The show is usually light and fun with slapstick humor, Poke fights and a bit of Japanese style cartoon drama. This film, however, is more typical of Japanese anime intended for teens or young adult males as the main villian, MewTwo, is an angry mutated psychic clone bent on world destruction. The film starts with the complete destruction of an island of evil scientists by MewTwo and ends with a Poke battle that more resembles a violent WWF free-for-all then the usual fantasy battles on the TV Show. There's also a lot less of the silly wordplay and slapstick of the show. The kids I took were happy to see it but they really like the show better. The short before the film is a throwaway that seems to have been originally intended for very young audiences on TV. It's odd how this release misses the intended age group both ways.
