08x35 - From Brags to Riches

[bunniefuu]

And the qualifying tournament starts today!

And we're ready, aren't we, Pikachu?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

NARRATOR With all of the preliminary rounds now over

the Ever Grande Hoenn League Championships

have officially begun.

And for Ash Ketchum, nothing is more important

than his upcoming battles.

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Walking down this endless highway ♪

♪ With nothing but my friends beside me ♪

♪ We'll never give in we'll never rest ♪

♪ Advanced Battle is the ultimate test ♪

♪ From the earth the land the sea and sky ♪

♪ They can never win but they sure can try ♪

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ From the stars and the ancient past ♪

♪ They come to play but they'll never last ♪

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ Oh oh oh ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪

ASH "From Brags to Riches"

Man, this is amazing!

Hey, Max, what are you doing?

Oh, just using the PokéNav to keep an eye

on all the very latest championship stats.

You got to be kidding!

Man, what'll they think up next?

You're keeping up on the stats too?

Well, you could say that.

I'm writing down the location

of every beautiful girl in the stands.

MAX/MAY We should've known.

It's my privilege to announce this year's pairings for

'the Ever Grande Hoenn League Championship qualifying rounds!'

Awesome. Finally.

I'll win no matter who they pair me with.

First off, Trainers won the preliminary rounds.

'Out of these Trainers, the qualifying rounds'

'will produce only winners'

'who will move on to the victory tournament.'

'Three wins are required to pass the qualifying rounds'

'and all battles will be double battles.'

Wow, three of them and they're all double battles.

No kidding. And you're out with just one loss too.

- Well, I'm ready for anything. - Oh, yeah.

Hey, it sounds like I'm more ready than you are.

Afraid not! I'm more ready!

MORRISON I'm more ready than you'll ever be and that's that!

Not true. I'm more ready than you'll--

NURSE JOY 'And now!'

'I present the pairings!'

Cool. My match is today in Stadium C.

And mine's in Stadium E and it's this morning.

My match is earlier than yours.

That means mine will be a win.

- It won't be easy, Morrison. - Yeah, I know that.

Hey, Ash, you just make sure

you don't lose your first one.

Okay, same goes for you.

[EMPHATIC]

[crowd cheering]

Mm..

This cheeseburger's the best.

TYSON Yeah, and you can only get them right here

at this stadium, so eat up.

I am.

- Nothing could taste that good. - Huh?

ANNOUNCER 'First up, ladies and gentlemen'

'give a warm welcome to Morrison from Verdanturf Town.'

Thank you! I'm ready to roll!

Wow. Morrison looks totally psyched.

[IMPRESSED]

ANNOUNCER 'And challenging Morrison will be Gavin from Danda Town.'

'Give him a hand!'

[laughing]

Prepare, young man, to be crushed

by all of my enormous rippling muscles.

Even using half of those muscles

he'd squish Morrison like a Bug Pokémon.

Uh, you do realize this is Pokémon battling

and not Olympic Wrestling?

ANNOUNCER 'In the qualifying tournament'

'all battles are double battles.'

'Let's listen for the Pokémon picks!'

Now, Growlithe, Gligar!

I choose you!

GROWLITHE/GLIGAR [EAGER]

Wow, Growlithe and Gligar.

That will be a really well balanced team.

Marowak and Machamp, let's go!

MAROWAK/MACHAMP [CONFIDENT]

ANNOUNCER 'They've made their picks.'

'Morrison with his Growlithe and Gligar'

'and Gavin with his Marowak and Machamp.'

I've promised these muscles of mine that we will win!

Well, you better let them know.

That we're going to win!

And, begin!

Use Take Down on Marowak, Growlithe!

[DETERMINED]

[TAKE DOWN MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Growlithe starts right out with a red-hot Take Down!'

Hang in there, Marowak!

Use Headbutt!

[EXERTION]

[HEADBUTT MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Marowak fights back with a Headbutt!'

Go Gligar, use Guillotine on Machamp!

[GUILLOTINE MOVE]

Use your Karate Chop, Machamp!

[KARATE CHOP MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'This is some fierce head-to-head combat'

'between Gligar and Machamp'

'with their strengths matched almost perfectly!'

[PAINED]

MAROWAK [SATISFIED]

Growlithe, use Flamethrower, let's go!

[DETERMINED]

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

Use Bone Club!

[BONE CLUB MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Marowak's spinning Bone Club'

'keeps that Flamethrower in check.'

Oh, wow.

Those power attacks are going head-to-head.

Stay tough, Morrison!

Machamp, Dynamic Punch!

[DYNAMIC PUNCH MOVE]

[PAINED]

Gligar, oh, no!

Follow up with Cross Chop.

[CROSS CHOP MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Two attacks in a row'

'Dynamic Punch right into Cross Chop!'

