24x42 - Showdown at the Gates of Warp!

[bunniefuu]

[playful music]

[narrator] After receiving a call from Dawn

saying that Piplup had been kidnapped,

Ash, Goh, and Chloe went to the Sinnoh region.

But just as they began their investigation,

Lucario and Inteleon were kidnapped by Team Rocket.

Goh and Dawn chased Team Rocket through a gate of light.

-And on the other side… -Then what's wrong?

When I left this morning,

our garden was filled with lots and lots of blooming flowers.

[narrator] Though the world they found appeared to be the same as theirs,

it had several odd differences.

[Goh] She does look exactly like you!

[narrator] The Dawn from the other world took Piplup there with her.

And who should Ash run into there?

Huh?

Uh?

[Ash and Ash B] It's me!

My name is Ash. Hi there.

That's odd.

My name's Ash, and I come from Pallet Town.

It sounds like you're talking about me.

But how? My full name is Ash Ketchum.

Then that means you're me. What's that about?

I honestly haven't the foggiest idea.

-I need to move along. -Hey, wait a second!

[gasps] I'm sorry! Forgive me!

-Maybe I can explain this. -Eevee!

Imagine for a minute that there is another world

exactly like the world you live in.

Well, we happen to come from that world.

Another world?

Professor Rowan mentioned something about that.

-Pikachu. -Huh?

Pika, pi, pika, pi.

Oh, Pikachu!

Pika, Pika.

So you really like Pikachu, too?

Ever since mine…

-[wails] -[gasps]

Hey, what's the matter?

Look at this.

[bag rustles]

-[Ash B] This is my Pikachu. -[both gasp]

♪ Take me on a journey ♪

♪ Please choose me ♪

♪ We could be the best team of all time ♪

♪ We'll do everything together ♪

♪ Learning, training, never stopping ♪

♪ Go, go, go! ♪

♪ Anywhere you're going, so am I ♪

♪ Take me on a journey to your heart ♪

♪ The journey to your heart ♪

♪ Pokémon! ♪

[theme music]

-[Ash] "Showdown…" -[Goh] "At the gates of warp!"

-[Ash] Your Pokémon… -Went back to being an Egg?

Mm-hm.

It's possible that time has started to flow backward.

Huh? Wait a second.

Didn't you forget how to use one of your moves back there?

-Pika? -That sounds ominous.

My Pikachu started by forgetting its moves,

and then it turned back into a Pichu, and then an Egg.

[gasps] What am I gonna do?

Let's go to the Pokémon Center in Sandgem Town.

Professor Rowan is researching the cause.

Pokémon Center? All right, come on out!

[soft roar]

Gengar!

[gasps]

You're heavy.

[whimpers]

Thanks a lot, Dragonite.

-[Genga snickers] -And you Gengar!

[Nurse Joy B] No, please wait!

All nurses should be seen and not heard.

-[Nurse Joy B] But… -It's Professor Rowan.

Huh?

Our work here is complete.

-[Rowan] Good. Let's go. -Uh…

Professor Rowan!

-Goh! -Huh?

Ash! Two Ashes?

And Dawn. Two of you?

Hey, look, it's Piplup!

Piplup!

[tires screech]

Now you two, stop right there!

Mm?

This time, there are two Professor Rowans!

And who are you?

Prepare for trouble, you don't have a clue.

And that goes double, so we'll show you.

Team Rocket!

And as usual, they're trying to steal all of the Pokémon that they can!

-[Ash B whimpers] -That's not happening!

We're going to get those Pokémon back!

-Cinder! -Pikachu!

[scoffs] Remove the obstacles.

[Meowth B] Straight away!

[tense music]

[both grunt]

-[Ash and Goh] Oh, no! -[Pikachu] Pika!

Now for Dark Pulse!

[all grunt]

Pikachu! Use Iron Tail!

Cinderace, use Pyro Ball!

-Cinder. -Pika?

Pichu!

[gasps]

[both gasp]

Time is going backward.

Pi, Pichu. Pichu?

[murmurs]

[grunts] Raboot!

Just in case, you should get them back in their Poké ba*ls.

That will slow the backward flow of time down for them.

[Chloe and Dawn] Mm-hm.

Raboot, Grookey, return now.

[Ash] And you just get in here, okay?

Pi, pichu.

Our Pokémon are going to turn back into Eggs, too.

We have to do something!

It's not just that.

-[both] Huh? -Pokémon and plants

aren't the only ones experiencing the backward flow of time.

You see, we humans are, as well.

[all gasp]

We've gotta do something!

Cynthia thinks it may have something to do with the power Palkia has to warp space.

And if time is warping, too, that must mean one thing.

Dialga's involved!

[Ash] Professor, where can we find Dialga and Palkia?

Hmm. There is a place called Spear Pillar

located at the peak of Mount Coronet.

But finding them won't be easy.

I know.

But if we can get Dialga and Palkia to fix all these warps,

I just know that our Pokémon will return to the way that they were.

