Headscratchers / Pokémon 2000

• How could Lawrence III not know that his actions would cause The End Of The World As We know It? He had that stone plate with the legend on it and he knew the legend. It's hard to not think he is evil instead of a total egomaniac.
  • Well, he could have regarded it as just legend, you know. Myths that aren't true.
  • He comes across (to me at least) as the type who's oblivious to everything that doesn't directly affect him. In that sense, he is a total egomaniac, with the added bonus that he had no idea that he was doing anything wrong.
  • He thinks that he is the chosen one mentioned in the legend and that capturing Lugia will be taming the beast of the sea, he probably assumed that once he caught Lugia the weather would stop but of course the legend really meant Ash taming the underwater current.
• Is there any reason why Ash didn't give Prof. Oak the GS Ball when he met up with him at the end of the movie?
  • It's likely they forgot about it given the circumstances, and Oak does run off again very quickly.
• Melody says Misty's name without being told what it is.
  • Maybe Misty and Melody met before?
  • She could have heard of Misty, since she used to be a gym leader iirc.
• Although they survived the fall anyway, why didn't James try to use his Weezing to slow down their fall? Weezing has been shown to be quite large and can float/levitate. James could've brought him out and have the three of them grab onto the poison gas Pokémon to slow down their fall a little at least. Makes me wonder why they never did so every time they blasted off either.
  • Considering that we rarely see the actual moment of landing, maybe they do use Koffing/Weezing as a cushion at this point and we just don't see it?
• Why were Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy of all characters absent? You would think with the Orange Islands season of the anime taking place around the same time as the movie that they would appear. But that doesn't seem to be the case here, so what's the reason for them being absent from this movie?

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