History Anime / PokemonKyuremVSTheSwordOfJustice

''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 ''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.

* OffModel: There is at least one scene where Keldeo's horn is shown as being pointed after the tip is broken off. The broken horn seems to change lengths at times too.

* NoPronunciationGuide: The dubbers were seemingly unaware of the ColorfulThemeNaming among the musketeers, as instead of "Co-BALL-ion" (as in "cobalt") and "Vir-RIZZ-ion" ("viridian"), they're pronounced "Co-BAIL-yin" and "Vir-RISE-e-in".

* AnimationBump: The anime already looked pretty good, but this cranked it UpToEleven.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:Keldeo's Resolute Form and Secret Sword attack. Unlike most cases, this merely evens the odds instead of making beating Kyurem a cakewalk.]]

** Meanwhile, in English, Keldeo's voice is provided by Vic Mignogna, who is also responsible for the voice of a [[Manga/{{FullmetalAlchemist}} Certain Other Amputee]]

** Meanwhile, in English, Keldeo's voice is provided by Vic Mignogna, who is also responsible for the voice of a [[Manga/{{FullmetallAlchemist}} Certain Other Amputee]]

* CastingGag: In Poland, Keldeo is voiced by the same person who voiced [[Franchise/{{Naruto}} Naruto Uzumaki]]. This makes all the Double Team[[note]]Japanese name, ''kage bunshin'' (Shadow Divide) alludes to the ''kage bunshin no jutsu'', better known as the shadow clone technique[[/note]] make more sense.

* CastingGag: In Poland, Keldeo is voiced by the same person who voiced [[Main/{{Naruto}} Naruto Uzumaki]]. This makes all the Double Team[[note]]Japanese name, ''kage bunshin'' (Shadow Divide) alludes to the ''kage bunshin no jutsu'', better known as the shadow clone technique[[/note]] make more sense.

** All Pokémon up to Meloetta appear in the intro, including the otherwise ExiledFromContinuity Porygon (and evolutions [=Porygon2=] and Porygon-Z) and Kadabra.

** All Pokémon up to Meloetta appear in the intro, including otherwise not seen [=Porygon2=] and Porygon-Z.

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Swords of Justices' dislike of humans and their battles against them to protect Pokémon (as mentioned in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'') are whitewashed out here. In fact, the games never even call them the Swords of Justice.

* HonorBeforeReason: Keldeo averts this trope at the start of the movie. [[BloodKnight Kyurem is not happy.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Keldeo's told he isn't ready to fight Kyurem, but challenges him anyway. The end result is Keldeo's horn being broken, him getting [[CurbstompBattle easily beaten]], and the other Swords of Justice being frozen solid. This, in turn, results in Kyurem's rampage, as Kyurem becomes hellbent on finishing what Keldeo started.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: The English title opts for a bit more simplicity with ''Pokémon the Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sword of Justice'', changed from the original Japanese title of ''Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! The Movie: Kyurem vs. The Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo''.

* 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.

* {{Badass}}: Kyurem. Not only is the guy 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]].

* AdaptationalHeroism: The Swords of Justices' dislike of humans mentioned in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' is seemingly whitewashed out here.

* AntiVillain: Kyurem

** All Pokémon up to Meloetta appear in the intro, including otherwise not seen Porygon2 and Porygon-Z.

* 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.

* YouAreNotReady: Cobalion, Terrakion and Virizion to Keldeo about battling Kyurem.

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

* [[spoiler:TheBadGuyWins: Kyurem isn't exactly evil, but he did defeat Keldeo in his new form in the rematch.]]
* {{Badass}}: Kyurem. Not only is the guy 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]].

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

* [[spoiler: DefeatMeansFriendship: Even though he still won, Kyurem considers Keldeo a good opponent and leaves on good terms]].

** TheJuggernaut: Kyurem is one of the few legendary Pokemon in the movies that displays this in terms of sheer power and being downright unstoppable.

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

* MilestoneCelebration: The movie marks the 90th anniversary of Shogakukan, a manga-publishing company noted for having published a number of Pokémon-related materials in the past.

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

* 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, even after it goes so far as to wreck a few buildings and freeze over several city blocks.

* 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.]]

* [[spoiler: WorthyOpponent: Kyurem considers Keldeo this after the rematch]].

** 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. Even Keldeo himself refuses to have any intervention in his rematch]].

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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.