12x43 - Bagged then Tagged!

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NARRATOR: With the Lilypad Pokémon Contest behind them,

our Heroes have decided to stop by the colosseum ruins

on the outskirts of Lilypad Town.

ASH: Whoa, the colosseum!

PIKACHU: [AMAZED]

BROCK: In the Sinnoh region's ancient times,

this is where true champion Trainers

worked with their Pokémon to strengthen

both body and spirit!

LYRA: Wow! So maybe if I battle here, it would help me to earn

my third badge!

KHOURY: My last day in Sinnoh

I think it'll be a day I'll remember forever!

LYRA: Yeah!

DAWN: So, Khoury, didn't you tell us that

you're going tomeet your father at the airport?

KHOURY: Yeah, I got a message from him saying we were

going togo home together later tonight after the

Johto Festival wraps up!

LYRA: Which means we don't have much time left!

Let's have a Tag Battle, quick! C'mon, Khoury, what do you say?

ASH: Great idea! So, Dawn, let's show this Johto team how strong

we can be, okay?

- DAWN: You've got it, Ash! - BROCK: Hold on!

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

BROCK: First, we should pay our respects!

- DAWN: Oh...you're right! - LYRA: Pay our respects?

LYRA: Are those Pokémon?

DAWN: It's Dialga and Palkia!

BROCK: They're Legendary Pokémon from the Sinnoh region!

LYRA: Legendary? Really? Cool!

KHOURY: So this colosseum's really important!

DAWN: Yeah, I've heard there's a legend that says: Trainers' and

breeders' wishes come true when they touch the statues then

train Pokémon! Of course, I wonder if it's real.

LYRA: Let's find out!

ASH: I'm up for it! PIKACHU: [CURIOUS]

LYRA: So Ash, did you wish for something?

ASH: Of course! To become a Pokémon Master!

ASH: But before that, I'm working hard

to win the Sinnoh League! Yes!

LYRA: Now that sounds like the Ash I know!

DAWN: Okay, Lyra, what did you wish for?

LYRA: Well duh! To go back and win the Johto League, of course!

- But there's one more thing. - DAWN: What's that?

LYRA: After I get back to Johto,

I'd like to go on a journey with a really good friend of mine!

KHOURY: Hey! You were really thinking about that, Lyra?

ASH: You can cheer each other on and help each other grow and get

stronger on your journey when you're with a friend!

PIKACHU: [AGREEMENT]

BROCK: So Dawn, I'll bet you probably

wished you'd win your next contest!

DAWN: You'd bet right! Don't you feel the same way, Piplup?

PIPLUP: [AFFIRMATIVE]

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

- ASH: Oh no, Pikachu! - DAWN: No, Piplup!

Sometimes it's hard to know,

Which way you're supposed to go.

But deep inside, you know you're strong.

If you follow your heart, you can't be wrong.

Stand up! [Stand up!]

For what is right. Be brave!

Get ready to fight.

Hold on! [Hold on!]

We're friends for life. And if we come,

together as one,

Complete the quest, that we've begun,

We will win the battle!

Galactic Battles! Pokémon!

PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [PANICKED][PANICKED]

KHOURY: Why would somebody grab Pikachu and Piplup?

JESSIE: Asking dumb questions is a waste of my time!

JAMES: Though you have set us up for a good rhyme.

- JESSIE: On the wind! - JAMES: Past the stars!

MEOWTH: It's your dime!

JESSIE: Bringing chaos at a breakneck pace!

JAMES: Dashing hope, bringing fear in its place!

JESSIE: A rose by any other name's just as sweet!

JAMES: When everything's worse our work is complete!

- JESSIE: Jessie! - JAMES: And James!

MEOWTH: Meowth, that's a name!

JESSIE: Putting the do - gooders in their place!

JAMES: 'Cause Team Rocket!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: And we're in your face!

WOBBUFFET: [AFFIRMATIVE]

MIME JR: [MIMICKING]

BROCK: C'mon, not you again!

LYRA: That sad excuse for a motto's a big waste of time!

JAMES: Stop! The only sad excuse is a talking Twerp like you!

MEOWTH: Besides our elegant prose sets the mood for our rock

n' rolling robot of the hour!

PIKACHU,PIPLUP: [STRUGGLING] [STRUGGLING]

JESSIE: Pikachu and Piplup have got a new ride!

WOBBUFFET: [AGREEMENT]

JAMES: Stylish! In our turbo -

charged fuel efficient digital Drapi - on!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: We're gone!

ASH: I'll get them back! Monferno, let's go!

MONFERNO: [APPEARING] MONFERNO: [EXERTION]

ASH: Let's go, too!

BROCK, DAWN, KHOURY, LYRA: Right!

PIKACHU: [IRON TAIL MOVE]

PIKACHU: [DISAPPOINTED]

PIPLUP: [DETERMINED]

PIPLUP: [BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

PIKACHU: [PANICKED]

PIPLUP: [CONCERNED]

PIKACHU: [UNHAPPY]

PIPLUP: [EMBARRASSED]

JESSIE: First, we finger the lovely Lilypad Ribbon and now

we've pilfered a prized pair of primo Pokémon!

WOBBUFFET: [EXCITED]

JAMES: I believe we're being Twerp - tailed!

MEOWTH: That's the Twerp's Monferno I'll bet! But that dope

ain't seen nothing yet!

MONFERNO: [EXERTION] / [SURPRISED]

MONFERNO: [CONFUSED]

MONFERNO: [EXERTION] MONFERNO: [CONFUSED]

ASH: Monferno! MONFERNO: [SURPRISED]

ASH: Hey! So?

MONFERNO: [CONFUSED]

ASH: It looks like they split up!

DAWN: Oh no! Then which way did they take Piplup and Pikachu?

BROCK: Looks like we'll have to split up too!

ASH: Okay, Monferno, return!

ASH: C'mon, Dawn, let's go!

DAWN: I'm right behind you!

KHOURY: Here, take this!

DAWN: Great, thanks!

BROCK: So c'mon, let's go this way!

LYRA, KHOURY: Okay!

ASH: Hey, stop, Team Rocket!

DAWN: Give us back Piplup and Pikachu!

ASH: That's it!

DAWN: You can't go any further!

JESSIE: I'm sorry, wrong answer! Tough break.

JAMES: But wait, there's more!

You've been duped by our Drapion decoy!

MEOWTH: Now you Twerps go boom while we're in another room!

ASH: We were tricked!

DAWN: Let's pretend this never happened and get back now!

KHOURY: Oh no! They must have used this river to make their

getaway! But... did they go upstream...

or did they go downstream?

BROCK: That's a good question.

LYRA: Well...We'll just have to pick one and find out!

One thing's for sure, there's an even chance we'll be right!

This way!

KHOURY: It's at a time like this that we need to think logically

and scientifically, you know?

LYRA: Yeah, but we really don't have any clues to go on...

CORPHISH: [PANICKED][PANICKED][PANICKED]

LYRA: Look at that...

KHOURY: I get it now! Team Rocket must have gone upstream!

LYRA: Khoury?

BROCK: Oh, I see! Let's go have a look!

LYRA: Oh...

JAMES, JESSIE, MEOWTH: Yay!

MEOWTH: Home free without a trace of scratch and dents!

KHOURY: It's obvious these Pokémon living along the river

are using Dig to get away from something!

KHOURY: I think that's evidence that Team Rocket must've passed

right through here!

BROCK: You know you may be right, Khoury!

And that's a veryclever theory!

LYRA: Ace detective - right before our eyes!

KHOURY: Now why don't you let Ash and Dawn know?

LYRA: Okay!

DAWN: Lyra? Yeah...Yeah...

DAWN: I got it! She says Team Rocket's at the top of the

falls! We'll be right there!

ASH: Right!

JESSIE: Down to our last nosh.

JESSIE: But from now on, we'll never be hungry again!

So let's munch our way to riches!

JAMES: A quick bite for the good times!

MEOWTH: Soon we'll own the cookie factory!

JAMES: It seems I've gotten the short end of the cookie stick.

MEOWTH: Yeah! What a jip!

JESSIE: Now, children!

JESSIE: If you don't want it, then I'll just eat it myself!

JAMES: Don't jump to conclusions!

PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [ANGRY][ANGRY]

PIPLUP: [ANGRY][ANGRY]

JAMES: Save your squawks!

That cage is one hundred percent Twerp - Pokémon flight proof!

MEOWTH: I did my homework making sure you saps are stuck!

It's also useful for keeping Twerps out...

KHOURY: There you are!

LYRA: It's over! You guys are through!

PIPLUP: [HAPPY] PIKACHU: [HAPPY]

MEOWTH: So - how'd you lugs tail us without a trail?

KHOURY: We watched the Pokémon that live along the river!

BROCK: So give us back Pikachu and Piplup right now!

JESSIE: Sure! Soon as you stop being Twerps! Meowth, I think

it's time to fire up plan B - !

MEOWTH: What fun! You're done!

PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [PANICKED][PANICKED]

STARAPTOR: [att*ck]

STARAPTOR: [EXERTION]

STARAPTOR: [HAPPY]

PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [SCARED] / [SURPRISED]

STARAPTOR: [CONCERNED]

ASH: All right, great going, Staraptor!

DAWN: Pip - lup!

ASH: You okay?

JAMES: You know - when certain saps get unstuck and Twerps roam

free, things aren't as they should be...

JESSIE:

JESSIE: That's enough! Come on, Seviper, do your stuff!

Show them you're tough!

SEVIPER: [APPEARING]

JAMES: Carnivine, follow their lead!

JAMES: It's a battle not a dinner dance!

ASH: Okay, that's it! You're way over the line!

JESSIE: Ignore them, Seviper, and use Bite!

JAMES: Carnivine, Vine Whip!

SEVIPER, CARNIVINE: [BITE MOVE][VINE WHIP MOVE]

DAWN: Now Piplup, use Bubble Beam!

ASH: And quick, Pikachu, you use Thunderbolt!

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

CARNIVINE, SEVIPER: [PAINED][PAINED]

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

ASH, DAWN: Alright!

PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [EXCITED][EXCITED]

ASH: A - mazing, Khoury!

I can't believe you knew Team Rocket went upstream!

BROCK: Ace Detective Khoury from now on!

LYRA: And he figured it all out just watching the river Pokémon!

DAWN: Because of you, our Pokémon are back!

KHOURY: Aw, thanks. But the main thing is everyone is safe!

PIPLUP: [EXCITED] PIKACHU: [HAPPY]

ASH: Now! Let's get back to that Tag Battle!

BROCK: The rules are - each Trainer gets one Pokémon!

The Tag Team Battle will be over when both of one of the team's

Pokémon are unable to continue!

BROCK: All right - begin!

ASH: Okay, Monferno, I choose you!

DAWN: Cyndaquil...go!

MONFERNO: [APPEARING]

CYNDAQUIL: [APPEARING]

KHOURY: They're using two Fire - types! So that decides that.

KHOURY: Okay, Totodile, come on out!

TOTODILE: [APPEARING]

LYRA: Chikorita, it's your turn!

CHIKORITA: [APPEARING]

KHOURY: Wait a minute Lyra... Isn't a Grass - type Pokémon

like Chikorita a terrible matchup against Fire - types?

LYRA: Nah! See, my Chikorita's tough! Besides,

I've got an idea!

KHOURY: An idea?

LYRA: The point is as long as you and I work as a team,

we've got to win this Tag Battle!

KHOURY: You're right Lyra!

Tag Team partners have to believe in each other!

Doing that is the key to success!

LYRA: You bet! That's what it's all about...!

ASH: All right, I'm warning you, there's no holdin' back!

ASH: Monferno, Flamethrower, now!

DAWN: Cyndaquil, Swift, let's go!

MONFERNO: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE] CYNDAQUIL: [SWIFT MOVE]

LYRA: Chikorita! Use Light Screen!

CHIKORITA: [AFFIRMATIVE]

CHIKORITA: [LIGHT SCREEN MOVE] CHIKORITA, TOTODILE: [EXERTION]

LYRA: There was hardly any damage! Okay Khoury, you're up!

KHOURY: Okay! Totodile, use Water g*n on Monferno!

TOTODILE: [WATER g*n MOVE]

MONFERNO: [PAINED]

ASH: Monferno, no!

KHOURY: Lyra, I'll bet you chose Chikorita

just for that Light Screen, didn't you?

LYRA: And it was a pretty good choice, wasn't it?

MONFERNO: [STRUGGLING]

ASH: Monferno, come on!

DAWN: Poor Monferno took a lot of damage...

Now, Cyndaquil! Swift!

CYNDAQUIL: [SWIFT MOVE]

CHIKORITA: [HAPPY] CYNDAQUIL: [SHOCKED]

DAWN: Cyndaquil! Take it easy, please!

LYRA: Chikorita, use Razor Leaf on Cyndaquil!

CHIKORITA: [RAZOR LEAF MOVE]

CYNDAQUIL: [PAINED]

KHOURY: Totodile, use Aqua Tail, now!

TOTODILE: [AQUA TAIL MOVE]

CYNDAQUIL: [PAINED]

CYNDAQUIL: [PAINED]

PIKACHU: [CONCERNED] PIPLUP: [CONCERNED]

ASH: I think Cyndaquil's still not used to battling

and getsall freaked out when the att*cks don't work, you know?

DAWN: Come on, Cyndaquil, get up!

MONFERNO: [DETERMINED] CYNDAQUIL: [STRUGGLING]

KHOURY: Awesome! Everything's going just perfectly!

