07x17 - Going for a Spinda

[bunniefuu]

ASH 'I won a Heat badge!'

And that makes four!

If we keep this up, the rest will be a cinch.

[EXCITED]

BROCK Remember, it takes a total of eight badges

to enter the Hoenn League.

I know! And I can't wait.

But, Ash, you still need four more, you know?

Four more will be a piece of cake!

[EXCITED]

Hey, Ash, which Gym do you think

you're gonna go for next?

Uh.. What do you think, Pikachu?

[UNSURE]

Leaving from here, Fortree City would be the closest

but there's a huge desert we'd have to cross.

Probably best for us to head back to Mauville City

and then go through Petalburg City.

Petalburg City?

We can stop at the Petalburg Gym!

Awesome! I can almost taste mom's home cooking right now!

Me, too, and then I'll finally be able to show

my Beautifly and my Skitty to mom and dad!

Oh, yeah, I forgot. Norman's your dad.

ASH Last time we couldn't have

an official three-on-three Gym battle

'cause Pikachu was the only Pokémon I had

but it's a whole another story now. I can get my fifth badge.

I wouldn't count on it. My dad is super strong, you know?

He's right, it's gonna be harder than you think.

Well, we've gotten a lot stronger since then.

We're gonna be tough to beat, too.

[EXCITED]

So, Petalburg City, here we come!

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Every Trainer has a choice ♪

♪ To listen to that voice inside ♪

♪ I know the battle may be long ♪

♪ Winners may have come and gone ♪

♪ I will carry on ♪

♪ Yeah this dream will last forever ♪

♪ And this dream will never die ♪

♪ We will rise to meet the challenge every time ♪

♪ Advanced Challenge ♪

♪ Yeah this dream keeps us together ♪

♪ This shows that you and I ♪

♪ Will be the best that the world's ever seen ♪

♪ 'Cause we always will follow this dream ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪

ASH Going for a Spinda

NARRATOR Still basking in the glow of winning a Heat badge

Ash and friends now make their way to the Petalburg Gym

run by May and Max's father, Norman.

[gasps]

[EXERTION]

What's that?

Spinda, the Spot-Panda Pokémon.

Spinda uses its seemingly clumsy movements

to confuse its opponents.

It is said that no two Spinda

have the same pattern of spots.

Look, it's true. Their patterns are all different.

You're right, there must be

a ton of 'em in these mountains, too.

Hey, look at that Spinda.

'There's a heart-shaped mark on its forehead.'

'It's so cute!'

CLAIRE Spinda! So there you are.

I've looked everywhere.

So now look over here!

[SCARED]

Spinda, wait!

[SCARED]

Huh, that was my lucky Spinda.

MAY/MAX A Spinda that can bring you luck?

Uh, excuse me.

ROYCE 'My lady, have you found your Spinda?'

We'll find your Spinda. Don't you worry.

Hi, my name is Claire.

And I'm her butler, Royce.

Hi, my name's Ash.

[FRIENDLY]

- And my name's May. - My name is Max. Hi.

Hi, I'm Brock.

I'm sincere as a Seedot

adorable as an Abra

as cute as a Crawdaunt.

MAX And as super-psycho as a Psyduck.

Excuse me, why did you call that Spinda

your good-luck Spinda?

ROYCE 'Take a look at this.'

It's the same Spinda.

The one with a heart shape on its forehead.

Ever since that Spinda and I first met

I've had such good luck.

I can't begin to count all of my lucky breaks.

Well, sounds kinda mysterious, I guess.

[CURIOUS]

That particular Spinda

actually belongs to an acquaintance of ours

and we had promised him we'd return it today.

I just don't know what I'm gonna do now.

That Spinda means the world to me.

Worry not, Claire. I simply can't bear to see you grieve.

I'll get your lucky Spinda back for you

if it's the last thing I do.

- You'd do that for me? - I would do that and more.

Now look deep within these honorable eyes.

You must trust me!

Peculiar little man.

We are forever and eternally in your debt, Mr. Brock.

Okay.

What do you say we all help 'em

to find her Spinda?

Good idea. That'll bring us lots of luck, too.

Okay, guess we can all use a little bit of that, can't we?

PIKACHU [AGREEMENT]

ASH 'Then let's get going.'

