Pokemon: The Ninja Poké-Showdown

• Genre: Adventure
• Movie Type: Fantasy Comedy, Fantasy Adventure
• Themes: Fantasy Lands, Heroic Mission, Mythical Creatures
• Release Year: 1998
• Country: JP
• Run Time: 26 minutes

Plot

Pokemon feel the need for speed in this collection of episodes from the animated television series that put the critters into high gear. The pressure is on Lara's Ponyta when he's entered in a Pokemon race that turns out to be dangerously fixed in "The Flame Pokemon-athon." In "The Kangaskhan Kid," Ash and Pikachu discover an orphaned boy who has learned to speak the Pokemon language -- they set out to reunite him with his parents. And "The Ninja Poke-showdown" finds Ash trapped in a gym that's actually a booby-trapped ninja hideout. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide