02x16 - Meowth Rules!

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NARRATOR Our Heroes are continuing their journey

through the Orange Islands and as usual

our villains are in hot pursuit.

But right now, their pursuit doesn't look so hot!

Nothing ever seems to work out right for us, does it, Jessie?

Uh, maybe I just wasn't meant to be happy.

Only spoiled little brats like you

can afford to waste time thinking that way.

Haven't you ever heard of positive thinking?

Try looking on the bright side for a change.

MEOWTH 'I'm so happy!'

- Huh? - Huh?

I'm gonna to have free clams for dinner. Ah!

I'm the happiest Meowth in the whole world.

I'm all for positive thinking.

But Meowth seems to be stretching

the concept a little too far.

Well, I'm very happy for you.

Now why don't you learn Pay Day

and make us happy with some money!

I'd love to make money, Jimmy.

But I put so much energy into learning

how to to talk that I just can't learn Pay Day.

- Oh, well. - Aah!

Didn't I just hear the sound of a coin?

I heard it too and it was coming from him.

So, holding out on us, are you? Cough it up!

Help, no, stop, let go, please, don't!

Oh! Hey, this ain't a coin, it's some kind of bottle cap.

I couldn't live without my most very extra-special

favorite, limited edition, vintage bottle cap.

I guess he likes it, huh?

- Look out there. - Huh?

MEOWTH 'It's them!'

JAMES 'Pikachu and the Twerps.'

Let's go get 'em!

- Yeah! - Yeah!

ASH "Meowth Rules!"

See any place we can stay for the night, Trace?

No islands, just a bunch of rocks.

[SURPRISED]

ASH 'What's that?'

Some weird kind of light.

And it's headed this way.

Hey, look.

Prepare for night-time trouble.

Make it after-dark double.

JESSIE 'To protect the world from devastation.'

JAMES 'To unite all peoples within our nation.'

To denounce the evils of truth and love.

To extend our reach to the stars above.

- Jessie. - James.

Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light, light, light.

Surrender now or prepare to fight, fight, fight.

Meowth. That's right.

Team Rocket!

This time I'm afraid you're sunk. Huh!

JESSIE/JAMES 'We're sinking!'

- We're going down again! - Save us, SOS!

I almost hate to do this, but..

I choose you, Squirtle!

[APPEARING]

Squirtle, Water g*n att*ck!

[WATER g*n MOVE]

JESSIE/JAMES We're blasting off again!

Uff, that was close.

[EXERTION]

What?

'Hey, pal, can't we work something out here?'

[WATER g*n MOVE]

MEOWTH I'm blasting off too!

There goes Meowth.

Meowth's flying high.

Hear me, tonight is the night we have long awaited

the night we finally see the ancient prophecy fulfilled.

Our ancestors foretold of the night of a bone-white moon

'when the Great Meowth of Bounty'

will bestow great wealth upon us.

That night has come, and now we await

'the Great Meowth's arrival.'

- Ah! - Yeah!

Aah!

I should be getting frequent flyer miles.

Huh!

Hey, what are you.. Huh? Oh?

WORSHIPPERS Hup, two, three, four. Hup, two, three, four..

Oh! What?

That's a major, Meowth.

Huh? What are they doin'?

You honor us with your presence.

Words cannot express our gratitude.

'Please, partake of our humble offering.'

Huh, I'm a little short on cash

but I can pay you for the food on Tuesday.

Huh, could it be?

- 'Did you hear that?' - 'This is shocking!'

- 'I can't believe my ears.' - 'I didn't either.'

'It's incredible.'

Huh, maybe I should've kept my big mouth shut.

The prophecy doesn't mention talking.

Are you sure this is the Meowth of Bounty?

There's no doubt about it.

The Meowth of Bounty is a special creature

so it must have special powers.

I bet they're trying to figure out how to get rid of me.

You're right.

Let the Bounty Ceremony begin.

We mustn't hurry, if we start the ceremony too soon

we may put the Meowth of Bounty in bad spirits.

I'm in trouble and I don't even have Jessie and James to blame.

First, let's gain Meowth's favor

then we can begin the ceremony.

I really did it this time, I'm a goner for sure.

But maybe I can still sneak away.

We must bow down before the Great Meowth of Bounty.

Huh! Did somebody call me great?

