01x27 - As Long as I'm With My Friends

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Here in the Galar region, Dot dug up
reports of Black Rayquaza sightings,

so we're on our way to investigate.

Dot, you there?
Come and practise battling with us!

Fue!

Quaxly!

Quaxly's looking pumped up!
Come on, Dot!

I'm busy, go without me.

Got to find more intel.

Huh?!

SADLY: Quaxly...

Later, Quaxly.

Dot's been holing up
in her room again.

It's been a while
since anyone's even seen her.

I get that she's really focused
on tracking down Rayquaza, but...

..but I worry she'll get lonely.

Why don't you try saying all of
this to her instead of to me?

Give a big "ahh"...

What if I push things too far
and Dot gets upset?

You're all done.

Everything looks good and healthy.

Time for Hatenna's checkup!

Um... Maybe next time.

I think it's great that
you're considering

how your friend might react,
but... But?

Sometimes we get
so caught up in what-ifs

and what might happen
that we don't do anything.

Sometimes you've just got to put
it all out there.

So does that mean...?

It means we all need a little
push from time to time.

Pikachu!

FRIEDE: We'll be arriving soon.
Prepare for landing.

Go on, Liko, get out of here.

I'm going to hang back
and hold down the fort

with Old Man Ludlow and Diana.

Thanks, Mollie!

# When you lead with your heart

# It's so scary at the start

# But that's the hardest part

# And trust me, it gets better

# I finally know where I belong
Where I belong

# This is the way
that we grow strong

# I've got a feeling

# With you, I'm becoming me
I'm becoming me

# I'm becoming me. #

Pagos!
Whoa, so many Pokemon!

They say the Wild Area is home to
the widest variety of Pokemon

in all of Galar.
Pretty cool, huh?

RUSTLING

Something's over there!
It's something big! Roy, wait!

Bet it's Rayquaza!

Wargh!

Now that is one stunning Onix.

It's huge...

Pay attention!

There's some super-strong Pokemon
scattered among the others here.

Tera!

What? You can't follow it!

Tera! Terapagos!

Hey, Liko, maybe Terapagos would be
able to show us.

You know, whether Rayquaza's
nearby or not.

Yeah, maybe.

Well?

Pagos?

Or maybe not.

That's OK.

We can always ask Dot
if she's found any more clues.

ROTOM PHONE BUZZES

Hey, Dot, you there?

Uh, hello?

Hey, Dot, can yeah hear me?

How could I not? Argh!

You're here?

Just arrived.

Qu-Quaxly. Fue!

Dot, I'm so happy
you came to join us.

Well, we couldn't get the mission
done if I didn't.

An informant contacted Dot
about Rayquaza

and said we
should meet them here to talk.

Out here in the wild? Huh?
I don't see anyone.

These are definitely
the coordinates.

But now I can't get in touch
with them for some reason.

Ro-ro-ruff.

Well, doesn't seem like anybody's
been here lately.

Was this another phoney lead?

Urh! I can't believe
I fell for this again!

Don't sweat it, Dot.

Trial and error's just part
of the adventure.

It was worth coming to check out the
lead for ourselves, phoney or not.

This is great! It's a beautiful day
in the Wild Area.

Who's down for a little relaxing?

Count me in! What do you say?
We up for it? Pika!

Oh, yeah! I'm definitely in!

Where are you going? Quaxly?

I'm heading back. Wait.

I have to think of our next move.

You don't have to do it right now!
OK, but I do, though!

Last time, I made the same mistake,
and I...

..I put you and everyone
else in danger.

If I hadn't been so careless,

they never would've gotten
the drop on us like that.

Ugh, I'm so mad at myself!

Hatenna! Hatenna!

Oh, no! Did I scare it again?

Come on, we've got to follow it.

Wargh! Quaxly!

Sprigatito!

I'm coming too!

Hatenna! Hatenn, Hatenn...

Hatenna-na-na...

WATER CRASHING

Tenna?

Quaxly?

HAPPILY: Hatenna!

Oh, I'm glad we found it
so quickly. Mm-hm.

Dre-e-e-ed!

Which Pokemon is that?

POKEDEX: Drednaw - the Bite Pokemon.
A Water and Rock type.

It is extremely vicious.

It lurks near the shoreline,

waiting to bite Pokemon that
come for a drink.

Sounds like we should avoid
getting too close to it.

Uh, hang on. Where's Terapagos?

Huh? It was just here, right?
Fueco!

Oh, no! When did it get over there?!

Fuecoco, you're up!

DREDNAW YAWNING

Just a yawn?!

ALSO YAWNING

Wait, Quaxly!

Quaxly?

Drednaw? Tera!

Qu-Quaxly!

DREDNAW LAUGHS

Looks like it's
surprisingly pretty chill.

Everyone seems so happy
to be making new friends.

What now?!

Uh! You kids startled me.

You think we startled you?

I would tell you to be careful
around the wild Drednaw,

since they're usually pretty
violent, but...

..guess there's no need.

Very clever, customers!

"Customers"?

Hey, Dot, is this your informant?

