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Fridge Brilliance
- Kodai is called the man who can see into the future. Look closely at his suit. On the front, it has a design of two arrows pointing in opposite directions — representing the past and future.
- This movie is the first to feature Pokémon from Generation V, the "Black/White" generation. Who are its stars? A black-furred hero and a white-clothed villain.
Fridge Horror
- Kodai said that "no one would ever know what he did there that day" to Ash. At first, he seems just like a smug victorious villain... then you remember he's a homicidal monster that will not hesitate to kill someone. Yeah, that's right, Kodai, with a smile on his face, said he was going to kill The Hero, who's a kid. As if Kodai wasn't evil enough!
- This line in the English dub, which reveals that Zorua knows he is about to die and has completely given up fighting Kodai:"I guess there's no more time left for me."
- Kodai's Pokémon are insanely loyal to him. Doesn't seem that bad until you realize what the guy is. Given his murderous nature, it's very possible that they follow him because they're terrified of him!
- It was stated by Team Rocket's Pokémon waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the Island of the Giant Pokémon episode in early season 1 that there are no evil Pokémon, just trainers that use them for evil. Meowth seems to be the only exception to the rule, and his backstory has him trying to imitate humans to impress a girl, so it's fairly logical that his "evil" actions come from imitating humans and being True Companions with Jessie and James.
- The whole "there are no bad Pokémon" thing is more a parallel to how trainers raise their Pokémon like they were their children, and they learn morals from them. Oak has stated outright that they pick up personality from the people they spend time around (notice how Hot-Blooded all of Ash's Pokémon are, with the possible exception of Humble Hero Kingler who spent more time with Oak himself?) Presumably, Kodai's Pokémon have been with him long enough that they adopted their trainer's personality, developing sociopathic traits along the way. And presuming they've been with him for over twenty years, that's enough time for morals to be buried or completely killed off.
- At one point, Kodai claims that because he can see the future, he'll eliminate all obstacles in his path. Now, considering what kind of person he is, that seems a LOT more frightening.
- The finale has plenty of Nightmare Fuel on its own, but think about it. Zorua is a baby who'll have to live the rest of his life with memories of being tortured to near death and then watching his mother being electrocuted and dying right in front of him. And he is already a Woobie without the Fridge Horror.
- Kodai gives Zoroark a Disney Death at the finale, while that is Nightmare Fuel on its on, it gets worse when you realize he was aiming at Zorua. Zorua might not have survived as well as his "Meema"...
- It's lucky Celebi showed up to calm the enraged Pokémon at the park because otherwise, they most likely would have killed Pikachu, Piplup and Zorua out of anger of what Zoroark did to the city (Zorua didn't help matters when he told the Pokémon to get out of his way as he was trying to find his "Meema"...)