Fascinating.

A Spinda that brings you good luck.

Why, with that addition to our Team-Rocket roster

we could crisscross the entire countryside

winning lottery after lottery!

And we could charge people money

so as they could use it for luck.

I say we charge them %

on every dollar they ever win.

Can't argue with those numbers, can you?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

BROCK 'Spinda?'

ASH 'Where are you?'

MAY 'Hey, Spinda!'

[EXERTION]

MAY 'Spinda!'

- Not the right one. Look. - Yeah?

'That one doesn't have a heart on its forehead.'

MAY 'You're right.'

Guys, I found it!

It looks like the right mark.

[AGREEMENT]

Look out!

[screaming]

- Alright! - Alright!

[groans] Now back to Claire we go!

[HAPPY]

[gasps]

[HAPPY]

[grumbling]

Just my luck. Uh.

[EXERTION]

A broken heart.

- Look, my lady. - Oh, good!

[CURIOUS]

Spinda!

[HAPPY]

Okay, Ash, now.

- Right. Here goes! - Ah!

[SCARED]

[grunting]

SPINDA [EXERTION]

- Oh, no. - Wait, Spinda.

No way!

[gasping]

MAY There's so many of 'em.

'How are we ever gonna find the right one?'

[EXERTION]

Where are you? Spinda?

Let's see. A heart mark.

Where are you?

[EXERTION]

Hm. Nope, not you.

[SCARED]

[screaming]

[SCARED]

ASH Pikachu!

[grunting] Huh?

[SCARED]

My Spinda!

What the blazes is going on here?

[laughing]

Prepare for trouble from the team with a heart.

But make it double if you're smart.

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.

Meowth, that's right!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Team Rocket!

Why would you possibly steal my Spinda?

Well, I'll tell you why.

Have you possibly heard of the word selfish?

Yeah, we want a piece of that good luck, too. Got it?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Yup, and with this little guy, we'll get it.

[ANGRY]

[DIZZY PUNCH MOVE]

[screaming]

- What happened? - Spinda used its Dizzy Punch.

TEAM ROCKET Good name.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Anyone getting hit with a Dizzy Punch

gets quite confused, you see?

[groaning]

- Oh? - Testing.

- Ah? - One, two.

[SHOCKED]

Why, you little brat!

What are you doing confusing us?

We're already confused!

[HYPNOSIS MOVE]

TEAM ROCKET Oh..

That's a Hypnosis Attack!

I'm suddenly feeling sleep-deprived.

I'm with you.

[SLEEPY]

[snoring]

We're coming!

[CONCERNED]

[groaning]

[CURIOUS]

CLAIRE 'Spinda!'

[SCARED]

Hold on! Uh!

Uh-oh, come on, you guys, you've got to get outta the way.

[EXERTION]

[gasping] Mm..

Spinda!

Claire, I'm afraid your lucky Spinda's gone.

BROCK I'm pretty sure it ran in this direction.

We should all split up.

We'll be able to cover much more ground that way.

JESSIE Spinda? Sweet little Spinda?

MEOWTH We can't let our good-luck charm get away like that.

Wow, that's one speedy Spinda.

Hey, I just came up with a delicious plan.

- Yes? - Feast your eyes over there.

- Huh? - Huh?

JAMES 'What is it?'

MEOWTH 'A Teddiursa!'

[CURIOUS]

One by one we'll scoop up all those Spinda as they come in.

Easier said than done.

Somethin' about this ain't sittin' right.

JESSIE 'Oh, please.'

'Once that lucky Spinda'

'sees its comrade helplessly tied up'

'the game is over.'

You think that Spinda's really that dumb?

[grunts] A good point.

No, no, no, no!

Spinda will never buy that half-witted act.

I don't think that's the problem.

More wobbling. Watch!

Put some swagger into it like this.

Stumbling down the street like an old man

ready to fall down at any moment.

Become that Spinda.

[gasping]

- Jessie? - Lookie behind you.

Listen, I'll thank you

to leave the directing to a real actress.

[EXERTION]

[giggling]

[ANGRY]/[ATTACK]

That must have been its parent.

I'm sure it was just being protective.

Well, I don't care who it was.

I won't deal with nepotism in my show.

I have ethics!

Phew! I'm almost there.

