10x02 - Two Degrees of Separation!

[bunniefuu]

NARRATOR: With the awe-inspiring magnificence of the Sinnoh

region as a backdrop, Dawn and her Piplup are off like a sh*t,

roaring toward the many Pokémon adventures to come!

DAWN: Piplup, come on out!

PIPLUP: [APPEARING]

DAWN: Piplup?

DAWN: I am psyched and all, but I'm starting to wonder what a

new Pokémon Trainer like me does first!

PIPLUP: [CURIOUS]

DAWN: It's a deal! Let's catch us some Pokémon!

[singing] POKEMON, POKEMON

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CHALLENGES

IT'S A BRAND-NEW GAME AND A BRAND-NEW WORLD

NEW RIVALS AS YOU FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL

NOTHING CAN STOP YOU DIAMOND AND PEARL

- POKEMON- IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BATTLE

YOU GOTTA PLAY SMART, YOU GOTTA MOVE FASTER

BEHIND EVERY WIN,THERE'S A CHANCE TO BEGIN AGAIN

YOU GOTTA TAKE IT ALL IF YOU WANT TO BE A MASTER

POKEMON, POKEMON

IT'S TIME FOR ADVENTURE DIAMOND AND PEARL

- WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD - POKEMON

Two Degrees Of Separation!

- BUNEARY: [CURIOUS] - DAWN: A Buneary!

POKEDEX [FEMALE]: Buneary. The Rabbit Pokémon. By quickly

extending its rolled-up ears,

it can launch a powerful att*ck against its enemies.

DAWN: We have to watch out for those ears! So here's the deal.

The best way to catch a Pokémon is to battle it with another

Pokémon until it gets weak, and that's where you come in!

You ready? PIPLUP: [AFFIRMATIVE]

DAWN: Okay, Piplup, then let's use Bubble Beam!

PIPLUP: [BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

DAWN: There's nothing like calling an att*ck! Awesome!

BUNEARY: [SCARED] DAWN: What a jump!

PIPLUP: [STARTLED]

DAWN: Peck att*ck! Buneary's behind you!

PIPLUP: [PECK MOVE] BUNEARY: [att*ck]

PIPLUP, BUNEARY: [BATTLING]

DAWN: No! PIPLUP: [WEAK]

DAWN: You okay, Piplup?

BUNEARY: [DETERMINED]

BUNEARY: [EFFORT]

DAWN: That hurts How do you feel?

PIPLUP: [SAD]

DAWN: Hey! Don't let it get to you! Everyone makes mistakes

the first time around!

DAWN: You've just gotta keep on trucking!

PIPLUP: [DETERMINED]

DAWN: Hey, Piplup, do you know what a Pokémon Contest is?

PIPLUP: [CURIOUS]

DAWN: It's so cool! My dream is to be a Top Coordinator like my

mom! So the first place we're going is Jubilife City, 'cause

they're having a Pokémon Contest there soon, and it's close!

DAWN: Now, let's get as many Pokémon as we can before then,

so we'll have lots of help!

DAWN: We've gotta start coming up with our own combinations,

too, you know? PIPLUP: [EXCITED]

DAWN: So let's go get 'em!

PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]

DAWN: Wow, it's a Burmy!

POKEDEX: Burmy. The Bagworm Pokémon. To protect itself from

the cold wind, Burmy uses leaves and branches to make a

cloak around itself.

DAWN: Catching that little cutie will be a piece of cake!

PIPLUP: [ENTHUSIASTIC] PIPLUP: [BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

DAWN: Couldn't wait, huh? Man!

BURMY: [IMPACT]

DAWN: Wow, that was great!

I think we caught ourselves a Pokémon!

PIPLUP: [UPSET] DAWN: What's wrong?

BURMY: [FRANTIC]

DAWN: Wow, look at Burmy go.

DAWN: Yeah, you're right! I still have to catch it!

DAWN: Go Poké Ball!

