History Anime / PokemonTheRiseOfDarkrai

* MagicMusic

* RealLifeThemeTune: The Japanese ending theme, ''I Will Be With You (Where The Lost Ones Go)'', is actually a Norwegian song written by Espen Lind and Magnus Rostandmo. While it never gained any serious notoriety in Japan or the US before the movie, it peaked at 26th on the charts in Norway, and consistently made the charts for five weeks in the Netherlands. [[http://projectpearlshipping.wixsite.com/psdatacore/iwillbewithyou Its origins don't stop some fans from speculating about its meaning to the movie and PearlShipping, however.]]

* MissingTrailerScene: As usual for these movies. In this case, there was a scene of Ash ''riding his Pidgeot.''

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: Arceus, but you don't know that until the 12th movie.]]

* {{Badass}}: Darkrai. He's powerful enough to [[spoiler:battle a pair of OlympusMons to a standstill. The two Pokemon who are credited with creating time and space respectively.]]
** And, of course, Palkia and Dialga. It's to be expected coming from two pokemon who are both [[OlympusMons worshipped as deities of Sinnoh.]]
** BadassBaritone: Darkrai has a deep voice, too.

* HotGuysAreBastards: Baron Alberto.

* TheWorfBarrage: Darkrai, who has been shown to beat a whole crowd of Pokemon with just one of his attacks, can barely mark a scratch on neither Palkia nor Dialga.

This film borrows elements from the first nine films, from [[Anime/PokemonRangerAndTheTempleOfTheSea solving a puzzle]] to [[{{Anime/Pokemon2000}} using a song to calm the raging Pokemon and save the world.]] Some criticized the movie for being lazy for that, as well as the ending. Needless to say, overall, [[SoOkayItsAverage the movie was seen as okay, nothing too horrible, but nothing too good either.]]

* ChekhovsGun: the song Oración.

* BigBad: Palkia.

* BiggerBad: [[spoiler: Arceus, but you don't know that until the 12th movie.]]

* GilliganCut: After finding out Palkia was behind the strange occurrences happening around town, we have this:
--> '''Dawn:''' ''But that means Palkia is here!''
--> '''Brock:''' ''But where is that?''
--> (cuts to Darkrai)
--> '''Darkrai:''' ''HERE!''

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--> ''A legend is born...''

* BigBadDuumvirate: Baron Alberto, Palkia, Dialga, and Darkrai [[spoiler: at first.]]

* MilestoneCelebration: subtle, but the theatrical debut releases [[http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/10th_Movie_Commemoration_Set_(TCG) special trading cards]] related to the previous nine movies.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader: Ash
** TheLancer: Dawn
** TheBigGuy: Brock
** TheSmartGuy: Tonio
** TheChick: Alice
** TokenEvilTeamMate: Baron Alberto
** TeamPet: Piplup, Happiny, and to a lesser extent, Pikachu.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Darkrai. [[spoiler: He was only trying to warn the humans of the presence of Palkia, but everyone end up thinking that he's the bad guy.]]

--> '''Jessie:''' (after seeing Darkrai using Dark Void) ''That move was simply...LOVELY!''

* AndroclesLion: [[spoiler:why Darkrai was loyal to Alicia and Alice, because of the former's kindness towards him.]]

** MajorInjuryUnderreaction: When they do get hurt, it's usually this.

* [[PersonOfMassDestruction Pokemon of Mass Destruction]]: Palkia and Dialga. Their battle damages ''time and space itself.''

* RunningGag: Baron Alberto shouting into the air as the camera pans up to the sky or some other scenery.

** In the manga adaption, it's somewhat justified since she freaks out after they blow up the Alamos Garden.