22x45 - The Wisdom Not To Run!

[bunniefuu]

[narrator] The first match

of the Alola Pokémon League semifinals

was a heated battle

between Kiawe and Gladion.

Gladion emerged victorious.

Then the two acknowledged

each other as rivals

and promised to have a future rematch.

Now, in the second match,

it's Ash versus Guzma.

Threatened with Torracat's attack,

Golisopod fled,

forcing Scizor to appear

on the b*ttlefield.

However,

Torracat defeated Scizor in an instant!

Guzma is still furious with Golisopod

as the semifinal battle moves

into its second half.

[crowd cheering]

[crowd cheering]

[crowd cheering]

Was it part of a strategy

for Scizor to appear like that?

Maybe, but the timing was strange

to say the least.

Right.

Instead of improving the situation...

It totally backfired.

-Does not compute. Does not compute.

-That poor Scizor.

Golisopod.

[Guzma]

We're backed up against a wall now.

-Understand?

-[Golisopod growls]

[pants]

-Torra!

-Hmm.

[cheering]

♪ Rise if you're prepared

For the challenge ♪

♪ Rise to the challenge ♪

-♪ Rise if you're a champion at heart ♪

-♪ Rise to the challenge ♪

♪ Take my hand, we'll train as one

And triumph together ♪

♪ Rise to the challenge ♪

♪ Nothing is gonna stand in our way ♪

♪ Stronger and stronger

We'll rise to the challenge of life ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

[Ash] The Wisdom Not to Run!

[Caster]

Now, with Scizor out of contention,

Golisopod is back on the b*ttlefield.

Just how will it counter

Torracat's attacks?

Things may not have gone as I planned,

but I'm still going to win.

Your Pokémon looks pretty wrung out.

-Let's show them how wrong he is!

-Torra.

[grunts] This will be done in a second.

Use Poison Jab!

Goliso.

Dodge it, Torracat!

[poison jab move]

Torra.

Torra.

-[whimpers]

-Torracat, no!

-[Caster] Torracat has been poisoned!

-[hisses]

You see? Now what did I tell you?

Finish this with Throat Chop!

Goliso.

[throat chop move]

-[whimpers]

-Goliso.

Use Fire Fang, Torracat, now!

[fire fang move]

[explodes]

[screeches]

[slams]

[whacks]

[roars]

[grunting]

[crashes]

-[Ash] Torracat!

-Pikachu!

[whimpers]

Torracat is unable to battle!

-[crowd cheering]

-[roars] Goliso.

[sighs] Glad I got that over with.

Torracat. Thanks. Take a good rest.

[purrs]

Kiddo? Bring out your next Pokémon.

-Okay, Pikachu, I choose you!

-Pikachu.

[slides] Pikachu!

[Caster] Ash has brought out his Pikachu.

Now, each trainer has one Pokémon left.

I was wondering who you'd call out,

but I never thought it would be that.

[poison jab move]

You really wanna go through the same thing

you did before?

-Pod.

-Pika.

I'm gonna double down on you this time.

Why don't you go home?

-I don't run away!

-Huh?

You never know what's gonna happen

until the battle's over!

No matter how hard you try,

you can't beat me.

Weaklings like you

should stay out of my way.

[Tupp] Yo! Yo!

[all]

♪ Team Skull always steals the show! ♪

♪ Yo, yo, yo! Undefeated, yo!

Guzma wins it all... ♪

-[Plumeria] Undefeated, huh?

-♪ ...And makes it so! ♪

-Huh? Hey, what was that?

-[Plumeria] Nothing.

[laughs]

[Tupp] Guzma makes it so!

♪ Guzma makes it so! ♪

You don't run away, huh? We'll see. Soon!

Golisopod, use Poison Jab!

[poison jab move]

Dodge it, Pikachu!

Pikachu!

-Golisopod.

-Pika.

Use Iron Tail!

[iron tail move]

Liquidation!

[liquidation move]

[iron tail move]

Pika!

Use Throat Chop!

[throat chop move]

Pika?

Pika!

Pikachu, no!

Pika!

[Caster] And Golisopod nails Throat Chop!

