In the town of Greenfield, a young, lonely girl's dreams and wishes are brought into reality by a collective of reality-warping Pokémon.
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Title: Pokémon 3 the Movie: Spell of the Unown (2000)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Rica Matsumoto | ... | Satoshi (voice) | |
| Veronica Taylor | ... | Ash Ketchum / Delia Ketchum (voice) | |
| Rachael Lillis | ... | Misty / Jessie / Goldeen / Vulpix (voice) | |
| Ikue Ôtani | ... | Pikachû (voice) | |
| Eric Stuart | ... | Brock / James (voice) | |
| Madeleine Blaustein | ... | Meowth (voice) (as Addie Blaustein) | |
| Amy Birnbaum | ... | Molly Hale (voice) | |
| Dan Green | ... | Professor Spencer Hale / Entei (voice) | |
| Stuart Zagnit | ... | Professor Oak (voice) (as Stan Hart) | |
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Lisa Ortiz | ... | Lisa (voice) |
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Kathy Pilon | ... | Reporter (voice) |
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Peter R. Bird | ... | David (voice) |
| Kayzie Rogers | ... | Wobbuffet / Cyndaquil / Totodile / Mimey / Flaaffy (voice) | |
| Ted Lewis | ... | Tracey Sketchit / Schuyler (voice) (as Ed Paul) | |
| Rodger Parsons | ... | Narrator (voice) (as Ken Gates) | |
Professor Shuri is a scientist looking for rare Pocket Monsters. He reads a storybook to his daughter Mi about the powerful Pokemon Entei. Shuri is currently searching for the heiroglyph Pokemon "Unknown". While searching through some ancient artifacts, Shuri awakens Unknown and is sucked into it. Mi next awakens Unknown while looking for her father. Unknown bonds with her and turns her mansion into a Crystal Tower. The crystallization begins to spread. Unknown lives to serve Mi and creates an Entei with the personality of her father to make her happy. When Mi next desires a mother, Entei kidnaps Satoshi's mother Hanako to give to Mi. Satoshi, Kasumi, Takeshi, and of course Pikachu set out to get her back. Written by Rocket Dan
I have the original VHS copy at my parents house and I remember watching this a bunch as a kid (mainly because I was pretty happy just watching the 3 Pokemon movies I had). What stays with me is the pretty mesmerizing visuals and backdrops. Everything in the main meat of the film is very dreamlike and cold. It sort of reminds me of what some of my nightmares were like; cold, empty, and alone with some kind of monster like that giant seal from Pengu.
What stands out more though are the really dark themes about child mourning. It explores a child's need for guardianship for security and comfort, and how much a child grieves not just from the loss of his/her beloved parents, but also the loss of a parental figure. The child in this movie is given free reign to do essentially whatever she wants right after the loss of her parents, and what she wants are her parents back and to essentially shut down the world outside of her, and boy is that relatable. I sure have some times where I wish I could hide under my blanket in my room and have all my anxieties, responsibilities, and pains wash away and get transported back to a time where my biggest worry was whether tomorrow was raining or not.
Everything else about the movie was either average or below par, but I think my enjoyment of this film kind of makes me wish more children entertainment could tackle dark but real topics like these, because it gives those films the "evergreen" quality. Children movies have the unique opportunity to affect a person's entire life; Spongebob does this well because it's topics for each episode are relatively simple and small in scale, which become easily applicable to any aspect of life (on top of really good writing and surreal animation too). And I think shows like Rick and Morty being so popular show that younger people want to learn how to cope with darker realities without being treated like moody teenagers. Give this one a try if you're a fan of the first Pokemon Movie scene where Ash dies.