20x03 - Loading the Dex!

[bunniefuu]

[Jessie] At last. The Alola region...

This great and distant land gives us
a new start for the body and mind.

Yeah, we're gonna do everything
for the greatest boss in all of Bossland.

[Wobbuffet] Wobbuffet!

[Giovanni] In the Alola region,
rare Pokémon are found.

[thinks] All right, Persian,
you pompous jerk.

Go ahead and enjoy sitting happily
on the Boss's lap while you can.

I'm gonna become number one,
then you know what you can do?

You can just try the floor
for a change, chump!

[Giovanni] Now, go and collect Pokémon
the likes of which I've never seen before!

Fulfill the ambitions of Team Rocket!

[all] Roger!

-Catching Pokémon...
-And conquering Alola!

[all] Ha-Cha-Cha!

♪ I could get used to this heat
On my skin ♪

♪ I can feel every day,
I'm a little bit stronger ♪

♪ I only wish each day was longer ♪

♪ Yeah! We're having fun in the sun ♪

♪ Week after week
It's just like I'm on vacation ♪

♪ Yeah! Now our journey's begun, ♪

♪ Friends till the end
Number one's our destination ♪

♪ Under the Alolan sun
Pokémon! ♪

[narrator] While starting his new life,
in Alola, Ash received

a strangely-shaped Pokédex from
Professor Kukui at the Pokémon School.

-Now, let's activate the Pokédex...
-[gasps]

[Rockruff whimpers and barks]

-Perfect! We're all connected!
-Pika?

[puzzled yap]

-Huh?
-Pika.

-Here it comes.
-What?

-Pi... Pika
-[bleeping]

[whimpers]

-What's going on?
-Just watch and you'll see.

-Ah!
-Pika!

It's a Rotom! [grunts]

Now we just have to wait for Rotom
to go inside.

Go inside? The Pokédex?

-Oh!
-Pika.

[Ash gasps]

Is Rotom... in there? [sighs]

Hm. Hm? Hey, Rotom?

[gasps] What's that?

-Argh!
-Pika!

[bleeps]

[gasps] The Pokédex is Rotom
and Rotom's the Pokédex!

[bleeping]

[yaps]

-Alola, Rotom!
-Pika! Pika!

-[Rotom] Language selection complete.
-Wow! Rotom just talked!

Rotom, please lend Ash a helping hand
from now on, okay?

Understood!
Ash, user registration complete.

Pokédex now booting up. [bleeps]

%. Alola! Nice to meet you, Ash.

-Wow, we can even have a conversation!
-Of course.

Rotom Dex is equipped with
an assortment of languages.

I am programmed
to communicate with people

-of all different kinds.
-Awesome!

[bleeping]

Awesome... does not compute.
Does not compute.

-Huh?
-Pika.

Ash was just saying that he's
very impressed with your capabilities.

I understand.
So, awesome means excellent.

And that means Rotom Dex is excellent!

[laughs]
Believe it or not, I'm a professor.

Professor Kukui. You'll be a great help.

Pleased to meet you, Professor Kukui,
and you, too, Ash.

Hey, thanks.
And this is my friend Pikachu.

Pikachu!

Ash and Pikachu are staying at my place

-along with Rockruff.
-[barks]

Pleased to meet you, Pikachu,
and Rockruff.

Pika?

-[clicking]
-[barks]

Picture taken. Pikachu. Rockruff.

So, wait, why did you take a picture?

In order to add the images of the Pokémon
I meet to my memory.

The Rotom Dex is a self-learning Pokédex

that updates its data each and every time
it meets a new Pokémon.

Not sure what you mean,
but you're totally awesome, Rotom!

User Ash, I am not simply Rotom now.
In fact, I am Rotom Dex,

which means I am Pokédex Rotom version.

Hold on, Pokédex Rotom version? Uh...

Very well. You can call me simply
Rotom Dex, user Ash.

And you can call me Ash.
That'll make it easier to say, won't it?

I understand, Ash!

