23x09 - Finding a Legend!

[bunniefuu]

[narrator] Ash's dream is to become a Pokémon Master.

Goh's dream is to catch every kind of Pokémon!

Now, what Pokémon will our heroes encounter today?

Scythe! Scythe! Scyther! Scy, Scy, Scyther!

-Wow, this is incredible news! -[Ash] What is?

It says that h*-Oh has recently been sighted!

[exclaims] Huh?

-[snoring] -[Cerise] So...

-someone actually saw h*-Oh? -Yamp, Yamp,Yamp.

[Goh] Yeah! It's all over the internet!

There's quite a close connection between h*-Oh and the ancient legends of Johto.

-Exciting! -Right!

And hardly anyone ever gets the chance to see it for themselves.

[Cerise] Yes, and records of it are few and far between.

A legendary Pokémon, enshrouded in mystery.

[Goh] And now that legend finally appears in reality!

[Cerise] The eyewitness accounts were in the vicinity of Ecruteak City

in the Johto region.

If we go there, maybe we'll see h*-Oh firsthand.

You know, I've always hoped that someday h*-Oh and I could have a battle!

-[both] Huh? -And I wanna catch it!

Huh?!

[chuckles] You know, I truly admire the two of you.

No matter the Pokémon, you wanna battle it or catch it.

Goh, let's leave for Ecruteak City right now!

Got it!

-[both] Then let's go! -[Pikachu and Scorbunny exclaim]

♪ It's a big, big world But you know where to find me ♪

♪ We'll be together And we're gonna do it our way ♪

♪ We'll discover We believe in each other ♪

♪ On adventures With my friends, like, every day ♪

♪ And we're already on our way ♪

♪ The journey starts today ♪

♪ The journey starts today ♪

♪ The journey starts today ♪

[Ash and Goh] "Finding a Legend!"

[birds chirping]

[car horn honks]

-Check it out! -Ecruteak City!

Pikachu!

-Scorbun! -Now we're gonna find h*-Oh!

[chuckles] Oh.

Hang on a sec.

It looks like most of the sightings took place

-in the area right around Bell Tower. -Way to research!

Look out, h*-Oh!

Pika, Pika!

I've been researching a lot,

and there's a legend about h*-Oh I wanna check out.

-[rustling] -Hmm?

Sentret!

[gasps, grunts]

[female voice] Sentret, the Scout Pokémon.

A Normal type.

Sentret can lift itself up on its tail so it can see things far away.

Yeah! Time to catch it! Poké Ball, go!

[exclaims]

Sentret has been registered to your Pokédex!

All right!

Come on, Goh. Shouldn't we search for h*-Oh first?

-Pika, Pika! -[both] Hmm?

[Ash] Is that...?

-h*-Oh! -Who knew we'd find it this fast?!

-[panting] -Pika!

-[exhales] Pikachu, use Thunderbolt! -Pika!

Pikachu!

[screeching]

-Huh? -Pika?

-Well, that was easy. -[panting]

[boy panting]

You all right?

-Pika. -Scorbun?

-A Fearow and a Cyndaquil. -That's why they were so easy to defeat.

-What'd you guys do that for?! -[gasps] Sorry!

I thought it was h*-Oh.

So maybe all of those h*-Oh sightings have been fake!

Uh, you see, they were.

-[man] Chad! -[all] Huh?

It's Grandpa!

I knew it was like this.

So when you said you saw h*-Oh before, that was a lie as well?

-[whimpers] -I told you, h*-Oh does not exist.

-It does! -Pika?

-Huh? -h*-Oh's real!

[both gasp]

I suppose you were simply fooled by Chad's amateurish imitation.

[Ash] That's not it!

[no audible dialogue]

[screeching]

[Ash] The day I started my journey to become a Pokémon Master,

I saw it with my own eyes!

Your eyes were playing tricks on you.

My poor grandpa.

-Pika, Pikachu. -Scorbun, Scor, Scorbun, Scorbun!

-Grandpa's always talking like that. -Pika, Pika!

Truth is he told me he once saw h*-Oh a long time ago.

[Grandpa] Look at this, Chad!

I hold in my hand a rainbow wing from h*-Oh!

It's said that if someone finds a rainbow wing like this,

they'll attain great happiness.

Grandpa, that's amazing! You really got to see h*-Oh?

Yes. But unfortunately, it was very cloudy at the time

and I didn't get a very good look.

But the next time, I'll make sure I get a great look up close!

[Chad] Soon after, Grandpa went on a long journey to search for h*-Oh.

Then suddenly, out of nowhere, he came home.

It wasn't just that he was tired. It's like he lost all of his energy.

I have a question.

