08x09 - Vanity Affair

[bunniefuu]

NARRATOR Having earned his seventh Gym badge, Ash and friends decide

to make a little pit stop on their way to the Hoenn League.

We find our Heroes just as another Pokémon battle

is getting underway!

Scizor! Use Fury Cutter, now!

[FURY CUTTER MOVE]

Torkoal, Flame Thrower!

[FLAME THROWER MOVE] /[EXERTION]

SCIZOR [EXERTION]

Wow! That Scizor is really cool!

Yeah, and it looks pretty strong too!

Scizor! Use Hyper Beam!

[HYPER BEAM MOVE]

Torkoal! Iron Defense!

[IRON DEFENSE MOVE]

[grunts]

[laughing]

Look, there goes Ash, flashing 'victory' again.

That's 'cause he knows he'll win.

[EXCITED]

Scizor! Metal Claw, now!

[METAL CLAW MOVE]

Torkoal! Finish this with Overheat!

[OVERHEAT MOVE]

[PAINED]

- Scizor! No! - Afraid so.

[STUNNED]

Scizor is unable to battle! This match is over!

Victory goes to Torkoal and Ash!

Way to go, Torkoal!

[PROUD]

Okay, return!

[HAPPY]

Hmm, you're so strong I can see how you earned seven badges!

Oh, thanks, I'm sure you'll get stronger too

if you just keep training!

Thanks! I hope we get a rematch someday!

Me too!

BOY 'I learned so much'

'from that battle I can't even tell you!'

- 'Thanks again, Ash. Really!' - 'Yeah, no problem!'

Hmm.

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Walking down this endless highway ♪

♪ With nothing but my friends beside me ♪

♪ We'll never give in we'll never rest ♪

♪ Advanced Battle is the ultimate test ♪

♪ From the earth the land the sea and sky ♪

♪ They can never win but they sure can try ♪

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon Advanced Battle ♪

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ From the stars and the ancient past ♪

♪ They come to play but they'll never last ♪

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon Advanced Battle ♪

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪

ASH "Vanity Affair."

Hey, chop, chop, if you don't give that mop some elbow grease

you'll never get the floor clean.

Worry about your own job, green beret!

That was constructive criticism!

Stop! We ain't never going to get through this gig

if we keep biting each other's heads off!

Right, the Twerps' trail has gone totally cold

and our wallets are totally empty, which leads me

to conclude that our lives could use some retooling.

Good idea! Maybe we should consider cashing in our chips

and settling on a peaceful island somewhere!

What do you you think, Chime?

[AGREEMENT]

I hear you! Whatever's going to get this pan out of my paw.

Just think of it.

An endless parade of gorgeous days caressed by ocean breezes.

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH And no Twerps.

[HAPPY]

JESSIE/JAMES Oh! Can we help you?

DRAKE 'Where's that old man that works here?'

Today is that old man's day off!

But we're his pinch cookers!

Well, I hope your grub tastes

just as good as the old guy's, or else!

Gee, I hope it does too.

Okay! So, what's your pleasure, kind sir?

Glass of hot milk with peppermint, please.

- Uh? Come again, sir? - Peppermint?

Nothing like being minty fresh.

Got a problem with that?

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH No! A yummy choice, coming up!

Look guys! It's a restaurant. Great!

Watching that battle, I forgot how hungry I am!

Me too! What do you say, Ash, ready to stop for some lunch?

Sounds good!

[EXCITED]

I gotta say, Ash, you really out battled him back there.

MAY You'll do great in the next Gym!

MAX Yeah, but remember, you had your Torkoal

and a Fire type has a humongous advantage over a Scizor!

You're probably right.

But my opponent wasn't exactly the best.

It would've been better to have more of a challenge!

Okay, it sounds like we're getting

a little bit carried away with ourselves.

I'm not getting carried away.

I just know that, no matter who I go up against

it's pretty likely that I'll win.

Maybe, a fool of yourself is a better way of putting it.

It's called confidence. Right, Pikachu?

[AGREEMENT]

So, as soon as lunch is over

it's back to training for us!

And maybe I'll find a real opponent one of these days!

[AMUSED]

Bonjour,youngsters!

[screams]

Sir, is something wrong?

No, everything's beautiful.

When you're ready to order, just scream! Bye!

What? The Twerps are out there?

Afraid so! What do we do?

What do you think? We catch Pikachu!

It ain't like we ever veered from off of that plan, James.

But what happened to our plans

for a peaceful island retirement?

Who needs a peaceful lifestyle

when you can be stressed out and rich?

We don't?

