Pokémon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions/Fridge

Fridge Logic

• If Kodai's recapture of the Ripple of Time is Zoroark's illusion, why then, does he feel the effects of integrating with it?
  • It's actually in line with everything else in the movie, everyone seems to actually be able to feel the effects of Zoroark's illusions, even Zorua is able to do this when he imitates Tangrowth to fight back. So not really a problem there.
  • Why make a new counterpart for Ethan? They look exactly the same, and both never meet Lyra. It could be possible though, that they simply changed Kenta's name to "Hibiki".
• When the team got locked into a cage, they weren't relieved of their Pokeballs. Why didn't Dawn bust them out with Mamoswine, given that it's half-Ground and wouldn't be affected by the electricity?
  • Except they were surrounded by Goon and his Pokemon and there's a button on the cage to activate a levitating energy field that evidently really hurts. That and it seems the electricity is of a much higher power than what Pokemon have. So it's likely Mamoswine would've been seriously hurt doing so. To show this Kodai uses his claw thing to electrocute and mortally wounded Zoroark and kills her. Yeah, it's a constent stream there, but that shows how high voltage he uses.
    • Plus there's the little problem that Mamoswine is big. The cage wasn't that much bigger.

Fridge Horror

• Kodai said that 'no one would ever know what he did there that day' to Ash. At first, he seems just like a smug victorious villain...then you remember he's a homicidal Complete Monster that will not hesitate to kill someone. Yeah, that's right, Kodai, with a smile on his face, pretty much said he was going to kill The Hero, whose a kid. As if Kodai wasn't evil enough!
  • This line in the English dub, which reveals that Zorua knows he is about to die and has completely given up fighting Kodai:

"I guess there's no more time left for me."

• • Kodai's Pokemon are insanely loyal to him. Doesn't seem that bad until you realize what a Complete Monster the guy is. Given his murderous nature, it's very possible that they follow him because they're terrified of him!
    • Unless they are just as bad as he is! Tell me, which do you consider to be worse...
      • It was stated by Team Rocket's Pokemon waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the Island of the Giant Pokemon episode in early season 1 that there are no evil Pokemon, just trainers that use them for evil. Meowth seems to be the only exception to the rule, and his backstory has him trying to imitate humans to impress a girl, so it's fairly logical that his evilness comes from imitating humans and being True Companions with Jessie and James.
  • A out of universe example really. The Manga adaptation is normally Darker and Edgier than the Anime. Considering how evil Kodai is and how Darker and Edgier this film actually is...
  • At one point, Kodai claims that because he can see the future, he'll eliminate all obstacles in his path. Now, consider what kind of person he is and try telling me that doesn't seem a LOT more frightening.
  • The finale has plenty of Nightmare Fuel on its own, but think about it. Zorua is a baby who'll have to live the rest of his life with memories of being tortured to near death and then watching his mother being eletrocuited and dying right in front of him. And he is already a Woobie without the Fridge Horror.
  • Kodai gives Zoroak a Disney Death at the finale, while that is Nightmare Fuel on its on, it gets worse when you realize he was aiming at Zorua. Zorua might not have survived as well as his 'Meema'...