A big setback for Pikachu!

[yelps]

Toge! Toge! Toge! Togedemaru! Maru! Maru!

-Togedemaru, just calm down.

-Toge.

Unbelievable. Golisopod is just so strong.

Hmm. Really strong.

[whimpers]

[Guzma] I am strong.

-That Guzma hasn't changed one bit.

-Yeah.

It's such a shame.

He really has a lot of talent.

But still, he fails to realize something

that's very important.

And he would grow a lot more as a trainer

if he'd just see that.

[Tupp] Go, Guzma!

♪ The wounded world is ready to crash!

Time to clean the house... ♪

[Plumeria]

Guzma, you're what gives them hope.

There are tons of people who run away

after losing some sort of conflict,

not knowing what to do with their lives.

Optimism doesn't come naturally

to some here,

but you gave them a place

where they could be themselves.

[Pikachu whimpers]

-You okay, Pikachu?

-Pikachu!

Will you stop wasting my time

and give this thing up?

-Not a chance!

-Huh.

We'll never give up.

What's with this kid?

Why am I letting him get to me?

-Golisopod, use Pin m*ssile!

-Goliso.

[pin m*ssile move]

-Use Electroweb!

-Pika pika pika. Pika!

[explodes]

Pi.

-Use Thunderbolt!

-Pika.

Pikachu!

Huh.

[Caster] It blocked what would have been

a super effective attack!

Goliso.

-Won't work on us.

-I know that.

-Huh?

-Check it out.

-Use Iron Tail!

-Pika!

Goliso!

-Use Thunderbolt once more!

-Pikachu!

[Caster] Ooh, that can't be blocked!

Thunderbolt hits right to the gut!

[crashes]

They've finally taken down

Golisopod's defense!

That's amazing!

[growls]

[Guzma] How can this be?

How come I'm the one struggling?

Pi. [pants]

-That was awesome, Pikachu!

-Pikachu.

Both Pokémon have taken a lot of damage!

Who's going to end up with the win?

But Ash and Pikachu

still have the use of their Z-Move.

-Now's your chance, Ash!

-Go!

Uh, Guzma's gonna be okay, right?

[Tupp] Huh. Eh? Huh?

[seething]

[all] Who's that Pokémon?

[all] It's Slowbro!

Slowbro. Slow!

[Guzma] What's going on here?

I can't stand the way

he stares me down like that!

[Professor Kukui]

Braviary, use Brave Bird!

Bra! [crashes]

Bra.

That'll be all for today.

You're getting much better.

You'll get even better when you

and Golisopod can work more in sync.

[seething]

[pounding]

[pounding] Why can't I...?

Why can't I beat him?

[raining]

[thunder rolling]

I can't stand that fake hero act

and your justice for all garbage

you're always talking about.

It's worthless!

Who cares about Alola's natural world?

Guzma!

[slaps]

-[splashes]

-Guzma!

[Guzma] They all rub me the wrong way.

Kukui. The brat, too.

If I have to lose against him,

I'd rather use them.

Use them both to destroy the League!

-Guzma?

-Man, I wonder what's wrong?

[Plumeria]

I know exactly what Guzma's thinking.

He's afraid to lose.

[Zipp] Guzma, you were so cool today,

like always!

[Tupp] As long as you stay undefeated,

Team Skull has no enemies! Right, Guzma?

[glugs]

[thuds]

[Plumeria] He stays undefeated because

he only takes on battles he can win.

Guzma and Golisopod are both like that.

He hides in the shadows so he doesn't

get hurt. He keeps running away.

But how long

does he want to live like this?

-Big sis?

-Huh?

Stop being so annoying.

[crowd cheering]

-Huh?

-Huh?

All right!

Huh.

-[Ash] Hmm.

-Pi.

Uh. Hmm.

What's going on?

-Pikachu, here we go!

-Pika!

Pikachu.

Let's show them our real power!

Use Gigavolt Havoc!

Pika pika. Pika!

[gasps]

[Caster] There it is!

The Z-Move Gigavolt Havoc!

[gasps]

[explodes]

-Ah!

-Pika?

-What just happened?

-Golisopod withstood Gigavolt Havoc.

