
Ash Ketchum wakes up late one morning after having broken his alarm clock in his sleep. He eventually makes it to Professor Oak's lab, but is told that the three starter List of Pokémon (Bulbasaur, Squirtle, and Charmander) have already been taken by Trainers who were on time. However, Oak reveals that he has one more Pokémon, an Electric-type named Pikachu. Despite its volatile and feisty personality, as well as its refusal to get inside a Poké Ball, Ash happily takes Pikachu for his journey.
In Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, consciousness is carried by monsters and creatures — a plane of “pokemon quest”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing friendship, identity, competition, growth.
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
The Peanuts Movie (2015)E8/E9 · friendship, growth
Camp Rock (2008)E8/E9 · competition, friendship
Rumble (2021)E8/E9 · competition, identity
Barbie Mariposa & the Fairy Princess (2013)E8/E9 · friendship, identity
Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin (1997)E8/E9 · friendship, growth
Barbie: A Fairy Secret (2011)E8/E9 · friendship, identityOther films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution Kizuna (2020)consciousness in monsters · digital companion world
Monsters University (2013)consciousness in monsters · monster university
Onward (2020)consciousness in monsters · elfic suburbia
Aquamarine (2006)consciousness in monsters · mermaid beach town
Olaf's Frozen Adventure (2017)consciousness in monsters · snowman holiday quest
The Little Vampire (2000)consciousness in monsters · vampire suburbiaThe same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)consciousness in animals · friendship, growth
The Love Bug (1968)consciousness in machines · competition, friendship
An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000)consciousness in animals · competition, growth
Cars (2006)consciousness in machines · competition, identity
Pinocchio (1940)consciousness in objects · growth, identity
Pinocchio (2022)consciousness in objects · growth, identityShared director or cast.