Team Rocket: Blast off at the Speed of Light

Team Rocket: Blast off at the Speed of Light is the 2001 animated movie and is a Pokemon spinoff. The Movie was produced by 4Kids Entertainment and is distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was directed by Don Bluth and screenplay by Tim Herlihy and Matt Lopez.

Plot
Ash Ketchum commands Pikachu to use thunderbolt against Team Rocket (Jessie, James & Meowth)...and succeeded. But Giovanni decides to make a vengeance. However, Ash Ketchum woke up, so Delia, Ash's mom, brought some visitors to see with him...and he is, now. Misty, Brock, Tracey Sketchit, David, Anne-Marie, Pikachu, Togepi, Vulpix, Marril, Charlie B. Barkin & Sasha LaFleur. All of a sudden, Ritchie uses roller skates to skating on the streets and couldn't stop, grabbing four Pokemon and two dogs and accidentally release them into the manhole unharmed. Now, Ash and his friends decide to go through the manhole and found 4 Pokemon and two dogs are are accidentally going to Cappytown, to meet Kirby, Jigglypuff (not the one with a microphone or a marker, but with a red bow), Tiff Ebrum, Tuff Ebrum, Sir Eburm, Lady Like and Chef Kawasaki. When all of a sudden, Jessie, James and Meowth in the Team Rocket Helicopter to use a vacuum hose to capture Pikachu, Togepi, Vulpix, Marril, Sasha LaFleur and Charlie B. Barkin by suck through a vacuum hose...with some help from Carface Carruthers, Killer, Belladonna, King Dedede and Escargoon. They followed order from the boss of Team Rocket named Giovanni (Viridian Gym leader, who lived in King Dedede's castle, since Giovanni's gym building is completely destroyed).

Now, it's up to Ash to get Pikachu and friends back, as he goes to Carface's Cavern, riding on a minecart with Itchiford "Itchy" Daschund and Winnifred Bessime De Winkerville (Bess Morgan). And now, Meta Knight gives some directions to Ash, who went to Angelic Kingdom with Annabelle as he does Belladonna's challenge, called: "Balloon Burst" (based on a "Mario Party" mini-game)...and succeeded it. Belladonna is upset that Ash won her challenge. Now, Ash Ketchum went to Whispy Woods until he was surrounded with King Dedede and Escargoon, who cleared Whispy Woods, but Kirby and Jigglypuff got rid of King Dedede and Escargoon, and the Whispy Woods reappeared, but Ash Kecthum might be lost, so he follow each voices from the Whispy Woods to get to King Dedede's castle. Meanwhile, Ritchie, The Pink Panther, Delia Ketchum (Ash's mom), Professor Samuel Oak, Tracey Sketchit, Brock, Misty and Anne-Marie are captured imprisoned at Cappytown Police Station by King Dedede and Escargoon previously until they were rescued by David by using magic tricks ever since he was six.

Now, King Dedede and Escargoon are hereby imprisoned by Officer Jenny. Then, David, Anne-Marie and friends are going to King Dedede's castle to help out Ash Ketchum...and they did. Before this, Giovanni must possess awesome power with Pikachu's rosy cheeks, but Ash Ketchum finally sees Giovanni and Persian, in person...and Giovanni informed Ash Ketchum that Giovanni IS Ash's father. Now, Misty, Brock, and everyone came to see Ash. Togepi does its rhythm and teleports itself and everyone (including Pikachu) from the cages and onto Ash Ketchum. Now, Anne-Marie informs Ash and friends that all dogs have special powers...just like Pokemon. Only in the world of Pokemon. Anyways, Ash and his friends direct Pokemon and Dogs got rid of Giovanni, Persian, Jessie, James, Meowth, Carface, Killer & Belladonna for good. And Giovanni, Persian, Jessie, James, Meowth, Carface, Killer & Belladonna blasted off from King Dedede's castle...to Cappytown Police Station.

Now, as Ash and his friends are going back to Pallet Town, David and Anne-Marie made a kiss. Now, Anne-Marie and David joined Ash, Brock, Misty, Tracey...oh, and Ritchie, with Charlie, Itchy, Sasha, Bess, Pikachu, Togepi, Vulpix & Marril. Annabell informs the Pokemon narrator that she is a guardian angel of Charlie & Itchy. As for the bad guys, Meowth & Persian use claws to unlock the cage doors, to made a jailbreak and escape Cappytown Police Station. Now, Carface, Killer & Belladonna shall get rid of Charlie & Itchy...King Dedede & Escargoon shall get rid of Kirby...and Giovanni & Persian orders Jessie, James & Meowth to capture Pikachu...once more.

