08x39 - At the End of the Fray

[bunniefuu]

ANNOUNCER 'Solarbeam and Ice Beam collide with avengeance!'

Glalie, no!

[WORRIED]

My Sceptile!

[STUNNED]

- Glalie! - Sceptile!

Glalie and Sceptile are unable to battle!

NARRATOR In order to make it to the final four

in the Hoenn League Championships

Ash must defeat his friend Tyson.

And, with both of their first Pokémon

simultaneously eliminated

the stage is set for an amazing battle.

♪ Oh oh-oh oh-oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Walking down this endless highway ♪

♪ 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 the sky ♪

♪ They can never win but they sure can try ♪

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ From the stars and the ancient past ♪

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

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ Oh oh oh ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪

ASH "At the End of the Fray."

BOSS 'There she is, and one day she'll be all yours.'

You're joking, it's a rickety ramshackled shack!

And those are it's good qualities.

Yeah, I suppose it could use a little bit of work

so feel free to remodel however you like.

Just remember to punch the time clock.

Well, where do you suppose we should begin?

We're not beginning anywhere!

I sold ten million hot dogs for this?

[screams]

Alright, that does it!

I'd rather go back to catching Pikachu on an empty stomach.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Hold on, when was the last time you saw Meowth?

Huh?

[ATTACK]

ANNOUNCER 'Shiftry may be weak against fire attacks'

'but it's dodging every last one of them.'

When is that Meowth in boots going to show up already?

[MEGA KICK MOVE]/[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Shiftry's Mega Kick hits it's mark!'

Flamethrower should be effective!

Shiftry, Shadow Ball, go!

[SHADOW BALL MOVE]

[PAINED]

Torkoal, let's wrap this up! Flamethrower!

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

Now Dodge!

[DODGING]

Stay on it!

TORKOAL [EXERTION]/[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Torkoal's Flamethrower ends up right on target!'

[STUNNED]

JUDGE A 'Shiftry is unable to battle! Torkoal wins!'

ANNOUNCER 'And Tyson loses Pokémon number two.'

Way to go, Torkoal.

[EXCITED]/[PROUD]

Ash is doing really great out there, huh?

Yeah, but Tyson's not out yet.

That's true, but Ash still has the lead by one.

It's only the first half. There's a long way to go.

Hariyama, go!

[APPEARING]

Are you okay to keep going, Torkoal?

[AGREEMENT]

Great! Use Flamethrower!

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

[smirks]

Hariyama! Arm Thrust, now!

[ARM THRUST MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Hariyama charges forward with an Arm Thrust'

'pounding back that Flamethrower.'

An Arm Thrust?

[SHOCKED]

No way!

That Hariyama sure is one strong Pokémon.

Flamethrower didn't even bother it?

Nope, not at all.

Hariyama is protected

by a unique thick coating of blubber.

You're kidding!

What do you mean?

It's a layer of fat.

That blubber is so thick, that fire and ice attacks

don't even do half the damage they normally would.

Hariyama, Brick Break, go!

[BRICK BREAK MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'The hammer comes down on Torkoal'

'with a strong Brick Break!'

[STUNNED]

Torkoal's unable to battle! Hariyama wins.

What strength!

Now it's even. Four Pokémon left each.

Corphish, I choose you!

[APPEARING]

ANNOUNCER 'Ash's third Pokémon is his Corphish.'

Corphish, Bubblebeam!

[BUBBLEBEAM MOVE]

Dodge, and use Brick Break!

[DODGING]/[BRICK BREAK MOVE]

Dodge it!

[DODGING]/[BRICK BREAK MOVE]

[DODGING]

Crabhammer, go!

Focus Punch!

[CRABHAMMER MOVE]

[FOCUS PUNCH MOVE]

CORPHISH/HARIYAMA [EXERTION]

[EXERTION]

[PAINED]/[STUNNED]

Corphish!

Corphish is unable to battle!

Hariyama wins!

ANNOUNCER 'Ash has lost his third Pokémon'

'which is a good time to move on to our next break'

'so let's take a breather in this action-packed battle!'

Hey, come on' bring out your Meowth.

Listen up, Ash!

Since you beat me in our battle

you can't go losing to anyone else!

Right! Absolutely not!

Pikachu, are you ready to help me in the second half?

[EXCITED]

Voila, every Pokéball from every Trainer

lies in waiting right here.

And I'm sure they're all the cream of the Poké-crop as well.

Yup, so I say it's harvest time, now.

ANNOUNCER 'The second half will be fought on a rock b*ttlefield!'

'Ash currently has three Pokémon remaining'

'while his opponent Tyson has four.'

'So, hang on to your hats and let's now find out'

'which Pokémon are coming up first.'

Go, Swellow, I choose you!

[APPEARING]

Go, Hariyama!

