11x30 - Cream of the Croagunk Crop!

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NARRATOR: A joyous moment for our heroes indeed,

as their arrival in Pastoria City is here!

ASH: All right. We made it, guys!

PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

ASH: I'm here!

-ASH: Man, that hurt! -BROCK: ASH!

DAWN: Hey, are you all right?

BROCK, DAWN, ASH, PIKACHU: [WORRIED]

ASH: Okay. Who are you?

WAKE: I'll just tell you!

WAKE: The Pastoria Gym Leader. I'm Crasher Wake!

DAWN: You ever seen a Leader like that?

BROCK: No. although my experience

has shown me that there are all kinds of

Gym Leaders in this world.

ASH: Well, my name's Ash, and I come from Pallet Town,

and I'm here to challenge you to a Gym battle, please!

PIKACHU: [CONFIDENT]

WAKE: I've got some urgent business to attend to today,

so I regret to tell you, sorry.

ASH: What? Man.

PIKACHU: [DISAPPOINTED]

WAKE: Though, if you like, you can all come with me.

What do you say?

ASH: Come where?

WAKE: Come there! You'll understand soon enough!

On a road, far from home,

you don't have to feel alone.

Brave and strong,

together we will be.

It's our destiny!

We will be heroes,

We can change the world if we try!

I go where you go,

Forever friends, you and I!

We will be heroes!

Battle Dimension Pokémon!

[ASH READS ON-SCREEN TEXT]

WAKE: We've gotta hurry, or we won't make it on board!

-ASH: Let's move! -DAWN: Step on it!

WAKE: Ah, the majesty of wide-open spaces!

WAKE: The Pastoria Great Marsh!

BROCK: You're right, Wake, it's very impressive!

ASH: Wonder what kind of Pokémon live there.

PIKACHU: [CURIOUS]

DAWN: I just wonder where we're going.

PIPLUP: [CONCERNED]

WAKE: A few more steps, and you'll find out!

WAKE: Okay, folks! You just follow me!

ASH: Hey, come on, Wake, wait for us!

ASH: Now where did he go?

For a big guy, that Wake can move!

CROAGUNK [MANY]: [CROAKING]

DAWN: Please, Piplup!

Stop making all those strange noises!

PIPLUP: [DENYING]

DAWN: What? Then who is it?

ASH: It sounds like it's coming from the tall grass!

BROCK, ASH, DAWN, PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [SCARED]

CROAGUNK [MANY]: [CROAKING]

DAWN, PIPLUP: [SCARED]

CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

BROCK, ASH, DAWN, PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [SHOCKED]

ASH: Hey, it's just Croagunk!

DAWN: You scared us!

BROCK: That's not my Croagunk.

ASH: Then whose is it?

CROAGUNK [MANY]: [CROAKING]

DAWN: Wow, look at all of them!

ASH: I guess they all must be wild Croagunk!

BROCK: I don't think so! Look!

ASH: What's going on?

DAWN: I was wondering the same thing!

ASH: Let's find out!

BROCK, DAWN, PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [AMAZED]

ASH: Check it out!

WAKE: Hey!

ASH, BROCK, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

WAKE: What took you so long? I was getting worried!

ASH: It's a Croagunk statue!

WAKE: Here in Pastoria City,

our Croagunk are honored as guardians

of the Pastoria Great Marsh,

and the people here treat them with massive respect!

WAKE: So each and every household in our fair city

is responsible for raising one Croagunk

with great reverence and care!

Then, once every year,

everyone gathers together to hold the Croagunk Festival,

where they choose the year's Croagunk champion!

And the festival just happens to be tonight!

ASH, DAWN: Croagunk Festival?

WAKE: Precisely!

And at the conclusion,

the winning Croagunk receives a crown

encrusted with a beautiful diamond and pearl.

ASH: Whoa, a crown!

-DAWN: I want it! -JOY: But I can't!

BROCK, WAKE, DAWN, ASH, PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

BROCK: Only one beautiful voice

can make those bell-like tones: Nurse Joy! Over there!

HAMILTON: You said there'd be a marriage this year,

and this year's here!

JOY: I don't remember making a promise like that!

BROCK: Stop it now!

BROCK: I refuse to let you force Nurse Joy

into a marriage she doesn't want!

HAMILTON: What are you talking about?

BROCK: But didn't you propose?

JOY: No, no!

Hamilton doesn't want to marry me.

He wants my Croagunk to marry his Croagunk!

CHRISSY: [CROAKING]

BROCK: All right, then buddy, where's your Croagunk?

HAMILTON: Wanna see my Croagunk?

Right here! Say hello to Craig!

CRAIG: [CROAKING]

DAWN: Wow! Look at that! Craig's got a crown on!

