My Idea for Pokémon Movie 24 (3rd Draft)
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Title: Pokémon the Movie: Gold & Silver Rainbow (More likely, this would be the film's title in Japan.)
Prologue
In a dark room, Chairman Rose and Oleana sit before a shadowy man whose voice is masked by a vocoder. The man asks that Rose sign over Macro Cosmos to him in exchange for shelter from the law. Reluctantly, Rose agrees and signs over his company before being escorted to his quarters. Elsewhere in the Pokemon world, in Azelea Town, the G.S. Ball starts emitting a strange glow, as if detecting the approaching danger.
Act 1
Ash, Delia, and Professor Oak travel aboard the. S.S. Tidal to the Battle Resort in Hoenn, where a convention is being held as well as an exhibition tournament at the Battle Mansion Replica. Arriving at the resort. Ash is surprised to see that Macro Cosmos is sponsoring the convention and tournament. To make things stranger, Viren, the president of Rainbow Happy Resorts, is hosting the tournament and is revealed to be the new vice-president of Macro Cosmos with his company now being a subsidiary.
After winning the tournament, Ash enjoys a picnic lunch with all his companions; Brock, Misty, Tracey, May, Max, Dawn, Iris, Cilan, Clemont, Bonnie, Serena, Kiawe, Sophocles, Mallow, Lana, Lillie, Goh, and Chloe. As they eat, Goh explains that Macro Cosmos recently got a new president who's been expanding the company outside Galar. The rest of the companions also share there reactions to seeing Macro Cosmos appear in their regions. Then, Kiawe and the rest of the Alola gang explain that a group of thugs wearing horned hoods tried to steal Pokemon from his family's farm. Ash, Brock, May, and Max recognize them as being from Team Magma, which puzzles them as they were told Team Magma broke up along with Team Aqua. Unbeknownst to them, they are spied on by Jessie, James, and Meowth who eavesdrop on their conversation. However, they are contacted by Giovanni, who instructs them to return to Alola.
Meanwhile, Giovanni arrives at a regional base that's currently housing the five criminal organizations; Team Aqua, Team Magma, Team Glactic, Team Plasma, and Team Flare, all of whom are revealed to be profiting off of Pokémon hunting or poaching to make ends meet. There, he meets up with the admins from each organization: Tabitha, Shelly, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Charron, Aliana, Bryony, Celosia, Mable, Xerosic, and the Six Sages, who have taken over leadership in the absence of Maxie, Archie, Cyrus, Ghetsis, and Lysandre. They also have a shared grudge against Ash. Giovanni offers them recruitment into Team Rocket, which is being renamed Team Rainbow Rocket. Additionally, the three evil Malamar are present.
Later, Ash and his friends visit the convention, where they reconnect with previous acquaintances. They run into Kurt, who has G.S. Ball on display, and explains that he still hasn't figured it out. However, he did find an old book of ancient carvings with one of them featuring a prophecy in which a boy uses a powerful orb to defeat a great evil. Strangely enough, the orb in the carving resembles the G.S. Ball. Suddenly, a cry for help is heard, prompting our heroes to find out what's going on. They rush to find the Team Aqua grunt from Stairway to Devon and On a Wingull and a Prayer!, trying to steal a woman's four Whismur. This results in a Pokémon battle where the grunt uses a Dynamax Band to Dynamax his Crawdaunt. At the same time, a strange figure steals the G.S. Ball from Kurt. The figure removes his disguise, revealing himself to be Brodie from Team Magma. He tries to get away, but Bonnie's Dedenne and Max's Ralts stow away on his jet pack and use their powers to stop him, his Ditto, and his Golbat. This causes Brodie to crash land into the Team Aqua grunt and his Crawdaunt as they're about to get away with the Whismur before being arrested by Officer Jenny. Wondering how the Team Aqua grunt got his hands a Dynamax Band, our heroes decide to head to the Galar region. At the same time, Jessie, James, and Meowth are instructed by Giovanni to return to their hideout at the Alola region.
Act 2
At Aether Paradise, business goes on as usual until Team Rainbow Rocket launches an allout assault. Lusamine tries to call for help. but is stopped by Giovanni who imprissons her along with Mohn, Wicke, Burnet, Faba, and the rest of the staff. Afterwards, they use Burnet's Ultra Wormhole machine to summon Solgaleo whom they are able to sucessfully capture and subdue with Xerosic's Mega Evolution ray and hypnosis from the three evil Malamar.
