09x20 - King and Queen for a Day

[bunniefuu]

NARRATOR Hard-fought describes Ash's Battle Palace win

over the wise and powerful Spenser.

Teaming up with his Heracross, Swellow and Sceptile

our hero took possession of the Spirit Symbol

his fifth symbol to date, leaving Ash to yell joyfully

to the Pokémon world..

Alright! I got me the Spirit Symbol!

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ It's a battle win or lose ♪

♪ It's the friends you make ♪

♪ It's the road you choose ♪

♪ You got the right stuff ♪

♪ So make your mind up ♪

♪ Find the courage inside of you ♪

♪ If you're strong you'll survive ♪

♪ And you'll keep your dream alive ♪

♪ It's the Battle Frontier ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Be the best you can be ♪

♪ And find your destiny ♪

♪ It's the master plan ♪

♪ The power's in your hands ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪

ASH "King and Queen for a Day!"

PIKACHU [HAPPY]

ASH 'How awesome is this?'

Symbol number five!

And if you get the sixth one

they tell you where the last Battle facility is.

Right.

So, what's our next stop, Brock?

Next, we're heading to the Battle Tower

which is located just outside of Cremini Town.

You know whoever you go up against will be tough.

Those are the best kinds to beat.

[AGREEMENT]

That's the last leg of our trip on water.

I could run all the way to Cremini Town.

[AGREEMENT]

You know, I'll bet you could.

[fanfare]

Huh?

Because your group contains the th person

to use this port, your day just became

a whole heck of a lot luckier!

Great, you say?

Wait, there's more!

Your lucky triple sevens entitle you all

to a complimentary post-cruise relaxation massage.

- Huh? - Come on. This is a joke right?

I'm afraid the port public relations people

don't pay us big bucks to be raucous.

The rubdowns are real!

- For all of us? - Of course!

Happy healing for humans and Pokémon alike.

Picture these dexterous digits dancing all over

your stress filled forms as your worries float away.

That sounds cool. We're all pretty beat from battling.

Great. Let's do it now.

JESSIE Good.

Now, is everybody feeling

nice and comfy cozy?

ASH/MAX/MAY/BROCK We sure are. Thanks.

- Feel like you can't move? - If not..

[chuckles] You will now.

- Huh? - My arm.

- Ah! - We're trapped.

ASH/MAX/MAY/BROCK What's going on here?

JESSIE/JAMES 'Or coming off?'

Prepare for trouble, you're stuck.

We're out of time, you're out of luck.

Team Rocket.

You can lay there forever, for all I care.

JAMES The far table looks appetizing.

'We'll have that one to go.'

[ANGRY]

Pikachu, Thunderbolt, hurry.

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[SHOCKED]

See? That's why we're so relaxed.

Okay, Sceptile, I choose you.

[APPEARING]/[ANGRY]

[gasping]

Now, Dustox, front and center.

[APPEARING]/[AFFIRMATIVE]

Hmm.. Go, Mime Jr.

[APPEARING]

[MIMICKING]

No! Cancel that.

You're just too cute and pink to fight.

Quick, Sceptile, Leaf Blade.

[LEAF BLADE MOVE]

DUSTOX [PAINED]

JESSIE 'Dustox, Psybeam, let's go.'

[PSYBEAM MOVE]

[PAINED]

[APPEARING]

MUNCHLAX [EXCITED]

- Huh? - Great, Munchlax.

Now use Metronome.

[METRONOME MOVE]

[SURPRISED]

[screaming]

What a wind bag.

[grunting]

[STRUGGLING]

[Team Rocket screaming]

TEAM ROCKET 'Off to the moon.'

Guess we did better than they did.

- Argh.. - Yeah.

- Maybe.. - Bonsly?

Hey.

[RELIEVED]

- Huh.. - Eevee.

- Bonsly's not here. - Where's Pikachu?

You don't think they're in the tent..

ASH/BROCK The tent?

[groaning]

Oh, no.

Where's Mime Jr.?

Same place as Meowth, I'll bet.