Negative. Uh, OK.

I'm an Ingredients Seller,

boasting a special selection
of items for sale every day.

CORAL: I'm bored solid. Glalie...

Entertain Coral!

Medicham...

Whoa!

GLALIE GROWLS

What do you say you stop
fooling around for once, Coral?

Thanks to your errant recklessness,

the Explorers' reputation is getting
dragged through the mud.

The point of the Explorers is
getting to do what we want.

That might be true
if you'd gotten any actual results.

SPINEL: I say it's a good thing.

The worse our reputation, the more
our enemies underestimate us.

Wow, that sounded pretty cool.

Cool for you, Spinel.

Spinel, how did things go
with the fake intel?

Flawlessly, of course.

After seeing all those
fabricated reports,

the Rising Volt Tacklers are running
around in the wild,

chasing their tails.

My apologies. Shall we begin?

Lucky we ran into that
Ingredients Seller, huh?

We can make great curry
with this stuff.

Aw, yeah. I love curry.

None for me, thanks.
I brought my usual. Quaxly?

Do you not like eating curry, Dot?

Never tasted it.

Seriously?! Whoa, not even once?!

Is it that big a deal?

Of course it is.
Curry is amazingly delicious.

Are you kidding me right now?

He's right. Other than Pokemon,

curry is the most incredible thing
in the world.

Uh, really? It is?

It is!

Dot, please, let me be the one to
cook you your very first curry.

I'll help out too.
That's a great idea.

I want to try Liko's curry.

Nothing tastes better than a pot of
curry cooked in the great outdoors.

Pikachu!

Ah, my tummy's rumbling just
thinking about it.

I have a hunger only freshly
cooked curry can satisfy.

In the Wild Area,
curry's the only way to go.

Uh... I'm heading to the ship.

Huh?

I mean, we've got to invite Mollie
and the others, right?

Oh, right!

Good idea.

Qu-Quaxly.

Quaxly!

All right, team, let's get cooking.

All right!

Are you going to chop them
all up that fine?

And then we'll fry 'em up
until they're burnt to a crisp.

Really? We always make curry with
big chunks of veggies at my house.

Every home's got its own taste, huh?

Oh, hey, Dot, which do you prefer?

Huh? Which what?

Do you want creamy curry or chunky?
Here's an idea.

Why don't we make
a pot of Roy's curry

and another pot of Liko's curry?

Sounds like a delicious plan to me.
Pika!

Curry battle, huh? Yeah.
Let's give it our all.

I'm off to find
my secret ingredient.

Fueco!

We should too.
Come on, Dot, let's go.

Huh? What's happening?

Stay safe out there.

Guess that leaves us on rice duty.

Let's rice it up.

These spicy Cheri Berries are going
to make the curry taste incredible.

You're going to love it, Fuecoco.

Fue!

No, don't eat it.

Here comes the next.

Fueco!

Next one.

Here comes a bunch.

FUECOCO YELLS

Fuecoco, what's wrong?

Hey, you!

Greedent...

Those eyes aren't going work on me.
Hand 'em over.

Fueco!

Greedent...

Greed!

ALL: Skwovet!

Skwovet! Skwovet! Skwovet! Skwovet!

Fuecoco!

LIKO LAUGHS

Look at all these Pecha Berries.

So many. Grab 'em. OK.

FUECOCO YELLING

Huh?

Fuecoco!

Quaxly!

How's that?
Do ya like Quaxly's Water g*n?

Gre-e-edent!

That was so horrible.

It looked pretty rough.

But we'll share
some of our berries with you.

Wha...?

Looks like you've got a glutton too.

Here. Use these.

Quaxly and I gathered 'em together.

Qu-Quaxly. Thanks.

The thing is, I was actually
looking for Cheri Berries.

Pecha Berries are great too.

Nah, it's got to be Cheri Berries.

I've just got to grab some more.

I don't get the difference.

Seriously,
what's the deal with curry?

The berries have been picked.

Now we're ready to start cooking
some delicious curry.

Woohoo! Woo.

Curry, yeah...

Good luck, you three.
We're all rooting for ya.

I can't wait.

There are five essential elements
to cooking curry.

One - ingredients.

Two - berries.

Three - heat.

Fueco!

Four...

Mixing it up?

And the final point is...

What? Uh... Um...

Is it the size of the veggies?

Incorrect.

It's actually...

Actually?

It's ACTUALLY...

..the heart you put in!

Um, heart? Uh-huh.

Do it. Like this.

What does that even mean?

BOTH: Putting in heart!

Quaxly!

OK, is this right?

BOTH: Way to go, Chef Dot!

I do not understand.

Time to dig in!

Whoa. That's good. Yeah.

The taste of your heart
really comes through.

What taste is that?
I knew it, my curry is so awesome.

Well, this is just wonderful.

Really delicious.

Roy Curry and Liko Curry both
really hit the spot.

So good!

Tasty! You try, Cap. Pika.

This is Liko's.

Pika...

And here's Roy's.

KA!

FRIEDE LAUGHS

Both curries get the Cap
seal of approval.

All right!