Aren't you gonna keep looking for h*-Oh?

I'm afraid h*-Oh doesn't exist.

Huh?

No matter how hard I tried

I couldn't get it to show itself to me, not even once.

No, h*-Oh never existed in the first place.

That's what legends are all about.

I'm tired of wasting all my time chasing dreams.

[grunting]

[grunts]

How could I let this thing fool me for so long?! [sighs]

[sighs]

[exhales]

Grandpa...

And so that's why I wanted Grandpa to feel better

and search for h*-Oh again.

So that's why you used Fearow and Cyndaquil

to imitate h*-Oh for you, right?

But what good would it do to trick him like that?

Trick him?!

Guess that's true.

Okay! Then let's just go and find the real h*-Oh!

-Good idea! -[gasps]

But how do we do that?

Grandpa spent years and years and never got to see it even once!

Hold on a minute.

I've been gathering data for a while now...

and I came across this legend about h*-Oh, see?

Legend?

[Goh] It says if you go to the very top of Bell Tower and wave the rainbow wing,

h*-Oh will appear!

Oh, Grandpa tried that over and over again,

but he said it never worked.

Never worked?

All right, well, we can't simply go back empty-handed, now can we?

[Ash] I say we go in!

Pika.

-Pi, Pi, Pi, Pika. -[sniffing]

-Scorbun? -Pika?

[Goh] Uh.

-[Ash] So that's it. -[Goh] h*-Oh.

[Chad] Right!

Come to think of it...

There was a rainbow in that picture we saw at Professor Cerise's Lab.

Know what else? There was a rainbow in the sky when I saw h*-Oh, too!

I wonder, is a rainbow the key?

-Hmm. [grunts] -[Scorbunny coos]

[Goh] It won't be much longer before the rain clouds move away from Johto.

If the sun is low in the sky about the time the rain stops,

there's a very good chance a rainbow's going to appear!

-[chuckles] -And then we wait on top of Bell Tower,

waving the rainbow wing!

-Uh, where is it? -[gasps, pants]

-Hey, where are you going? -I'll be right back! [pants]

-[both] Uh? Uh... -Pika?

[both] Mm.

[Ash] Who's that Pokémon?

-Pika? Pika, Pika! -[screeches]

Bun. Bun.

-[Scorbunny huffs, grunts] -What's taking him so long?

Don't worry about a thing.

-Bun. Bun. -Pika, Pika!

Ash! Goh!

[grunts] Will you let go of me, Chad?!

Trust me, 'kay? Please, Grandpa?

We can climb all the towers we want, but h*-Oh won't be showing up.

Such a waste of time.

Please, Grandpa, don't talk like that!

Why, you don't even have the rainbow wing.

[sighs] All right.

What's this?

Hmm? But I threw that thing away!

I took good care of it!

-After all, it's your treasure, right? -[Grandpa grunts]

Come on, why don't you try it?

Hmm...

Hey, come on!

-Rainbows don't last forever, you know! -[Grandpa grunts]

All right, if it'll make you happy.

But it's a giant waste of time.

This'll be fun. Let's go!

Pika, Pika!

-Come on! -Scorbun!

Oh-hh!

-[all yelling] -[Goh] What's happening?!

Pika, Pika!

-Grandpa, be careful! -[Grandpa] Okay.

-Pika... pika! -[Scorbunny grunts]

[Ash gasps, moans]

-[gasps] Pikachu! -Pika!

[all groaning]

[Ash] I can't pull my feet out!

[Goh] What's going on here?!

[grunting] Oh-hh!

-[Pikachu] Pik-- pika? -[bangs]

-[all yelling] -[Pikachu] Pi-ka!

[thumps]

-[Pikachu] Pi-i-ika! -[all wailing]

[bangs]

[all groaning]

-Look! -[others] Eh...?

[all gasp]

[yelps] Oh, man!

-[Ash groans] -[Goh] Ash...

weren't we just climbing up the stairs in Bell Tower?!

-[rumbles] -[gasps]

[Chad grunts]

-[Ash moans] -Ash, climb up and have a look around!

Right. I'm on it.

-Scorbun...? -Pika!

-[Ash grunts] -Listen, Grandpa!

If you can still climb, grab my hand and let's go!

I'm doing fine.

-Oh. -[Grandpa grunts]

[all grunting, sighing]

That was some awesome climbing, Chad.

Thanks!

I know I can't give up now, or else I'll never see h*-Oh.

-Scorbun...? -Pika...?

[all gasp]

[gasps]

This doesn't make sense!

[Chad stammers, gasps]

[groans]

[female voice] I am unable to pinpoint your location.

[Goh] Just great.

Hoot-hoot, Foresight!