Can't believe he could do that to Morrison.

Who knew he was going to be that good?

That guy's got a lot of experience.

'And his Pokémon are pretty top-level too.'

Now, Gligar, fight back with Steel Wing!

[STEEL WING MOVE]

[SURPRISED]

[STEEL WING MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Morrison sends back a little wake-up call.'

'This battle is anything but over.'

Marowak, use Bonemerang on Growlithe, now!

[BONEMERANG MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Growlithe gets hit'

'by Marowak's Bonemerang Attack.'

'Super effective!'

[laughing]

- Where's your muscle now? - Right here!

Growlithe, use Flamethrower on Marowak!

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

Marowak, charge into the flames!

[DETERMINED]

[EXERTION]

- It can't be! - Now, Headbutt!

MAROWAK/GROWLITHE [HEADBUTT MOVE]/[PAINED]

Follow up with Ice Beam, Marowak!

[ICE BEAM MOVE]

[PAINED]

[gasps] Growlithe can't move!

ANNOUNCER 'Growlithe struggles desperately'

'to break free from that Ice Beam Attack.'

Alright, Marowak, Bone Club, let's go!

[BONE CLUB MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'That red-hot Bone Club'

'frees Growlithe from the Ice Beam'

'whether Morrison likes it or not.'

[grunting]

I'm tired of being tired.

Isn't it time for our break?

If we keep sitting around like this we'll get a break alright.

Yeah, that could be a problem.

Aw, come on, what kind of Team Rocket are we

slaving for peanuts and working our paws down to the bone?

Meowth, you're so right.

Let's go back to the days of catching Pikachu.

- And dreaming big dreams. - Ah!

[gasps] Since when do I pay you lugs for just sitting around?

I'm not sure.

Is that a trick question?

If you're paying we'll take time and a half.

Yeah? How about I kick you half way to the moon?

[gasps]

Fresh popcorn.

JAMES Get your ice cold bevvy's here.

MEOWTH Fill your tummy with something yummy.

Lazy bums.

That'll be the last time I ever hire workers

from the Slowpoke Agency.

Machamp, time for Vital Throw, now!

[VITAL THROW MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Machamp's Vital Throw sends Gligar flying!'

Gligar, use Guillotine on Machamp!

[DETERMINED]

[GUILLOTINE MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Gligar comes roaring back with a Guillotine!'

Why you! Marowak, use Bonemerang on Growlithe!

[BONEMERANG MOVE]

Flamethrower!

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

MAROWAK/GROWLITHE [PAINED]

This'll be close.

There's no telling who's gonna win.

I think with Morrison's determination

he's gonna be the one to win this match.

Gligar, use Steel Wing on Machamp, let's go!

[STEEL WING MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Gligar's Steel Wing scores a direct hit!'

Let's give them another Steel Wing! Go!

[STEEL WING MOVE]

[DISTRESSED]

ANNOUNCER 'Gligar lets loose'

'with a barrage of Steel Wing Attacks.'

'This may be the break Morrison's been looking for.'

Machamp, Dynamic Punch!

[DYNAMIC PUNCH MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Machamp mounts a comeback'

'with Dynamic Punch'

'but just can't seem to put it together.'

Gligar, nice work!

Okay! Use Guillotine!

[GUILLOTINE MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Gligar's Guillotine deals a devastating blow!'

[STUNNED]

Machamp is unable to battle!

Oh, yeah!

Yup, just like I told you.

[IMPRESSED]

ANNOUNCER 'So now it's Gavin and his Marowak'

'facing off against Morrison's two Pokémon at once.'

Yeah? Well, I'm just getting warmed up here.

Marowak, use Bone Club on Growlithe!

[DETERMINED]

Growlithe, use Flamethrower!

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

[EXERTION]

[BONE CLUB MOVE]

[PAINED]

Oh, no!

[STUNNED]

Growlithe is unable to battle!

ANNOUNCER 'And Gavin treats us to an impressive comeback'

'transforming this into a one-on-one battle!'

Marowak, Bonemerang, let's go!

[DETERMINED]

[BONEMERANG MOVE]

Dodge and use Guillotine!

[CONFIDENT]/[EXERTION]

[GUILLOTINE MOVE]

Marowak, use Headbutt!

[DETERMINED]

[GUILLOTINE MOVE]

[HEADBUTT MOVE]

[INTENT]

ANNOUNCER 'Their power is perfectly matched.'

Marowak, Ice Beam, now!

[ICE BEAM MOVE]

[ALARMED]

Oh, no!

ANNOUNCER 'Ladies and Gentlemen, it looks'

'like Marowak's frozen one of Gligar's wings.'

Marowak, Bonemerang!

