18x17 - Good friends, great training!

[bunniefuu]

CLEMONT: You guys look really great! It's a relief to see that

you're all doing really well!

BONNIE: Are you eating okay? Are you cleaning up after yourself?

I hope so! Is the laundry piling up? I hope NOT!

CLEMONT: Everything's so completely under control,

I've just completed my latest invention.

SERENA: Latest invention?

CLEMONT: With it, you'll never have to do household

chores again! I call it my Gothitelle Domestic Engineer!

It automatically detects anything that needs cleaning and

polishes it until it has an immaculate luster!

ASH: Awesome!

PIKACHU!

CLEMONT: You are witnessing the power of science.

CLEMONT: Hey, I don't need cleaning! Stop it! Cut it OUT!

CLEMONT: I'll be glad when you get here. It'll be a relief, too

You're just a kid on a quest

To be the best of the best

Someday you're destined for power and glory

You know you're up to the test

There's only one way to tell this story

Be a hero!

Be a hero!

All the power is at your command

Face your fears and show you're a hero

The future of the world is in your hand

Pokémon!

NARRATOR: Our heroes are on their way to Lumiose City, site

of the battle for Ash's fifth Gym badge, while Clemont

waits for their arrival.

BONNIE: Yay. I'm glad Clemont looks good, even if his

inventions look about the same.

SERENA: He looks great! And he said he's been taking on

challengers almost every day.

ASH: Well this is one challenger he's not gonna b*at.

Whaddaya say, buddy?

PIKACHU!

SERENA: So have you come up with a strategy yet?

ASH: Strategy, huh...

SERENA: Right. You'd better think about Clemont's Pokémon

and figure out how you're going to battle them.

ASH: Yeah. Now let's see. Clemont's Pokémon are Bunnelby

and Chespin and Luxray, so...

BONNIE: He's also got Magnemite and Heliolisk. I'm sure they've

been training really hard.

ASH: All right. We'll train really hard, too!

PIKACHU

TIERNO: Some special training, Ash?

PIKACHU

ASH: Who's there?

TIERNO: It's been a long time, hasn't it?

ASH: It's Tierno!

BONNIE: Well, whadda you know. Hi!

DEDENNE!

TIERNO: Bonnie and Dedenne. You look great!

BONNIE: Thanks!

TIERNO: Serena! Your hair's different! Your clothes, too!

TIERNO: You've really changed your look! Wow. You looked great

before, but now you look really great! Perfecto!

SERENA: Uh, thanks a lot, Tierno!

TIERNO: Where's Clemont?

TIERNO: No WAY! Clemont's a Gym Leader? No kidding?!

ASH: Yeah! And he's in Lumiose City now getting

ready for our battle.

TIERNO: I remember challenging the Lumiose City Gym once.

But I know I didn't see Clemont.

TIERNO: I battled some weird robot.

BONNIE: You're talking about Clembot.

Clemont built that robot himself.

TIERNO: Are you serious?! Incredible!

ASH: So did you win a badge?

TIERNO: You bet! And here it is.

ASH: Way to go! So what do you say you have a battle with me

right now? It'll be a great way to get in a little practice

PIKACHU!

TIERNO: You've got it!

ASH: Okay, Sliggoo! I choose you!

SLIGGOO

TIERNO: That's awesome that you caught a Sliggoo.

ASH: Thanks!

SLIGGOO

ASH: Sliggoo was kind of scared and a little timid at first.

But special training's made it super-strong!

TIERNO: Check my Pokémon!

BONNIE: A Ludicolo and a Wartortle!

SERENA: And Hitmontop and a Politoed!

TIERNO: See, I've been adding to my team since the summer camp.

They're great!

ASH: That Wartortle evolved from your Squirtle. Am I right?

WARTORTLE!

HITMONTOP!

LUDICOLO!

TIERNO: So Ash? Tell me what you think of my new dance crew now.

ASH: Wow! They've got some great moves!

TIERNO: Oh yeah, did you wind up using my rhythmic battle style?

ASH: Well, my style ended up being a little different than

what you were showing me, but I used it to win a Rumble Badge

at the Shalour Gym.

TIERNO: Awesome! I know. I think we should have a Double Battle.

My Pokémon will be Wartortle, and my other buddy right here.

RAICHU

ASH: Cool! Raichu, huh?

