History Anime / PokemonVolcanionAndTheMechanicalMarvel

* DisneyDeath: Subverted. [[spoiler:Volcanion appears to die near the end, but is swiftly proven to be alive. Magearna itself undergoes a Disney Death of personality (''a la'' ''WesternAnimation/WallE'') at the same time.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: Also subverted. [[spoiler:Alva has this when Greninja destroys his jetpack. He lives to see the credits, though.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Alva becomes a young Prince Raleigh's mentor, educating him on arcane science. But all this was just to earn his trust and loyalty so that he could [[spoiler: get a hold of Magearna's Soul-Heart to power the fortress's laser cannon, without the slightest concern of Magearna's well-being.]]

* DamselInDistress: While it has no gender like most Legendary and Mythical Pokémon, the feminine-looking Magearna fills this role, and Volcanion is playing the KnightInShiningArmor by attempting to perform a rescue.

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Volcanion appears to die near the end, but is swiftly proven to be alive. Magearna itself undergoes a Disney Death of personality (''a la'' ''WesternAnimation/WallE'') at the same time.]]
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Alva has this when Greninja destroys his jetpack. He lives to see the credits, though.]]

* HumansAreBastards: Volcanion is a firm believer of this, to the point of completely ignoring the presence of Ash and company. Not surprising, given that it lives with Pokémon abused by humans, and it's a human who took Magearna for his own ends (for which it refuses to forgive humans).

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Team Rocket trio, being the scoundrels they are, at first ally themselves with Alva and his mission, solely in the hopes of finally stealing Pikachu. However, after Alva takes Magearna's Soul-Heart and dismisses the value of its life other than being a tool in his own plot, and Meowth hears Magearna's voice from within the Soul-Heart, the trio becomes horrified and disgusted by Alva's callous ruthlessness and turns against him, only for Alva to eject Jessie and James from his ship ''mid-air'' and take Meowth hostage to use as a monitor for Magearna's voice. The former two then spend the rest of the film trying to rescue their comrade from Alva, and at the end, when everything has been resolved, the trio watches in satisfaction for a while before slipping away unnoticed without bothering Ash, Pikachu, or anyone else.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Team Rocket trio, being the scoundrels they are, at first ally themselves with Alva and his mission, solely in the hopes of finally stealing Pikachu. However, after Alva takes Magearna's Soul-Heart and dismisses the value of its life other than being a tool in his own plot, and Meowth hears Magearna's voice from within the Soul-Heart, the trio becomes horrified and disgusted by Alva's callous ruthlessness and turns against him, only for Alva to eject Jessie and James from his ship *mid-air* and take Meowth hostage to use as a monitor for Magearna's voice. The former two then spend the rest of the film trying to rescue their comrade from Alva, and at the end, when everything has been resolved, the trio watches in satisfaction for a while before slipping away unnoticed without bothering Ash, Pikachu, or anyone else.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Prince Raleigh completely trusts [[ObviouslyEvil Alva]], even when he's clearly threatening Magearna not to react to Volcanion being frozen in his first scene and disagrees when Chymia warns him not to spend time with him. Ash calls him out on trying to calmly explain the situation to Volcanion even after he just froze him solid (in the Japanese version, at least. The dub version doesn't). He doesn't even question the extreme torture Alva's men inflicted on innocent harassed Pokémon and Ash! [[spoiler: It's not until Alva mercilessly rips out Magearna's Soul-Heart, carelessly disposes of its body, and then attacks Raleigh's sister, Ash and his friends, and all the Nebel Plateau Pokémon, that the prince finally sees Alva for the monster that he truly is.]]

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Team Rocket trio, being the scoundrels they are, at first ally themselves with Alva and his mission, solely in the hopes of finally stealing Pikachu. However, after Alva takes Magearna's Soul-Heart and dismisses the value of its life other than being a tool in his own plot, and Meowth hears Magearna's voice from within the Soul-Heart, the trio becomes horrified and disgusted by Alva's callous ruthlessness and turns against him, only for Alva to eject Jessie and James from his ship mid-air and take Meowth hostage to use as a monitor for Magearna's voice. The latter two then spend the rest of the film trying to rescue their comrade from Alva, and at the end, when everything has been resolved, the trio watches in satisfaction for a while before slipping away unnoticed without bothering Ash, Pikachu, or anyone else.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Volcanion decides to blow up Alva's fortress with him inside it to stop it from damaging the Navel Plateau. Despte this, [[DisneyDeath it lives]].]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Prince Rali completely trusts [[ObviouslyEvil Alva]], even when he's clearly threatening Magearna not to react to Volcanion being frozen in his first scene and disagrees when Chymia warns him not to spend time with him. Ash calls him out on trying to calmly explain the situation to Volcanion even after he just froze him solid (in the Japanese version, at least. The dub version doesn't). He doesn't even question the extreme torture Alva's men inflicted on innocent harassed Pokémon and Ash!