[BONEMERANG MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'That frozen wing seems to have Gligar'

'completely powerless against Marowak's Bonemerang.'

Wow. What's he do now?

He's got to get that wing fixed.

Marowak, finish this with Bone Club!

[INTENT]

Gligar, Charge in!

[DETERMINED]

ASH/MAX Charge in?

But, it can't.

[CHARGE MOVE]

[BONE CLUB MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'That Bone Club scored a direct hit!'

'This match may be just about over.'

Iron Tail, Gligar! Now!

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Coming completely out of nowhere'

'a red-hot Iron Tail from Gligar!'

- Oh, no! - Take that!

[PAINED]

[STUNNED]

Marowak's unable to battle!

Gligar's the winner!

'The victory goes to Morrison!'

We did it! Awesome, Gligar.

[PLEASED]

It took a hit then hit back.

I was worried there for a while.

That was a great strategy.

So this is battling Hoenn League style, huh?

Yep. And pretty soon it's going to be my turn.

[EAGER]

That's done. I got all the Pokémon I'm using registered.

So now all I got to do is win.

[screaming]

Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!

Right on my head.

[Team Rocket laughing]

JESSIE 'Prepare for more trouble than an aching head.'

JAMES 'Make it double from the team you dread.'

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.

JESSIE Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!

JAMES Surrender now or prepare to fight!

Meowth, that's right.

[EMPHATIC]

[MERRY]

A hole in one! Or one in a h*--

BOSS 'Hey!'

[gasps]

What's this? I find you loafing again?

- No, not at all. - I swear it wasn't my idea.

We sold everything so we was just getting revived.

You can have your little revival on someone else's time!

TEAM ROCKET Get your popcorn, peanuts, candy!

BOSS 'Lazy bums.'

Hey, that's weird, I wonder what's going on.

[CURIOUS]

[crowd cheering]

ANNOUNCER 'Next up, the fourth match'

'live from Stadium C!'

'It's Ash from Pallet Town'

'facing off against Dominick from Inua Town!'

Torkoal, Corphish, let's go!

[EAGER]

[DETERMINED]

Those two will make a really good team.

And their types are exact opposites so that should work.

Yeah, they'll be able to cover for each other's weaknesses.

[EXCITED]

Hey, Ash, got to win this one!

Tropius, Swalot, I choose you!

TROPIUS/SWALOT [EAGER]

TROPIUS/SWALOT [CONFIDENT]

Whoa, Tropius and Swalot!

Those two sure look powerful.

POKEDEX 'Tropius, the Fruit Pokémon.'

'Tropius can fly through the air'

'by flapping the leaves on its back.'

'It grows stronger in bright sunlight.'

'Swalot, the Poison Bag Pokémon.'

'Swalot covers any prey it encounters'

'in powerful poison and then swallows it whole.'

Okay, Corphish, Torkoal, let's win this!

TORKOAL/CORPHISH [DETERMINED]

And, begin!

Tropius, in the air!

[EXERTION]

[grunting] Uh-oh, will a Flying Pokémon be a problem for Ash?

Are you kidding me? Ash is going to cream them!

Go, Tropius, give them a dose of your Razor Leaf!

[RAZOR LEAF MOVE]

Corphish, Harden!

Torkoal, Iron Defense!

[HARDEN MOVE]

[IRON DEFENSE MOVE]

Tropius, b*llet Seed on Torkoal!

[b*llet SEED MOVE]

Your b*llet Seed won't do a thing

against my Torkoal's Iron Defense!

Alright, Swalot, try Sludge b*mb on Corphish, go!

[SLUDGE b*mb MOVE]

[ALARMED]

ANNOUNCER 'Swalot launches a serious Sludge b*mb'

'on a surprised Corphish!'

Wait, Harden should have raised Corphish's defenses.

Yeah! Guess that Sludge b*mb was super-strong.

That's right. Now, we're getting going.

Tropius, use Gust on Torkoal, go!

[GUST MOVE]

[DISTRESSED]

ANNOUNCER 'The Gust from Tropius'

'looks just as strong as that Sludge b*mb!'

[ALARMED]

Quick, dig in and give them your Flamethrower!

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'And Torkoal's Flamethrower turns the tables on Tropius.'

Okay, let's finish this thing by using Overheat!

[OVERHEAT MOVE]

Dodge it!

[EXERTION]

[grunting] It missed!

And the first Overheat's always the strongest too.

Swalot, use Body Slam on Corphish, go!

[BODY SLAM MOVE]

Quick, Dodge!

[BODY SLAM MOVE]

[EXERTION]

Corphish, use Bubble Beam on Swalot!

[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

[CONFIDENT]

ANNOUNCER 'Wow, with Swalot's body able to expand and contract'

'that Bubble Beam slides right off of it!'

