The Tale Of Lucario

OVERVIEW
The Tale Of Lucario is the 10th film of Warner Bros. Films. The Film tells the story how Lucario is awakened from the staff and set out to the Tree Of Beginning and teamed up with his friends and stop Zeta from destroying the tree.

THE PLOT
The Film Begins where Lucario jumps from boulder to boulder to a spot overseeing a wide expansive valley. Lucario senses something and uses its Aura to see the entire landscape. Lucario lets his sight travel about, going over more rocks and hills until he sees a large formation of a gigantic, red-armored Pokémon army, mixed with human foot soldiers, that is charging towards the middle of the valley. He looks to the other side of the valley and sees an equally gigantic, green-armored army, with equally powerful Pokémon of different species charging to the same destination.

As Lucario is comprehending the danger of the event, three Houndoom from the red army arrive at the scene, which Lucario evades and leaps away. He heads to a crystal formation on the ground, touching it and then speaks through the crystal to his master, Sir Aaron, an Aura Guardian, who is at Cameran Palace. Aaron stands upon a balcony with Queen Rin that overlooks the entire land, and he hears Lucario's voice coming from another crystal formation on the balcony. It seems the palace is in imminent danger of being overrun; peace cannot be brought to the two warring sides.

The three Houndoom find Lucario and proceed to attack him. After being cornered, he is left no choice and fights back. Using his Aura to sense his surroundings (due to getting dirt in its eyes), he manages to defeat his pursuers.

Knowing that Aaron must leave, Rin explains she is obliged as queen to share the same fate as the castle. After their last exchange of words, Aaron hops a ride on his Pidgeot to the valley. Aaron tells Lucario that he has abandoned the palace and the Queen and will not be returning. Lucario cannot believe what he is hearing and implores him to wait, but Aaron throws down his scepter, which absorbs Lucario into a jewel at its top; from within the jewel, Lucario can see Aaron going off and feels betrayed by his master.

Rin observes from afar that the Tree of Beginning is suffering from the conflict. The two armies clash in the middle of the valley. Outside of the tree, Pidgeot flies away alone. With this, Ho-Oh returns to the Tree of the Beginning, revealing itself to be Mew.

Pidgeot approaches Rin with the scepter in its beak, which she takes. Suddenly, Rin witnesses the sight of the tree starting to glow green, and soon every crystal formation throughout the land emits a beam of green light. As the light spreads further out, the armies stop their battle, in awe of the event that is taking place.

Hundreds of years later, Zeta has such vanity that she consults her Magic Mirror every day, ordering the slave within to reveal the name of the fairest in Trinidad and Tobago. Every day the spirit says that Zeta is the fairest, and she is content until the mirror informs her that Sherazade has finally become the fairest in Trinidad and Tobago.

In Trinidad And Tobago City, Sherazade is riding her pet camel, Jammal, through the streets and overheard about father's death. When Sherazade returned to the castle and found out her father is dead, Tom Cat and Surly Squirrel were there. Surly Squirrel volunteers that God is watching them all. Tom Cat tells Surly Squirrel that Sherazade's heart is the one. Then, God appears outside calling both of them. Tom Cat told God that they need a ruler. God tell them that they already had a ruler which is him. God gives the boys a task as Sherazade appears seeing God for the first time. When God disappears, A voice from the staff was heard.

The jewel soon glows, releasing Lucario from it. Lucario, still blinded from the Houndoom's attack during the great battle, is using Aura to see and mistakes Tom Cat's form with Aaron's due to their similar Aura.

Lucario kneels down before Tom Cat before realizing he isn't Aaron. Lucario becomes confused at what is going on, seeing the castle. Lucario soon escapes through the city, running around through the castle. He sees that it has changed, and memories of him and Aaron soon start replaying in his mind as he walks about.

