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Pokemon: the First Movie (1999) - 9 mistakes

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Genres: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-fi

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Continuity: When Ash & co. are in the boat with Team Rocket (who's dressed as Vikings), watch Brock's shirt sleeve (The one away from Misty) when Misty puts Togepi inside her knapsack. It goes from a dark orange to green (the same color as Brock's vest) for a few frames before turning back.

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Character mistake: One of the annoymous trainers said he rode over on a Pidgeotto, but it was a Pidgeot.

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Other: When the Poké Balls containing the Trainers' various Pokémon are sent to the DNA Cloning machine, Team Rocket incorrectly identifies Scyther as Alakazam. This is a dubbing error as, in the original Japanese version, the Rocket-dan (as they are called) correctly identify the Pokémon as a Strike (Scyther's Japanese name).

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Other: Meowth calls one particular Pokémon in the test tube-thing a Sandshrew, however it is a Sandslash. This is a dubbing error, as Nyasu (Meowth's Japanese name) correctly identifies the Pokémon as a Sandopan (Sandslash's Japanese name) in the original Japanese version.

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Continuity: When Brock looks at the picture of Nurse Joy, in the closeup of the picture Brock casts a shadow on it, but in the previous shot he didn't.

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Continuity: When Fergus goes to Gyarados after Mewtwo reflects its Hyper Beam, you can see the back of a Nidoking, but Fergus has a Nidoqueen.

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Audio problem: When Ash receives the letter from Dragonite, we hear Togepi say "Togepi?" but it's mouth doesn't move.

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Character mistake: When Meowth is naming the different types of Pokémon being cloned (while Ash and the other trainers are running around upstairs), Meowth calls one of the Pokémon "Sandshrew." The Pokémon is in fact Sandslash, Sandshrew's evolved form. This is a character mistake arising from Meowth's ignorance of other Pokemon species (not that he's been shown to be ignorant, but in this solitary case, he is).

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Other: In Mewtwo Strikes Back, when the pirate trainer sends out Machamp (the four-armed Pokémon), the animation of it appearing is shown twice. Also, the sound effect that plays when a Pokémon appears isn't played the second time. There was a small section cut out of Ash throwing Squirtle's Poké Ball in the air. That was replaced with Machamp coming out twice.

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