09x34 - Slaking Kong

[bunniefuu]

Max, you sure we're getting close to the Battle Pyramid

in a weird place like this?

[WORRIED]

Oh, yeah, we're getting really close.

Wow! I think I can see it!

That's the Battle Pyramid?

For sure! No doubt!

'The Pokénav doesn't lie, you know.'

Alright! Quick, let's go and get this championship goin'.

[EXCITED]

- Don't forget! - Yeah.

After Ash wins this we're all heading

to the Grand Festival right away!

Hey, the way I feel, you won't be waiting too long.

I'm gonna win this match in no time.

[AGREEMENT]

ASH/BROCK/MAX/MAY Ah!

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ It's a battle win or lose ♪

♪ It's the friends you make ♪

♪ It's the road you choose ♪

♪ You've got the right stuff ♪

♪ So make your mind up ♪

♪ Find the courage inside of you ♪

♪ If you're strong you'll survive ♪

♪ And you'll keep your dream alive ♪

♪ It's the Battle Frontier ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Be the best you can be ♪

♪ And find your destiny ♪

♪ It's the master plan ♪

♪ The power's in your hand ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪

ASH "Battling The Enemy Within!"

[AGREEMENT]

NARRATOR Our heroes excitement was in full swing

just as the tip of the Battle Pyramid was beginning

to peek over the forest treetops and then suddenly!

ASH Uh, so is everybody okay?

Okay was not what I had in mind.

I wonder if this is one of Team Rocket's pit traps.

No, Max, I don't think so.

This looks like some sort of ancient ruins.

- How do we get out? - Huh!

We fell down a long, long way!

Maybe there's a door around here or somethin'.

Look! That light over there might be a way out!

Okay, Ash's detective agency is on the move.

[EXCITED]

Hey, no fair! I hate when people copy me!

JESSIE But I just heard the Twerps chirping.

They might've been chirping but these Twerps flew the coop!

This hole might've afforded a hasty retreat.

[CURIOUS]

[AGREEMENT]

This must've been dug by amateurs!

Perhaps but it looks like they caught us!

[AGREEMENT]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Ah!

MAX/MAY Huh!

It's Pikachu!

[HAPPY]

Wow! It's awesome!

I don't think you better touch that!

Max, I'm not gonna take it, I'm just havin' a look!

Huh!

BROCK 'Something strange is happening.'

You better put it back right now.

Hey, I'm not hurtin' it or anything.

Huh. Huh!

ASH/MAX/MAY/BROCK Huh!

- Brock, what is that? - How would I know?

MAX If you had kept your hands

to yourself this wouldn't have happened!

- Max! - Huh?

Better run while you can!

Foolish kids. I can't believe they set off the trap.

Regirock! I need your assistance!

[READY]

Focus Punch now!

[FOCUS PUNCH MOVE]

Oh, man!

[AMAZED]

Let's see.

Regirock. The Rock Peak Pokémon.

It can use rocks to repair it's own body.

That was excellent work, Regirock. Thanks.

Thanks, mister, wow! You saved our lives!

ASH/MAX/MAY/BROCK Ah!

My name is Brandon, not mister.

Then thank you for saving our lives, Brandon.

Now, how did you kids get in here?

It is forbidden to enter these walls.

You see the ground just caved in below our feet.

We've been looking for a way out.

When I saw the Pikachu statue I kinda went crazy.

[chuckles] So I grabbed it.

No!

ASH/BROCK/MAX/MAY Ah!

I'll bet you're a Pokémon Trainer, yes?

Yeah, you're right!

A Pokémon Trainer needs to be on guard always.

You ought to be ashamed of yourself falling

for a trap like that!

[grunts]

Brandon, what kind of ruins are these?

I'll tell you.

There was once a great empire that attempted to conquer

the world by utilizing a Legendary Pokémon

called h*-Oh.

Brandon, I've heard of that before.

I'm trying to think of the name.

- Pokélantis. - Pokélantis!

Wait, is that this place?

It's not, Pokélantis was completely destroyed

after it incurred h*-Oh's wrath.

But the King of Pokélantis supposedly escaped

and vowed revenge on the h*-Oh by sealing it in a stone orb

and placing it underground, to be left there

for all of eternity.

