Pokemon: the First Movie
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Continuity mistake: When Mewtwo says that they stood as equals, Giovanni's right hand is five centimetres away from the nearest pole to the left of him, but in the next shot, it is one centimetre away. (00:08:20)

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Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Factual error: When New Island's reflection is in a window on Giovanni's helicopter, it is not reversed. (00:15:19)

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Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Other mistake: When Giovanni says, "Learn to use them to accomplish your purpose," Mewtwo's left arm is missing. Also, there are no cables connected to the back of the left shoulder piece of its armour, but in the next shot, there are. (00:17:03)

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Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When first showing a closeup of Ash, a plate next to the centre of the table goes from present to absent. (00:21:19)

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Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Revealing mistake: When Mewtwo is first seen in a tower, its right hand and the upper half of a woman's body are translucent with the screen showing through them. (00:25:56)

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Other mistake: When Dragonite begins flying upward for the first time, its antennae are missing briefly. (00:26:11)

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Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Other mistake: When Ash and friends enter the ferry terminal, the inner part of a Raichu's left ear is mistakenly coloured brown instead of yellow. Also, the boy thinking about something has a yellow shirt which turns white in the next shot. Additionally, the boy across from him has a white shirt, but in the next shot, it is blue. (00:30:01)

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Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Officer Jenny speaks after Fergus puts his right foot forward, the clothes and accessories of some people change. (00:31:08)

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Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Ash & co. are in the boat with Team Rocket (who's dressed as Vikings), watch Brock's shirt sleeve (The one away from Misty) when Misty puts Togepi inside her knapsack. It goes from a dark orange to green (the same color as Brock's vest) for a few frames before turning back. (00:33:26)

Character mistake: One of the other trainers said he rode over on a Pidgeotto, but it was a Pidgeot. (00:40:07)

Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Ash says, "Wow!" the bowl of fruit changes as well as a cup changing from being on right of it to the left of it. (00:40:25)

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Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Fergus goes to Gyarados after Mewtwo reflects its Hyper Beam, you can see the back of a Nidoking, but Fergus has a Nidoqueen. (00:43:23)

Other mistake: Meowth calls one particular Pokémon in the test tube-thing a Sandshrew, however it is a Sandslash. This is a dubbing error, as Nyasu (Meowth's Japanese name) correctly identifies the Pokémon as a Sandopan (Sandslash's Japanese name) in the original Japanese version. (00:58:26)

Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Other mistake: In the retyped ending credits of the English dub, one of the sections is titled "Main Title Animation - 'MewTwo Strikes Back'", but incorrectly formats Mewtwo as 'MewTwo'. Shortly after, under 'Japan Production', OLM, Inc. and Shogakukan Production Co., Ltd. are credited twice. (01:11:19)

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Pokemon: the First Movie mistake picture

Other mistake: In the retyped ending credits of the English dub, one of the sections is titled 'Chief Animatior', but spells animator as 'animatior'. Shortly after, Anime World is spelled as 'Animaworld'. (01:12:46)

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James: Who's that Pokémon?

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Trivia: The "fighting is wrong" moral ending exists only in the American version. In the original Japanese, the ending was that Mewtwo accepted it could be a proper Pokemen in spite of having been brought to life by humans, because Ash (Satoshi in the original Japanese) is still a proper human in spite of just having been brought (back) to life by the other pokemon.

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Question: Does Missingno, the infamous "Pokemon 000" glitch in Pokemon Red/Green (Red/Blue in the states) appear in this movie?

Answer: That is not a real pokemon, so no.

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