Lucario stops at a display room, which he remembers to be a bedroom. Sherazade, Tom Cat and Surly Squirrel confront Lucario in the room. Looking at Sherazade, Lucario mistakes her for Rin and is glad to see her. Sherazade says to Lucario that Ilene is the descendant of Rin. She goes on to explain that the memories that seem to him like yesterday, are in fact ancient events.

Summoning Norma Jean to her, Zeta orders her to find Lucario far into a secluded area of the forest, where he can make friends, and she will kill Sherazade. She presents her with a box, in which Sherazade's heart must be brought as proof. Norma Jean is reluctant to carry out such a deed, but, knowing the penalty for failure, and set off to get Princess Elena.

Meanwhile, Sherazade, Tom Cat, Surly Squirrel and Lucario are in the forest where Lucario told Sherazade that he dosen't have any friends. Surly Squirrel convinces Lucario that he has one. Sherazade decided to go on alone, walks away leaving Lucario, Surly Squirrel and Tom Cat behind. Suddenly, they were shot by spitballs and Lucario saw Mike Wazosuki and Mort. He uses Bone Rush to attack them, but they missed. Tom Cat chased after them, but he got his stuck in one of the holes, Lucario and Surly Squirrel joins Tom Cat, and they try and catch the duo, by hitting them in the heads. Refusing to give up, Lucario, Tom Cat and Surly Squirrel chase them.

In the meantime, Sherazade is all alone until she is found by Princess Elena, Amy, Cindy and Norma Jean. Sherazade told her she knew she wasn't the last one. Elena replied that everyone falls out of the tree sometimes, which confused Sherazade. Norma Jean introduces herself, along Amy Rose and Cindy Bear. Just Then, Lucario, Tom and Surly chases Mike and Mort and found Sherazde, which she was with Princess Elena, Amy Rose, Cindy Bear and Norma Jean. Amy Rose reveals that Lucario now had friends. Lucario introduces himself to his gang. Princess Elena made a announcement that Lucario is now the leader of the team.

Before they go, Lucario told them about Tree of Beginning. Lucario takes them out overlooking the land and shows them the tree, explaining that the tree is actually a unique rock formation, and supposedly possesses healing powers beyond imagination. It can revive the earth and soothe angry hearts, although it requires everything. At Sherazade's request, Lucario agrees to accompany the group in their quest.

They begin their journey to the Tree of Beginning, but they stop. The road is littered with geysers that are erupting and then Amy Rose notices something off to the side, a large lake! They decide to stop until the eruptions subside and take a dip. Tom Cat, Surly Squirrel, Mike Wazouski, Mort, Amy Rose, Cindy and Norma Jean take a swim in the hot spring. .

Sherazade and Elena emerges from the cave revealing the mermaid suits. Lucario sits upon a rock, remembering the time when Aaron took him here. The memory is interrupted when Mike Wazosuki told Lucario to jump in, but Lucario simply walks off, Tom Cat a bit annoyed by his cold attitude. Amy Rose notices a strange looking plant sitting high up on the rocks, and Mort volunteers to get it. As soon as he grabs it though, he slips and falls off. Norma Jean catches the plant, which looks like a crystallized pod.

Seeing as how it is a flower, they decided to plant it. Just before they do, the pod suddenly blooms and a holographic vision fills the area, replaying how Mort fell down the cliff as he was getting the plant. Princess Elena identifies it as a Time Flower, explaining that it records events in the area at the time it was planted and then it can replay the scene at a later time when activated by Aura.

Night later falls and they decide to camp for the night. Tom Cat tells everyone the story of how he and Jerry Mouse became partners and best friends when he chases Jerry Mouse. Lucario suddenly walks away in disgust, and when confronted by Surly Squirrel, Lucario tells him of his belief that humans and animals could never be friends. Surly Squirrel gets very angry at this, and asks Lucario why they should believe everything he says about Sir Aaron anyway. Lucario asks Surly Squirrel how does he know he was exiled, suggesting that he should stay in the park in the first place. This pushes Surly Squirrel over the edge and he tackles Lucario, both rolling down a ledge to a pond. The two thrash about in the pond, the others coming to try to stop the two from fighting. Lucario finally throws Surly Squirrel out to the shore, jumping off to the top of the ledge and walking off.

