Fearing for her safety, Zoom's powers return and he pulls her out of the way. When Concussion arrives, Larraby test fires a neutralizing net to trap Concussion, who easily blasts it away towards Cindy. They make it to Concussion's arrival point and Jack opts to confront him powerless and alone, but the kids refuse to abandon him. Zoom is horrified by the revelation and recruits Marsha to help him rescue the kids before they are bombarded with Gamma-13 during their escape, Marsha also reveals that she secretly possesses a form of rainbow-colored super breath. In his vision, he also discovers the project's true purpose: The military is seeking to test new weaponry to subdue Concussion and will use the new Zenith team as a distraction worse, the military does not believe the new team has sufficient power to hold him at bay and plans to bombard the children with Gamma-13. Only hours before Concussion is set to arrive on Earth, Dylan discovers a new ability, "mindsight", a rare power that allows him to discover where Concussion will arrive. Slowly things begin to come together as the new team's abilities improve, and they adopt superhero identities: Cindy calls herself "Princess," Tucker becomes "Mega Boy," Dylan chooses "Houdini" and Summer takes the name "Wonder". The team eventually forces Jack to face the fact that he's not really putting his heart into their training. Dylan keeps trying to escape, Tucker has self-esteem problems and trouble controlling his powers, and the kids are annoyed by Jack's attitude. At first, things do not go well, with Jack being bitter about the past, and his sarcastic attitude disappoints Marsha. The project holds an audition of would-be members, and four are selected: Dylan West, a 17-year-old boy possessing invisibility, Summer Jones, a 16-year-old girl with telekinetic powers and empathic senses, Tucker Williams, a 12-year-old overweight boy who can enlarge and inflate his body parts himself at will, and Cindy Collins, a 6-year-old girl with super strength. In their secret base Area 52 (a reference to Area 51), he meets Marsha Holloway, who is a beautiful but clumsy psychologist, a big fan of Zoom's, and knows of him only through the comic book adaptations of the team's adventures. Larraby gives Jack the choice of a lengthy prison sentence should he refuse or a payment of $500,000 for training the team. Jack finds himself dragged back into the Project, this time as an instructor. General Larraby, the military officer in charge of the Project, decides to form a new Zenith Team to fight him. Zoom's actions propelled Concussion to a dimensional rift who is now on a return trajectory. Ed Grant, the scientist behind the original Zenith Project, discovers that Concussion is still alive. Zoom defeated Concussion but lost his powers in the process.ģ0 years later, Dr. Thinking Zoom and the team betrayed him, Concussion killed his teammates Marksman, Ace, and Daravia. This made Zoom faster and stronger but created a psychotic break in Concussion who becomes paranoid and delusional. The American military sought to enhance the team's powers using an experimental form of radiation called "Gamma-13".
#Zoom movie parents guide series#
“Humans pretty much have dominant control because they have these things called Poke balls that can catch them, and then you can bring out the Pokémon whenever you want to battle or just hang out.During the opening credits, a series of comic book panels recounts the adventures of Team Zenith, five young superheroes led by Jack Shepard ("Captain Zoom") and his older brother Connor Shepard ("Concussion"), who fought to protect the world from various threats. And be enthusiastic even if you don’t get it!” Pokémon are basically animals and pets, but with a twist. That’s when I got Henry’s most important piece of advice. It’s easy to feel your eyes start to glaze over with the dull fog of parental complacency. I felt like my dad must have in 1988 when I tried to explain to him who the X-Men were. But the Pokémon universe got confusing very quickly, and I was terrified to ask how the playing cards figure into all of this. Given my Star Wars fandom growing up, I always expected to be able to follow along whatever Henry would be into, whether it’s comics, TV, book series, whatever.