PIKACHU: [CURIOUS]
SPORTSCASTER: Yes, this battle
of the Pokémon League finals
is really picking up steam!
GENGAR: [EXERTION]
SPORTSCASTER: Gengar dodges it!
BLASTOISE: [CHALLENGING]
GENGAR: [NIGHT SHADE MOVE]
SPORTSCASTER: It's Night Shade!
BLASTOISE: [EXERTION]
SPORTSCASTER: But
Blastoise withstands it!
BLASTOISE: [ICE BEAM MOVE]
SPORTSCASTER: Wait!
That was an Ice Beam!
GENGAR: [EXERTION]
GENGAR: [PAINED]
SPORTSCASTER:
And Gengar is frozen!
What will the Trainer do now?
BLASTOISE: [CHALLENGING]
SPORTSCASTER:
There goes the Poké Ball...
And the next Pokémon up is...
Venusaur!
VENUSAUR: [CHALLENGING] /
[RAZOR LEAF MOVE]
SPORTSCASTER: It's a Razor Leaf!
BLASTOISE: [EXERTION] /
[DISMISSIVE] / [HYDRO PUMP MOVE]
VENUSAUR: [PAINED]
SPORTSCASTER: But Blastoise's
Hydro Pump scores a direct hit!
VENUSAUR: [TACKLE MOVE]
BLASTOISE: [SKULL BASH MOVE]
VENUSAUR: [PAINED] /
[DETERMINED]
BLASTOISE: [EXERTION]
SPORTSCASTER: Wow! Venusaur's
Solar Beam, and Blastoise's
Hydro Pump... What POWER!
ASH: MAN! Oh, wow!
Yess! Yeah! Get 'em!
NARRATOR: This is Ash Ketchum,
from Pallet Town.
Ash is almost ten years old.
When youngsters with aspirations
to become Pokémon Trainers turn
ten, they can choose their first
Pokémon from Professor Oak.
They can choose from
Bulbasaur... Charmander...
and Squirtle.
Then, they can begin
their exciting journeys
as Pokémon Trainers!
ASH: Bulbasaur...
Charmander... Squirtle...
Here we go.
All right, I choose you!
DELIA: Ash Ketchum,
are you still asleep?
You'll be late getting
to Professor Oak's lab!
ASH: Yeah, right,
Professor Oak's lab...
ASH: Mom, why didn't
you wake me up?!
DELIA: You said yourself
when you turned ten,
you could wake up on your own!
BELLSPROUT/ODDISH: [EXCITED]
ASH: Hey Professor Oak!
I made it. I'm here!
PROFESSOR OAK: Oh. Hello, Ash.
ASH: So, Professor Oak,
where's my Pokémon?!
PROFESSOR OAK: Ah, so you're
the last of the four young ones
starting out on
their journeys today.
ASH: I've thought about it
a lot and it took me a
really long time,
but I finally decided.
I'm gonna choose Squirtle!
PROFESSOR OAK: I'm afraid
Squirtle was chosen by
a Trainer who wasn't late.
SQUIRTLE: [EXCITED]
ASH: I've got no one
to blame but myself.
Okay, then I'll
choose Bulbasaur!
PROFESSOR OAK: Bulbasaur
went with a Trainer
who also got here on time.
BULBASAUR: [HAPPY]
ASH: All right! I mean
I really want Charmander!
PROFESSOR OAK: Being a second
late for a train, or even a
Pokémon, can be life changing.
CHARMANDER: [AFFECTIONATE]
ASH: Does that mean... I go on
my journey without a Pokémon?
PROFESSOR OAK: Well,
there is another, but...
ASH: Uh, I'll take it!
PROFESSOR OAK: I think I should
warn you that there is a problem
with this last one...
ASH: So what?
Since I was late, then I've
got a problem with me, too!
PROFESSOR OAK: All right...
ASH: Awesome! All right then,
you're my Pokémon! Whoa!
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
PIKACHU: [CURIOUS]
PIKACHU: [AMUSED]
PROFESSOR OAK:
This Pokémon is called Pikachu.
ASH: It's so cute! Looks
like I got the best one!
PROFESSOR OAK: You'll see...
ASH: Oh, yeah! Hi, Pikachu,
my name's Ash Ketchum!
You and I are gonna
be best friends!
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
PIKACHU: [ANNOYED] /
[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]
PROFESSOR OAK: It's the
Electric Mouse Pokémon.
Pikachu can be rather shy,
but quite electrifying
when touched by humans.
PIKACHU: [DISMISSIVE]
ASH: Hey, I can
take a little zap!
PROFESSOR OAK: All right then.
If that's how you feel, then
this is Pikachu's Poké Ball.
ASH: Thanks a lot, Professor!
DELIA: Ash?
DELIA: Remember, you were going
to head out on your journey
right after getting your
Pokémon. For goodness sake!
DELIA: Here. I packed shirts,
underwear, a towel,
your toothbrush,
and a sleeping bag.
ASH: Let's go, Pikachu!
PIKACHU: [DISMISSIVE]
DELIA: Don't Pokémon usually
go in their Poké Balls?
ASH: They sure do!
Come on, Pikachu, get in!
PIKACHU: [DISMISSIVE]
ASH: Get in your Poké Ball!
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
PROFESSOR OAK: Oh, right.
This Pikachu hates getting
into any sort of Poké Ball.
ASH: Whoa, it does? Now get in!
PIKACHU: [DISMISSIVE]
PIKACHU: [DISMISSIVE] /
[IRRITATED] / [ANNOYED]
PIKACHU: [AMUSED]
DELIA: Wow!
If you're playing catch, then
you're good friends already!
ASH: Yeah, you're right! We're
best friends already, right?
PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]
ASH: Pikachu? Are you gonna
be like this the whole way?
PIKACHU: [YAWNING]
PIKACHU: [STUBBORN]
ASH: Is it because
you don't like me?
PIKACHU: [QUESTIONING]
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE]
ASH: Well, I like you a lot!
PIKACHU: [DISMISSIVE]
ASH: And no matter what,
I want to be your friend.
So we're all done with this.
PIKACHU:
[STARTLED] / [SURPRISED]
ASH: Now. Put 'er there.
PIKACHU: [ANNOYED]
ASH: You're a handful.
PIDGEY: [FOCUSED]
ASH: Hey, a Pidgey!
That's awesome! Yes!
PIKACHU: [QUESTIONING]
ASH: Catching that Pidgey's
gonna be my first step toward
becoming a Pokémon Master!
Go, Poké Ball!
PIDGEY: [SURPRISED]
ASH: I caught it!
PIDGEY: [UNCONCERNED]
PIKACHU: [AMUSED]
ASH: The way to catch 'em is
have a battle! Go, Pikachu!
PIKACHU: [REFUSING]
ASH: Aw, come on, aren't
you gonna help me out?
PIKACHU: [REFUSING]
ASH: Fine then.
I'll do it myself.
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
PIDGEY: [SCARED]
SPEAROW: [ANGRY]
ASH: It's a Spearow!
PIKACHU: [LAUGHING]
SPEAROW: [ALERT]
SPEAROW: [ANGRY]
PIKACHU: [ALERT] / [QUESTIONING]
/ [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]
SPEAROW: [SCARED] / [CALLING]
PIKACHU: [ANGRY]
SPEAROW FLOCK: [ANGRY]
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
ASH: Let's get out of here,
quick!
PIKACHU: [SHOCKED]
PIKACHU: [SCARED]
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
PIKACHU: [EXERTION] /
[SCARED] / [PAINED]
ASH: Knock it off!
I'm the one who threw the rock!
You should be attacking me!
PIKACHU: [WEAK]
ASH: You all right, Pikachu?
PIKACHU: [WEAK]
SPEAROW FLOCK: [ANGRY]
ASH: Pikachu! You're gonna be
just fine! Hang in there!
PIKACHU: [WEAK]
PIKACHU: [WEAK]
ASH: Pikachu!
PIKACHU: [WEAK]
ASH: No, Pikachu. This
can't be happening, right?
PIKACHU: [WEAK]
ASH: Pikachu!
You've gotta go inside!
PIKACHU: [CONFUSED]
ASH: I know you can't stand
going inside your Poké Ball,
but still... in there,
you'll be protected!
So come on...
Get inside, please?
Then leave the rest to me.
I'll take care of this!