Hey, Rotom Dex. I want to hear how
you describe Pikachu in the Rotom Dex.

-Can you do that?
-Pika.

-Pika.
-Right away, Ash.

Pikachu, the Mouse Pokémon,
an Electric type.

It raises its tail to sense
its surroundings. If you pull on its tail,

-it will bite.
-Pikachu!

-What's going on?
-[both scream]

It doesn't bite you!
It actually shocks you!

-Huh?
-[grunts]

[grunts and mutters]

[meows]

[yawns]

[yawns]

Hi Rotom, my name is Mallow!

-Nice to meet you!
-Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

[Lillie] A Pokédex that operates
with a Rotom inside, that's incredible!

Incredible... Incredible means awesome!

In other words, Rotom Dex is awesome!

Yes. You're very awesome.

Ah! So, it's obviously learned
how Ash talks.

I wonder just how this Rotom Dex is
programmed.

I'm going to analyze your programming
for just a second.

-No, thank you.
-Aw, come on, don't be like that, please.

-Just a look…
-No, I refuse. I refuse!

Oh, a Rotom Dex! Well, you seem
to have quite an interesting item there!

Principal Oak. This is the principal
of the Pokémon School, Principal Oak.

Pleased to meet you.

Hi, hi, Psyduck-Arbok! [gibbers]

What is hi, hi, Psyduck-Arbok?

Does not compute. Does not compute.

Don't worry about it.
It's simply his way of saying hello.

The principal is always making
Pokémon gags.

Making Pokémon gags?
Hi, hi, Psyduck-Arbok?

That's excellent.
I think you're getting the hang of it.

I'm not Dragon-ite down.

Matter of fact,
I'm Clauncher-ing off, Inkay?

Wooper-dee-do!

Oh! I really like the cut
of your gibberish!

So, Wynaut hang out with us for Mawile?

-Wooper-dee-do!
-Smile, Mawile!

-[Rotom Dex] Dooper! Wooper!
-[Oak] Mawile is you!

All right, class, for today,
let's do some fieldwork.

So, Ash, now that you've gotten yourself
a Rotom Dex, let's catch a wild Pokémon!

-All right!
-Pika. Pika.

-I absolutely adore fieldwork!
-Bounsweet.

For Ash, the Alola Pokémon
will be a new challenge.

We have a Destiny Bond to help him out.

Destiny Bond, a Ghost-type move.

When a Pokémon faints
after using this move,

the opponent that landed
the knockout blow also faints.

Rotom Dex, that was excellent.

For Pokémon information,
you can count on me!

-Let's go, Rotom Dex!
-Pikachu!

-Understood!
-[cheering and chattering]

[Oak] I like your Spiritomb!

Let's catch the first Pokémon, stat!

We'll snatch every Pokémon
when we encounter them

-and take it from there!
-Yeah, that means that

Wobbuffet and I are gonna have
to do the heavy lifting.

-Wobbuff!
-There's no other choice!

We left all of our other Pokémon
at Team Rocket headquarters

and you know it!

When you're in Alola,
you simply do as the Alolans do!

Hm. Even so, it's kind of creepy out here.

-You think?
-Yes.

It feels like something scary
could jump out at any moment!

-[both shudder and rustling]
-Huh?

[all scream]

-Pikachu?
-Yipes.

[all scream]

-I know it can't be, but could it be?
-Pikachu's head?

[screams]

No, while giving it a closer look,

it's a different Pokémon wearing
a Pikachu-like thingie.

-[Jessie] Huh?
-[James] On closer inspection…

[Meowth and Wobbuffet groan]

-What in the world is wrong with you two?
-[both groan]

Mimikyu. Mimikyu.

[Team Rocket] Who's that Pokémon?

It's Mimikyu!

[Mimikyu] Mimikyu.

[mutters]

Meowth, what is it saying?

This is a family show.

-Wobbuffet!
-Huh?

It's saying something so scary that
it's better off you're kept in the dark.

Scary? It's not that scary.
It's kind of cute.

So, our very first job in the Alola region
will be catching that cutie!

