06x04 - You Never Can Taillow

[bunniefuu]

Odd.

I don't see a single one anywhere.

NARRATOR As Ash and his new friends Max and May

head towards Rustboro City

their travels begin in the Petalburg Forest

with hopes of seeing new Pokémon!

Any chance that we'll be stopping for lunch soon?

[CURIOUS]

But I haven't even seen one Pokémon yet!

Huh.. Did you think you could just look up

and see one whenever you wanted to, Max?

It doesn't work that way.

But I always heard Petalburg Forest is

so full of Pokémon, you can't miss 'em.

I wonder if we're in the wrong part of the woods?

Hey!

Ash, let's eat lunch!

No, let's go a different way!

No, it's time for lunch, Ash!

Not till we see Pokémon!

- Lunch! - Find Pokémon!

- Lunch! - No!

- Yes! - No!

[SHOCK]

Stop talking both of you!

We'll stop for a quick lunch break

and then we'll decide which way to go after that.

Yeah.

Alright.

♪ A kid from Pallet Town with a brand new world to see ♪

♪ Don't know what's ahead but it won't get the best of me ♪

♪ There's so much to learn and battles to be won ♪

♪ I've advanced so far and still there's always more to come ♪

♪ Take a step and I'm on my way ♪

♪ Gonna start all over again ♪

♪ I wanna be a hero ♪ ♪ Hero ♪

♪ Pokémon Advanced ♪

♪ I'm on my way ♪

♪ I wanna be a hero ♪ ♪ Hero ♪

♪ Give me just one chance and the future will decide ♪

♪ If there's a hero buried deep inside ♪

♪ I wanna be a hero ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪

[instrumental music]

ASH "You Never Can Taillow."

Lunchtime!

We needed a break anyway.

Besides we'll have better luck

hunting Pokémon on a full stomach!

Well, I guess I was getting kind of hungry.

I'm so hungry I could eat a Tauros!

[laughing]

[gasps]

[CONFUSED]

So, Ash, where's lunch?

I thought you were carrying it, Max.

Huh? I thought that you were gonna grab it, May.

You mean?

- There's.. - No lunch?

[EXERTION]

[EXCITED]

[groaning]

You're the professional traveler, Ash.

I'm surprised you'd forget something like our food.

She has a point.

Come on!

[stomach grumbling]

Alright, guess I messed up.

[HAPPY]

[CURIOUS]

[PANIC]

[DAZED]

Ah..

Guess we're out of Pokémon food too.

I'm sorry, Pikachu.

[SAD]

[sighs] It's too bad that Brock didn't come along with us.

- Brock? - Brock who?

A friend I was traveling with before.

Knows lots about Pokémon.

ASH But he really knows how to cook too!

[CRAVING]

Sorry I'm so useless compared to him!

I sense some discord amongst the new friends.

Poor things are cranky because they're out of food.

So we strike while the stomach is grumbling.

That's what I say!

Come on, let's pinch that Pikachu!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

- Yeah, maybe. - I don't know.

What's your problem?

- I'm still eating. - Huh?

Meowth, were you born in a barn?

It's terrible manners to simply get up

and leave in the middle of a meal.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[ANGRY]

There's nothing wrong with being born in a barn!

I need food, so..

Hey, what've you got in there?

ASH Oh, chocolate cookies!

Of course you're gonna share with your sister!

[AGREEMENT]

Only one.

Only one?

MAX 'Sorry, it's my emergency stash.'

So, if we split it, we'll each get one bite!

TAILLOW [FOCUSED]

[SHOCK]

[CHEERFUL]

Yeah, I finally found a Pokémon!

It stole our chocolate!

What is that Pokémon?

- A Taillow! - Taillow?

POKEDEX Taillow, the Tiny Swallow Pokémon.

'Taillow has a fierce personality.'

'Never backing down even against the most powerful opponents.'

- Ha ha. - Give back that chocolate.

Careful, May, where there's one Taillow

'there's always a whole flock of them.'

[instrumental music]

[FOCUSED]

Give us back that chocolate, you robber!

I want it back, give it back!

[HAPPY]

[wailing]

It ate the whole thing.

Guess that Taillow must have been really hungry.

Yeah, I wonder if my chocolate cookie filled it up?

[CURIOUS]

We're hungry too!

Taillow, how did you like my chocolate?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Glad you enjoyed it.