ASH: All right, you! I don't
think you know who you're
dealing with! But I'm Ash
Ketchum, from Pallet Town!
And I'm gonna be the world's
greatest Pokémon Master!
Mess with me and
you're gonna lose!
I'm gonna catch all of
you Pokémon at once!
Pikachu, you've
gotta get inside your
Poké Ball now! All right, you,
hit me with your best sh*t!
PIKACHU: [EXERTION] /
[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]
SPEAROW FLOCK: [PAINED]
PIKACHU: [AFFECTIONATE]
ASH: Pikachu...
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE]
PIKACHU: [FRIENDLY] / [HAPPY]
ASH: You'll stay? Mean it?
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE] /
[AFFECTIONATE]
HO-OH: [CALLING]
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
ASH: What's that?
PIKACHU: [AMAZED]
PIKACHU: [AMAZED]
ASH: Pikachu? Someday
we'll both meet that Pokémon!
PIKACHU: [AGREEMENT]
♪ I wanna be the very best ♪
♪ Like no one ever was ♪
♪ To catch them
is my real test ♪
♪ To train them is my cause ♪
♪ I will travel
across the land ♪
♪ Searching far and wide ♪
♪ Each Pokemon
to understand ♪
♪ The power that's inside ♪
Pokemon
Gotta catch 'em all ♪
It's you and me
♪ I know it's my destiny ♪
♪ Pokemon ♪
♪ Oh you're my best friend ♪
♪ In a world we must defend ♪
♪ Pokemon ♪
♪ Gotta catch 'em all ♪
♪ A heart so true ♪
♪ Our courage
will pull us through ♪
♪ You teach me
and I'll teach you ♪
Pokemon Gotta catch 'em all
♪ Gotta catch 'em all ♪
Every challenge along the way;
With courage I will face.
I will battle every day
to claim my rightful place.
Come with me; The time is
right. There's no better team.
Arm in arm we'll win the fight.
It's always been our dream.
Pokemon Gotta catch 'em all
It's you and me.
I know it's my destiny.
Pokémon!
Oh you're my best friend;
In a world we must defend.
Pokemon Gotta catch 'em all
A heart so true. Our courage
will pull us through.
You teach me, and
I'll teach you. Po-ké-mon!
Gotta catch 'em all!
Gotta catch 'em all!
Gotta catch 'em all!
ASH: Pikachu, use Quick att*ck!
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE] /
[QUICK att*ck MOVE]
ERIKA: Tangela, Vine Whip!
TANGELA: [VINE WHIP MOVE]
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
TANGELA: [PAINED] / [IMPACT]
TANGELA: [STUNNED]
REFEREE: Tangela
is unable to battle!
Thus, the winner is
Ash from Pallet Town!
ASH: All right!
PIKACHU: [EXCITED]
ASH: Man, you were awesome,
Pikachu!
PIKACHU: [PLEASED]
ERIKA: Very well. As proof of
your victory at the Celadon Gym,
and by the authority of the
Pokémon League, I now present
you with the Rainbow Badge.
ASH: I just got a Rainbow Badge!
PIKACHU: [EXCITED]
ERIKA: How many badges
does this make?
ASH: It's my third one!
ERIKA: I look forward to you
winning all eight and entering
the Pokémon League!
ASH: Thanks! I'll do my best!
PIKACHU: [HAPPY]
PIDGEY TRIO: [EXCITED]
NIDORAN?/ NIDORAN?: [ALERT] /
[STARTLED] / EXERTION]
ASH: Oh, hi, Mom.
DELIA: Well, well! You
finally decided to call!
PIKACHU: [CURIOUS] /
[SURPRISED] / [DETERMINED]
IVYSAUR: [CURIOUS]
DELIA: Do you have any idea how
many Pokémon Centers I've been
leaving messages at
hoping you would be there?!
ASH: So what's this
big emergency?
PIKACHU: [TEASING]
DELIA: If I didn't say it was a
big emergency, you wouldn't have
called back, would you?!
You're just like your father!
It wouldn't hurt to call me
once in a while, now would it?
Oh! Pikachu! Hi there!
PIKACHU: [EXERTION] /
[HAPPY] / [GREETING]
ASH: That's all? I'm hanging up.
DELIA: Now you just hold on!
I want to make sure
you're eating right!
ASH: I'm eating...
DELIA: And eat your vegetables!
It's very important!
And what about laundry?
You're not wearing dirty
shirts every day, are you?
PIKACHU: [CURIOUS]
ASH: Come on, Mom!
You worry too much.
NURSE JOY: You're all set. Your
Pokémon's completely healed.
Happy and in perfect health.
VERITY: I was so worried! Thank
you Nurse Joy. Wanted posters?
NURSE JOY: Yes,
that's Team Rocket.
VERITY: Team Rocket?
NURSE JOY: They're awful,
and they go around stealing
other people's Pokémon.
The worst of the worst.
VERITY: Really? I wonder
what that's all about...
JESSIE: She's wondering
what we're all about.
JAMES: Actions speak
louder than words.
MEOWTH: All we do is get
our paws on primo Pokémon,
and they'll know how
magnificently we rock!
VAPOREON TRAINER:
Excuse me! Nurse Joy!
Please help my Pokémon!
My Vaporeon's been hurt...
NURSE JOY: Let me see.
It doesn't look good!
VAPOREON: [WEAK]
NURSE JOY: What happened?
VAPOREON TRAINER: That
Entei came out of nowhere...
ASH: Entei? I'm sorry,
mom! Gotta go!
DELIA: Ash! But...
VAPOREON TRAINER: I thought
for sure we could catch it...
NURSE JOY: Don't worry.
It'll be just fine.
CHANSEY: [AFFIRMATIVE]
VAPOREON TRAINER:
Thank you so much!
ASH: Did you say Entei?
VAPOREON TRAINER: Yeah.
One of the Legendary Pokémon.
They're so rare, nobody ever
sees them! I tried to catch it,
but it was so
overwhelmingly strong...
VAPOREON TRAINER: We were b*at
in no time, and after that it
ran into the forest.
TRAINER A:
It's probably still close!
CLEFABLE: [EXCITED]
TRAINER B: I'm gonna catch it!
ASH: Let's go, Pikachu!
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE]
MEOWTH: Some big deal!
And they're totally clueless.
NURSE JOY: I know you!
JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH: Entei's
on the RUN! Ain't we got FUN?!
WEEDLE: [EXERTION] /
[QUESTIONING]
ASH: Where are you, Entei?
PIKACHU:
[EXERTION] / [QUESTIONING]
ASH, VERITY: There it is!
PIKACHU: [ALERT] / [FRUSTRATED]
VERITY: Let's go, Piplup!
PIPLUP: [APPEARING] / [EXERTION]
ASH: Hold it! I got here first!
VERITY: I got here first!
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
VERITY: Piplup, use Bubble Beam!
PIPLUP: [EXERTION] /
[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]
PIKACHU: [SHOCKED]
ASH: Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!
PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]
PIPLUP: [DISTRESSED]
ENTEI: [THOUGHTFUL]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [EXERTION]
ENTEI: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [DISTRESSED]
PIKACHU: [WORRIED]
SORREL: Lucario, Aura Sphere!
LUCARIO: [AURA SPHERE MOVE]
ENTEI: [IMPACT]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [AMAZED]
ENTEI: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
LUCARIO: [PAINED]
VERITY: Piplup, Bubble Beam!
PIPLUP: [BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]
ENTEI: [EXERTION] / [ATTACKING]
PIPLUP: [DISTRESSED]
PIKACHU: [STRUGGLING] / [IMPACT]
ENTEI: [DISMISSIVE] / [EXERTION]
VERITY: All right!
You let it escape!
PIPLUP: [ANGRY]
ASH: I totally could've
caught it if you hadn't
gotten in the way!
PIKACHU: [AGREEMENT]
VERITY: You were in the way!
ASH: No, you were!
VERITY: Wanna see
if you can b*at me?
ASH: Good idea.
I'm Ash from Pallet Town!
Let's have a battle...
PIKACHU: [CHALLENGING]
VERITY: And I accept! I'm Verity
and I'm from Twinleaf Town!
Hey, dude! Once I polish off
this kid, you're gonna be next!
ASH: I want a battle
with you, too!
Hey! What do you mean,
polish me off?!
SORREL: I'm Sorrel
from Veilstone City.
I'll take a pass on the battles.