[AGREEMENT]

MEOWTH/MIME JR./PIKACHU/BONSLY [ALARMED]

MEOWTH 'I hate hanging upside down'

'like a sack of Poké-potatos.'

[PAINED]/[EXERTION]

[CURIOUS]

Umm...it looks like

no one's going to look after us but us.

[ALARMED]

[screams] There something I can do for you th*gs?

[PANICKED]

- Hmm. - Hmm.

While they're in the bag, let's burn rubber.

[SCARED]

- Argh, after them. - After them.

I'm telling you, I'd know those cheap black suits anywhere

'cause those are the clothes the Boss

makes his nastiest g*ons wear around.

[SCARED]

MEN IN BLACK Hey, you come back here this minute.

Hey, this way.

[SCARED]

- Wait. - Yeah, they got away.

- We should be so lucky. - We should be so lucky.

[grunting]

MEOWTH Come on, the Boss can't be that ticked off at me.

Wait, I'll bet those dopes

are part of an even bigger racket than Team Rocket

and they want to bump us off one by one.

First, they get me and then they get Jessie and James.

[CONFUSED]

Heh? Hmm, my advice?

Let's stay calm and cover our backsides.

- There they are. Hey, now wait. - Hey, now wait.

Scram, you guys!

[SCARED]

MEN IN BLACK Come back.

[EXERTION]

[grunting]

[groaning]

When I get my hands on you

you're going to wish I hadn't.

[PANICKED]

[shivering]

I don't want this creepy thing.

MEN IN BLACK 'You can't run forever.'

[PANICKED]

MEN IN BLACK Come back.

[SURPRISED]

[RELIEVED]

Guess we lost those dopes.

PIKACHU/MIME JR./BONSLY [AGREEMENT]

[UNHAPPY]/[TIRED]

My tummy's emptier than the bad guys' heads.

PIKACHU/MIME JR./BONSLY [TIRED]

Ehh?

[TIRED]

MEOWTH Those little guys are starving.

But how am I supposed to grab any grub

without any dough?

Heh?

WOMAN Oh, dear me, I can't get in.

Whoa. Boxes of Poké food.

This ought to be a piece of cake.

'Wardrobe.'

Excuse me, dear lady

but that load you're lugging could lighten a lot

if you'd let me lift it.

Thanks, that would be great.

And up...and down.

And up...and down.

And up...and down.

There...if I play my cards right

this last box could be mine.

- Uh, hmm-hmm. - There's one more..

Heh?

I was just backing up

to get a running start up the stairs.

You've been so helpful to me today.

Why don't you just keep it?

Your generosity is beyond belief.

[thinking] Not as fun as stealing, but hey..

[HUNGRY]

MEOWTH 'Feeding time.'

PIKACHU/MIME JR./BUNSLEY [SURPRISED]

Nothing like a box lunch.

PIKACHU [ANGRY]

For your information, I actually broke tradition

and worked my tail off for this booty, bub.

[EXCITED]

There's no sign of either Pikachu or Bonsly.

They've got to be somewhere and we'll find them.

Yeah, but imagine how upset Bonsly must be.

The fact that Bonsly can't eat solid food yet

doesn't help. Not at all..

BONSLY [UNHAPPY]

Are those Fake Tears again?

PIKACHU [EXPLAINING]

Oh, come on.

Bonsly's still chowing down on baby food?

Man. Sometimes it's a lot easier just being a jerk.

[DRINKING]/[HAPPY]

Well, that ought to hold the little whiner.

PIKACHU [PLEASED]/[AGREEMENT]

[PANICKED]

MEOWTH Bad guys, beat it.

MEN IN BLACK Come back here.

Hello? Mime Jr.?

Please be in there.

JAMES Why can't you and Meowth be conveniently

contained in this can?

Perhaps they prefer plastic.

- Oh. - The squeak of success?

QUEEN MIME JR./KING BONSLY [SCARED]

- Mime Jr.? - And Bonsly.

But that's not the darling I know and love..

KING BONSLY [UPSET]

JESSIE 'And that Bonsly doesn't look'

'Twerpish either.'

QUEEN MIME JR./KING BONSLY [UPSET]

- Whoa. - Ohh?

