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Zoroark: Master of Illusions 幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark

Premiere Japan July 10, 2010 United States February 5, 2011*

Home video Japan December 17, 2010 United States TBA

English themes Opening {{{enop}}} Ending {{{ened}}}

Japanese themes Opening jaop Ending jaed

Ratings United States ? Great Britain ? Ireland ? Canada ? Quebec ? Japan ? Germany ? Australia ? New Zealand ?

Zoroark: Master of Illusions (Japanese: 幻影の覇者 ゾロアーク Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark) is the fourth and final Diamond & Pearl series movie and the thirteenth Pokémon movie overall. It premiered in Japanese theaters July 10, 2010, and will premiere in the United States on Cartoon Network on February 5, 2011.

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  Poster featuring Zoroark and Zorua

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Plot

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The movie starts with Ash, Pikachu, and company stopping by in a house were they intend to watch a match in the Pokémon Baccer World Cup between Elekid and its evolutionary line and Beldum and its evolutionary line. During the match, Team Rocket disguise himself as janitors and ask Ash and co. what they're watching. Brock explains what the Pokémon Baccer World Cup is. After Brock explains and the match ends, a mysterious man shows up after the match in the TV and exhibits its team formed by a Raikou, Entei and Suicune, that quickly drags the spinning-top shaped object in the floating pyramid, which makes Ash and company want to see them live. Recognizing them as legendary Pokémon, Team Rocket start getting excited. A Nurse Joy then shows up, saying that she is very excited for the match. As usual, Brock falls in love with Nurse Joy and, as usual, Croagunk attacks him and pushes him away. Ash then proposes to reach Crown City before the day's end, which is where the most recent Pokémon Baccer World Cup is located. Brock quickly recovers and say that he will lead Ash and Dawn through shortcuts.

Meanwhile, a Zoroark rest in a room of the plane. Suddenly, a Zorua shows up from Zoroark's hair, what seems to Zorua be Zoroark's son. When Zorua tries to jump to his mother's hair again, an automatic door opens, where Zoroark and her son find himselves face-to-face to Raikou, Entei and Suicune. Behind them, business man Grings Kōdai and his assistant, Rioka, stay in a chamber. Rioka tells Kōdai that the final adjustments are ready. Kōdai then shouts "Action, start", which makes Raikou step ahed. Zorua tries to attack him, but Zoroark stops him and drags him to her hair. Kōdai asks Zoroark if she cherishes his son that much, but Zoroark quickly transforms into Raikou. Zoroark fills the area with thunderclouds filled with electricity that ascends to Kōdai and Rioka. In such moment, Kōdai activates an illusion in his bracelet. The thunderclouds penetrate them, but Kōdai reveals him and Rioka as illusions. Rioka then states that she was very surprised, even through she was wearing an engine called illusion canceler. Kōdai then looks to a TV and shouts that even the cameras are fooled. After saying such, he states that the illusions Zoroark shows them are truly wonderful. In another TV, Kōdai's bodyguard, Goon, says that they will be arriving to Crown City soon. After Zoroark turns into herself again and the thunderclouds disappear, Kōdai turns the illusion canceler off and the legendary beasts reveal themselves illusions, turning into small cubes. Some little square spaces on the floor suddenly open and the illusion cubes fall into it. After such, Zorua jumps from his mother's head and foresights the zone. Kōdai says that test is over and Zoroark did a marvelous performance. Kōdai raises his hand and a space in the ceiling, which a Ninjask pop out from there, taking Zorua. After taking it, Zoroark is attacked by some kind of orange laser beams to paralyze her. After Zorua is taken away, she hits the ceiling, trying to go after the Ninjask, but fails. Kōdai threatened Zoroark, that if she wants his son back, she will need to stay obedient.