VERITY: Running away?
ASH: Come on!
Let's have a battle!
SORREL: Here's a
little warning for you.
You're going to
feel the wind soon.
I'd start looking for
shelter from the rain.
ASH: It's gonna rain?
VERITY: Before you find shelter,
I think you'd better
call your mommy!
ASH: Hey! Quit it!
Let's do this!
VERITY: Right with you!
PIPLUP: [DETERMINED]
ASH: I'll give you
the first move!
VERITY: Quit trying
to be a gentleman.
You may wind up regretting it!
Now, Piplup, use Drill Peck!
PIPLUP: [DRILL PECK MOVE]
ASH: All right, Pikachu,
use Iron Tail!
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE] /
[IRON TAIL MOVE]
PIPLUP: [IMPACT]
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
ASH: Now, Quick att*ck!
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE] /
[QUICK att*ck MOVE]
PIPLUP: [PAINED]
PIKACHU: [CONFIDENT]
VERITY: Piplup, are you okay?
PIPLUP: [DETERMINED]
VERITY: Then use Hydro Pump!
PIPLUP: [EXERTION] /
[HYDRO PUMP MOVE]
ASH: Dodge it...
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
ONIX: [OUTRAGED]
PIPLUP: [SCARED]
ONIX: [ANGRY]
PIPLUP: [PANICKING]
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
PIPLUP: [SCARED]
VERITY: My Piplup!
ASH: Here! Let's move!
PIPLUP: [RELIEVED]
VERITY: Right...
PIKACHU: [DISTRESSED]
ONIX: [ANGRY]
DIGLETT GROUP: [EXERTION]
JESSIE: Well, I'm here,
so where's Entei?
JAMES: What's that?
MEOWTH: Entei's coming
to check us out!
ONIX: [ANGRY]
JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH:
We're blasting off again!
PIKACHU: [EXERTION] / [SCARED]
ONIX: [ANGRY]
ONIX: [ANGRY]
ASH: That rock!
Let's get on top of it!
PIKACHU: [DISTRESSED] /
[EXERTION] / [SCARED] / [IMPACT]
PIPLUP: [DISTRESSED]
ONIX: [ATTACKING]
PIPLUP: [SCARED] / [IMPACT]
ONIX: [FURIOUS]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP:
[SCARED]
ASH: Onix! Stop it! You're only
gonna hurt yourself this way!
VERITY: Yelling at it is only
going to make it worse!
ASH: All right!
VERITY: Ash! Be careful!
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [WORRIED]
ASH: Stop it!
VERITY: Use Whirlpool!
PIPLUP: [WHIRLPOOL MOVE]
ASH: I'm sorry
for scaring you, Onix!
I wish you'd just
calm down, please!
ONIX: [GRUMBLING]
ONIX: [PONDERING]
PIKACHU: [AMAZED] /
[SCARED] / [EXERTION]
PIPLUP: [AMAZED] / [SCARED]
ONIX: [ROARING]
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
VERITY: Onix, I'm sorry!
PIPLUP: [APOLOGIZING]
ASH: Piplup, your Whirlpool
really saved the day!
PIPLUP: [BASHFUL]
VERITY: Ash, thank you.
I've gotta tell you.
You do some dumb things,
but I'm impressed.
PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]
VERITY: Forget it.
ASH: Rain!
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
VERITY: Just like that kid said!
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
CHARMANDER: [QUESTIONING]
PIKACHU: [EXERTION] /
[QUESTIONING]
PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]
ASH: A Charmander!
VERITY: It doesn't look
like it's very happy...
ASH: Hey what are you doing
out in the rain like this?
PIKACHU: [QUESTIONING]
CHARMANDER: [EXCITED] /
[EXERTION]
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
PIKACHU: [QUESTIONING]
VERITY: That must
be its Trainer.
CHARMANDER: [AFFECTIONATE] /
[SURPRISED]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [SHOCKED]
CROSS: You're still here?
Go away!
CHARMANDER: [SHOCKED]
VERITY: Hey wait,
are you its Trainer?
CROSS: Who's asking?
ASH: Answer the question!
CROSS: What're you worked up
about? Yeah. Originally I was.
ASH: Originally?
CROSS: I ditched the weakling.
There are Charmander like
that one all over the place.
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [OFFENDED]
CROSS: But then,
it just kept following me.
So I told it to wait here.
ASH: What an awful thing to say!
VERITY: Ash is right!
When you've caught a Pokémon
and then you tell it to wait,
some of them will
actually wait forever!
CROSS: So what's the problem?
CHARMANDER: [UPSET]
ASH: Hold it!
LYCANROC [MIDNIGHT FORM]:
[ANGRY]
VERITY: Ash, No!
CROSS: Only a Pokémon's
strength matters.
If it's gonna survive,
it had better grow stronger!
LYCANROC [MIDNIGHT FORM]:
[GROWLING]
ASH: What?!
VERITY: Wait.
Isn't it a Trainer's job to
help their Pokémon grow strong?!
CROSS: Nah. And what do you
get for that work anyway?
ASH: You get to become friends!
PIPLUP/CHARMANDER: [SURPRISED]
CROSS: You're too soft.
The only thing friendship
does is make a Pokémon weak!
CROSS: My name's Cross.
I'm going to become the
greatest Trainer ever.
ASH: Hey! Hold it!
CHARMANDER: [CALLING] /
[PAINED] / [WEAK]
ASH: Charmander!
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [WORRIED]
VERITY: Its flame
is getting weaker!
VERITY: And if Charmander's
flame goes out then...
VERITY: Ash, We've
got to do something!
ASH: Right!
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
PIPLUP: [WORRIED]
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
PIPLUP: [RELIEVED]
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
PIPLUP: [EXERTION]
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]
SORREL: You left it out in the
rain! What were you thinking?!
VERITY: Calm down.
It isn't Ash's fault!
It was in the rain after
its Trainer abandoned it!
It would've stayed out
in the rain forever!
ASH: Can you help?
SORREL: That's what
I'm trying to do.
PIKACHU: [WORRIED]
PIPLUP: [WORRIED]
SORREL: No Pokémon
with that much loyalty
is going to go untreated!
SORREL: I know it's hard,
but please take this.
CHARMANDER: [WEAK] /
[SWALLOWING] / [SIGHING]
SORREL: That should
stabilize you.
Now all we do is wait
for it to recover.
SORREL: Make sure it
doesn't get cold.
ASH: I'll warm it up!
CHARMANDER: [WEAK]
ASH: Don't worry, Charmander.
You'll be fine!
CHARMANDER: [AWAKENING]
ASH: How do you feel?
Are you still cold?
PIKACHU: [QUESTIONING]
PIPLUP: [WORRIED]
PIKACHU: [CONCERNED]
PIPLUP: [QUESTIONING]
CHARMANDER: [REASSURING]
SORREL: Things are
looking a lot better.
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [IMPRESSED]
ASH: 'Cause ou.
Thanks a lot!
VERITY: You're like Nurse Joy
at the Pokémon Center!
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [PLAYFUL]
SORREL: I'm hoping to
become a Pokémon professor,
and you need medical
training for that.
ASH: Wow...
SORREL: Right now,
I'm traveling all over,
gathering data on
Legendary Pokémon.
VERITY: So it's good that
you ran into Entei, isn't it?
SORREL: Of course.
It was a priceless experience.
By the way, why did
you come here, Verity?
You're a long way from home.
VERITY: Well... Long story.
Hey, Ash, why are you here?
ASH: Who, me? I wanna be the
world's greatest Pokémon Master!
VERITY: Master? Do you mean
the world's best Trainer?
ASH: Oh, no way!
Much more than that!
VERITY: It's so cold!
VERITY: Are you all right?
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [WORRIED]
ASH: Sure! That was nothing!
PIKACHU: [CONCERNED]
ASH: Trying to warm me up?
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE]
PIPLUP: [ENTHUSIASTIC] / [HAPPY]
VERITY: Thanks, Piplup...
SORREL: As a precaution, you're
going back in your Poké Ball.
We shouldn't let the Pokémon
spend the night out in the cold.
PIPLUP: [AFFECTIONATE]
VERITY: You're right.
You, too, Piplup.
ASH: You know...
I'd like to do that.
But Pikachu really
can't stand getting into
its Poké Ball, right buddy?
