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Jirachi (ジラーチ) / Jirachi

Japanese VA:  Suzuki Tomiko, American VA:  Kerry Williams

There is a prophecy about a certain shooting star.  This star, which appears once every thousand years for a span of seven days, is said to awaken the star-shaped pokemon, Jirachi, from its thousand-year slumber in its cocoon.  However, once those seven days are up, the wish-granting pokemon goes back to sleep for another thousand years.  Butler has somehow come across this cacoon, knowing that Jirachi is sleeping inside.  He thinks that Jirachi will be a key to unlocking Groudon, so when Masato tells him at a magic show that he can hear the pokemon's voice, Butler gives the cacoon to the young boy in hopes that he'll be able to awaken the pokemon.

Hours later, the pokemon hatches from its cacoon and introduces itself to the group.  Jirachi is described in the Pokemon Zukan as being a wish-granting pokemon.  It uses the Shinjitsu no Me ("The Eye of Truth"), a special technique that grants it the power of instantaneous movement.  Jirachi can also use telepathy and can speak human language.  After the seven days are up, Jirachi has to return to its cacoon where it will sleep for another thousand years.

Absol (アブソル) / Absol

Absol, one of the first pokemon featured in a movie that isn't super-rare or difficult to catch, is the self-appointed protector of Jirachi.  When it sees Masato playing with Jirachi, it mistakes the young boy for an enemy and attacks him.  It is later subdued by Butler and determines that the magician is Jirachi's real threat, so it joins Satoshi-tachi in their struggle against Butler. 

Absol's primary method of attack is to use the horn on its head to shoot scythe-like beams at its enemies.

Meta-Groudon (メタ・グラードン) / ???

Meta-Groudon is the Groudon that Butler manages to resurrect in the movie.  Not a real Groudon (much like the Entei in the third movie wasn't the real Entei), the Meta-Groudon is able to protrude tentacles from its body which it uses to absorb the surrounding pokemon.  The Meta-Groudon also causes plants to die wherever it steps.