CROWD Hail, Meowth of Bounty.

Hail, Meowth of Bounty. Hail, Meowth..

They got me mixed up with some other Meowth.

If I don't let the cat out of the bag

I could have a good thing goin' here.

[chomping]

Are you in any way displeased, Oh, Great Meowth?

How come I ain't got any meatballs up here?

Oh, forgive me.

Bring some meatballs!

I only need about a hundred.

Well, this ought to do for a start.

Aah! Whisker-lickin' good.

Hm.

Uh, do you wish something, Oh, Meowth of Bounty?

I could go for some entertainment.

Your wish is my command.

Bring on the dancers.

WOMEN We welcome you, Oh, Meowth of Bounty.

Oh! Huh..

Are you entertained, Oh, Meowth of Bounty?

Oh, yeah!

♪ Landing here was such a blessing ♪

♪ Now all day long I'm happiness-ing ♪

But still, I wish I could share

'my happiness with somebody.'

JESSIE/JAMES We're blasting off again.

I wonder what my old friends

Jessie and James are doin' now.

Aah! It's them!

'The Twerps!'

If they find me

they'll wreck everything.

ASH That's no "Meowth of Bounty."

That's Meowth of Team Rocket.

MISTY Yeah, and it's a no-good Pokémon thief.

TRACEY The only thing that Meowth will bring you is bad luck.

WORSHIPPER You work for Team Rocket?

DRUID You deceived us.

ACOLYTE You're a fraud.

CROWD [screaming]

My happiness will be shattered!

MAN 'Huh?'

- Brother. - What is it?

Three people and a Pikachu are landing on the island.

What?

Hey!

Yes, Great Meowth of Bounty?

Those kids and their Pikachu are very dangerous.

You got to throw them off the island right away.

Well, we..

For the good of the Bounty Ceremony

we must do whatever the Great Meowth commands us to do.

As you say.

Bring on the Meowth of Bounty guard.

"The Meowth of Bounty guard?"

I can't believe it. How's that thing moving?

MEN Meowth, Meowth, Meowth, Meowth..

Maybe we can find some rare Pokémon here.

ASH/MISTY/TRACEY Huh!

What's that sound?

TRACEY 'Look!'

A Meowth?

TRACEY 'It's over feet tall.'

That's too big to be a real Meowth.

ASH/MISTY/TRACEY [screaming]

That was close.

Pikachu, use your Thunderbolt att*ck!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

Huh?

Pikachu's Thunderbolt isn't working.

Meow!

Run for it!

[SCARED]

I guess we're not wanted.

That island isn't gonna get too many tourists

if they keep that mechanical Meowth around.

We better find someplace that's a little friendlier.

[AGREEMENT]

ACOLYTE 'We have removed the three young people'

'and their Pikachu from the island.'

Hah, it's a good thing you did.

But while they were leaving

'these two washed up on shore.'

JESSIE/JAMES Huh!

Aah!

What do you think you're doing up there, Meowth?

- Make them put us down. - Hurry up, Meowth!

Uh, does the Great Meowth know these people?

Um, uh..

I never seen them before in any of my nine lives.

- Huh? - Huh?

You're great, alright. A great big liar.

It looks like Meowth's on the road to happiness, Jessie.

But we're heading for the off ramp.

MEOWTH They're gonna wreck this whole set up for me.

These two will only bring unhappiness and very bad stuff

to this island, get rid of them, now.

- Huh! - Huh!

We must do what the Great Meowth of Bounty commands us to.

As you say.

Throw them both into the sea.

JESSIE/JAMES [indistinct yelling]

MEOWTH I had to do it.

I had to get rid of my friends

so I could stay here and be happy.

You all must be crazy.

What are you listening to that miserable Meowth for?

Silence!

Don't you realize that the Great Meowth

is the one who is destined to bring us

wealth and happiness.

JESSIE/JAMES Huh? No way!

GROUP Who's that Pokémon?

GROUP It's Magnemite!

MAGNEMITE [EXERTION]

JESSIE/JAMES Hm?

MEOWTH [laughing]

There's the traitor, laughing it up.

Maybe that's because

Meowth has finally found true happiness.

Huh! Uh, oh..

- Have another, Great One. - Ha!

- 'Excuse us, Oh, Great One.' - Oh!

The time has come to perform the Bounty Ceremony.