BROCK: Craig must have won the festival last year!

ASH: That's cool,

but why is Craig hanging on your shirt like that?

HAMILTON: Pokémon Trainer

and Pokémon always hang tight together,

and we're no exception!

CRAIG: [CROAKING]

HAMILTON: All right, admit it.

Wouldn't it be an honor and a privilege to marry King Craig?

BROCK: Puh-leeze!

HAMILTON: You're just jealous

because you don't have a champion!

Later, Nurse Joy, after the festival!

JOY: It's like Hamilton doesn't hear a word I say.

I've told him my Chrissy doesn't like his Craig,

but he won't listen!

BROCK: Well. I'm Brock, and I'll listen.

BROCK: Nurse Joy, don't worry your pretty head.

BROCK: Once my Croagunk becomes champion,

Hamilton will see the light!

And then your Croagunk and mine will join together

in wedded bliss,

and perhaps we may follow in their footsteps as well.

Arm in arm, hand in hand!

CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

BROCK: I could use a nurse anyway!

CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

JOY: That is quite a Croagunk.

JAMES: Mush, mush, mush, mush, mush, mush, mush, mush.

JAMES: Wow! Ah! All the memories!

JESSIE: Mush-filled.

JAMES: It was right here in the gorgeous Pastoria Great Marsh

where my dear Carnivine and I first met.

YOUNG JAMES: Marching along, clickety clack!

Singing a song, yackety yack!

CARNIVINE: [WEAK]

YOUNG JAMES: Fear not, I'll save you! Stay right there!

CARNIVINE: [STRUGGLING]

CARNIVINE: [SURPRISED] / [AFFECTIONATE]

YOUNG JAMES: What? That tickles!

JAMES: That's the story of how Carnivine

and I crossed paths. Such sweet memories.

JAMES: Carnivine! Feel the magic!

CARNIVINE: [AFFECTIONATE]

JAMES: The more things change, the more they stay the same, eh?

MEOWTH: Jesse.

We slathered out here in this sludge so James

could get his reunion ya-yas out?

JESSIE: Now, you don't think I'd muddy my designer boots

for that, do you?

MEOWTH: Okay, what gives?

JESSIE: The Pastoria Great Marsh

is the slurpy site of the Croagunk Festival,

the winning Croagunk of which gets

a magnificently jeweled crown!

MEOWTH: But without a Croagunk to enter,

you get magnificently jeweled zilch!

JESSIE: Ah, but we do have a Croagunk to enter.

MEOWTH: So how come I'm scared to ask who it is?

DAWN: I get it!

No wonder Wake told us there

wasn't a moment to have a Gym battle right now.

ASH: Oh well! Since it's a festival,

we might as well have a little fun!

ASH: Want one? It's a Croagunk pie! Awesome!

DAWN: Eww. Eww!

JESSIE: Twerps. just our luck! No doubt their Croagunk's in!

JAMES: Fret not!

When they made our Croagunk, they broke the mold.

WAKE: Hey, Croagunk fans!

It looks like we've got a spirited crowd

for this year's Croagunk Festival,

so do your emcee a king-sized favor:

Let me hear you scream! Yeah!

WAKE: All Croagunk entrants who make it past the first

and second rounds will face off against the defending champion

in a final battle for the crown!

WAKE: So if Hamilton would be so kind at this point,

we need that coveted crown back from Craig!

HAMILTON: Right!

WAKE: Then, as you know,

the winner of this year's Pokémon battle

will be crowned this year's Pastoria Great Marsh Croagunk

Festival Diamond and Pearl champion!

JOY: Our judges include your host, Gym Leader Wake,

of course; along with yours truly, Nurse Joy;

and last but certainly not least,

Carny, our beloved station chief!

CARNY: Thank you! Pleasure to be here!

WAKE: You know the drill.

Give it all you've got,

and your Croagunk might wear the crown!

ASH, DAWN, PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [CHEERING]

JOY: Now, presenting our beauty contest for the premier round!

So let's bring out our first Croagunk contestant!

CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

CARNY: Now there's a real looker!

WAKE: And how!

JOY: Thank you! And now for our next contestant!

CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

CARNY: Dashing good looks!

JOY: Agreed! Handsome!

JOY: And now our third Croagunk!

CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

CARNY: Now that's one of a kind!

-WAKE: Indeed! -JOY: Wow!

ASH: Well. the crowd seems to love it.

PIKACHU: [CONFUSED]

DAWN: But they all look exactly the same!

PIPLUP: [AGREEMENT]

BROCK: I'm counting on you, Croagunk!

BROCK'S CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

BROCK: What happened? What's wrong?