QUEEN MIME JR./KING BONSLY [SCARED]

JAMES They certainly are dressed for success.

JESSIE I'm sure that was a designer scarf.

[gasping]

- Ehh? - It's Bonsly.

And Mime Jr..

Bonsly, we were so worried about you.

BROCK 'Wait a minute, that doesn't'

'look like my Bonsly.'

ASH/MAY/MAX 'Huh?'

[cheering]

- Uh? - Who are they?

QUEEN MIME JR./KING BONSLY [SCARED]/[EXERTION]

[clamoring]

GIRL A Queen Mime Jr.!

GIRL B King Bonsly.

What did they say?

- King and Queen something.. - Ah!

Those two must be the famous Queen Mime Jr.

and King Bonsly that have such a blockbuster hit

on TV this season.

I love that new Pokémon romantic drama.

MAX Pok mon romantic drama?

Never heard of it.

It's the story of a love triangle

that turns into a love square

and then finally in the end

forces Queen Mime Jr. and King Bonsly

to ignore what everyone says and unite.

I went through a whole box of tissues

watching it the other night.

Yeah, the way King Bonsly and Queen Mime Jr.

stay true to their feelings for each other

no matter what the world throws at them..

...it really gets you.

What? You watch that stuff too?

BROCK It teaches me about love.

Well, if you were in school you'd be flunking.

BROCK Why must children be so cruel?

I thought it was weird seeing you watch so much TV

at the Pokémon Center, but now I know why.

[SCARED]/[EXERTION]

Huh?

'What's all the hubbub?'

- Good. They're back. - Yeah, it's about time.

MEOWTH What's up?

MAN King Bonsly and Queen Mime Jr.!

Where've you been?

Hey, I didn't know these two Pokémon were royal.

We've only got just a few daylight hours left.

You can't walk off the set when you feel like it.

'We've got people on staff looking everywhere for you.'

[CONFUSED]

Alright, people, as long

as my stars are safe, that's all that matters.

Look, we don't want anything to happen to you, do we?

[MIMICKING]

Hold on, either I need new glasses

or the King and Queen aren't looking quite right.

[all gasping]

You're right, Chief.

He-ey?

PIKACHU [CURIOUS]

I'm ready to yell "action"

and now you're telling me

that there's something wrong with my actors.

Come on, people, work with me.

- I need to lie down.. - But wait, Sir.

Hey, I get it now.

[thinking] Those three dopes were just members

of that director's staff looking for the King and Queen.

You know, I just might be able to turn

this calamity into a money making opportunity.

[cackling]

Yeah, that's the ticket..

Wait.. Hey! What's with you?

I know just what you're thinking.

All you need is some teamwork.

- Jessie. - Oh, Mime Jr.

I'm so glad you weren't stuck in the can.

MIME JR. [HAPPY]

[CURIOUS]

Pardon me, Sir, but would you happen to be a director?

- Uh, yes. - This is your lucky day.

I just happen to have a talent agency

and two of our star actors

are a Mime Jr. and Bonsly.

They both have resumes as long as your arm

and they've been tutored in the fine art of acting

by none other than the world's most famous

Pokémon drama instructor, me.

We are in a bit of a bind.

I guess at this point, we have nothing to lose.

That's the spirit.

[CONFUSED]

Hey, lookie here, Pika pal

those guys need a Mime Jr.

and Bonsly and we've got them.

It's the right thing to do.

[CONFUSED]

[CONFUSED]

DIRECTOR 'Okay, we're going to demo the scene'

where you two meet on the bridge

for the first time in months.

And, action.

At first you're just two ships

in the night, when suddenly..

[imitating King Bonsly] Bonsly-Bon!

[imitating Queen Mime Jr.] Mime-Mime!

You gaze deeply into each other's eyes..

Yes, a nice pause.

It's perfect.

And now you finish with a wild embrace.

- Mime! - Bonsly!

When it comes to dramatic intent

my two prodigies are Pokémon pros.

Great, then time for the rehearsal.

Just do what they did. Okay?

BONSLY [CRYING]

- Such a sensitive actor.. - People?

We've got a schedule to keep.

