06x36 - The Spheal of Approval

[bunniefuu]

MAY 'Cute clothes, stylish accessories and gourmet meals.'

We can't leave without shopping at the Slateport Market.

Well, my vote goes to the Slateport City Marine Museum.

That's got to be the coolest place to go

with all those rare exhibits.

Either way, let's just have fun

now that the Pokémon Contest is over!

Sounds good!

Pikachu, what do you think about

spending the day at a cool museum, huh?

[EXCITED]

You know, I should do some shopping.

There are a lot of things we need for the rest of our trip.

I guess we'll split up then.

In that case, I think I'll tag along with Brock.

We'll meet up with you at the museum

as soon as we're done.

Okay! See ya.

[WARM]

NARRATOR With May's first Pokémon Contest behind them

our heroes prepare to spend their final day

in Slateport City enjoying the sights.

- Huh? - No way!

ASH/MAX It can't be closed!

That's so weird. It's supposed to be open every day.

[DISAPPOINTED]

Well, I'm not ready to give up yet!

Max! Hey, wait!

[Max grunting]

I'll see this museum if it's the last thing I do!

-'Hey, kid!' - Uh, uh..

[screaming]

[groans] Ow!

- 'Kid!' - Huh?

What were you doing climbing the wall?

♪ 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 been 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 ♪♪

ASH The Spheal of Approval

Uh, uh, I was, you see, I was--

Save your breath!

It's obvious you want to steal the museum's stuff.

- You're a thief! - No, not true!

- I'm not a thief. - Hey, Max!

- Hm? - What's the matter?

[CONCERNED]

Oh, hi, Ash.

So you a thief, too?

Thief? Who, me?

Yeah! I'll show you two!

Okay, Spheal, let's go!

[APPEARING]

[PLEASANT]

Hey, it's a Spheal.

That's a Spheal? Um, let's see.

[CURIOUS]

Spheal, the Clap Pokémon.

Spheal moves more quickly by rolling than by walking.

They are sometimes known to cross oceans atop icebergs.

Okay! Ready, Spheal?

Fire your Water g*n at those criminals, now!

[PLAYFUL]

I didn't say clap! Stop applauding and use Water g*n!

[MISCHIEVOUS]/[WATER g*n MOVE]

A-ah!

[grunts]

Uh, Max, what's he doing?

PIKACHU [PERPLEXED]

[AMUSED]

Fine! Body Slam! Right now!

[EAGER]

[BODY SLAM MOVE]

[screaming]

Ah-ah!

[AFFECTIONATE]

Not good, Spheal. That's wrong again!

I think those two may need a little more practice.

Yeah, I bet you he's a new Pokémon Trainer.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Uh! I've had it! Now, Spheal, use Blizzard Attack!

[AGREEMENT]

Pikachu, use Thunderbolt.

[DETERMINED]

[BLIZZARD MOVE]

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[PAINED]

Hey, what's going on?

No way, there's no way in the world

my Spheal could lose to a dumb Pikachu!

- 'Of course it could!' - But how?

Spheal's a Water type, so that gives Pikachu

a huge advantage being Electric.

Wow! Really?

You should have learned that in Pokémon Battling .

- Oh. - Well.

I'm sure your Spheal didn't take too much damage

but you might want to think about giving it some rest.

Seems tired.

Oh, yeah. That's right!

Spheal, return!

[TIRED]

Huh? Ahoy! Is that you, Marius?

Yeah. Hi, Captain Stern.

ASH/MAX Captain?

These guys are thieves!

Let's call Officer Jenny right away!

I told you! We just came to see the Marine Museum. Got it?

Right, and do you always get into places

by climbing up the wall?

Oh, yeah, well, that..

All I wanted was to have a tiny peek at the museum.

- That's all. - Oh.

MAX 'The guidebook said it was supposed to be open today'

'but the entrance was locked!'

Are you kidding me? Is that all?

Well, why didn't you say so in the first place, kid?

Maybe 'cause you attacked me with that Spheal

before I could say anything!

Ah? I guess I did, huh? Sorry.

I'm glad that's been cleared up.

I'm Captain Stern.

I'm the curator of the Marine Museum.

I'm Ash from Pallet Town.

[FRIENDLY]

I'm Max. Hi there.