TIERNO: If you're gonna challenge the Lumiose Gym,

you'd better do some training against Electric types.

POKEDEX: Raichu. The Mouse Pokémon, and the evolved form

of Pikachu. Raichu's tail functions as a ground and

releases electricity into the surface, which keeps it

from shocking itself.

BONNIE: Isn't that cute? Raichu is Pikachu's evolved form!

ASH: Pikachu? Sliggoo? Let's give it all we've got!

PIKACHU

SLIGGOO

TIERNO: All right. Battle begin!

TIERNO

PIKACHU

ASH: Pikachu!

SERENA: What's going on?!

BONNIE: Pikachu!

TIERNO: Let Pikachu go!

ASH: Team Rocket?!

JESSIE: Hi! I trust you're dumb as always.

We're remotely coming to you from far away!

WOBBUFFET

JAMES: And now, witness the sheer power of Team Rocket's

newest robot, the a*t*matic Pikachu Catcher,

otherwise known as APC!

MEOWTH: Our APC is capable of long-distance performance by

detecting the electricity in Pikachu's body from any location

and then catching the Twerpy rascal.

JESSIE: All right, show us your magic, APC!

PIKACHU

ASH: Not gonna happen. Sliggoo! Dragon Breath, right now!

SLIGGOO

PIKACHU

ASH: Pikachu, you okay?

PIKACHU!

RAICHU?

WARTORTLE?

WARTORTLE

TIERNO: Raichu and Wartortle!

ASH: Pikachu. Sliggoo. Help them out!

PIKACHU

SLIGGOO

PIKACHU

WARTORTLE

SLIGGOO

SLIGGOO

RAICHU

TIERNO: Come back!!

ASH: Oh no...

RAICHU

WARTORTLE!

RAICHU!

SLIGGOO

RAICHU

WARTORTLE

WARTORTLE?!

RAICHU?!

WARTORTLE?!

RAICHU

FLETCHINDER

ASH: Fletchinder!

FLETCHINDER!

BONNIE: See anything?

FLETCHINDER

ASH: All right. Thanks a lot, Fletchinder.

SERENA: I think we should split up and look separately.

ASH: Good idea. So let's get going!

SERENA: Okay!

TIERNO: Alright! Bonnie? You can come with me!

BONNIE: Um, sure!

TIERNO: If we find them, we'll meet back here, right?

ASH: Okay!

MEOWTH: Yumbo!

MEOWTH: It swipes like a charm!

JESSIE: Now we can relax and do all our important work

at the same time.

It's important for evil geniuses like us to work smart, not hard.

WOBBUFFET

JAMES: This new APC technology will help us catch plenty of

Pokémon besides Pikachu and...

JAMES: I was wrong! It's a Raichu instead!

JESSIE: What's all the yelling about?

JESSIE: Our Pikachu! All right, where's our Pikachu, HUH?!

MEOWTH: Think it evolved?

JAMES: No, I highly doubt it. But that doesn't explain this

RAICHU!

MEOWTH: Hey, I got it! The APC made a mistake.

It made its move based on the similar juice Pikachu

usually dishes out!

JESSIE: And what's that?!

WARTORTLE

AMES: Yipes!

JESSIE: No one flattens my hair Pumpkaboo, Shadow Ball!

PUMPKABOO

WARTORTLE

JAMES: Come back!

MEOWTH

JESSIE: That's what happens when you mess with me.

MEOWTH: But Jess, they just rolled outta here.

JAMES: We had them where we wanted them.

JESSIE: All I care to catch is Pikachu. And we're going to grab

hold of that Twerpish troublemaker OR ELSE!

JESSIE: Go! Find that Pikachu, now!

TIERNO: Careful. Watch your step.

BONNIE: Don't worry. I'm careful. It's fine!

TIERNO: Something just fell back there!

SLIGGOO!

SLIGGOO?

WARTORTLE

RAICHU

BONNIE: Look! It's Sliggoo!

SLIGGOO!

TIERNO: Wartortle! Raichu! What a relief!

BONNIE: Yay! Hi!

WARTORTLE!

RAICHU!

DEDENNE!

SLIGGOO!

TIERNO: So you fell from up there, huh...

I'm so glad you're all right.

BONNIE: Hey. Where's Team Rocket's robot?

