Ash Ketchum Celebrates Groundhog Day

Ash Ketchum Celebrates Groundhog Day is another upcoming Pokemon crossover film planned to be made by Shadow101815. It will appear on Dropbox in the near future.

Plot
During his nightly TV weather forecast on February 1, meteorologist Phil Connors (Bill Murray) confidently reassures Pittsburgh viewers that an approaching winter storm will miss western Pennsylvania completely. He then sets off with news producer Rita Hanson (Andie MacDowell) and cameraman Larry (Chris Elliott) for Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania to cover the next morning's Groundhog Day festivities. Phil makes no secret of his contempt for the assignment, the small town, and the "hicks" who live there.

On February 2, Phil awakens at his Punxsutawney bed & breakfast to Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe" on the clock radio and the declaration, "It's Groundhog Day!" He tapes a half-hearted report on Punxsutawney Phil and the town's festivities. Rita wants to stay and cover some of the other events, but Phil wants to return to Pittsburgh immediately. The blizzard—the one that Phil predicted would miss the area—resolves the issue by blanketing the region in snow, stranding them in Punxsutawney. Phil shuns the celebrations and retires to bed early.

Phil wakes to "I Got You Babe" and the same announcement from the radio, and soon discovers the day's events repeating exactly as before. Thinking it is a bad dream, Phil relives the day and returns to bed, only to discover when he wakes, it is still Groundhog Day. He discovers he is trapped in a time loop that no one else is seemingly aware of. Phil realizes there are no consequences for his actions, and spends the first several loops in rambunctious behavior, such as binge drinking, one-night stands, and reckless driving. However, Phil soon becomes depressed being stuck in the loop, leading to him to find ways to commit suicide to end the loop, including electrocuting himself with a toaster in a bathtub, and stealing Punxsutawney Phil and driving off a cliff. Even with his apparent deaths, he still wakes up to "I Got You Babe" on February 2.

Phil tries to explain his situation to Rita, for whom he has feelings. To demonstrate his plight to Rita, he points out all the trivial actions of the various townsfolk he has memorized due to being stuck in the loop. Rita takes sympathy and they spend the entirety of one loop together, ending up falling asleep on Phil's bed that night. However, Phil still wakes up alone at the start of February 2. He decides to use his knowledge of the day's events to try to better himself and the lives of the townsfolks. Over many loops, he learns how to play the piano, sculpt ice, and speak French. After witnessing the death of a homeless man that could have been prevented, he also plans out actions through the day to avert this and other accidents and disastrous situations that otherwise would have occurred.

Ultimately, on one loop, Phil eagerly attends the Groundhog Day festivities, and gives a very eloquent report that causes all of the other news-stations to turn their cameras to him, amazing Rita. Phil and Rita spend the rest of the day together, with Phil impressing her with his apparent overnight transformation through his contributions to the festivities and helpful nature to the townsfolk. That evening at the town's Groundhog Day dinner-dance, she "wins" Phil with the high bid at the charity bachelor auction. Phil makes a beautiful snow sculpture of Rita's face, and tells her that no matter what happens, even if he is doomed to continue awakening alone each morning forever, he wants her to know that he is finally happy, because he loves her. They retire together to Phil's lodgings.

Phil wakes to "I Got You Babe" again, but finds Rita is still in bed with him, and Punxsutawney covered in a fresh blanket of snow; it is February 3 and he has been able to escape the time loop. As they walk out together and marvel at the peaceful, beautiful town, Phil comments to Rita that they should live there—but will rent to start.

Trivia

 * Delia Ketchum, Professor Oak, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Scrappy-Doo, Remy the Rat, Emile, Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid, Stormfly, Fishlegs, Meatlug, Snotlout, Hookfang, Ruffnut and Tuffnut, Barf and Belch, Gobber the Belch, Tino Tonitini, Lor McQuarrie, Carver René Descartes, Tish Katsufrakis, Mario, Luigi, and Yoshi will guest star in this film.
 * Like in Pooh's Adventures of Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School (which features Groundhog Day as a segment), the H word will be replaced with the word "heck", all uses of God's name in vein will be replaced with the word "gosh", the word "crap" will be replaced with the word "crud", and all of the violence, brief smoking, and other content (including a brief detail about a waiter being a lesbian) will be removed to keep make the film not only appropriate for children, but also more G-rated, due to the Pokemon franchise being made for children.
 * The main reason why Scooby-Doo and the gang's real counterparts and Scrappy-Doo are guest starring in this film is because they will be absent in the Groundhog Day segment featured in Pooh's Adventures of Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School.
 * Groundhog Day was first released on DVD in 2001, the same year Pokemon 3: The Movie was released in US theaters and Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase was first released directly on VHS and DVD.
 * Groundhog Day was re-released on DVD in 2004, the same year Pokemon Heroes was first released on DVD and both Pokemon: Jirachi Wish Maker and Scooby-Doo and the Loch Ness Monster were first released directly on VHS and DVD.
 * Groundhog Day was re-released on DVD once again for its 15th anniversary in 2008, the same year both Pokemon: The Rise of Darkrai and Scooby-Doo and the Ghoblin King were released directly on DVD.
 * Groundhog Day was first released on Blu-ray in 2009, the same year both Pokemon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior and Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword were first released directly on DVD.