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* TheMovie: The feature film for ''Pokémon Black and White: Rival Destinies'' in the US, ''Pokémon Best Wishes! Season 2'' in Japan. In its maiden country, it was released in theaters while relegated to Creator/{{Cartoon Network}} and {{YTV}} premieres in North America.

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* TheMovie: The feature film for ''Pokémon Black and White: Rival Destinies'' in the US, ''Pokémon Best Wishes! Season 2'' in Japan. In its maiden country, it was released in theaters while relegated to Creator/{{Cartoon Network}} and {{YTV}} Creator/{{YTV}} premieres in North America.
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* TheMovie: The feature film for ''Pokémon Black and White: Rival Destinies'' in the US, ''Pokémon Best Wishes! Season 2'' in Japan. In its maiden country, it was released in theaters while relegated to {{Cartoon Network}} and {{YTV}} premieres in North America.

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* TheMovie: The feature film for ''Pokémon Black and White: Rival Destinies'' in the US, ''Pokémon Best Wishes! Season 2'' in Japan. In its maiden country, it was released in theaters while relegated to {{Cartoon Creator/{{Cartoon Network}} and {{YTV}} premieres in North America.
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The film was released in Japan on July 14th, 2012. It aired in the United States on CartoonNetwork on December 8th, 2012 and in Canada on YTV on the same day. The English trailer can be viewed [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYkwF_x9BvU here]].

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The film was released in Japan on July 14th, 2012. It aired in the United States on CartoonNetwork Creator/CartoonNetwork on December 8th, 2012 and in Canada on YTV on the same day. The English trailer can be viewed [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYkwF_x9BvU here]].
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* {{Irony}}: In the games, the Swords of Justice are mentioned to be rather wary of humans, even disliking them entirely at one point. In the movies, they are known to fight for Pokemon ''and'' humans and seem to be alright with them. Kyurem, on the other hand, shows he isn't so fond with the humans.

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* {{Irony}}: In the games, the Swords of Justice are mentioned to be rather wary of humans, even disliking them entirely at one point. In the movies, they are known to fight for Pokemon ''and'' humans and seem to be alright with them. Kyurem, on the other hand, shows he isn't so fond of the humans (though this appears to stem solely from their continued interference in his efforts at getting a rematch with the humans.Keldeo).
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** The games show that Kyurem is only able to take on its Black and White formes after Kyurem absorbs Zekrom and Reshiram respectively. In the movie, Kyurem is able to change between these formes at will without the presence of the other two with absolutely no explanation as to how he can perform this feat.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Keldeo received one of these from Kyurem. Though he's able to put up a bit of a fight at first, Kyurem very quickly starts overwhelming and beating on him.

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* BigBad: Kyurem, the first true Pokémon BigBad in the series since 2001. [[spoiler:Ironically, he's not actually evil, just wants to finish the fight and test Keldeo.]]



* BigBad: Kyurem, the first true Pokémon BigBad in the series since 2001. [[spoiler:Ironically, he's not actually evil, just wants to finish the fight and test Keldeo.]]



* CurbstompBattle: Keldeo's first fight with Kyurem. Kyurem shrugs off everything he throws at him and beats the poor guy down with ease, even breaking his horn.

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* CurbstompBattle: CurbStompBattle: Keldeo's first fight with Kyurem. Kyurem shrugs off everything he throws at him and beats the poor guy down with ease, even breaking his horn.

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* AnimationBump: The anime already looked pretty good, but this cranked it {{Up to Eleven}}.

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* AnimationBump: The anime already looked pretty good, but this cranked it {{Up to Eleven}}. Eleven}}.
* AntiVillain: Kyurem, though YMMV on whether he's a type 3 (who only wishes to have Keldeo [[HonorBeforeReason finish his fight]] and will do anything to get that chance) or a type 4 (who has no villainous traits at all and gets set up as the DesignatedVillain simply because he's setting out to battle our protagonist).



* HumanPopsicle: The Swords of Justice get turned into this right at the beginning of the movie by Kyurem.

