23x45 - Sword and Shield... The Legends Awaken!

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[Narrator] Ash and Goh traveled to the Galar region

to uncover the mysteries of Dynamax.

There they found two mysterious Pokémon in the Slumbering Weald.

They also discovered the truth behind the hero legend!

Meanwhile, Chairman Rose restored a dangerous Pokémon from the past,

renaming it Eternatus.

Can Ash, Goh, and Leon manage to stop Eternatus?

♪ 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 ♪

♪ We're already on our way ♪

♪ The journey starts today! ♪

♪ The journey starts today! ♪

♪ The journey starts today! ♪

[Ash] Sword and Shield.

[Goh] The Legends Awaken!

[Announcer] This has become a real problem!

Reports of rampaging Dynamax Pokémon are multiplying!

And to top it off,

a huge, unknown Pokémon is currently attacking Hammerlocke Stadium!

Is this the second coming of the legendary disaster?

[tense music]

-[Charizard growls] -[Leon] Eternatus.

[team rocket screaming]

[Jessie] He’s getting closer!

[James] Stop it, big, old chum! This is no time for an attitude!

[Jessie] Remember what the Boss sent us here to do!

The Boss?

Oh, yeah… The Boss…

[James] Yes! The one who writes our checks!

[Jessie] Use your size and catch that monstrosity!

[Wobbuffet yelping]

[Meowth] Right.

Now you’re cooking with class!

Let’s join the fun!

[James and Jessie grunting]

[Meowth] Yeah!

[Eternatus roaring]

[Leon] Charizard, return!

[roars]

Time for some Gigantamaxing!

[Meowth roaring] Do it for the Boss!

-[Jessie] Yahoo! -[Wobbuffet wailing]

Grab the goods!

[Meowth] G-Max! Gold rush!

Yeah!

[meowing]

[all gasps]

Wait, what?

[Eternatus roaring]

-[Team Rocket screaming] -[Leon grunts]

[Jessie and James] We’re blasting off again!

[Wobbuffet] Wobbuffet!

[Leon grunting]

[tense music]

What’s going on?

[Rose] Observe.

Eternatus is drawing in Galar particles

in preparation for its wonderful final form!

[chuckles]

Soon I’ll get to see the ultimate Pokémon as it yields unlimited energy.

Leon will stop it before it can do that!

Riolu, Force Palm! Pikachu, Iron Tail, let’s go!

-[Pikachu] Pika! -Ferrothorn, Iron Defense!

[Ferrothorn roars]

-[Riolu] Riolu! -[Pikachu] Pika-pika!

-[Riolu and Pikachu groans] -Copperajah, use Heavy Slam!

[Copperajah roaring]

-[Ash] Dodge it! -Pika!

Now, Force Palm!

[Riolu growls, yells]

Use Heavy Slam.

-[Copperajah roaring] -[Riolu panting]

[gasps]

He’s divided attack and defense between them!

Okay.

[Ash] Pikachu, Quick Attack!

-[Pikachu growling] -[Ash] Riolu, use Double Team!

-[Ash] Keep ‘em from teaming up! -Pika!

[Copperajah grumble, groans]

Oh?

All right. Let’s do this!

Ember!

[Raboot grunts]

Now, Milotic, Water Pulse.

-[Milotic screams] -[Raboot grunts]

Use Ember repeatedly!

[Raboot grunting]

Use Water Pulse.

-[Milotic screams] -[Raboot gasps, groans]

Raboot, are you all right?

[Raboot groaning]

Give it up.

I’m quite surprised at you.

Thinking you could stop Eternatus at your low level.

Eternatus? You mean the Darkest Day?

That’s right.

Eternatus is the result of Chairman Rose’s dream.

And I must see that dream become reality.

So do us all a favor and give up.

Use Dragon Claw!

[Charizard roaring]

Charizard!

[Charizard growling]

[all grunting]

Ferrothorn, Copperajah, use Power Whip to swat them!

-[Copperajah roars] -[Pikachu groans]

Pikachu, go right!

Riolu, pull back and dodge!

Pikachu, go left!

Simply buying more time, perhaps?

[grunts]

[Ash] Jump backwards and dodge them!

[both growling]

You’re trapped now. Use Power Whip!

-[Ferrothorn and Copperajah roars] -Now, jump up!

[Riolu and Pikachu yells]

-[Ferrothorn and Copperajah roars] -Huh?

Was that on purpose?

Good going, Pikachu, Riolu!

-Pika! -Riolu!

[Raboot grunts]

[Milotic yells]

[grunts] I guess Ember wasn’t the right choice!

Raboot, change of battle plan! Use Quick Attack to avoid their--

-[Raboot grunts] -But…

But Raboot…

[Goh] Not only that. I wanted Ember to be our final touch.