Fine, then I'll try a combined attack.

Now, Flamethrower, Torkoal! Bubble Beam, Corphish!

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

[PAINED]

Stand your ground, Tropius.

Use Solar Beam!

[DETERMINED]

[SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

It takes lots of time to charge up for a Solar Beam.

So now's your chance!

Corphish, Crabhammer!

[CRABHAMMER MOVE]

[PAINED]

Quick, Torkoal, Flamethrower!

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Ash launches into a rapid fire Crabhammer and Flamethrower!'

'Can Tropius recover?'

Use Solar Beam, go!

[SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

Torkoal, quick, Overheat!

[OVERHEAT MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'A searing Solar Beam'

'and Overheat collide in mid-air!'

'But that Overheat is Torkoal's second one'

'will it be enough to provide a strong defense?'

Maximum power, now, Torkoal!

You too, Tropius, let's kick it up!

TROPIUS [SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

TORKOAL [OVERHEAT MOVE]

TROPIUS/TORKOAL [PAINED]

TROPIUS/TORKOAL [STUNNED]

Tropius and Torkoal

are both unable to battle.

ANNOUNCER 'Can it be, the struggle'

'between these two warriors ends in a draw?'

Don't worry, Swalot. This one's in the bag.

[CONFIDENT]

We can beat them, Corphish, let's do this!

Use Shock Wave!

[SHOCK WAVE MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Swalot's Shock Wave has Corphish in a daze.'

'What a tremendous jolt!'

Corphish!

[PAINED]

One more time!

[SHOCK WAVE MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Two Shock Waves in a row can do some serious damage.'

Okay, Swalot, how about Body Slam?

[BODY SLAM MOVE]

[PAINED]

Corphish, get up! Use Crabhammer!

[CRABHAMMER MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Corphish managed to get out of there'

'but its Crabhammer had very little effect.'

Swalot, Shadow Ball!

[SHADOW BALL MOVE]

[PAINED]

SWALOT [SATISFIED]

ANNOUNCER 'Not only is Swalot launching a litany of attacks'

'it's dodging its opponent's attacks with ease!'

'Will Ash be able to pull this one out?'

Corphish, go in close!

[INTENT]

[gasps] What's going on?

But those attacks of Corphish's didn't work before.

Thank you, Ash. Use Shock Wave, Swalot!

[SHOCK WAVE MOVE]

[EXERTION]

- Huh? - Yeah!

ANNOUNCER 'Now that's spunk!'

'Faced with a pulverizing Shock Wave'

'Corphish just keeps on charging in closer!'

Alright, grab its whiskers and throw!

[EXERTION]

[PAINED]

Good, Corphish! Now hit it with Bubble Beam!

[EXERTION]

[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

[WORRIED]

[grunting]

[STUNNED]

Swalot is unable to battle!

Corphish is the winner, and the qualifying victory goes to Ash!

ANNOUNCER 'What a win! Ash Ketchum makes a tremendous comeback!'

Alright! Corphish, yeah!

[TRIUMPHANT]

Awesome. He did great.

How cool that he sent a move into its mouth.

Yeah, I sure don't know any defense against that one.

[JUBILANT]

Of course. No rival of mine would dare do any less.

No more work.

That was enough to fill up all nine of my lives.

And what did it get us anyway?

Hey!

TEAM ROCKET We're sorry, we're sitting down, don't be mad!

Nah, you guys worked hard today.

TEAM ROCKET Huh?

So, here's a little something I whipped up.

JESSIE/JAMES I hope that means food!

Food? You mean we can really eat?

JESSIE The Boss has great taste.

MEOWTH Yeah, 'cause this really tastes great.

JAMES Who's tasting, it's just great to be eating.

You give me another hard day's work tomorrow

and I might throw in some dessert.

TEAM ROCKET And we'll be there to catch it.

You see, no matter what kind of losers

you might have been in the past

all you needed was a little hard work.

So, same time tomorrow!

TEAM ROCKET Okay.

Guys? We were kidding right?

JAMES/MEOWTH Of course!

[EMPHATIC]

Not true, I won that match by a mile.

You barely won it by an inch.

No, that was you!

I could have won mine in my sleep.

Hey, guys?

It's fine blowing off steam after a match

but don't go too far.

Hey, the PokéNav says Tyson won his first match too.

That's great. So look out Round Two, here I come!

You look out 'Cause here I come!

NARRATOR Unbridled excitement fills the air

as Ash and Morrison savor their First Round wins.

And as the anticipation continues to build

toward the Second Round battles

they're certain to be some of the most thrilling yet.

♪ Walking down this endless highway ♪

♪ With nothing but my friends beside me ♪

♪ We'll never give in we'll never rest ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ is the ultimate test ♪

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ Oh oh oh ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