PIKACHU: [AGREEMENT]
PIPLUP: [AFFECTIONATE]
VERITY: No, you can't!
You'll catch a cold!
SORREL: It's for the best.
LUCARIO: [REFUSING]
PIPLUP: [STUBBORN]
SORREL: Lucario...
VERITY: Alright, Piplup...
PIPLUP: [AFFECTIONATE]
PIKACHU: [PLEASED] /
[AFFECTIONATE]
NIDORAN/SANDSHREW/CUBONE/RATTA
TA/SPINARAK: [EXERTION]
SORREL: Seeing the
fearsome forces of nature...
people and Pokémon are the same.
VERITY: Yeah...
SORREL: There's a legend,
that proclaims Ho-Oh
gave life to Entei.
ASH: You mean it?!
HO-OH: [CALLING]
SORREL: You see, around a
hundred and fifty years ago,
there was a
magnificent Bell Tower.
And this Bell Tower made it
possible for humans to actually
make contact with Ho-Oh.
SORREL: But lightning
struck the tower, engulfing
it in flames. Suddenly, a great
rain came down, and the flames
were extinguished. But three
nameless Pokémon succumbed to
the inferno. Amidst the
destruction, Ho-Oh descended
and bestowed life upon them once
again, and they were revived.
HO-OH: [CALLING]
SORREL: They represented the
lightning that struck, the flame
that engulfed, and the water
that extinguished the tower.
SORREL: Three natural
forces made flesh.
Raikou, Entei... and Suicune.
VERITY: Oh, I just love Suicune!
SORREL: And this,
is the Pokémon who guards over
their existences; Ho-Oh.
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
VERITY: You've seen it?
ASH: The first day I
started out on my journey!
SORREL: Are you serious?
ASH: Yeah! And as soon as I
did... this came floating down!
PIPLUP: [IMPRESSED] /
[QUESTIONING]
SORREL: No way you
got the Rainbow Wing!
ENTEI: [ALERT]
VERITY: What's the Rainbow Wing?
SORREL: Few people have ever
even seen Ho-Oh, and on rare
occasions, Ho-Oh is said to
bestow a feather on a human
it particularly likes.
MARSHADOW: [CURIOUS]
ASH: Yeah? I guess that must
mean Ho-Oh likes me! Huh!
VERITY: But, why
would Ho-oh do that?
SORREL: There's a legend that
explains it. It says there is a
Rainbow Hero who is led by the
Rainbow Wing to seek out Ho-Oh.
VERITY: A Rainbow Hero?
ASH: I don't know about
any of this, but it's cool...
VERITY: Oh. Impressed
with yourself, huh?
ASH: Oops!
PIKACHU/PIPLUP/CHARMANDER:
[SLEEPING]
PIKACHU: [AWAKENING] / [EXCITED]
VERITY: Morning, Piplup.
Sleep well?
PIPLUP:
[YAWNING] / [GREETING]
PIKACHU:
[EXERTION] / [SURPRISED]
ASH: Entei and its
friends are gone...
SORREL: Yeah.
CHARMANDER:
[GROGGY] / [QUESTIONING]
ASH: Hey! Charmander!
You feeling better?
CHARMANDER: [AFFIRMATIVE]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [HAPPY]
SORREL: Let's see.
Your tail flame looks good. Yup.
That tells me you're back to
feeling fine! You're good to go.
ASH: Isn't that great,
Charmander?
CHARMANDER: [AFFIRMATIVE]
ASH: Hey... You wanna
come along with us?
CHARMANDER: [QUESTIONING]
ASH: I'd like us to
become good friends!
PIKACHU: [AGREEMENT]
CHARMANDER: [SAD]
ASH: Please?
CHARMANDER: [DETERMINED]
ASH: Great! You really mean it?
CHARMANDER: [HAPPY]
ASH: 'Kay, here goes.'
CHARMANDER: [AGREEMENT]
ASH: I just caught a Charmander!
PIKACHU: [CELEBRATING]
VERITY: Congratulations, Ash.
You too, Pikachu.
PIKACHU/PIPLUP:
[PLAYFUL] / [QUESTIONING]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [IMPRESSED]
ASH: It's a rainbow!
VERITY: So beautiful!
SORREL: They say that Ho-Oh
lives at the end of the rainbow.
PIKACHU/PIPLUP/LUCARIO:
[SURPRISED]
SORREL: The legend. Says the
Rainbow Wing will guide you.
ASH: So, what's over that way?
PIPLUP: [CURIOUS]
SORREL: There are quite
a number of steep mountains
over there. The
Raizen Mountain Range.
ASH: I know!
ASH: I'm gonna meet Ho-Oh
and have a Pokémon battle!
VERITY: I'd love
to meet Ho-Oh, too!
SORREL: So would I!
Then I can determine for myself
whether the legend of the
Rainbow Hero, is actually true.
ASH: C'mon!
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]
ASH: We've gotta get
moving and find Ho-Oh!
PIKACHU/: [AGREEMENT]
VERITY: Right!
PIPLUP: [AGREEMENT]
JESSIE: That's
music to my ears...
JAMES: Entei proved
too elusive, but...
MEOWTH: Catching
Ho-Oh would rule!
JESSIE/JAMES: We're so cool...
ASH: Yee-haaa!
VERITY: Hah!
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [PLAYING]
GLOOM: [SURPRISED]
PINSIR: [SURPRISED]
ASH: A Bug type
against a Bug type!
Yeah! Caterpie, I choose you!
CATERPIE:
[APPEARING] / [CONFIDENT]
PINSIR:
[CHALLENGING] / [CHARGING]
ASH: 'Kay, Caterpie
use String sh*t!
CATERPIE: [EXERTION] /
[STRING sh*t MOVE]
PINSIR: [ATTACKING]
PINSIR:
[SURPRISED] / [IMPACT]
ASH: All right!
SORREL: It's evolving...
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [HAPPY]
ASH: It turned into a Metapod!
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [EXERTION]
VERITY: Pinsir's getting away.
ASH: That's okay!
This is what counts.
Congratulations, Metapod!
METAPOD: [HAPPY]
PIKACHU: [CELEBRATING]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [SLEEPING]
ASH: Really? Suicune?!
VERITY: Standing right
in front of me.
ASH: Man, I wish I
could've been there...
VERITY: Our eyes met...
and it was like time stopped.
VERITY: Yeah.
We were so connected.
ASH: Wow. Must've been nice!
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [PLAYFUL] /
[EATING] / [HAPPY]
SORREL: To meet Suicune
so soon after seeing Entei.
Incredible luck.
VERITY: I think so, too!
I wonder how my mom
would feel about it.
VERITY: Oh. My mother...
She's a famous
Pokémon Trainer back home.
Nothing I ever do is
good enough for her.
If I'm honest, we haven't
talked since I left.
SORREL: You know what I think? I
think she would be proud of you.
ASH: He's right!
'Course she would
VERITY: Maybe...
JIGGLYPUFF TRAINER:
Jigglypuff, Double Slap, go!
JIGGLYPUFF: [EXERTION]
ASH: Charmander,
use Flamethrower!
JIGGLYPUFF: [DOUBLE SLAP MOVE]
CHARMANDER: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
JIGGLYPUFF: [PAINED]
STARYU: [EXERTION]
STARMIE: [EXERTION]
JIGGLYPUFF:
[WOBBLING] / [STUNNED]
VERITY: Jigglypuff is unable
to battle! Ash is the winner!
ASH: Great work, Charmander!
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [CHEERING]
CHARMANDER: [HAPPY]
CHARMANDER: [HAPPY]
CHARMELEON: [HAPPY]
ASH: You evolved into
Charmeleon! That's awesome!
CHARMELEON: [EXCITED]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]
CHARMELEON: [AFFECTIONATE] /
[AFFIRMATIVE]
VERITY: Nice to meet you!
I'm Verity.
PIPLUP: [GREETING]
SORREL: I'm Sorrel.
LUCARIO: [GREETING]
DELIA: I hope Ash hasn't been
causing you too much trouble.
Oh, well! He's rambunctious,
but he's got a big heart.
I hope you'll all
be good friends!
ASH: Mom, I wish
you'd stop worrying...
ASH: Sorrel? You find anything?
SORREL: Yes, this
is an excellent book.
So well researched.
Listen! From high above,
Ho-Oh watched over the many
works of people and of Pokémon,
and they experienced the
Aura of Happiness. And they
received energy from it.