Something came up earlier

so we had to close the museum for a while

but why don't the three of you come on in

and have a look around now?

- Wow, you really mean it? - Of course!

MAX/ASH Alright!

[ECSTATIC]

Look at that.

It's a Twerp exhibit.

With Pikachu as the main attraction!

Soon to be a fatal attraction.

Anything having to do with an attraction

I'm pretty much an expert.

I know, not only do we steal Pikachu

but also the priceless treasures from the museum

and then we'll surely be rolling in green stuff.

And we'd make lots of money, too.

TEAM ROCKET We're so smart, we're in the know!

Sell some junk and make some dough!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

I've devoted my life to studying Pokémon marine biology

and this is where I display my findings.

Hey, look!

MAX 'It's a Wailord'

'like the one we saw before!'

PIKACHU [AWED]

STERN 'We use models in the museum'

to help us better understand Pokémon habitats.

That's cool!

Goldeen is one of my favorites!

Someday I'm gonna catch it

and it'll evolve into a Gyarados!

- Uh.. - Gyarados? It can't.

Goldeen will only evolve into a Seaking.

Yeah, only Magikarp evolve into Gyarados.

You really don't know your Pokémon very well.

- Do you, Marius? - Uh..

Ah, that's okay. I'll learn that stuff when I go out to sea.

- Huh? - Huh?

Out to sea?

Yep, that's right!

'And I'm going in that!'

What is it?

It's a model of the submarine I'm building now.

- Huh? - Huh? Submarine?

[SURPRISED]

Yeah, besides the museum

Captain Stern runs a shipbuilding company.

- Really? - Awesome!

I'm gonna travel the seas of the world along with the captain!

See, my dream is to become a great scientist just like he is!

- That's a really great dream. - And you can do it!

[ENTHUSIASTIC]

[chuckles] I think so, too!

[laughs]

This important sample just came in last night.

I closed the museum today

so I could give it a thorough analysis. Have a look.

ASH/MARIUS/MAX Huh?

What is it?

MARIUS 'Just looks like a plain old rock.'

'Yeah, but it's kind of dark'

'like, it got burned or something.'

STERN 'Precisely.'

'I haven't dated it yet, but at some point'

'it appears to have undergone extreme heat'

'somewhere on the ocean's bottom.'

How could there be heat down there?

[CONFUSED]

I didn't think that was possible.

Well, I could think of many probable causes for this.

STERN It could have been a natural process at work

or it could also have been

the result of the actions of a Pokémon.

[EXERTION]

So by studying that burnt rock

you might uncover some cool Pokémon mystery.

- Is that right, captain? - It's possible.

JESSIE 'Snow cones! Get your ice-cold snow cones!'

JAMES 'Tempt your taste buds with our Slateport snow cones!'

ASH/MAX/MARIUS That sounds great!

Why don't we take a break?

You kids go out and get yourselves one, okay?

- What about you, captain? - I'll pass this time.

Now I think I'll start working on my analysis of this rock.

Step right up! Come and get it!

Snow cones, cool and refreshing!

- Scrump-chilly-ishious! - Ooh! What kind should I get?

- And tasty, too! - Um, lemon or strawberry?

Hey, old lady, I'll have a lemon!

Old lady?

One lemon coming up!

Your wish is my command!

JESSIE 'Feast your eyes. Voila!'

MAX Yippee!

ASH/MARIUS Yay!

For you and you and you and you!

There! Eat up!

ASH/MAX/MARIUS This is great! Thank you!

I love snow cones!

Ah, ah, here it comes, the brain freeze!

[DAZED]

Yep! Snow cones just the way they're supposed to be!

- 'Wait a minute.' - Yeah?

Why would they be out here selling snow cones

today of all days?

Since the museum is closed today

we'll be the only customers

those guys are gonna get all day!

- You're right. - I hadn't thought of that.

Oh, you boys are thinking way too much!

Less thinking, more eating!

ASH/MAX/MARIUS Mm..

ASH/MAX/MARIUS Yeah, okay!

[ENTHUSIASTIC]

ASH/MAX/MARIUS More brain freeze! Ah, ah, ah..

Children, it's time you learn nothing in life is free.

And the going price of four snow cones is one Pikachu!

[DAZED]

No, Pikachu!

- I can't move! - Me either! My brain froze.

[gasping]

What's going on?