PIPLUP: [CONFUSED]

DAWN: Well, it looks like this is my turn to make one of those

beginner's mistakes, and it sure was a beauty.

DAWN: Right! I won't let myself get bummed out! I'm allowed to

make mistakes just like you!

PIPLUP: [ANNOYED]

DAWN: Together, let's climb Mount Success until we reach

the tip-top!

PIPLUP: [DETERMINED] PIPLUP: [ALERT]

DAWN: Piplup, is something there?

PIKACHU: [WEAK]

DAWN: Whoa, it's a Pikachu!

POKEDEX: Pikachu. The Mouse Pokémon. It can generate

electric att*cks from the electric pouches located

in both of its cheeks.

DAWN: So it's an Electric type! Not a great matchup with a Water

type like Piplup, but hey!

PIPLUP: [FOCUSED]

DAWN: 'Kaytake it from the top! Piplup, use Bubble Beam!

PIPLUP: [BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

DAWN: Oh, man! So that's what a Thunderbolt's about! All right,

Piplup, use Peck on Pikachu, now!

PIPLUP: [PECK MOVE]

PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE] PIPLUP: [IMPACT]

DAWN: My bike! It's extra crispy!

PIPLUP: [WEAK]

PIKACHU: [APOLOGETIC]

DAWN: Well, thanks a lot!

DAWN: I'm definitely gonna catch you after that!

DAWN: Let's go Poké Ball!

DAWN: Hold on! If that didn't work, you must already belong to

someone else, I think.

PIKACHU: [RUNNING]

SEVIPER: [THREATENING] PIKACHU: [RUNNING]

CACNEA: [THREATENING] PIKACHU: [SCARED]

SEVIPER: [ANGRY] DUSTOX: [THREATENING]

DAWN: What are they all doing here?

MEOWTH: They're my Pikachu crew! PIKACHU: [SCARED]

DAWN: Whoa, a talking Meowth!

MEOWTH: Hey, you're as smart as the other Twerps!

POKEDEX: Meowth. The Scratch Cat Pokémon. It sleeps a lot

during the daytime, and during the nighttime becomes active,

moving around its territory.

MEOWTH: And what that blabberbox won't tell you is not

only am I the cream of the Poké-crop, I'm the king of

all the cuties!

JESSIE, JAMES, WOBBUFFET: [FOCUSED]

JESSIE: Eureka!

JAMES: Looks like we struck Pikachu gold!

MIME JR.: [HAPPY] / [SURPRISED]

JESSIE: Little girl, you really shouldn't be playing around with

Poké Balls like that.

JAMES: You might poké some Pokémon's eyes out!

WOBBUFFET: [AGREEING] MIME JR.: [AGREEING]

JESSIE: There's no room in this forest for yet another thief.

We've been after Pikachu so long, we're trademarked!

JAMES: But thanks to your unwilling buttinsky-ness,

you made our job much easier

PIKACHU: [DETERMINED] PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH, MIME JR, WOBBUFFET: [SHOCKED]

JESSIE: Those two cute little rosy supercharged cheeks only

zap the closest of friends

JAMES: So let's return the favor!

SEVIPER,CACNEA,DUSTOX: [DETERMINED]

DAWN: Those guys can't be friends.

SEVIPER: [att*ck] PIKACHU: [SCARED]

CACNEA: [att*ck] PIKACHU: [SCARED]

DUSTOX: [att*ck]/ PIKACHU: [SCARED]

PIKACHU, CACNEA, DUSTOX, SEVIPER: [BATTLING]

PIPLUP: [PLEADING] PIPLUP: [DETERMINED]

DAWN: Piplup, Bubble Beam!

PIPLUP: [BUBBLE BEAM MOVE] SEVIPER,DUSTOX,CACNEA: [IMPACT]

JAMES: Who are you, their MOM?

DAWN: Look, this Pikachu doesn't like you, whoever you are!

JESSIE: Prepare for trouble, are you out of the loop!

JAMES: Make it a double dose of the real scoop

JESSIE: An evil as old as the galaxy!