SORREL: And yet, the Heart of
Evil stole strength from it.
VERITY: What's that?
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [QUESTIONING]
SORREL: When the Rainbow Wing
touches the Heart of Evil,
its color vanishes.
VERITY: The Heart of Evil?
ASH: Its color vanishes?
Looks like mine's just fine.
VERITY: Like your mom said, you
may be a little rambunctious,
but you sure don't have
an evil heart.
ASH: That's right! 'Cause I'm
big-hearted and rambunctious![font color="red"][/font]
ASH: Knock it off! That's
not nice! Quit laughing!
PIKACHU: [CONFUSED]
SNORLAX: [EXERTION]
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
SNORLAX: [CHALLENGING]
ASH: Pikachu, use Iron Tail!
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE]
SNORLAX: [ATTACKING]
PIPLUP: [WORRIED]
PIKACHU: [IRON TAIL MOVE]
SNORLAX: [PAINED]
ASH: Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!
PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]
SNORLAX: [PAINED]
SNORLAX: [STUNNED]
REFEREE B: Snorlax is unable
to battle! Ash is the winner!
PIKACHU: [CELEBRATING]
ASH: All right!
VERITY: Very Nice!
PIPLUP: [CHEERING]
REFEREE B: So, since
Ash was victorious,
who is his next challenger?
VERITY: What do you say, Piplup?
PIPLUP: [AFFIRMATIVE]
CROSS: I am!
PIKACHU: [QUESTIONING]
PIKACHU: [ALERT]
VERITY: It's Cross!
SORREL: So he's the trainer
you were talking about...
PIPLUP: [ANGRY]
CROSS: I heard a rumor,
you started working with
that useless Charmander.
ASH: There's no such thing
as a useless Pokémon!
Charmeleon, let's go!
CHARMELEON:
[APPEARING] / [SURPRISED]
CROSS: It actually evolved?
It doesn't matter.
A weakling is still a weakling!
ASH: You're not even close!
CHARMELEON: [DETERMINED]
ASH: When a Pokémon works with
a Trainer, it gets stronger!
CROSS: All right,
my strong Fire-type Pokémon,
Incineroar, to arms!
INCINEROAR: [ROARING]
VERITY: Look at that...
SORREL: An Incineroar.
CROSS: Now come at me!
ASH: Charmeleon,
use Flamethrower!
CHARMELEON:
[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
INCINEROAR:
[SURPRISED] / [STRUGGLING]
ASH: That's it!
INCINEROAR: [CHALLENGING]
ASH: Use Slash!
CHARMELEON: [SLASH MOVE]
INCINEROAR: [EXERTION]
ASH: YES!
INCINEROAR: [DETERMINED]
SORREL: That's odd...
ASH: Keep it up, Charmeleon!
Seismic Toss, now!
CHARMELEON: [SEISMIC TOSS MOVE]
INCINEROAR: [PAINED]
INCINEROAR: [CHALLENGING]
CROSS: Incineroar? Let's do it.
INCINEROAR: [AFFIRMATIVE]
ASH: Charmeleon,
use Flamethrower!
CHARMELEON: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
CROSS: And we'll use
Flamethrower, too!
INCINEROAR: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
CHARMELEON: [PAINED]
ASH: Charmeleon!
CHARMELEON: [STRUGGLING]
PIKACHU: [WORRIED]
SORREL: Of course.
SORREL: When Incineroar
takes enough damage,
it gains more power.
INCINEROAR: [CHALLENGING]
VERITY: But that means...
CHARMELEON: [EXERTION]
SORREL: It took
the att*cks on purpose.
ASH: Charmeleon,
use Flamethrower!
CHARMELEON:
[EXERTION] / [COUGHING]
PIKACHU: [WORRIED]
SORREL: It can't keep up!
Its newly-evolved
powers aren't ready!
SORREL: Ash shouldn't be
relying on strength alone...
INCINEROAR: [EXERTION]
CHARMELEON: [STARTLED]
INCINEROAR: [FIRE FANG MOVE]
CHARMELEON: [PAINED]
CROSS: Use Throat Chop!
INCINEROAR: [THROAT CHOP MOVE]
CHARMELEON: [SURPRISED]
PIKACHU: [WORRIED]
CHARMELEON:
[PAINED] / [STRUGGLING]
CROSS: Let's wrap it up.
Use Cross Chop!
INCINEROAR: [AFFIRMATIVE]
ASH: We're not gonna lose this!
Use Flamethrower!
CHARMELEON: [DETERMINED]
SORREL: No, Ash, you can't!
INCINEROAR: [EXERTION]
CHARMELEON: [COUGHING]
CHARMELEON: [COUGHING]
INCINEROAR: [CROSS CHOP MOVE]
CHARMELEON: [PAINED]
ASH: Charmeleon!
CHARMELEON:
[PAINED] / [STUNNED]
REFEREE B: Charmeleon
is unable to battle!
The winner is Incineroar!
PIPLUP: [EXERTION]
CHARMELEON: [PAINED]
CROSS: You're too soft!
CROSS: You battled using cheap
friendship, and called moves
your Pokémon couldn't use,
so you lost. You're the worst
Trainer I've ever seen
and you'll never win!
NURSE JOY: Your Pokémon are all
fully recovered and healthy.
ASH: Thanks very much.
VERITY: Cheer up,
Charmeleon's fine!
PIKACHU: [CALLING] / [EXERTION]
I [QUESTIONING] / [EXERTION]
ASH: That guy...
His training is totally wrong!
I know I should have
won that thing, but...
SORREL: Try as you might, you
cannot deny his convictions.
He and Incineroar are bonded
together through their shared
belief in pure, raw strength.
ASH: Even so, it's wrong
for a guy like that to win!
SORREL: Your first step, needs
to be accepting that you lost.
VERITY: Can't you channel
the frustration of losing,
into working hard, so
that you'll win next time?
ASH: Yeah, I hear you.
You know? Pikachu
would've won that thing.
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
VERITY: Ash you
shouldn't say that!
What if Charmeleon
had heard you?!
PIKACHU: [QUESTIONING]
SORREL: If winning's
all you care about...
then you're no
different than Cross.
PIKACHU: [WORRIED]
VERITY: Ash, wait!
SORREL: Hold on Ash come back!
ASH: What's with those two
thinking they're so smart?
PIKACHU: [WORRIED]
ASH: Hey, I'm right,
don't you think?!
PIKACHU: [NEGATIVE]
ASH: So you're saying
it's my fault, huh?!
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE]
ASH: Even Pikachu...
Man...
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
PIKACHU:
[EXERTION] / [QUESTIONING]
ASH: If only my first
Pokémon had been a Squirtle
or a Bulbasaur...
PIKACHU:
[SHOCKED] / [ANGRY]
PIKACHU: [QUESTIONING]
ASH: Pikachu...
ASH: Ho-Oh, I thought
I was the Rainbow hero.
Who needs Pikachu anyway?!
I'm just fine... all by myself!
MARSHADOW: [CURIOUS]
DELIA: Ash Ketchum,
are you still asleep?
You'll be late getting to
Professor Oak's class!
ASH: Yeah, right...
Mom, why didn't you wake me up?!
ASH: Professor Oak!
PROFESSOR OAK: Oh,
if it isn't Ash...
ASH: Am I on time?
PROFESSOR OAK: There are
four students who came
to school late, and you
were the latest of them all.
VERITY: Ash, you're late!
ASH: I overslept a little.
SORREL: Where's your homework?
ASH: Aw, I forgot it!
VERITY: What were you thinking?!
VERITY: Ash, what is it?
ASH: Uh... It's nothing.
VERITY: You're weird.
AGATHA: The subject of
today's class is rainbows.
Rainbows are caused by the
sun's rays moving through the
atmosphere, and when they
encounter water vapor,
their light is bent and
refracted, causing a
multicolored arc.
Children, have you ever...
VERITY: How long are you
going to stand there?
VERITY: Aren't you sick
of that view yet?
SORREL: What's on your mind?
ASH: I was just wondering
what's way out there.
SORREL: Let's see.
There are forests and rivers,
and mountains... And there's
the next town, too.
ASH: And past that?
SORREL: More
forests and rivers...
and eventually,
you get to the sea.
ASH: And past that?
VERITY: I'm sure it's
more of the same.
ASH: The thing is... you never
know until you go there.