The nineteenth ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' movie, following ''[[Anime/PokemonHoopaAndTheClashOfAges Hoopa and the Clash of Ages]]'', and the final film for the ''XY'' saga of the anime, as well as the last film to date not to take place in an AlternateContinuity. As the title says, this movie stars Volcanion and Magearna -- the latter [[EarlyBirdCameo debuting ahead of]] its appearance in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''.

In many European markets and the United States, the film is premiering on TV, and in many cases is being packaged with the first two episodes of the ''Sun & Moon'' anime. In the U.S. specifically, this marks the series' move to Creator/DisneyXD on December 5, 2016.

* GrandFinale: For the ''Pokémon XY'' film saga, and since [[Anime/PokemonIChooseYou the next film]] takes place in a ContinuityReboot-slash-AlternateContinuity, this is also the final entry of the main ''Pokémon'' film series as it has been from Day 1. The only people that remain from this original continuity are Ash, Pikachu and Team Rocket.

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!!Tropes that ''Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel'' provide:

* BeamOWar: Near the end of the film, Alva decides to eradicate the Nebel Plateau and all its inhabitants with a WaveMotionGun powered by a despairing Magearna's Soul-Heart. [[BadassBystander Not ones to sit idly by as their home faces the threat of total annihilation]], multiple Pokémon living in the highlands [[CombinedEnergyAttack band together]] to try to prevent the laser from reaching its intended target, resulting in this. [[spoiler:While it looks like they'll eventually tire out and get wiped out in the process, Squishy/Zygarde pulls a BigDamnHeroes and assumes its Complete Forme to help the Nebel Plateau Pokémon successfully overpower Alva's attack.]]

** Having a suit that's suppose to cushion these impacts blow up and leave him in his underwear.

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Volcanion appears to die near the end, but is swiftly proven to be alive. Magearna itself undergoes a Disney Death of personality (''a la'' ''WesternAnimation/WallE'') at the same time]].

!! Tropes that ''Volcanion and the Ingenious Magearna'' provide:

* ChekhovsGag: Volcanion is allergic to the flowers Magearna can produce from its hands, resulting in a ''very'' violent sneeze. [[spoiler:When Volcanion collapses after apparently surviving the destruction of Alva's airship, Magearna calmly walks up to Volcanion and lets it get a whiff of the bouquet. Volcanion promptly sneezes, revealing it was simply fatigued and not dead like everyone thought.]]

* GrandFinale: For the ''Pokémon XY'' film saga, and since the next film takes place in a ContinuityReboot, this is also the final entry of the main ''Pokémon'' film series as it has been from day one. The only people that remains from this original continuity are Ash, Pikachu and Team Rocket.

* EndOfAnAge: This is the last ''Pokémon'' film to feature Kunihiko Yuyama as the main director and the final film set in the original series starting with ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'' in 1998.

* GrandFinale: For the ''Pokémon XY'' film saga, and since the next film takes place in a ContinuityReboot, this is also the final entry of the main ''Pokémon'' film series as it has been from day one.

The nineteenth ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' movie, following ''[[Anime/PokemonHoopaAndTheClashOfAges Hoopa and the Clash of Ages]]'', and the final film for the ''XY'' saga of the anime. As the title says, this movie stars Volcanion and Magearna -- the latter [[EarlyBirdCameo debuting ahead of]] its appearance in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''.

* ButtMonkey: The heap of abuse Ash suffers while stuck to Volcanion would probably remind us of his Original Series and/or ''Best Wishes'' days (and prepare us for his upcoming ''Sun and Moon'' days). To put it into perspective, here are some of the things he deals with:

* {{Expy}}: Alva is an ObviouslyEvil [[TheSociopath sociopathic]] megalomaniac who [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates a boy of royal position]] and does terrible things to Pokémon to achieve his goals, and he also carries a staff. Sounds a lot like [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Ghetsis.]]
** Also, his wealth, scientific ingenuity, and flying fortress calls to mind [[Anime/Pokemon2000 Lawrence III.]]
* FantasticRacism: In the grand tradition of the anime, Volcanion hates humans. [[spoiler:Also in the grand tradition of the animé, it gets over this by the end.]]

* RunningGag: Volcanion sneezing from Magearna's flowers.

* CorruptPolitician: Alva is a cabinet minister, looks ObviouslyEvil, and his Japanese name, Jarvis, is a few letters off from [[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]].