Didn't it fall down with you?

SLIGGOO

TIERNO: Wait a minute. Remember that awful machine can pick up

on Pikachu's electricity. So maybe it's chasing Pikachu!

BONNIE: But that means Ash and the others are in trouble, too!

TIERNO: We've got to find them!

BONNIE: Wait!

BONNIE: Just leave everything to us. Dedenne, ready?

DEDENNE!

DEDENNE

BONNIE: Dedenne can sense Pikachu's electricity!

And that means Dedenne can find out where Pikachu is!

TIERNO: Wow, Dedenne can do that?

DEDENNE

BONNIE: Dedenne knows already!

TIERNO: Really?!

DEDENNE

ASH: "Who's that Pokémon?"

ASH: "It's Sliggoo!"

ASH: Hey, Sliggoo? Wartortle? Raichu?

Answer if you can hear me!

PIKACHU

SERENA: They don't seem to be in the area.

PIKACHU

ASH: What's up, Pikachu?

PIKACHU

ASH: Right! It's Dedenne's electricity!

SERENA: I wonder if something happened...

ASH: The robot! Careful, Pikachu!

ASH: Pikachu! Iron Tail!

PIKACHU

PIKACHU

ASH: All right! Let's go!

PIKACHU

TIERNO

BONNIE: We'll never get over that

SLIGGOO

SLIGGOO

TIERNO: No good.

SLIGGOO!

TIERNO

SLIGGOO

TIERNO

SLIGGOO

BONNIE: Sliggoo, please! Stop!

TIERNO: Unbelievable. Sliggoo's amazing...

TIERNO: Wartortle, Raichu! Help Sliggoo out!!

WARTORTLE

RAICHU

SLIGGOO

WARTORTLE!

SLIGGOO?

RAICHU!

SLIGGOO!

SLIGGOO

TIERNO: All right!

BONNIE: Yay!

SLIGGOO

PIKACHU

ASH

PIKACHU

ASH: Pikachu!

ASH: Team Rocket!

ASH: That's MY Pikachu!

JESSIE: Prepare for trouble, I disagree!

JAMES: And make it double, it works for me

JESSIE: To protect the world from devastation!

JAMES: To unite all people within our nation!

JESSIE: To denounce the evils of truth and love!

JAMES: To extend our reach to the stars above!

JESSIE: Jessie!

JAMES: And James.

JESSIE: Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!

JAMES: Surrender now or prepare for a state-of-the-art fight!

MEOWTH: Meowth, that's right!

WOBBUFFET

JESSIE: Remember, please and thank you are called

the magic words.

JAMES: But even polite banter means nothing

from a bunch of Twerpy tots.

MEOWTH: Right! We've got Pikachu and we're not afraid to use it!

WOBBUFFET

PIKACHU

JESSIE ASH: You saved Pikachu! Great!

SLIGGOO?

PIKACHU!

SLIGGOO!

BONNIE: It's Ash and Serena!

JESSIE: You Twerpish brats! Pumpkaboo, Shadow Ball!

PUMPKABOO

ASH: Look out! Dodge it!

PIKACHU

ASH: What was that?!

MEOWTH: Yipes! That smarts!

JAMES: Owee.

JESSIE: This always happens!

SLIGGOO!

PIKACHU

TIERNO

BONNIE: Ash, no! Serena!

TIERNO

SLIGGOO?

SERENA: Oh no, Ash!

SEVIPER

LOTAD X

WOOPER

SLIGGOO

PIKACHU?

SLIGGOO

TIERNO: Hey, isn't that

GOODRA!

SERENA: Ash. Sliggoo evolved!

ASH: Yeah. Isn't it awesome?

MEOWTH: I wouldn't say that.

TIERNO

BONNIE: Hooray!

SERENA: Look!

ASH: Whoa. That's quite a Rain Dance...

POKEDEX: Goodra. The Dragon Pokémon, and the evolved form

of Sliggoo. Goodra is very friendly, and one of its hugs

can cover its Trainer with a sticky slime.

GOODRA

ASH: Awesome! You're amazing, Goodra!

JESSIE: Not again The flat hair is back!

MEOWTH: Maybe, but better flat hair than a fat lip.

JAMES: Say, Goodra would be a nice catch

JESSIE: How rude can you get?! Goodra, lesson time!