For me... I wanna see what's
out there with my own eyes.
SORREL: On a journey?
VERITY: Sounds like fun.
You don't have to worry
about school and schedules.
SORREL: You can see lots
of new things in places
you never even knew about.
ASH: And at night, I can look
at the stars and talk things
over with friends
I'm traveling with...
And as long as my buddy's
with me, I can go anywhere.
SORREL: Your buddy?
VERITY: What buddy?
ASH: You even have to ask?
My buddy's with me all the time!
Always...
PIKACHU: [HAPPY]
ASH: Oh, yeah...
VERITY: Ash, you're crying.
ASH: I am? So?
VERITY: So pull
yourself together!
SORREL: What's the matter?
PIKACHU: [QUESTIONING]
ASH: Hey, wait!
ASH: Of course! We used to
run like this all the time!
ASH: But... But...
I can't remember who you are!
You were my very best friend,
but...
ASH: Don't go!!
PIKACHU: [HAPPY]
PIKACHU: [CALLING]
ASH: Pikachu!
PIKACHU: [CALLING]
PIKACHU: [QUESTIONING]
ASH: Pikachu! Pikachu!
It was all my fault!
I'm sorry!
I just... I just...
PIKACHU: [WORRIED]
PIPLUP: [WORRIED]
VERITY: Look, Ash. Here.
ASH: Thank you very much.
VERITY: Do you know how long
we've been looking for you?!
PIPLUP: [SCOLDING]
ASH: Uh... sorry.
SORREL: Do you honestly
think you're going to win
every battle? It's the times we
lose that we truly see what
a Trainer's made of.
But that's just my opinion.
ASH: Charmeleon... I'm sorry.
VERITY: You forgot that
Pokémon even existed?!
VERITY: That had to have
been the worst dream ever!
PIPLUP: [WORRIED]
SORREL: But, you know,
it's not impossible for
Pokémon to leave us.
SORREL: When I was young,
my parents were away for work
more than home. My family had
a Luxray who took care of me.
It was always with me.
But then.
There was one awful day
when I went out alone...
LUXRAY: [HOWLING]
LUXRAY: [EXERTION] /
[WORRIED] / [PROTECTIVE]
YOUNG SORREL: Luxray...
YOUNG SORREL:
Luxray! Luxray! Luxray!
SORREL: After that... I was
afraid to make friends with
Pokémon for a very long time.
SORREL: The only thing that
snapped me out of it...
was when I met Lucario.
LUCARIO: [AGREEMENT]
ASH: Awesome...
PIPLUP: [QUESTIONING]
PIKACHU: [SUPPORTIVE]
MARSHADOW: [GREETING]
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
ASH: What was that?!
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
VERITY: A Pokémon?
PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]
PRIMEAPE FLOCK: [ANGRY]
PRIMEAPE: [SCREECHING]
SORREL: They're Primeape!
Once they're angry,
there's no calming them down!
PIPLUP: [SCARED]
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP/LUCARIO:
[STRUGGLING] / [SCARED]
PRIMEAPE FLOCK:
[EXERTION] / [ANGRY]
VERITY: What's going on?!
SORREL: Ash, we need Metapod!
ASH: But why?
SORREL: If we try to fight back,
they'll only get angrier!
ASH: Got it!
METAPOD: [ALERT]
ASH: Metapod! Use String sh*t!
METAPOD: [STRING sh*t MOVE]
PRIMEAPE FLOCK: [GRUMBLING]
PIKACHU: [RELIEVED]
VERITY: Come on, Primeape,
don't be so mad!
PIKACHU/LUCARIO: [EXERTION]
ASH: Metapod, you were awesome!
METAPOD: [PROUD]
BUTTERFREE: [HAPPY]
ASH: It evolved
into a Butterfree!
PRIMEAPE FLOCK:
[EXERTION] / [ANGRY]
VERITY: They're after us again!
ASH: Butterfree,
use Sleep Powder!
BUTTERFREE: [AFFIRMATIVE]
BUTTERFREE: [SLEEP POWDER MOVE]
PRIMEAPE FLOCK:
[QUESTIONING] / [SLEEPING]
BUTTERFREE: [PLEASED]
ASH: Butterfree,
you're the best!
PIKACHU: [AGREEMENT]
SORREL: Now's our chance!
PIPLUP: [AGREEMENT]
BUTTERFREE: [HAPPY]
MEOWTH: Well,
lookee what we have here...
JESSIE: A pack
of primo Primeape!
JAMES: And they're
all blissfully asleep.
MEOWTH: This is a
gotta catch 'em all moment!
PRIMEAPE FLOCK:
[ALERT] / [ANGRY] / [EXERTION]
JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH:
We're blasting off yet again!
PIKACHU/PIPLUP/LUCARIO:
[EXERTION]
ASH: A river!
VERITY: We'll take care of this!
Now, it's your turn, Lapras!
LAPRAS: [APPEARING]
PIKACHU/BUTTERFREE: [SURPRISED]
PIPLUP: [HAPPY]
BUTTERFREE: [HAPPY]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [EXCITED]
PIPLUP:
[PLAYING] / [QUESTIONING]
PIKACHU:
[PLAYING] / [QUESTIONING]
BUTTERFREE [FEMALE]:
[TERRIFIED]
FEAROW:
[AGGRESSIVE] / [STARTLED]
SORREL: Look that
Butterfree's in trouble!
ASH: Right! Butterfree,
I choose you!
BUTTERFREE: [CHALLENGING]
BUTTERFREE: [PROTECTIVE]
BUTTERFREE [FEMALE]:
[IMPRESSED]
FEAROW/BUTTERFREE:
[EXERTION]
ASH: Butterfree,
now use Gust, go!
BUTTERFREE:
[GUST MOVE]
FEAROW:
[SHOCKED] / [PAINED]
BUTTERFREE:
[DEFIANT]
BUTTERFREE [FEMALE]:
[GRATEFUL]
BUTTERFREE: [BASHFUL]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [CHEERING]
ASH: Awesome!
SORREL: That Butterfree
has different coloring.
VERITY: It's really cute.
BUTTERFREE/BUTTERFREE [FEMALE]:
[PLAYFUL]
VERITY: I think that
Butterfree's a girl.
SORREL: That's right.
ASH: Yeah?
BUTTERFREE/BUTTERFREE [FEMALE]:
[COURTING]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [PLAYING]
SORREL: There!
The source of the rainbow.
The Raizen Mountains!
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [IMPRESSED]
SORREL: That's the highest
mountain in the range.
Mount Tensei!
VERITY: You mean that's
where we're going?
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [IMPRESSED]
SORREL: That's right.
ASH: Then I'll meet
Ho-Oh real soon!
PIKACHU: [QUESTIONING]
ASH: Pikachu. Let's go!
PIKACHU: [EXCITED]
VERITY: Ash!
PIPLUP: [CALLING]
JESSIE: You hear that?
JAMES: With stereo ears.
MEOWTH: We're Ho-Oh catchers!
JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH:
Sneaky and snarky!
PIKACHU/PIPLUP:
[PLAYING] / [AWED]
BUTTERFREE FLOCK: [EXERTION]
LUCARIO: [IMPRESSED]
VERITY: Oh wow, look at
all the Butterfree!
PIPLUP: [AGREEMENT]
ASH: All right...
Time for you to come out!
BUTTERFREE:
[SEARCHING] / [ALERT]
BUTTERFREE/BUTTERFREE [FEMALE]:
[HAPPY]
VERITY: Isn't that the
one Butterfree rescued?
ASH: Sure is!
BUTTERFREE/BUTTERFREE [FEMALE]:
[COURTING]
SORREL: This is the season when
Butterfree gather in groups,
and head south to their
spawning grounds.
ASH: Whoa...
SORREL: Look! Your
Butterfree's joining in.
That's their courtship dance.
BUTTERFREE: [COURTING]
BUTTERFREE [FEMALE]:
[AFFECTIONATE]
SORREL: I'd say
they both agree...
ASH: Good for you, Butterfree!
VERITY: But, Ash,
you know if they both fly off
to the south... that means
goodbye to Butterfree.
ASH: But... that's...
not what I want to happen.
I mean, Butterfree's
one of my good friends!
I don't want to
say goodbye. NO WAY!
VERITY: Yeah... I hear you.
SORREL: It's your decision,
what do you say?
