male narrator: Today our friends
are about to encounter
an old acquaintance
at the local Pokémon Center.
But it's not who you think!
- Hello!
- Pikachu!
- I wonder how come
nobody's here.
- Chansey.
all:
Huh?
- Chansey.
- Chansey?
Where's Nurse Joy?
- Nurse Joy's performing
a Pokémon examination.
all:
Huh?
- Misty, isn't she Nurse Joy?
- Ash, they must have two
Nurse Joys assigned to
this Pokémon Center.
- Wait!
- Pikachu!
[shoes squeaking]
[Brock grunting]
- Hmmmm,
this isn't Nurse Joy.
This is an imposter!
all:
Huh?
- You saw through
my disguise, Brock.
I should've known better
than to try to fool you!
- Hey how'd you know
his name's Brock?
[zapping]
- Ditto!
- Ditto!
[together]
Ditto? Then...
- That's right!
[giggles]
[zapping]
I remember you!
Do you remember me?
[together]
Duplica!
- [singing]
Pokémon, Pokémon, Pokémon
- Let's do it.
I wanna be the very best
Like no one ever was
Ever was, ever was
To catch them is my real test
To train them is my cause
My whole life has led to this
Time to test my skills
I know I just can't miss
Gonna show the world
Born to be a winner
- Johto
- Born to be a champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best
- Pokémon
- Johto
- Born to be a winner
Pokémon
- We haven't seen you
in a long time!
- I know.
I can hardly believe we ran into
each other like this!
- [chattering]
- So what are you and Ditto
doing here, Duplica?
[Duplica chuckles]
- We were invited
to perform at this!
- Hey, the Pokémon
Acting Competition!
- Yeah, every year
the Pokémon Council
for the Performing Arts
asks a whole bunch of trainers
and their Pokémon
to come for a week
and compete in shows
and plays and things.
- You know,
that girl looks familiar.
- Of course she looks familiar.
How could you forget her?
She's that detestable
Ditto trainer!
- Yeah.
Ditto's the Pokémon that
turns itself into other Pokémon!
- Wouldn't it be nice to
bring the Boss one of those?
- My thought exactly.
[sign chimes]
- [gasps]
- That wasn't so bad,
now, was it?
- Ah!
[giggles]
- Hey who's this, Duplica?
- Oh, this is our brand-new
little friend,
a Ditto I nicknamed
"MiniDit!"
- Well it's very
nice the meet you!
[MiniDit squeaks]
- Why was MiniDit in
the examination room, Duplica?
Did it get hurt
or something?
- Um.
- There's absolutely
nothing to worry about.
I gave it
a thorough examination,
and it's in perfect health!
[MiniDit squeaking]
[Togepi trilling]
- If it's healthy,
why bring it the Nurse Joy?
- Pika!
- I'll show you.
MiniDit,
Transform into Pikachu!
[MiniDit squeaking]
[zapping]
- Pikachu!
- Pika!
[Togepi trilling]
- It looks
just like Pikachu.
- It Transforms
just like Ditto.
- Good MiniDit.
Now Transform into Togepi!
[MiniDit squeaking]
[zapping]
[MiniDit trilling]
- Togepi twins are adorable!
- Looks like another
perfect Transformation.
- You're such a cutie!
Hm?
- Something wrong?
- It looks just like Togepi,
but it doesn't feel
just like Togepi!
- Looks can be
deceiving, Misty!
[zapping]
- Ah!
[MiniDit squeaking]
- [laughs]
That's more like it!
- There's no problem.
It transforms
just like Ditto!
- Not exactly, Ash.
If you have a big Pokémon,
I'll show you what I mean!
- Here.
I got one for you!
[blasting]
[Onix roars]
- Okay, MiniDit,
Transform into Onix!
[MiniDit squeaking]
[zapping]
[MiniDit roaring]
[both grunting]
- [chattering]
[MiniDit roars]
- Look at the size
of that thing!
- It's microscopic!
- I ain't never seen
a Pokémon like that!
- That's why we've
got to catch it!
- Right!
- Right!
- Pika. Pika.
- Why's it stay so small?
- That's the mystery.
MiniDit can Transform
into any Pokémon,
but it never gets any bigger.
- Boy, Duplica,
you really catch
the weirdest, wackiest,
most abnormal Pokémon ever!
[Brock gulps]
- Ah!
Oh.
- [gasps]
Oh, of course I mean that
in the best possible sense.