MAX 'What about these tracks?'

They are very close, but they are not

from our good-luck Spinda. Too bad.

I can't believe you can tell 'em apart by their tracks.

[AMAZED]

Let's search from the air, too.

Taillow, let's go!

[APPEARING]/[EXERTION]

[EXERTION]

Wait, Spinda!

I got you!

[CONFUSED]

- Huh? - Huh?

Hm? Drat! Wrong one!

[groans] That'll leave a mark.

I wonder where your Spinda could be.

I don't know.

I hope you're not hungry

or you haven't gotten hurt or maybe worse.

[thinking] Oh, Spinda, you've given me so much happiness.

[HAPPY]

CLAIRE The day I met you, my entire life changed.

Where should we look next?

We're almost to the top of this mountain.

To the top. May, that's it!

[grunting]

I have to say I'm in no mood to get attacked

by an Ursaring with an attitude.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

I guess you can't make a Spinda

out of a Teddiursa, can you?

Uh, wrong! The script was right on, but the acting was stale.

As a matter of fact, all we need is a better actor.

Isn't that right, Meowth?

Huh? You talkin' to me?

- 'Show time!' - Uh..

[groaning]

Just when I thought we'd hit an all-time low.

Now remember, acting is the life-blood of any play.

Right, and don't forget about the faltering footwork.

Yeah, yeah.

♪ Dancing prancing all about ♪

♪ Come on Spinda help me out ♪♪

[groaning] This is pathetic.

No Spinda's ever gonna fall for it.

- Look, James. - Huh?

[CURIOUS]

Hm? Ah!

- Let's go! - Yay!

- 'Ha!' - Ha!

[gasping]

Goes from bad to worse.

Come back here!

JAMES 'Wobble back here this instant!'

JESSIE Or your wobbling days are over!

[gasping]

[TEETER DANCE MOVE]

What's going on?

Spinda's doing its Teeter Dance.

[TEETER DANCE MOVE]

TEAM ROCKET Oh, charming.

[giggling]

[TEETER DANCE MOVE]

♪ Ta-ta ta ta-da ♪♪

[scatting]

[Team Rocket screaming]

Huh?

- Huh? - Huh?

[screaming]

[CURIOUS]

BROCK There it is! Over there!

[SCARED]

Claire, you're right.

Spinda's headed for the mountaintop.

I'm coming.

[SCARED]

- Hey, Spinda! - Hey, Spinda!

[gasping]

[EXERTION]

MAY It's beautiful!

BROCK Who knew there'd be a giant flower garden

'all the way up here?'

SPINDA [EXERTION]

Huh? Oh.

[HAPPY]

Oh, Spinda.

I should've known that this is where

you were headed all along.

[HAPPY]

TAILLOW [EXERTION]

- Hey, Brock, May! - Claire!

ASH 'Thanks, Taillow.'

[EXERTION]

ROYCE 'So our Spinda was simply returning back'

to its favorite flower garden. Of course!

Favorite flower garden?

Yes, this garden is a special place for all of us.

'This is where I first met Spinda's owner.'

Are you talking about that acquaintance?

SPINDA [HAPPY]

Acquaintance? I don't like the sound of that!

[chuckling]

- 'Claire?' - Huh?

Kane?

Kane, it's you!

[HAPPY]

I knew it!

Kane is Spinda's owner, you see?

And Kane and Claire are engaged to be married.

- They're engaged? - They're engaged?

[grunting]

[HAPPY]

Kane is what's called a Pokémon adventurer.

He travels in the Nether regions of the world

seeking out Pokémon that are most unusual and rare.

ASH 'So he left his Spinda with Claire'

'while he was out traveling around.'

MAY So that's why she thinks of it as lucky.

Looks like Claire's pretty lucky, too, if you ask me.

Well, I can tell you one person

who's not feeling very lucky right about now.

Don't worry, I only want

what's best for Claire. I'll be okay.

[HAPPY]

I'm so glad you're safe.

Here's your Spinda back, Kane.

[HAPPY]

Thank you, I'm just glad to see you

and my Spinda safe and happy.

Hm. This flower, it's the same one.

[HAPPY]

[CURIOUS]

[chuckles]

It's perfect. You remembered.

The same flower you gave me the day we met.