Meanwhile, Zorua could get off Ninjask in the air ducts. Zorua slams the wall twice and knocks the air duct's wall down. He then starts running in a straight hall with machines. When he's about to escape, a Scizor pops out from the corner and tries to attack Zorua. Zorua avoids the Scizor's attack by doing a backflip and transforming into a Scizor. The foe Scizor becames confused, staring at the transformed Zorua strangely. Zorua mimics all his movements, laughing often. After Scizor shakes his head, Zorua jumps in the Scizor and knocks him out, transforming back into Zorua. A Ninjask tries to chase him, but Zorua infiltrates in a straight hole, which makes another two Ninjasks and two Scizors show up. Meanwhile, Goon is informed of the following scene by video cameras. Zorua finds himself in another air duct. At the dead end of the duct, it starts slamming the wall. After some tries, he knocks out the wall, but finds himself in the exterior part of the plane. He is pushed out of the plain violently and falls off. During the fall, it finds a group of Hoppip, Skiploom and Jumpluff. It grabs one Skiploom's bloom, which spins around. After a while, Zorua falls off, but transforms into a Skiploom and starts floating in the skies.

Inside the plane, Kōdai asks Goon if Zorua escaped. Goon apologies to Kōdai. The business man asks if they still have Zorua's video image saved, which Goon answers that they have, in which Kōdai shouts that it is suffice.

Intending to watch the Pokémon Baccer World Cup being held there, Ash, Pikachu, and company head for Crown City, a town where water and greenery, old streets and modern buildings, coexist in beautiful harmony. The main attraction is that the legendary beasts, Entei, Raikou, and Suicune, will battle the winners of the tournament, led by businessman Grings Kōdai. On the way to Crown City, they meet and join up with Zorua, a Pokémon from far away who said he was searching for his mother.

Meanwhile, Zoroark is destroying Crown City in the guise of Raikou, Suicune, and Entei, due to Kōdai blackmailing it threatening her captured child, Zorua, who actually had escaped and joined with Ash and his friends. Celebi, returning to the town for the first time in twenty years, is presented with its own crisis, due to that prior to the movie, businessman Grings Kōdai discovered Celebi in Crown City, and touched the "ripple of time" that was produced due to Celebi's time traveling. As a result of this, Kōdai gained the ability to have powerful hallucinations that show him the future, while destroying all of the greenery within the city.

Soon, Celebi found itself and Zorua chased by Kōdai's minions. This pursuit forced them into the Pokémon Backer Stadium, where they were cornered by Kōdai, who disables Celebi and captures Zorua in order to blackmail Zoroark once more. Kōdai then finds what he believes to be the ripple of time, and begins to absorb its power. The "ripple of time" ends up actually being an illusion created by Zoroark, who attacks but is promptly defeated by the angry Kōdai. However, Celebi uses the power of the true ripple of time to heal Zoroark, who recovers and defeats Kōdai with the help of the guardians of Crown City.

During the credits of the movie, the news report published by Kurt and Rioka reveals that Kōdai and Goon were both arrested and sent to jail.

Featured Pokémon

• Raikou
• Entei
• Suicune
• Celebi
• Zorua
• Zoroark

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Piplup (Dawn's)
• Croagunk (Brock's)
• Infernape (Ash's)
• Mamoswine (Dawn's)
• Togekiss (Dawn's)
• Sudowoodo (Brock's)
• Suicune (shiny)
• Raikou (shiny)
• Entei (shiny)
• Celebi (wild)
• Tangrowth (Tomo's)
• Mightyena (Joe's)
• Zorua (wild)
• Zoroark (wild)
• Bronzor (Template:Mo's)
• Misdreavus (Grings Kōdai's; flashback)
• Mismagius (Grings Kōdai's)
• Shuppet (Grings Kōdai's)
• Scizor (Goon's; two)
• Ninjask (multiple)
• Beldum (Pokémon Backer participant's)
• Metang (Pokémon Backer participant's)
• Metagross (Pokémon Backer participant's)
• Elekid (Pokémon Backer participant's)
• Electabuzz (Pokémon Backer participant's)
• Electivire (Pokémon Backer participant's)
• Hoppip (multiple)
• Skiploom (multiple)
• Jumpluff (multiple)
• Beautifly (multiple)
• Vigoroth (multiple)
• Yanmega (balloon)
• Sunflora (multiple)
• Azurill
• Marill
• Azumarill
• Surskit (multiple)
• Yanma (multiple)
• Zigzagoon (multiple)
• Starly (multiple)
• Shroomish (multiple)
• Ledyba (multiple)
• Hoothoot
• Kricketot (multiple)
• Kricketune
• Wooper (multiple)
• Linoone
• Sunkern (multiple)
• Volbeat
• Illumise
• Ledian
• Nuzleaf
• Breloom (multiple)
• Bellsprout
• Oddish