No way! Golisopod is really powerful!

Pikachu!

[roars] Goliso.

-Golisopod.

-Goliso.

-You can still battle?

-Goliso.

I get it. You're not running away.

Not ever again.

Goliso.

[echoing]

Why can't I...? Why can't I beat him?

I can't stand that fake hero act

and your justice for all garbage

-you're always talking about!

-[Kukui] Guzma!

[Caster]

As expected from the undefeated Guzma.

[Guzma] And once I become champion,

you'll never have another

competition again.

-So you're going to run away once again.

-Hmm.

The same way you ran from the kahunas

and the island challenge?

-[Professor Kukui] The island challenge...

-What are you doing, Guzma?

Ahh!

Fine with me!

I'll do this until the very end!

Pin m*ssile!

[pin m*ssile move]

-Use Quick Attack, now!

-Pika.

Pika pika pi. Pika!

Use Iron Tail!

[iron tail move]

Liquidation!

[liquidation move]

Pika!

[explodes]

-Use Electroweb!

-Pika pika pika! Pika!

Not so fast. Golisopod!

Goliso.

Use Poison Jab!

-Golisopod!

-Pika.

Pi.

[Caster] Incredible offense and defense!

No one's backing down! What a battle!

There's no way we can lose.

-This is all ours.

-Goliso.

-Now, Pikachu! Use Iron Tail!

-Pika!

Use Liquidation!

[liquidation move]

[iron tail move]

-Goliso.

-Pika!

[thuds]

[roars] Golisopod.

Golisopod is unable to battle!

That means the winner is Ash!

[crowd cheering]

-We did it, Pikachu!

-Pika.

-They won!

-What power!

-All right!

-And I've got it recorded for posterity!

[cheering]

[groans]

Get lots of rest, buddy. Good job.

[footsteps]

Huh?

Let's go.

Goliso.

[applauds]

[all applauding]

[Caster]

And there's a huge round of applause

from the spectators to Ash and Guzma

for an incredible battle!

Guzma.

See you in the next League.

[Caster]

Now, all that remains are the finals.

Ash, with his heated,

aggressive battling style

versus Gladion,

with his calm, bold battling style.

And one of them will become the first

Alola Pokémon League champion!

The undefeated Guzma is no more,

so go do whatever you want.

-We're in total awe!

-He's right, Guzma!

-You were amazing!

-What's all this?

It seems to me they got pretty worked up

from watching you battle that kid.

Hmm?

We wanna be able to have

really intense battles, just like you do!

It would be awesome if

you could give us some pointers!

I wanna learn how to be a part of

a real battle too so I can be like you!

Yeah. Me, too!

-Me, too!

-Me, too!

They want to keep following you.

Maybe even more than before.

Hmph!

Hey, wait for us, Guzma.

Maybe it's time Team Skull took

our next big step forward, you know?

Of course I'll be following you, too.

You okay with that?

Hmm.

[yells]

I've got wonderful news. Your Pokémon

are fully healed and feeling much better.

-Torra!

-Pika!

Pikachu! Torracat!

[laughs]

[munching]

What an appetite. Wow!

Battling can sure make you hungry.

What do you say, you two?

-Torracat.

-Pika pika.

[munching]

-Toge?

-Pikachu.

-Maru!

-Pikachu.

-Roc roc.

-Torra.

[gnawing]

-Roc?

-[gnawing continues]

[sighs]

[Lillie] Here.

There's plenty more where that came from.

Lycan. [munching]

I wish I could be

a part of the finals, too!

You go out and win it for all of us,

all right?

-Battle hard!

-Go for the win!

Sure. That's what I do.

Meltan.

Pika!

It looks like everybody's pumped up.

Hold on. Where's Rowlet?

[snoring]

[sighs]

I can hardly wait to see the battle

between you and my brother, Ash.

Thanks a lot, Lillie.

It's finally time.

I'm looking forward to this.

It's Ash and Gladion.

[grunts]

[all squeaking]

[narrator] The Alola Pokémon League finals

will soon be upon us.

Who will be victorious, Ash or Gladion?

We'll soon find out,

as the journey continues.