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* HumanPopsicle: The Swords of Justice get turned into HonorBeforeReason: Keldeo averts this right trope at the beginning start of the movie by Kyurem.movie. [[BloodKnight Kyurem is not happy.]]



* [[HumanPopsicle Pokémon Popsicle]]: The Swords of Justice get turned into this right at the beginning of the movie by Kyurem.



** ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: But when Keldeo does engage in the battle, this how Cobalion acts. All three are in agreement on this [[spoiler: in the second match when Keldeo is in Resolute form]].

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** ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: But when Keldeo does engage in the battle, this how Cobalion acts. All three are in agreement on this [[spoiler: in the second match when Keldeo is in Resolute form]].form. Even Keldeo himself refuses to have any intervention in his rematch]].
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* {{Badass}}: Kyurem. Not only the guy is known as the strongest dragon type in the world, but he backs it up by being an ImplacableMan up until the fight. [[spoiler: And even then, Keldeo ''still'' loses in the end despite going into Resolute Form]].

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* {{Badass}}: Kyurem. Not only is the guy is known as the strongest dragon type in the world, but he backs it up by being an ImplacableMan up until the fight. [[spoiler: And even then, Keldeo ''still'' loses in the end despite going into Resolute Form]].



* CollapsingLair: [[spoiler: Unlike most cases, Kyurem isn't a villain and wasn't defeated, but the combat causes the buildings to fall around and forcing everyone to leave. Kyurem proceeds to freeze the remainder of the buildings and creates a castle of ice for his new spot to chill out]].

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* CollapsingLair: [[spoiler: Unlike most cases, Kyurem isn't a villain and wasn't defeated, but the combat causes the buildings to fall around and forcing everyone to leave. Kyurem proceeds to freeze the remainder of the buildings and creates a castle of ice for his new spot to [[AccidentalPun chill out]].out]]]].
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''Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice'' (known in Japan as ''Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! The Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo'') is the 15th movie entry in the ''{{Pokemon}}'' franchise. It marks the anime debut of the legendary Pokémon Kyurem (as well as Kyurem's two new Formes introduced in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', Black Kyurem and White Kyurem) and the Legendary Musketeer Pokémon trio, consisting of Cobalion, Terrakion and Virizion with their charge, the eponymous Keldeo (as well as Keldeo's Resolute Forme, also introduced in ''Pokémon Black 2 and White 2''). The movie follows Ash, Iris, Cilan, and their Pokémon as they arrive in the middle of an arising conflict between Keldeo and Kyurem, coming across the other Musketeers in the process.

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''Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice'' (known in Japan as ''Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! The Movie: Kyurem vs. the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo'') is the 15th movie entry in the ''{{Pokemon}}'' ''Film/{{Pokemon}}'' film franchise. It marks the anime debut of the legendary Pokémon Kyurem (as well as Kyurem's two new Formes introduced in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2'', Black Kyurem and White Kyurem) and the Legendary Musketeer Pokémon trio, consisting of Cobalion, Terrakion and Virizion with their charge, the eponymous Keldeo (as well as Keldeo's Resolute Forme, also introduced in ''Pokémon Black 2 and White 2''). The movie follows Ash, Iris, Cilan, and their Pokémon as they arrive in the middle of an arising conflict between Keldeo and Kyurem, coming across the other Musketeers in the process.
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* VillainsActHeroesReact: Inverted. Keldeo (The Hero) starts off the plot by instigating a fight with Kyurem (The Villain... in this context).

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* VillainsActHeroesReact: Inverted. Keldeo (The Hero) starts off the plot by instigating a fight with Kyurem (The Villain... in this context).
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* NotQuiteFlight: Keldeo can use Hydro Pump to shoot water from its hooves to propel himself, except [[HowDoIShotWeb Keldeo's not so great at controlling it]].

