Pokémon: The Movie 2000/Trivia

• What Could Have Been: This movie was originally going to compete with Disney's Recess: School's Out in July 2000 (Remember that WB and Disney have been competitors for a long time, and the One Saturday Morning vs. Kids WB war was being one by Disney at the time). Knowing about how big their competitor was, Disney decided to hold Recess off until February 2001.
  • Though if both movies were released at the same time (looking at both box office numbers and reception from when both movies were released), Pokemon would've done better in the box office, while Recess would've done better with critics.
• Herman Cain infamously quoted the ending song of the movie The Power Of One to close his election bid, attributing it to "a poet". Before, he thought they were the lyrics to the closing song of the 2000 Sydney Olympics.