History Anime / PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea

With a feature running for 1 hour and 45 minutes, it is currently the longest Anime/{{Pokemon}} movie made-to-date.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* BareYourMidriff: Lizabeth.

%%* TeamPet: The performing family's Buizel.

%%* TotalEclipseOfThePlot

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The manga's take on the Sea Temple DreamSequence has May in the nude. Thankfully, BarbieDollAnatomy is much in effect, even in the original Japanese; there is no risque detail whatsoever (think the [[{{Bowdlerize}} Bowlderized]] Anime/SailorMoon transformation sequences) which probably helped get it past Viz's radar.

* TheAce: Jack Walker. Probably a requisite of being a Pokémon Ranger.

* AnachronicOrder: A dub only example: the film premiered in America in April 2007, a month after the ''Advanced Generation'' series had concluded on ''Cartoon Network''.

* BigBrotherInstinct: One of Ash's fiercest instances towards May during the climax, placing her, Pikachu and Manaphy into a seal proof tank to reactivate the temple alone.

* BrickJoke: When Jack climbs on a boulder while fighting Phantom, Phantom proceeds to toss the boulder like it's made out of styrofoam. Jack, understandably impressed, asks Phantom if he takes vitamins. [[spoiler: When Phantom's SuperStrength turns out to be from some sort of power suit, Jack comments that he "didn't think a guy like that took vitamins."]]

* ADayInTheLimelight: May, as the movie focuses on her friendship with Manaphy, similarly to how the sixth focused on Max and Jirachi.

* [[LastOfHisKind Last of her Kind]]: Lizabeth, one of the descendants of the "People of the Water."

** This movie practically advertises the Manaphy event in ''VideoGame/PokemonRanger'' and, subsequently, ''VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl''.

* NonIndicativeName: Compared to the Popular belief, Manaphy isn't technically royalty at all to begin with. Many Humans in the ''Pokémon'' universe call Manaphy "Prince of the Sea", likely because it was rare.

* ConspicuousCG: Even more so than the movies usually go. One of the [[Creator/PolygonPictures studios]] responsible would later do similar work in ''Anime/TheSkyCrawlers'' and also work on ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime''.

* FanficMagnet: Manaphy after the end of the movie.

''Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea'', or known in Japan as ''[[ColonCancer Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation the Movie: The Pokémon Ranger and Prince of the Sea: Manaphy]]'', is the 9th Pokémon film to be released, and is the last film for the ''Advanced'' era of the series.

* {{Swallowed Whole}}: In the ending of climax, Team rocket has been swallowed by Wailord, in the dark.

* TalkLikeAPirate: Mercifully averted. Instead, he [[ShoutOut talks like]] [[Film/TheGoodTheBadAndTheUgly Tuco Ramirez]].
* TeamPet: The performing family's Buizel.

* TotalEclipseOfThePlot

* Swallowed Whole: In the ending of climax, Team rocket has been swallowed by Wailord, in the dark.

* MythologyGag: in order to stop Team Rocket from escaping with the Manaphy egg, Jackie captures a Fearow, alluding to one of the leaders of the Pokémon Rangers in the first game, who has Fearow as his signature Pokémon.

* ShoutOut: Among other things, Jackie's {{flashback}} shows him wearing [[Manga/PokemonSpecial Gold's]]/[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Ethan's]] clothes.

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[[caption-width-right:230:The seas 'cross over' with the Ranger of Pokemon.]]


''Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea'', or known in Japan as ''[[ColonCancer Pocket Monsters Advanced Generation the Movie: The Pokémon Ranger and Prince of the Sea: Manaphy]]'', is the 9th Pokemon film to be released, and is the last film for the ''Advanced'' era of the series.

* NonIndicativeName: Compared to the Popular belief, Manaphy isn't technically royalty at all to begin with. Many Humans in the Pokemon universe call Manaphy "Prince of the Sea", likely because it was rare.

* AmbiguousGender: Manaphy, despite it being named "The Prince of The Sea," which may lean towards a male.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Meowth says that Diamond and Pearl would be great names for games. Later on, when Jessie repeats "Diamonds and Pearls," Meowth says they should get through the season first.

* AmbiguousGender: Manaphy, despite it being named "The Prince of The Sea", which may lean towards a male.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Meowth says that Diamond and Pearl would be great names for games. Later on, when Jessie repeats "Diamonds and Pearls", Meowth says they should get through the season first.

* {{Imprinting}}: May is holding the Manaphy egg when it hatches, so the baby Manaphy considers her to be its mother for the rest of the movie.

* [[LastofhisKind Last of her Kind]]: Lizabeth, one of the descendants of the "People of the Water."

** May's "kamo" was only heard in Japanese, whereas "sweetie" and "happy" was only heard in English.

* ChekhovsBoomerang: Heart Swap. [[spoiler:It becomes a defibrillator of sorts when Ash drowns, and later snaps TheCavalry water-types out of their confused states.]]

* GondorCallsForAid: Like ''Anime/{{Pokemon 2000}}'', only it's limited to water-type Pokémon, including ''[[OlympusMons Kyogre]]''. At least this time they participated in the final battle. [[CurbStompBattle Yeah, Phantom's crew is screwed]], especially once Ash and pals smash the sonar weapons that had been keeping the Water-types at bay.

* ShipTease: This movie tends to be a favorite of Advanceshippers (Ash/May) for the sheer number of hints present.

* DrivingQuestion: , Manaphy in question was questioned, "Why is Manaphy called Prince of the sea in the first place?!" Throughout the movie.
* DissonantSerenity: Manaphy was ironically happy to see Ash with Jackie's voice after it used Heart Swap in the Anime. It probably makes sense that Manaphy is too young to understand Danger.

* BittersweetEnding: The day is saved and the Phantom is arrested, but May & Manaphy still have to say goodbye.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Meowth says that Diamond and Pearl would be great names for games. He gets told to wait until next season.

* DissonantSerenity: Manaphy was ironically to see Ash with Jackie's voice after it used Heart Swap in the Anime. It probably makes sense that Manaphy is too young to understand Danger.

* DissonantSerenity: Manaphy was ironically to see Ash with Jackie's voice after it used Heart Swap in the Anime.

* IronicNickname: Manaphy is ironically called "Prince of the sea" throughout the movie [[NonIndicativeName when it's technically not
royalty at all.]]