#pokemon: secrets of the jungle

[weirdgirl92]

I just finished watching Pokémon: Secrets of the Jungle, and I never thought that it would get me to care about Zarude that much! 😭

[jadeazora]

Just sitting here, wishing they'd bring back the Pokemon movies. We only ever got the Zarude movie in Gen8 on account of the pandemic and that's definitely completely understandable, but I miss the movies, and the more detailed animations, the more stunning settings, and the occasional look at a new Pokemon they had.

(I wonder tho, if we got a new movie, if they would use the AU Ash like we'd gotten for the Gen7 movies/Zarude film, or, now that they've retired Ash from the main anime, if we'd get a Horizons movie instead?)

Also, special mention to these posters, they go hard even tho I dislike their movies (and one from the ok Arceus movie, but I could only find it in low-quality 😭):

[artifour]

he's a human, he's a pokemon, but he's also his father's son

[jay199817]

Meanwhile with Team Rocket

[crybaby-writings]

if i had a nickel for every time a child was adopted and raised by wild pokemon i would have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice

[teresiel]

Scenery from Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle (2020)

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3 (for the Ao3 wrapped)

[ ao3 wrapped ]

3. What work are you most proud of (regardless of kudos/hits)? [ How to Grieve in Nowhere County ] is near and dear to my heart. i feel like it's the best justice i could give kumatora as a character, after everything mother 3's writing left to be desired with her. it's also pretty personal - i was not-so-secretly pouring a lot of love for my own mom into this fic. the low numbers are fair and expected. 'cause for one it's a niche AU character study about a female character. and for two, nowhere county is definitely the densest my writing has gotten. it ain't a light read. the prose is jungly as hell & probably often hard to parse (intended to drive home kuma's tangled mess of grief, confusion, and dark thoughts. and the delirious resurfacing of lucas' trauma by extension. and the general funk & fog of being a teenager going through Some Heavy Shit!!). bigly one of those "i wrote this for me, but you can read it if you'd like" kinda fics. this one was cooking in my head since like early 2021. when i finally got around to writing it this spring, it was a really cathartic process, and i was beyond satisfied with the end result. peace and love on planet bear tiger.

[yuri-cosmos]

nah they evolved 😭😭😭

[minnesotamedic186]

Guess who just watched the Pokemon Tarzan movie-?

[princessbutler1316]

Koko (English Version) by Beverly

[rainnotliam]

Not related to Volo or Arven

Okay so I just actually watched Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle…. Yea it’s been a while since it came out but uh

Koko. Holy Arceus him and his ‘Dada’ (just thought Dada thought it was his name now since he never heard it without the a, maybe Koko yelled it while he was a child) are just, god I almost teared up while Koko was saving him. Like bro, and uh Zed or whatever his name was is a piece of absolute shit. Not cool to kill Koko/Al’s parents, damn. He left them to fucking explode.

If that movie wasn’t for younger audiences I’m sure they would’ve hung him.

But seriously, now I’m getting the urge to write Ash and Koko going on a journey together. Like, someone else had this idea (and I will absolutely credit them) though I had to go on a search to make sure my brain wasn’t just thinking about this alone. But I feel like it’s be cool for Ash to travel along with him. Koko just has so much character potential (not that he didn’t already have it) and I just want to write it!!!

Would anyone be interested in reading it? Once I get back on my feet of course, I just haven’t been this excited in a real long time, except Volo and those almonds… -cue background laughter-

I’d still write it anyway though, I just haven’t felt this motivated to do something in a while

[weirdgirl92]

Decided to do this poll all over again, since I forgot to include Secrets of the Jungle in there last time.

[jadeazora]

From the games: Ghetsis having N's Dragon in USUM. This man's Hydreigon could solo N's whole team, packing moves that were super-effective for each member. At best, N's life is constantly under threat by the Triad to keep the Dragon in line, but we all know Ghetsis isn't above murder. It's definitely possible he could have killed N and took the dragon as a trophy.

In the side series: aside from the implied people-boiling in Masters, almost getting executed by Dusknoir's pack of Sableye in PMD Explorers, all while your partner, who had looked up to Dusknoir and put a lot of faith in him, is pleading for Dusknoir to explain himself. You would have been literally shredded to death by Sableye's Fury Swipes. WHAT. THE. FUCK.

In the anime: Coco's parents getting run off the road by Zed and him leaving them to die in a fiery explosion, with getting away with it for almost a decade. He also thought he killed an infant. Honestly, the AU movies had been pretty heavy already between that one kid whose Luxray froze to death protecting him and the old woman whose Snubbull burned alive, but that just takes the cake.

Also, how Lysandre manipulated Alain into working towards "peace", only to reveal his vision of peace meant many people would die, and thanking Alain for helping him pull it off. Imagine being 15-16, and told you're culpable for genocide, despite being completely in the dark on what was actually intended. (Plus, it's clear that Alain had a lot of trust in Lysandre prior to all this.) No wonder the kid has a major breakdown after.

In the manga, several moments. There's Lysandre and Malva falling onto sharp rocks, ending up in a bloody pile, and for a while, I had assumed he had died from that until the full chapter release (a few years later) revealed he just took extensive damage to his spine. The entire XY chapter, honestly tho. Like, the way they play Flare for every ounce of paranoia the games missed out on. The kids never feel safe, and can't really trust anybody outside their little group. And even that gets tested later due to Essentia's holographic disguises.

Then there's Matt siccing his Sharpedo on Sapphire and Flannery, who are already drowning, apparently having gotten bored waiting on them to asphyxiate and deciding to make it a bloodbath instead. And Maxie burning Norman's corpse in front of Ruby, Norman's son. The RS arc is just about as bad as the XY arc in terms of trauma.

[fyterx]

Just finished watching Pokemon: Secrets of the Jungle. How is this a Pokemon movie

It's really good?? And it's a POKEMON MOVIE???

The problem isn't that it's the franchise, like ew, a Pokemon movie??? No, the thing is, usually they're just. Cookie-cutter movies with plots that blend into each other that were obviously made for a "quick" cash-grab.

It's not the case here.

This was the most unhinged, off-the-shits Pokemon movie ever released. It was amazing.

Go watch it if you haven't. If you have, go watch it again. Please. For Dada

[jay199817]

Team Rocket and Cramorant shenanigans

[fuckyeahpokemonmovies]