Don't worry, May, I'm sure we'll get some food in the next town.

[URGING]

Yeah?

[URGING]

Uh..

Look, guys!

'These trees are full of fruit!'

We've been saved!

Watch out, tummy, here it comes!

Pikachu, help us out and knock down some of that fruit!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[EXCITED]

Oh, no, again?

[ANGRY]

This is bad. I think they're angry.

MAX Almost looks like they're about to attack.

MAY They got their fruit back, so what's the problem?

ASH I think they're upset because we might be

in the middle of their territory.

In that case, they might be mad because

we were gonna eat some of their fruit!

What should we do?

Well, I guess we could try apologizing?

[COMMANDING]

[ANGRY]

Ash, can't you do something?

Pikachu, Thunderbolt!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[PAINED]

Whoa, that was too close.

Lucky for us that Electric Attacks

are so effective against Flying Pokémon.

That'll keep them down for a while.

[PAINED]

[gasps]

[ANGRY]

- Ah! - Maybe not!

Do you think we woke them up?

But how could they have recovered so quickly?

[ANGRY]

Pikachu, Thunderbolt 'em!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[PAINED]

[DETERMINED]

[SHOCK]

[ANGRY]

That didn't affect 'em.

How is that possible? Pikachu scored a direct hit!

Remember what the Pokédex said?

Taillow are fierce and they won't back down

no matter how strong the opponent!

Those Taillow are fantastic, aren't they?

Bold and courageous, just like us!

And they got a knack for locating chocolate cookies!

Just think of the power we'd have

if the Taillow were on our side!

Catching Pikachu would be easy with a flock of them.

It'll be a feather in our cap!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[PAINED]

[FOCUSED]

You know, I bet that one's the leader.

Well, the chocolate mustache on its beak means

it's also the one who started this!

[AGGRESSIVE]

Watch out, Pikachu!

[SHOCKED]

[EXERTION]

[AGGRESSIVE]

[PAINED]

[AGGRESSIVE]

Thunderbolt, now!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[PAINED]

[DEFIANT]

No way!

Unbelievable!

They're closing in on us, Max!

Nothing seems to work!

[AGGRESSIVE]

[SHOCKED]

[AGGRESSIVE]

Forretress, expl*si*n!

[SHOCK]

[DETERMINED]

[expl*si*n MOVE]

TAILLOW [PAINED]

Hey, it's Brock!

MAX/MAY This is Brock?

[dramatic music]

We'll be safer outside of the forest.

Thanks, Brock, we were lucky you came by!

Well, you should really thank Forrtress!

It's good to see you again, Pikachu.

[EXCITED]

Looks like you got hurt a little bit, huh?

[SHOCK]

Here.

[PAINED]

So, Brock, what are you doing out here?

I thought you were gonna go home?

I did go home and everything's fine.

So I decided to come back out!

Then, Professor Birch told me

you were headed to Rustboro City.

So I decided to come out here and see if I could find you.

Hey, does that mean we're going to travel together again?

Yeah! If you don't mind!

Best news I've had all day!

Let me introduce you to my new friends.

This is May and her brother, Max from Petalburg City.

This is my friend, Brock!

He's training to become the world's best Pokémon breeder.

Hi, there.

Hey, Brock, nice to meet you!

It's cool being a breeder, huh?

Yeah, I still got a lot to learn though.

But, hi!

When I met Brock, he was the Gym Leader in Pewter City.

Wow! You were?

Hey, our dad's a Gym Leader too!

May and Max's father is the Gym Leader in Petalburg City.

I bet you guys wanna become Gym Leaders too!

Hmm, I don't know about that.

I don't even have my first Pokémon yet.

Don't worry, Max.

That takes time. It'll happen before you know it!

Okay.

That's why I left most of my Pokémon at home.

- So my brothers could practice. - That's cool.

Your Forretress's expl*si*n Attack was awesome!

Hey, thanks.

Is it true what Ash told us about you?

That you're a really good cook?

Then how's about a little sample?

Alright.

Let's have some lunch.

Agh! They're gone!

There were four sandwiches in my backpack!

Brock, is it possible that you ate them already?

Ugh, no, although, I was just about to eat one

when I heard the Thunderbolt and ran to see if it was Pikachu.

So they disappeared during the battle.

