08x43 - Numero Uno Articuno

[bunniefuu]

NARRATOR Ash has begun his new journey filled with dreams

of conquering the Battle Frontier.

But, before he can do that, our heroes

need to figure out how to get there.

I don't know. It looks like we went the right way.

Come on, you still don't know where we are?

Better hurry, the sun's gonna set soon.

Yeah. I'm sure we took a wrong turn here at some point.

No, Brock, we're almost there.

I'm positive, it's right around the corner.

That's good. Pikachu and I can't wait.

We're ready to battle.

[AGREEMENT]/[EXCITED]

♪ 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 "Numero uno Articuno."

Right around the corner, huh?

We've been around corners by now.

I'm sorry, you guys.

I thought my PokéNav might have been broken

but luckily, it was just me.

[sigh] What a relief.

Just when I was gettin' all pumped up

for my next battle.

Well, let's make the best of it.

BROCK We can camp out here tonight.

[grunting] I'm too fired up at this point.

I'm never gonna get to sleep.

[FRUSTRATED]

- 'Come on.' - Huh?

Calm yourself down. Take a deep breath.

Look at the moon.

ASH/MAX Huh?

MAY It's a gorgeous night out.

PIKACHU [AMAZED]

You're right, May.

Yeah, and there's nothing like fresh mountain air, is there?

- Huh? - Huh?

Hold it, is that snow?

But it's so warm out.

MAY 'Something strange is going on.'

- Huh? - Hey. What was that?

[SURPRISED]/[SHOCKED]

BROCK There it is again.

Do you think that thing is what's making it snow?

A Pokémon that can make it snow?

[EXERTION]

Articuno.

No way! Hold on.

Articuno, the Freeze Pokémon.

Articuno lives deep within mountain ranges

'and is said to be able to fly by gracefully waving its tail.'

[EXERTION]

[screaming]

[EXERTION]

So, what would an Articuno be doing here?

- Huh? - Do you hear that?

It's heading straight for Articuno.

I wonder if they're trying to catch it?

Maybe.

BROCK 'But it doesn't look that way to me.'

[screaming]

[coughing]

PIKACHU [SCARED]

BROCK/MAY/MAX/ASH Huh?

Where's Articuno?

Looks like the plane disappeared too.

That doesn't make sense.

Wow! Did you guys see that?

It was the Legendary Pokémon Articuno.

See, I was right.

Following the Twerps into Battle Frontier

was a brilliant idea.

I'm pretty sure that Battle Factory's

right around here somewhere.

And you can bet it'll be crawling

with Grade A Pokémon too.

Catching that Articuno should be job one.

Right. And job two is giving it to the Boss.

Details, please.

MEOWTH Imagine the Boss waking up one hot summer mornin'.

[imitating Boss] "They say it's gonna be a scorcher today."

"What do I do?"

It's so hot the AC is even burnt out.

His fan just sits there like a hunka' junk.

Even his paper fan can't help no more.

[imitating Boss] "Help me. Help me. Please!"

And just when the Boss is heading for the last round up

that icy Articuno we gave him shows its frigid face.

[imitating Boss] "Huh?"

Why, if it ain't the Legendary Freeze Pokémon

Articuno.

[EXERTION]

And feeling that frosty fluttering

all over his well-done body, guess what he's gonna say?

[imitating Boss] "To thank Meowth and his friends"

"for cooling my jets, I'm gonna give 'em a sky-high raise."

JESSIE/JAMES Aah!

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Have no fear, it'll be our year.

Ruling the Battle Frontier.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

That sounds good to me. Aah! But wait.

They don't call Articuno Legendary for nothing.

How is one supposed to capture a Legend anyway?

MEOWTH/JESSIE Good question.

Now, let's review.

Out of all of our brilliant

but not so well thought-out plans

has a single strategy ever worked?

JESSIE/MEOWTH Not a one.

Okay. But now we're the new and improved Team Rocket.

Let me hear it for new and improved.

- Yay. - We can win this.

To the Battle Factory where we'll steal

Pikachu and the other Pokémon.

JESSIE/MEOWTH Go.

[AFFIRMATIVE]/[EXCITED]

ASH No way.

[EXCITED]

ASH I can't believe there's a Pok mon Center out here.

Guess it's a good thing we went chasing after Articuno, huh?.

[chuckles] Yeah.

Tonight I'll get to sleep in a comfy bed.

And I get to see Nurse Joy.

Oh, hello. And welcome.

BROCK Well, thank you, I'm Brock.