WAKE: Wow! That shine and glimmer.

it's incredible! Especially those startlingly adorable eyes!

BROCK'S CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

JOY: Those eyes are startling!

CARNY: They're like nothing I've ever seen!

ASH: Whoa, they sure love Brock's Croagunk, don't they?

DAWN: I still think they all look the same.

BROCK Excellent! You're a hit, Croagunk!

They love you! They really love you!

JESSIE: Those fans haven't seen anything yet.

MEOWTH: You think this Croagunk costume's going to work?

JAMES: Of all the Croagunk in the world,

you're the Croagunkiest!

MEOWTH: [CROAKING]

MEOWTH: Who'd have thought a fake Croagunk could lay an egg?

WAKE: Sparkling eyes, pearly whites,

and a belly that looks so. soft!

I've never seen a Croagunk quite like it!

CARNY: You know, it's prettier than a Persian!

JOY: One of a kind!

MEOWTH: The bozos bought it!

ASH: Now that's a Croagunk of a different color!

PIKACHU: [AGREEMENT]

DAWN: I guess you could put it that way.

PIPLUP: [AMAZED]

HAMILTON: Come on!

No Croagunk's as awesome as my Craig!

WAKE: And now, folks,

all the Croagunk who made it past the first round

will move on to the brick-breaking competition!

WAKE: The Croagunk who breaks the largest number of bricks

from this -brick stack will be our winner! All right, begin!

CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

CROAGUNK: [BRICK BREAK MOVE]

JOY: Breaking two bricks is a very good start!

CROAGUNK: [BRICK BREAK MOVE]

CARNY: Yeah! Now we're cooking with gas!

JOY: Four bricks!

CROAGUNK: [BRICK BREAK MOVE] JOY: Seven bricks!

WAKE, CARNY, JOY: Wow!

CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

BROCK: I know you can break all bricks,

Croagunk, so get in there!

BROCK'S CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

BROCK'S CROAGUNK: [BRICK BREAK MOVE]

BROCK: Like that!

JOY: Ten bricks! That was an amazing performance!

CARNY: Boy, now we're really cooking with gas!

WAKE: Brick-breaking perfection!

BROCK'S CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

HAMILTON: Here comes that one!

MEOWTH: The only thing I'll be able to break is my neck!

WAKE: All right, you're our last contestant!

Keep in mind, Brock's Croagunk broke through all bricks.

WAKE: If you don't match that,

this is as far as you're going, right?

JESSIE, JAMES: Bricka-bracka break a bunch of bricks!

JAMES: Yowslers! Flame on!

JESSIE: They'll be broken or melted!

MEOWTH: Take this!

JAMES: Wonder if that hurts?

MEOWTH: Can't get nothing past you.

WAKE: Now that our brick-breaking competition

is behind us,

we know who's going on to the final round!

WAKE: It's the Croagunk belonging to Brock!

So now it's time to decide our big winner!

A face-off between Hamilton and Brock,

as both their Croagunk engage in a battle for the crown!

ASH: I just knew Brock's Croagunk could do it!

PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

DAWN: I really hope Brock's Croagunk

wins it after they've worked so hard!

PIPLUP: [EXCITED]

JOY: And Brock, good luck to both of you!

BROCK: Luck is not necessary, only love!

And after our victory,

I vow to protect you and your Chrissy

from the selfish and greedy clutches of Hamilton and.

HAMILTON: Okay. Let's do this, Craig!

HAMILTON: Courage, courage, unlimited strength and skill!

Brock and his Croagunk won't win this, but Craig and I will!

BROCK'S CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

WAKE: All right, folks,

the moment you've all been waiting for:

our championship battle!

BROCK: Okay, Croagunk, keep it clean!

CROAGUNK: [BATTLING]

ASH: Yeah! Show them how, Croagunk!

PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

DAWN: I still can't tell you two apart.

but good luck, wherever you are!

HAMILTON: All right, Cross Chop, Craig, go!

CRAIG: [CROSS CHOP MOVE]

BROCK'S CROAGUNK: [PAINED]

BROCK: Croagunk!

JOY: Is this it for Brock's Croagunk?

HAMILTON: Finish up with Dynamic Punch!

CRAIG: [DYNAMIC PUNCH MOVE]

BROCK'S CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

BROCK: Now use Poison Jab, and keep it up!

BROCK'S CROAGUNK: [POISON JAB MOVE]

CRAIG: [CROAKING]

BROCK'S CROAGUNK / CRAIG: [BATTLING]

HAMILTON: All right!

ASH: Looks like an even match! DAWN: Yeah, but who's who?

CROAGUNK [X]: [CROAKING]

WAKE: Since they're both equal in att*ck and defense skills,

I can't imagine either one of those two giving a single inch!