Wow! What a story!

- Hear that? - Loud and clear dear.

[HAPPY]

Hey, maybe it's time to have a h*-Oh heist.

That little h*-Oh's worth a lot of dough-oh

we'll be rich.

While we're giving old money new life!

h*-Oh, yo!

[EXCITED]

That little h*-Oh's worth a lot of dough-oh.

Wow, that means we could run into the h*-Oh any time!

- Wow! Uh! - No!

I won't have a bunch of foolish kids wandering around!

Hey, I'm not a foolish kid!

I've already got six Frontier Symbols, you know!

What? You have six Symbols?

And I worked hard for every one of 'em.

I swear, I can even beat a h*-Oh. I'm goin'!

- Hey, you! Come back! - 'Ash!'

MAY/MAX/BROCK Ash!

Huh! Smoochum, sweetheart!

[laughs] Come to Jessie!

I don't think that Smoochum's winking to flirt with us.

[WORRIED]

Hey, put that thing down!

No way! We cuties have to stick together.

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH Aah!

Bowl-a-rama!

[AGREEMENT]

Huh?

[panting]

Let's see now. Whoa!

PIKACHU [SCARED]

Ash!

[grunts] Let us in.

- Uh? - What do we do now?

I told him this is no place for foolish kids!

'This may very well be the king's chambers.'

We must find the mechanism that opens up this door.

[groans]

[STRUGGLING]

Where are we? Huh?

[SHOCK]

Is that the stone orb?

[CURIOUS]

I wonder if there's that h*-Oh in here.

- Huh, that's it! - Huh!

Let's find out!

h*-Oh! Come out here!

Stop! You don't know what you're doing!

Huh. Huh!

Light! Come forth from the darkness!

[grunts]

[SCARED]

[screams]

BRANDON/MAX/MAY/BROCK Oh!

[groaning]

[WORRIED]

- Ash! - Are, are are you okay?

[laughs]

BROCK/MAX/MAY/BRANDON Huh!

Talk about suspicious.

We've seen doors like this before.

- Yup, h*-Oh headquarters! - Heave h*!

And heave h*-Oh!

[ANGRY]

There's a problem with h*-Oh's wing size!

It's not h*-Oh it's Pidgey you lame-o!

First you will all bow before me and then you give me

every Pokémon you have in your possession.

BRANDON/BROCK/MAX Ah!

Hey, those Poké ba*ls are mine!

What are you doing?

Yeah! What's wrong with you, Ash?

How dare you?

You do not speak to the King of Pokélantis

in such a way.

I fear your friend is possessed

by the spirit of the King of Pokélantis!

BRANDON/BROCK/MAX Huh!

And this time I shall conquer your world without fail!

[laughing]

It's all too clear.

You kept your evil ambitions sealed

because of your failure to imprison h*-Oh!

Light come forth from the darkness, that's the spell.

Please, Brandon, what can we do to help?

- Nothing! I'll handle this! - Huh?

Hear me, King of Pokélantis!

If it is Pokémon that you desire then battle with me!

- Who are you? - Who am I?

A king, like you.

I am the king of the Battle Pyramid!

No way!

I never would have guessed Brandon's a Frontier Brain!

If you're able to defeat me

then every one of my Poké ba*ls will belong to you.

And the world will once again

bow down in servitude before your mighty empire!

[laughing] Excellent.

- Just like that door! - Fraught with suspicion!

[CURIOUS]

Hello, h*-Oh there's nowhere to go!

[ANGRY]

JESSIE/JAMES Yo, h*!

The sweet shriek of the thing we seek!

And it's just down the hall!

Let's have a ball!

And that little h*-Oh's worth a lot of dough-oh!

[ANGRY]

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH [screaming]

[panting]

This mistaken identity stuff is getting old real fast!

[AGREEMENT]

SCOTT 'It's great to see you all made it here in one piece!'

Sort of.

So, get ready, Brandon!

You're looking at a tough opponent in this young man.

He looks like a foolish child to me!

Huh, but, Ash, is one step away from becoming

the Battle Frontier champion!

You're wrong, my only goal is to become ruler

of the entire world!

Move aside! Nobody ever stands in my way!

Sounds like Ash has a sore throat.

He's not feeling himself today.