[APPEARING]

ANNOUNCER 'Ash's fourth Pokémon is a Swellow'

'while Tyson is sticking with his Hariyama.'

Swellow, Peck attack, let's go!

[PECK ATTACK MOVE]

ANNOUNCER Ash launches a Peck attack'

'and if it lands, watch out!

Grab it, now!

[AGREEMENT]/[EXERTION]

[PAINED]

Swellow!

ANNOUNCER 'Look at that, Hariyama charged'

'straight into that Peck Attack'

'and Swellow's completely immobilized!'

I didn't know that was possible!

Wow, Hariyama's a lot faster than I thought.

Now, use Seismic Toss!

[SEISMIC TOSS]/[STRUGGLING]

[PAINED]

[ANGRY]/[ATTACK]

ANNOUNCER 'Well, it looks like that Seismic Toss'

'did little more than get Swellow right back on track.'

Good! That's just fine with me.

Hariyama, Focus Punch!

[FOCUS PUNCH]

Swellow, use Aerial Ace!

[AERIAL ACE MOVE]/[FOCUS PUNCH]

[DODGING]/[SURPRISED]

[AERIAL ACE MOVE]/[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Aerial Ace hits it's mark'

'and turns the tables on Hariyama!'

[PAINED]/[STUNNED]

JUDGE A 'Hariyama is unable to battle! Swellow wins!'

You did it Swellow, yeah!

[EXCITED]/[PROUD]

Well, what do you know, starting out the second half

with Swellow was the right move.

What do you mean, Brock?

'Cause of their determination.

That stubbornness and fighting spirit.

If they keep it up, they'll control this match.

Yeah, I hope you're right.

Swellow's taken on a whole lot of damage already.

Nah! Ash's Swellow is going to be just fine.

Let's go, Donphan!

[APPEARING]

ANNOUNCER 'Tyson's fourth Pokémon is a Donphan!'

Go, Donphan, use Sandstorm!

[SANDSTORM MOVE]

[STRUGGLING]

Oh no!

ANNOUNCER 'Donphan whips up'

'one fierce Sandstorm!'

How is Ash going to be able to see?

Tyson's strategy is to split Ash and Swellow up!

Listen, Swellow, flap your wings to get Sandstorm away!

[AGREEMENT]/[EXERTION]

Donphan! Rollout attack, go!

[ROLLOUT ATTACK MOVE]

[PAINED]

Oh no! Swellow!

SWELLOW [WEAK]

ANNOUNCER 'Wow, Donphan used that boulder to lift off'

'into an extra powerful Rollout!'

Now! Use Rollout again!

[ROLLOUT MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'It's a string of non-stop Rollouts!'

'We're talking powerful attacks. with each one more forceful'

'and damaging than the one before!'

Let's wrap it up! Rollout again!

[ROLLOUT MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'This could be the end for Ash'

'as Swellow lays there unable to move!'

Come on, Swellow. Stop that Donphan!

SWELLOW [ALERT]/[EXERTION]

ANNOUNCER 'Impossible!'

'Swellow has stopped the Roll Out attack'

'by catching Donphan with both legs!'

- But how? - Now send it flying!

SWELLOW [AGREEMENT]/[EXERTION]

[PAINED]

[STUNNED]

Donphan is unable to battle

and Swellow wins!

ANNOUNCER Swellow seals an impressive victory

with an unwavering determination!

Swellow, you did it, you stopped them right in their tracks.

[EXCITED]

[PROUD]

I told you, I knew Swellow wasn't gonna

let those guys beat them.

And you were right!

I sure hope you keep on being right.

I can't believe he pulled that one out.

But now, this is where I claim victory!

Metagross, let's go!

[APPEARING]

So, he's chosen a Steel type this time.

And that means, Swellow's Flying attacks

aren't going to have that much of an effect anymore.

That's a bunch of baloney!

A real trainer's going to cream his opponent

using spirit, forget all that advantage stuff!

Morrison, you sound just like Ash!

Metagross! Psychic, let's go!

[PSYCHIC MOVE]

[STRUGGLING]

ANNOUNCER 'Swellow seems to be caught up'

'by that Psychic attack!'

Fly! You've got to get out of there fast as you can, Swellow!

[WORRIED]

ANNOUNCER 'The overwhelming power'

'of that Psychic Attack'

'seems to have Swellow trapped!'

'It appears that Swellow's unflappable determination'

'has met its match, with Psychic'

'showing no signs of losing it's grip!'

[grunts]

ANNOUNCER 'Swellow struggles to break free from Psychic!'

'A few more seconds and this could all be over!'

Quick Attack! Give it everything you got!

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]/[EXERTION]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Swellow's Quick Attack'

'gets deflected by Metagross'

'taking the damage itself!'

- No, Swellow! - Tough break.

You should have known Metagross

has awesome defensive power!