Then the other Taillow ate them, probably.

I am so hungry.

Taillow do tend to travel in flocks looking for food

and then devour whatever they happen to come across.

As you probably noticed

they're also very territorial and pretty aggressive.

So other Pokémon usually run and hide whenever

they hear a flock of Taillow coming.

That explains why we couldn't find any Pokémon

when we first got to the woods, huh?

And why the whole flock attacked us

when we were just trying to get some fruit out of those trees.

[stomach grumbling]

Okay, how about I rustle us up some stew?

- Really? - That sounds great!

Brock to the rescue!

Pikachu's first. How does that sound?

[HAPPY]

[ANGRY]

[AGITATED]

MEOWTH 'Calling all Taillow.'

JESSIE 'We come bearing gifts.'

Yummy sandwiches!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

They're yours to chow down on but first

we got to talk and make a little deal-eo!

[AGGRESSIVE]

[screaming]

[EXCITED]

Eh, or you could eat first and then we'll talk.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Uh, I still say we should've saved one to eat ourselves.

A rumbling tummy is a small price to pay

to capture a Pikachu!

[DEMANDING]

They're saying they want some more.

Do you featherbrains think this is a restaurant?

That's fine, but..

First you'll have to do a little something for us!

[CONFUSED]

Just a little while longer now and it'll be ready.

Huh?

Guys...you're drooling on me.

[CURIOUS]

Oh no! It's that same Taillow!

What's it want now?

[AGGRESSIVE]

[URGING]

[CURIOUS]

Can you tell what they're saying?

That Taillow came back here to fight!

- How come? - Am I right, Pikachu?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

- Alright, we accept! - Uh, what?

I don't get it, what's the point?

I guess Taillow wants to prove

which Pokémon is the best.

BROCK A strong opponent always makes

Taillow wanna battle.

I'm guessing it wants a clear winner decided

in its battle with Pikachu.

[AGGRESSIVE]

Alright, Pikachu!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[FOCUSED]

[DETERMINED]

Lets do it!

[AGGRESSIVE]

[AGGRESSIVE]

Pikachu, Quick Attack!

[QUICK ATTACK]

[SHOCK]

[AGGRESSIVE]

How could it have dodged that Quick Attack?

First attacks are almost never off target!

[AGGRESSIVE]

[AGGRESSIVE]

[SHOCK]

[AGGRESSIVE]

But Taillow can fly and Pikachu can't.

A clear advantage.

Use Thunderbolt!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[PAINED]

[FOCUSED]

[SHOCK]

[CONCERN]

[AGGRESSIVE]

[chuckles] Wow! That Taillow's awesome!

It just won't quit!

TAILLOW [AGGRESSIVE]

[SHOCK]

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[PAINED]

It isn't working, Brock. How come?

Actually, the attack had an effect.

- But then.. - Taillow just won't give up!

[AGGRESSIVE]

[SCARED]

Well, we aren't about to give up either!

[RELIEVED]

[AGGRESSIVE]

[SHOCK]

[FOCUSED]

Here it comes, pal!

Finish it for good this time!

Thunder!

[THUNDER MOVE]

[FOCUSED]

[expl*si*n]

[gasping]

[dramatic music]

[TIRED]

Wow, it won't back down.

But it's a Flying-type.

Electric Attacks should have finished it!

[AGGRESSIVE]

[SHOCK]

It still wants to battle!

Ash, you should put an end to this battle

before you do it any more damage.

End it? But how, Brock?

I think you'll have to catch it.

Uh, okay.

Yeah!

[AGGRESSIVE]

Alright, go, Poké Ball!

[PAINED]

[DETERMINED]

Hm.

- Oh. - Oh.

[RELIEVED]

Oh..

[TIRED]

Poor Taillow, it's exhausted from its battle.

It's okay now, calm down.

[PAINED]

A shot of that and some rest

and you'll be good as new in no time.

[PANIC]

Well, Taillow, how do you feel about

hitting the road with our group?

[EXCITED]

Alright then, we're glad to have ya.

Climb on!

[PROUD]

My name's Max, Taillow.

Nice to meet you!

There's no reason to hide, you know!

I'm not hiding.

I'm introducing myself gradually.

Taillow, you're my very first Pokémon

here in the Hoenn Region.

Yeah!

I caught a Taillow!

[PROUD]

[SHOCK]

What is it?