LYRA: I'm going to aim for Cyndaquil one more time!

LYRA: Now, Chikorita, use Solar Beam!

KHOURY: Quick, Totodile, run and then use Bite!

CHIKORITA: [SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

TOTODILE: [EXERTION]

ASH: All right, Monferno, go and help Cyndaquil!

MONFERNO: [AFFIRMATIVE] TOTODILE: [EXERTION]

DAWN: Cyndaquil, use Smokescreen!

MONFERNO: [EXERTION]

TOTODILE: [CONFUSED] CHIKORITA: [EXCITED]

- LYRA: We're all charged up! - KHOURY: Okay, Totodile!

LYRA: Solar Beam! Let's go!

CHIKORITA: [SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

TOTODILE: [SHOCKED] MONFERNO: [SHOCKED]

ASH: Monferno! Use Dig now!

MONFERNO: [DIG MOVE]

KHOURY: It dodged? TOTODILE: [SHOCKED]

MONFERNO, TOTODILE: [att*ck][PAINED]

TOTODILE: [PAINED] CHIKORITA: [PAINED]

- KHOURY: Totodile! - LYRA: Chikorita!

MONFERNO: [CONCERNED] CYNDAQUIL: [DETERMINED]

ASH: Monferno, use Mach Punch on Chikorita!

MONFERNO: [MACH PUNCH MOVE]

CHIKORITA, MONFERNO: [PAINED][EXERTION]

DAWN: Cyndaquil, Use Swift on Totodile!

CYNDAQUIL: [SWIFT MOVE]

TOTODILE: [PAINED]

CHIKORITA: [PAINED][PAINED]

KHOURY: They both took so much damage, Lyra! What do we do now?

LYRA: Remember, Khoury, we'll win this for sure as long as we

believe in our Pokémon!

LYRA: Come on, get up Chikori - ta! You can do it!

CHIKORITA: [STRUGGLING] / [DETERMINED]

CYNDAQUIL: [SURPRISED][SURPRISED]

DAWN: Even with all that damage, Chikorita still got up!

KHOURY: Hey, Lyra, you're right! Totodile...I believe in you too!

TOTODILE: [STRUGGLING] / [DETERMINED]

DAWN, ASH: Could it be?

PIPLUP: [SHOCKED] PIKACHU: [SHOCKED]

CROCONAW: [PROUD]

KHOURY: Wow! Totodile evolved into Croconaw!

LYRA: So that's Croconaw huh!

LYRA'S POKEDEX [M]: Croconaw. The Big Jaw Pokémon,

and the evolved form of Totodile.

LYRA'S POKEDEX [M]: Once it bites down on something,

it won't let go until it loses its fangs, but new fangs

grow back quickly.

CROCONAW: [EXCITED]

KHOURY'S POKEDEX [M]: The moves Croconaw is able to use areBite,

Aqua Tail, Super Power and Hydro Pump.

KHOURY: Croconaw, you can use lots of great moves! Okay!

Croconaw, Hydro Pump let's go!

CROCONAW: [HYDRO PUMP MOVE]

MONFERNO, CYNDAQUIL: [PAINED][PAINED]

KHOURY: That Hydro Pump worked like a charm!

DAWN: It's obvious with that kind of power Croconaw's

stronger than Totodile was!

ASH: Hey, Monferno, get up now!

MONFERNO: [DETERMINED] CYNDAQUIL: [DETERMINED]

LYRA: Let's finish this up!

Okay, Chikorita...Use Tackle on Monferno!

CHIKORITA: [TACKLE MOVE]

DAWN: Cyndaquil, use Flamewheel on Chikorita!

ASH: Monferno, back it up with Flamethrower!

CYNDAQUIL: [FLAMEWHEEL MOVE][FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

LYRA, CHIKORITA: [PANICKED]

CYNDAQUIL: [att*ck] CHIKORITA: [PANICKED] / [PAINED]

CHIKORITA: [STUNNED]

BROCK: Chikorita is unable to battle!

LYRA: Chikorita!

KHOURY: Croconaw, use Aqua Tail on Cyndaquil, now!

CROCONAW: [DETERMINED] / [EXERTION]

CYNDAQUIL: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE] / [SHOCKED]

CROCONAW: [AQUA TAIL MOVE]

DAWN: Cyndaquil, dodge it quick!

CROCONAW: [DETERMINED]

ASH: Monferno ,Mach Punch!