I've never seen anyone
with Pokémon as versatile
or as squishy as you, Duplica!
- Having MiniDit's like having
every Pokémon all in one.
You've learned every
Pokémon's attacks so you can
adapt to any kind of
Transformation, right?
And lots of Trainers
like the do that!
- I guess.
- In fact, I bet you're
even tougher than
the last time I saw you.
Come on, I challenge you
to a battle.
Let's see who'll win this time.
- Yeah.
MiniDit may be short on size,
but it's long on talent!
- I choose Totodile!
[Totodile squawking]
- MiniDit, Transform
into Totodile!
[MiniDit squawking]
- You make the first move.
- This may only take one move!
MiniDit, Scary Face!
[MiniDit squawking]
[MiniDit roars]
[Totodile chuckles]
- Huh?
- It's gonna take
a lot more than Scary Face
to stop my Totodile!
- Ah!
You go!
- I've got a feeling this
is gonna be interesting!
- Try a Water g*n, Totodile!
[Totodile growls]
[MiniDit grunting]
- Hang in there, MiniDit!
- Great job, Totodile!
[Totodile cheers]
- Okay, okay.
Take it easy.
You can celebrate
after we win the match.
- Hurry, MiniDit,
use a Hydro Pump Attack!
[MiniDit roars]
- Huh?
- Oh!
- I don't understand what
the problem could be, Ash.
Your Totodile knows
Hydro Pump, doesn't it?
- Uh, well, not exactly, no.
[Totodile cheering]
- Oh.
I guess what you don't know
can't hurt you!
- I remember how it works.
Even if Duplica knows
a Pokémon attack,
her Ditto can't use the attack
unless the Pokémon they're
battling knows the attack too!
- MiniDit,
try a Tackle Attack!
[MiniDit roaring]
[Totodile screeching]
- Oh, no!
- Pika, Pika.
- You have to work
a lot harder, Ash.
Totodile should
know more attacks.
That's your responsibility!
- Well, here's one for you.
Totodile, show 'em
your Bite Attack!
[expl*si*n rumbling]
What's that?
[Duplica gasps]
[laughter]
[Ash gasps]
- Hey there's
Ash and Duplica!
- What're you talking about?
That's not us!
- Who are you?
What do you want?
- Prepare for trouble,
whatever you do.
- And make it double;
we look just like you!
- To protect the world
from devastation.
- To unite all peoples
within our nation.
- To denounce the evils
of truth and love.
- To extend our reach
to the stars above.
- Jessie!
- James!
- Team Rocket
imitating and blasting off
at the speed of light!
- Surrender now or prepare
to fight, fight, fight!
- Wobbuffet!
- Okay, what do you
three losers want this time?
[Meowth giggling]
- Let's go, Ditto!
[both laughing]
- All we want this time
is what we always want!
- We came to steal
as many Pokémon
as we possibly can,
including your Pikachu!
- Well, forget it!
- Don't try to stop us!
- We take what we want!
- Wobbuffet!
- Pikachu,
Totodile, let's go!
- Pika!
- Totodile!
- And, Duplica, we're gonna
need you to help us out too!
- Okay!
- Ditto! Ditto!
- MiniDit?
Huh?
That's funny?
MiniDit?
- Where'd it disappear to?
It was here a second ago!
- I hate to ask, but you are
the real Totodile, aren't you?
- Totodile!
Totodile!
- MiniDit,
where are you?
- Nurse Joy!
You okay?
- Everybody here
is just fine.
The only damage
is the broken roof.
- All right.
- Where's Team Rocket now?
- They're gone.
They ran through the lobby
and straight out the back.
- Ah.
- They did?
- Are any Pokémon
missing from the Center?
- Not one.
These were all here,
but Team Rocket
just ran right by!
all:
Huh?
- I don't understand.
Team Rocket said
they came to steal--
all:
Huh?
- Duplica,
did you find MiniDit?
- MiniDit's not here.
- I think I know
what happened here.
all:
Oh?
- Team Rocket dressed up
like you guys and used
that expl*si*n as a diversion
so they could steal MiniDit!
[Jessie chuckles]
- Well, the plan worked perfect.
- Yes, but since we attacked
the Pokémon Center anyway,
don't you think it
would've been a good idea
to grab a whole bunch
of other Pokémon
while we had the chance?
- Ah!
- What'd I say?
- We always make
the same mistake.