Lucario finds a tree to lean upon, recalling another memory of how Aaron trained him to master his Aura. Just then, Mort comes up and gives a bar of chocolate to Lucario who, after some hesitation, decides to try it.

Zeta once again consults the slave in the Magic Mirror, who tells her that Sherazade is befriending Lucario and that Norma Jean was having fun with her friends. Furious after realizing that she has been tricked, Zeta descends a spiral staircase, entering a dark chamber filled with arcane and magical artifacts, as well as Debbie perched on a skull. She decided to kill the two humans herself, creating white blood cells.

The next day, they travel down the path, soon coming up to a stop. Lucario stands looking up at a cliff, the others wondering what is going on. Lucario tells them this was the spot that Aaron sealed Lucario in his scepter. He touches a Time Flower by accident and soon it replays exactly the same scene, when Lucario met up with Aaron, where Aaron renounced his loyalty to the Queen, threw his scepter down and sealed Lucario in the jewel. Then they watch Aaron fly off. Suddenly, from the two pathways on the road, the green army charges through the small pathway. Lucario appears horrified and begins throwing Aura Spheres at them, barely missing Mike Wazouski in the process. Mike Wazouski tells Lucario to stop because they are only illusions; Lucario does stop, shocked to have seen that event happen. Surly Squirrel comes up to him, apologizing for his earlier words against him. Lucario accepts the apology, and makes Surly Squirrel promise to let him stay.

At that moment, Lucario senses something. Lucario and Surly Squirrel catch up the others. It was Red Claw! Along the way Lucario tells them to make a turn at a tunnel. They follow the tunnel, and by now it seems as if they have lost Red Claw. At the end of the tunnel, they come to a large cave of ancient Pokémon and animals.

After the arrival, they were chased by Screech and Thud. Lucario battles the duo while the two humans run away. Lucario points the way, across the tunnel, they walk through the bridge. Lucario at the end of the line finds Red Claw on their tail. He fires an Aura Sphere at the bridge's center, destroying it before he have a chance to cross. While running, Tom asks if Lucario is following, he says he won't leave until they solve the mystery, knowing they would do the same for him.

Sherazade and Elena return and warns them about the red blobs, Lucario remembered what happened in the same thing. They quickly find a branch off to another tunnel but the blobs continue right behind them. The group comes to a room with large crystal formations. Lucario goes on ahead, but is ambushed by Screech and Thud. Screech grabs him, giving the red blobs a chance to capture Sherazade and Elena, which is what is intended. Lucario desperately tries to free himself, but it stunned by Screech. As Elena gets "eaten", she tells Amy Rose and Cindy Bear that this is goodbye. Then, Sherazade tells Mort to look after the others. Mort, desperate to save Sherazade, grabs onto her hand and is assisted by Mike Wazouski and Amy Rose with Tom Cat and Surly Squirrel watching and supporting them to save Sherazade. Lucario manages to free himself from Screech's grip and hurries to help, but it is too late: Sherazade is gone as the blob slips into the ground, and the crystals turn blue again.

Eventually, Mike Wazouski goes to the heart of Tree of Beginning and found out that Zeta was the one who killed them. Zeta appears and chases him. Mike shows the evil plan what Zeta planned. Zeta appears and starts attacking Lucario as Norma Jean showed up, revealing the truth to her friends, which angers the pokemon. Realizing Norma Jean had worked for Zeta, Lucario violently attacks and pins Norma Jean on the ground, but Norma Jean having had a change of heart. Then, Amy Rose agrees to help Norma Jean to stop Zeta, unfortunately, Lucario decided to fight Zeta alone. The first battle ensues, Lucario blocks Zeta's attacks with Bone Rush and hits Zeta with Power-Up Punch and then, they were resting, Tom Cat stops the battle.