-[grunts and screams]
-Meowth, Fury Swipes, let's go!

[screams]

Okay, desperate measures time!

[grunts]

-Huh? Fury Swipes didn't work?
-Mimikyu.

Will you knock off all of the scary talk?

Take off that Pikachu get-up
and fight fair and square!

Hyah!

[screams]

[groans]

It looks like some kind
of super-duper-long tunnel.

What am I doing in here anyway?

Where in the region of Alola am I?

Hey, Jessie! Yo, James!

Hey, Wobbuffet! Huh?

Yay. A way out of here!

Gardevoir.

-Lopunny.
-Glaceon.

Gardevoir and Glaceon and Lopunny
are all ringing me up!

Ha-ha! Right with you, dolls! Ha-ha!

Gardevoir.

Lopunny.

Glaceon.

Ha-ha! I'm here.

[all cheering]

-[Jessie] Meowth! Meowth!
-[James] Meowth! Wake up, you fool!

-You weren't att*cked, Mr. heavy lifter!
-Wobbuffet.

Eh? Huh? Huh? Huh?

Ah! Argh Stop this crazy ride!

[both] Snap out of it!!

-You lugs are drowning me!
-Welcome back!

[sighs]

-[both] Meowth!
-Aw, thank you, guys,

-for bringing me back from that joint!
-Bringing you back?

When I tried to take its mask off
of my mug,

I could see inside and then suddenly
things got dark and when I woke up,

I was walking
in this super-duper-long tunnel!

Then a really cute Gardevoir appeared

and it was trying to get me
to come along, see?

And then things got scary and I was
falling deep into the pit of a bad place!

-A cute Gardevoir, you say?
-Into a bad place?

-Hold on, do you mean--
-It's true!

If you and James hadn't called me back
from whatever you wanna call it.

-It's all because of Bag Head!
-[both] Hm?

Mimikyu.

[both] Hm?

[all scream]

I've got the feeling we'll run into a wild
Pokémon soon!

Really?

I hope your prediction is
right on the money!

Yeah, I'm tired from all this walking.

The probability of meeting
a Pokémon in this area is . %.

-[Meowth] The Twerp and Pikachu in view!
-An assortment of others!

-Meaning what?
-Wob!

Along with them comes a great chance,
the chance to grab gobs of Alola Pokémon

and that Pikachu at the same time
and give them all to the Boss! Ha-ha!

[both laugh]

[grunts] Over there!

Pika. Pika.

-Mimikyu.
-Pika.

-Mimikyu.
-Looks like your feeling was right!

A Pikachu? I don't think so.

Mimikyu. I read about it in a book once.

-I think its type is, um...
-Wait!

Please leave the Pokémon descriptions
to me.

Mimikyu. The Disguise Pokémon,
a Ghost and Fairy type.

It wears a ragged head cover
to look like a Pikachu,

but little is known about it.

It's said that a scholar
who once tried to look inside met his end.

Met his end? I'm glad I'm still here
kickin' and a-grinnin'!

Huh? Wait, that unusual Pokédex
appears to be moving all by itself.

[Meowth] That's weird.

-Okay! All right, Pikachu, go get Mimikyu!
-Pikachu!

Pika.

Mimikyu.

-Pikachu, use Iron Tail!
-Pika!

Chu!

Pika!

[all gasp]

I can't believe what I'm seeing.

Mimikyu.

Pi! Pi! Pika!

Pika!

It's strong.

[grunts]

Close-range combat's dangerous. Pikachu!

-Electro Ball!
-Pika! Pika Pika-pi!

-Way strong.
-Affirmative.

Did you just see that? What's it called?

I think they called it Mimikyu.

It appears the even match
for the Twerp's Pikachu.

Well, we can't let the Twerp catch
that strong of a Pokémon! [cackles]

[meows]

-Are you okay?
-Pika! Pika!

Bounsweet.

-Popplio
-Togedemaru.

-Okay, it's your move!
-[Jessie] Just a minute!

-Pika?
-Huh?

