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"Celebi's Time Adventure" Full Synopsis
The movie begins in a forest (I cannot identify which one, probably Ilex) with Celebi flying away from something; it appears to be a Houndoom running after it. After a few attacks from the Houndoom, a Scyther joins in the game. This time a successful attack but Celebi easily blocks the blow with its barrier. Houndoom uses its Flame Thrower and Celebi instinctively uses its barrier again. But the force is too strong for Celebi to hold back and falls to a field of grass. A man comes up to it, saying to Celebi he's a hunter and picks out a device, which he throws at Celebi. Celebi dodges and flies away, Scyther and Houndoom after it.
Sammy walks towards a huge fallen log with a tunnel through it. A woman is calling to him. It seems to be Sammy's mom or sister (I'm not sure WHICH) and gives him a bread wrapped in a leaf. Sammy gives his regards and goes in the tunnel.
Later, Sammy is drawing a picture of three Bellossom but something scares them off, along with some other Pokémon. Sammy sees Celebi, then Houndoom and Scyther, and then the hunter. Sammy runs after them and finds Houndoom and Scyther, Scyther pinning Celebi down with it's arms. Sammy yells and tries to get to Celebi, but the Houndoom shoots a flame at him, in which Sammy dodges. Celebi cries out and vines tangle up the two other Pokmon and Sammy goes over to help Celebi. The hunter catches up and tells Sammy to hand over the Celebi. Sammy however just runs for it and stops at a shine-looking podium. Celebi cries out again and the whole forest starts to wave about, glowing blue. Sammy wonders what's going on and a bright light engulfs them, when the light goes away, all that's left is Sammy's sketch book.
((Title screen...))
40 years later...
Brock and Misty are in a port town, waiting for Ash, who is late for a boat ride. Brock sends Crobat to find Ash. Ash is, however, in a square area of the town about to fight another trainer. The trainer shows off his Croconaw and Ash uses Pikachu. The battle goes on for a while Pikachu ending shocking both the Croconaw and its trainer. Ash goes over to the trainer but Crobat comes and tells Ash to go to the boat. Ash goes over to the pier as fast as he can. Brock sees his Crobat and then Ash and him and Misty get on the boat. Ash is gets there, but is blocked by a cargo car. (The ones you see in the airport) When the car goes by, Ash notices the boat has started to go. He runs to a pier and attempts to jump to the boat. Brock tries to catch him, but misses, however another person catches Ash. They do the introductions, the person being Towa, a somewhat built tourist guide of the forest that's nearby.
Meanwhile, Bisashu pushes around the hunter from 40 years ago, asking about Celebi. Fed up with the answer, Bisashu goes outside to the hunter's collection of Pokémon. Noticing a Tyranitar, Bisashu tells his Sneasel to open the cage. Bisashu gets out a Pokéball, but it's no ordinary Pokéball, it's a Dark Ball. He tosses it at the Tyranitar, causing it to become black energy instead of red. The ball emits small purplish lightning and Bisashu throws it. The Tyranitar is somewhat different now, more evil... Bisashu orders it to destroy the hunter's home and it does without questions.
During the boat ride Ash notices Suicune, so does Pikachu and he says that he saw it, but the Suicune runs away as soon as everyone sees it. When they get to the destination, Ash calls Oak to tell him about Suicune, and obviously, Oak doesn't believe it. (Tracey is in the background) Afterwards, Ash's Muk stirs up some trouble and then hangs up. Towa gives them offers them a tour and Ash agrees. Jesse, James, and Meowth are observing them in a hang-glider pedal-propeller thing, but Jesse stops pedalling and sends them off to the ground. They come by a waterfall; he simply sets up a two balloons that's by the sides of boat. The boat/balloon makes its way to a treetop village and lands there. Ash and co. finds the same huge fallen log with the tunnel and tries to go in, when an old woman warns him of something. A young woman goes up to them, Brock immediately trying to flirt with her. Her name is Miku and she is the daughter of Maki, the old woman. Miku has a striking resemblance to Maki. Miku just says about what happened a long time ago.