Cast

 * Cameron Finley as Ash Ketchum
 * Ashley Tisdale as Misty
 * Brandon Hammond as Brock
 * Hallie Kate Eisenberg as Anne-Marie
 * Jonathan Lipnicki as David
 * Bug Hall as Tracey Sketchit
 * Sarah Michelle Gellar as Jessie
 * Freddie Prinze, Jr. as James
 * John Kassir as Meowth
 * Rob Paulsen as Chef Kawasaki
 * Jim Cummings as Whispy Woods
 * Lili Taylor as Delia Ketchum
 * Rick Ducommun as Professor Samuel Oak
 * Kevin Spacey Giovanni
 * Haley Joel Osment as Ritchie
 * Shawnee Smith as Nurse Joy
 * Moira Kelly as Officer Jenny
 * Liam Neeson as Meta Knight
 * Natasha Slayton as Tiffany "Tiff" Ebrum
 * Erik Per Sullivan as Tuff Ebrum
 * Simon Pegg as Sir Ebrum
 * Naomi Watts as Lady Like Ebrum
 * T.C. Carson as The Pink Panther
 * Dabney Coleman as Carface Carruthers
 * Charles Nelson Reilly as Killer
 * John Goodman as King Dedede
 * Andy Dick as Escargoon
 * Jasmine Guy as Annabelle
 * Gloria Reuben as Belladonna
 * E.G. Daily as Pikachu & Togepi
 * Cheryl Chase as Marril & Vulpix
 * Kath Soucie as Kirby & Jigglypuff
 * Paul Rudd as Charlie B. Barkin
 * Phil LaMarr as Itchiford "Itchy" Daschund
 * Shawna Waldron as Sasha LaFleur
 * Jodie Sweetin as Bess Morgan
 * Stacy Keach as the Narrator
 * Me (imitating so many voices as dubbed version)

Production
I'm (JamesTherHAMPMaster) ready to tell you a story about the another movie I made, called "Team Rocket: Blast off at the Speed of Light" (2001). Between August 4 & 5, 2001...I've had a dream about the "Team Rocket" movie from MGM. I watched "All Dogs go to Heaven" 1 & 2 on VHS by Saturday, February 16, 2002. I also watched "The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland" (1999) on VHS by Saturday, March 16, 2002. I also like to watch some "Pokemon" television series units and movies. And then... it gives me an idea. I made a first "Team Rocket" book on March 18 - 28, 2002, but I've got rid of it a few months later. And I've decided to do the remake twice. One book hasn't been finished making in August 2004. And another in August 2004, but I postpone it until July 20, 2008, so I've got no choice but to get started...and I did. Also, I finished it on July 25, 2008. Unfortunately, there are some characters and locations from "Rocky and Bullwinkle", including Fearless Leader...and it's useless, so therefore, I've decided to revised the whole movie, with some characters from "Pokemon", "Kirby", "All Dogs go to Heaven" and "The Pink Panther". I made an original movie on August 16 - 19, 2002, but due to technical difficulties, I can barely see "The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland" (1999). Therefore, I have no choice but to remake the same movie, but this time, I must revise everything. I use so many voices... just like the late, great man of a 1,000 voices named Mel Blanc (1908-1989). I drew and colorized some characters on sketch pads and cut out them with scissors to make characteristic paper figures on my room on September 2 - 6, 2017. Also I've drew some 4-way background sequences on sketch pads on September 7, 2017. Now, I use a DVD camcorder, with a tripod, to face my laptop. At the beginning of the movie, first of all, the 1960 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures logo with 1995 lion roaring sound effect and the MGM website (https://www.mgm.com). Followed by the 4Kids Entertainment logo from 1998.

I made some of the fake movies, though. I started drawing some sketch pads in September 2017. That Team Rocket movie Book I made makes me following the paragraph as I snapshot the sequence. I took a lot of photos of the drawings I made on a DVD camcorder with an SD card in my room. First of all, I use my DVD Camcorder to face those cut-out characters & objects and background drawings I made. Anyway, I insert the SD card to the laptop. I put these photos I took onto "Photo/Video Timeline" in Windows Live Movie Maker. Now I edited these photo clips and and added photos to it from each folder. Anyway, I recorded a lot of voices from the homemade book I made, removed it from narration timeline, and reimport it to the music timeline, trimmed off some mixed-up words and some goofs. I put some clips of musics onto "Music timeline". Now, I use Video Transitions and Video Effects onto some clips. It's a good thing I've got Windows Live Movie Maker on my laptop, though I worked very hard to put good stuff on Windows Live Movie Maker. I saved some parts of the whole thing... until I finished. That's the hard part on September 11 - 13, 2017. I put my mini-DVD camcorder to face the laptop, plug up the audio/video wire from the mini-DVD camcorder to the DVD recorder. I put the TV set on mute so it doesn't have feedback screeches. I can only imitating sound effects... and not allowed to do some commentary talking. I saved the movie, and a trailer. Anyway, I started recording on DVD by September 13, 2017.

Post Production
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Soundtrack

 * "Make it Mine" - Mandy Patinkin (also from "The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland" 1999 soundtrack)
 * "I See a Kingdom" - Vanessa Williams (also from "The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland" 1999 soundtrack)
 * "Double Trouble" - Rachael Lillis, Eric Stuart, Maddie Blaustein & Ted Lewis
 * "It Will All Be Mine" - Ted Lewis, Rachael Lillis & Eric Stuart

Trivia

 * The Pokemon Characters, Kirby characters, All Dogs go to Heaven characters and The Pink Panther are also from Shadow of Lord Darkar (2000).
 * Hallie Kate Eisenberg has decided to play Anne-Marie (All Dogs go to Heaven), since Judith Barsi died in 1988.
 * The musical themes from Pokemon: Puzzle League are also used for the Team Rocket 2001 movie.

Release
Team Rocket: Blast off at the Speed of Light has released in theaters on August 10, 2001 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

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