Molly Hale
| Molly Hale ミー・スノードン Me Snowdon | |
 Molly Hale | |
| Gender | Female |
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| Hometown | Greenfield |
| Region | Johto |
| Relatives | Spencer Hale (father), Unnamed mother |
| Anime debut | Spell of the Unown |
| English voice actor | Amy Birnbaum |
| Japanese voice actor | Akiko Yajima |
Molly Hale (Japanese: ミー・スノードン Me Snowdon) is a little girl from the town of Greenfield, the daughter of two researchers. She is a central character in the third Pokémon movie, Spell of the Unown.
Story and character
At the beginning of the movie, both of Molly's parents have disappeared: first her unnamed mother, then her father Spencer. Molly is left in the care of the family servants. Before he vanished, her father left behind a mysterious puzzle box with Unown letter tiles.
Molly uses the tiles to spell the names of people important to her, and when she begins to cry, the Unown spring to life and grant her wish.
The town is engulfed by crystal, enveloping everything and driving everyone but Molly from the mansion. Molly's wish for better companionship brings about a bizarre entity—just before he had left, Spencer had read her a story about the great volcano beast Entei, and so the Unown summon a spectral Entei to serve as her father.
Molly decides she needs a mother as well, and has the Entei bring Delia Ketchum to her. Delia is hypnotized into believing that she is the girl's true mother until she sees her son Ash risk his life to enter the crystallized mansion. Since that moment, Delia tries to reason with Molly, helping and protecting her through the movie.
Molly takes three forms over the course of the movie: her true form as a small child, a pre-teen to battle Misty, and a teenager to face Brock. The last two were crystalline like Entei, and can be interpreted as a physical manifestation of her dreams while her real body is asleep in her bedroom.
By the end, Molly realizes what her wish is doing to those around her, and the false Entei sacrifices himself to drive away the Unown. She is not alone for long, as her father, and later her mother, both returned soon.
Pokémon
Molly battled Ash, Misty, and Brock with dream Pokémon manifested by Entei. However, she was only shown with one real Pokémon, a Teddiursa.
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| Molly was shown to have a Teddiursa around the end of the movie in which she was having fun with it.
None of Teddiursa's moves are known. | ||
| Debut | Spell of the Unown | |
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Pokémon used under the spell of the Unown
Brock noted that Molly's dream Pokémon are stronger than they would be if they were real.
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| Flaaffy is the first Pokémon Molly used in her battle against Brock. Brock sends out his Zubat who quickly uses Supersonic leaving Flaaffy confused. After Zubat's failed attack, Flaaffy finishes the battle with a ThunderShock.
Flaaffy's known moves are Headbutt and ThunderShock. | ||
| Debut | Spell of Unown | |
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| Teddiursa is the second Pokémon Molly used in her battle against Brock. Brock starts by commenting on how such a cute trainer has a cute Pokémon. Teddiursa starts by using DynamicPunch against Brock's Vulpix which greatly damages him. Vulpix then attacks with Quick Attack, and Teddiursa uses Fury Swipes, resulting in Teddiursa's win.
Teddiursa's known moves are DynamicPunch and Fury Swipes. | ||
| Debut | Spell of Unown | |
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| Phanpy was Molly's third and final Pokémon used in her battle against Brock. It makes quick work of Brock's Onix with a Rollout. Phanpy's choice was a pun on Brock saying earlier that he likes to "rock and roll" his Onix being the Rock, and Phanpy being the Roll.
Phanpy's only known move is Rollout. | ||
| Debut | Spell of Unown | |
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| Kingdra was the first Pokémon Molly used in her battle against Misty. After Molly raised the water to flood the field she summons her Kingdra. It starts off by using SmokeScreen, and then Headbutt. After Misty's Goldeen's failed Fury Attack, Kingdra wins the battle.
Kingdra's known moves are SmokeScreen and Headbutt. | ||
| Debut | Spell of Unown | |
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| Mantine was Molly's second Pokémon used in her battle against Misty. Mantine attacked Misty's Staryu with a Whirlpool, trapping Staryu in a vortex. After Staryu escapes with a Rapid Spin it charges Staryu's Tackle with a Take Down.
Mantine's known moves are Tackle, BubbleBeam, Whirlpool, and Take Down. | ||
| Debut | Spell of Unown | |
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| Molly Hale's Entei | ||
Entei was a physical manifestation created by the Unown of Molly's desires and lust for control. He is an illusionary Entei that appeared to Molly after she made a wish to the Unown. He served as a replacement father for her while her real father, Spencer, was trapped in the Unown dimension. When Ash attempted to confront Entei to get his mother back, his Totodile and Cyndaquil were rapidly defeated, with Pikachu only lasting longer without faring any better, and even Charizard — who had witnessed the incident on television at the Charicific Valley and come to help — was only able to hold Entei off without actually defeating it. However, when Entei was about to break Charizard's neck, Molly finally decided that she wanted things to be real again. | ||
| Debut | Spell of Unown | |
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Voice actors
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Trivia
- Molly Hale is unique among the human antagonists as she is the only Pokémon movie antagonist so far who is motivated by sadness and loneliness, and not by a lust for power or control.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Korean | 미이 Mee | Transliteration of her Japanese name. |
| Chinese (Mandarin) | 小美·史諾頓 Xiǎo Měi Shǐnuòdùn 小米* Xiǎo Mǐ |
Transliteration of her Japanese name. |
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This movie article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime. |