"Bounty Ceremony?"

Yes, according to the prophecy

the Meowth of Bounty will use Pay Day

to bring a bounty of coins that will bring about

a great age of wealth and happiness

for all our people.

Did you say "Pay Day?"

Yes, now let the ceremony begin.

MEOWTH I better get out of here

before they find out I can't use Pay Day.

You, ah, you start without me

and I'll catch up with you later, okay?

[screaming]

Let me go! Let me go! Let me go! Let me go!

Oh, Great Meowth of Bounty, please perform Pay Day.

Meow!

Shake those coins out.

No, no, no, no..

Aw! It's no use.

You can shake me as much as you want

but I just can't use Pay Day.

What? "Can't use Pay Day?"

Are you serious?

Yeah, dead serious.

Can't use Pay Day?

There must be some explanation.

[grunts] You told me the Meowth of Bounty used Pay Day.

There's no need for alarm, Young One.

The old geezer's right, take it easy, kid.

The only problem is that the Great Meowth of Bounty

hasn't used Pay Day for a very long time.

That may be slightly over optimistic of you.

All the Great One needs is a bit of battling experience

and I'm sure it will recall

how to perform Pay Day once again.

No dice, see, I used up all my smarts

just learning how to talk.

All you need is some experience, you..

Don't be so sure.

This must be part of the Great Meowth of Bounty's plan

to test our trust.

Then we shall have a battle.

Do we really have to?

Come, bear the Meowth of Bounty to the stadium.

MEOWTH What? No, hold it big guy, not the stadium.

'We'll never get a parking space, wait, stop.'

Meowth won't learn Pay Day no matter

how much experience it gets

because you can't teach a old Cat-type new tricks.

But Meowth will learn a lesson.

CROWD [cheering]

Wow! I got a lot of people to disappoint.

Oh, Great Meowth of Bounty

please gain experience quickly

so you may learn to use Pay Day.

The only thing I wanna use right now is the exit.

What!

Aah!

[att*ck]

MEOWTH [screaming]

JESSIE/JAMES Meowth.

Ah..

Thanks a lot, but I think that's enough

battling experience for today.

Alright, now see if Meowth has produced any coins yet.

CROWD [screaming]

[groaning]

The Great Meowth of Bounty must still need more experience.

Mm. Then more experience Meowth shall have.

[ANGRY]

Not an Onix!

This experience is gonna k*ll me.

[att*ck]

MEOWTH [screaming]

- Huh! - Meowth!

ONIX [att*ck]

Aah!

[grunts]

- Oh! - Oh!

Ugh!

Somebody help me.

No matter what, Meowth is still our friend.

The happiest Meowth in the world.

Uh! You're right, James.

- Let's go help. - Yeah.

Oh, Great Meowth of Bounty.

Gain experience quickly so you may use Pay Day.

It's no use.

I should've known I wasn't meant to be happy.

I don't deserve to be.

Aah!

- Huh! - Huh!

Huh! It worked!

It's true, the Great Meowth of Bounty

has finally used Pay Day.

- Grab 'em. - Hurry! Over here!

MAN Over here. Quick.

Did I really learn how to use Pay Day?

MAN [laughing]

[grunting]

I never would've imagined that I'd be down to my last nickel

and spending it on Meowth.

Come on, James, you must have something.

Oh, I don't have any money.

But maybe these will help Meowth.

- Ready, set, throw! - Ready, set, throw!

MAN 'Wow! Look over here. There's more!'

MAN 'Alright! Hey, look. That's amazing!'

Well, let's go.

Aren't we going to get Meowth?

I think our old friend will be a lot happier

as a big hero here than as a loser with us.

Ah, you're right.

ACOLYTE 'Oh, Meowth of Bounty.'

We cannot thank you enough for what you have done.

You have produced these coins, Great One

and so fulfilled the ancient prophecy.

I still don't understand

how I could of made all that money all by myself.

Our people are eternally grateful to you.

We would be most honored

if you would stay here and rule us

Oh, Great Meowth of Bounty.

I guess I just don't know my own strength.

What!

Hey, this is..

'This is James' favorite bottle cap.'

They did this to help me.

Is something troubling you, Oh, Meowth of Bounty?

I miss...my two friends.

Huh, where are you going, Oh, Great Meowth?