And it could only be fate that we met

on such a romantically moonlit night.

Oh. Uh.

Listen, I realize I'm traveling with a bunch of kids

but just say the word and I'll ditch 'em in a second.

[chuckles] Oh.

Did you see that moon?

What could be better than gazing at a beautiful moon

with a beautiful Nurse Joy at my side?

I don't know.

The glow of a full moon reflected in your gorgeous eyes.

I simply can't take it.

Yeah, well, you're not the only one believe me.

BROCK 'Not the ear.'

[chuckles]

So, Nurse Joy, I was hoping that you can maybe tell us

how to get to the Battle Factory?

I assume you're planning on competing

over at the Battle Frontier?

Uh-huh.

I'll be more then happy to tell you

how you can get there.

But since it's getting pretty late

why don't I give you rooms?

I can give you directions on your way out tomorrow.

That'd be awesome. Thanks.

[EXCITED]

NURSE JOY Good morning.

I hope you all had a good night's sleep.

- Yes. - You bet.

Now here's the best way to get to the Battle Factory.

- Nurse Joy. - Huh?

Why don't you leave it to me? I can get 'em there, okay?

Hi there, Scott.

[EXCITED]

Well, I see you guys like to get up bright and early, huh?

Yeah.

Wow, so this guy's Scott? Cool.

Sure is, and he's always on the lookout to find Trainers

to enter the Battle Frontier.

Let me guess. You're Ash's travelling pals.

MAX/BROCK/MAY Yeah.

- Hello, I'm May. - And I'm Max.

And my name's Brock.

And you know my name. Hi.

Well, I think I'll just leave them in your hands now, Scott.

Great. Then I'll take good care of 'em.

ASH/BROCK/MAY/MAX [screaming]

Goin' kinda fast for these mountain roads, huh?

I haven't driven this slow since I was with my grandma.

ASH/MAY/MAX/BROCK Whoa.

ASH/MAY/BROCK/MAX The forest!

ASH/MAY/BROCK/MAX [screaming]

Okay, here we are. What's wrong?

BROCK I'm gonna be sick.

[chuckles] I know what it is.

I think I forgot to put on my deodorant this morning.

[laughs]

But at least I was able to get you here quickly.

SCOTT This is the Battle Factory.

ASH Whoa! Awesome.

ASH So, you ready, Pikachu?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

- Huh! - What's that sound?

I don't know, but it's getting closer.

Oh, no, not that thing again.

ASH/MAY/BROCK/MAX/SCOTT Oh!

- So, what is it? - Run, kids.

MAY/MAX [screaming]

ASH/BROCK Whoa!

It seems to be out of control.

NOLAND Whoa! Whoa!

- Huh? - 'Stop! Whoa! Stop, I say!'

Come on, kids, use your Pokémon to stop that thing.

BROCK/ASH/MAY Right.

Grovyle, Let's go.

Combusken, I choose you.

Quick. Mudkip, go.

[APPEARING]

- Help! - Okay, everybody help out.

Grovyle, use b*llet Seed.

Combusken, Fire Spin, let's go.

Now, Mudkip, use Water g*n.

[EXERTION]/[ATTACK]

SCOTT 'Oh, no!'

[FOCUSED]

ASH/MAY/BROCK We did it!

Alright, it worked.

NOLAND [grunts]

This dumb thing.

Doesn't listen to a word I say.

Thanks, guys. You really saved my neck out there.

Still working on that thing, Noland?

And I gotta admit this project is the best one yet.

If you don't mind me asking, what is it?

Me? Mind? I'm glad you asked.

I now present the Noland J-.

It's a steam-powered dream machine

that I put together myself.

So, what do you think? Don't hold back.

- Well, it's different. - Sure is.

Hey, boss.

Oh, no, don't tell me you're playing around

with that thing again.

I'm not playing, this is my hobby.

So, how is that different from playing?

Huh. Just is. This is Sergio.

He's supposedly my first apprentice.

Hi, there, everyone. Nice to meet you.

Hey, what about you, Noland?

I sure don't recall hearing your introduction.

Yeah, I thought the day had finally come

where I didn't need one.

I can see that's not the case, so I'm Noland the guy in charge.

Which makes me the Factory Head.

What's a Factory Head do?

It means he's the Frontier Brain

of the Battle Factory.

Wow. That's really cool.

Noland, my name's Ash and I'm from Pallet Town

and I've traveled here to challenge the Battle Factory.

Good. That's fine by me.

So, when were you planning on doing this, Ash?