We always try
to catch Pikachu,
and when we do,
we get greedy.
Well, we're not going
to make that mistake this time,
because this time,
we're going to learn
from our mistakes!
- I guess you're right, Jessie.
For once, we should be satisfied
with one very rare,
very valuable,
and very squishy Pokémon
and be happy
with what we've got!
- Guess again!
[together]
Huh?
- Obviously, youse two don't
see the potential here,
but if we work this thing right,
we can let Ditto go back home!
- Back home?
- Why would we let it go?
It's the only valuable thing
we've got!
- 'Cause if we do things my way,
we'll have more Pokémon
than we can handle!
- Okay, here's what we do.
- First, we get Ditto here
to Transform
into a little bitty Arbok.
[crowd cheering]
- The new wonder
of the Pokémon world!
- And you're in luck,
Pokémon fans,
because for one day only,
we'll trade this
valuable mini-Arbok.
So step right up!
- We bide our time,
and pretty soon
some fancy-pants
Pokémon collector's
gonna come along and say...
- That's quite an unusual Arbok
you have, and I should like
to add it to my collection,
so perhaps you would trade it
for this Dragonite.
[together]
A Dragonite?
Hooray!
- This way, instead of
bein' stuck with a freaky
little pocket-size Pokémon,
we'd have a big power Pokémon
that we'd never have
a chance the steal otherwise!
[James and Jessie cheering]
[Meowth cackling]
- But then we won't have Ditto!
- We will after we
go and swipe it back
from that collector guy!
- I get it.
Then we'll have two Pokémon
instead of one!
- If we follow my plan,
we'll have a lot more than two.
All we gotta do
is keep movin' from town to town
and have Ditto keep Transformin'
into mini-Pokémon.
We keep tradin'
with the collectors,
and after we make the trades,
we keep stealin' Ditto back,
over and over!
Pretty soon, we'll have
every rare Pokémon
we always dreamed of!
- Ahhhh.
Imagine us with all those
precious Pokémon!
- Once we have the ones we want,
we ditch Ditto!
- That's right,
my little friend,
so just do like we tell you,
and you'll be home in no time!
- Dit.
- Who's that Pokémon?
- It's Ninetales!
- Nine!
- Guys!
Any sign of them?
- No!
- We looked all over,
but we couldn't
find MiniDit anywhere.
- Don't worry.
We will.
- Maybe Noctowl and Ditto
will have better luck
finding my little friend
than we did!
[Noctowl and Ditto hooting]
- Hey Noctowl!
- Ditto, did you see MiniDit?
- Ditto!
- They could be anywhere by now.
I think we better
call Officer Jenny
so the police can start looking.
- Ash.
- Nurse Joy!
- A trainer who just
came into the Pokémon Center
told me that
a couple of suspicious people
in a town nearby
are on the street trying to
trade a miniature Arbok!
- A miniature Arbok?
- Step right up, folks.
What you see is what you get:
Arbok the Rock Pokémon
now in pebble size.
Amaze your friends.
Fool your enemies!
- Not only that,
but this petite Pokémon
is easy to bathe
and cheap to feed.
Let's trade!
- You heard right,
ladies and gentlemen.
For one day only,
we're willing to trade,
so let's make a deal!
[crowd cheering]
- I'll be happy
to trade my Beedrill for it!
Oof!
- In here, I have
a wonderful little Wooper!
- Settle down!
Settle down!
[overlapping shouts]
Don't you realize how rare
and valuable a mini-Arbok is?
We can't trade it
for a Beedrill or a Wooper!
- I'm not so sure about
Meowth's plan anymore, James.
There's not one Dragonite
in this whole crowd!
- Let's get out of here.
- We're not goin' anywhere.
The plan'll work.
Just give it time!
- What do you think, James,
should we stay, or should we go?
- I say we quit while
we're ahead, Jessie.
- A few minutes more
won't k*ll you.
And I want that Dragonite!
- Ah.
Duplica!
Over here!
[both cringing]
- Bok!
- A mini-Arbok!
- This is very suspicious.
Where did you get that Arbok?
- I was hoping you'd ask!
- But it's such a hideously
horrible tale of terror
that I'm not sure
you're old enough to hear it!
all:
Ah!
- In fact, the story
of this strange Pokémon
is so intensely shocking
that we can't divulge it
to the general public.
- And besides, we're here
to swap Pokémon, not stories!