JAMES: Sent here to fulfill our destiny!

MEOWTH: With Meowth, that's me!

JESSIE: To denounce the evils of truth and love!

JAMES: To extend our reach to the stars above!

- JESSIE: Jessie! - JAMES: And James!

MEOWTH: Meowth's the name!

JESSIE: Wherever there's peace in the universe.

- JAMES: Team Rocket. - MEOWTH: ...is there.

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: to make everything WORSE!

WOBBUFFET: [PROUD]

MIME JR.: [PROUD] DAWN: Never heard of you

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: [EMBARRASSED]

JESSIE: The nerve of that Twerpette not knowing our name!

JAMES: I wonder if she knows where we are.

DAWN: Just outside of Sandgem Town!

JAMES: The Sinnoh region! I forgot. My, did we schlep!

JESSIE: You never could grasp long distances.

JAMES: That's why she doesn't know a bloody thing about us.

There's no Sinnoh Team Rocket branch!

MEOWTH: So! What better interoffice PR for us than to

spread the Team Rocket word?

DAWN: I find it awfully hard to believe this is your Pikachu!

DAWN: For starters, why isn't Pikachu safely inside of its

Poké Ball?

MEOWTH: Keep quacking and your gums'll get cold!

JESSIE: Stealing your Pokémon ought to shut your yap but good!

JESSIE: Seviper! Use Wrap!

SEVIPER: [WRAP MOVE]

PIPLUP: [SCARED]

PIKACHU: [SHOCKED] DAWN: Piplup!

JESSIE: Say, that blue Pokémon looks catchable

MEOWTH: And with Pikachu as a gift to the Boss, yellow and

blue will make us some green!

DAWN: Quick, Piplup, use Bubble Beam, NOW!

SEVIPER: [IMPACT]

PIPLUP: [EFFORT]

- DAWN: Piplup, are you okay? - PIPLUP: [AFFIRMATIVE]

JESSIE: Not too bad for a little kid. But now it's time to show

you why Team Rocket is feared by lots of little kids all over

the Kanto region!

JAMES: Left there to cry in our evil wake!

MEOWTH: Show 'em what he means, g*ng!

DAWN: Bubble Beam, GO!

PIPLUP: [BUBBLE BEAM MOVE] PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

CACNEA, SEVIPER, DUSTOX: [IMPACT]

- JESSIE: That was a quick trip. - JAMES: Jessie was right!

MEOWTH: We had a little look!

MIME JR.: [HAPPY] WOBBUFFET: [AGREEING]

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: We're all blasting off again!

DAWN: Yay!

PIKACHU: [WEAK]

DAWN: Something's wrong, I know it!

DAWN: We'd better find a Pokémon Center and fast!

PIPLUP: [AGREEMENT]

NURSE JOY: This Pikachu is suffering from

extreme exhaustion!

DAWN: A group of really strange people just came out of nowhere

and att*cked us!

NURSE JOY: That sounds scary, but I'm sure Pikachu will make a

full recovery. I do know about these things!

DAWN: That's awesome, thank you! I'm so relieved!

PIPLUP: [RELIEVED]

JOHANNA: That's wonderful!

JOHANNA: You made a good choice with Piplup!

JOHANNA: Smart and cute, too! PIPLUP: [PROUD]

JOHANNA: So, have you been able to catch any other Pokémon yet?

DAWN: I've tried, but so far, no luck.

JOHANNA: Well, it takes a while, dear, until you get the hang of

it...but once you do, you're going to have so much fun!

Nothing's more exciting than finding new Pokémon friends!

PIPLUP: [INDIGNANT] DAWN: Piplup, chill out

PIPLUP: [SCOLDING]

DAWN: Well, you had something to do with why we didn't

catch us any Pokémon!

PIPLUP: [SCOLDING]

DAWN: OUCH! Don't you peck at me or I'll peck right back.