We better figure out a way to dump

the old man and his hot milk.

JESSIE/JAMES Huh?

MEOWTH He's already an angry guy.

So if he sees us messing with the Twerps

he'll blow his top off!

"You will not mess up my favorite restaurant."

"Take your fighting outside!"

MEOWTH Then he'll treat us to a fist-powered blast off!

[whimpering]

- Maybe, Meowth's right. - Yes, I concur.

Ah! That was so good!

So, May, tell us. Which Pokémon are you using next contest?

You know, I haven't made up my mind!

Combusken did an awesome job in the Lilycove Contest

but lately, Bulbasaur and Skitty and Beautifly

are all doin' really great also!

- 'In a Pokémon Contest..' - Huh?

'Solid teamwork with one's Pokémon'

is the most essential element needed to be victorious.

So, you need to take the utmost care in choosing your partner.

Uh, right. Thank you very much, sir.

Hey, I know him. He's Drake from the Elite Four!

The Elite Four! Are you kidding me?

Well! You youngsters have heard of me!

That old guy is in the Elite Four?

Go figure.

Guess hot milk makes you tough.

Young man, I watched your battle, that one against Scizor.

Your battle strategy, your ability to think on your feet

and the timing of your attacks, yes, I was very impressed.

Really? Thank you! My name is Ash, sir!

This is my partner, Pikachu!

[SALUTATIONS]

- Hello, I'm May! - And my name is Max!

Sir, my name is Brock! And it's an honor to meet you!

How do you do?

You know, how would you all

like to come and take a little ride on my boat?

- That sounds like a lot of fun! - Yeah, we'd love to!

[EXCITED]

[laughing]

And don't forget, even the hired help love boats!

[groaning]

Uh, excuse us please!

What? Of course, we'd want to go with them!

Can you imagine anything more enjoyable

than a Pikachu-catching fun cruise?

If that Elite geezer finds out who we are

his fist-powered blast off will become more than just a vision.

Come on! You gotta think big to win big!

And I'm thinking this will be a big win!

Excuse me. What are you guys whispering for?

- We're not whispering. - Now, that would be rude!

- About my hot milk.. - Was it too un-hot milk-like?

The best milk I ever had!

So you three are welcome to come along with us!

JESSIE/JAMES Uh! Such elite generosity!

Heh! You can trust a Meowth to make a mean hot milk!

MAX Man, Drake is such a cool guy!

Yeah, he really is one of a kind, that's for sure!

Can you believe he's one of the Elite Four?

- So anyway ! - Can't wait to see the boat!

We're ready when you are, Drake-ster!

[chuckles]

There. That's it.

- 'Whoa!' - 'It's a huge sailboat!'

And it looks almost like a pirate ship!

My crew's been getting things ready.

So, we should be setting sail soon.

Hey, Captain, everything is ship-shape and ready to go!

Excellent! That young man is Fitzwilliam.

He's my trusted first mate!

WINGULL [HAPPY]

ASH 'Wow this deck is bigger than a b*ttlefield!'

And that's got to be the thickest mast I've ever seen!

Yep! There's never been a storm this ship couldn't handle!

- Excuse me, Mr. Drake? - What is it?

Do you think maybe we could have a look at your Pokémon, please?

Yeah! That'd be awesome!

[AGREEMENT]

I guess so, except, there's no fun in just showing them to you!

So, Ash, what do you say to a little battle?

A battle against you? You bet!

I've been waiting to battle with a strong opponent!

Wow! Cool, Ash.

Now, hold on a second.

Battling one of the Elite Four's no ordinary fight.

I'm not worried at all!

ASH 'I'm at the top of my game right now!'

I suggest a three round battle.

Whoever wins two out of the three, will attain victory.

And we need someone to be our judge!

- Uh, may I, sir? - Hm.

This couldn't have turned out any better

even if I'd written the script!

Yeah! While the brats are busy battling their brains out..

We wait for the perfect moment, and then, 'Hello, Pikachu!'

The Pokémon battle of the best two out of three

between Drake and Ash, will now begin!

- Come on! You can do it! - Good luck, Ash!

First, Ash, I think I'll start things out with this!

Go, Shelgon!

[APPEARING]

A Shelgon, huh? Okay. Pikachu, you get in there!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[FOCUSED]

[thinking] I know Shelgon are really slow, so I'll take it out

with some of Pikachu's speed attacks!

Ash, go right ahead. Attack from any angle that you feel like.

Pikachu! Thunderbolt, let's go!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[PAINED]

That's showin' 'em!

But Drake isn't doing a thing about it at all.