Before they a second battle, the blobs, now green, form up into mounds and dissolve away, leaving their victims behind, alive and well, just where they had been taken. As the two girls are also released from the blobs, they all are overjoyed to have them back. The predators walk off, not seeing them as a threat anymore. Then, Zeta and Debbie are angry that Sherazade and Elena were revived. Lucario is ready for a second battle, before he can battle again, Sherazade gives Lucario a Keystone. Lucario evolves himself as Mega Lucario and ready to take down Zeta and he battled Zeta with various moves and kills Zeta with a large Aura Sphere, restoring The Tree of Beginning.

Victorious, Lucario's feet bumps into a Time Flower, activating it. This one shows Aaron sitting there, saying his last words. He tells Lucario that he only sealed him up because he knew Lucario would follow him no matter what otherwise. He also says that Lucario was not his servant, but his partner and friend. Lucario sobs a bit and smiles, understanding now Sir Aaron's sacrifice, and tells his friends that he decided to stay and everyone cheered as God reappears, praising Lucario for what he had done and accepts Debbie to be on their side. On their way back home, Lucario told his friends that his Aura is with him as the film ends.

In the mid-credits scene, Sir Aaron reappears in afterlife watching over Lucario, where he made friends with God.

CHARACTERS

 * Lucario
 * Surly Squirrel
 * Tom Cat
 * Mike Wazouski
 * Mort
 * Amy Rose
 * Cindy Bear
 * Norma Jean
 * Zeta
 * Debbie
 * Sir Aaron
 * Queen Rin
 * Princess Elena
 * Sherazade
 * God

VOICE TALENT

 * Sean Schemmel as Lucario
 * Will Arnett as Surly Squirrel
 * D.B. Sweeney as Tom Cat
 * Billy Crystal as Mike Wazouski
 * Andy Richter as Mort
 * Cindy Robinson as Amy Rose
 * Sofía Espinosa as Cindy Bear
 * Nicole Kidman as Norma Jean
 * Leslie Jones as Zeta
 * Tiffany Haddish as Debbie
 * Jason Griffith as Sir Aaron
 * Erica Schroeder as Queen Rin
 * Gemma-Ashley Kaplan as Sherazade
 * Aimee Carrero as Princess Elena
 * James Earl Jones as God

OPENING CREDITS
Based On Characters Created by:

Satoshi Tajiri

Executive Producer:

Sam Register

Produced by:

Choji Yoshikawa

Associate Producer:

Anthony Silverston

Music by:

Bruce Retief

Score Composed by:

Shinji Miyazaki

Casting And Voice Direction by:

Kunihiko Yuyama

Edited by:

Toshio Henmi

Story by:

Hideki Sonoda

Written by:

John Edwards

Directed by:

Darrell Van Citters

SONGS
01. Believer

Performed by: Sean Schemmel, Will Arnett, D.B. Sweeney.

02. We Will Meet Again

Performed by: Sean Schemmel, Will Arnett, D.B. Sweeney, Billy Crystal, Andy Richter, Cindy Robinson, Sofía Espinosa, Nicole Kidman.

03. Poor Unfortunate Souls

Performed by: Leslie Jones.

04. You Don't Own Me

Performed by: Sean Schemmel, Will Arnett, D.B. Sweeney, Billy Crystal, Andy Richter, Cindy Robinson, Sofía Espinosa, Nicole Kidman.

05. We Make A Team Together!

Performed by: Sean Schemmel, Will Arnett, D.B. Sweeney, Billy Crystal, Andy Richter, Cindy Robinson, Sofía Espinosa, Nicole Kidman.

06. Best Of Friends

Performed by: Gemma-Ashley Kaplan, Aimee Carrero.

TRIVIA

 * This film was based on Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew.
 * This was the tenth film of Warner Bros. Pictures.
 * Lucario is the tenth main protagonist of Warner Bros. Pictures.
 * Zeta is the tenth main antagonist of Warner Bros. Pictures.