All right, who are you?

Did someone ask something?
We're here to find out!

Noble answers are what we're all about!

The beauty so radiant,
the flowers and moon hides in shame.

A single flower of evil in this
fleeting world. Jessie!

The nobly heroic man of our times!

The master of darkness fighting back
against a tragic world! It's James.

It's all for one and one for all!

A glittering dark star
that always shines bright!

Dig it, while Meowth takes flight!

-Team Rocket, let's fight!
-That's right!

Wobbuffet!

Team Rocket? Can they really take flight?

We blast off, you dope!

I mean... we don't fly.

You see, Team Rocket is
a super-powerful, evil organization.

What kind of dumb Pokédex
doesn't know something great like that?

[bleeps] I don't have any data!
A Meowth that can speak like a human!

This could be the discovery
of a new type of Pokémon!

[grunts in frustration]

Will you shut your electric yap?

-Evil organization?
-I've never heard of them.

-Not me.
-Neither have I.

They're bad guys who like to steal
other people's Pokémon!

-Oh!
-They steal?

If they steal Pokémon,
then they're thieves!

You've come to the Alola region
to do bad things here, too!

Same genius. I don't know why you're here,
but I'm sick of seeing your Twerpy face.

We'll simply take your Pikachu
and your friends' Pokémon

for our sassy selves!

And... that Mimikyu!
Remember we found that one first!

-Okay, Meowth, go!
-[Meowth grunts]

Aw! Word up, Pikachu,
I know how strong you are,

but today I come out on top!
No ifs, ands, or buts!

-Fury Swipes!
-Pikachu, Electro Ball!

Pik! Pika! Pi!

[screams] Couldn't you wait?

-[yelps]
-Pi!

Mimikyu, you came through like a champ.
Thanks a lot, palley!

Call me crazy, but I get the feeling
Mimikyu is trying to help us out.

-Mimikyu.
-Huh?

Whoa, Mimikyu wants to give us
a hand instead of the chumps.

-So, I'm sane?
-We're truly grateful for all your help.

Please explain!

-It looks like Mimikyu hates Pikachu.
-[Jessie and James] Hates?

[Meowth] Mimikyu doesn't look like
Pikachu because it wants to.

It seems to me there's a whole lot
of resentment going on and it's not cool.

Do me a favor and don't say
any more scary stuff, will you, please?

Sounds like
some complicated feelings in play.

So, let's not look
a gift Mimikyu in the mouth.

It's all good, Mimikyu, so just att*ck!

Mimikyu.

-Here it comes, Pikachu!
-Now, be careful!

[both] Way to go! You can do it!
Rah-rah-rah!

[laughs]

[both] Oh!

-Huh?
-[Jessie groans]

-What's going on? Hey!
-[both mutter angrily]

Hey, big guy, where are you
schlepping my two buddies?

Wobbuffet!

-[Meowth] Jessie! James!
-[both mutter angrily]

Who's that Pokémon?

Bewear, the Strong Arm Pokémon,
a Normal and Fighting type.

Bewear has extremely powerful arms
and it's very dangerous.

It waves its arms in a friendly fashion.
It's a warning. Approach with caution.

Really dangerous.

Mimikyu, save Jessie and James. Move!

Wobbuffet!

Mimikyu.

But you told us you'd help us out
if we were ever in a jam! Forget Pikachu.

Now you've got to save the ones
who are on your side! Dig it?

[Jessie and James] Off with a new blast...

Wob! Wob!

-Who were those guys, Ash?
-Pika.

-We weren't able to catch it.
-Yeah.

But that's okay. There are many
other Pokémon in the Alola region!

There are lots more chances!

That's right!

Okay, Pikachu! Rotom Dex!
Let's go find some more Pokémon!

The probability of finding a Pokémon
in this forest has increased to . %!

[narrator] Ash now has a new companion,
the strange Pokédex, Rotom Dex!

What kind of role will it play
in Ash's continuing journey?

Time will tell.

After all, the journey in
the Alola region has only just begun!