Okay, Metagross, Hyper Beam!

[HYPER BEAM MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'That Hyper Beam'

'scores a direct hit!'

[STUNNED]

Swellow is unable to battle! Metagross is the winner!

ANNOUNCER 'In spite of Swellow's incredible stamina'

'Metagross proves too much in the end!'

'It's certainly one tough opponent!'

[Ash thinking] That's it.

You did it, Swellow!

Thanks to you ,I know just what to do to defeat Metagross!

Go, Grovyle, I choose you!

[APPEARING]

ANNOUNCER 'The fifth Pokémon in Ash's line-up'

'will be Grovyle!'

Hey, Ash ought to know

that Grass attacks won't do much at all!

Yeah, but he'll know how to get it done!

Here we go, Grovyle!

ANNOUNCER 'Grovyle heads right for Metagross'

'with incredible speed!'

Now, use b*llet Seed!

[b*llet SEED MOVE]

[STRUGGLING]

Keep going with b*llet Seed, Grovyle!

ANNOUNCER 'And it's a barrage of b*llet Seeds!'

[EXERTION]

So, he thinks by focusing his attacks

on just one spot, they'll defeat my Metagross?

Sorry, Ash, I don't think so.

Show him, Metagross, go!

[EXERTION]/[SURPRISED]

Wow! It's fast!

Quick, Metagross, use Hyper Beam!

[HYPER BEAM MOVE]

Dodge that!

[DODGING]

- Oh no! - Now, b*llet Seed!

[b*llet SEED MOVE]/[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Another round of b*llet Seed attacks'

'has Metagross at a standstill!'

How about that, guess the timing for that Solarbeam

was just a little off.

Yeah, and once that attack gets launched

Metagross can't move for awhile!

ANNOUNCER 'Grovyle continues to strike Metagross'

'in the exact same spot!'

Yeah! Now let's finish it up!

Go, Grovyle, Leaf Blade!

[LEAF BLADE MOVE]

Well we're not done yet!

Metagross, Meteor Mash!

[METEOR MASH MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Metagross comes back'

'with a sizzling Meteor Mash!'

Grovyle!

[WORRIED]/[PAINED]

[STUNNED]

Grovyle is unable to battle! Metagross wins!

ANNOUNCER 'Tyson and his Metagross come out on top!'

'There's no doubt that Grovyle fought the good fight'

'but that's all history now!'

'Ash is left with one Pokémon'

'while Tyson is a step away from entering the final four!'

Well, it's you and me!

Are you ready, Pikachu?

[AGREEMENT]

ANNOUNCER 'Ash's last Pokémon is going to be his Pikachu!'

Pikachu, Thunderbolt, go!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]/[EXERTION]

ANNOUNCER 'Pikachu is right in there with a Thunderbolt!'

'But Metagross is ready for it!'

Metagross! Psychic, let's go!

[PSYCHIC MOVE]

Dodge and use Iron Tail!

[DODGING]/[IRON TAIL MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Pikachu's Iron Tail hits hard!'

Now, Pikachu! Grab onto Metagross!

Don't let it!

[EXERTION]

ANNOUNCER 'It's a test of strength'

'and determination, as Metagross tries to shake Pikachu off!'

Okay, Pikachu! Use Thunder!

[THUNDER MOVE]/[PAINED]

Metagross, no!

ANNOUNCER 'A close-range Thunder attack could be trouble!'

[STUNNED]

JUDGE A 'Metagross is unable to battle! Pikachu wins!'

Way to go, Pikachu!

[PROUD]

Yeah!

It's evened up now with one Pokémon each.

- Yep! - Don't start celebrating yet.

[gasps]

Tyson's next Pokémon?

Come on, you guys remember who it is, don't you?

[gasp]

Go, Meowth!

[APPEARING]

Yay, about time! Beat the Twerp!

ANNOUNCER 'This is the last battle.'

'The one that decides it all! Pikachu verses Meowth!'

[EXCITED]

[sobbing]

That's right, it decides it all

so the least you can do is battle your whiskers off!

Especially, when it's going to turn a certain Twerp into toast.

- One. - Two.

Three.

A thief's life for me.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[screams]

What do you think you're doing?

- Ah, shopping? - Ah, shopping?

I gave you the opportunity of a lifetime

with a place to start your own business

and this is the thanks I get?

[whimpering]

Meowth, start with Slash!

[SLASH MOVE]

Dodge and use Thunderbolt, go!

[SLASH MOVE]/[DODGING]

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

Do a Thunderbolt right back!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Two Thunderbolts colliding in mid-air!'

- What's happening? - I don't know.

But a Thunderbolt shouldn't have any effect on Pikachu!

Tyson's not trying to attack.

- Huh? - Huh?

You want to play it that way?

- Pikachu, Thunder, now! - Thunderbolt!