BUTTERFREE: [CALLING]
BUTTERFREE: [EXCITED]
ASH: Hi. So what do you
think you wanna do?
BUTTERFREE: [SURPRISED]
ASH: Do you really wanna go with
the rest of the Butterfree...
and say goodbye to all of us?
BUTTERFREE: [INDECISIVE]
BUTTERFREE: [AFFECTIONATE]
ASH: You should go
with your friend!
BUTTERFREE: [QUESTIONING]
BUTTERFREE: [SURPRISED]
ASH: Hurry up!
If you don't go now, you'll both
get left behind! You're both...
really great Butterfree,
so take care of each other!
BUTTERFREE [FEMALE]:
[REASSURING]
BUTTERFREE: [TOUCHED]
PIKACHU: [FAREWELL]
PIPLUP: [CRYING]
BUTTERFREE: [FAREWELL]
VERITY: You take
good care of yourselves!
PIPLUP: [FAREWELL]
SORREL: Now you two
be careful out there!
PIKACHU: [FAREWELL]
ASH: BUTTERFREE!
TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF!!
BUTTERFREE: [FAREWELL]
PIPLUP: [FAREWELL]
PIKACHU: [FAREWELL]
PIKACHU: [CRYING]
VERITY: They're gone...
ASH: Yeah...
PIKACHU: [AGREEMENT]
ASH: But you know... I'm really
glad I met Butterfree. True,
it's not here... but we'll
always be good friends.
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE]
SORREL: One thing's for sure.
Trainers raise Pokémon, but
Pokémon live their own lives.
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
RAIKOU: [CALM]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]
SORREL: It's Raikou!
RAIKOU: [ROARING]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP/LUCARIO:
[STRUGGLING]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP/LUCARIO:
[SURPRISED]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [PLAYING]
MAGNEMITE/RHYHORN/NIDOQUEEN/NID
OKING/ELECTABUZZ/MAGNETON/MAGMA
R: [GROWLING]
VERITY: It looks
like something's made
the wild Pokémon upset.
ASH: Yeah...
SORREL: It does.
BONJI: It's Ho-Oh!
BONJI: All of them gather here!
All of these wild Pokémon want
to receive power from Ho-Oh.
PIKACHU/PIPLUP/LUCARIO:
[SURPRISED]
BONJI: It's faint, but I'm
catching a whiff of Ho-Oh.
ASH: Hey, could it be this?
BONJI: WOW!
It's the Rainbow Wing!
VERITY: You know of it?
SORREL: Hey! I know you!
You wrote the book!
What was your name?
BONJI: Why don't you
just call me Bonji?
For the past twenty years I've
been on a quest, searching for
Ho-Oh as part of my research.
VERITY: Twenty years?
BONJI: You see, I've pulled data
from many places, which led me
to this mountain for
Ho-Oh's next appearance.
VERITY: Then let's
all go together!
ASH: Yeah we're on our
way to see Ho-Oh as well.
PIKACHU: [AGREEMENT]
BONJI: All right. That shine
is the shine of youth.
How I missed it. It's almost too
beautiful for me to look upon.
It's probably thanks in large
part to the Rainbow Wing... that
you were able to come across
Entei, Suicune, and Raikou.
ASH/VERITY/SORREL: Huh
BONJI: Ho-Oh wants to know
if there is a young person out
there suited to be
the Rainbow Hero.
ASH: You mean me?
BONJI: That means you may
have someone guiding you.
A guide from the shadows.
Have you noticed anything?
ASH: From the shadows? Wait
yeah there was something...
I wonder if it's still there...
PIKACHU:
[SNIFFING] / [SEARCHING]
BONJI: I suspect it's
an extremely rare Pokémon.
Marshadow.
SORREL: Marshadow?
BONJI: Yes. They say it's
a guide from the shadows.
When a color of the rainbow
fades, Marshadow seals it back
up and makes it right.
VERITY: There's the summit...
SORREL: The Rainbow Wing!
BONJI: When a rainbow flower
blooms upon Rainbow Rock,
Ho-Oh shall appear.
ASH: Well, I can't just stand
here waiting! Let's go, buddy!
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE]
PIPLUP: [EXCITED]
VERITY: Hey, wait for me!
BONJI: Time flies, and
rainbows quickly vanish.
Yes, young ones. Hurry!
MEOWTH: The "young ones"
have to hurry!
JESSIE: I'm not
feeling all that young...
JAMES: Hurrying's
for the harried...
JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH:
And all on an empty stomach.
PIDGEY PAIR/PIDGEOTTO
PAIR/PIDGEOT PAIR: [CALLING]
SORREL: That's where you should
place the rainbow wing..
ASH: I'll do it!
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
INCINEROAR: [ROARING]
PIKACHU: [STARTLED]
PIKACHU: [PAINED] / [FURIOUS]
INCINEROAR: [DETERMINED]
ASH: It's Cross!
What's going on?!
CROSS: I'll take that!
The Trainer who battles
Ho-Oh is the strongest,
and that Trainer is me!
SORREL: That's not how it works!
VERITY: Now look! The one
who gets to battle Ho-Oh
is the chosen one!
The Rainbow Hero!
CROSS: You're too soft.
Remember might makes right.
And that's it.
ASH: So, what about
the weak then?
CROSS: They're trash!
ASH: And people who lose?
CROSS: Worse than trash!
ASH: There's no way I can
afford to let you win this!
MARSHADOW: [APPEARING]
PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
ASH: You're... Marshadow!
SORREL: That's the
Pokémon we saw that night!
VERITY: Marshadow is so cute...
PIPLUP: [IMPRESSED]
CROSS: That's the guide
from the shadows? Wow.
MARSHADOW: [EXERTION]
BONJI: Marshadow...
Its only purpose is to
observe the proceedings.
VERITY: Bonji?
ASH: Charmeleon! I choose you!
CHARMELEON: [APPEARING]
CROSS: Use Flamethrower!
INCINEROAR: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
ASH: Charge, Charmeleon!
CHARMELEON:
[AFFIRMATIVE] / [EXERTION]
ASH: Charmeleon, now use Slash!
CHARMELEON: [SLASH MOVE]
INCINEROAR: [PAINED]
VERITY: Perfect!
PIPLUP: [CHEERING]
CROSS: Throat Chop, GO!
INCINEROAR: [THROAT CHOP MOVE]
CHARMELEON: [EXERTION]
INCINEROAR: [THROAT CHOP MOVE]
CHARMELEON: [EXERTION]
INCINEROAR: [THROAT CHOP MOVE]
CHARMELEON: [EXERTION]
ASH: Use Slash again!
INCINEROAR: [THROAT CHOP MOVE]
CHARMELEON: [SLASH MOVE]
CROSS: Use Flamethrower!
INCINEROAR: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
ASH: Charmeleon!
CHARMELEON: [DETERMINED]
CHARMELEON: [EXERTION]
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
PIPLUP/LUCARIO: [SURPRISED]
CHARIZARD: [ROARING]
ASH: You evolved
into a Charizard!
PIKACHU: [EXCITED]
VERITY: Go Charizard!
CROSS: Aw, who cares?
Even when weak Pokémon evolve,
they're still weak!
Now use Throat Chop!
INCINEROAR: [AFFIRMATIVE]
ASH: Charizard, use Slash!
CHARIZARD:
[ROARING] / [SLASH MOVE]
INCINEROAR: [THROAT CHOP MOVE] /
[PAINED]
CROSS: Use Flamethrower!
INCINEROAR: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
CHARIZARD: [EXERTION]
ASH: Now use Dragon Rage!
CHARIZARD: [DRAGON RAGE MOVE]
INCINEROAR: [IMPACT]
CHARIZARD: [ROARING]
INCINEROAR:
[FRUSTRATED] / [ROARING]
ASH: Charizard! We've
gotta wrap this up quick!
Build up your power. Let's
end this one with a big att*ck!
CHARIZARD: [AFFIRMATIVE]
CROSS: All right, Fire Fang!
INCINEROAR: [FIRE FANG MOVE]
CHARIZARD: [CONFIDENT]
ASH: Dodge it, quick!
INCINEROAR: [FIRE FANG MOVE]
CHARIZARD: [EXERTION]
CROSS: Grab and drag it down!
INCINEROAR:
[AGREEMENT] / [EXERTION]
CHARIZARD: [SURPRISED]
ASH: Use Seismic Toss!
