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==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* Marcus shares the same voice actors with [[Sir Aaron]], both in English and Japanese.
* Marcus shares the same voice actors with [[Sir Aaron]], both in English and Japanese.
* He bears a striking resemblance to Herod Antipas, the first Ruler of Galilee and Perea, as Marcus were the Ruler of the Michina Ruins long time ago. King Herod wants to kill the Messiah Jesus Christ, who according to the Roman Catholic Religion, was the savior of the mankind and the son of the Lord, Like Marcus wants, is also to destroy [[Arceus (anime)|the creator of the Pokémon Universe]].   
* He bears a striking resemblance to Herod Antipas, the first Ruler of Galilee and Perea, as Marcus were the Ruler of the Michina Ruins long time ago. King Herod wants to kill the Messiah Jesus Christ, who according to the Roman Catholic Religion, was the savior of the mankind and the son of the Lord, Like Marcus wants, is also to destroy [[Arceus (anime)|the creator of the Pokémon Universe]], they both has something to do about killing the Gods.   
===Name origin===
===Name origin===
Marcus's English name may be derived from his warlike nature towards Pokémon, as the {{wp|Marcus (name)|name itself}} has some relation to the Roman god of war, {{wp|Mars (god)|Mars}}.
Marcus's English name may be derived from his warlike nature towards Pokémon, as the {{wp|Marcus (name)|name itself}} has some relation to the Roman god of war, {{wp|Mars (god)|Mars}}.

Revision as of 12:06, 3 February 2010

Marcus
ギシン Gishin
[[File:Marcus.png|{{{size}}}]]
Marcus
Gender Male
Hometown Michina Town
Region Sinnoh
Anime debut Arceus and the Jewel of Life
English voice actor Jason Griffith
Japanese voice actor Koichi Yamadera

Marcus (Japanese: ギシン Gishin) is a character and primary antagonist in Arceus and the Jewel of Life. His Japanese voice actor is Koichi Yamadera and his English voice actor is Jason Griffith.

Marcus, who once was Damos's assistant, had come to resent Arceus due to his belief that it would allow Michina Town to return to being a wasteland if it reclaimed the Jewel of Life. This led Marcus to become the driving force behind Damos's apparent betrayal of it. By using his Bronzong's Hypnosis, he was able to control Damos and force him to destroy Arceus while not returning the Jewel of Life. However during the original turn of events, he had fallen to his death along with Damos after Arceus survived the attack and counterattacked.

After meeting up with Sheena, who had traveled to the past to stop Damos's apparent betrayal of Arceus, he learned how the future would have turned out as well as his own death. He then changed his plans to include silver water as well while attacking Arceus. This proved to be very effective and left the Alpha Pokemon helpless as the overall assault immobilized it. However, Sheena and Damos were able to communicate with the hearts of all the Pokémon, including Bronzong and Heatran, making them turn against Marcus, and Ash was able to make him give up the Jewel of Life by wrestling with him until he dropped it. As Ash caught the jewel and rushed with his Pikachu to return it to Arceus, Dawn, her Piplup, and another group consisting of a Chikorita, a Cyndaquil, a Totodile, and multiple Rattata, cornered Marcus, preventing him from following.

Even then, however, Marcus wasn't defeated yet. Although the Pokemon had stopped attacking and Ash had the Jewel of Life with Marcus unable to get it back, Arceus, now stranded at the bottom of the shrine, was by that time on the edge of death as the silver water continued to bury it. This, in turn, set off a strange sequence that nearly destroyed Ash, Brock, Dawn, Pikachu, Piplup, and Sheena, with Ash and Pikachu disappearing first as Marcus explained to Dawn what was going on.

At that moment, just as all seemed lost, Damos managed to reach the last remaining spark of life in Arceus's heart, giving it enough strength to reabsorb the Jewel of Life and fully recover, thus thwarting Marcus's plans and saving everyone from destruction (except Damos himself and a Pichu he befriended, who did not start disappearing).

During the ending credits of the movie, it was revealed that Marcus had went on to work under Damos in cultivating the land.

In the manga

Using his Bronzong's Hypnosis, he hypnotized Damos into attacking Arceus. Marcus planned to destroy Arceus and become a god himself using the Jewel of Life.

Pokémon

This listing is of Marcus's known Pokémon in the anime and manga:

Controlled

Pikachu
Debut [[]]
Pikachu
Debut [[]]

Trivia

  • Marcus shares the same voice actors with Sir Aaron, both in English and Japanese.
  • He bears a striking resemblance to Herod Antipas, the first Ruler of Galilee and Perea, as Marcus were the Ruler of the Michina Ruins long time ago. King Herod wants to kill the Messiah Jesus Christ, who according to the Roman Catholic Religion, was the savior of the mankind and the son of the Lord, Like Marcus wants, is also to destroy the creator of the Pokémon Universe, they both has something to do about killing the Gods.

Name origin

Marcus's English name may be derived from his warlike nature towards Pokémon, as the name itself has some relation to the Roman god of war, Mars.

Gishin can mean both "loyal retainer" and "suspicion," both aspects of his character.

Movie characters
Human protagonists
AliceAsh Ketchum (M20)AudreyBarazBiancaCallahanCarlitaCoreyDamosDianaDianeEricFergusHarrietJack WalkerJuanita
KarlKathrynKidd SummersKimiaKokoLisaLizabethLorenzoMannesMarenMargoMelodyMerayNeeshaNewton Graceland
Professor LundRafeRaleighRebeccaRisaRowenaSamSheenaSidSir AaronSorrelTonioTorenTory LundTowaVerityYuko
Human antagonists
AlvaAnnieArgus SteelButlerCherieCrossDamonDoctor ZedGalenGooneGrings KodaiIron-Masked MarauderLawrence IIILeviMarcus
MerilynMillis SteelMolly HaleOakleyPokémon huntersPokémon poacherRiotThe PhantomZero
Pokémon
ArceusArticunoCarbinkCelebi (M04)Celebi (M13)CobalionDadaDarkraiDeoxysDialgaDiancieEntei (M03)Entei (M13)GenesectGiratina
Ho-OhHoopaJirachiKeldeoKyuremLatiasLatiosLucarioLugiaMagearnaManaphyMarshadowMew (M01)Mew (M08)Mewtwo (M01)
Mewtwo (M16)MoltresPalkiaPikachu (M20)PikachutwoRaikouRayquazaRegiceRegirockRegisteelReshiramShayminSlowking
Spiky-eared PichuSuicune (M04)Suicune (M13)TerrakionUnownVictiniVirizionVolcanionXerneasYveltalZapdosZekrom
ZeraoraZoroarkZorua
Others
AliciaAllegraAstridBanksBaron AlbertoBlock BotBogieBonjiCarolChrom MolybdenumCTV news crewDabuDavidDionaDonuke
Dr. FujiDundeeFlamelFreddyGabuGhrisGlacineGodeyGurūHeroes of Truth and IdealsHoytInfiJasonJennyJoeJudy
KaiKakoKanataKatoKellieKevinKikoKing of the People of the ValeKyleLaylaLeekuLucianneLuisLuisaMakoMalin
ManukeMarcus's soldiersMauryMayor OliverMeredithMeta GroudonMewtwo's creatorsMiaMilesMimiMirandaMisakiMoose
Mother and daughterMr. WhiteNevaNikolaOld Man DomŌyamaPegPeople of the WaterPhossa MolybdenumPokémon Baccer teams
Queen IleneQueen RinRavineRaymondRickRossSchuylerSharonShepShunSpencer HaleSylvanTakaTammyTanner
TappTatsukiThe Marina GroupTobiasTownesUschiZabu


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