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* NotQuiteFlight: Keldeo can use Hydro Pump to shoot water from its his hooves to propel himself, except [[HowDoIShotWeb Keldeo's not so great at controlling it]].
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* NoisyNature: Kyurem's roar has a bit of leopard's roar mixed in there.
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* GameplayAndStorySegregation: In the games, Keldeo's Resolute Forme is a purely physical change and doesn't make it any more powerful. In the movie, Resolute Forme is treated more like a SuperMode.

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** In fact, the human cast in this particular movie is almost small enough that you can count it on your hands.



* UnusuallyUninterestingSight[=/=]WeirdnessCensor: Kyurem attacks the gang twice in public: once on a train and in the city, where the former was showing people and the latter was swarming with Cryogonal. Additionally, Iris takes a blimp that was on a museum display for a ride to distract said Dragon while Cilan does the same with a train cart. '''Nobody''' apparently took notice a freaking legendary was roaming the City.

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight[=/=]WeirdnessCensor: Kyurem attacks the gang twice in public: once on a train and in the city, where the former was showing people and the latter was swarming with Cryogonal. Additionally, Iris takes a blimp that was on a museum display for a ride to distract said Dragon while Cilan does the same with a train cart. '''Nobody''' apparently took notice a freaking legendary was roaming the City. city, even after it goes so far as to wreck a few buildings and freeze over several city blocks.
** You'd really think that another (sort-of) legendary Pokémon showing up at a Pokémon Center with the crap beat out of it would at least attract a small crowd, or the attention of a local news station. Or if not that, than the fact that said Pokémon was ''conversing telepathically'' with a bunch of kids in public, in broad daylight, with ''other people present''. But '''''no'''''. All of this even manages to slip under Team Rocket's radar, somehow.
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* OneWingedAngel: Kyurem's Black Kyurem and White Kyurem formes.
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* {{Expy}}: The Swords of Justice in the movie really draw comparisons to ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', especially when the members cross their swords and recite a motto that all but says "All for one and one for all".

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* {{Expy}}: The Swords of Justice in the movie really draw comparisons to ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', especially when the members cross put their swords and recite a motto that all but says "All for one and one for all".''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers''-based inspiration into practice here.
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* HumanFocusedAdaptation: Inverted! Unlike most other ''Pokémon'' movies, which tend to focus on the human characters (the [[PokemonTheMovieBlackAndWhite previous movie]] being a prime example), this movie mostly focuses on the Pokémon - just check out how many tropes on this page are about the conflict between Kyurem and Keldeo.

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* TheCameo: Team Rocket doesn't meddle in the plot at all in this movie, only getting some short scenes without any dialogue.
* Two Trainers named Kanata and Misaki get one in the Roshan City Pokemon Center where they battle each other. Despite having names and official artwork, they contribute absolutely nothing to the movie; not even a single line.

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Team Rocket doesn't meddle in the plot at all in this movie, only getting some short scenes without any dialogue.
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* AllThereInTheManual: A Japan-only pamphlet reveals the abandoned mine where Kyurem lives in to be named Full Court. This is never stated in the actual movie.


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* Two Trainers named Kanata and Misaki get one in the Roshan City Pokemon Center where they battle each other. Despite having names and official artwork, they contribute absolutely nothing to the movie; not even a single line.
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* WeaponStomp: [[spoiler: How Kyurem wins his second battle against Keldeo, by bringing his foot down on the latter's horn, referred to as Keldeo's sword.]]

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* {{Animation Bump}}: The anime already looked pretty good, but this cranked it {{Up to Eleven}}.

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* {{Animation Bump}}: AnimationBump: The anime already looked pretty good, but this cranked it {{Up to Eleven}}.



* [[ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding Conveniently Empty City]]: Aside from Nurse Joy, there is ''nobody'' shown in the city Kyurem attacks.

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* [[ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding Conveniently Empty City]]: ConvenientlyEmptyBuilding: Aside from Nurse Joy, there is ''nobody'' shown in the city Kyurem attacks.



* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:Keldeo's Resolute Form and Secret Sword attack. Unlike most cases, this merely even the odds instead of makes beating Kyurem a cakewalk.]]
* {{Expy}}: The Swords of Justice in the movie really draw comparisons to ''TheThreeMusketeers'', especially when the members cross their swords and recite a motto that all but says "All for one and one for all".

