Pokémon 4Ever

Pokémon 4Ever
File:Pokémon 4Ever.jpg Australian DVD cover of Pokémon 4Ever
Directed by	Kunihiko Yuyama Jim Malone
Written by	Norman Grossfield Hideki Sonoda
Produced by	Norman Grossfield Yukako Matsusako Takemoto Mori Choji Yoshikawa
Starring	Veronica Taylor Rachael Lillis Eric Stuart Madeleine Blaustein Tara Jayne Dan Green Stan Hart Phillip Bartlett Amy Birnbaum Roxanne Beck Roger Kay Ed Paul Kayzie Rogers Marc Thompson Kerry Williams
Distributed by	Toho (Japan) Walt Disney Pictures (U.S.) Miramax Films (U.S.) Alliance Atlantis (Canada theatrical) Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Canada DVD, distributing for Alliance Atlantis)
Release date	October 11, 2002 USA
Running time	93 min.
Languages	English Japanese

File:CelebiiJPposter.jpg

Japanese poster for CELEBI A TIMELESS ENCOUNTER

Pokémon 4Ever (劇場版ポケットモンスター セレビィ 時を越えた遭遇, Gekijōban Poketto Monsutā Serebii Toki o Koeta Deai, lit. "Pocket Monsters the Movie: Celebi: The Meeting that Traversed Time"; officially POCKET MONSTERS CELEBI A TIMELESS ENCOUNTER in Japan) is the fourth official Pokémon movie. It was the first one to be distributed by Disney and the last Pokémon film to be released in wide theatres outside of Japan in 2002. The original Japanese version was released in theaters on July 7, 2001, and the English adaptation saw limited theatrical release on October 11, 2002.

Plot

Legendary Pokémon: Celebi & Suicune

New Pokémon: None

Region: Johto

Villain: Iron Masked Marauder

Template:Rewrite-section The film focuses on Celebi who travels to the future with a boy named Sam when being chased by a hunter. Ash and his friends are on their way to the next gym of their Johto journey and get a lift from a man name Maki who takes them to his hometown of Arborville. The kids and Pikachu see a Suicune (who was actually the first Pokémon Ash saw in Johto). They are warned by an elderly lady about the "Voice of the Forest" which will carry a person off to a different period in time.

Ash and the group encounter the Voice of the Forest and find Sam in the forest, but Celebi has already fled. Sam awakens and discovers he has been on a 40-year journey in time. He, Ash and the others search for Celebi and they find it up in a tree. After some convincing, the gang manage to gain Celebi's trust. They run into Team Rocket and then another member of Team Rocket, the Iron Masked Marauder, who is after Celebi. The two forces of Team Rocket team up to search for Celebi.

The heroes take Celebi to its home, the Lake of Life, where it is healed by the water. The group spend the night in the forest. The next day, Celebi is captured and turns evil. The Iron Masked Marauder makes Celebi create a giant dragon creature made from the forest trees and Jessie is caught in the beast and held hostage. The heroes, and Meowth and James, chase after Celebi in Maki's flying boat, but are brought down by Celebi's attacks. The Iron Masked Marauder tries to kill Ash and Sam, but Suicune saves them. Onix and Suicune do battle with the Masked Marauder's Tyranitar, while Ash, Sam and Pikachu clamber into the monster and manage to get Celebi back to normal.

With the destruction of the monster, Jessie and the Iron Masked Marauder fall into the lake. The other heroes rush to the lake's edge and find Ash and Sam with Celebi, who suddenly falls limp. Ash and Sam realise Celebi is dead and everyone weeps. But then the Voice of the Forest materialises in the sky and thousands of Celebi appear and resurrect Celebi. The Iron Masked Marauder appears and kidnaps Celebi and tries to make a getaway, but not before Ash and Pikachu hitch a ride. Pikachu destroys the Masked Marauder's jetpack and they fall to Earth, but Celebi saves them. The Iron Masked Marauder falls down to the forest floor and is confronted by the old woman, her granddaughter and Maki.

Celebi prepares to travel back in time and Sam decides to go back with it. He has an emotional goodbye with Ash and departs. Later on, Ash and friends are talking with Professor Oak who tells Ash that he and Sam will be friends forever. After the call is ended, Misty wonders how Oak knew Sam's name, since they never told him. We then see Oak reflecting on the event, saying it seems like only yesterday.

The credits end with Tracey clearing Oak's room and finds Sam's drawing pad, containing a faded sketch of Pikachu and Celebi.

Cast

Characters

• Satoshi/Ash
• Kasumi/Misty
• Takeshi/Brock
• Nyarth/Meowth
• Vicious/The Iron Masked Marauder
• Samuel "Sammy" Oak
• Doctor Orchid/Professor Oak
• Miku/Diana
• Narrator

Trivia

• The short film "Pikachu's Pikaboo" was only on the DVD & VHS.
• Several pieces of footage were added to the movie outside of Japanese release. 4Kids had requested the animators do this so as to piece together the clues that Sammy would later on become Professor Oak. It was also to give Team Rocket more screen time, due to Meowth making a reference to their fairly short screen time in Pokémon 3: The Movie (only in the English dub, "Do ya think we'll get a bigger part in da next movie?").
• In the anime, Professor Oak does not know about Johto Pokémon right away, despite seeing Bayleef, Suicune, Celebi and many other Johto Pokémon.
• For a limited time, the people who saw the movie in theaters received a rare Celebi card. When swiped through the e-Reader, a cartoon called "Time Travel" played. Also, for a limited time, the DVD and VHS release included a rare Suicune card, which could also be swiped through the e-Reader, although it did not include a cartoon.

External links

• Pokémon 4Ever at IMDb
• Official Pokémon.com site
• Dogasu's Backpack's English/Japanese comparison of Pokémon 4Ever