08x47 - On Cloud Arcanine

[bunniefuu]

NARRATOR Our heroes continue their journey to the Battle Arena

Ash's next step in his quest to conquer the Battle Frontier!

On the way, they decide to stop at an out-of-the-way

but very popular bakery.

I can't believe this line, May.

These gourmet cakes of yours better be worth it.

Oh, they will.

My guidebook calls it the best bakery around.

ARCANINE [EXERTION]

- What's that? - What's goin' here?

[EXERTION]

That's an Arcanine!

[CURIOUS]

POKEDEX Arcanine, the Legendary Pokémon.

Arcanine runs so smoothly it appears to be flying

'and is known for its majestic cry.'

It really does look like it's flyin'.

Now's probably not the best time to discuss it!

WOMAN 'It's coming closer.'

[DETERMINED]

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Walking down this endless highway ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪

ASH "On Cloud Arcanine!"

[DETERMINED]

[gasping]

[EXERTION]

[thinking] Whoa!

[EXERTION]

- That was cool! - I'd love to catch it.

- Arcanine! - Huh?

'Look, it's Drew!'

Go, Flygon, Flamethrower!

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

[HEAT WAVE MOVE]

Arcanine's usin' Heat Wave!

[SHOCKED]

ARCANINE [EXTREME SPEED MOVE]

What's that?

Now it's usin' its Extreme Speed!

[EXTREME SPEED MOVE]

DREW Got away!

[growling]

[FRUSTRATED]

So what's Extreme Speed, Brock?

It's an attack that increases a Pokémon's speed.

And by using it during battle

it will almost guarantee you the first attack.

DREW Only an amateur would ask a question like that,May.

I didn't know you were here in Kanto too, Drew.

Real winners can never resist competition.

Though that does make me wonder why you'rehere.

Can't you try to be polite?

I guess that means you've come to enter

the Kanto Grand Festival, too, huh?

Well, more accurately I'm here to winit.

You're a lock for "Most annoying"

but I'm winning the Festival!

Yeah? Think so?

- Check it out. - Uh!

Is that a genuine Kanto Contest Ribbon?

DREW 'That it is.'

Oh, I still haven't won a single one of those!

Well, of course, you haven't.

I'm on my way to catch that Arcanine now

so I can continue winning my way through Kanto.

For your information, I'm gonna catch that Arcanine!

Love to see you try.

But I hate to see you humiliated.

[grunts] I'm gonna show you!

Let's go, Flygon.

Let's go get that Arcanine!

[DETERMINED]

[Drew chuckles]

Wow, Drew's Flygon is really somethin' else!

Who cares? I'm about to show him somethin' else!

And capturin' that Arcanine will be the perfect way to start!

Yeah! And we can all help you out!

[DETERMINED]

Let's go, then!

- Alright! Yeah. - Yeah!

Wasn't that the Twerps?

Wonder what they're doing here?

I guess, word has really spread about my cakes.

MAN Maybe they're here for your jobs after I fire you!

JESSIE/MEOWTH/JAMES Breaktime's over!

Lazy muffin-makers. Get back to work!

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH Okay!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[CURIOUS]

That Arcanine Drew was chasing back there was so cool!

Yeah, but catching it is not gonna be easy, that's for sure.

I know it's gonna be tough, but it'll be worth it.

[CURIOUS]

- Did you find it, Mudkip? - Huh?

[EXERTION]

There it is!

This is our chance to grab it while it's busy eating.

Yes.

Combusken, go capture Arcanine!

COMBUSKEN [APPEARING]

[STARTLED]/[EXERTION]

[DETERMINED]

[EXERTION]

I think Combusken is catching up!

[EXCITED]

[EXTREME SPEED MOVE]

[gasps] It's Extreme Speed again!

[EXTREME SPEED MOVE]

[DISAPPOINTED]

I guess we should've expected that, huh?

A Combusken could never match that Extreme Speed.

[SURPRISED]/[EMBARRASSED]

Huh?

[EMBARRASSED]

What? Oops.

[SHEEPISH]/[UPSET]

- Sorry! - It's okay, Combusken!

It wasn't fair to ask you to catch something so fast.

So how are we gonna catch that Arcanine

if we can't even catch up with it?

Yeah.

We'll have to think this capture through.

And that's gonna require getting some information.

[grunts]

Well, he might know something, right?

Yeah, I would assume that someone

living out here in the forest

has encountered that Arcanine at least a few times!

[grunts]

Maybe we shouldn't bother him now!

I'm not afraid of him.

Hi there.

Hm? Yes, what can I do for ya?

MAN What's taking so long?

[indistinct]

MAN They don't have an upside-down cake!

Please! Hold your Horsea all of you!