[dramatic music]

That’s a unique move that Raboot and I came up with together.

[sighs] I get it now.

Yeah! You wanna win it with Ember!

[Raboot growls]

Use Water Pulse.

[Milotic grunting]

[Raboot gasps, groans]

Raboot!

It’s over.

Let’s wrap this up right now! Aqua Tail!

[tense music]

[Leon] Avoid the attack, Charizard!

All right, Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!

[both yelps]

-[Pikachu screaming] Pika! -Pikachu, no! [groans]

-What’s that? -[gasps] It can’t be.

[dramatic music]

What was that?

[grunts] It’s Eternatus.

[Eternatus roaring]

[Leon growling]

We’ve gotta stop it!

Pikachu, can you go on?

[weak groans]

You’re stuck here.

Use Power Whip!

[Copperajah and Ferrothorn roaring]

-[Ash gasps] -[Riolu grunts]

Riolu!

[Riolu grunting]

Finish it.

Riolu, it’s no use!

-[Copperajah and Ferrothorn roaring] -[Riolu grunting]

[Ash] Are you?

[Goh] Think, Goh! You’ve gotta think!

Find a way to win using Ember!

[Goh gasps]

-[Riolu puffing] -You know?

Hah! It just might work!

Let’s change the angle on Ember!

We’ll just use the walls and ceiling!

-[Raboot gasps] -[Goh] It’s okay! Let’s win this!

[Raboot growls]

[Goh] Use Ember over and over! Go!

[Raboot puffing]

[Raboot grunts]

Ember!

Use Aqua Tail! Knock them all down!

[Milotic grunting]

[Milotic groaning]

That’s it! Keep on using Ember!

[Raboot grunting]

No way.

[intense music]

[dramatic music]

-[Lucario roars] -[Copperajah and Ferrothorn yells]

Wow, Looks like Riolu evolved into Lucario!

[Pikachu gasps] Pika!

[Rotom phone pings]

[Rotom phone] Lucario. The Aura Pokémon. A Fighting and Steel type.

Lucario uses a power called Aura, which allows it to sense human feelings.

[Lucario grunts, roars]

Yeah! Use Vacuum Wave!

[Lucario grunts]

[Ash gasps]

[Lucario growls]

Got it. Right with you!

Lucario, Aura Sphere!

[Lucario roars]

One more time!

Aura Sphere!

[Lucario roars]

[Copperajah groaning]

[gasping]

-You did it, Lucario! -[Lucario grunts]

Pika-pika.

Now let’s go and help Leon.

[Lucario grunts]

[Copperajah and Ferrothorn groaning]

[Rose panting] Are you all right? Copperajah? Ferrothorn?

[light music]

Cinderace!

Did Raboot?

Evolve?

Yes! [chuckles]

[Rotom phone rings]

[Rotom phone] Cinderace. The Striker Pokémon. A Fire type.

Cinderace uses Pyro Ball to create a soccer ball of fire

that it kicks at its opponents, often leaving them with a burn.

Now, Cinderace, Pyro Ball!

[Cinderace babbling]

Cinderace!

[Milotic yells]

[Milotic groaning]

No. No way.

Cin-derace.

Cinderace, you were great!

-Cinda! -Yeah!

-[Goh gasps, laughs] -Cinderace.

Okay Ash, here we come!

Duraludon, use Breaking Swipe!

[roaring]

-[Duraludon roaring] Duraludon! -[agents groaning]

[grunting] You’ll be sorry!

Ah. Thank you so very much!

Think nothing of it.

But now, As much as I’d like to ask you out,

there are Pokémon rampaging,

and a Trainer of my skill can’t just let them run loose.

Next time, lovely lady.

-Let's go, Duraludon! -[Duraludon roars]

[chuckles, gasps] The Darkest Day.

[eerie music]

-[Ash panting, gasps] -[Leon] Charizard!

Use Air Slash!

-[Lucario grunts] -[Charizard roars]

[Leon] That’s it! Aim your attacks into its mouth!

[Ash] Way to go! Charizard’s pushing hard!

Ash? And Lucario?

That has to mean that you beat Chairman Rose, right?

-Sure did! -Pika!

Hey, Ash!

[gasps] Goh! And?

[Ash and Pikachu gasps]

[Goh chuckles] It's Cinderace.

Raboot evolved!

-[gasps] Wow! -[Pikachu gasps] Pika!

[gasps] What’s up with Riolu?

[Ash] It evolved, too. Into Lucario!

Whoa, really?

Way to go!

[all cheering]

-[Goh] So that’s Eternatus? -[Ash] Yeah.