The forest waves around and glows blue, Pikachu knowing what it is and starts running, Ash and co. running after him. They get to the shrine and see the light, Sammy and Celebi appearing there. Celebi flees off behind the shrine before Ash and co. figures out it were there in the first place. Ash tries to get Sammy up but he won't. Ash decides to carry him back to the village.
When they get back, Sammy wakes up, however his first impulse is Celebi. He intentionally pushes Ash around but Sammy comes to his senses and asks what happened. Miku comes out and her mom. Maki immidiately knows it's Sammy--but Sammy doesn't know it's Maki. They go to Maki's house and Maki presents Sammy's sketchbook. Sammy is amazed and flips through it--although he wonders about Celebi.
Pikachu again sensing something, goes out and back behind the tunnel, Ash and Sammy following. They come up to several fallen logs with a vine coming down. Ash and Sammy climb it and find out a lot of Pokémon has gathered up near a hole. Ash goes up to it and finds Celebi, although he's not as stunned as he saw the other legendaries. He tries to pet Celebi but Celebi on impulse uses a psychic attack on Ash, blowing him, Sammy, and the Pokémon nearly off the log. Ash, angry, quickly scampers up the log to Celebi and scolds at it, Celebi uses it's "Vine whip" on Ash and Sammy. Sammy is telling Ash not to be so harsh to it. Ash tries to talk to it again, both fending themselves from the vines. After a few nice comments, Ash again tries to pet the Celebi, this time Celebi trusting Ash. Ash and Sammy return to Maki's tree home and Mika tells them there's a lake that can help the Celebi since the water is pure. Ash and co. and Sammy go on to find this lake. They encounter the three from Team Rocket; in turn they say their motto. Wobbuffet happens to pop out in the end and breaks the branch they were on. Ash and co. uses this to escape.
Bisashu isn't going to give up on Celebi, he goes through the forest in a four spider-legged mech (as you will) to hunt it down.
While
searching for the lake, Ash just happens to run into Bisashu.
Bisashu demands Celebi or... face utter destruction. Of
course, everyone says no and Bisashu releases his newly stolen
Tyranitar. Bisashu orders it to attack and the Tyranitar
starts using it's Hyper Beam to go on a rampage against Ash
and them.
Jesse and James see Bisashu's mech and decide to attack it
themselves. James releases his Weezing to use Smoke Screen.
However they realize it's really Bisashu and they start doing
the "I'm not worthy" bow.
Along the way, Misty's knee is hurt and collapses on her knees. However this delay allows Bisashu's Sneasel and Scizor to catch up. Ash and Sammy prepare for the battle. Sammy gets out an old technological Pokéball. He turns a valve on it and opens it up, a Charmeleon comes out. Ash just simply throws his Pokéball containing Bayleef, leaving Sammy somewhat surprised. Bayleef goes after the Scizor. Bayleef uses Razor Leaf but the Scizor counters with Double Team and a slam to Bayleef. Bayleef tries again but again, Bayleef gets countered. Sammy tells Ash his Bayleef should focus on where it is. Ash tells Bayleef that and the Bayleef settles to figure it out. Figuring the location, Bayleef gives it Razor Leaf and the Scizor and it goes down in one blow. The Charmeleon however is having no problem with the Sneasel. It finishes it off with a quick slam to a rock.
Bisashu walks by the path Ash and co. ran by, noticing his two Pokémon tied up to a rock. He just laughs a bit and walks on. (How stupid... and the next part reminds me of Princess Mononoke by scenery)
Ash and them find their way to a foggy part of the forest, where they encounter a Ringuma and an Ursaring. Sammy tells the crew to follow it. The Ursaring stops and a Stantler comes by. They follow the Stantler until they come to a Sentret, which they follow to the lake. Sammy takes over and walks in the water until it's waste deep and let's Celebi touch the water. Ash notices that a lot of Pokémon has gathered up. Celebi then goes in the water to where the sunlight is good. Celebi is then revitalized and flies to them, happily. Ash and Sammy decide to follow Celebi as it goes underwater. Being human and all, Ash and Sammy run out of air and surface, Celebi following them using its psychic powers to allow them to float. Celebi goes over to Misty and touches her knee, which heals it and she is thankful. Then the two fly around with Celebi for a while. When Ash and Sammy went back to Brock and Misty, they decide to follow Celebi.
