Pooh's Adventures of Pokémon The Movie: I Choose You! is another Winnie the Pooh/Pokémon crossover film to be created by 76859Thomas. It is a prequel to David Graham (aka BowserMovies1989)'s Pooh's Adventures of Pokémon: The First Movie. It appeared on Pandora.TV on August 11th, 2021. It was re-uploaded on Odysee on 5th September 2022.
Plot[]
Ash Ketchum wakes up late one morning after having broken his alarm clock in his sleep. He eventually makes it to Professor Oak's lab, but is told that the three starter Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander) have already been taken by Trainers who were on time. However, Oak reveals that he has one more Pokémon, an Electric-type named Pikachu. Despite its volatile and feisty personality, as well as its refusal to get inside a Poké Ball, Ash happily takes Pikachu for his journey.
Outside of Pallet Town, Ash encounters a Pidgey. When Pikachu refuses to fight it, Ash tosses a rock at it, but it hits a Spearow that mistakes Pikachu as the culprit. Soon, more Spearow show up forcing Ash and Pikachu to run. Injured and tired, Ash tells Pikachu to get inside its Ball, but it once again refuses. Instead, Pikachu defends Ash from the Spearow by summoning a large Thunderbolt that scares them away. As the storm ceases, Ho-Oh flies above and drops a feather called a Rainbow Wing. Ash and Pikachu decide to go and find the Legendary Pokémon.
After hearing the Legendary Pokémon Entei is nearby, Ash and several other Trainers rush into the woods to look for it. Ash finds the Entei, but ends up fighting over it with a Trainer named Verity and an aspiring young Pokémon Professor named Sorrel. When Entei escapes, Ash and Verity get into an argument and Sorrel leaves, telling them that they need to find shelter soon. As they look to find shelter, Ash and Verity find a Charmander, which they quickly learn belongs to a ruthless trainer named Cross who left it out in the rain.
Cross refuses to take Charmander back, calling it weak, and Ash and Verity are forced to find it shelter. They come across a cave where Sorrel happens to be and help Charmander back to health. Sorrel reveals that Ho-Oh only gives the Rainbow Wing to the "rainbow hero" who is destined to fight it, as a shadow Pokémon named Marshadow watches. The next morning, Ash convinces Charmander to join them. The group follows the Rainbow Wing, which guides them towards the Raizen Mountain Range, to meet Ho-Oh. Charmander evolves into Charmeleon. Verity sees a Suicune at a nearby lake. Cross returns and challenges Ash's Charmeleon with his Incineroar. Charmeleon is savagely defeated, causing Ash much grief.
Upset over his loss, Ash openly admits that he could have won with Pikachu and later states that he wished he had gotten Bulbasaur or Squirtle. Alone in the woods, Marshadow puts Ash in a sleep-like state as the Rainbow Wing turns dark. Ash has a dream where no Pokémon exist and he attends regular school with Verity and Sorrel. Realizing something is missing, he remembers Pikachu and wakes up to his friends, and the Wing regains its color. They see a Raikou after Ash releases his Butterfree. The group realize they are getting close when the Wing begins to glow in the direction of Mount Tensei.
On the summit, the group makes it to a crystal-like structure called Rainbow Rock, but are interrupted by Cross who wants to fight Ho-Oh himself, having saw Ho-Oh too but didn't receive the Wing. Cross' Incineroar fights Ash's Charmeleon which quickly evolves into Charizard and defeats Incineroar. Cross, refusing to accept his loss, grabs the Wing and places it on the crystal, but due his evil heart it turns dark, causing Marshadow, an agent of Ho-Oh's, to turn the local Pokémon evil and attack Ash and his friends. The Trainers fight back, but are overwhelmed by the severity of the situation. Ash finally withdraws a severely weakened Pikachu into its Poké Ball as the brainwashed Pokémon attack Ash, and he starts to fade as Marshadow notices the Wing has disintegrated. Pikachu's despair and sorrow was so powerful that its unleashes a massive and devastating Thunderbolt hitting Marshadow and its army, releasing them from Rainbow Wing's corruption. Pikachu continues to cry for its Trainer and best friend.
Ash finds himself in a alternative dimension, but is brought back. Ash takes the newly formed Rainbow Wing and places it on the crystal structure. Ho-Oh arrives, healing everyone and Ash challenges it with Pikachu to battle, but the outcome is never shown. Cross leaves on good terms and eventually Verity and Sorrel leave Ash to achieve their own dreams.
Trivia[]
- Patchy the Pirate and Potty the Parrot hosted this film.
- This film explained how Pooh and his friends first met Ash Ketchum and Pikachu. It also explains how the Pooh's Adventures Series really began.
- Sooty, Sweep, Soo and Little Cousin Scampi will be absent in this film due to be a past adventure.
- Sora, Zordon and Alpha 5 make cameo appearances to reveal to Pooh and his friends they have passed the test and ready to do their first mission. This film also reveals to take place during the second season of Sora's Adventures of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
- This is the first film using some scenes made on Moviavi, Windows Photo Viewer and Powerpoint along with Movie Maker.
- This is the last crossover film made by 75859Thomas using Movie Maker. All the future crossover films will be made by 76859Thomas using Moviavi onward.
- Even though the real film does not take place during the main Pokémon series, due to it being an alternative film separate from the main series, 76859Thomas wanted to make this film as a prequel to Pooh's Adventures of Pokémon: The First Movie where Pooh and his friends will see Ash and Pikachu again. However, Pooh and his friends will see Ash and Pikachu's counterparts from the real film again in Winnie the Pooh and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness.
- Pooh and his friends will see Verity, her Piplup, Sorrel and his Lucario again in Pooh's Adventures of Barbie in A Mermaid Tale and Pooh's Adventures of Barbie in A Mermaid Tale 2.
- The song for the end credits is "I Choose You" (Sung by Haven Paschall) like in the real film and Kingdom Hearts 2: Sanctuary (Orchestra Version).
- This film is dedicated to the memory of William Everett "Bud" Luckey (July 28, 1934 - February 24, 2018), Jeanette Miller (1939 - 2015), Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (August 21, 1961 - November 26, 2018) and Unsho Ishizuka (May 16, 1951 - August 13, 2018).
- A sing along song clip from Sing a Song with Pooh Bear was used as a false first ever Pooh's Adventures film at the beginning after Patchy and Potty found and played the tape.
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Trailer and Music Videos[]
Pooh's Adventures of Pokémon the Movie- I Choose You! Trailer
Pooh's Adventures of Pokémon the Movie- I Choose You! Music Video-2