[laughing]

Prepare for trouble as you freeze.

Make it double, but come again, please.

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 fools you once more at the speed of light!

Surrender now or prepare to fight, fight, fight!

Meowth, that's right!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

- Team Rocket! - Not again!

Huh? A blackout?

[grunting]

This is Frame One.

G research sample successfully obtained right on schedule.

[door opens]

- Hm? - Hey!

Do you mind telling me what you're doing here?

Huh? So you're that Team Magma I've been hearing about.

Now tell me, what are you planning to do

with my rock sample?

Why should I tell you?

And even if I did, it would be way over your head.

Mightyena, Shadow Ball!

[APPEARING]

[HOSTILE]

[SHADOW BALL MOVE]

Ah. Ah!

[gasps]

They're gone!

Hey, you, you'd better let us out of here right now!

Yeah! Let us out or else!

Go, Pikachu, Thunderbolt now!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[ALARMED]

Come on!

Don't you think we've figured out

that whole electric thing by now?

So what if it took a few thousand shockings

we finally got the gist of it!

Because we're Team Rocket!

So now part two of the plan, robbing that museum.

Oh, yeah, and then we're on the road

to success, fortune and fame!

Let's get busy! Huh?

Don't tell me!

Don't tell you what? That they got our treasure?

Well, they're not going to have it for long!

Go, troops, attack!

MEOWTH/JAMES Right!

[DETERMINED]

- Wasn't that Team Magma? - Team Magma?

Yeah, they're a bunch of troublemaking bad guys.

Now what do we do? They're making off with the samples!

We can't let 'em get away!

Spheal, I choose you!

[APPEARING]/[EAGER]

Use your Body Slam to break the cage!

[PLAYFUL]

Stop clapping! Use Body Slam!

[groaning]

Well, guess we won't be

counting on those two to get us out of here.

Don't worry about them, leave it to me!

[grunts] Corphish, I choose you!

[CONFIDENT]

Corphish, use Crabhammer!

[CRABHAMMER MOVE]

[APPEARING]

[CONFIDENT]

[Team Rocket laughing]

Thank you for all your hard work fetching our treasure.

Now, if you don't mind. we'll just take it from here.

Perhaps you've heard the saying, "What's mine is mine

and what's in the museum is mine?"

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[chuckles]

Seviper, Poison Tail!

[POISON TAIL MOVE]

Mightyena, Tackle!

[TACKLE MOVE]

[PAINED]

Cacnea, Pin m*ssile!

[PIN m*ssile MOVE]

Use Double Team!

[DOUBLE TEAM MOVE]

Oh, wow, look at that!

That was some real speed!

Oh, this is not the time to be impressed!

Seviper, Wrap Attack now!

[WRAP MOVE]

Mightyena, Iron Tail.

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

[PAINED]

[screaming]

TEAM ROCKET Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!

WOBBUFFET [AFFIRMATIVE]

[DISTRESSED]/[SHOCKED]

[ANGRY]

Just leave that Pikachu there.

ASH 'Pikachu!'

PIKACHU/MIGHTYENA [RELIEVED]/[SURPRISED]

Pikachu, are you okay?

[RELIEVED]

[chuckles] Pikachu!

Oh, good, I'm glad that's over with.

[PLEASED]

Hm..

Team Magma.

Hey, give back that case right now!

- 'Ash, wait!' - Huh?

Captain Stern!

You can leave these g*ons to me.

- Hmph! - Sealeo, let's go!

[APPEARING]

[PLEASANT]

Sealeo, Aurora Beam!

[AURORA BEAM MOVE]

[PAINED]

[groaning]

Okay. I got it!

What a great catch!

[chuckles] Thanks, Max!

- Here, Captain Stern. - Marius, thank you.

[HAPPY]

MIGHTYENA [ANGRY]

[gasping]

[chuckles]

[grunting]

[ANGRY]

[whimpering]

[SCARED]

Well, that was fun, but I'll take back that sample now.

So that does it for all my shopping.

I could keep on shopping all day.

There are so many more stores to hit.

- I must be in heaven! - No, you're just at the mall.

- Shall we go now? - Yeah.

What in the world does Team Magma want

with that burned up stone, anyway?

Hey, news flash. I don't have time to argue with you.

You just think you're so tough!