Meanwhile, our heroes travel to the Galar region where they split into groups. At Hammerlocke, Goh, acoompanied by Dawn, Iris, Clemont, Bonnie, and Chloe, decides to visit the Energy Plant where he reconects with Leon and checks out on Eternatus. Suddenly, the Matori Matrix arrive and, despite the valient efforts of our heroes, succesfully capture Eternatus. Leon, Goh, and his group decide to head for Wyndon where Ash and the others are.
At Wyndon, Ash, Kiawe, Sophocles, Mallow, Lana, and Lillie arrive at Rose Tower where they confront Viren. There, he explains that the new president has chosen not to reveal his identity until the time is right and that he himself is serving as the public face for now. Additionaaly, he doesn't even know the identity of the new president. Meanwhile, Brock, Misty, Tracey, May, Max, Cilan, and Serena hang out at the Pokemon center. There, Misty and Serena have a conversation about their feelings for Ash. Suddenly, an Ultra Wormhole appears and releases a Dynamaxed Buzzwole an attacks the Pokemon center. Additionally, the Ultra Wormhole is emitting dark clouds. Ash and the classmates come to the rescue having seen the Ultra Wormhole from Rose Tower. The Buzzwhole is defeated just as Goh and his group arrive. Concerned, Leon decides to head in the direction the Matori Matrix went when they captured Eternatus.
Arriving in Alola, Leon is accompanied by Gladion, who is concerend as he hasn't heard from Lusamine in a few hours. The two travel to Aether Paradise only to find it overrun by Team Rainbow Rocket. Quietly, they sneak around and discover Solgaleo being exposed to Galar Particles from Eternatus, who is now under mind control. However, they overhear that their control is not perfect and that a Z-Crystal would be needed in ordor to command Solgaleo to open multiple Ultra Wormholes across the Pokemon world. Realizing the ultimate danger is nigh, Gladion and Leon race to Lusamine's office in order to call for help.
Meanwhile, our heroes arrive in Alola where they regroup in Lillie's mansion. There, they process what happened in Galar, have some fun and games, and discuss whether or not the G.S. Ball is the orb mentiond in the prophecy. Later, Professor Kukui and Principle Oak arrive to inform them that Komala has sounded the Ultra Guardians alarm. They make their way to the Ultra Guardians base where they recieve a distress message from Gladion and Leon. The two reveal that Team Rainbow Rocket took over Aether Paradise and are using Eternatus to Dynamax Solgaleo so it could open multiple Ultra Wormholes across all over the world. Before more information is given, the signal is cut off as a result of the two being caught by grunts. Ash and his friends are horrified by the sight and vow to rescue them only for Kukui to call an emergency meeting before they act.
Back at Aether Paradise, Gladion and Leon are thrown in the room where Lusamine, Faba, Wicke, Burnet, and the rest of the Aether staff are kept prisoner. To Leon's suprise, Rose and Oleana are there two. Rose, feeling regretful for his actions, tells Leon that he signed over Macro Cosmos to Giovanni in exchange for shelter from the law, only for him and Oleana to be his prisoners.
Back at the Pokemon School, our heroes gather in the classroom for an emergengy meeting hosted by the school staff and Nanu, who explains his past friendship with Giovanni. They even discuss the prophecy in the book and whether or not Ash and the G.S. Ball have anything to do with it. Suddenly, Jessie, James, and Meowth arrive and kidnap Pikachu. As they are about to escape, Giovanni and the Matori Matrix arrive. The TRio give Pikachu to the boss in hopes of a promotion. However, much to their dismay, Giovanni fires them, saying his praise and respect for them since Unova was mearly a ruse to hide his dissapointment and that he never really cared what happened to them. Nanu tries to stop him, but is badly injured by Giovanni's Persian. He also takes all of the Pokémon Ash and his friends have on hand to prevent retaliation and Ash's Solganium Z so that it would be easier to control Solgaleo.
On every screen, Giovanni announces himself as the new president of Macro Cosmos, leader of Team Rainbow Rocket, and soon to be ruler of the world. During his announcement, he reveals how he was able to make his plan possible. After Operation Tempast failed, Team Rocket suffered financially and had to go low profile, ocassionally relying on elite units like the Matori Matrix for major operations. This also resulted in two members, Butch and Cassidy, leaving the organization. By having Rose sign over Macro Cosmos to Giovanni, Team Rocket was able to recover from its financial loses. Giovanni also reveals that he hired Viren to become vice president so he could cover his tracks without knowing. Additionally, Giovanni invested in turning Macro Cosmos into a global conglomerate as a way to garner additional money. After his announcement, Giovanni, now with Ash's Solganium Z in hand comands Dynamax Solgaleo to open multiple Ultra Wormholes all over the world, releasing hordes of Dynamax Ultra Beast and darkening the sky in the process.