-Hoot-hoot! Hoot-hoot! -[boys gasp]

-[Pikachu] Pika...? -[Chad] We're back!

Over there!

[Goh] Stantler and Misdreavus?

[Grandpa] Those were all their illusions.

They sure fooled me!

-[chimes] -[female voice] Misdreavus.

The Screech Pokémon. A Ghost type.

Misdreavus scares people and gathers up their emotions,

which it uses as energy.

-[chimes] -[voice continues] Stantler.

The Big Horn Pokémon.

A Normal type.

If you look too deeply into the rings on Stantler's horns,

-you will feel quite strange. -[Misdreavus squeals]

[Stantler moos]

No, not again!

Now, Poké ba*ls, go!

[grunting]

[bleats]

[squeals] Misdreavus--!

All right!

[clattering]

[beeping]

[chiming]

I caught Misdreavus and Stantler, too!

-Awesome, way to go! -[chuckles]

[female voice] Misdreavus and Stantler have been registered to your Pokédex!

Goh, that was amazing!

-Pikachu! -Scor! Scorbun!

My plan is to catch every kind of Pokémon in the world!

-Yeah? All of them?! -[Goh] Uh-huh.

Hmm.

[no audible dialogue]

-[cheering] -Ooh, Pika...?

-Ny? -Cyndaquil?

-[Chad] I can see light! -[Ash] Just up those stairs!

[Chad gasps]

-[Chad] We can't. -[Ash] Sure we can! [grunting]

[all grunting]

-[whimpers] Cyndaquil...! -[both gasp]

-Grab on. -Don't let go!

Right. [grunts]

-Thanks, both of you! -Pikachu!

Eh...?

Grab hold, Grandpa.

Hmm.

-Cyndaquil! -[grunting] Pikachu!

[panting]

[cheering]

[Goh] The rain's gone!

-All we need is a rainbow. -[Chad] Mm!

[yelling] Hey, h*-Oh! Come on out!

Hey! We're over here!

Hey!

Come out, now!

-Pika, Pika! -Scorbunny! Scor!

-Please, h*-Oh, you've gotta come out! -[yells] Cyndaquil!

h*-Oh!

Hey! We're down here!

Oh! We're waiting for you! Come on out!

Hey!

Oh...

-There it is! -A rainbow!

[yelling] h*-Oh!

[yells] We're waiting!

Hey, h*-Oh!

Where are you?!

[wind whistling]

[gasps]

[Chad] Grandpa?

My boy.

[Chad] Oh.

-Thanks so much. -Huh...?

What you did--

all of you taught me something!

Something quite wonderful!

[yells] h*-Oh!

Wow! You're doing it!

[both laugh]

I haven't given up looking for you, h*-Oh!

Now come out and show me what you look like, please!

[yells] h*-Oh!

[yells] h*-Oh!

[yells] Hey!

[yells] Come out!

[Grandpa] h*-Oh!

[Chad] h*-Oh! Come out here!

Please!

It's no good. Let's give it up, son.

[boys sigh]

Oh.

Just for the time being.

[gasps] But, Grandpa!

[Grandpa] Tomorrow is another day.

We'll get a fresh start then-- if you'll help me, Chad.

Right!

[all gasp]

-[Grandpa] Hmm. -Oh!

[both laugh]

-[drips] -Furret!

I'll tell you, a bunch of yelling can make a guy hungry!

-[laughs] Me, too! -Pikachu!

How about you all have dinner at our place?

Huh? You sure?

You'll never taste anything better than my homemade curry!

Sounds great! I can't wait!

-Yah-hoo! -Pika!

-No fair! I'm hungry too, you know! -Pika!

-[laughing] -Cyndaquil!

Eh?

[gasps] Hey, you three!

-[Grandpa] h*-Oh is... -[all] Huh?

Huh? Did you say h*-Oh?

h*-Oh is up there.

I just know it.

-Hmm! -That's what we told you!

Come on. You know it's true.

Yeah, you're right.

[Cerise] Amazing.

So that was the truth behind all those eyewitness accounts.

[Ash] Mm-hmm.

We didn't get to see it, but it sure was fun, right?

-Pika, Pika! -Yeah, lots of fun.

[Stantler coos]

I'm never giving up.

I'll catch every kind of Pokémon,

and finally, Mew!

And I won't give up, either!

I'm gonna be a Pokémon Master!

Look out, Mew, here I come!

Pokémon Master, here I come!

Pika, Pikachu!

Ny-bun! Scorbun!

[narrator] When it comes to dreams, there are no shortcuts.

The key is to never give up, no matter what.

That is what heroes live by!

Let's go, as the journey continues!

[theme music playing]

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