Now firstly, remember, this is about the anime, and not
about the video game... so you shouldnt relate this back
too much to the pokemon games, the anime has come a long
way and also took a sort of another path then the games
as you might know.
Ive always been behind the theory that there are more
then 1 of each legendary pokemon around (well not of each
legendary, if you see Mewtwo as a legendary pokemon, I
dont see him as legendary, but he's a whole special case
nonetheless) and our dear Nintendo is proving this theory
through our beloved and hated (=P) anime. With a recent
episode featuring a baby Lugia (along with a grownup
Lugia I think, which could very well be not the same
Lugia as in the 2nd movie, who seemed to have a male
telepathical voice) and both the 4th and the recent 5th
movie feature more then one legendary of the same
species.
Now I know that most of you probably have not seen the
4th and the 5th movie, but I have, and I would like to
make a little note here, the 4th and 5th movie are far
different then previous movies, taking on a much more
serious storyline. The following bits do hold some
spoilers of some key parts in these two movies, so if you
don't want it spoiled stop reading, and make me feel like
I typed this all up for nothing =P
The 4th movie's main legendary is (as you know) Celebi
(with Suicune being another legendary in the movie) and
well, to put it bluntly, at one point the little Celebi
dies. With just a few moments after its dramatic death (I
think it drained it's life energy to save everyone) a
portal opens and a large quantity of Celebi appear
through it, reviving Celebi throught their powers and
some ritual movements of some sorts. Now Celebi can
travel through time, but these Celebi being Celebi from
all over time doesnt make sense to me.
Because they cannot be any Celebi from the future,
because if Celebi died then it would be impossible for
him to be alive in the future, thus a fair amount of
Celebi coming out of future times is impossible.
Then they might be past Celebi? How did they know when
they would die so they could travel there and revive
itself through combining their powers (which are
actually, the same power in one if they would be the same
Celebi from past times)
It's far more likely that these Celebi came from other
areas on the planet, instead of other times. Celebi is
still as rare as they get, but a planet is big, so more
of them being around is entirely possible, and it is what
I think.
Then comes the 5th movie, with Ratiosu (The larger blue
advanced legendary bird) and Ratiasu (The smaller red
advanced legendary bird). Not even five minutes into the
movie's introduction (which is done through ancient
storybook pages) you already see more Ratiosu and Ratiasu
depicted then the two starring in the movie. The legend
behind Ratiasu and Ratiosu is that they were two lost
children (a brother and a sister, with the sister being
the younger one) washed ashore at Water City and at a
critical time (the near destruction of Water City) a
strange power changed them into Ratiosu and Ratiasu to
protect Water City. Now if this legend is the true story
behind them I dont know, but they are brother and sister,
Ratiosu would protect Ratiasu with his life, thus a
brother protecting his little sister. At the end of the
movie they both use their power to save Water City and
everyone who lives there, but Ratiasu, as powerful as she
is, cannot tap into her full potential, but Ratiosu can,
using all his power, his life energy, and dying in the
process. (which is pretty dramatic, and especially hard
on Ratiasu). Then at the ending of the movie two Ratiosu
accompany Ratiasu and stay with her. This again shows,
there are more then one. Ofcourse with all species in the
real world, in the end we are all connected, but I dont
think that all Ratiasu and Ratiosu are brothers, but by
being the same species, int he end you are always family
(this goes for all species in a way ofcourse)
Now these three examples lead to other questions, what
about Mew? What about Articuno, Moltres and Zapdos? What
about Entei, Raikou and Suicune?
First of all, Mew is in many ways like Celebi.. thus I
believe that there are also more then one Mew, ofcourse
there isn't an enormous amount of Mew, but there are more
then one, maybe even in the hundreds, look at em as
endangered species, I mean, look at Rhino's and Panda's,
they don't have a large amount of numbers anymore
either.
There is also a sign that there are more then one
Articuno, because with Ash encountered an Articuno (with
Todd) in the middle of Johto, which is not near the
Orange Islands at all (especially because it was in a
snowy region, perfect climate for Articuno, opposed to
the tropical Orange Islands). This is proof enough for me
that there are more then 1.. and if there's more then one
Articuno, then there's bound to be more Zapdos and
Moltres. Ancient pokemon from ancient times, struggling
to survive and having an extremely hard time breeding
Then again I think that the Legendary Dogs (or Cats, or
whatever you want to call them) Are an entirely different
matter, I think there are just one of each of the three,
and they don't roam out of Johto for an unknown reason.
There just seems to be more to these three creatures then
meets the eye in my vision.
And another thing, even though they are legendary
pokemon, they are far, very far from being invincible.
Even Mewtwo (who is still in my eyes not legendary) who
was created as the most powerful pokemon in existence can
be overcome. And so have all the other legendary pokemon
that have been depicted in the movies.. they all werent
powerful enough at some points (Like Suicune in the 4th
movie, he couldnt compete with the evil Celebi (who
again, also isnt invincible, because it was cought
without much resistance in a dark ball by Bisashu,
turning it into an evil pokemon) and in the end it wasy
Celebi who had to come to his senses to stop his own
rampage.
Now then, hereby I end this little rant. If you have
anything to add, or comments, or anything else, please
fill my mailbox at sharkdog@sugarshock.net
and we'll see about posting the best replies that fit in
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