Formally known as The Darkest Day.

But the time for introductions is over.

Let’s have a champion time.

All right, Charizard! Air Slash!

[Charizard roaring]

[Eternatus groaning]

Next up? I’ll catch it!

[eerie music]

-[Ash] Wow. -[Goh] You did it!

-Stand back! -[all gasping]

Look out!

[all groaning]

[Leon groaning]

[Eternatus roaring]

Charizard, return.

[Charizard groans]

[suspenseful music]

The sky…

Could it be…

Eternatus?

Eternatus has gotten a whole lot bigger than it was before!

[Leon grunting]

Could it be Eternatus’s ultimate, final form?

[all gasps]

[Leon] You guys…

should run.

-[groans] -[gasps]

Leon!

Whoa! Stupendous! Excellent!

What in the world am I even looking at?

[Rose] Now, Eternatus, show me your unlimited power!

[Eternatus roaring]

Looks like we’re gonna have to stop it!

Right!

Give it the works!

Lucario, Aura Sphere!

Pikachu, Thunderbolt!

Cinderace, use Pyro Ball!

[Lucario roars]

Cinda!

Pika-chu!

-[Eternatus growling] -It didn’t do a thing!

One more time!

[all growling and chattering]

[Eternatus roaring]

[both groaning]

Pikachu! Lucario!

Cinderace!

[Goh] It’s… It’s got so much destructive power!

[both gasps]

Weren’t they glowing?

What is this thing?

We found these in the Slumbering Weald.

Could they be…

the legendary sword and shield?

[Eternatus growling]

[panting]

[gasps]

Leon!

Sonia…

[Eternatus roaring]

-[Ash] Here it comes! -[Goh grunts]

Goh! Ash, no!

[grunts]

It’s glowing again!

[gasps]

Get ready. All we can do now is become the legends ourselves!

Guess you’re right.

[Ash and Goh] Come on, Eternatus!

I’ve got to help-- [groans]

No! Don’t do this to yourself!

For Galar’s people and Pokémon,

We’ll stop you right here!

[Eternatus roaring]

[heroic music]

[groans]

[groans]

Hold on! Aren’t those two…

-Zamazenta! -Zacian.

[all gasps]

[Eternatus roars]

[Zacian howling]

[Zamazenta howling]

I can’t believe they changed!

I think they’re gonna battle with us!

The sword and shield the two legendary heroes used.

They weren’t objects. They were actually Pokémon!

[chattering]

All right. We’ll all do this! We’re taking Eternatus down!

-[Goh chuckling] -It’s taking damage!

Will you shape up, Eternatus? You’re the future of the Galar region!

[Eternatus roars]

[Rose and Oleana groaning and screaming]

Cinderace, Pyro Ball!

Cinderace!

Lucario, Aura Sphere!

Pikachu, Thunderbolt!

[Lucario grunting]

Pikachu!

[Eternatus wailing]

[tense music]

We did it!

Maybe that means I’ll be able to catch it now!

[gasps]

-[Ash] Oh, no! -[Goh] Heavy!

[both groaning]

-[Ash] One, two, three… -[Goh] Ready?

[both] Poké Ball, go!

[victorious music]

[Rotom phone pings]

[Rotom phone] Eternatus has been registered to your Pokédex!

[both gasps]

[both chuckles]

[both] All right!

[all cheering]

Wait, Zacian, Zamazenta!

[upbeat music]

Yamask?

[all bleating]

Huh?

[Ash] The black cloud.

[Goh] Gone.

Just like the legend said.

[both gasps]

[Leon grunts] Thank you, everyone.

Hey, Leon!

Galar has been saved, thanks to all of you.

You were just amazing. Incredible!

I think you’re the legendary heroes!

No way! But we do know who they are.

They’re Zacian and Zamazenta!

[both gasps]

[both chuckles]

[Goh and Ash giggling]

[Magnolia] Sounds like it was quite an ordeal.

Any word of Chairman Rose’s location?

[Sonia] No. Though I know Leon’s out there, searching high and low!

[Magnolia] Hm.

Eternatus is, for the moment, dormant, safely placed in an underground location.

But there’s no guarantee it won’t wake up.

We must research countermeasures before that happens.

I expect a lot from you,

Professor Sonia.

Right!

As far as making sure my lab coat stays clean and white,

I’ll do my best!

[Ash] Thanks so much,

Zacian.

Let’s have a battle someday!

-Pika! -[Lucario grunts]

And Zamazenta?

Someday I’m gonna catch you. Just wait!

Race!

[narrator] Having overcome danger that inspired a legend,

Ash and Goh have grown just a little bit more.

But the next adventure awaits, as the journey continues!

[closing theme music]