JOHANNA: You know, I think those two were made for each

other don't you think? GLAMEOW: [AGREEING]

PROFESSOR ROWAN: Just look at you two!

Aren't you getting along?

DAWN: Nah, we're both fine! We're just getting to know each

other, that's all! PIPLUP: [CHEERFUL]

PROFESSOR ROWAN: Oh... So your journey's going well, then?

DAWN, : First, we ran into a lost Pikachu, you know?

The poor thing was being chased by bad guys for

one reason or another.

PROFESSOR ROWAN: Bad guys?

DAWN: They're called Team Rocket. They were

trying to steal Pokémon!

PROFESSOR ROWAN: Hmmm...

DAWN: So I'm gonna go and make sure I find that Pikachu's

Trainer! You know whoever it is has got to be worried sick!

PROFESSOR ROWAN: I see. Then you can head off

to Jubilife City after that.

DAWN: Yeah! But you know what? Even if I don't get there in

time for the next contest, there'll be lots more!

I can wait! PIPLUP: [AGREEING]

PROFESSOR ROWAN:Now that's sound thinking! A great Pokémon

Trainer always puts Pokémon first above everything else.

And that's just what you're doing. Good luck, you two!

DAWN: Thanks!

AIPOM: [SEARCHING]

ASH: Hey! Aipom! AIPOM: [SURPRISED]

ASH: Did you see any sign of Team Rocket's balloon up there?

AIPOM: [DISAPPOINTED]

ASH: Aww, man...

ASH: When you want to find those guys, they all disappear!

I sure hope Pikachu's okay, Aipom

AIPOM: [ANXIOUS]

JENNY: Hello? Everything all right over there?

ASH: Hey, it's Jenny!

JENNY: So Team Rocket's in Sinnoh, huh?

ASH: Yeah, and I've gotta find those crooks quick '

cause they took my Pikachu!

JENNY: Ash, Sinnoh's a big place. Instead of wandering

around trying to find them all by yourself, why don't you leave

that to me? And I'll take you to Professor Rowan's lab,

where you can say hello!

PROFESSOR ROWAN: So! You're Ash from Pallet Town

PROFESSOR ROWAN: Professor Oak said a great deal about you!

PROFESSOR ROWAN: He sent your Aipom's Poké Ball for you,

and it just arrived

ASH: That's great. Thanks, Professor!

PROFESSOR ROWAN: I wouldn't worry too much about Pikachu.

I heard from one of my new Trainers that this morning,

she protected a lost Pikachu from a strange group of thieves

who call themselves Team Rocket.

ASH: You're kidding! Wow! AIPOM: [EXCITED]

NURSE JOY: Oh, Dawn? I'm sorry, but she left the Pokémon Center

just a little bit before you called.

ASH: Did she say where she was going, Nurse Joy?

NURSE JOY: Not in so many words. She said she had to find

Pikachu's Trainer, fast!

PROFESSOR ROWAN: Wait! Where are you going?

ASH: I've gotta find Dawn! I know the Pokémon Center's close

by, right? So that means she's gotta be close by, too!

C'mon, Aipom, let's hit it!

AIPOM: [DETERMINED]

JAMES: There's nothing more demoralizing than getting your

clock completely cleaned by a twerp who can

out-twerp the Twerps!

JESSIE: If Giovanni ever gets wind of this, we'll never get

that promotion

MEOWTH: We'll have to beg the big guy for a job cleaning

the corporate bathroom MIME JR.: [WHINING]

WOBBUFFET: [WHINING]

JAMES: What's this?

JAMES: Yes! Our second summer cottage!

MEOWTH: Yeah?

JAMES: We'd come here when the first one needed to be cleaned!

JESSIE: Great! We need cleaning! What's mine is yours and what's

yours is mine, I always say!

MEOWTH: Well, I'm just glad one of you's got something!

MEOWTH: So fill up the tub and bring out the grub!

JESSIE: Just think of what a

headquarters this spread would make!