BROCK 'He's not even commanding it to Dodge.'

Pikachu! Use Thunderbolt, one more time!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

Shelgon! Use Double-Edge, now!

[DOUBLE EDGE MOVE]

Well, Shelgon dodged the attack, but it moved so slowly!

Yes. Pikachu's speedy attacks could be a big problem.

You're right! You know a lot about Pikachu, huh?!

[chuckles] Uh, well..

[EXERTION]

I knew it! Shelgon's moving slow!

Now, Pikachu, dodge using Quick Attack!

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]/[EXERTION]

ASH 'Yeah! That's it, Pikachu!'

That's weird. Drake's just standing there like before!

I guess just being part of the Elite Four

doesn't mean you're all that strong.

Don't be so sure.

[gasping]

Wait and you'll see what I mean.

BROCK/MAX/MAY Hmm.

[FOCUSED]

[thinking] It's already taken a Thunderbolt.

We've kept it running like crazy. So, let's end this!

Pikachu! Finish this up with Iron Tail!

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

Poor Shelgon!

If Drake doesn't do something, it's over!

But he's running out of time!

Almost there, Pikachu! Let's take it home!

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

Use Dragon Breath!

Uh..

[DRAGON BREATH MOVE]

[PAINED]

DRAKE Follow it up with Dragon Claw!

[DRAGON CLAW MOVE]

[PAINED]/[STUNNED]

Pikachu is unable to battle! Shelgon's the winner!

JESSIE/JAMES/MAY/MAX/BROCK Uh?

Pikachu lost.

Oh, wow!

- Wait, no way! - Hmm.

[PAINED]

Hey, Pikachu. You okay?

[TIRED]

Uh.

Whoa! He's intense.

He sure is. And his Shelgon is really strong.

I know, and I was so sure

Pikachu had the advantage, the whole time!

Apparently, Ash couldn't figure him out.

What do you mean by that?

You see, Drake's Shelgon has one of the best defenses

I've ever seen!

FITZWILLIAM 'And that's why the Captain'

'didn't move Shelgon at all'

'but calculated any damage and then waited for Pikachu'

'to get as close as possible.'

- I get it. - Hmm, good strategy.

And it comes from the Captain's experience of battling

the wildest seas all over the world!

That is the Captain's secret weapon!

Well, Ash.

Those were some pretty aggressive attacks you launched.

DRAKE 'The problem is, when you don't know your opponent's strength'

'those reckless kinds of attacks'

'can be dangerous.'

So, shall we move on to the next battle?

Alright. I choose this Pokémon!

Altaria, I choose you!

[APPEARING]

Altaria. Hmm.

ASH 'Then I know.'

Grovyle! Come on out!

[APPEARING]

MAX/MAY What?

But Grovyle's at a huge disadvantage against

Flying types like Altaria!

Interesting. I know just what's on Ash's mind!

With this many masts all over the ship

Grovyle's Agility would allow it to jump from one mast to another

just the same as if they were trees, smart!

Ash is a strong Trainer.

No wonder the Captain invited him aboard to have a battle!

If he thought that Ash wasn't a worthy opponent

the Captain never would've done that.

[laughs] So, Ash really is that good, huh?

Alright, go get them, Ash!

Grovyle! Use those masts to jump on!

[EXERTION]

[chuckles]

Grovyle! b*llet Seed!

[b*llet SEED MOVE]

- Dodge it! - Ah!

[EXERTION]

He made Altaria dodge!

Last time, he didn't give any orders at all!

That must be a strategy of his to confuse his opponents.

Grovyle, Leaf Blade, go!

[LEAF BLADE MOVE]

[FOCUSED]/[SHOCKED]

[FOCUSED]

Take Down, now!

[TAKE DOWN MOVE]

[PAINED]

Ah! Grovyle!

[PAINED]

Altaria, use Dragon Breath!

[DRAGON BREATH MOVE]

[PAINED]

BROCK/MAX Huh?

No, Grovyle!

- But what happened? - 'Ash!'

You can always count on any battle

to take lots of unexpected twists and turns.

To respond properly and in time

you must free your mind of all other thoughts!

So to have confidence is a good thing

but overconfidence can cause you to become careless

and to miss things that you normally would not.

Wow! Of course.

Drake must have sensed that Ash's confidence

was beginning to get a little bit carried away, that's why.

Only the one who can erase all idle thoughts

and concentrate completely, will control the battle!

Erase idle thoughts, complete concentration.

Altaria! Sky attack!

[SKY ATTACK MOVE]

- Whoa, look at that! - This is bad!

Look out, Ash!

