05x08 - The Perfect Match!

[bunniefuu]

male narrator:
The Whirl Cup Competition--

six continuous days of
Water Pokémon battling it out

for the prestigious title
of Water Pokémon Alpha Omega.

After winning
their opening matches,

Ash and Misty
now face each other

in the second round
of competition.

Good friends.
Fierce rivals.

Who will emerge victorious
and advance to the third round?

[singing]
- Pokémon

- No time to question my moves

I stick to the path
that I choose

Me and my friends
are gonna do it right

You'll never see us
run away from a fight

To be a Master is my dream

All I've got to do is believe

And I believe

I've got a chance to win

I'm on my way to victory

- Pokémon

- I can be a Champion

If I just believe

I'm on a Master Quest

Master Quest

I want the whole world to see

And I believe

I'm gonna be the very best

'Cause all I've got to do

Is believe in me

- Pokémon

- The second battle
of today's Whirl Cup

will pit Ash against Misty

in what is certain to be
an exciting match.

- You'd better watch out, Ash.

I have the skills
to be a Pokémon Master.

- You better watch out, Misty,

'cause nothing's
gonna stop me

from winning
this competition.

- I can't wait to see those two
go head-to-head.

- Pika!

- Togi-Togepi!

- Hmm, I understand.

So someone has threatened

to steal our precious
Sea Spirit, huh?

- Yes, a mysterious caller
vowed that by the games' end,

the Sea Spirit Sapphire
will be theirs.

- Well, Officer Jenny,

there have been many threats
in the past.

- But, Maya...

- You know that the Sea Spirit
has always been safe with us.

Right?

- Uh, yeah.

- Looks like they're starting
to get nervous.

[giggles]

I think I've finally
outdone myself.

- If you ask me,
we was better off

selling those hot dogs.

That wasn't so bad.

- Wobbu!

- But, Jessie, how are we
supposed to steal it

with all those guards
standing around?

- [laughs]

Yes, but I have
a little plan.

Thanks to my warning,

every guard in the stadium
is surrounding the Sea Spirit.

They'll never expect
our aerial attack.

- That's brilliant, Jessie.

Their guard is up
for something going down.

- Now things are looking up
for us.

- Yes, that's right.

- Here are the rules
of the match.

Each Trainer is allowed
two Pokémon,

and the first Trainer
to knock out

both opposing Pokémon
is the winner.

- Well, I know
who I'm starting with.

Let the games begin.

- Poli.

- Poliwhirl.
Not bad.

Then I'll use...

- Totodile!

- Ash will be battling
with Totodile

while Misty puts Poliwhirl
to the test.

- Ready. Begin.

- Totodile, Water g*n.

- Okay, Poliwhirl.
Bubble attack now.

- Poli.

- What?

- Poliwhirl has jumped
into the water

and is headed straight
toward Totodile.

- All right, Totodile,
here it comes.

You have to get
in the water now.

Totodile!

- Poliwhirl.

- Pika, Pika!
- Togepi.

- Totodile's in trouble

after that close-range
Bubble attack.

- All right, Poliwhirl,
use DoubleSlap.

- Poli.

- Totodile, watch out.

- Poliwhirl.

- Poliwhirl!

- Skull Bash!

- Totodile's Skull Bash
hits its mark.

- Whirl!

- But Poliwhirl
comes back strong.

- Use DoubleSlap again.

- Totodile, Water g*n.

- Poliwhirl.

- Poliwhirl's DoubleSlap
sends Totodile flying.

- Totodile, stand up.

Totodile?

- Totodile is unable
to battle.

Poliwhirl wins.

- Looks like DoubleSlap
did the trick.

Misty and Poliwhirl
win the first battle.

- We did it! We did it!
I love you, Poliwhirl!

- Ash must now choose
his second Pokémon.

- Go, Kingler.

- He's using Kingler.

Are you up for it,
Poliwhirl?

- Poliwhirl.

- Look at all those guards.

They're not fooling around.

- Neither are we,
Meowth.

They're about to find out why
we call ourselves Team Rocket.

- Why do we call ourselves
Team Rocket?

- [chuckles]

Almost time.

- Misty, will stick
with her Poliwhirl

while Ash battles
with his Kingler.

- Begin.

- Poliwhirl, Bubble attack.

- Poliwhirl.

- Don't take that, Kingler.

Fight back with Crabhammer.

- Kingler hits the ground
running with a Crabhammer.

The sheer force is actually
splitting the seafloor.

- Oh, no.
- What is that?

- Poliwhirl.

- The tide has certainly turned,

as Poliwhirl gets caught up
in Kingler's perilous wave pool.

- Come on.
Hang in there, Poliwhirl.

- Okay, Kingler, you've got
to use Crabhammer again.

- Poliwhirl.

Poliwhirl.

- Poliwhirl,
are you all right?

- Poli.
[grunts]

- Poliwhirl's unable
to battle.

Kingler wins.

- Ash and Misty are now tied
at one apiece.

The next battle
will decide the match.

- Hey, that's okay,
Poliwhirl.

You fought a great match.

- Yeah!
Way to go, Kingler!

- Misty must now decide
on her next Pokémon.

- Corsola will get me
back in the game.

Go!

- Psyduck!

- Huh?

- Psyduck?

- Misty will be using
her Psyduck.

But it's drowning.

Probably not a good move
on Misty's part.

- Ugh!
How embarrassing!

- Pika.

- Togepi.

- Psyduck.

Psyduck.

Psyduck!

- Psyduck, what are you doing
out of your ball?

- Psy.
- Resume.

- Sorry about that, Misty.

But since I came here to win,
that's what I'm gonna do.

- Oh, no.

- Kingler is moving through
the water with amazing speed.

Unable to swim,
Psyduck has nowhere to run.

- Come on, Psyduck.
Show 'em what you can do.

- Psyduck!

- Kingler, ViceGrip attack.

- There's no escaping
Kingler's ViceGrip.

- Psyduck!

- Yeah.
Hang on, Kingler.

[Psyduck yelling]

- I know it's tight,

but try and shake yourself
loose.

- Kingler has a tight grip
on Psyduck with its claw

and won't let go.

- Psyduck.

- Having all that pressure
on its head

is gonna give Psyduck
a headache.

- [grunting]

- All right, Kingler.
Now let go of Psyduck.

- Now, Psyduck,
Confusion!

- Wow.
Psyduck used Confusion

to blast Kingler away
in one shot.

- Kingler is unable
to battle.

Psyduck wins, and the match
goes to Misty.

- I did it! I did it!
I beat Ash!

Thank you, Psyduck.
I owe it all to you.

- Duck.

- A stunning comeback
for Misty and Psyduck

as they advance
to the next round.

- So Misty won using
Confusion.

Fascinating.

- Uh, Professor?

- What's going on
over there?

- Oh, it's just...

[groans]
- Bay-bay-bay!

- Hey, Bayleef.
Good to see you.

Bayleef made it,
Professor.

- It seems Bayleef
is quite fond of you, Ash,

and misses you a bit.

- Yeah, Bayleef and I
are buddies.

- Bay.
Bayleef.

- [laughs]

- I missed you too,
Bayleef.

Okay.

- I guess Bayleef must have been
really lonesome for Ash.

- That's why it went so wild
in the lab.

- You're Misty, aren't you?

- Huh?
- It's you!

The winner of today's
sixth match!

You won your battle
flawlessly.

- Thanks.
- How do you know that?

- One thing I never have trouble
remembering

is the face
of a pretty girl.

This book helps me
with their names.

- [sighs]

- Togi-togi-togi!

- So anyway,
did you need something?

- Just saying hi.
I'm Trinity.

I'll be facing you
in the third round.

- Oh.
Great to meet you.

- Misty, I've seen you battle,
and I'm very impressed.

Your fight tactics
are excellent.

- Thank you so much.

- I know you're a tough
opponent,

so it should be
a good match.

I wish you luck tomorrow,
Misty.

- Good luck.

- Now give it your all.
You can't go easy on me, Misty.

- Right.
I'll see you there.

- Togepi!

- Who's that Pokémon?

It's Marill.

[crowd cheering]

- It's a beautiful day
here at the Whirl Cup

as we enter into the third round
of competition.

With only Pokémon Trainers
left,

the competition
is fierce.

The winners
of today's battle

will move on to the semifinals
tomorrow.

First up:
Trinity versus Misty.

- Pika! Pika! Pika!

- Same rules
as the second round.

Each Trainer is allowed
two Pokémon.

- I'm counting on you,
Poliwhirl.

- Poli!

- Let's do it, Gyarados.

- [roars]

- Oh!
Gyarados!

- How much longer do we have
to stand like this, Jessie?

I'm stiffening up.

- How are we supposed
to get close enough

to grab it anyways?

- I said I have a plan.

- Begin.

- Poliwhirl, Bubble attack.

- Poli. Poli.

- Gyarados, Hyper Beam.

- Poliwhirl...

- Poliwhirl!

- Whirl.

- Poliwhirl is unable
to battle.

Gyarados wins.

- Poliwhirl was no match

for that merciless attack
by Gyarados.

- Pika.

- Wow.

- Trinity came prepared.

Her Gyarados is unstoppable.

- It's okay.
Don't worry about it, Poliwhirl.

We're not through
just yet.

It's up to you.

Go, Corsola.

- Corsola.

- Misty's second Pokémon
will be Corsola.

- Good call.

Couldn't Corsola
use Mirror Coat

against a Hyper Beam attack?

- It can't.

Mirror Coat only works
against Water attacks.

Hyper Beam's
a Normal attack.

- Wonder what Misty will
decide to use.

- I don't know,
but making decisions like this

can really put a Trainer
to the test.

- Go.

- Gyarados, Hydro Pump.

- Mirror Coat.

- Cor!

- Corsola's using
Mirror Coat.

- It's coming back
with double the force.

- Hyper Beam.

- Dodge it, Corsola.
- Corsola.

- Corsola's last-second Dive

averted a near disastrous
attack.

That Hyper Beam is an extremely
powerful weapon.

One blast can evaporate
an entire pool of water.

- Wow.
Close call.

- Now Misty has the chance
to turn this match around.

- Oh, no.

Gyarados, get in the water.

- Corsola, Spike Cannon.

- [chirping]

- Direct hit.

Corsola's Spike Cannon
knocks Gyarados for a loop.

- Gyarados!

- Gyarados is unable
to battle.

Corsola wins.

[all cheer]

- You did it!
You did it!

Thank you, Corsola.
- Corsola!

Corsola.

- Just a minor setback.

I've got another plan.

- Chinchou.

- Chinchou?
- La?

- Trinity's second Pokémon
will be a Chinchou.

- Oh, Chinchou
are Water Pokémon

that can also use
Electric attacks.

This will be a tough opponent
for Corsola.

- Be careful, Corsola.
It's Electric.

- Corsola.

- Begin.

- Electric Spark.

- Chinchou, Chinchou, Chinchou,
Chinchou, Chinchou, Chinchou...

- La!

- Oh, no!

- Chinchou has started off

by sh**ting sparks
straight up in the sky.

- Corsola, Mirror Coat now.

- Corsola!

[wailing]

- [chirps]

- Oh, no.

I sent the attack back
at twice its power,

but Corsola seems to have taken
most of the damage.

- I know when a Pokémon
uses Mirror Coat,

it takes on some damage too.

But Chinchou's Spark attack must
have been extremely powerful.

- Chinchou, Confuse Ray.

- Huh?
- La!

- You can dodge it
by jumping in the water.

- Corsola.

- If you think you can avoid
Chinchou's Confuse Ray,

you're kidding yourself.

Chinchou.

- Chinchou is sending out
its Confuse Ray

with its long tentacles.

Corsola could be
in trouble.

- Corsola!

- What's wrong, Corsola?

- Looks like Corsola
is completely delirious.

- Hang in there,
Corsola.

- Pika!

- Corsola, Recover.

- Misty is trying
to guide her Pokémon,

but it's too confused
to obey.

- Chinchou, Water g*n.

- [screams]

- Corsola!

- Corsola is unable to battle.

Chinchou wins.

- A thrilling match ends
with Trinity edging out Misty

for the win and advancing
to the semifinals.

- You did a great job,
Chinchou.

How do you feel?

- Chinchou.

- Hey, Corsola.
I'm sorry that we lost.

I guess I just wasn't
strong enough.

- La.

- Trinity's experience

made all the difference
in this match.

- Guess you're right.

- Look at 'em all.

- There's way too many of them,

and besides, I have a cramp.

- Why don't we just
call it a day?

- You both are impatient,
skeptical fools.