[HAPPY]/[SCARED]

[gasping]

[screaming]

Oh! Huh?

[gasping]

SPINDA ROBOT [EXERTION]

[laughing]

ASH/MAX/MAY Team Rocket!

[ANGRY]

Behold, our Robo-Spinda is equipped

with all the most hi-tech whistles and bells!

MEOWTH We copied Spinda exactly

except, of course, ours is ten times as big

as that teensy little original.

Therefore, we've given it the clever name

Lucky Ten Times Over.

TEAM ROCKET Isn't that brilliant?

[EXERTION]

- Go, Robo-Spinda. - Gather your tiny brethren.

Here goes!

[EXERTION]

[SCARED]

Claire, I'll take care of these guys.

- Be careful. - Stop, Team Rocket!

[ANGRY]

[EXERTION]

Quick, Spinda, Hypnosis!

[HYPNOSIS MOVE]

MEOWTH 'Hypnosis? Okay, then Hypnosis it is!'

[HYPNOSIS MOVE]

[CONFUSED]

- Spinda, no! - They reflected Hypnosis back!

- 'Come to Jessie.' - No, you don't!

Quick, Pikachu, Thunderbolt!

[DETERMINED]

JAMES 'Dizzy Punch, Team-Rocket style!'

[screaming]

JESSIE 'One more for the road.'

TEAM ROCKET 'When it comes to grabbing Spinda'

'looks like we winda!'

Don't do it!

Don't take the Spinda we love so much away from us.

JESSIE 'Touching, but no dice.'

My poor sweet Spinda.

Uh! Oh, my dear!

Enough! Nobody makes Claire unhappy!

That means you, Team Rocket!

I, Brock, have nothing left to lose!

Forretress, Lotad and Mudkip, let's go!

[EXERTION]

Go, Mudkip, Water g*n! Lotad, Razor Leaf now!

[WATER g*n MOVE]

[RAZOR LEAF MOVE]

Please. You obviously have nothing left to give, either.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

This Spinda Robot was worth every single penny.

Another Team-Rocket Dizzy Punch?

[laughs]

[DIZZY PUNCH MOVE]

[PAINED]

Lotad And Mudkip!

[CONCERNED]

Please, Forretress

I want you to do this for Claire!

expl*si*n!

[expl*si*n MOVE]

[HAPPY]

That's showin' 'em! Hm!

- Where's Kane's Spinda? - Over there!

CLAIRE 'Get out of there quick!'

[SCARED]

[SCARED]

Spinda! No!

[screaming]

- Ah. - Ah.

Huh?

- I got you now, okay? - Uh..

[HAPPY]

Of course. Wouldn't you know it?

The one with the broken heart.

Why didn't that lucky Spinda work for us?

Well, there are two kinds of luck.

And I'll give you just one guess

as to which kind of luck we got.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Alright, Pikachu, finish it up with Thunder.

[THUNDER MOVE]

[screaming]

- I'm so humiliated! - I can't imagine worse.

I got a Spinda costume you can have.

TEAM ROCKET Team Rocket's blasting off in shame!

WOBBUFFET [AFFIRMATIVE]

Kane, Spinda's okay.

Yes, together again, safe and sound.

Oh, Claire.

[HAPPY]

'You're the only one for me.'

Well, at least we have each other.

CLAIRE Thank you so much for all you've done.

Yes, and take care!

You guys take care, too!

[HAPPY]

And good luck with your wedding!

Yeah, see ya!

ROYCE/CLAIRE/KANE Thanks. Goodbye!

[HAPPY]

[sobbing]

Claire, fear not, for someday

I shall find my happiness, too!

NARRATOR It isn't the first time that Brock's heart has been broken

and it's a safe bet that it won't be the last, either.

Perhaps, he can finally find his own lady luck

at our heroes next stop, Petalburg Gym.

Now back to thinkin' about my fifth Gym badge.

[EXCITED]

♪ I will carry on ♪

♪ Yeah this dream will last forever ♪

♪ And this dream will never die ♪

♪ We will rise to meet the challenge every time ♪

♪ Advanced Challenge ♪

♪ Yeah this dream keeps us together ♪

♪ This shows that you and I ♪

♪ Will be the best that the world's ever seen ♪

♪ 'Cause we always will follow this dream ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