JAMES Huh, well, Jess

it's going to be a lot tougher pedaling

that submarine with just the two of us now.

Look on the bright side.

It'll be good for our figures.

- 'Hey!' - Huh?

MEOWTH Jessie, James, wait for me!

- Huh? - Huh?

[panting]

Jessie! James!

I only wish they were here

so I could tell them how sorry I am

'for what I did to them and beg them to forgive me.'

CROWD Meowth of Bounty! Come back! Don't go!

Stay with us, Oh, Great One.

Please, Great One, we need you to stay and rule us.

The happiness of all our people

depends on the Great Meowth of Bounty.

MEOWTH I don't bring anybody happiness.

- Huh? - Please.

Make your meaning clear, Great One.

You think I'm supposed to be this great cat.

But I'm just a big rat.

There's only two people in the whole world

who ever really cared about me.

- Huh? - Huh?

We messed up a lot

and we used to fight with each other a lot, too

but no matter how bad things got

we always had each other.

'I thought I was happy here without 'em.'

But now I know that having them was my real happiness.

- Oh! - Mm.

Great One, our people need you here.

I'm a friend who needs you, too.

Make it double. We both need you.

You two.

JESSIE 'You protect us both from desperation.'

JAMES 'You unite us all in jubilation.'

You help chase away our loneliness.

You're a mess, but we love you never-the-less.

- Jessie. - James.

Team Rocket's friendship never ends.

So let's set sail on our ship of friends.

Aren't you mad at me?

Of course, we're mad at you, but you're still our friend.

Oh! You think you can ever forgive me?

I suppose we have to forgive you.

Otherwise, you'd never pay us back

for all those coins and bottle caps we threw.

Oh, thank you.

Hey, let's go, pal.

[sobbing] My friends.

[laughs]

Never forget the things that really make you happy.

- Please don't go. - Please don't go.

ASH I still can't figure out

why that giant Meowth thing

chased us off that island.

Maybe that island was just for Cat-type Pokémon.

When it spotted Pikachu, it had to chase us.

PIKACHU/TOGEPI [CONFUSED]

Or, maybe, it was guarding an ancient civilization.

Yeah, like that could happen.

NARRATOR And so, unaware of the misadventure they've missed

our Heroes sail serenely on.

Oh, I wish there was some way to make Meowth

learn to use Pay Day.

Maybe making Meowth battle more Pokémon

to get more experience is the way.

Huh?

If there's a chance that Meowth might learn Pay Day

anything is worth a try.

Aah!

I choose you, Arbok!

I choose you, Weezing!

Aah!

'You're supposed to be my friends.'

ASH Don't go away. "Pikachu's Jukebox" is next.

[EXCITED]

♪ What kind of Pokémon are you ♪

♪ Uh huh yeah

♪ Yo take a Normal-type like Jigglypuff ♪

♪ Against the Ghostly Gengar a battle's real tough ♪

♪ Thunderbolt's a great Electric att*ck ♪

♪ Till you get ground down by a Marowak ♪

♪ What kind of Pokémon are you ♪

♪ How do you do the things you do ♪

♪ Don't ya Bug me with a Caterpie ♪

♪ For a Flying-type the win's easy ♪

♪ Good luck with Muk and its Poison Gas ♪

♪ Make one wrong move and it'll kick your Grass ♪

♪ What kind of Pokémon are you ♪

♪ How do you do the things you do ♪

♪ Share with me your secrets deep inside ♪

♪ Yeah what kind what kind

♪ What kind of Pokémon are you ♪

♪ Are you loyal through and through ♪

♪ And do you have a heart that's true ♪

♪ What kind of Pokémon are you ♪

♪ Yeah

♪ Yeah-ah-ah-ye-ah

♪ Yo keep no secrets from me ♪

♪ We all live ♪ Yeah yeah

♪ In a Pokémon world

♪ Pokémon

♪ I wanna be

♪ The greatest Master of them all ♪

♪ Greatest Master

♪ We all live ♪ Yeah yeah

♪ In a Pokémon world

♪ Pokémon

♪ Put myself to the test

♪ And be better than all the rest ♪

♪ So you wanna be a Master

♪ Pokémon

♪ Do you have the skills to be ♪

♪ Number one

♪ We all live ♪ Yeah yeah

♪ In a Pokémon world

♪ Pokémon ♪