Of course! And I'm gonna go with you.

-Yeah! -You're serious?

[both] Right!

Well, with hearts as dedicated as yours are,

it just might work.

Both of you go.

[both] Right!

Dragonite and Gengar, help me out again!

-[soft roar] -Gengar!

-[whimpers] -Haunter?

[both gasp]

But they were in their Poké ba*ls.

Time must be running backward faster.

Let's use Flygon and Aerodactyl.

[both growl]

-I'll go, too. -Count me in!

They can't carry us all.

How about you all go on ahead, and we'll follow you as quickly as we can.

-We've got it! -'Kay, see you later!

Wait. That might even work.

[Rotom Phone] Calling.

Calling.

I'm glad we made it through that weird hole safely,

but I don't see that horrid team.

Wobbu, wobb!

I can't believe how silky smooth my skin feels to the touch.

I feel kinda creepy! [whimpers]

What'd you say?

What is wrong with you, old chum?

[meowing]

Wait a sec! What's with all the meow, meow, meow, meow stuff?

Wobbu.

[yelps] What in the world's going on?

[screaming]

[suspenseful music]

Is that the Spear Pillar?

Hey, Dialga, are you there?

Hey, Palkia!

[Ash] If you're in there, come out!

Pichu?

-Pi, pichu! -Huh?

It's a gate.

Yeah, you're right.

I wonder if they're on the other side.

-Let's go find out. -I'm right with you!

Come on!

-Okay! -All right!

[Dawn and Chloe grunt]

Hmm.

What do you think?

I tried to contact a Trainer I know who has Flying type Pokémon, but…

With things as they are, that's not going to be easy.

-Huh? -[both gasp]

Heyo! You're that Ash guy, aren't you?

And you're that Dawn girl, aren't you?

-Uh… -Uh…

You're talkin' to Goh.

Get a load of this one!

You won't believe it, but I just got a phone call from another me.

My name's Chloe, you got it?

Looks like your Flygon and Aerodactyl haven't gone back in time yet.

About those suits you're wearing…

I had been wondering why Team Rocket's Pokémon

weren't traveling backward in time.

So I decided that I'd hack into Team Rocket's data

so we can make the same equipment.

So cool!

To Mount Coronet!

[Ash] Who's that Pokémon?

Pika?

[Palkia screeching]

Pika, pika!

[all screaming]

What's that?

-[Ash] Dialga! -[Dawn] Palkia!

[both creeching]

-I knew it! -Palkia is opening the gates.

And Dialga's time warp powers are overflowing into them!

If we can stop them from fighting, then time might return to normal!

All right, let's go!

-Pichu! -[Jessie B] That's far enough.

[Ash] Team Rocket!

-We want our Pokémon back! -They just never learn.

Captain Meowth, we're powerful enough

to take every single one of them!

-Go, Toxicroak! -[Grunt B] Purugly!

[growls]

-[Grunt C] Rhyperior! -[Grunt D] Skuntank!

Oh, yeah? Let's go!

Aerodactyl! Flygon!

[Pokémon growling]

[both gasp]

[Pokémon mutter]

-[all gasp] -[scoffs]

-We don't even need to battle. -Capture!

Wobbu!

[all groan]

[grunts] [Ash] Give our Pokémon back!

You're referring to these?

-Lucario! -Inteleon!

-Inteleon. -[growls]

[both muttering]

[laughs]

Now all of you stay quiet in there until our operation is complete.

Operation?

You mean you're the ones forcing Dialga and Palkia to fight?

Precisely. It's us, Team Rocket.

And making it all possible is an item with the power of Arceus.

Behold the Red Chain!

[all gasp]

[Jessie B] Those two would never normally meet, but when they fight,

Palkia opens multiple gates to other worlds,

while Dialga reverses the course of time

for every living thing beyond those gates.

[James B] Now Team Rocket is in the process of gathering up

all the remaining Pokémon and Eggs.

And when Dialga and Palkia have weakened each other,

we'll catch them, too.

You'll catch them?

Then, when we return time to its normal course,

we'll take every single one of the Pokémon and Eggs

and turn them all into Team Rocket minions!

That spells world domination in my book.

[both] It's not going to happen!

Pichu!

[Jessie B] And what do featherweights like you think you can do?

-[Goh B] Anything we want to! -[Chloe] Huh?

That's because I hold the future in the palm of my hand!

-Right. -Amazing.

That must be the other me!

And look! I'm there, too.

-Let's do it, Goh. -Yeah!

Flygon, use Dragon Breath!

[grunts]

That did the trick!

Excuse me, would you mind? We could use your help.

No, not at all. Just tell me the plan.

See that red chain?

-We've gotta break it. -Right!

If we do that, I'm certain time and space will have to revert

to their normal patterns!

We're on our way, Goh.

Great! We've got this lot covered!

-Not today! -Really?

Guess who you're gonna face?

All of us!

-Attack! -[Pokémon growling]

Raboot, go!

Cinderace, go!