- I still think
this is my Ditto!
- Your Ditto!
Well, if that's what you think,
you'll have to prove it to me!
- We'll need to see
your Pokémon registration card
and a photo ID.
- There's something
awfully familiar about you two.
- Pika!
- Ahhhh.
I know.
- Ah!
Perhaps you might consider
trading our mini-Arbok
for your little Pikachu there!
- Pika!
- You'd look tougher
with Arbok on your shoulder!
- I don't wanna trade!
[drums pounding]
- Isn't it time for a change?
- Wha?
There's no way I'm ever
gonna trade my Pikachu!
[Meowth growls]
- Can't you two
make one lousy trade?
- It's Meowth!
- That explains everything!
- That's Team Rocket!
- Wobbuffet!
- Nobody asked you to come out.
Now, get back in your Pokéball
and stay there!
- I'll fix you!
- Since our scheme
didn't work...
- We'll steal you
the old-fashioned way!
- Pikachu,
use your Thunderbolt Attack!
- Pikachu!
[Team Rocket yelling]
[MiniDit squawking]
- MiniDit!
- Ditto!
- Ditto!
- Ditto!
- So you wanna play rough,
do you?
Go, Arbok!
[Arbok roars]
- Wobbuffet!
[Team Rocket sighs]
- Hold it, Jess!
- Huh?
- We can't give up that easy.
Wobbuffet can fight' em off
with its Counter Attack!
- Ahhhh.
Okay.
- Since you're such a two-face
and a two-timer,
I might as well battle
with both of my two Ditto!
- I'll use two too.
Bring it on, Ditto!
- Okay, Ditto, you Transform
into Arbok first.
- Ditto!
- And you Transform
into Wobbuffet, MiniDit!
- Dit!
Wobbuffet!
[crowd cheering]
- Ditto,
tackle that Wobbuffet!
[Ditto roars]
- Wobbuffet,
use your Counter Attack!
- Wobbuffet!
[Ditto roars]
- Poor Ditto,
are you all right?
- Hooray, hooray,
hooray, hooray, hooray!
- Wobbuffet!
- Arbok!
- We're in trouble, Ditto.
That Wobbuffet's Counter Attack
is really strong.
- Come on, shoppers,
don't be shy.
Step right up to the counter.
We have a special today
on losing!
- We gotta do something!
- Wobbuffet!
- Arbok, Poison Sting
that little Wobbu-runt!
- Arbok!
[roars]
- MiniDit,
try a Counter Attack!
- Wobbuffet!
[Arbok shrieks]
- Dodge it, Arbok!
- Ah!
- [chuckles]
Not too bad!
[James sighs]
- Hey, Jim, while they're all
concentratin' on them Ditto,
we got a chance
to launch a sneak attack
and grab Pikachu!
- Ah!
Okay!
All right, Weezing.
Sludge Attack that Pikachu!
- Pika!
- Weezing!
- Go, Ditto.
Squeeze that Weezing
with a Wrap Attack!
- Arbok!
[Ditto roars]
- Wheezing!
- Ah!
- You see?
That's what you get
for butting in!
- We're a team, kid,
and we're going to do
whatever it takes to win!
- I heartily agree!
- If that's what you want,
then let's battle
three-on-three!
- Pika!
- Arbok!
- Wobbuffet!
- What're we waiting for?
- Wobbuffet!
- Weezing!
- Arbok!
- Pikachu,
use your Thunderbolt attack!
- Pikachu!
[zapping]
- Counter it!
- Look out!
- Pika!
[screaming]
- [cackles]
What goes around comes around!
- You know, there's another way
to use Counter.
- What are you thinking,
Duplica?
- Your Wobbuffet may be bigger,
but my MiniDit Wobbuffet
is ten times better!
- Hmm?
Hey, what're you talking about?
My Wobbuffet is clearly
bigger and better!
- I don't think
that's clear at all,
and if that's
how you really feel,
why do I get the feeling
you're afraid
to attack my MiniDit-Wobbuffet?
- Ha!
Arbok, Tackle Attack
that little shrimp!
[Arbok roars]
- Quick MiniDit,
use Counter Attack!
[MiniDit shrieks]
[Arbok roars]
[Arbok squawks]
- All right, Weezing,
use your Sludge Attack!
- Weezing!
- Quick, MiniDit,
use Mirror Coat!
[MiniDit shouts]
[whooshing]
- Oh!
- Mirror Coat?