Captain Stern needs that stone for important research

and we're not giving it back to you, so there!

I will not let you have this

for your own selfish and evil purposes!

It will only be used for the good of Pokémon enthusiasts

and only them!

I'd rather do this the easy way.

You're not so scary. I'll take you on!

[DETERMINED]

Anyone who gets in our way will be eliminated.

Corphish, let's go again!

[APPEARING]/[DETERMINED]

[DETERMINED]

Max and Marius, listen.

On my signal, I want you to run into town and get Officer Jenny.

Uh! But, captain.

Awaiting your signal, Captain Stern!

Mightyena, Hyper Beam!

[HYPER BEAM MOVE]

Corphish, Bubble Beam! Pikachu, Thunderbolt!

Sealeo, Aurora Beam!

[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[AURORA BEAM MOVE]

[groaning]

- Boys, now's your chance! - Right!

- Let's go! - Huh? Okay! Yeah.

[sighs] Huh?

- Now what? - Dive into the ocean!

Ah!

No way! We can't dive in from this high up.

We'll get totally squished!

Don't worry, Max. We've got Spheal with us.

- Right? - Yeah.

[EXCITED]

Now I'm petrified.

- 'Shadow Ball!' - Huh?

[SHADOW BALL MOVE]

Come on!

[screaming]

[DETERMINED]

[screaming]

Drat.

Ah, ah..

MARIUS 'Max! Over here!'

Huh? Okay!

[CONCERNED]

Spheal, start swimming!

[AGREEMENT]

- Whoa! - Wow!

[EXCITED]

I had no idea Spheal could swim this fast!

Too bad Ash and Max didn't come with us to the Slateport Market.

I'm just glad I was able to drag you out.

BROCK/MAY Huh?

[panting]

Brock and May, over here!

Hey, it's Max.

He's supposed to be at the museum with Ash.

- Hm. - Hm.

[ANGRY]

- Uh.. - 'Here, Ash.'

- Huh? - You take the case.

I'll distract them and when I do, you run away with it!

Captain?

There's no way we can win

by staying here.

Uh.. Okay, captain.

Now, Sealeo, use Blizzard!

[BLIZZARD MOVE]

[groaning]

Pikachu, Corphish, let's go!

PIKACHU/CORPHISH [AFFIRMATIVE]

No, you don't!

Mightyena, use Shadow Ball!

[SHADOW BALL MOVE]

Huh?

PIKACHU/CORPHISH [PAINED]

- Hang on, Ash! - Ah! Ah!

Go get that case!

[groaning]

- Huh? - The rock!

[CURIOUS]

[DETERMINED]

[INTENT]

PIKACHU/MIGHTYENA [ADAMANT]/[INTENT]

[ALARMED]

Oh, no!

[SATISFIED]

Perfect.

[SURPRISED]

[gasping]

Good. They're here.

Mightyena, Shadow Ball!

[SHADOW BALL MOVE]

[whimpering]

[chuckles]

[groaning]

[gasps]

Their own escape helicopter right on cue.

[scoffs] Well, it looks like

they're a well-organized bunch of criminal th*gs.

- Huh? - Huh?

[siren wailing]

I'm really sorry, Captain Stern.

I let 'em get away with the sample.

[DISAPPOINTED]

Don't worry about that at all, Ash.

I still have a small piece of it left.

'This will be sufficient to begin my research.'

But I wonder what Team Magma

is planning on doing with that rock.

Good question, May. I'd love to know what they're up to.

Me, too. I'm sure nothing good.

- 'Hey, Ash!' - Huh?

Where are you guys headed to next?

Mauville City.

Are you going there for more Gym battles?

- Uh-huh. - Cool!

Next time I see you, I want a rematch!

And next time Spheal and I will win it!

[EXCITED]

You've got yourself a battle.

[PLEASED]

But before that, Marius

I think you might have a little practicing to do, huh?

Yeah! I hear ya!

- Well, we better get going. - Yeah, see ya!

- Take good care! - Bye! Good luck in Mauville!

BROCK/MAY/ASH Thanks! We'll see you later!

Bye! See you, Marius!

[EXCITED]

NARRATOR So with the troubles and challenges

of the Marine Museum behind them

our heroes head on to Mauville City

where the next Pokémon Gym awaits.

♪ 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 ♪♪