Which Pokémon Movies are CANON

In the Jewel of Life, when Giratina is angry at Dialga and starts a fight, Ash runs up to Giratina. Giratina does stop and looks at Ash remembering the time it spent with Ash. Ash even says "So you remembered us." Thus, Jewel of Life is canon if the the Giratina and the Sky Warrior is canon.

Before watching: I know for a fact that Rise of Darkrai is cannon, because a later episode shows Dawn using the Lunar Wing that she got in the movie

"Just don't interrupt the summer camp arc" YES!! I LOVED THAT ARC IT NEEDS MORE ATTENTION!!

1:33 Mewtwo strikes back 3:37 The power of one 4:08 Entei - spell of the unown 5:39 Celebi - voice of the forest 6:26 Latios and latias 7:21 Jirachi - wish maker 8:47 Destiny deoxys 9:39 Lucario and the mystery of mew 11:16 Ranger and the temple of the sea 12:19 The rise of darkrai 12:51 Giratina and the sky warrior 13:36 Arceus and the jewel of life 14:43 Zoroark : master of illusions 15:38 Black victini and reshiram / White victini and zekrom 17:06 The sword of justice 17:55 Genesect and the legend awakened 19:09 Diancie and the cocoon of destruction 20:16 Hoopa and the clash of ages 20:49 Volcanion and the mechanical marvel 1:11 I choose you 22:12 The power of us 23:02 Mewtwo strikes back - evolution 23:35 Coco 10:22 The mastermind of mirage pokemon

About Arceus... in the Hoopa movie Ash does recognize Arceus' ring symbol when talking about the Baraz's necklace.

Gotta respect the research he has done must have taken a lot of time

I honestly wished the volcanion movie was canon. Lillie’s dad stealing Magearna away from Volcanion sounds really funny

Zac - "when gligar evolves into glisgor" subtitles - "when gligar falls into high school"

I read that as “What Pokémon Moves are canon”, and was extremely confused.

It is quite surprising how many movies are actually canon.

it's interesting to see how DP did a Trilogy and not stand alone stories and SM did an AU. It makes me wonder what direction would the anime had taken if they followed the GS Ball arc in the main series and left the 4th movie to something like Ho-Oh's story, or the BW taking the original Team Rocket vs Team Plasma ideas.

For as long as the Pokémon Legends: Arceus promotion episodes from Pokémon Journeys can be considered canon, then Arceus and the Jewel of Life is canon since Brock, Ash and Dawn tell Goh that they have met Arceus before, which is why they are calm while Goh is freaking out.

The rise of Darkrai is one of the best pokemon movie.

The problem with Ash not remembering Pokemon is that outside the movies, there have been instances where Ash has forgotten the names of Pokemon even though he had already seen them in past episodes/seasons. Following that logic, wouldn't that mean that past episodes were not canon? So yeah, basing it off of Ash remembering/not remembering is not that reliable, I guess.

Yes! Rise of Darkrai is canon! Loved that movie, especially the music.

Rise of Darkrai was definitely my favorite movie as a kid and now, but an honorable mention is Lucario and the mystery of mew, seeing Sir Aaron use his aura to sacrifice himself gave me goosebumps and was an epic moment

Im weirdly happy that pretty much all of the movies are canon, or at the very least "maybes". And even the au movies have their possible placements in the timeline

Nobody: Zac: Episode 69 Hehe

The funny thing about mewtwo's return is that it was recently confirmed as canon with pokemon journeys where ash and goh face off against the same mewtwo that appeared in the first movie and mewtwo's return.

Ash be like, I just saved the world let's not mention ever