[SKY ATTACK MOVE]

Don't think of anything else, just concentrate!

Grovyle! Use Quick Attack!

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]/ [SKY ATTACK MOVE]

[FOCUSED]/[SHOCKED]

- Altaria missed it! - Way to go, Grovyle!

Grovyle, Leaf Blade, now!

[LEAF BLADE MOVE]

Arial Ace!

[AERIAL ACE MOVE]/ [LEAF BLADE MOVE]

[SHOCKED]/[FOCUSED]

- Ugh. - Solar Beam!

[SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

[PAINED]

Oh, no!

[PAINED]

[STUNNED]

Grovyle is unable to battle. Altaria's the winner!

The victory goes to Drake!

Grovyle, are you..

Uh.

Yeah. Grovyle will be just fine.

But, I think you should take it to the Pokémon center.

It's on the outskirts of the Port.

Oh, okay.

Now, Grovyle, return!

I tried, Drake. Really.

- 'Listen, Ash.' - Huh?

You were looking quite good toward the end.

You really focused on the match

and emptied your mind of idle thinking!

Keep that as your first priority above all else!

I will! Thanks a lot, Drake!

Say, as soon as you all get back

perhaps I could treat you all to a little dinner!

Yeah!

That's awfully nice of you!

Wow! That was some battling kids!

How about a little post-fight refreshment?

Don't be shy. It's compliments of Drake.

- Well, okay-- - Ha!

[STARTLED]

- Alley oop! - De doop!

[laughing]

- Oh great, wouldn't you know! - Not them!

Prepare for trouble, as we sail ship-to-shore!

And since we've got Pikachu

why make it double, make it triple or more!

JESSIE To protect the world from devastation!

To unite all peoples within our nation!

To denounce the evils of truth and love!

To extend our reach to the stars above!

Jessie!

And James!

Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!

Surrender now or prepare to fight, fight and fight!

Meowth, that's right!

[AGREEMENT]

BROCK/MAX/MAY Ah! Team Rocket!

Give me Pikachu!

But it seems so happy with us!

Anyway, we worked really hard on this plan, don't ruin it for us.

- Yeah? Who cares? - Captain!

Anyone so low as to steal another's Pokémon

to them, I will show no mercy!

Go, Salamence! I choose you!

[APPEARING]

Whoa! It looks really mad!

Go away!

And take that attitude of yours with you!

Not sure it's listening.

Now/ Salamence, Dragon Claw!

[DRAGON CLAW MOVE]

[screaming]

[HAPPY]

Pikachu!

Finish with Flamethrower!

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

[screaming]

- Burned again! - That guy can cook!

And now we're toast.

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH We're blasting off again!

WOBBUFFET/CHIMECHO [AGREEMENT]

Man, that thing is strong.

Yeah, when it comes to sheer power

that Salamence is the best I've seen.

It's really well trained.

POKEDEX Salamence, the Dragon Pok mon.

Salamence is the final evolution of Bagon.

It is able to exhale powerful blasts of fire while flying.

Amazing! That's true power.

The power of the Elite Four.

[indistinct chatter]

Yum! This is great!

Even my recipe isn't this good!

Of course, it's great, since Drake made it.

It's nutritious as well

since Trainers need to keep up their strength!

Well, I feel like I'm getting a lot stronger already!

Wow, Drake, you're so strong anyway.

Are you trying to get stronger?

Believe it or not, Max

there was a time when I was losing a lot of battles.

- What? There really was? - Yes.

I started believing I was unbeatable

going from battle to battle just to prove it.

But I would lose time and time again.

After a great amount of honest soul searching

I finally figured out why I kept on losing.

DRAKE 'What had started as confidence had become overconfidence'

'and this was robbing me of my concentration in battle!'

Remember, battles aren't only about winning or losing.

There are great lessons in life to be learned from them also.

Young man, it is my opinion

you possess a great deal of potential.

DRAKE 'My advice is to keep battling stronger opponents'

'but without arrogance, or fear of defeat.'

Only then, will you and your generation of Trainers

grow and enhance the world of Pokémon even more!

Okay! I hear you, Drake! Hey, Pikachu!

You ready to go out and work even harder than ever?

[EXCITED]

NARRATOR Thanks to an unexpected meeting with Drake, of the Elite Four

Ash has been given a very valuable life lesson.

Something our Heroes will take with them

as they continue their journey.

♪ Walking down this endless highway ♪

♪ With nothing but my friends beside me ♪

♪ We'll never give in we'll never rest ♪

♪ Advanced Battle is the ultimate test ♪

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon Advanced Battle ♪

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