We did it, huh, Dot?

Er... Yeah. Curry.

ROY: I'm having seconds!

I am, too.

Do you want more, Dot?

Yeah.

Could you give me some?
Coming up.

I always thought of meals
as just a way to get energy,

so I never really cared
about the taste.

But eating together with everyone
makes it taste better.

Hmm?

I always thought
I knew everything,

but I'm starting to realise there
are so many things I don't know.

Just thinking about
that is kind of terrifying.

New things are scary.

But they can be exciting too,
you know.

From now on, let's discover all
the new things we can together.

My special curry's really tasty,
isn't it?

It's too spicy.

The ground gets firmer after rain.

Friendships deepen
through curry and grain.

GASPS

My mouth is set afire with flame!

Hey, all you Pokemon Trainers!

I'm Nidothing, back with
an all-new video.

Qu-Quaxly!

You know, Pokemon battles
aren't only one-on-one.

You can have two-on-one,
or even Multi Battles

where a whole bunch of Trainers
get in on the action.

Just the other day I was rocking a
battle with three Trainers at once.

Qu-Quaxly!

A bunch of Pokemon all jumbled up
in battle pack a powerful punch.

But remember,
some of them are your allies,

so be extra careful
when you're going all out.

The results could be expl*sive!

And the best part of a Multi Battle

is that all your friends
are there too.

And when you're with friends,
you feel stronger, right?

Qu-Quaxly!

ZIRC: Friends, huh?

Hmm? What? Did you just say
something?

Er, just talking to myself.

I wish I could relax.

But I can't when all the bigwigs
are gathering.

I wonder if Master Amethio
is OK in there.

The pendant Diana entrusted
to her granddaughter

has thus far eluded our grasp.

It came into contact with the
Black Rayquaza in the Kanto region.

Then with Arboliva in Paldea.

And after encountering
Galarian Moltres...

..the pendant finally awoke,

changing into this form
of Terapagos.

Glalie...

Cool story, but that Tera-cutie's
still with those bores, isn't it?

Since a certain someone
let it escape.

I say it's time we finish off those
Rising Volt Tacklers

once and for all

and take Terapagos for ourselves.

You're singing Coral's tune!

I've got chills just
thinking about it.

I would argue that using force
right now poses too large a risk.

Huh?!

That's awfully passive of you.

You know something we don't?
I don't.

But fortunately,

it seems they've yet to understand
Terapagos's true value.

Therefore, I believe
our best course of action

is to closely observe them.

I would agree. Hmm?

Might I ask you to explain the
reasoning behind such an opinion?

What if Arboliva
and Galarian Moltres

were not awakened by the
pendant's influence,

but by the Black Rayquaza's?

So proximity with Rayquaza
caused the awakening?

Chasing Terapagos is
a waste of time.

They'll still proceed with
the singular aim

of finding the Black Rayquaza.

In other words,
hurry up and wait, huh?

Works for me.

I agree this is the best
strategic path forward.

A fine suggestion.

Not bad for someone on thin ice,
huh, Amethio?

So basically, the big plan is just
to keep tailing 'em?

AMETHIO: You can all do
as you please,

but I will be the first one
to reach Rayquaza.

So what was up with you today?

Huh? What do you mean, Dot?

You were trying too hard.
Oh, did it seem that way?

I mean, kind of.

I wanted you to have fun today.
Huh?

Quaxly?

I mean, I kind of figured if you'd
have gone back to the ship earlier,

you would have spent the rest
of the day beating yourself up.

But if you got to eat curry
with everyone,

you'd spend your day making
great memories.

Why would you do that?

WORRIED: Qua... Quaxly?

Um... Thanks.

Of course.
I'm glad I tried too hard.

After getting fooled over and over,
and everything going wrong,

I felt useless.

I just wish I could be more
helpful to everyone.

Impossible.

What do you mean by that?

You're incredibly helpful
to everyone, all the time!

The work you do on the ship,
and with Nidothing,

and everything else -
you're amazing, Dot.

You think so?
I know so.

This was a good day. Yeah.

We had a great time
in the Wild Area.

I got to eat some curry
and have a nice talk with my friend.

I'd really love it if we could
talk more. From now on.

Only if I have the time.

ROY: We didn't find Rayquaza.

But that was so fun.

I'm back to looking for leads
on Rayquaza's whereabouts,

but I think it'll take some time
to filter out all the fake reports.

Understood.
Thanks, Dot - we're counting on ya.

I wonder if there's something
we can do to help too.

Liko! Let's ask around about the
Ancient Poke ba*ls some more.

Maybe we could ask some
kind of expert or something?

DIANA: An expert, huh?

I just happen to have a friend that
runs a shop for rare antiquities.

I bet he might be able to tell us
a thing or two.

What are "an-chick-a-cheese"?

Antiquities are ancient tools,
artwork, knick-knacks,

and whatnots from eras
long forgotten.

Oh, wow, that sounds like fun.
I want to go!

Could have info you can't
find on the web.

Pikachu.

Sounds like a plan, then.

It's off we go to the
an-chick-quaties store!