[growls]

Um? Oh! That looks good! Mm. Mm. Mm.

'Take a little taste.'

Umm. Mmm.

- 'W-what?' - Huh?

What do you think you're doing? Let me show you.

- Huh? - Ah. Mm-mm..

- What's this? - Hm?

[growls] Don't put little holes in the cake!

Take chunks like this! Um. Um. Um.

[gasps]

Oh, wait! You mean like this? Um..

Let me try! Um. Um..

But ya can't just steal from one side though.

Yeah! You gotta balance it out, right?

So no one notices the missing parts!

[gobbling]

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[CONTENT]

MAN I suppose you've come hoping to learn

about the Arcanine that lives here.

A young man with a Flygon

asked me the same question an hour back!

- What? - No way!

And I'll bet Drew was nice and polite

and so you told him everything!

Mm-hm. I sure did.

So then, will you tell us everything too?

JAMES 'This cake's not looking so good'

Do you think anyone will notice?

Of course, they will!

Why did you two eat so much?

It was youse two eatin' it way before me!

[groaning]

- 'Hey, you three!' - Ah!

MAN 'Bring me that big wedding cake there on the counter!'

You take it, James!

No way, I'd rather be run over by a Miltank!

Okay. Then we'll hide it.

Hey! Are you three deaf or wha..

What happened to the three-layer wedding cake I had here?

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH Cake? What cake?

[SHOCKED]

[gasps]

You're fired!

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH But, what about our paychecks?

Now it used to be that that Arcanine

never came down from those mountains at all!

'But lately it seems like I see it almost everyday'!

Take a look at this map of the forest.

Now right here's a grove of Pecha trees it knows about.

And, uh.. Over here there's a spring where it goes to drink.

Wow.

That's a big forest for it to hide in, huh?

Any idea where we ought to start?

Well, the spring is close to here

and we know it needs water.

Yup! I'd say you kids are on the right track already!

Thanks! You've been a really big help.

[instrumental music]

That Drew better not have been here already!

So if he hasn't, what kind of Pokémon will you use?

My Squirtle.

Water type against a Fire type.

Sounds like a good idea.

ASH 'So where is it already?'

I don't know. Maybe Drewhas it.

Even if he had beaten us to it

he'd still be here battling.

That Arcanine won't go down

without a major fight, that's for sure.

[stomach growls]

Uh-oh.

I guess it's time for lunch.

Listen, if you don't keep it down

you'll never eat lunch again!

Okay.

[stomach growls]

- Oh. - Stop it!

How am I supposed to stop my stomach from growling?

You're arguing's louder than his stomach.

Now, what do ya say we all take a little lunch break?

Yeah, besides, May

you don't wanna get into a battle on an empty stomach.

[EXCITED]

Oh.

[HAPPY]

Is somethin' different about your cookin' today, Brock?

Maybe we're just extra hungry.

Well, I did use a lot of fresh vegetables

I got from that old woodsman.

I'm almost glad Arcanine isn't showing up now!

Huh? Uh!

[CALM]

[gasping]

Arcanine!

[STARTLED]

Wait! Come back!

[sighs]

[stomach growls]

[groans] I'm starving.

You'd think he could have waited to fire us until after lunch.

Well, it wasn't my bright idea

to start pokin' holes in that cake!

No, it was your idea to eat big chunksof it!

WOBBUFFET [EXCITED]

[PROUD]

[gasping]

Look at all those Pecha Berries!

And Wobbuffet got one for each of us!

[EXCITED]

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH 'No!'

[SHOCKED]/[PANICKED]

Cough up those berries, right now!

Even if they're covered in Wobbu-slobber!

How about you just show us where ya found 'em?

[SCARED]

[instrumental music]

PIKACHU [AMAZED]

ASH/MAY/BROCK/MAX 'Wow!'

Look at 'em all!

Can you believe all of these Pecha Berries?

Perfectly ripe and all ready to eat.

No wonder Arcanine comes here.

And I've got the perfect plan.

ASH/MAX/MAY Huh?

BROCK 'There are steep cliffs on the east'

'and west sides of this forest.'

So the only two ways Arcanine can come in

are from the north or from the south.

'May and Max, you take the north side.'

And Ash and I will hide and wait for it, here at the south.

So if Arcanine does come down by us

then we'll just push it towards May and Max?

- You got it! - Great!

This time I'm gonna catch that Arcanine for sure.

Corphish, I choose you!

[APPEARING]

Come on, Mudkip!

[APPEARING]

Go, Squirtle!

[APPEARING]

- Everybody's in position. - Yeah.

[FOCUSED]

Now we just need Arcanine to walk into our trap.

[CURIOUS]

There you are, Arcanine.

Corphish! Bubble Beam, go!

[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

[STARTLED]

Perfect, here it comes!