MEOWTH: You CAN think! WOBBUFFET: [EXCITED]

MIME JR.: [HAPPY]

JAMES: There you are, you rascals!

JESSIE: Ooh! What's in there, huh?

MEOWTH: Something a lot older than me

JAMES, : It's my very first bottlecap collection! I've had

it since I was a toddling tot of two! To brush them

against my cheekwow!

JAMES: I cannot believe you've been hiding in here

all this time!

JESSIE: A Poké Ball! Yours as well?

JAMES: And how! The very Pokémon

I used to play with when we came to Sinnoh

JAMES: Come on out, Carnivine!

CARNIVINE: [APPEARING]

JAMES: You see? Victreebel's not the only Pokémon who likes to

take a nip at my noggin

JESSIE: And thatis a good thing?

MEOWTH: Wow, sounds like the green galoot's

really happy to see you!

JESSIE: Oh dear, my bad!

Might you have something here, food-wise?

JAMES: Hello, Mr. Cheeves? This is Li'l James!

It has been a long time, hasn't it? We're a bit hungry, so I was

wondering if you'd mind bringing us a bite to eat.

CARNIVINE: [MUTTERING]

JESSIE: That's our Li'l James!

MEOWTH: That guy can pull strings!

WOBBUFFET: [EXCITED]

JAMES, JESSIE, MEOWTH, WOBBUFFET: Cheeves, old man,

you rule!

JAMES: You're still the best, Mr. Cheeves

MISTER CHEEVES, : I'm glad to be of service! By the way,

I took the liberty of ringing your whole family, Master James

MISTER CHEEVES: Of course, they were all thrilled! Your mother

and father as well as Jessebelle will be taking the first flight

- tomorrow to see you here! - JAMES: Them? Here? Soon?

- MISTER CHEEVES: Straight away! - JESSIE: Jessebelle? Who?

MEOWTH: Oy vey. James's bride to be

JAMES: I just can't stay here!

JESSIE, MEOWTH, WOBBUFFET, MIME JR: [SHOCKED]

JESSIE: Leave the life of lounging in luxury's lap?

JAMES: If Jessebelle gets her hands on me,

Team Rocket is history!

JESSIE, : Now there's a nightmare. Oh well, I guess we

could hark back to our plan for becoming the

superstars of Sinnoh!

MEOWTH: I'll let the Boss know we're back in the saddle!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Your Bossness!

JESSIE: Greetings from the Sinnoh region! Now that we've

conquered Hoenn for you and yours, we thought we'd do the

same right here!

JAMES: Don't you mean Hoenn conquered us?

JESSIE: I'll conquer YOU!

MEOWTH: I've got a plan that'll put the best Pokémon Sinnoh's

got right into your deep pockets!

GIOVANNI:Though your plans won't buy me a cup of coffee,

I have wanted to set up shop there. Do your best.

JESSIE: Don't we always?

GIOVANNI: That's what I'm afraid of!

JESSIE: Hear that? The Boss is counting on us to give Sinnoh

the Team Rocket mojo!

MEOWTH: We'll blind the big guy with tons of top-shelf science!

JAMES: Then we can afford a summer cottage of our own!

JESSIE: Time to start anew!

JAMES, MIME JR: We're with you![DETERMINED]

MEOWTH: Whoopdee-dang-doo!

WOBBUFFET: [DETERMINED]

GIOVANNI: Remind me who those three buffoons were, will you?

PERSIAN: [AFFIRMATIVE]

PROFESSOR ROWAN: I've been trying to reach you!

PROFESSOR ROWAN: Pikachu's Trainer is named Ash, and he was

just here! But he just left. He's now on his way to try and

catch up with you!

DAWN: So, no problem! All we have to do is retrace our steps,

and we'll run into the guy! Come on, let's go!

PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [EXCITED]

DAWN: I sure wish my poor bike wasn't extra crispy

PIKACHU: [SHEEPISH]

AIPOM: [PANTING]

BROCK: Ash!

ASH: Hey, Brock!

