08x42 - A Real Cleffa Hanger

[bunniefuu]

NARRATOR Rested and recharged, Ash and friends have set out

on a new quest, to conquer Battle Frontier.

On the way to their first destination

the Battle Factory, they stop for a brief rest

at the base of Mount Moon.

So, hey, Brock, how's Ludicolo?

You won't believe what happened.

Ludicolo got along so well with all my brothers and sisters

it was like one of the family.

Even my mother treated it like one of the kids.

So, I left it behind.

That worked out okay.

So, May, I hear Professor Oak

gave you that little Squirtle, huh?

Oh, yeah, I guess it sort of decided by itself

it wanted me for a Trainer and I just love it.

[HAPPY]/[AGREEMENT]

You two must've been meant for each other then.

Oh, that's mine. Excuse me. Hello. Misty here.

DAISY 'Misty, this is Daisy.'

'We've got a problem here and I don't know what to do.'

'We're totally flooded with Pokémon Trainers today'

'all wanting Gym battles.'

'The lobby is completely filled.'

So I was wondering, can we just give 'em

Gym badges and have 'em come back later?

of course you can't do that.

I'll get back as soon as I can but 'till then

they'll just have to wait.

DAISY 'Okay, okay. It was just an idea. Bye.'

[sighs] I don't know what my sister's thinking sometimes.

Well, we should probably get going anyway.

- You're right. - Great.

Then let's clean up and head out for Mount Moon.

They say Mount Moon's the home to lots of Cleffa and Clefairy.

I wonder if we'll see some close up.

Everybody knows Cleffa never reveal themselves to humans.

MAY/MAX/ASH/MISTY/BROCK Huh!

[ALARMED]

[SURPRISED]

[gasping]

Cleffa!

♪ 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 ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ 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 "A Real Cleffa Hanger."

[HAPPY]

I didn't think Cleffa ever came down from the mountain.

Or revealed themselves around humans.

Do you think maybe it got lost?

[CONFUSED]

Cleffa, a Star Shape Pokémon.

'Cleffa are said to form circles and dance'

'as if they are flying on nights'

'where there are many falling stars.'

It sure doesn't look very lost to me.

Maybe it wanted to meet our Pokémon

since they're rare around here.

[HAPPY]/[FRIENDLY]

Hi, there, Cleffa.

MUNCHLAX/CLEFFA [CURIOUS]/[SCARED]

I think you and I were just meant to be friends.

CLEFFA/SNORLAX [SCARED]/[CAUTIOUS]

Or maybe not.

Well, you have to keep in mind how cautious

Cleffa are around humans.

You can't really blame it for runnin' away.

Lots of things run away from May's scary face.

- What'd you say? - See? That's scary or what?

Maybe it'll talk to Azurill.

[EXCITED]/[FRIENDLY]

[HAPPY]

- Hey, that did the trick. - What a great idea, Misty.

[HAPPY]

Way better than someone else's I know.

Hey, here's an idea.

Huh!

[SCARED]/[SHOCKED]

[PANICKED]

- Cleffa. - Azurill.

[laughing]

Didn't you ever learn not to leave your toys lying around?

Team Rocket again.

Swellow, fly up and grab those Pokémon.

[DETERMINED]

CLEFFA/AZURILL [PANICKED]

Yeah.

SWELLOW/AZURILL [FOCUSED]/[RELIEVED]

Boy, that was a close one.

It'll take more than one of your contraptions

to catch our Pokémon.

[HAPPY]/[RELIEVED]

MEOWTH 'You're not safe yet, Twerps.'

'That was just a warm-up for our new Pokévac .'

It looks an awful lot like your Sucker For Punishment.

Which we blew up.

This is the upgraded model with all new features.

And as you might've noticed

we're an upgraded Team Rocket as well.

You losers can forget about blowing this one up.

This baby's got enough power to pick ya up

like fuzz off a rug.

Enjoy your flight.

[SCARED]/[PANICKED]

[gasping]

Bravo.

We got everyone except for Pikachu.

Saving the best for last. Go, Seviper.

[APPEARING]

Pikachu, Thunderbolt.

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

Use Poison Tail.

[POISON TAIL MOVE]

[PAINED]

[gasping] Pikachu.