Celebi comes to a berry tree and picks a berry and eats it. Celebi enjoys it, so much that it dances around and the others pick a berry to eat, they too enjoy it. Ash gathers some for a later snack. After a day's work and play, the crew sets up camp in the forest. Ash wakes up in the middle of the night and spots Sammy sketching. Ash goes over to him to see what he's drawing. It's Celebi and Pikachu sleeping, Celebi sleeping on Pikachu's shoulder. Ash talks for a while but Sammy is somewhat disturbed and goes off somewhere, Ash following. Ash's stomach growls and he gets a little embarrassed. Sammy shares the bread he was given to Ash. (And they said it was good...) Pikachu wakes up from the voices of Ash and Sammy talking. Pikachu goes after them and Celebi slumps down to the ground, waking it up. Celebi goes to Ash and Sammy along with Pikachu and they find a cluster of Metapod, evolving. They gaze upon the new Butterfree and decide to climb up a tree for a better view. When they get there, the Butterfree are flying along the sunrise, releasing the sparkly powder. All of them enjoy the sight.
The next day, they go back to Mika's house. It just so happens that Bisashu runs into them and attempts to get Celebi again. However Jesse and James are there behind them with nets. Escaping is useless so they try to fight. Pikachu runs in for a Thunderbolt but a barrier deflects the bolt. Bisashu's mech uses its trapping device and grabs Celebi within two tries! (Ouch...) The claw like trap shocks Celebi into a good low stamina and Bisashu gets out his Dark Ball and… captures Celebi! Pokémon gather around and Ash is now totally mad at Bisashu and decides to climb up one of the mech's legs and fight Bisashu for it. Ash succeeds in only getting the Dark Ball but he falls to the ground and Bisashu comes. He steps on Ash's hand while he's still down but Ash gives up on it and faints. Bisashu laughs and releases the brainwashed Celebi, which he orders it to take care of everyone. Celebi uses it's Psychic to blow Ash and co. away, then rams the gathered Pokémon with its barrier. Bisashu orders something else afterwards and Celebi starts up a huge whirlwind that gathers up leaves and branches, and even sucks up Jesse. Back at Mika's home, Mika, Miku, and Towa notice the whirlwind, they all huddle up in Towa's boat/balloon.
Up upon the mountains, Suicune senses the danger and goes to the forest at top speed. This is the last resort...
Ash wakes up, acting like Sammy when he woke up. The others tell him that Celebi was caught and started making the thing Bisashu wanted.
Later, a huge floating spiked sphere of branches and leaves hovers towards the lake. The one who stands alone at the edge, Bisashu. Jesse is held captive in an opening, hanging from vines. Jesse obviously tries a negotiation but it ends in awe. Coming up to the target point, Bisashu has the core, Celebi, change the sphere's form into a Scyther looking thing. Celebi is tided down at the centre of the "head" surrounded by vines and a barrier; it seemed to have no expression on its face. (Trust me, you'd probably cry at what happened to it) Towa picked up Ash and co and they head for the...monster thing. As a test fire, Bisashu orders Celebi to fire at the balloon. However everyone notices that Celebi is in there, doing whatever Bisashu says. A orb or purple energy forms up at the mouth of the monster and then fires, blowing off only one of the two balloons on Towa's boat, sending it to the lake. Celebi fires another beam, but misses and hits the lake, causing the water to go impure. Celebi then controls the monster to go to the lake. Ash and Sammy stay behind while the rest try to get cover. However, what can they do? Ash tells Pikachu to use Thunderbolt but Bisashu jumps to a branch nearby. Bisashu, seeing them, has Celebi fire another beam. Celebi starts charging and fires but, Suicune rushes in to save the day, it picks up Ash and Sammy and runs off to safety. Bisashu, seeing it, also wants Suicune, he releases his Tyranitar and it starts its rampage. Brock, seeing this, releases his Onix to help. Onix distracts the Tyranitar while Suicune escapes. Onix gets pummelled however, so Suicune uses its Ice Beam and the Tyranitar goes down in one hit. Onix, still having some strength, sends Tyranitar flying to the lake. Brock returns it and the Suicune goes after the branch monster. However, vines grapple onto Suicune, shocking it with dark energy.
