{rt|220|Sinnoh}} is based on [[Lizabeth]] from ''[[M09|Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea]]''.

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==In other languages==
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==External links==
* [http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-episodes/pokemon-movies/ Official website for ''Pokémon'' movies] (English)
* [http://www.pokemon-movie.jp/ Official website for ''Pokémon'' movies] (Japanese)
* [http://www.pokemon.co.jp/anime/movie/ An official webpage for ''Pokémon'' movies] (Japanese)
* {{wp|List of Pokémon films|''Pokémon'' movies on Wikipedia}}

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