[PAINED]

Hit it, Meowth.

I've got it.

[STRUGGLING]

Oh, no. I've got you.

[grunting]

Let's give it one more try.

Meowth, use full power this time.

Right.

- Whoa! - Ash!

[grunting]

So you're comin' along for the ride?

'Fine with me, have fun.'

[grunting]

Hang on tight, guys.

[grunting]

Why won't those flakes flake off?

- I'll take care of this. Oh! - Oh, give me that thing.

As usual, if I want it done right

'I have to do it myself.'

TEAM ROCKET Huh?

[groaning]

MISTY/BROCK/ASH/MAX/MAY Huh! Aah!

There's some sort of suction malfunction.

You put it in reverse. It's blowing out.

[EXERTION]

- Cleffa. - Squirtle.

[SCARED]

I didn't hit reverse.

This thing has a mind of its own.

MEOWTH 'Take it easy, Jess.'

'You're gonna burn the motor up.'

[screaming]

MISTY/MAX [grunts]

- Misty! - Pikachu!

No, Max!

[screaming]

- May, help! - I got you, Max.

I can't reach.

[gasping]

[screaming]

BROCK/MISTY/ASH Aah!

- You're not hurt, are you? - No, I'm okay.

- Hm. Huh. - Huh.

PIKACHU [PAINED]

CLEFFA [CONCERNED]

But Pikachu doesn't look good.

It took a direct hit from that Poison Tail

and then it hit the water pretty hard.

I doubt that there's a Pokémon Center

anywhere around here.

Don't worry, Max, leave it to me.

Huh?

Azurill, use Refresh on Pikachu

and share some of your energy.

[EXERTION]/[REFRESH MOVE]

[SHOCKED]

[STARTLED]/[HAPPY]

Pikachu, do you feel better now?

[HAPPY]

- Awesome. - Good job. Thanks, Azurill.

[HAPPY]

[AMAZED]/[HAPPY]

Now, we'd better find Ash and all of the others.

Mm-hm. All we gotta do is head for Mount Moon, right?

[HOPEFUL]/[DISAPPOINTED]

Mudkip's radar isn't picking up anything.

There's no telling how far the river might've carried 'em.

And with all these clouds

searching from the sky won't do us any good either.

You're right. It looks like we're in for a big storm.

CLEFAIRY [WORRIED]

ASH/MAY/BROCK Huh?

[WORRIED]/[CONCERNED]

Clefairy and Clefable.

Are they looking for something?

[STUNNED]/[SCARED]

- I got it. - Huh?

Yes, of course. They're out looking for that Cleffa.

No wonder you're a Gym Leader

thinking to use Refresh like that to help Pikachu.

And thanks to you this Cleffa isn't

even afraid of us anymore.

My sister could learn a lot from you.

You're being too hard on her.

She made it into to the final eight

in the Grand Festival.

Yeah, but that's a long ways away from first place.

And come to think of it, the same goes for Ash.

[chuckles] Oh, Max.

[CURIOUS]

MISTY/MAX Huh?

[HAPPY]/[EXCITED]

MISTY/MAX Huh?

Cleffa, where are you going?

[EXERTION]

What's wrong with Cleffa all of a sudden?

[CONFUSED]

I know, it's trying to get us to follow it

'cause it knows a short cut.

- You think so? - Yeah, I'm positive.

Come on, Misty, let's go.

Max, wait up.

[HAPPY]/[DELIGHTED]

Oh, well, turns out that Cleffa was just hungry.

- But it worked out for us. - Huh?

We don't have Brock with us but at least we have some food.

That's good. And I am getting a little bit hungry.

Yeah me too. But you first.

[EXCITED]/[DELIGHTED]

Now, we have plenty so let's all eat.

MISTY/MAX Huh?

[screaming]

- Bugs, run. - Wait!

- Aah! - Where are we running to?

Anywhere away from those awful things.

I guess you still haven't gotten over your bug phobia.

[screaming]

MISTY/MAX Huh?

[screaming]

[screaming]

MISTY/MAX [grunts]

MISTY/MAX [sighs]

[RELIVED]

Oh, boy.

Lucky we landed on this soft mossy stuff. Huh?

PIKACHU [AGREEMENT]

But now which way's the mountain?