Ash and Sammy jump off Suicune in attempt to find and rescue Celebi. They miss however but Jesse catches them. They find an opening they could use and they start to climb the vines. They shout to Celebi telling it to stop. Celebi gets a flashback of when Ash and co. are flying with it and stops momentarily. Bisashu wonders what's going on, because Suicune isn't getting shocked anymore. Celebi starts up again, both yelling another "stop it" and Celebi remembers when Ash and co. are at the berry tree. Bisashu orders it to shock Suicune and again Celebi starts. They get to the top and try to get Celebi to stop again, Celebi remembering when they were watching the Butterfree. Finally coming to its senses, Celebi stops and the monster starts to crumble into the lake. When the whole monster is destroyed, Celebi, Ash and Sammy are floating. They float down to the lake's edge.
However, something isn't right about Celebi, it seems wilted. (Picture Celebi with wrinkles, not a pretty sight) Sammy tells Ash to try the method they did before. But the water is too impure. Sammy tells Ash that Suicune can purify water, so Ash tells Suicune to purify the water. Suicune hops along the water, purifying it with every step. Ash tries again, but it won't work. Ash then tries to give Celebi one of the berries he picked, but it just drops into the water. He tries again, and again, and again, finally he gives up. Celebi isn't responding, isn't moving, could it be... dead? Everyone lost all hope...
The forest
starts to wave and glow blue and a bright light shines above
the lake. A multitude of Celebi comes out of the light, using
their powers to help the "dead" Celebi. The original
Celebi is revived, happy to see its friends and then the
others go back to whereever they came from. Celebi goes back
to the group but... Bisashu appears from the water and catches
Celebi! Bisashu activates a jet pack and flies off, giving
that evil laugh of victory. Ash jumps onto his leg with
Pikachu, again trying to save Celebi. Bisashu tries to kick
Ash off, but Ash dodges and he tells Pikachu to use
Thunderbolt. Pikachu does and blows up the jet pack, sending
everyone falling. Ash tries to catch Pikachu... but he knows
he'll fall to his death. However Celebi stops him with its
psychic power and saves Ash. Bisashu falls into the forest,
trees breaking his fall. Coming upon Towa, Mika, and Miku, all
three having angry faces and Towa cracking his knuckles like
he wants to fight. Mika scolds at Bisashu for his stupidity.
However, the three aren't alone, dozens of angry Pokémon
gather around him. Bisashu tries to use Scizor and Sneasel,
but he left them where they were! Caterpie, Weedle, and
Spinarak uses their String Shot to trap Bisashu. When Celebi
came back, it opened up the time portal, so Sammy could go
back. Everyone says his or her goodbyes, Ash not willing to
part with a good friend yet.
Later Jesse is floating in the lake, James and Meowth coming to her in a small raft. While they argue, the Tyranitar jumps out of the water and breaks the raft. The three just decide to float there.
Sammy wakes up in front of the shrine, Celebi nowhere to be seen. Mika runs up to him and asks if he was okay and so forth.
In the
credits...
Towa goes back to the town.
Tracey finds Sammy's sketchbook while cleaning up Oak's
home. He flips through it and finds the picture Sammy drew,
but Celebi seems to be faded out a bit.
Celebi spies on Ash and co. when they came back to the berry
tree.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q:
Can Celebi talk?
A: Nope.
Q:
Can Suicune talk?
A: Nope, just growling noises.
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