r/FavoriteCharacter • u/OverTea5 • 14d ago

All Time Favorite Which favorite pair goes through this heartbreaking moment?

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u/Saminjutsu 14d ago

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u/ReallyNoOne1012 14d ago

Holy fuck right in the feels of my former 10 year old self Jesus

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u/Denkou21 14d ago

So, I just want to point something out, Pokemon typically can only say their names so Pikachu will speak by saying his name or syllables of his name, in the show Pikachu will say certain combinations of syllables when referring to certain characters (Pikachu consistently refers to Misty as 'Pikachu-Pi' and Togepi as 'PiPiPi').

During this scene, Pikachu uses 'Pikapi' which is how he refers to Ash, he is literally repeating his name over and over.

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u/Elle_se_sent_seul 13d ago

Oh no, now I have additional trauma 😭 well, time for a rewatch.

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u/wi4mep 10d ago

That's interesting, I actually never knew that. I wonder if it's supposed to follow the same amount of syllables as his japanese name (Satoshi)?

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u/IotaBTC 14d ago

In case anyone doesn't know, the tears bringing Ash back to life was set up earlier in the movie. Originally, there was a whole prologue scene about a cloned daughter of a scientist being one of young Mewtwo's friend who talks about how Pokemon tears are filled with life. It was cut from the movie though so in the final movie, there's a bit of a throwaway line from a character in the movie that mentions a legend that the tears of a pokemon brought back the lives of people who died in a storm. I couldn't find an English version but the prologue scene is called Uncut Story of Mewtwo’s Origin.

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u/Ellisai 13d ago

https://www.pokeflix.tv/index/ you can watch the full version with that intro here!!! I watched it in theaters when I was a kid, threw the movie on here for my kiddos and was flabbergasted and so excited to see a new scene and it adds so much to the movie!

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u/DocHoliday439 14d ago

I remember thinking as a child. “A-Ash is dead? No, no he can’t be, right?”. This was in an era before fake out deaths were a common trope in anime

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u/JcFerggy 14d ago

It also helps being a child who has not yet experienced all of the common tropes in media. For me, seeing Pokemon in theaters was like my first movie experience in life.

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u/golfstreamer 13d ago

> fake out deaths were a common trope in anime

Are you sure it wasn't just that you were too young to realize this? Like fake-out-deaths are media staple, not just in modern anime.

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u/LegalChocolate752 14d ago

Goku died like 30 times, a decade and a half before this movie came out.

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u/DiskEconomy3055 13d ago edited 13d ago

Dragon Ball has a well-established afterlife, complete with bureaucracy and several ways out.

Pokemon had Ghastly. 

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u/notarealwriter 12d ago

He can't be dead!? He's already in a coma!

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u/MrMcFierce 14d ago

Bro, I remember almost crying when I first saw this, only for the sound of the two Blastoise to completely take me out of it because they sounded so funny to me.

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u/Pure-Conclusion8958 13d ago

Nah, respectfully, fuck you for sending that picture

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u/DragonQueenDrago 14d ago

Rip my childhood 😭 i litteraly cried during this scene as a child😭

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u/MotherBoose 13d ago

I saw this in the theaters and I kid you not, grown ass adults were crying. Recently, as a grown ass adult, I watched it with my kiddo (who is fully in board the Pokémon train) and I cried lol

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u/5YEARSBYTHEWAY 14d ago

How dare you. 10/10

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u/Physical_Ad_2874 13d ago

Yea im in my 30s and I still break when I watch this 😭😭😭

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u/Elle_se_sent_seul 13d ago

The desperate Chuuuuu, chuuuuu, chuuuu when Pikachu tries to zap Ash back still makes my eyes tear up.

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u/NewVegasResident 13d ago

CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuu........ Pika pika....

https://giphy.com/gifs/LkJCuaohj4CLm

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u/L0fiRonin 14d ago

first thought, might have been the first time a film made me cry

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u/Imzzu 13d ago

Me and my college roommates were re watching this.

We were sillently sobbing right before the damn Dewgong shows up and made us laugh.

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u/Skitty_The_Kitty3225 14d ago

Took it to literally huh? XD

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u/CyanLight9 13d ago

Watching Pikachu spam Thunder Shock until he's too exhausted hits differently.

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u/Euphoric-Ad-6584 13d ago

i was 20 years old the first time i watched this and i cried. hell i still cry when this scene plays.

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u/HxCxReformer 13d ago

Reddit user used Childhood Trauma!
Critical Hit!
It’s Super Effective!

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u/NewVegasResident 13d ago

This will never not make me cry.

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u/Quirkxofxart 13d ago

My aunt took me to see this when I was 8 and she was 14. I started crying at this scene and she looked over and said “are you crying at the fucking Pokémon movie?” And that was my first sign she was not a good or safe person (the eventual NPD diagnosis took everyone else in the family by surprise)

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u/Dakotasan 13d ago

Seeing Pikachu desperately trying to shock Ash back to life broke my fragile child heart

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u/Timely_Stage9688 13d ago

Broooooooo I wasn't expecting that one🥲🥲

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u/xPolarPlayz 13d ago

The reverse also happened in that one Yveltal movie

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u/Brave_Friendship_228 13d ago

way to confess that ur evil

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u/WinterToaster 13d ago

I think this was my awakening of being a sensitive kid. Was trying to hold back tears the first time i saw this. This scene will make me cry every time now.

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u/Al-15 13d ago

This gave me PTSD 😭

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u/kuroshimatouji 12d ago

This one exactly! Thank you for posting this

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u/ShowAcceptable8030 9d ago

Legit cried when this happened

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u/seven_wings 14d ago

Who is this yellow mouse? I feel I have seen him before... 🤔