Intro only

• Staraptor (Ash's)
• Torterra (Ash's)
• Buizel (Ash's)
• Gible (Ash's)
• Buneary (Dawn's)
• Pachirisu (Dawn's)
• Cyndaquil (Dawn's)
• Happiny (Brock's)
• Donphan (Ethan's)
• Articuno
• Zapdos
• Moltres
• Lugia
• Ho-Oh
• Rayquaza
• Deoxys
• Pidgey (multiple)
• Pidgeotto (multiple)
• Pidgeot (multiple)
• Pelipper (multiple)
• Kyogre
• Wailord
• Lapras
• Gyarados
• Remoraid (multiple)
• Magikarp (multiple)
• Luvdisc (multiple)
• Mantine
• Relicanth
• Sharpedo
• Dewgong
• Milotic
• Tentacruel
• Goldeen
• Heatran
• Claydol
• Abomasnow
• Skarmory
• Drapion
• Groudon
• Slowking
• Salamence
• Onix
• Aerodactyl
• Aggron
• Camerupt
• Rhyperior
• Magmortar
• Sceptile
• Ursaring
• Gardevoir
• Vespiquen
• Meganium
• Lunatone
• Venusaur
• Regigigas
• Rampardos
• Solrock
• Tropius
• Exeggutor
• Tyranitar
• Flygon
• Rapidash
• Doduo
• Furret
• Gabite
• Garchomp
• Grotle
• Nidoking
• Nidorina
• Nidorino
• Piloswine
• Rampardos
• Raticate
• Rattata
• Rhyhorn
• Sentret
• Skuntank
• Snover
• Stantler
• Staravia
• Stunky
• Swinub
• Teddiursa

Credits only

• Glameow (two; Johanna's and Zoey's)
• Empoleon (Barry's)
• Kricketune (Nando's)
• Plusle (Ursula's)
• Minun (Ursula's)
• Rampardos (Roark's)
• Roserade (Gardenia's)
• Lucario (Maylene's)
• Floatzel (Crasher Wake's)
• Drifblim (Fantina's)
• Bastiodon (Byron's)
• Abomasnow (Candice's)
• Raichu (Volkner's)
• Beautifly (Aaron's)
• Hippowdon (Bertha's)
• Infernape (Flint's)
• Bronzong (Lucian's)
• Garchomp (Cynthia's)
• Rhyperior (Palmer's)
• Magnezone (Pokémon Backer participant's)
• Luxray (Pokémon Backer participant's)
• Magneton (Pokémon Backer participant's)
• Dialga (statue)
• Palkia (statue)

Debuts

• Zorua
• Zoroark

Cast

				出演
Ash Ketchum		Satoshi	Rica Matsumoto	サトシ	松本梨香
Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	Pikachu	Ikue Ohtani	ピカチュウ	大谷育江
Brock		Takeshi	Yūji Ueda	タケシ	うえだ　ゆうじ
Dawn		Hikari	Megumi Toyoguchi	ヒカリ	豊口めぐみ
Piplup		Pochama	Etsuko Kozakura	ポッチャマ	小桜エツ子
Jessie		Musashi	Megumi Hayashibara	ムサシ	林原めぐみ
James		Kojirō	Shin'ichirō Miki	コジロウ	三木眞一郎
Meowth		Nyarth	Inuko Inuyama	ニャース	犬山イヌコ
Narration		Narration	Unshō Ishizuka	ナレーション	石塚運昇
		Special appearances by		特別出演
		Template:Mo	Takashi Tsukamoto	クルト	塚本高史
		Rioka	Natsuki Katō	リオカ	加藤夏希
		Grings Kōdai	Takanori Jin'nai	グリングス・コーダイ	陣内孝則
		Proof	Shōko Nakagawa	プルーフ	中川翔子
		Goon	Koichi Yamadera	グーン	山寺宏一
		Template:Mo	Yuzuru Fujimoto	ジョー	藤本　譲
		Template:Mo	Ai Sato	トモ	さとう　あい
		Stadium Announcer	Kazuya Masuda	アナウンサー	増田和也
Zoroark		Zoroark	Romi Paku	ゾロアーク	朴　璐美
Zorua		Zorua	Kurumi Mamiya	ゾロア	間宮くるみ
Raikou		Raikou	Katsuyuki Konishi	ライコウ	小西克幸
Entei		Entei	Kenta Miyake	エンテイ	三宅健太
Suicune		Suikun	Kiyotaka Furushima	スイクン	古島清孝
Celebi		Celebi	Rie Kugimiya	セレビィ	釘宮理恵