What? Ash's been possessed by the King of Pokélantis?

Brandon's sure that's what happened.

You get to the point where you think you've seen everything.

Brandon seems to know an awful lot about ruins.

He divides his time between doing research on rare Pokémon

and visiting all sorts of various ruins

while also being a Frontier Brain!

That's a lot!

Yup, that's Brandon.

I wonder what kind of plan Ash's come up with

to defeat him and win this.

- Oh! - Yeah, me too.

Alright! This Pokémon battle is about to begin!

The challenger Ash of Pallet Town

will please come forward!

Never, I am the ruler of this world

and the King of Pokélantis!

[NERVOUS]

Okay, then presenting our king!

The man of the hour

the Battle Pyramid's Frontier Brain!

'The Pyramid King, Brandon!'

The one rule for this Pokémon battle

only one Pokémon allowed!

That means one shot.

But if Brandon loses then what's going to happen to Ash?

Regirock! I need your assistance!

[READY]

[grunts]

Huh!

Where am I?

Uh. Huh! A b*ttlefield?

Oh, yeah, this is the Battle Pyramid!

Okay, if Brandon's using Regirock, Sceptile's my choice!

Now, I choose you, Sceptile, my faithful servant!

[READY]

Great! Grass types are strong against Rock types!

You're right, it looks like Ash's mind

is still workin' in there somewhere.

Maybe Brandon's somehow trying

to bring Ash back up to the surface!

- And go! - Now, Sceptile!

- Leaf Blade let's go! - Leaf Blade let's go!

[LEAF BLADE MOVE]

Now, Regirock, use Iron Defense!

[IRON DEFENSE MOVE]

Big, but a minor problem nonetheless.

Use b*llet Seed now!

[b*llet SEED MOVE]

Iron Defense!

[IRON DEFENSE MOVE]

No, you don't!

Let's see.

Use b*llet Seed and aim for the ceiling.

- Whoa! That's weird! - What's he gonna do?

Don't stand there, do it!

[b*llet SEED MOVE]

Iron Defense!

[IRON DEFENSE MOVE]

That's horrible!

Ash would never do something as mean and awful as that.

It looks like all of your Pokémon now belong to me.

[laughs]

You wanna win that bad? You're just a coward! Coward!

Coward?

- What'd you call me? - Coward! You heard right!

No way! No one ever calls me coward!

[chuckles]

- It's Ash! - I think he came back!

[groans]

[CONCERNED]

[laughs] You can call me

whatever you want so long as I win! So there!

At least Ash came back for a little while.

Since Regirock's beaten what's gonna happen now?

Not so fast, Brandon's Regirock

may be down but not out.

- Huh? - Now, Regirock!

Come out here!

[EXERTION]

- But I beat you! - Hyper Beam, go!

[HYPER BEAM MOVE]

Run, Sceptile! Get behind the referee!

[CONFUSED]

You heard my command!

Get behind the referee right now!

[CONFUSED]

[HYPER BEAM MOVE]

Stop your attack!

[CONFUSED]

[laughs] You're weak!

Now, I'll show you how to attack without mercy.

Aim for the legs with Leaf Blade!

[LEAF BLADE MOVE]

[PAINED]

Excellent, now your warrior

can barely hold up it's own weight!

Now, Regirock! Use Lock-On!

[LOCK ON MOVE]

- That's Lock-On, check it out! - But, what's Lock-on?

[LOCK ON MOVE]

Use Leaf Blade and aim for the legs!

[LEAF BLADE MOVE]

[PAINED]

[laughs] Victory is almost mine!

Hyper Beam, go!

[HYPER BEAM MOVE]

What for?

Your Regirock can no longer keep up

with my Sceptile's moves!

Go on!

[HYPER BEAM MOVE]

Dodge it!

[SHOCKED]/[PAINED]

When you use Lock-On the next attack is a guaranteed hit.

No matter how much you try and dodge.

Sceptile is unable to battle! The winner is--

Silence! The battle isn't over yet!

But Sceptile's in no condition to battle!

Silence! Alright, Pikachu! I choose you!

[SHOCKED]

Stop it!

Yeah! That's not fair to either one of 'em!

If you can hear what we're saying, Ash

you know you can't let this happen!