- Now. Right away. - That's what I like to hear.

JESSIE [giggling]

It's almost to good to be true. This plan will really work.

Careful, Jess, we don't want to jinx it.

Let's keep Jynx out of this

Looks like that Battle Factory guy loves machines.

Good, so we'll steal some of their machine parts

while we're at it.

The mark of an excellent plan is its ebb and flow.

- I'll ebb. - And I flow.

We're gonna make some real dough.

[APPEARING]/[AFFIRMATIVE]

Come on. It's time for your Pokéblock.

[EXCITED]/[EXERTION]

Whoa! Look at that.

Those Pokémon look like they're all pretty strong.

MUNCHLAX [APPEARING]

BRELOOM/PINSIR [SURPRISED]

[EXCITED]

[ANNOYED]

No. Munchlax. Stop that.

That's okay. I've got more than enough Pokéblock here.

Do all these Pokémon belong to you, Noland?

Sure do, see, the more Pokémon you have

the more kinds of battles you can have.

Right.

So, Ash, who'd you like to battle with?

Huh?

So you mean you're giving me a choice?

I sure am. Choose whichever one you'd like.

Wow. I've never done it that way.

Cool. Now which Pokémon should I go with?

[FOCUSED]

ASH 'Venusaur's the final evolved'

form of Bulbasaur so it'd make a good opponent.

'And it'd be great to try my hand at a Rhyhorn too.'

'But the chance to battle a Machamp'

do I wanna pass that up?

Oh, man, this'll be harder than I thought.

Just take your time, Ash.

You know I'm not going anywhere.

[FOCUSED]

MUNCHLAX [EXCITED]

[SURPRISED]/[ANGRY]

May. Your Munchlax's wandering off.

Wait, Munchlax.

MAX [grunts]

So that's what a Frontier Brain's Pokémon

look like.

That's a powerful pack.

So let's grab the whole burly bunch of them.

Maybe we shouldn't get too greedy.

That's when things fall apart.

Don't worry that pretty blue head of yours, I got a plan.

JAMES 'It's lavender.'

Munchlax must've gone inside there.

Munchlax.

- Munchlax. - Come on out, please?

It's so dark. I can hardly see anything.

- Mm. Huh? - Huh? Oh.

MAY Look.

[SHOCKED]

What's wrong? Did you wanna eat in privacy?

Hey, Munchlax. Come on.

Oh. May, look over there. The plane we saw yesterday.

Then it must belong to Noland.

MAY/MAX Huh?

Is Munchlax using an Ice Attack?

But that isn't Blizzard or Icy Wind, is it?

MAY/MAX Aah!

ARTICUNO [EXERTION]

[screams]

[EXERTION]

- There it is again. - There it is again.

Articuno.

[EXERTION]

[chuckling] Well, secret's out.

BROCK Wait, so that was you we saw

flying along side Articuno yesterday?

Yeah, I was just doin' a little night flying.

But the most amazing part of it is that you captured Articuno.

That's the strongest Pokémon you can catch.

No, this is a wild Pokémon we're talking about here.

- We're just friends. - You're just friends?

[SURPRISED]

Yeah. You see, we met up back when I was test-flying a plane.

Huh?

An Articuno.

You can imagine I was pretty blown away.

I'd never seen an Articuno up close like that before.

All of a sudden.

[PAINED]/[STRUGGLING]

Articuno, what's wrong?

I've heard that Articuno liked to fly

from one snowy mountain to another.

So I figured this one must've gotten injured

during one of those flights.

Just hang on. I'm gonna try and help you.

Okay. Do you think you can land on my wing?

Just take it slow and easy.

Perfect. Let's land and then we'll get you taken care of.

'Just hold on tight.'

And that's how we met.

We've been real good buddies ever since.

Which is why, Articuno likes to stop by and visit a lot.

[chuckles] Isn't that, right?

[AGREEMENT]

Fantastic.

Noland, do you think you could take me up to fly with Articuno?

- I don't see why not. - That's awesome.

Pikachu, you wanna come too?

[EXCITED]

Okay, ready to go, Articuno?

[AFFIRMATIVE]/[EXERTION]

Mm. Hm.

Wow! Isn't this a great view, Pikachu?

[EXCITED]

ARTICUNO [EXERTION]

What is it, Noland?

Oh, I see. Articuno wants to race.

- Hang on tight, everybody. - Okay.

NOLAND Up, up and away.

MAX Whoa!

That was fun.

[EXCITED]

[EXCITED]

Oh, yeah? You won't beat me.

