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Pokémon 3: The Movie: Spell of the Unown: Entei (simply Pokémon 3: The Movie or Spell of the Unown: Entei) is the third Pokémon movie and the first Gold and Silver era movie. It debuted in Japanese theaters on July 8, 2000. It then made its way to North American theaters on April 6, 2001. It is also the last Pokémon movie to be written by Takeshi Shudō, who had been struggling with an illness during this time, and would retire from writing Pokémon movies afterward. Spell of the Unown: Entei was shown with the Pikachu short Pikachu & Pichu.
This was also the last Pokémon film to be released internationally by Warner Bros. Pictures until the release of Pokémon: Detective Pikachu in 2019.
Plot[]
When Spencer Hale, a researcher exploring the mystery of the Unown, disappears on an expedition, his daughter Molly is left alone in their mansion in Greenfield. Using tiles of the Unown sent to her by her father, she brings Unown into the Pokémon world, where their power can make real her dreams. When she wishes for her parents to return, however, she wishes her father as an Entei, and then for him to bring her a mother. When Ash Ketchum's own mother is kidnapped by Entei to serve as Molly's, Ash and his friends must journey into the mansion that has been warped by the Unown's power and Molly's wishes... but can they get to Molly in time to stop the Unown's power from warping the whole Johto region... or even the world?
Cast[]
| Character | Japanese voice | English voice |
|---|---|---|
| Ash Ketchum | Rica Matsumoto | Veronica Taylor |
| Misty | Mayumi Iizuka | Rachael Lillis |
| Brock | Yuji Ueda | Eric Stuart |
| Pikachu | Ikue Otani | |
| Togepi | Satomi Korogi | |
| Jessie | Megumi Hayashibara | Rachael Lillis |
| James | Shin-ichiro Miki | Eric Stuart |
| Meowth | Inuko Inuyama | Maddie Blaustein |
| Narrator | Unsho Ishizuka | Rodger Parsons |
| Entei | Naoto Takenaka | Dan Green |
| Spencer Hale | ||
| Molly Hale | Akiko Yajima | Amy Birnbaum |
| Lisa | Ai Kato | Lisa Ortiz |
| Schuyler | Hirohide Yakumaru | Ted Lewis |
| Delia Ketchum | Masami Toyoshima | Veronica Taylor |
| Professor Oak | Unsho Ishizuka | Stuart Zagnit |
| Tracey Sketchit | Tomokazu Seki | Ted Lewis |
| Officer Jenny | Chinami Nishimura | Lee Quick |
| David | Kōichi Yamadera | Peter R. Bird |
Reception[]
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 21% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 57 reviews, with an average rating of 4.01/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "Critics say that the third Pokemon movie has a better plot than its two predecessors. This is not enough, however, to recommend it to those not already fans of the franchise." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 22 out of 100 based on 18 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A–" on an A+ to F scale.
External links[]
- M03 at Bulbapedia, the Pokémon wiki.
- Pokémon 3: The Movie: Spell of the Unown: Entei at the Internet Movie Database
- Pokémon 3: The Movie at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia