05x60 - The Ties That Bind

[bunniefuu]

male narrator: As the Johto
League Silver Conference

moved into the Finals,
Ash found himself paired up

against Gary,
his longtime rival.

Both trainers were fired up

and determined
to see the other face defeat.

Before a huge crowd,
they faced off

in a six-on-six full battle.

Ash attempted to beat
Gary's Pokémon

by using strength alone.

But a single powerful attack
from Nidoqueen

took Tauros out of the match.

And then,
without missing a beat,

Gary called on his Blastoise.

That was the very same
Pokémon given to him

by his grandfather,
Professor Oak,

when he first began
as a Pokémon trainer.

And now,
the match continues.

[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

- Heracross, shield yourself
with the rocks.

- Hera!

Ha!

Heracross.

- Heracross!

- Cross!

Heracross.

- Heracross
is unable to battle.

Blastoise wins.

- What power!

Blastoise blew away
Heracross and the rocks

it was using to shield itself.

all: Gary, Gary number one.

Show the losers
how it's done.

- That was the most
powerful Hydro Pump

I've ever seen, Brock.

- I don't think any defense
could stand up against that.

- Pika!
- Politoed, Politoed.

- What will Ash choose
as his third Pokémon?

- Go, Muk.
I choose you.

- Muk.

- It's a Muk.

But what attack could Muk
possibly use

against such a powerful
Blastoise?

- Blastoise, Skull Bash.
Let's go.

- Blastoise.

Blast.

- Hang on, Muk.

- Muk.

- Show that Blastoise.

Use Sludge b*mb.

- Muk.

- Rapid Spin, now.

- Blastoise.

- Blastoise used Rapid Spin
to send that Sludge b*mb

back where it came from.

- Good, now send Muk flying.

- Blastoise.

- Muk, hold your ground.

- Muk!

- Blast.

- What's this?

- Now Muk.
Surround Blastoise.

- Muk.

- Look at that!

Muk has completely
enveloped Blastoise.

- Dear Muk.

That was a very nice move.

- And a fierce attack.

I speak from experience.
Trust me.

- Muk.

- Can Blastoise escape?

- Hydro Pump.

- Blastoise.

- Muk!

- Quick Muk, return.

- Muk.

- Whew.
That was really close.

- Toge.

- Yeah.

Gary sure has trained
his Blastoise well.

It seems to be ready to
deal with any kind of attack

Ash throws its way.

- I wonder what he'll do next.

- Pika.

- Just when things were
going Ash's way,

he was forced to call back
his Muk.

Ash is already down two Pokémon,

so his next choice
will be a crucial one.

- Now Bayleef.
I choose you.

- Bayleef.

- It's Bayleef.

But will Ash's Bayleef
be enough

to turn this match around
for him?

- A Grass type.

I thought so.

Not a chance
against Blastoise.

Hydro Pump, go.

- Blastoise.

- Bayleef,
Use Vine Whip to jump.

- Oh, no!
- Wow, it jumped.

- Whoa.
- A great picture.

- Bayleef makes
a huge leap.

- Razor Leaf 'em!

- Bayleef.

- Rapid Spin.

- Blastoise.

- That Rapid Spin's deflecting
every single Razor Leaf.

- Bayleef,
Body Slam!

- Bay!

- With its full weight
behind that Body Slam,

it should be able
to stop Rapid Spin.

- Blastoise,
Bite Attack now.

- Blast.

- Bay!

- [groans]
- Spin it around now.

- Blastoise.

- Bayleef is helpless

against Blastoise's powerful
attacks.

- Bayleef, hang on!

- Blast.

- Bay...leef.

- Bayleef
is unable to battle.

The winner is Blastoise.

- Yeah,
way to go.

- Blastoise.

all: Gary, Gary he's our man.

If he can't do it,
no one can.

- So Bayleef's a jumper, huh?

Thanks for showing me,
Ash, great show.

- Bayleef, you were great.

Take a long rest.

Gary is pretty impressive.

But so are we.

- Ladies and gentlemen,

we'll take a five-minute
intermission here,

giving Ash time to regroup

after losing
three of his Pokémon.

- Pika-pi!
Pikachu! Pikachu!

- Hey, Pikachu,
what is it?

- Ash, I think it's asking
if it can battle.

- Well, it makes sense.

Gary is using
a Water Pokémon.

- Togepi.

- I wish I could, buddy,
but I'm only allowed

to use the Pokémon
I registered

before the match.

- Pika!

- Those two battling
so fiercely

has got my stomach in knots.

- They've never changed.

- Oh?
How do you mean?

- Gary was always the confident
one, taking the lead,

with Ash right behind
struggling to keep up with him.

- He may not admit it,
but I think that Gary

considers Ash his most
important friend of all.

- I think Ash
feels the same way.

[buzzer]

both: Huh?

- Time for the second half
of our match.

As of this moment, Gary
has five Pokémon remaining,

while Ash has only three.

Which Pokémon
will they choose?

- Snorlax,
I choose you.

- Snorlax.

- Go, Arcanine.

- [roars]

- What?
Arcanine?

- Yeah, I have a feeling
that Gary's gonna save Blastoise

to use in the final battle.

- Ash chooses Snorlax,

while Gary has chosen Arcanine
for this battle.

- Arcanine,
Take Down.

- [roars]

- Snorlax, Body Slam.

- Snorlax.

- Dodge it
and use Fire Spin.

- Rar!
- Snor.

- Rrrr!
- Snor.

- Arcanine's Fire Spin
makes a direct hit.

Snorlax is
completely immobilized.

- This doesn't look good.

- Come on, Snorlax.

- Don't give up.

Hyper Beam.

- Snor...lax.

- Arrr!

- Arcanine?
- Yeah!

- My stars.
- Another great picture.

- Snorlax launched that attack
with all its might.

Can Arcanine continue?

- Ugh!

- Arcanine is unable
to battle.

Snorlax wins!

- All right, Snorlax!

- Snorlax.

- Snorlax did it.
- Pika!

Pika!

- Well, Snorlax is amazing,

considering all it does
is sleep.

- Yes, Delia, but you can always
count on a powerful Pokémon

to come through
with a powerful attack

time after time.

- This could just be the thing
to turn this match around.

Now let's see which Pokémon
Gary chooses next.

- Okay, Nidoqueen,
you're up.

- [roars]

- Nidoqueen comes out
for a second appearance.

- Got to be careful, Snorlax,

'cause Nidoqueen
can use Hyper Beam too.

- Snorlax.

- Now, use your tail to Jump.

- Nido.

- It jumped?
- Yep.

And I learned that strategy
from you, Ash.

Nidoqueen, Double Kick!

- Nidoqueen.

- Nidoqueen's Double Kick
hits its mark.

- Now, Nidoqueen,
Hyper Beam.

- Dodge and use Ice Punch.

- Snorlax.

- That Ice Punch strikes
like a ton of bricks.

- Nidoqueen.

- Nidoqueen is unable to battle.
Snorlax wins.

- Snorlax has beaten two
of Gary's Pokémon,

leaving both trainers
with three remaining.

- How did Snorlax
get so fast?

Not bad, Ash.

I have to say
I'm pretty impressed.

- Thanks.

Are you ready for more?

- Well, things finally seem
to be looking up for Ash.

- Yeah.

Now if he can just keep
this up,

he might actually beat Gary.

- Go, Scizor.

- Scizor.

- Quick Attack.

- Scizor.

- Scizor hits Snorlax
with a flurry of Quick Attacks.

- Scizor.

- Snorlax, use Hyper Beam.

- Snor.

- Dodge and use Metal Claw.

- Scizor.

Scizor.

- That Metal Claw
makes a clean hit.

This could be it.

- Ugh! Snorlax.

- Now you know what real speed
looks like, Ash.

- Snorlax.

- Snorlax
is unable to battle.

Scizor wins.

- Great, Scizor.

- Scizor.

- Wow,
Scizor's really fast.

- Ash put his team
of Pokémon together

with real power battling
in mind.

Now, it's gonna be tough
to fight against

that kind of speed.

- Thanks a lot, Snorlax.

Great work.

Okay, watch out, Gary.

Go, Muk!

- Ash calls on Muk
for a repeat performance.

- Scizor, Quick Attack now!

- Scizor.

- Muk!
- Scizor!

Scizor.

- Whoa, using Speed Attacks
on Muk

only end up hurting
my Pokémon.

- Now, Muk.
Use Sludge b*mb.

- Muk!

- Dodge and use Metal Claw.

- Scizor.

Scizor.

- Still not gonna work.

- Fine.

Then send Muk flying!

- Unbelievable.

Scizor is actually
throwing Muk.

- Now.
Use Swift.

- Scizor.

- Muk gets pummeled
by that Swift Attack.

- Hang on, Muk!

- Muk is unable to battle.

Scizor wins.

- Scizor has put an end
to Muk's battling for the day.

And now, Ash Ketchem has
only one Pokémon remaining.

Gary Oak still has three
Pokémon in his arsenal.

What will Ash's last Pokémon be?

- It's time.

Charizard, let's go.

- [roars]

- Ash's final Pokémon
is Charizard.

- Yeah, I figured as much.

Now, use Steel Wing.

- Scizor.

- Charizard,
Flamethrower.

- [roars]

- Dodge it.

- Scizor.
- No way.

- Scizor.
- What?

- [roars]

- That Flamethrower's hitting
Scizor at a very close range.

- Ugh! No.

- Scizor.

- Scizor is unable to battle.

Charizard wins.

- Charizard found
the right opportunity

to cut through Scizor's defense.

- Oh, no, looks like I've missed
another great shot.

- There's more where
that came from.

- Well, well, Charizard's
a lot stronger than I thought.

But that's it.

Golem, let's go!

- Gary's sixth Pokémon
is a Golem.

- Golem.

- This could be a problem.

- Yeah, Golem's
a Rock Pokémon,

and that's bad for Charizard.

- Pika! Pika!

Pikachu!

- Golem,
use Magnitude.

- [grunts]

- Golem's Magnitude
sends out shock waves.

The power of a Magnitude
is never the same,

but this one
looks pretty powerful.

- Charizard,
carry Golem into the sky.

- Rah! Rr!

- Golem.
- [roars]

- Now use Seismic Toss.

- Charizard is lifting Golem
higher and higher.

- That Golem
must weigh a ton.

- Just about.

Golem is one of
the heaviest Pokémon

and second only to Snorlax.

- Charizard's
Seismic Toss failed.

- [groans]

- Now,
use Rollout Attack.

- [grunts]

- Charizard, Dragon Rage.

- [roaring]

- Golem!

- Golem is unable to battle.

Charizard wins.

- Pika! Pika!

- Charizard.
Awesome.

- Way to go, Charizard.

- Dragon Rage?

- It's a Dragon type
attack.

And it packed enough
of a wallop

to roll Golem right out
of the match, didn't it?

- How's that?
Pretty powerful, huh?

- You've gotten this far,
Ashie boy.

And that'll
be far enough!

Blastoise, go.

- Blastoise.

- And...
now for the final battle,

Gary brings back his Blastoise.

And Ash will be staying with
Charizard.

Blastoise appears to have
an overwhelming advantage

based on Pokémon type,

but this match
isn't over just yet, folks,

believe me.

- [thinking]
Advantage? Who cares?

We've made it this far, right?

And we're going
all the way.

- Who's that Pokémon?

It's Bayleef!

- Ladies and gentlemen,
the last battle

is about to begin,
and Gary has chosen Blastoise.

Ash's final Pokémon
is Charizard.

Based on Type,
Blastoise has the advantage,

but only time will tell.

- Charizard, Flamethrower.

- [roars]

- Blastoise, Rapid Spin now!

- Blastoise.

- Again, Rapid Spin
proves a strong defense,

this time against
Charizard's Flamethrower.

- [groans]
- Blastoise, Hydro Pump.

- Blastoise.

- Hydro Pump
scores a direct hit,

causing problems
for Charizard.

- Fly, Charizard.

- Rr! Rah!

- Get behind Blastoise
now!

- [roars]

- Skull Bash, now!

- That Skull Bash
is right on target.

With Charizard's
Flamethrower Attack

pretty much worthless
at this point,

is there any way
Ash can turn this around?

- Charizard, fly up and come in
for a fresh attack.

- [roars]

- Blastoise, use Hydro Pump.

Then you can stop Charizard
in its tracks.

- Blast!

- Blastoise unleashes
a powerful barrage

of Hydro Pump blasts,

while Charizard can't find
any room for a return attack.

- Come on, there's got to be
something to do.

But what?

- What'll it be, Ash?

You've always been
pretty good

at thinking outside the box
when you had to.

But none of that thinking's
gonna help you now!

- Charizard, hang in there.

- Fire Attacks don't have
much power

against Water Pokémon,
but sometimes they can work,

especially if Charizard
could somehow take a clear shot

at Blastoise from close up.

- Blastoise.

Blast.

- That's no good.

I've got to do something
about that Hydro Pump first.

Huh?

That's it!

If we can't hit Blastoise,
we can hit everything else!

Charizard, use Flamethrower
to burn the b*ttlefield.