[laughs]

What's up, Max? You doing alright?

Uh! Yeah!

[HYSTERICAL]

Wow, Max must be having the best time up there.

I wonder if he'd take me up too.

Yeah. Bet they're having a blast.

- Where did you go off to? - I had to make a phone call.

- Hey. - Huh?

SCOTT 'What's that?'

MAY It's coming in fast.

What kind of plane is that?

JESSIE Prepare for trouble. It's big, bold and blue.

JAMES And make it double. It actually flew.

JESSIE An evil as old as the galaxy.

JAMES Sent here to fulfill our destiny.

With Meowth, that's me.

To denounce the evils of truth and love.

To extend our reach to the stars above.

- Jessie. - James.

Add Meowth to the names.

Anywhere there's peace in the universe..

Team Rocket..

Will be there..

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH To make everything worse.

WOBBOFFET/CHIMECHO [AFFIRMATIVE]

Who are those yahoos?

It's Team Rocket, and they're a bunch of crooks.

NOLAND 'Articuno, let's head back.'

[AFFIRMATIVE]

- Not you again. - Now, what d' you want?

Do you really have to ask?

JAMES 'We're here for the Battle Factory Pokémon'

'special deluxe.'

No way! Go, Pikachu. Aah.

Oh, yeah, Pikachu's up there. So I'll use Grovyle.

Afraid not.

[grunts] Ah!

That little grabber thingy really worked.

Ta-da.

You're looking at what's officially called

Good At Grabbing Mucho Extras.

GAGME for short.

- That spells gag me. - Never mind.

It's grabbing time.

Hah. Check this out.

[SHOCKED]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Gotta catch 'em all. Woo-hoo!

Oh, no. They caught a bunch.

Bring 'em back, Team Rocket.

[laughing]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Huh?

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH [screams]

It's Noland.

[PANICKED]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH [screams]

MEOWTH [coughing]

JESSIE/JAMES [shuddering]

Did anyone catch his license plate?

- That was great, Noland. - Thanks, Max.

I must say, I'm impressed with that machine of theirs, however.

I don't think those guys should be getting any compliments.

Hm. Probably not.

Send them flying, Articuno. Let's go.

[AGREEMENT]/[DETERMINED]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH [screaming]

Whoa.

Would you look at the strength of that Articuno.

That machine has got to be super heavy.

[DETERMINED]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH [screaming]

Well, it's no wonder it's legendary.

I got to admit, that Pokémon's pretty amazing.

Is this the time to start an Articuno fan club?

JAMES/MEOWTH Mm. No.

[DETERMINED]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Whoa!

Okay, Articuno, let's finish it up with Ice Beam now.

[ICE BEAM MOVE]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH [screaming]

So what do you two think about that Legendary Articuno now?

Devotees should not be treated this way.

I'm gettin' out of that fan club.

[AFFIRMATIVE]/[UPSET]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH We're blasting off again!

WOBBUFFET [FRUSTRATED]

They never had a chance against Articuno.

Yeah, I think that was the most powerful

Ice Beam Attack I've ever seen.

[May chuckles] Legendary Pokémon really

'are a cut above the rest.'

Okay, Ash, have you decided

who you'd like to face in battle?

Yep. I finally made my decision.

I'll bet your gonna choose Venusaur.

- I'll bet you choose Rhyhorn. - Neither.

MAX/MAY Huh?

[laughs] I wanna battle

with Articuno one-on-one.

MAY/MAX/BROCK Aah!

BROCK Are you sure about that?

NOLAND Well, what do you say, huh?

[ENTHUSIASTIC]

We accept, Ash. So, what Pokémon will you use?

I choose that one up there.

SCOTT/NOLAND Huh?

- Whoa! What's that? - I don't believe it.

[EXERTION]

- It's your Charizard, Ash. - It is.

So that's what that phone call was about.

Uh-huh, I called Liza in the Charicific Valley and told her

to send Charizard over here.

Hey! Charizard, it's me.

[EXCITED]

[screaming]

- Not again. - Of course.

That's the only way it knows how to say hello.

[EXCITED]

Hey, this is gonna be good.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow, that's for sure.

Well, then that makes two of us. This's what it's all about.

Charizard. I'm counting on you, pal.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[CURIOUS]

NARRATOR The first step to conquering the Battle Frontier

is a one-on-one challenge Ash and his beloved Charizard

against Noland and his Legendary Articuno.

All of the next day's action and excitement is coming up.

So, stay tuned.

♪ 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 ♪♪