Cinder?

-Cinder? -Scorbunny?

Piplup, come on out!

Buneary, if you please!

Piplup!

-[both] Eevee! -[both grunt]

-Eevee! -Eevee!

We need to find a way to break that Red Chain!

-Uh… -Chu!

Pichu! [groans]

[grunts] You okay?

Pichu.

Well, I've been saving this until now.

Infernape! Flare Blitz!

-No good. -Don't give up!

-Try it again! -[whimpers]

Use Sludge b*mb!

[growls]

Scorbunny, use Double Kick!

Scorbun!

Stone Edge, let's go!

[growls]

Now, Cinderace, Pyro Ball!

Cinderace!

Aerodactyl, Dragon Breath!

Aerodactyl!

[all grunting]

-Use Fury Swipes! -Use Flamethrower!

Mega Punch, pretty please?

-[screams] -[groans]

-Hit 'em with Bubble Beam! -Piplup!

[groans]

[Meowth B] Next up is yours truly.

Quick, use Bubble Beam on those thrusters!

And on Wobbuffet!

Eevee.

-Vee! -Vee!

Wobbu, wobb!

[Meowth B whimpers]

[growls] [Jessie B] What are you doing?

I've already figured out your power suits' weaknesses.

-Pichu! -[snarling]

-[both] Huh? -[both scream]

-Was that Dialga? -It powered down our suits.

[both whimper]

[Jessie B and James B] Back to Headquarters!

-[Wobbuffet B] Wobbu! -[Meowth B] Meowth!

[crackles]

[all screaming]

[Pokémon screaming]

All of the Pokémon have turned into Eggs!

As if that weren't bad enough, we've all become little, too.

That's because we were hit directly by Dialga's power, right?

If this keeps up, we'll all be babies next.

The thing that can make us normal is Dialga's power!

And the only thing that can get us all back

to our worlds is Palkia's power!

Of course!

The only thing we can do is cut the Red Chain

and stop them from fighting!

And then we have to convince Dialga and Palkia to lend us their power!

But how do we do that?

Since they all turned into Eggs, we don't have any Pokémon left.

[all sigh]

[pensive music]

[gasps] Is that Ash?

It's those children.

[Jessie] It's a Twerp lineup.

[James] Yes, but those twerps are fun size.

Let's make them know how we feel!

Make them know? Who's them?

Dialga and Palkia, that's who!

I want to live with Pikachu.

And Lucario, and the other Pokémon, too!

-I do, too! -[both] So do I!

[girls] We do, too!

And we've got to make sure Arceus knows how we all feel!

-Mm-hm. -It's said

that Arceus brought forth Dialga and Palkia.

I'm sure it can stop them from fighting.

You're right, Goh.

Then everything will be just the way that it was.

-Mm-hm. -Mm-hm.

[chuckles] Good thinking there, Ash!

[chuckles]

Look there!

[Dawn] We're not in this alone.

If everyone who loves Pokémon could get their feelings across…

There'll be no need to worry!

[all] Mm.

[all grunting]

[light music]

[meowing]

[all grunting]

[whimpers]

Come on, please.

I really care about Pokémon!

I really, really, really care about them, too!

I want to always live with them.

Forever and ever!

[both] Always together!

[both] And right here by our sides.

[all] Please!

[growling]

[whimsical music]

[howling]

[light music]

The Red Chain is gone.

Our feelings got through! They stopped fighting!

[zapping]

[screeching]

[zapping]

[twinkling]

[uplifting music]

Dialga.

Palkia.

[giggling]

[both] Thank you both!

[screeching]

[grunting, laughing]

-Huh? -Huh?

Pichu.

[both] Pikachu!

[all] We're back!

[both] Piplup!

[both] Eevee!

[both] Cinderace!

-Grookey! -Grizz.

[Pokémon chitter]

Inteleon.

[cawing]

[grunting]

-[soft roar] -Gengar!

Yeah!

Oh, so good to see you.

Wynaut! Wobbuffet!

[Team Rocket] Wobbuffet!

Dig it. I can yap again!

[Jessie and James] Yay, Meowth!

Pikachu?

Pikachu!

Huh?

[Goh B] I think we're going back to our world.

Take care. Bye, Ash!

Pika, pika!

Thanks for everything, Ash!

Pikachu!

You should come and visit us back in our world!

Right! Just try keeping me out!

-Take good care of your Piplup! -Piplup!

I will. No need to worry, Dawn!

I was hoping you and I could talk more. Take care of yourself!

Eevee!

Hopefully we can connect on the internet.

-Eevee! -[all] Goodbye!

[happy growl]

Look at all the flowers!

Pokémon, too!

Then that means…

We made it back home!

[happy chattering]

[chuckles]

-Cynthia, we're back! -[happy chattering]

[narrator] The exciting, wonderful world of Pokémon.

A group of most the unusual creatures, teeming with mystery.

And so, the future promises a lot more bonding

between people and Pokémon,

as the journey continues.

[closing theme music]