[AGGRESSIVE]

That flock again!

Still after us?

[DETERMINED]

[AGGRESSIVE]

Wow, don't tell me

they all want to battle Pikachu.

It is a possibility.

[FOCUSED]

[URGING]

MEOWTH 'You won't talk them out of it, Taillow!'

[STARTLED]

- Who's that? - Those bad guys again!

- It's Team Rocket! - It's them, alright!

[evil laugh]

- What do you want? - Some things just never change!

JESSIE Prepare for trouble from in the sky.

JAMES Make it double, then say goodbye!

JESSIE 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 blast off at the speed of light.

Surrender now or prepare to fight, fight, fight.

That's right!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

I think you've already met our flock of Taillow.

The newest members of the elite Team Rocket fighting force!

No way!

With the fierce unbeatability to battle on

no matter how many Electric Attacks they take!

Even though unbeatability is not a word.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Now, listen up, Taillow, the harder you battle

the more delicious sandwiches you'll get.

Hold on, you mean sandwiches

like the four that were here an hour ago?

Well, well, look who it is.

The biggest Twerp has made a comeback.

You're right. Welcome back!

Well, if you came for lunch

I'm afraid you're a little late.

Yes, I already know that.

They were my sandwiches!

So, what you're trying to say is they were yours.

- And a tad too salty. - I knew it was you.

Give them back!

Yeah, we're starving!

Oh, please!

If you wanted them so bad

you should've written your name on your lunch bag!

Yeah, besides that, they're already gone!

Taillow, take care of Pikachu!

[DETERMINED]

[AGGRESSIVE]

Oh, no, you don't!

Go, Torchic!

[DETERMINED]

[HAPPY]

[SHOCK]

Um, wait Torchic!

I still haven't told you what to do!

Ash, what's with her?

She just got that Torchic

and doesn't know how to do anything yet!

[HAPPY]

[SHOCK]

[HAPPY]

[STUNNED]

[crying]

Return!

I've never been so humiliated.

That was fun! But now, go, Taillow!

[AGGRESSIVE]

[DETERMINED]

[SHOCK]

The stew is ready!

And I'm ready to eat it!

- Smells good! - Looks good!

And if I know Brock, it tastes good!

[EXCITED]

[CURIOUS]

[HAPPY]

Hey, everybody, would you like to join us for some lunch?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Now what?

Now they'll beat us by using our dirty trick.

Wait a second, Pikachu hasn't eaten!

Hm. We'll attack while it's weak from hunger!

Another dirty trick!

ASH 'Pikachu, Thunderbolt!'

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH Huh?

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Sorry about that, Team Rocket.

But this time you're the ones who are too late.

Pikachu already ate Brock's Pokémon food!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

That's nice.

Everyone's eaten but us.

Except for that taste of our own medicine.

Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!

ASH/MAX/MAY 'Thank you, Brock.'

MAX That was really great stew!

MAY Ash wasn't kidding. You're an awesome cook, Brock.

Yep. I told you he's a good guy to have around!

Mm-hmm.

Better than you, Ash!

Uh, thanks a lot, Max.

Well, the two of you have an appetite

that's almost as big as Ash's

which makes cooking even more fun!

[HAPPY]

Are the Taillow leaving?

Maybe they've eaten all the food in this area

so now they have to move on.

[HAPPY]

[SALUTATIONS]

Looks like your Taillow is saying goodbye

to all of its friends, Ash.

[SALUTATIONS]

[CHEERFUL]

There they go.

Yep.

Time for us to get moving too, let's head out to Rustboro City!

- Yay! - Yay!

Great, but first we'll do the dishes!

ASH/MAX/MAY Ugh!

[EXASPERATED]

NARRATOR Reunited with his old friend Brock

Ash catches his first Pokémon in the Hoenn Region!

And with that the group pushes on

looking forward to more new friends and

new adventures on the road ahead!

♪ Take a step and I'm on my way ♪

♪ Gonna start all over again ♪

♪ I wanna be a hero ♪ ♪ Hero ♪

♪ Pokémon Advanced ♪

♪ I'm on my way ♪

♪ I wanna be a hero ♪ ♪ Hero ♪

♪ Give me just one chance ♪

♪ And the future will decide ♪

♪ If there's a hero buried deep inside ♪

♪ I wanna be a hero ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