Events

In Japan, people who pre-ordered tickets to the movie received a Shiny legendary beast; Entei, Raikou or Suicune. The Shiny legendary beasts can activate a Zoroark event if traded into a Generation V game. A Celebi could also be downloaded in the cinema, but this did not require pre-ordered tickets. Also, Goon's Scizor could be downloaded over Wi-Fi after the movie's airing.

Soundtrack

Main article: Ruler of Illusions: Zoroark Music Collection

Trivia

• This is the only Diamond & Pearl series movie that is a stand-alone movie. The other three Diamond & Pearl movies are part of a trilogy.
• The movie's fictitious setting is based on various locations in the Netherlands and Belgium, such as Magere Brug, Amstel River, Kinderdijk and Brussels.
• This movie marks the first time all three of the legendary beasts appear at the same time in the anime, and the first time Raikou gets a starring role in a movie.
  • This movie also marks the first time a Shiny Pokémon (in this case, Raikou, Entei and Suicune) appears in the anime.
• This is the third Pokémon movie so far that does not have a legendary Pokémon as the main featured Pokémon, the first being Spell of the Unown and the second being Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
• The teaser trailer shown at the end of Arceus and the Jewel of Life, showed Ho-Oh and Lugia locked in an aerial battle, and Zoroark transforming into a darker version of Ash. Neither of these elements made it into the final film.
• Even though the movie aired in Japan between League Unleashed! and Casting a Paul on Barry!, it does not actually take place in that time period, which is during the Lily of the Valley Conference.
• This movie was released in Taiwan on July 30, 2010, which was just 20 days after its Japanese premiere.
• Professor Rowan, Rhonda, Johanna, Paul, Zoey, Barry, Nando, Kenny, Conway, Ursula, Cynthia and Palmer make cameo appearances in the movie's credits, along with the Sinnoh Gym Leaders Ash battled and Elite Four. Most of them appeared with one of their Pokémon.
• Ethan makes a cameo in the beginning of the film with a Donphan, seen in battle with Ash.
  • This makes this movie the second in which Ash battles a Trainer with a Donphan in the beginning. The first was Mewtwo Strikes Back.
    • It should be noted that Ethan isn't Jimmy from The Legend of Thunder! TV special.
• The Officer Jenny seen in this movie has a star symbol on her hat, which was the same symbol worn by the Jenny in Viridian City (who was also the first Officer Jenny to appear in the anime).
• This is the only appearance of Generation V Pokémon prior to the Best Wishes series.
• Bronzor's Psychic was used to levitate Zorua. In the games this would not work because Zorua is a Dark-type.
• This film will be shown at local theaters during the Pokémon Black Version and White Version Tour between February 5th, 2011 and March 20th, 2011 in the US.
  • This makes it the first film shown in US theaters since Pokémon Heroes in 2003
• This film airs in English on the same day as Memories are Made of Bliss!, the last episode of the Diamond & Pearl series.

Errors

Rhyperior's mouth's color error

• In the credits, Palmer's Rhyperior's mouth was the same color as its horn and the top-most part of its body.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		幻影的霸者　索羅亞克
Italian		Il Re Delle Illusioni - Zoroark
Korean		환영의 패왕 조로아크

External links

• Japanese movie website
• Pokemon.co.jp movie website
• Chinese movie website

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