Mudkip, Water g*n Attack!

MUDKIP/ARCANINE [WATER g*n MOVE]/[STARTLED]

Here it comes, May!

[EXCITED]

Okay! Ready to go, Squirtle? Squirtle? Uh!

[SNORING]

Squirtle! Now's not the time to be taking a nap!

[STARTLED]

Get up, and let's do this!

[FOCUSED]

ARCANINE/SQUIRTLE [DETERMINED]

[ROAR MOVE]

[SCARED]

- Woah! - Woah!

It sent it back with Roar!

Hey, May, I have a good idea.

What if you use Munchlax's Metronome?

Well, it's worth a shot.

Munchlax, Metronome!

[APPEARING]

ARCANINE [STARTLED]

[METRONOME MOVE]

Now if it'll just turn into a speed attack..

Then I know I'll be able to catch Arcanine!

[EXTREME SPEED MOVE]

- Alright! Extreme Speed. - Come on, Munchlax.

Go after that Arcanine!

[EXTREME SPEED MOVE]

- Ah! - Look at the two of them go!

Okay, jump up onto Arcanine, Munchlax!

[EXTREME SPEED MOVE]

Uh! It just ran past it.

No, Munchlax! What'd you do that for?

[EXTREME SPEED MOVE]

It's using Extreme Speed, alright.

[EXASPERATED]

Yeah, but too bad it's using it to collect Pecha Berries

while Arcanine's getting away.

[HAPPY]/[EXCITED]

[EXERTION]

[panting]

Are you sure this is the way to those berries, Wobbuffet?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

At least we're goin' downhill.

A lot like our baking career.

[sighing]

That wasn't easy.

But the eating will be!

JESSIE/MEOWTH/JAMES Huh?

MEOWTH 'Hey, those Pecha Berry trees'

'have been picked clean!'

[PANICKED]

What's the big idea, you blue bulb-headed..

ARCANINE [FOCUSED]

- What was that? - It's an Arcanine.

And it's also the answer to all our problems

if we can just catch it!

- I doubt that, Meowth. - Mm-hm.

Just imagine the Boss cold and shivering in his bed..

The Head of all Team Rocket

should never have frosty goosebumps!

And fortunately he won't have to.

'Cause we're gonna give him Arcanine to sleep with!

As he sleeps soundly, warmed by its soft fur, he'll say..

[imitates Boss] "I must remember to reward Meowth and friends

for giving me such a furry and heat-producing Arcanine gift."

JAMES/JESSIE Good idea!

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH We'll get big fat raises

and lots of praises coming our way!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[instrumental music]

So tell me again why we're up here?

'Cause this is our last chance.

The old woodsman said Arcanine likes to come up here.

So if it does, we'll have it cornered on the ledge

with nowhere else to run.

And with no more distractions like Pecha Berries

what could possibly go wrong?

[SURPRISED]

[CALM]

BROCK 'There it is!'

Go get it, May!

[SURPRISED]

So, Arcanine, this time you're not getting away!

- Huh! - Oh, no!

Go, Flygon.

[DETERMINED]

What are you doing?

I was here first, Drew!

Uh, hardly. I was up on that ledge since this morning.

[gasping]

[DETERMINED]/[EXERTION]

[sighs]

SQUIRTLE [DISAPPOINTED]

Great, thanks to you, Arcanine got away

and now neither one of us has it!

Please. Like you ever had a chance of catching it anyway.

How dare you, Drew?

If you think you're so great let's have a battle right now

to see who goes after Arcanine.

Huh, I guess a little warm-up practice won't hurt.

BROCK Let this one-on-one Pokémon battle begin!

I'll give you the first move.

You'll probably regret that!

Squirtle, start with Tackle!

[TACKLE MOVE]

- Why'd she start off with that? - All Drew has to do is..

Go, Flygon, fly!

[EXERTION]

[SCARED]/[SHOCKED]

Very good.

Now why don't you show us all

a beautiful Steel Wing?

[STEEL WING MOVE]

Dodge it, May!

What am I gonna do?

Use your Bubble Attack, Squirtle!

[STARTLED]/[BUBBLE MOVE]

[EXERTION]

[PAINED]

[UPSET]

Oh! I'm sorry about that, Squirtle.

[SAD]

You really left Squirtle defenseless there.

I didn't even use a full-strength attack.

Flygon, let's hit the road!

FLYGON [AFFIRMATIVE]

Huh?

Hey, this battle's not over!

- What? - Hey!

PIKACHU [CONFUSED]

Arcanine came up here and somehow it just disappeared.

[STARTLED]

ASH Huh?

ARCANINE [PLEASED]

[EXCITED]

- Arcanine.. - And little ones.

That explains why it was so interested in food.