Okay, then.

[together]
Okay what?

- We steal it tomorrow.

- Tomorrow's good with me.

- Look. Corsola and Poliwhirl
are going to be fine.

- Hey, Misty.
- Oh, hi, Trinity.

- You put up a great fight.

It was a tough battle to win.
- Thanks.

I'll be cheering for you
tomorrow in the semifinals.

- That means a lot.

- We'll be cheering
for you too, Trinity.

- Good luck.
I know you'll win.

[crowd cheers]

- Going into the second round
of the day,

what Water Pokémon
will Trinity use

against this powerful
Feraligatr?

- Go, Golduck.

- You can do it, Trinity.

- Togi-Togepi.

- What's the matter, Togepi?

- Pika!
- Huh?

- Oh, no.

[together]
Team Rocket!

- I hear the fishing's
good here.

- Then let's drop anchor.

- For you folks at home,
here's a play-by-play.

- Today we'll be going after
the biggest catch of them all:

the Sea Spirit Sapphire.

Here goes.

Got it!

- Pika!
- Huh?

- Pikachu!

- Hey, Team Rocket.
- What you are trying to pull?

- What's this?

A hot air balloon filled with
suspicious-looking fishermen

seems to be hovering over
the Sea Spirit.

- Who is that?

- So it must have been
Team Rocket

who made the threatening
phone call.

- Threatening phone call?

- That's right. We warned you
to prepare for trouble.

- And then we decided
to make it double.

- 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 blasts off
at the speed of light.

- Surrender now or prepare
to fight, fight, fight.

- That's right.

- Wobbuffet!

- Our plan worked.

All of your guards
are no match for us.

- But what do you want?

- The Sea Spirit,
of course.

Truly beautiful things
should only be in the hands

of truly beautiful people,
like me.

- No one has ever been able
to take the Sea Spirit

away from its home.

- You obviously don't know

who you're dealing with
this time, Your Highness.

So allow me
to introduce myself.

- Go, Totodile!
- Go, Poliwhirl!

- Poli.

- Go, Golduck.

- Feraligatr!

- Feraligatr...

all: Water g*n!

- All that for nothing.

- I knew something was fishy
about this plan.

- My beautiful Sea Spirit.

- Pikachu, Thunderbolt now.

- Pikachu!

[together]
We blasted off again!

- Wobbuffet!

- We did it!

- Pikachu!

- I am grateful
to all of you

for defending the Sea Spirit
from Team Rocket.

- Oh, you're welcome.
It was nothing.

- You're right.
That's what you did: nothing.

- All right, Trinity,
you can do it.

We're all here
cheering for you.

- Let's go now, Golduck.

[crowd cheers]

[rockets screeching]

[explosions booming]

- Six days
of fierce competition

has brought us
to the end of the Whirl Cup

and the final
closing ceremonies.

Now the honorable Maya will
present the Mystic Water pendant

to the winner
of those great battles.

[crowd cheers]

A new sea hero has been born.

- Oh, great Sea Spirit
and past heroes of the sea,

continue to watch over
the Whirl Cup Competition

and safeguard the harmony
of all humans and Pokémon alike.

[singing]
- I'm on a Master Quest

- Pokémon

- I'm on a Master Quest

- Pokémon

- I'm sorry you didn't win
your match, Trinity.

- I don't want you to feel bad
about it, Misty.

I know I still have
a great deal to learn,

and the next Whirl Cup
is in three years.

So until then, I will work even
harder to perfect my craft.

- So the Whirl Cup
finally ends.

- I'm just really glad I had
the chance to compete in it.

- I'm glad I participated too.

I made a great new friend

and saw a lot
of really cool Pokémon.

And I realize
more than ever

I love Water Pokémon.

narrator: The Whirl Cup
has finally come to a close.

And through the spirit
of friendship and competition,

Ash, Misty, and Brock
gain valuable experience

they will take with them

on their journeys through
the Whirl Islands.

[singing]
- There's no time

To question my moves

I stick to the path
that I choose

Me and my friends
are gonna do it right

To be a Master is my dream

All I've got to do is believe

And I believe

I'm on a Master Quest

Master Quest

I want the whole world to see

And I believe

I'm gonna be the very best

'Cause all I've got to do

Is believe in me

- Pokémon