JESSIE: Now, Pumpkaboo, Dark Pulse!

PUMPKABOO

JAMES: Take it away, Inkay! Psybeam!

INKAY

GOODRA

ASH: Goodra, great! And now, it's your turn!

Dragon Breath, let's go!

GOODRA

PUMPKABOO

JESSIE: We're blasting off again!

WOBBUFFET

PUMPKABOO

INKAY

BONNIE: Bye bye!

TIERNO: Hey Ash, that wasn't Dragon Breath at all!

That was Dragon Pulse!

ASH: That's so cool that you learned how to use Dragon Pulse!

That's awesome!

PIKACHU

GOODRA

TIERNO: Ash!

TIERNO: That's the first time I've seen a Sliggoo evolve

into a Goodra.

ASH: Pretty slick, huh?

GOODRA

ASH: It trained super hard and got stronger.

It won't lose to anyone again!

TIERNO: Makes sense to me.

TIERNO: Goodra, you're a lucky Pokémon to have

a Trainer like Ash.

GOODRA

ASH: Hold on. We haven't had our battle. Whaddaya say, Tierno?

PIKACHU!

TIERNO: Yeah. Let's go!

ASH: All right, Pikachu, use Quick att*ck!

PIKACHU!

WARTORTLE!

TIERNO: Wartortle, use the recoil to spin!

WARTORTLE

PIKACHU

WARTORTLE!

ASH: Quick, dodge it!

PIKACHU

WARTORTLE

PIKACHU

TIERNO: Raichu, aim Charge Beam at Goodra!

RAICHU

ASH: Now, Goodra, use Bide!

GOODRA

TIERNO: All right, keep pushing! Focus Blast!

RAICHU

GOODRA

TIERNO: Goodra's tough! A bit slow, but its endurance is

first-rate! Now, Raichu, Focus Blast one more time!

RAICHU

ASH: Pikachu, intercept it with Electro Ball!

PIKACHU

TIERNO: Help Raichu! Rapid Spin!

PIKACHU!

WARTORTLE

PIKACHU

GOODRA!

GOODRA

TIERNO: Get ready, Wartortle! Use Hydro Pump!

WARTORTLE

ASH: Iron Tail!

PIKACHU

WARTORTLE!

BONNIE: That's so cool!

WARTORTLE

TIERNO

ASH: I thought we had you b*at. I guess not.

PIKACHU

GOODRA

TIERNO: All right. It's time to use some rhythm!

WARTORTLE

RAICHU

WARTORTLE

RAICHU

TIERNO: Wartortle, use Skull Bash on Goodra, now!

WARTORTLE

GOODRA!

ASH: All right! Hold it there!

GOODRA

TIERNO: Wartortle?!

WARTORTLE

GOODRA

TIERNO: Raichu, help out! Focus Blast!

RAICHU

ASH: Electro Ball, quick!

PIKACHU

RAICHU!

GOODRA

WARTORTLE!

ASH: Goodra, throw Wartortle!

RAICHU!

WARTORTLE

TIERNO: Keep up the b*at! Get moving!

WARTORTLE

TIERNO

SERENA: They lost their rhythm!

ASH: Pikachu Use Thunderbolt on Wartortle, let's go!

PIKACHU

ASH: Goodra! Dragon Pulse on Raichu!

GOODRA

WARTORTLE!

WARTORTLE

TIERNO: Wartortle! And Raichu!

ASH: We did it! We won the battle. YEAH!

PIKACHU

GOODRA

ASH: Thanks a lot, Tierno.

We did some great training, 'cause of you.

TIERNO: I want you to battle the Lumiose City Gym

just like today.

ASH: Right! And next time I see you, let's battle again!

TIERNO: You got it! Say hi to Clemont for me, will you?

BONNIE: Take care of yourself, Tierno!

DEDENNE

SERENA: And say hi to Shauna and Trevor, too!

TIERNO: Will do! Stay well everybody!

BONNIE: I see it! I see it!

DEDENNE

SERENA: There it is. We finally made it. Lumiose City!

ASH: Clemont, here we come Won't be long now!

PIKACHU

NARRATOR: As the glittering lights of Lumiose City

illuminate the night sky, there's no doubt Ash is

wondering what kind of Gym battle against Clemont awaits

him at the Lumiose City Gym, as our heroes' journey continues!