- Not everybody knows it,
but Wobbuffet has
two kinds of attacks:
Counter Attack's
for physical types of attacks
like Tackle and Bite,
and Mirror Coat reflects
more specialized
types of attacks
like Thunderbolt
and Sludge Attack!
- That's really cool.
- Mirror Coat don't sound
like a Pokémon attack.
It sounds like somethin'
you rub on a sports car!
- I think I understand.
That kid's little Ditto wasn't
obeying Jessie's commands,
it was doing what it took
to protect itself.
- MiniDit knew I'd find it
sooner or later,
so it decided
to play along till I did.
That's what happens
when a great trainer
trains a great Pokémon!
- That's very impressive!
- Wobbuffet!
- I can't take this anymore!
We have to beat
that Mini-Wobbuffet!
Just don't stand there.
Do something!
- I'll show 'em
what a real attack looks like!
Hiyah!
Prepare for Fury Swipes!
- Fury Swipes
is a physical attack,
so use Counter!
[MiniDit screams]
Hiyah!
[blasting]
- Oh!
[Meowth shouting]
Ow! Ow! Ow!
- Now that Meowth's out,
let's work on the others!
- Pika!
- I know a way to beat them
at their own game, Jessie.
All you have to do
is have Wobbuffet Counter
all their Attacks!
- Hurry guys.
I need both of you
to Transform into Pikachu!
- Wobbuffet!
- Bok!
[together]
Thunder!
[together]
Pikachu!
- I can't remember which one
works against Thunder Attack.
Is it Counter or Mirror Coat?
It's Counter.
No wait,
maybe Mirror Coat.
- Wobbuffet!
[thundering]
- I can't think straight, James.
Which one is it?
- You're the smart one,
not me!
- Wobbuffet use
your head for once.
You decide!
- Wobb--
[rumbling]
- Wobbu!
- I should have known better
than to depend on you!
[together]
We're blasting off again!
- You have a lot to learn
about your Wobbuffet!
- Pika!
- Well we sure showed them!
- Ha-ha, you're right, Ash,
but they made it
pretty easy for us!
- Pokémon Johto.
Pokémon Johto.
- And this is
my amazing Pokémon MiniDit!
MiniDit Transforms into
a miniature of any Pokémon!
- Hmmm, let's see.
Hey, I'd really like to see
a little tiny Ursaring!
- Sure.
I'd like the see that too!
- MiniDit,
Transform into Ursaring!
- Dit!
[MiniDit growls]
[crowd cheering]
- You look just like
a cuddly little teddy bear!
[MiniDit growls]
[Togepi chatters]
- Just because MiniDit
doesn't get bigger
doesn't mean it isn't special!
- No two Pokémon
are exactly alike.
The differences are what
make Pokémon so interesting.
Don't you think?
- [giggles]
Guess you're right!
- [giggles]
- Hey.
Maybe what I should do
is specialize in catching Ditto
that all have their own
special ways of Transforming
and create a Team Ditto!
[MiniDit growls]
- Dit!
- If you do that,
you'll be a Ditto Master!
- Not if I don't keep battling.
When're we gonna
finish that match we started?
- We're ready when you are!
- Pika!
- Ash,
don't we have the get going?
- Sure we do, Misty,
but our Battle got interrupted
when Team Rocket showed up,
and now that they're gone,
we gotta finish it up.
Come on!
- He's gotten smarter guys,
so this might take a while.
[Togepi chattering]
narrator: As the match begins,
only one thing is certain:
both trainers are winners!
- See, it's right here
in the guide under "Wobbuffet!"
- I bet the guide doesn't say
what to do with a Wobbuffet
that's too dense
to help its trainer
avoid getting blasted away
time and time again!
- [wearily] Wobbuffet!
- I don't understand it:
that MiniDit was half the size
of our Wobbuffet.
Its brain must
be half the size too!
How could it be
smarter than Wobbuffet!
- Wobbuffet!
- Let's do it.
[singing]
Born to be a winner
- Johto
- Born to be a champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best
- Pokémon
- Born to be a winner
- Johto
- Born to be a champion
Born to be a winner
Born to be the very best
- Pokémon
- Johto
- Born to be a winner
Pokémon
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04x17 - Imitation Confrontation
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Japanese anime follows Ash a young trainer of fictional creatures called Pokémon.
Japanese anime follows Ash a young trainer of fictional creatures called Pokémon.