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

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

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)

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)

Continuity mistake: In Pikachu's Vacation, when Pikachu and the rest of his friends are pulling Charizard's head out, the rope that they use was not there during the previous shots.

Continuity mistake: When Brock looks at the picture of Nurse Joy, in the closeup of the picture Brock casts a shadow on it, but in the previous shot he didn't.

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

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Trivia: In Japan, the main character (Ash) is known as Satoshi, while his main rival (Gary) is known as Shigeru. These Japanese names were taken from two game designers :- Satoshi Tajiri (original creator of Pokemon) and Shigeru Miyamoto (one of the head game designers at Nintendo Co. Ltd) who are in reality good friends, for it was Miyamoto who pushed Tajiri's ideas to Nintendo CEOs and got the Pokemon game franchise started.

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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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