* AdaptationalWimp: Magearna is a powerful Mythical Pokémon which is a MightyGlacier with a unique ability called Soul-Heart that [[StatusBuff increases its already high Special Attack stat]] [[PoweredByAForsakenChild when a Pokémon faints]]. In this movie, Magearna is a DamselInDistress LivingMacGuffin so that Volcanion can represent a KnightInShiningArmor; and uses its [[SecretArt signature move]], [[WaveMotionGun Fleur Cannon]], only a single time to no avail.

* ButtMonkey: The heap of abuse Ash suffers while stuck to Volcanion would probably remind us of his Original Series and/or ''Best Wishes'' days. To put it into perspective, here are some of the things he deals with:

The nineteenth ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' movie, following ''[[Anime/PokemonHoopaAndTheClashOfAges Hoopa and the Clash of Ages]]'', and the final film for the ''XY'' saga of the anime (which also makes it the last to feature [[PutOnABus Serena, Clemont, and Bonnie]]). As the title says, this movie stars Volcanion and Magearna -- the latter [[EarlyBirdCameo debuting ahead of]] its appearance in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''.

The nineteenth ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' movie, following ''[[Anime/PokemonHoopaAndTheClashOfAges Hoopa and the Clash of Ages]]''. As the title says, this movie stars Volcanion and Magearna -- the latter [[EarlyBirdCameo debuting ahead of]] its appearance in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''.

* DemotedToExtra: Magearna winds up being sidelined in its own movie, as it doesn't go through much development like Volcanion does. Once Jarvis obtains its Soul-Heart, it becomes a mere object for the other characters to retrieve, and it isn't restored until the very end.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Prince Rali completely trusts [[ObviouslyEvil Jarvis]], even when he's clearly threatening Magearna not to react to Volcanion being frozen in his first scene and disagrees when Chymia warns him not to spend time with him. Ash calls him out on trying to calmly explain the situation to Volcanion even after he just froze him solid (in the Japanese version, at least. The dub version doesn't). He doesn't even question the extreme torture Jarvis' men inflicted on innocent harassed Pokémon and Ash!

* JetPack: Volcanion is able to use its arms as one to fly around. [[spoiler:Jarvis attempts to use one to get away once everything swings south, but is stopped by Ash-Greninja.]]

* LivingMacGuffin: Magearna (more specifically, its Soul-Heart) is the object of desire for both Jarvis and Volcanion.
* MacGuffinSuperPerson: Magearna has a thing called the Soul-Heart, and Jarvis wants it for it.

* MirroredConfrontationShot: One poster depicts the ''XY'' gang with their Pokémon on the left, and Jarvis and his army of Megas on the right.

* ShooOutTheClowns: In the third act, Jessie and James get booted out after having second thoughts over teaming up with Jarvis, while Meowth is tied up and used as a translator for Magearna.

The nineteenth Pokémon movie, following ''[[Anime/PokemonHoopaAndTheClashOfAges Hoopa and the Clash of Ages]]''. As the title says, this movie stars Volcanion and Magearna -- the latter debuting ahead of its appearance in ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon''.

* AdaptationalWimp: Magearna is a powerful Mythical Pokémon which is a MightyGlacier with a unique ability called Soul-Heart that [[StatusBuff increases its already high Special Attack stat when a Pokémon faints]]. In this movie, Magearna is DamselInDistress LivingMacguffin, so that Volcanion can represent a KnightInShiningArmor; and uses its [[SecretArt signature move]], [[WaveMotionGun Fleur Cannon]] only a single time to no avail.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Zigzagged with Volcanion -- while it's shown it must refill his water supply (and as such it doesn't generate water naturally like most Water-types), it is able to fire off more water than its body should logically be able to hold. And there's no way it should be able to get off the ground by expelling its own water, let alone fly around.

* CorruptPolitician: Alva is a cabinet minister, looks ObviouslyEvil, and is a few letters off from "[[Disney/{{Aladdin}} Jafar]]".
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Through Arcane Science, Alva has discovered a means to make several Pokémon Mega Evolve at once while bypassing the whole "bond with Pokémon" process. He could just patent all this and get rich of it, but as he already is a man of wealth and influence, he only thinks about using it for conquest.

* FantasticRacism: In the grand tradition of the animé, Volcanion hates humans. [[spoiler:Also in the grand tradition of the animé, it gets over this by the end.]]

* MagicByAnyOtherName: The movie involves "Arcane Science" which can be described as "magic, except we're not calling it that". Aside from creating Magearna in this continuity, it's also used by Alva to Mega Evolve multiple Pokémon.
* MagicStaff: Alva has a staff with the Mega Evolution symbol on it and a Key Stone embedded in it. Through [[MagicByAnyOtherName Arcane Science]], he can induce Mega Evolution in several Pokémon at once.
* MirroredConfrontationShot: One poster depicts the XY gang with their Pokémon on the left, and Jarvis and his army of Megas on the right.

* RunningGag: Volcanion sneezing from Magerna's flowers.