MONFERNO: [MACH PUNCH MOVE]

MONFERNO: [MACH PUNCH MOVE]

CROCONAW: [PAINED] CROCONAW: [STUNNED]

BROCK: Croconaw is unable to battle! So the winners are...

BROCK: Ash and Dawn!

PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [EXCITED][EXCITED]

LYRA: Chikorita, hang in there!

KHOURY: Croconaw, are you okay?

CHIKORITA, CROCONAW: [STRUGGLING][STRUGGLING]

CHIKORITA: [AFFIRMATIVE] CROCONAW: [AFFIRMATIVE]

ASH: Monferno, you were awesome! MONFERNO: [PLEASED]

DAWN: Wow, Cyndaquil, you were amazing as well!

CYNDAQUIL: [PLEASED]

KHOURY: You know, Lyra, using Light Screen to weaken their

att*ck and then counterstrike... I thought it

was a good strategy!

LYRA: But don't forget, we were up against Ash with seven badges

and Dane with four ribbons! The strategy may have been good,

but it wasn't enough, that's all!

ASH: But I've got to tell you,

Totodile evolving into Croconaw was the biggest surprise of all!

BROCK: I'll tell you, Ash and Dawn's teamwork

was something to see! But the team of Khoury and Lyra worked

together just as well.

BROCK: Honestly, I really wasn't sure who was going to win it!

DAWN: Well Cyndaquil hasn't had much Battle experience,

so this was perfect!

BROCK: Lyra, there's no doubt that you're going to be a great

Trainer and Khoury a great breeder one of these days!

BROCK: Just make sure you keep working together to support each

other just like today!

LYRA: Together?

KHOURY: Oh hello, Dad!

KHOURY'S FATHER: Nice to see you, Khoury! I've just arrived

here at the airport so I wanted to give a call and find out

where I should meet you when you two get here.

KHOURY: I totally forgot!

The Johto flight is leaving any minute!

LYRA: Oh no! We've gotta move!

KHOURY'S FATHER: Khoury!

KHOURY: Made it!

LYRA: And got in right under the wire too!

KHOURY: Hey, Brock, thanks for everything!

KHOURY: There's still so much more I want to learn though!

BROCK: Just remember that the number one job of a breeder is

connecting with Pokémon! All you need is more time to meet with

different types - and Trainers and Coordinators, you know!

KHOURY: Right! I'll do my best!

LYRA: Hey I know! When we get back to Johto, Khoury, let's go

on a journey together!

LYRA: You said so yourself that

it's great to be around friends, right?

LYRA: Think of you and me togther. We'd really be able to

help each other sharpen up our skills, you know?

KHOURY: This is such a surprise!

I can't believe you'd ask me to do that.

LYRA: Does that mean...no?

KHOURY: The reason Totodile evolved

was because of you, Lyra!

I think - the intense way you believe in your Pokémon got

transferred over to Totodile somehow!

LYRA: Khoury!

KHOURY: I'm sure of it!

When I'm with you, it feels like greatthings are going

to happen all of the time!

And so I'd like to go with you.

LYRA: Well...it's my pleasure!

ASH: Of course! Truth is there's nothing like good friends!

ASH: And Lyra, I just know you're going to get your third

Johto Badge too!

PIKACHU: [AGREEMENT]

BROCK: And to win it you'll be battling.

...Whitney from the Goldenrod Gym,

or Morty from the Ecruteak Gym!

BROCK: They're both really strong!

LYRA: No problem! I'll just have to do my best

no matter who it is!

LYRA: Hey Ash - you're going for

your eighth Sinnoh Gym badge right?

ASH: Yeah! If I win at the Sunyshore Gym, then it'll

finally be time to be in the Sinnoh League!

PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

LYRA: And lots of luck to you on your fifth ribbon, Dane!

DAWN: Thanks! I'll get number five for sure and that's going

to get me to the Grand Festival!

PIPLUP: [EXCITED]

KHOURY'S FATHER: It's obvious that my son owes

you a lot for all the help you've given him!

KHOURY'S FATHER: I'm grateful!

So please accept this little gift.

BROCK, ASH, DAWN, LYRA, KHOURY, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED][SURPRISED]

LYRA: Cool! A Pokégear!

- ASH: Whoa, you sure? - KHOURY'S FATHER: Of course!

BROCK: Thank you so much!

KHOURY: Brock? Do you think I could call

you ifI ever need any help or advice?

BROCK: Sure. Anything you want is fine.

NARRATOR: And so, as Lyra and Khoury wing their way back home

to Johto, we leave our Heroes as they gear up for their journey

to Sunyshore City and the Gym battle that may provide Ash

with his eighth Sinnoh badge, so stay tuned!