- [roars]

- Charizard is striking
the field with Flamethrower.

What sort of strategy
could Ash have up his sleeve?

- Okay.

What's Ash's idea
this time?

- I can't figure out
what Ash is doing.

- Hmm.

- Way to go, Charizard.
Keep up that Flamethrower.

- [roars]

- It's starting to get
awfully warm in here.

- What?
Look there.

- Oh, my.

- The field is melting.

- No way!
- Awesome.

- What kind of crazy--

I mean what a novel
and unique strategy.

Charizard's Flamethrower
Attacks are melting the field,

leaving Blastoise
with nowhere to run.

- Pika.
- Toge!

- Looks like Ash
has done it again.

- Blastoise may be strong
against fire directly,

but not against
something like this.

- What will Gary do?

Blastoise has been
completely immobilized.

- Blastoise, use Hydro Pump
to cool the field down.

- Blastoise.
Blast!

- Would you look at that.

Trying to cool down
that red-hot b*ttlefield

with a Hydro Pump Attack
was all it took

to cover it with a thick layer
of steam.

And now it's impossible for
anyone to see what's happened

to either Blastoise
or Charizard.

There they are!

Having been thrown together,

Charizard and Blastoise
are locked

in close-range
hand-to hand combat.

- Charizard's too close.

Blastoise can't aim
with its Hydro Cannons.

- Use Dragon Rage.

- [roars]

- Dodge it! Quick!

- Blastoise.

- Charizard, lift Blastoise
up into the air.

- Rarr!

- Bite Attack Blastoise, go.

- Blast.

- Oh!
- Charizard!

- Charizard, don't give in.

Seismic Toss
with everything you've got!

- [roars]

- And Charizard
is going to try Seismic Toss

once again.

- Blastoise.

- Folks, it looks like this time
it's going to work.

[dramatic music]

[rumbling]

- Blastoise.

Blastoise.

- Blastoise
is unable to battle.

Charizard is the winner.

- Blastoise
has been defeated.

The winner is Ash Ketchem
from Pallet Town.

It was a long
and fierce battle,

and in the end,
Ash emerged victorious.

It was something to see.

- I won.

And I beat Gary.

- Hmm.

- Pika-pi!
- Huh?

Pikachu.

- That was awesome.

- You hung in there, Ash.

- Hey, thanks a lot, guys.

All right!

I finally beat Gary.

Yeah!

I won the first match
in the championship tournament.

- Pikachu!

- Stop, you thief.

Don't think you can just
waddle your way in here

and steal a sack of our
hard-earned medal money.

- Hey, guys, look at this!

- What, Meowth?

- If we keep this up,

we could end up owin' nobody
nuttin' in no time.

- Imagine.
- Us three debt free.

- Well, then, we'll just
have to work harder.

We'll expand and open
a string of souvenir shops.

I could design
the cutest uniforms

you've ever seen.

We'll advertise
and write a jingle.

- I can sing.

- I'm pretty good
at backup.

- Great!

It's out of the poor house

and straight into the horn
of plenty.

all: Yeah.

- Wobbuffet.

- Gary?

- Huh?
Hey, Ash.

Thanks for coming
to see me.

- No problem.

So what's up, Gary?

- This.

- Huh?

- Here.
Take it.

It belongs to you.
You earned it.

Really.
I mean it.

- Thanks.

- That battle today of ours
was awesome.

I don't even feel bad
that I lost.

You see, Ash,
when we tied long ago,

I felt like a failure.

But today, you totally beat me
fair and square, get it?

- I guess.

You know, I feel like I
got a whole lot stronger

by battling
with you today.

- Me too.

I'll cheer for you
in your second match.

- Thanks.
- Good luck.

- [singing]
I'm on a Master Quest

Pokémon!

- I'm on a Master Quest

Pokémon!

- Ladies and gentlemen,

the b*ttlefield
for the second match

in the championship tournament
is Grass.

Ash from Pallet Town
has the honor to go first,

followed by Harrison
from Silver Town.

- Now!
Go, Pikachu!

- Pika!

- Hey, Ash.

Even though you're a friend
of mine,

I won't take it easy on you.

Kecleon, you're up.

- Kecleon.

- Pika!

- Kecleon?

narrator:
After an intense battle,

Ash managed to defeat Gary

and now moves on
to the second round

of the championship tournament.

But he now faces another
formidable opponent.

Will our hero's
winning streak continue

all the way to a final victory?

Stay tuned.

[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