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The most elaborate of the features to date, Pokemon 3: The Movie, Spell of the Unown introduces new Pokemon that debuted in the fall of 2000 in the Gold- and Silver-edition Gameboy games. En route to the Johto Tournament, Ash, Brock, and Misty visit the mountain village of Greenfield, where they encounter an 8-year-old girl named Molly. Her father, Professor Spencer Hale, disappeared when he set off to study the Unown, a group of 26 Pokemon that resemble letters. The Unown build a baroque crystalline shell around Molly’s palatial home, send the leonine Entei to watch over her, and grant whatever she wishes–except the return of her father. What Molly really wants is a family: she refers to Entei as her father and has him kidnap Ash’s mom to be her mother. Ash charges to the rescue with the help of Pikachu, Charizard, and Cyndaquil. In the climactic battle, Ash is joined by Brock and Misty, as well as the usually villainous Team Rocket. (“We figure if we don’t help you, we’re outta showbiz,” Meowth explains.) Molly’s father eventually reappears, but the viewer never sees the reunion with his daughter. Ash, Molly, and the other two-dimensional characters simply don’t fit into three-dimensional, computer-generated crystal settings, and large sections of Pokemon 3 look like two movies unsuccessfully spliced together. A short is also included, “Pikachu and Pichu,” in which the popular electric Pokemon wanders through a big city, getting into mischief with the mouselike Pichu brothers. –Charles Solomon

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Ash and pikachu face their greatest pokemon challenge ever when they encounter the unown. Can ash rescue a young orphan named molly from the mystical forces that threaten to transform her life into a dreamworld prison. Also includes the bonus short pikachu and pichu with the worlds most famous pokemon. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 06/07/2005 Run time: 91 minutes Rating: G