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Pokemon the Twenty Third Movie - Secrets of the Jungle
First off, could we GET a more generic title?
Deep in the jungle, apecatvine(?) Pokemon Zarude finds a baby human washed up by a riverbank and decides, against wishes of his tribe, to keep it and raise it as a Pokemon. The child, named "Koko", grows up speaking the language of Pokemon and having wild adventures. Unfortunately, when he meets the actual human boy Ash and his Pikachu, he's swept into learning about his 'real' parents and is forced to decide if he's a Pokemon or a human at heart.
Also there's a science corporation in town and they want to study the deep jungle in search of mysterious healing powers. Surely nothing can go wrong here.
Skwovet, an adorable poofy-cheeked squirrel Pokemon that spends all of its time being cute as hell and eating everything it can find. I feel a deep and abiding kinship with this creature and I love it dearly.
...? Oh. Uh, technically Zarude. Maybe technically Koko.
( SPOILERS )
On the whole... I liked this one a lot. I'm not usually here for Human Drama in my Pokemovies but this one felt like it was trying to establish a new main character and I was oddly here for that. Thumbs up.
Monkeyvinecat/10
Plot Summary:
First off, could we GET a more generic title?
Deep in the jungle, apecatvine(?) Pokemon Zarude finds a baby human washed up by a riverbank and decides, against wishes of his tribe, to keep it and raise it as a Pokemon. The child, named "Koko", grows up speaking the language of Pokemon and having wild adventures. Unfortunately, when he meets the actual human boy Ash and his Pikachu, he's swept into learning about his 'real' parents and is forced to decide if he's a Pokemon or a human at heart.
Also there's a science corporation in town and they want to study the deep jungle in search of mysterious healing powers. Surely nothing can go wrong here.
Primary Pokemon:
Skwovet, an adorable poofy-cheeked squirrel Pokemon that spends all of its time being cute as hell and eating everything it can find. I feel a deep and abiding kinship with this creature and I love it dearly.
...? Oh. Uh, technically Zarude. Maybe technically Koko.
Discord Log Quote:
[6:50 PM] DragonFriend: Theory: Jesse and James are "incompetent" as Team Rocket members, in the same way the Storm Troopers have terrible aim: It's by orders.
[6:54 PM] DragonFriend: they are able to literally survive when anyone else would die. So, they keep tabs on Team Ash, because Giovanni realized himself, this kid has something going on. He's been able to single-handedly confirm tens of unseen, truly legendary, or even never-known pokemon, and has a way of being in the middle of world-shattering events, and settles them Correctly.
( SPOILERS )
On the whole... I liked this one a lot. I'm not usually here for Human Drama in my Pokemovies but this one felt like it was trying to establish a new main character and I was oddly here for that. Thumbs up.
Final Grade:
Monkeyvinecat/10