It has kids?

So I guess it must have figured

it needed to come down the mountain

more often to gather food for them.

[SHOCKED]

Hey, just what do you think you're doin'?

JESSIE Prepare for trouble, and stop your crying.

JAMES Make it double, the fur's a flying.

JESSIE An evil as old as the galaxy.

JAMES Sent here to fulfill our destiny.

Meowth, that's me!

To denounce the evils of truth and love.

To extend our reach to the stars above.

- Jessie. - And James.

And Meowth again!

Anywhere there's peace in the universe..

- Team Rocket.. - Will be there.

JAMES/MEOWTH/JESSIE To make everything worse!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[HAPPY]

Team Rocket, let those Growlithe babies go!

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH Huh?

[SCARED]

JESSIE Growlithe?

We're after the Arcanine, Meowth

not those little baby crumb-snatchers!

Hey, a net's not a precision tool.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[AGGRESSIVE]

MEOWTH 'Backup.'

How nice of Arcanine to simply surrender.

Now we have a complete matching set!

MEOWTH So let's make like a match and blow out of here!

They can't get away!

[ANGRY]

Drew, try and stop them with Flygon.

Yeah, right.

Flygon, let's give 'em Steel Wing Attack.

[STEEL WING MOVE]

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH 'Ah! Oh, no!'

Let's go now!

[screaming]

JESSIE Even our crash landings are messed up!

We got 'em!

- Let's go, Brock! - Right!

- 'Wait.' - Huh?

Let Drew and I finish it up this time.

Yeah, since we were the ones who started this whole thing off.

[chuckles] Alright, it's all yours!

[HAPPY]

Come on, Flygon, we gotta rescue Arcanine!

Steel Wing the net!

[STEEL WING MOVE]

[STARTLED]

ARCANINE [DETERMINED]

[EXERTION]

[gasping]

Do somethin', you two.

The Boss's furry blanket is gettin' away!

Go, Cacnea!

[APPEARING]

[AFFECTIONATE]

Not me, Cacnea, turn around and attack them!

[PIN m*ssile MOVE]

Squirtle, Bubble Attack!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[BUBBLE MOVE]

- Not bad! - Wait till I really get goin'!

Ugh! Well, I wouldn't chalk up the victory yet, if I were you.

Dustox, Poison Sting!

[APPEARING]

[POISON STING MOVE]

Bring it down with Flamethrower, now!

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

Yeah!

Those two are a great team!

Even though their styles are totally different

they work well together.

Don't give up, Cacnea, use your Sandstorm.

[SANDSTORM MOVE]

SQUIRTLE [PAINED]

SQUIRTLE/FLYGON [SURPRISED]/[CARING]

Thanks for that, Drew.

Well, ready to finish this up, May?

Yeah! Squirtle, hop aboard Flygon!

FLYGON/SQUIRTLE [DETERMINED]

FLYGON [EXERTION]

CACNEA/DUSTOX [DETERMINED]

Jump off, and Tackle it!

Flygon, follow with Steel Wing!

SQUIRTLE/DUSTOX [TACKLE MOVE]/[PAINED]

FLYGON/CACNEA [STEEL WING MOVE]/[PAINED]

CACNEA/DUSTOX [PAINED]

- Now for the knockout! - Flygon!

- Finish it with Flamethrower! - Finish it with Water g*n!

SQUIRTLE [WATER g*n MOVE]

FLYGON [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

[screaming]

Maybe we could get our jobs back at the bakery?

I don't need to see another dessert for a very long time.

Guess we should have known

that we couldn't have our cake and eat it, too, huh?

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!

WOBBUFFET [AFFIRMATIVE]

[HAPPY]

There it is. So, did you change your mind about catching it?

Yeah.

- Go ahead. - Huh..

As much as I think I could win with it.

I don't wanna break up a happy family.

Hm. So I'll let them be.

Yeah.

[GRATEFUL]

[HAPPY]

DREW I guess this is goodbye.

Until we meet again, at least.

You know, there's a contest coming up in Saffron City

I think you should enter.

I hadn't heard anything about it.

Why? Are you entering?

No, I have to focus on finding a new Pokémon

to strengthen my team first.

But I think you'd do really well in it.

Wow, thank you, Drew.

According to the map, Saffron City

isn't very far from where we are now.

Right on our way to the Battle Arena.

Well, May, wanna do it?

Yeah, I've been totally wantin' to enter another Contest.

Great!

Then let's get goin' and make it to Saffron City

before it starts!

[EXCITED]

NARRATOR As our heroes continue their journey

the road ahead now holds two destinations

Saffron City for May, and the Battle Arena for Ash!

And though their goals may be different

both share the same excitement for the challenges ahead.

♪ Walking down this endless highway ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