CROAGUNK [X]: [CROAKING]

ASH, DAWN, PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]

BROCK: Where did that come from?!

ASH: What's that thing?

JESSIE: Excuse me, Twerp, this is not a "thing"!

JAMES: "The latest craze" has a much better ring!

MEOWTH: Quit your quacking!

MEOWTH: Blabbermouths! Instead of flapping your gums,

let's cut to the chase and cop that crown!

MEOWTH: Get down!

JESSIE, JAMES: Wow, what a tongue-lashing!

MEOWTH: If we'd have done that before, I'd have saved my paw!

WAKE: Oh no! Our crown's been stolen!

BROCK: Let's take a break and help out!

HAMILTON: Okay, fine with me!

BROCK: Croagunk! Get that crown back, right now!

HAMILTON: Okay, Craig, you too!

CROAGUNK [X]: [CROAKING]

MEOWTH: It's time to get a few more licks!

CROAGUNK [X]: [CROAKING]

BROCK: They've got Croagunk!

HAMILTON: Craig, too!

ASH: Quick, Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!

PIKACHU: [THREATENING]

DAWN: Wait, Pikachu, don't do that!

DAWN: If you launch a Thunderbolt,

you just might injure those Croagunk!

ASH: Yeah, you're right!

ASH, DAWN, PIPLUP: [SHOCKED]

WAKE: You just leave this up to old Crasher!

WAKE: It's my duty as the Pastoria- huh,

what the. My Poké Balls!

WAKE: Of all the absent-minded maneuvers!

I can't believe I left my Poké Balls at the Gym!

ASH, DAWN, PIPLUP: [DISTRESSED]

WAKE: All right, contestant Croagunk,

looks like we have no choice but to fight!

CROAGUNK [MANY]: [CROAKING]

JESSIE: Surrounded by a sea of sale-able Croagunk!

MEOWTH: Let's collect them all!

MEOWTH: Shake down!

CROAGUNK [MANY]: [CROAKING]

JOY: I won't allow them to steal our precious Croagunk! No way!

JOY: Chrissy, shall we?

CHRISSY: [CROAKING]

JESSIE: Joy and a Croagunkette!

JAMES: Good runners, but useless!

JOY, CHRISSY: [CROAKING]

JOY: Use Vacuum Wave!

CHRISSY: [VACUUM WAVE MOVE]

BROCK'S CROAGUNK, CRAIG: [CROAKING]

JESSIE: Talk about rolling off your tongue!

CROAGUNK [MANY]: [CROAKING]

DAWN: Awesome!

BROCK: Joy and Chrissy are incredible!

ASH: Okay, Pikachu, now Thunderbolt!

PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

JESSIE: Our charismatic,

cutting-edge Croagunk's crumbled into a cache of Croa-junk.

JAMES: And to think I used to like tongue twisters

back when I was young!

MEOWTH: Wish I'd kept up my karate lessons back

when I was young.

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Then we wouldn't be blasting off again!

WAKE: Good! Our crown beautifully safe and sound!

BROCK: Your Chrissy was simply amazing!

HAMILTON: I have to say you outdid my Craig!

JOY: We'll try not to go quite so hard on you next time.

WAKE: All right, sports fans!

In light of the fact Nurse Joy's Croagunk

saved all our beloved Croagunk,

what say we make Chrissy this year's winner?

WAKE: And what do you say, Brock?

BROCK: Oh, it's more than all right by me!

HAMILTON: Me, too! Hey, without Chrissy's help,

there wouldn't be a festival!

WAKE: Nurse Joy,

I'm happy to crown your Croagunk as this year's champion!

CHRISSY: [CROAKING]

WAKE: Well, young man,

it looks like you've done such a fine job of raising your Pikachu

that I'd be proud and happy

to accept your Gym battle challenge!

ASH: Wow, Wake, you mean it?

WAKE: Of course, Ash,

but today we've still got a festival to celebrate!

How about tomorrow?

ASH: I'll be there!

ASH: Okay, Pikachu, ready to party the night away?

PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

WAKE: Now! Ladies and gentlemen, time for our Pokémon dance!

Step step, clap clap, now hands on your head. yeah!

ASH: Hey, Dawn, that looks like fun!

So what do you say we dance, too?

DAWN: That's all right, you go ahead!

ASH: Yahoo!

DAWN, PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]

PIPLUP: [EMBARRASSED]

NARRATOR: While most of our heroes party into the wee hours,

Ash's fourth Sinnoh badge challenge battling Crasher

waits for him the next day,

while he now shows the Pastoria towns people

just how much fun a Trainer can have!

CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]