Good question, the fog's so thick I can't even see it.

And that usually means one thing.

We're in for a huge downpour.

Huh? Uh!

MISTY/MAX Oh! Aah!

[SCARED]

Aw, Cleffa, don't worry

that's just a little lightning.

There's nothing to be afraid of.

Yeah, but we'd better go find some shelter.

- Hey. Look. - Huh?

[SURPRISED]

We're in luck. There's a cave right here.

PIKACHU [RELIEVED]/[HAPPY]

[SCARED]/[WORRIED]

I really hope Pikachu and the others are okay.

I'm sure they're fine. Remember Misty's with them.

Yeah, right. What could go wrong?

[thinking] I was so close to reaching Max's hand.

If only I'd stretched a little harder

I could've saved him.

[screaming]

- May, help me! - I've got you, Max!

I can't reach.

[gasping]

[screaming]

[grunts]

[thinking] Don't worry, Max, I'll find you.

It's gonna be alright, I promise.

MISTY 'So you're saying May would've lost'

'if it weren't for you?'

Well, maybe not exactly 'cause she did manage

to get a ribbon in the end.

But it would've been so much easier if she'd just

taken my advice in the first place.

But I'm not saying I know everything

even though I have been studying Pokémon a long time

and know a lot more than May does.

See, she thinks just 'cause I'm her little brother

she can ignore everything I say.

Well, that's how it is being the youngest sibling.

Huh?

I have three older sisters back at home

and they all act like they know everything about everything.

Just once I wish they'd break down

and admit that I know what I'm talking about.

Exactly. It's terrible being a younger brother or sister.

But as much trouble as my sisters are

I can't imagine not having them.

Huh?

Deep down I bet, you feel the same.

Uh..

Remember when that expl*si*n blew us off the cliff

how hard May tried to reach you and save you from going over?

And I know every time I get sick or something happens to me

I can count on my sisters to try just as hard to help me out.

It's not always easy and I do lose patience with them

but those are the kinds of things

I have to try to remember and focus on

even when they're acting selfish and driving me crazy.

'Anyway we're stuck with each other'

'so we might as well make the best of it.'

Not to mention, how would our sisters get along without us?

That's for sure.

You know, May is practically helpless

when she doesn't have me around to help her.

Then I guess we'd both better just keep on helping them.

That's our job, helping our sisters

who don't think they need any help.

[chuckles] Huh?

- Max, look outside. - Huh?

MISTY It cleared up, and there's Mount Moon.

Yeah.

Well, let's get going then, what do you say, Max?

You bet, the sooner we go the sooner we'll find our friends.

[CURIOUS]

ASH 'Hey.'

[STARTLED]/[SCARED]

Look.

- Yeah, those are their tracks. - And they're still fresh.

They must've come this way just a little while ago.

- So, let's follow 'em. - Yeah.

[thinking] Don't worry, Max. I'll be with you soon.

[HAPPY]

I'm glad that Pikachu is feeling a whole lot better now.

And it sure made good friends with Cleffa.

[gasps]

[PANICKED]

MISTY/MAX [grunts]

- Aah! - No, Max!

I've got you.

Huh? Ah! It's May.

This time you're not getting away from me.

There you are, Pikachu.

[RELIEVED]/[HAPPY]

- Misty, are you alright? - I'm fine, thanks.

[SURPRISED]/[HAPPY]

We know you're there, Team Rocket.

Yeah, so you might as well come out now.

JESSIE 'Prepare for trouble, we'll reveal ourselves soon.'

JAMES 'And make it double, 'cause your Pokémon are doomed.'

JESSIE 'An evil as old as the galaxy.'

JAMES Sent here to fulfil our destiny.

MEOWTH And then there's me.

To denounce the evils of truth and love.

To extend our reach to the stars above.

- Jessie. - And James.

Meowth, of course!

Wherever there's peace in the universe..

-Team Rocket.. - Will be there.

TEAM ROCKET To make everything worse.

[PROUD]

MISTY You mean like all of your dumb mottos?

Well, they can't all be gems.

Maybe not, but you have to admit

the people saying them can be charming.

But the real jewel in our crowns will be stealing your Pokémon.

