Episode Info
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Episode number: 4x54 Production Number: Movie 4 Airdate: Friday October 11th, 2002 Director: (Unknown)
Writer: (Unknown) |
Recap
A young Sammy Oak is traveling through the woods one day, 40 years before becoming the prestigious Pokémon Professor he is known as. In this current era, he is nothing more than a Pokémon Trainer, wandering Johto as his future grandson and his grandson's rival will later do. Getting a piece of bread from a young woman before he enters deeper into the forest, Sammy is warned by her that there are very rare Pokémon in the forest. Sammy thanks her for the bread, and continues into the deep woods, unaware that elsewhere in the same forest, a Celebi is being chased down by a Pokémon Hunter who wishes to capture it using his Scyther and his Houndoom. The Celebi, the man, and the young Oak soon come in contact with one another, and Sammy protects the Celebi from the man, who reveals himself to be a poacher of rare Pokémon. Celebi is still worried, however, and in pain, and teleports itself as well as the young Sammy ahead in time. ..Read the full recap
Episode Notes
According to promotional maps, Arborville and the surrounding forest are located just northwest of Olivine City and the Johto Battle Tower.
This was the only Pokémon movie that featured an audio commentary with voice actors Veronica Taylor, Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart and Maddie Blaustein. It was also the last movie to feature an audio commentary with Michael Haigney and Norman Grossfeld.
Sammy Oak once did the same thing that Tracey Sketchit does in modern times: sketch Pokémon. This may be one of the reasons Tracey looks up to him.
Since the sketchbook didn't time travel with Sammy the first time, but did the second, the notebook Professor Oak has at the end is 80 years old.
This movie causes a causal loop and a grandfather paradox. If Sammy was 40 years ahead of time in the future, how could his present self have given Ash his Pikachu, or caused Ash to go out on his journey with a Pokémon at all, if there was any doubt of him getting back? As well, could Ash have only gotten his Pikachu because Oak thought ahead in the beginning to capture a Pikachu specifically for him, after that adventure? As most trainers do not have more than one starter Pokémon, and Sammy clearly saw Ash's Bayleef, knowing that he would be recieving a Pokémon from him, as Ash grew up, would have caused Oak to either go with the Johto starters or to capture the Pikachu that would become Ash's ahead of time. As the latter, rather than the former, was the case, perhaps this is exactly what happened.
On the cover, Suicune is standing in a similar pose to its official art and it seems like Ash is standing on it, however the pose of Suicune would make it nearly impossible as he was shown standing on its neck
The events depicted in this movie may have influenced the GameCube games Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. Vicious had Dark Balls which corrupted Pokémon captured in them. These dark Pokémon were probably a precursor to Shadow Pokémon. Also, Celebi plays a key role in both these games and the movie.
This is the third Pokémon movie to air on Toon Disney. Jirachi: Wish Maker and Destiny Deoxys were the first two.
Like the three movies before it, Porygon makes an appearance at the beginning of the film.
Episode Goofs
While everyone is crying after Celebi "dies," when the camera pans onto Misty, we see her hair is down, but the next second it was up again.
Tracey was seen in the background during Ash's first conversation with Professor Oak in the Japanese version. 4Kids cut this 43-second scene from the dub and replaced it with the same one, only without Tracey in it.
The 45-second scene of Sammy returning home to his own time and being greeted by Diana's grandmother is removed from the English version.
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