What am I gonna do? Hey, guys, help me!

Stop! I've had enough of this endless whine!

Pikachu, Thunderbolt, now!

[SCARED]

- Ash, no! - You got to help us!

- Now, Ash! - Listen to them!

Aren't they your good friends?

My friends, they're my best friends.

PIKACHU [EXERTION]

Pikachu!

Okay, Pikachu! Face me and do Thunderbolt!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[screaming]

And now, light come forth

from the dark and return to the dark!

Dark come forth from the light and return to the dark!

Awesome! Alright!

[groaning]

[CONCERN]

Huh, it's you Pikachu!

- You're okay! - Alright

I was wonderin' if you were ever gonna come back!

[HAPPY]

Good thinking, Brandon!

You realized right away that a Pokémon battle

was the only thing that was going to bring Ash back!

All I did was give things a little push.

It was all of his friends who actually made it happen!

JESSIE This door is way too suspicious

for h*-Oh not to be behind it!

And this time there's no mistakes!

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH Heave, h*-Oh!

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH Heave, uh-oh!

[CONFUSED]

That's a Hoothoot not a h*-Oh!

Well, I am annoyed, uh!

[ANGRY]

[shudder] I could change my mind.

[screaming]

Um, we sure saw a lot of Pokémon today.

Seein' all of those weird Pokémon was a change of pace

but one thing stays the same.

Can't wait for this one.

[AGREEMENT]

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

WOBBUFFET [AGREEMENT]

Man, am I glad that's over.

And thanks to all of you, I'm gonna be okay.

You all are the best!

[HAPPY]

Ash, you keep on talking like that and I'm going to blush!

ASH/BROCK/MAX/MAY Uh!

Foolish, kid, listen here.

You weren't defeated by some sort

of evil spirit, you were defeated only by yourself.

But what do you mean?

Young, man, that evil spirit was attracted to you

by your own uncontrolled arrogance.

- You work on that. - Right.

Maybe I still am just a foolish kid. Sorry.

MAX/MAY/BROCK Huh!

But I wanna battle with you one more chance.

And I want it to be an official battle this time!

Sir!

We're ready to leave as soon as you are.

Hm, I'm sorry but it's time

for us to move on to the site of our next ruins.

Huh, but, please!

Relax, I'll be in touch when the time is right.

But until then, you'd better train hard!

- Right! - Good bye then!

Stand back, folks!

ASH/BROCK/MAX/MAY Huh?

ASH/BROCK/MAX/MAY Huh!

Wow, who would have thought

the Battle Pyramid could actually fly?

Amazing!

That way the pyramid moves to new ruins each time

Brandon finds them!

BROCK Now that's brilliant!

[thinking] Okay, Brandon

I'm gonna show you that this foolish kid

isn't foolish after all.

I'm gonna train really hard.

Huh? What's that?

SCOTT/ASH/BROCK/MAX Huh!

[CONTENT]

ASH h*-Oh!

[AWE]

Remember, when we set out on our journey?

[CONTENT]

Okay! We're gonna start a fresh!

Then we'll have to win!

[EXCITED]

That sounds like a good idea, Ash!

You ready for your next match?

You bet! The Grand Festival can't come soon enough for me!

NARRATOR Although the sting of defeat at the hands of Brandon

the Pyramid King was uncomfortable for Ash indeed.

The lessons learned far outweighed the pain!

And since our heroes will all be busy with Ash

and May's training for their respective upcoming challenges

this is no time to miss a second of the action

so stay tuned!

♪ Yo Pokémon Masters your heart beats faster ♪

♪ Training for the top 'cause you know you can't stop ♪

♪ Your training kicks now Pokémon Pow wow ♪

♪ The power of a Master all before you will bow ♪

♪ But don't let it get to your head young Trainer ♪

♪ The road is long and filled with danger ♪

♪ Everyone says they deserve to be number one ♪

♪ But who can top you the answer is none ♪

♪ Because they've never seen an expert like you ♪

♪ One who knows the difference between Mewtwo and Mew ♪

♪ Or someone who can tell you the type Pikachu ♪

♪ Or someone who can tell you which Pokémon's new ♪

♪ First you kick it in Kanto ♪

♪ Then you head to Johto ♪♪