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* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:Keldeo's Resolute Form and Secret Sword attack. Unlike most cases, this merely even evens the odds instead of makes making beating Kyurem a cakewalk.]]
* {{Expy}}: The Swords of Justice in the movie really draw comparisons to ''TheThreeMusketeers'', ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'', especially when the members cross their swords and recite a motto that all but says "All for one and one for all".



* HumanPopsicle: The Swords of Justice get turned into this right at the beginning of the movie by Kyurem.



* TheMovie: The feature film for ''Pokémon Black and White: Rival Destinies'' in the US, ''Pokémon Best Wishes! Season 2'' in Japan. In its maiden country, it was released in theaters while relegated to {{Cartoon Network}} and {{YTV}} premieres in North America.



* [[HumanPopsicle Pokemon Popsicle]]: The Swords of Justice get turned into this right at the beginning of the movie by Kyurem.



* {{The Movie}}: The feature film for ''Pokémon Black and White: Rival Destinies'' in the US, ''Pokémon Best Wishes! Season 2'' in Japan. In its maiden country, it was released in theaters while relegated to {{Cartoon Network}} and {{YTV}} premieres in North America.
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* BadassAdorable: Keldeo.
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* [[Animation Bump]]: The anime already looked pretty good, but this cranked it [[Up to Eleven]].

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* TheCameo: Team Rocket doesn't meddle in the plot at all in this movie, only getting some short scenes without any dialogue.



* [[spoiler:KnowWhenToFoldEm: Keldeo yields when his rematch against Kyurem leaves him on the ropes.]]



* SuperPersistentPredator: Kyurem is hunting down Keldeo and is willing to go to the ends of the Unova region.

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* SuperPersistentPredator: Kyurem is hunting down Keldeo and is willing to go to the ends of the Unova region.region to do it.



* UnusuallyUninterestingSight / WeirdnessCensor: Kyurem attacks the gang twice in public: once on a train and in the city, where the former was showing people and the latter was swarming with Cryogonal. Additionally, Iris takes a blimp that was on a museum display for a ride to distract said Dragon while Cilan does the same with a train cart. '''Nobody''' apparently took notice a freaking legendary was roaming the City.

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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight / WeirdnessCensor: UnusuallyUninterestingSight[=/=]WeirdnessCensor: Kyurem attacks the gang twice in public: once on a train and in the city, where the former was showing people and the latter was swarming with Cryogonal. Additionally, Iris takes a blimp that was on a museum display for a ride to distract said Dragon while Cilan does the same with a train cart. '''Nobody''' apparently took notice a freaking legendary was roaming the City.

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* [[BadassInDistress Badasses In Distress]]: The Musketeer Trio are held in a frozen prison for most of the movie.



* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Swords of Justice as follows: Keldeo is Choleric, Terrakion is Sanguine, Virizion is Phlegmatic, and Cobalion is Melancholic.

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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: The Swords of Justice as follows: Keldeo [[HotBlooded Keldeo]] is Choleric, Terrakion [[BoisterousBruiser Terrakion]] is Sanguine, Virizion [[TheSmartGuy Virizion]] is Phlegmatic, and Cobalion [[TheLeader Cobalion]] is Melancholic.


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* HeroicSecondWind: [[spoiler: Keldeo when he goes into Resolute form]].


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** ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: But when Keldeo does engage in the battle, this how Cobalion acts. All three are in agreement on this [[spoiler: in the second match when Keldeo is in Resolute form]].
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* VillainsActHeroesReact: Inverted. Keldeo (The Hero) starts off the plot by instigating a fight with Kyurem (The Villain... in this context).
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Early on, Cobalion implied they were intending to fight Kyurem sooner or later and sounded like there might have been some reason. It was uncertain if this was part of their duty as Swords of Justice and wasn't touched upon as to why it was Kyurem that Keldeo was to fight.

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