Back at the school, Ash is distrought at not only at loosing Pikachu again, but at the very thought that Team Rainbow Rocket has already won. Thankfully, his mood changes with Serena's encouragement, prompting him to decide that he and his friends will go to the Aether Foundation and stop Team Rainbow Rocket. Upon Iris asking how they are going to save the world and rescue their Pokemon without their Pokemon, our heroes are greeted by Ash's Pokemon from Professor Oak's lab as well as Pokemon he befriended and those he had to release during his journeys. Additionally, Pokemon his friends left at their homes, befriended, or released have arrived too. Satisfied that they have an army of their own, Ash announces that it's time to save the world.
Act 3
Now in their Ultra Guardian getup, Ash and his friends prepare to save the world and set off for Aether Paradise. When they arrive, the greatest battle of all time occures between them and Team Rainbow Rocket. Many Pokemon being liberated in the process. All the admins and grunts are attacked by Pokémon and/or wacked in the head by Ash and friends using improvised weapons (mainly Misty's mallet, Brock's, Cilan's, and Mallow's cookware, Sophocles' shovels, equipment from Kiawe's ranch, etc.) Later in the fray, they are assisted by Team Skull, Team Yell, and a redeemed Colress who's revealed to be an empolyee of the Aether Foundation ever since Lusamine bailed him out of prison. Additionally, multiple legendary Pokemon come to the rescue. During the battle, Rose, Oleana, Leon, Gladion, Lusamine, Faba, Wicke, Burnet, and the rest of the Aether staff are liberated.
Ultimately, Ash and Giovanni have a propper Pokemon battle which ends with the former wininng, destryoying Xerosic's Mega Evolution ray, and reclaiming his Solganium Z. However his victory is short lived when he and his friends realize that Solgaleo and Eternatus are still under mind control resulting in the Ultra Wormholes remaining open and darkening the sky. The three evil Malamar appear before them, revealing to have been using their combined Hypnosis to control the two legendary Pokemon behind the scenes. Thanks to Ash and his friends defeating Giovanni and Team Rainbow Rocket, the three Malamar can take the reigns of power. Using a combination of Mega Evolution and Gigantamax, the three Malamar transform themselves into colossal Cthulu-like creatures with the leader declairing itself a god. With their newfound powers, they mind control multiple Pokemon arround the world, and gain access to the multiverse. They then use Psychic to immobilize Ash's friends, taunting him into thinking he can save the world. Ash takes out the G.S. Ball, causing them to panic and pschiclly fling him and Pikachu at a wall, injuring them. They then move forward to finish them off, only for Jessie, James, and Meowth to arrive in their Meowth balloon. They use all their Pokemon, including those they hade to release, to attack the Malamar and buy Ash and Pikachu time. Pikachu struggles to get up, but manages to grab the G.S, Ball and suddenly evolve into Raichu. Suprised yet motivated by his friend's sudden transformation, Ash gets back up and takes the G.S. Ball and begins using his Aura to slowly open it while Raichu dodges and delflects every attack the Malamar throw at them. Finally, the G.S. Ball is fully opened and it unleashes a powerful beam that strikes the three Malamar, defeating them permanently. Freed from Hypnosis, Eternatus and Solgaleo work together to brighten the sky and send the Dynamax Ultra Beast back to Ultra Space before closing the Ultra Wormholes. Ash then reunites with his friends, and they celebrate their victory. Upon seeing their former boss defeated, Jessie, James and Meowth, decide to peruse a new path. The day is saved and the whole world celebrates. The prophecy has been fulfilled.
Credits/Epilogue
Ash and his friends are seen at a hero's parade and then attend a formal hero's ceremony where they are each awarded medals for saving the world.
Ash and his friends say their farewells before they part ways.
Macro Cosmos is disoved and its assets are divided between Mr. Stone, the Poketech Co. President, and other company presidents.
Giovanni and the rest of Team Rainbow Rocket sulk in a maximum-security prison while Rose and Oleana relax peaculy in their cells.
Jessie, James, and Meowth get into the food truck/radio business.
The last scene features Ash and Raichu in the former's bedroom in Pallet Town. On the shelf is a group picture Ash and all his companions and their Pokémon.
(Optional) We get a twenty year time skip of Ash and Serena grown up, married and watching their kid go off on thier Pokemon journey acompanied by Brock's kid (Brock is married to Olivia) and Misty's kid (Misty is married to Rudy). The original trio smile at the sight of their kids as they are being reminded of themselves.