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[Subbed] 20 years and we finally have an answer on what "Pokemon Master" means

CidHazard

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weedle_mchairybug said:
To be fair, the one time it was hinted to be the absolute strongest trainer out there was with Movie 1 where Mewtwo, the strongest Pok?mon in the world, referred to himself (itself?) as the greatest Pok?mon Master, and more than lived up to its name by being unable to be beaten (even when fighting Mew, it only ended in a draw).
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That's in the dub tho weedle... He stated no such thing in the Japanese dub. To my recollection he referred himself as the greatest Pokemon.
 

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CidHazard said:
That's in the dub tho weedle... He stated no such thing in the Japanese dub. To my recollection he referred himself as the greatest Pokemon.
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I just looked through Dogasu's comparison for the film, and nowhere did it even imply that Mewtwo referring to himself as the greatest Pok?mon Master (PRIOR to officially unveiling himself I mean) was a dub addition (and Dogasu outright hates the 4Kids dub, or heck, any official English dub of the anime for that matter, and isn't afraid to admit it. If it was a dub addition, he would have made it very apparent in his comparison). Besides, if it were a dub addition, why the heck did Ash and co., not to mention those other three trainers, even BOTHER going to New Island?
 
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CidHazard

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weedle_mchairybug said:
I just looked through Dogasu's comparison for the film, and nowhere did it even imply that Mewtwo referring to himself as the greatest Pok?mon Master (PRIOR to officially unveiling himself I mean) was a dub addition (and Dogasu outright hates the 4Kids dub, or heck, any official English dub of the anime for that matter, and isn't afraid to admit it. If it was a dub addition, he would have made it very apparent in his comparison). Besides, if it were a dub addition, why the heck did Ash and co., not to mention those other three trainers, even BOTHER going to New Island?
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Just re-watched the film weedle...

Again he did not call himself A Pokemon Master...But he did call himself the Strongest Trainer.
Even if you watch the film itself the word "Masut?" (or master) was never used. Saikyou was used instead which means The Strongest.

The line in japanese was: "Saikyou wa Pokemon turiena ga oyde-ararimasu" Translated its "The Strongest Pokemon Trainer has Arrived."
 
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CidHazard

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Hikamaru said:
Wait, so the Pokemon Master thing was a mistranslation?
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Don't think so... The phrase is super simple to understand, so I doubt that it is a mistranslation.

4kids probably falsely assumed, Strongest Trainer = Pokemon Master, so they simply chose Mewtwo to introduce himself as a Pokemon Master in the Dub.
 
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