"noooooo."
Score: 7/10
We begin "in the legendary past, before pokeballs ever existed." A Lucario that can speak is running around a desolate wasteland, and we pan to an army so fierce, even their pokemon have armor.
So I'm wondering... is that armor actually useful for the Aggron and Rhydon there? I mean... their skin is literally made of rock and steel, respectively. This predates the Age of Exploration (we know pokeballs existed in the 1700s from a flashback during the Orange Islands), so I guess this could be steel armor, but it would seem kind of unnecessary for an Aggron. I mean, it's like giving a human armor that's made out of flesh. Even their Steelix have armor on, though there are none in that shot. Well, in any case, Lucario spies on the armies using its aura vision. Upon realizing that it can't stop the armies, it calls Sir Aaron using a big crystal. Sir Aaron speaks to Lady Rin, the queen, hops on his Pidgeot (which is much larger than any Pidgeot ever seen before) and comes to Lucario. Sir Aaron tells Lucario that he's abandoned the queen and the kingdom and he'll never return, and then forcibly traps Lucario in a crystal staff and just leaves it there. Wow, what a dick move.
The queen mentions that the Tree of Beginning, which overlooks the castle, is crying as the two armies clash. A Ho-Oh watches everything go on, and then transforms into a Mew. Pidgeot gives the queen Sir Aaron's crystal staff, and then the tree glows green and it's revealed that Sir Aaron went into the Tree of Beginning and had Mew turn everyone's hatred into understanding and peace, which is an ability that would probably have been helpful when that one Mew had to fight Mewtwo. Thus, Sir Aaron was remembered as a hero.
Cut to the present, where the heroes are coming to Cameron Kingdom, where a pokemon competition is being held to honor Sir Aaron even though he was more associated with aura than with pokemon. We also see Mew is still around, transforming at will. The heroes dress up in traditional costumes,
And apparently, "traditional" means "Beautifly belt." Also, you can't tell from my descriptions, but Ash just so happens to dress up exactly as Sir Aaron did in the past. Also,
The ruler of Camaron Palace is Lady Irene, and she looks exactly like the queen from the past. Ash competes in the competition, and in the space of a jazzed-up opening song, Pikachu defeats all of its enemies, including the Weavile of a woman named Kidd. Ash is declared the Guardian of Aura, and given Sir Aaron's staff. Jesus Christ, Irene, that staff must be centuries old, you're letting a ten year-old child handle it?! I wouldn't let a ten year-old child touch my laptop and you're giving him a staff that old? Well, anyway, Ash looks at the staff, and Lucario, still trapped, mistakes him for Sir Aaron and telepathically asks why he betrayed him. No time for this, though, because the day ends with a celebration and a party, and Ash sends out his pokemon to have fun at the party, too. Yes, send out your obnoxious crab, miniature elephant, and large, noisy bird while you're at this high class royal party. I foresee no problems with this. Mew leads all of the pokemon, plus Meowth, to another room to play.
Meanwhile, Kidd, the woman Ash beat, calls a contact named Banks and gives us some exposition: she knows Mew is nearby and wants to get information on it. Eventually, Kid gives her Weavile a transmitter to tag Mew.
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Started: July 6, 2005