BROCK: I guess great minds think alike!

ASH: Great to see you, but what are you doing here?

CLAUDINA: Either you guys know each other, or you're too

friendly, Brock!

BROCK: This is my old buddy Ash!

He and I have been traveling together for a long time!

CLAUDINA: The name's Claudina! And in case you haven't noticed,

I'm the proud driver of this big rig!

ASH: Hi, nice to meet you!

BROCK: Yeah, Claudina and I are on the road

BROCK: the road to happiness and true love!

ASH: Yeah, but in a truck?

BROCK, : Ash, it's a long and complicated journey when you

want to become the very best. I was hitchhiking from Pewter City

when we hooked up. It was fate!

BROCK: It's been great seeing you, pal, and best of luck in

everything you do!

CLAUDINA: Hi there, honey, I've been waiting to hear your sweet

- voice a-calling! - BROCK: HONEY?!

CLAUDINA, : Sure! I'll be right there just as soon as these

wheels of mine can carry me! I'm sorry for the interruption,

Brock, but that was my boyfriend on the horn, and I'm gonna have

to hightail it over and meet him quicker than a Volt Tackle!

CLAUDINA: But I know y'all will be fine! After all,

you've got your bud!

CLAUDINA: Why don't the two of you mosey along?

CLAUDINA: See you later, Brock, and thanks again for the great

lunch and dinner!

BROCK: All right, Ash, a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do,

and these two men are gonna do itwith or without a

good woman at their sides!

ASH: Yeah, that's what I like to hear!

BROCK: But hey, where's Pikachu, Ash?

ASH: Who knows?

BROCK: That Team Rocket just won't quit, will they?

ASH: Here it is! There's a Pokémon Center up ahead where

that girl took Pikachu, so we can see if Nurse Joy

knows which way she went.

BROCK: When it comes to Nurse Joy, leave it to me.

AIPOM: [SURPRISED]

STARLY: [SURPRISED] STARLY: [SQUABBLING]

ASH: Knock it off, Aipom! This is no time for you to be

picking a fight!

ASH: Stop!

BROCK: Hey, who's that Pokémon?

POKEDEX: Starly. The Starling Pokémon. Starly normally travels

in a flock, but when alone, it is hard to notice.

ASH: A Normal-Flying type. All right!

BROCK: Maybe we should catch it.

ASH: I think so, too! That way we can look for Pikachu

from the air!

ASH: Aipom! I wanna catch that Starly, so I need your help!

AIPOM: [AFFIRMATIVE]

ASH: Aipom, use Swift!

AIPOM: [SWIFT MOVE]

STARLY: [IMPACT]

STARLY: [WHIRLWIND MOVE]

BROCK: That's Whirlwind! And a really strong one, too!

ASH: Aipom, hang in there and use Focus Punch!

ASH: Aipom, Starly's coming in with a Quick att*ck!

STARLY: [QUICK att*ck MOVE] AIPOM: [IMPACT]

STARLY, AIPOM: [WING att*ck MOVE][IMPACT]

BROCK: Now Starly's using Wing att*ck!

ASH: I know you can do it, Aipom!

AIPOM: [FOCUS PUNCH MOVE] STARLY: [IMPACT]

- BROCK: That's more like it! - ASH: Go, Poké Ball!

STARLY: [SURPRISED]

ASH, : Awesome! We did it, Aipom!

All right, I caught a Starly!

BROCK: What's wrong?

ASH: You know, Brock, when something like this happens,

Pikachu's usually here with me

BROCK: I know, but don't forget the reason why you caught Starly

- is to help find Pikachu! - ASH: You're right

ASH: Starly, come on out!

STARLY: [APPEARING]

NARRATOR: With Ash's first Pokémon from the Sinnoh region,

Starly, firmly on the team, our heroes set off to find Pikachu

and Dawnand vice versa.

But will all their paths finally cross?

PAUL: Hmmm Well, if it was that easy Who needs that thing?

TO BE CONTINUED...