CHARIZARD: [FURIOUS]
INCINEROAR: [EXERTION]
CHARIZARD: [SEISMIC TOSS MOVE]
INCINEROAR: [PAINED] / [WEAK]
CROSS: Incineroar,
use Flamethrower!
INCINEROAR:
[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
ASH: Charizard,
use Flamethrower!
CHARIZARD:
[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
ASH: Go!
INCINEROAR: [PAINED]
CHARIZARD: [EXERTION]
INCINEROAR: [PAINED]
INCINEROAR:
[EXERTION] / [STUNNED]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [CHEERING]
VERITY/SORREL/BONJI: Alright!
ASH: You did it, Charizard!
CHARIZARD: [PROUD]
CROSS: Ho-Oh...
I saw Ho-Oh, too!
PIKACHU/PIPLUP/LUCARIO/CHARIZARD
: [SURPRISED]
CROSS: But it didn't gift
me with the Rainbow Wing!
And here I did everything I
could to become the strongest
Trainer of all!
Why must it be you?!
If Ho-Oh doesn't consider
me the strongest,
I'll just crush Ho-Oh!
ASH: But, Cross...
ASH: I wanna get stronger,
too, you know. But still,
I only got this far with
the help of my friends!
So I know it's not
only about strength!
CROSS: Then what do
you even battle for?!
ASH: I do it... because
I wanna make friends!
ASH: Not just with Ho-Oh!
I wanna make friends with
all kinds of Pokémon!
That's why I battle!
PIKACHU: [AGREEMENT]
PIKACHU: [SHOCKED]
LYCANROC [MIDNIGHT FORM]:
[EXERTION] / [ANGRY]
BONJI: Not good!
CROSS: Now come to me, Ho-Oh!
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]
BONJI: You see,
the Rainbow Wing...
loses its color when touched
by one... with an evil heart.
CROSS: What?!
LYCANROC [MIDNIGHT FORM]:
[PROTECTIVE] / [EXERTION]
BONJI: Marshadow seals it
back up, and makes it right.
CROSS: I'll pound you down, too!
Lycanroc, use Crush Claw!
LYCANROC [MIDNIGHT FORM]:
[AFFIRMATIVE]
MARSHADOW: [ATTACKING]
LYCANROC [MIDNIGHT FORM]:
[SURPRISED] / [OVERCOME]
LYCANROC [MIDNIGHT FORM]:
[CRUSH CLAW MOVE]
VERITY: Oh no!
BONJI: Marshadow's
controlling Lycanroc!
It wants to tear people
and Pokémon apart!
LYCANROC [MIDNIGHT FORM]:
[GROWLING]
LYCANROC [MIDNIGHT FORM]:
[SNARL MOVE]
CHARIZARD: [EXERTION]
CHARIZARD:
[PAINED] / [ANGRY]
CROSS: You just...
VERITY: Don't you see?!
That means it never forgot
you were once its Trainer!
ASH: That's just like
Charizard to be awesome!
PIKACHU: [AGREEMENT]
CHARIZARD: [DISMISSIVE]
MARSHADOW: [ATTACKING]
RHYHORN/WHEEZING/NIDOQUEEN/NIDO
KING/ZUBAT/GOLBAT/MAGNETON/MAGM
AR/RHYDON/MAGNEMITE/ELECTABUZZ/
VENOMOTH/GEODUDE/GRAVELER:
[CURIOUS]
PIDGEY PAIR/PIDGEOTTO
PAIR/PIDGEOT PAIR: [CALLING]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP/LUCARIO:
[SURPRISED]
ELECTABUZZ: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP/LUCARIO/CHARIZAR
D: [SHOCKED] / [EXERTION]
SORREL: Lucario!
PIDGEOT: [AGGRESSIVE]
LUCARIO: [EXERTION]
ASH: Pikachu! Use Thunderbolt!
PIPLUP: [EXERTION]
PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]
NIDOQUEEN: [EXERTION]
NIDOKING/NIDOQUEEN:
[HYPER BEAM MOVE]
MAGMAR: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
RHYDON: [HIDDEN POWER MOVE]
BONJI: It looks like
Marshadow wants to control
all of you as well!
VERITY: No way!
BONJI: Ho-Oh will never appear
now that it's come to this!
MARSHADOW: [ADAMANT]
NIDOKING/NIDOQUEEN:
[HYPER BEAM MOVE]
RHYDON: [HIDDEN POWER MOVE]
MAGMAR: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP/LUCARIO/
CHARIZAR D: [SCARED]
VERITY: Is everyone all right?
SORREL: Yeah...
BONJI: I think so...
NIDOKING/NIDOQUEEN/RHYDON/LYCAN
ROC [MIDNIGHT FORM]/ELECTABUZZ:
[THREATENING]
BONJI: Young man, you have got
to get the Rainbow Wing back.
BONJI: Marshadow is getting its
power from the Rainbow Wing!
And there's only person who can
get it back. That is you!
POKEMON: [THREATENING]
PIKACHU/PIPLUP/LUCARIO/
CHARIZAR D: [EXERTION]
ASH: Then I've gotta do it!
PIKACHU: [AGREEMENT]
SORREL: We'll do
whatever we can to help!
VERITY: All right!
PIPLUP: [AGREEMENT]
BONJI: This way!
PIKACHU/PIPLUP/LUCARIO/
CHARIZAR D: [EXERTION]
MAGMAR/NIDOKING: [EXERTION]
ASH: Charizard,
use Flamethrower!
CHARIZARD: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
MAGMAR: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]
PIDGEOT: [ANGRY]
VERITY: Use Hydro Pump!
PIPLUP: [HYDRO PUMP MOVE]
PIDGEOT: [PAINED]
ARBOK: [att*ck] / [IMPACT]
CHARIZARD: [EXERTION]
PIKACHU: [EXERTION] /
[SURPRISED]
ARBOK: [PAINED]
RHYHORN: [EXERTION]
GRAVELER: [CHALLENGING] /
[ATTACKING] / [IMPACT]
LUCARIO: [EXERTION]
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
RHYHORN: [EXERTION] / [IMPACT]
PIPLUP: [BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]
PIPLUP: [DETERMINED]
GRAVELER:
[EXERTION] / [PAINED]
LUCARIO: [EXERTION]
PIKACHU:
[EXERTION] / [SURPRISED]
LYCANROC [MIDNIGHT FORM]:
[EXERTION]
CROSS: No, don't!
LYCANROC [MIDNIGHT FORM]:
[IMPACT]
ASH: Cross!
LYCANROC [MIDNIGHT FORM]:
[FURIOUS] / [REALIZATION]
CROSS: I've gotta do this! Go!
PIKACHU: [EXERTION]
CROSS: You bit me the day we
met too, remember? Remember?
Lycanroc, REMEMBER!!
GRAVELER: [IMPACT]
LYCANROC [MIDNIGHT FORM]:
[CALMING] / [LICKING]
CROSS: Lycanroc.
LYCANROC [MIDNIGHT FORM]:
[AFFECTIONATE]
ASH: Marshadow!
Give me the Rainbow Wing.
PIKACHU: [PLEADING]
MARSHADOW: [EXERTION] /
[SHADOW BALL MOVE]
ASH: Hit it right back
with Iron Tail!
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE] /
[EXERTION] / [IRON TAIL MOVE]
MARSHADOW: [SHADOW BALL MOVE] /
[EXERTION] / [ATTACKING]
ASH: Keep it up!
PIKACHU: [IRON TAIL MOVE] /
[EXERTION] / [PAINED]
LUCARIO: [PAINED]
SORREL: Lucario!
NIDOKING: [HYPER BEAM MOVE]
PIPLUP/CHARIZARD:
[SCARED] / [SURPRISED]
VERITY: Cross!
NIDOKING/NIDOQUEEN:
[ROCK TOMB MOVE]
PIPLUP/CHARIZARD/LUCARIO/LYCANR
OC [MIDNIGHT FORM]:
[SCARED] / [EXERTION]
CHARIZARD: [EXERTION] /
[SHOCKED] / [PAINED]
ARBOK: [EXERTION]
PIKACHU: [PAINED]
ASH: Pikachu!
PIKACHU: [BRAVE]
MARSHADOW: [ANGRY]
ASH: Let's go, buddy!
PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]
MARSHADOW: [FURIOUS] /
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