[THUNDER MOVE]/[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'And again, the air crackles with colliding Thunderbolts!'

'It feels like the whole stadium is coming apart at the seams!'

Tyson's using Thunderbolt

to defend against Pikachu's electric attacks.

So that means..

None of Pikachu's Electric attacks will do any good at all!

- That's bad! - Oh boy, that's Meowth power!

Let's battle close-range. Pikachu, Quick attack!

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

Use Double Team!

[DOUBLE TEAM MOVE]/ [QUICK ATTACK]

[SURPRISED]

[DOUBLE TEAM MOVE]

Wow! that's really good!

Alright! Iron Tail, let's go!

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

Use Iron Tail too, Pikachu!

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Now, it's a collision of Iron Tail Attacks!'

I need to get me some boots!

Pikachu, use Quick attack!

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

Meowth, use Slash attack!

[SLASH ATTACK MOVE]/[ATTACK]

ANNOUNCER 'And again' they fiercely collide in mid-air'

'with neither one of them giving as much as an inch!'

[EXHAUSTED]

[grunting]

[EXHAUSTED]

[gasps]

Pikachu! Now, Thunder!

[THUNDER MOVE]

Thunderbolt, Meowth!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'It's another Electric exchange!'

'And the stadium lights up'

'as these two Thunderbolts crackle and collide!'

Let's wrap this up! Iron Tail, let's go!

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

Quick, Meowth! Iron Tail too!

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Unbelievable! Both sides have taken direct hits!'

'And both Pokémon are down for the count!'

- Pikachu! Stand up! - Come on, Meowth!

Hey! Get up! You're going to give us Meowth's a bad name!

[STRUGGLING]

[STRUGGLING]

ANNOUNCER 'They're on their feet!'

'Through sheer determination'

'they've found the strength to stay in it!'

'Neither side wants this final battle to end!'

'But only one can be the winner, who will it be?'

[DETERMINED]

[EXERTION]

[WEAK]

No! Don't go down!

[WEAK]

[gasp]

Pikachu!

Pikachu is unable to battle! Meowth's the winner!

JUDGE-A 'The victory goes to Tyson!'

ANNOUNCER 'He does it, after a fierce stand-off'

'Tyson and Meowth clench it!'

'Tyson will proceed to the final four!'

I've never been so proud to be a Meowth

in all my nine lives!

Hey, pal, are you okay?

[WEAK]

You were great, Pikachu.

You gave it everything you had.

[WEAK]

Hey, thanks a lot, Ash.

That was an awesome battle.

I'm the one who should be thanking you.

That was a battle I'll never forget.

That was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

It didn't even matter who won or lost.

I think you were into that battle as much as Ash.

Hey, I wonder if he's feeling upset at all 'cause he lost?

Nah, Ash realizes he and his Pokémon put up a great fight.

BROCK 'I think all he's feeling right now is a sense of pride.'

That was great. I'm so proud!

[screaming]

- Hey, guys? Where you going? - Meowth?

The question is where have you been?

BOSS 'Get back here!'

[whimpers]

BOSS 'That's it!'

So, I give you a good job.

I only ask that you punch out before you leave.

'Instead, you steal from me and run'

'so how about I punch out for you?'

Take this!

Listen, pal, you have a lot more to worry about

with that old shop than whether we punched our time clocks!

Stop talking about punching.

Don't talk about clocks neither since we just got ours cleaned!

MEOWTH JESSIE JAMES We're blasting off again!

WOBBUFFET [AFFIRMATIVE]

ANNOUNCER 'As the Hoenn League Ever Grande Championship'

'now draws to a close, I can't remember a competition'

'with more non-stop thrilling battle action!'

'Let's give a big hand to our winner'

'Tyson from Mauville City!'

[cheering]

I can't believe that he really got first place.

I guess it was all of that gourmet eating we did!

Come on, May. Don't kid yourself.

This tournament had some of the greatest battles I've ever seen.

Almost makes me want to start battling again myself.

Yeah! I can't wait to become a Trainer!

Then, they'll be cheering for me in the Pokémon League.

Hey, Ash, next tournament we're in, I'm going to beat you.

- Don't be so sure about that! - Huh?

I am sure!

'Cause I'm going to train my heart out

and get even more powerful!

You know what, Morrison?

That's going to make two of us. Right, Pikachu?

[AGREEMENT]

NARRATOR And so the curtain closes

on an amazing Hoenn League Championship.

But remember, there's always more adventures

and more discoveries to come in the world of Pokémon.

So, stay tuned as Ash and friends continue their journey.

♪ Walking down this endless highway ♪

♪ Nothing but my friends beside me ♪

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

♪ Advanced Battle is the ultimate test ♪

♪ Oh oh-oh oh-oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ Oh oh-oh oh-oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ Oh oh oh ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