♪ And a big promotion here we come ♪

♪ Team rocket ♪

[EXCITED]

That was your cue.

Cleffa, Clefairy, Clefable, come on up.

MISTY/MAY/MAX/BROCK Ugh!

PIKACHU/CLEFAIR/CLEFABLE/CLEFFA [STRUGGLING]

You see, unlike the old version of Team Rocket

we actually learn from our mistakes and change things.

MEOWTH 'So this time we added a special release filter'

'that will discard any unwanted humans'

'we might drag up.'

Hang on tight, everyone.

[STRUGGLING]

[grunting] Bubble Attack now.

[BUBBLE MOVE]

[screaming]

Way to go!

[EXCITED]

Since a Bubble Attack brought us down

I guess you could say our Pokévac

didn't pass it's physical.

[FRUSTRATED]

Not only that, I'm boiling mad.

- Yeah! - Seviper, let's go!

[APPEARING]

Come on out, Cacnea!

[EXERTION]

Not me, attack them.

[EXERTION]

What's going on?

[SHOCKED]

CLEFABLE/CLEFFA/CLEFAIRY [EXERTION]

[DETERMINED]

Where'd they all come from?

And what exactly do they want?

Maybe they came to welcome us to the neighborhood.

[AGREEMENT]

[ANGRY]/[EXERTION]

Or teach an aerobics class.

[EXERTION]

Hey, wait a minute, isn't that..

Metronome. Right?

MAY/MAX [gasps]

MUNCHLAX [EXERTION]

Munchlax.

Metronome brought it out of its ball.

[EXERTION]

And it's making me move.

Metronome's unpredictable.

There's no telling what attack it will turn into.

Well, at the moment, it's just Splash Attack

and that certainly isn't much of a threat.

[EXERTION]

Hula dance.

What'll they do next, take us to a luau?

Maybe they think if they make us happy enough

we'll forget what we came for.

[AGREEMENT]

[SOLARBEAM MOVE]

MEOWTH They're distracting us

while they power up a Solarbeam Attack.

- Seviper, Use Poison Tail. - Cacnea, use Needle Arm.

[EXERTION]/[ATTACK]

Pikachu, use Thunderbolt.

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[PAINED]

- Aah! Seviper. - Cacnea.

[EXERTION]

[screaming]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Time to go.

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Team Rocket's blasting off again.

[EXCITED]/[HAPPY]

Wow, Munchlax, I didn't know you could use Metronome.

[PROUD]

You really are full of surprises

you know that?

[HAPPY]

[EXERTION]/[HAPPY]

ASH There they go.

All the Cleffa are headin' up to Mount Moon.

[AMAZED]

It's a full moon tonight so they'll probably

be doing a Moon Dance.

MAY/MAX A Moon Dance?

It's a ceremony they have where all the Cleffa dance

through the night in front of a Moon Stone

located on Mount Moon.

MAX/MAY Wow!

'Do ya think we could go watch 'em?'

BROCK 'Sure, I think they probably trust us enough by now.'

[EXERTION]

ASH [chuckles]

MISTY [chuckles]

[EXERTION]

MAY/MAX [chuckles]

That Moon Dance was really cool.

I've never seen anything like it before.

[Pokégear beeping]

Oh. Probably my sister again.

DAISY 'Where are you, Misty?'

'I can't keep these people waiting any longer.'

'I'm just gonna give them all badges.'

Don't do that.

Look, we're down from Mount Moon now

so I'm pretty close by.

I'll be there soon, okay?

'Alright, hurry up then. Goodbye.'

BROCK I guess this is where we part ways.

Yeah, unfortunately.

Ash, good luck to you in the Battle Frontier.

Thanks. And you keep on being a great Gym Leader.

[HAPPY]

I'll be rooting for you, May, in all your contests.

Mm, thanks, that means a lot.

And you remember all the things you and I talked about, Max.

Mm-hm, we'll both keep helping out our big sisters

whether they think they need it or not.

- You said it. - What?

NARRATOR Our heroes take their memories with them

as they part ways at the foot of Mount Moon.

Misty returns to the Cerulean Gym

while Ash and the others move on toward the Battle Factory

the first Arena of the Battle Frontier

and a whole new challenge for Ash.

♪ 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 ♪♪