Yes, and keep it you will.

Why don't you start off with Mime Jr.?

Alright, Mime Jr., you're up.

Okay, kiddo, you just do what they do

and we'll be golden.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Can we take it one more time from the top?

Are we ready?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Mime-Mime?

[CURIOUS]

Mime!

[SMITTEN]

- Bonsly! - Mime!

[EXCITED]

That's a wrap. Sheer artistry.

Let's put it on film

and then break for lunch.

[EATING]

MEOWTH Fit for a king and queen.

I haven't had grub like this, since never.

What a royal spread.

They're even prepared for liquid refreshment

for the younger set.

Along with piles of professional Pokémon Pokémon food.

[EXCITED]/[EATING]

Let's see if we can get Pikachu on camera

as an extra and when they yell cut, we'll pounce.

Okey-doke.

ASH Man, they're not here either.

Look, that's Queen Mime Jr.

and King Bonsly, right?

MAX 'It is them.'

BROCK 'But something's not right.'

Excuse me.

Everything all right?

Do you know if there's a Pokémon Center

anywhere near here?

A Pokémon Center?

Is something wrong?

- Could be. My card. - 'Huh?'

BROCK 'The Sunmark Pokémon Talent Agency?'

Yeah, we've been on the lookout

for our talent agency's top two performers

King Bonsly and Queen Mime Jr.

And just when we found them

they collapsed from the strain of their ordeal.

- Huh? - Ohh..

So, a Pokémon Center'd

come in handy right now.

Sure would..

'Yeah, there it is.'

'Turn right at the next corner'

and it's the third building on the left.

Hey, thanks a lot.

I'm sorry Queen Mime Jr. and King Bonsly

don't feel well, but it's nice to see them.

I was wondering if perhaps

you might've spotted our Bonsly as well.

Yeah, I think we did see a Bonsly

hanging out with a Meowth

and a Pikachu, I believe.

Yeah, that's the right one.

Please, do you remember where you saw them last?

Hmm, the last time I saw them

they was hanging around that bridge.

Come on, we've got to go check it out.

- Right. - That's fabulous.

Queen Mime Jr. and King Bonsly have reappeared.

Huh-uh?

But I can't believe they were

wandering around the city while both running

high fevers in some sort of daze.

[Jessie chuckling]

Yes, alright. Bye bye.

I guess we'll have to stick with the stand-ins.

That was most scrumchee showbiz lunch I've ever had.

So. Let's make us a hit show.

Right, my job depends on it.

- Pikachu! - Bonsly!

[SURPRISED]/[EXCITED]

Ah, oh, Pikachu

are you okay?

PIKACHU [AFFIRMATIVE]

Did you eat something?

BONSLY [AFFIRMATIVE]

Yipes. It's the Twerps. Hide me.

Hidin' from a bunch of kids?

Huh, Bonsly a stand-in?

And we're running out of time.

We truly need your help.

- Brock, what do we do? - Hmm..

If you would, I'd love for you all

to be extras and get on camera with your Pokémon .

- Huh? - Huh.

- Me and Pikachu, too? - Wow.

You mean I would get to be a part

of my favorite romantic drama?

Tell me who's going to be my love interest?

See, because you're extras

all you do is walk around with the Pokémon.

- 'Ah, ha-ha.' - Hmm?

Sweet, naturally the greatest actress

in the world will appear with Meowth.

[Meowth laughing]

Then, time to make television history.

Camera up.

Episode number

Scene , Take .

Action.

You haven't seen each other for a long, long time.

[CURIOUS]

[SURPRISED]

Emotional surprise.

Yes, yes, now give me a nice pause..

'You can no longer hide your feelings.'

'You embrace feverishly.'

[EXCITED]

- Peace n' love, TV land. - Peace n' love, TV land.

Cut! Cut!

Cut yourself. Who are you talking to?

DIRECTOR I'm talking to you, Tootsie

and you're in the way.

STAFF Come on.

TEAM ROCKET Get your hands off of me.

Purr, purr, purr..

- We've done it now, Jess. - No way.

No one bounces a high caliber actress like me.

I'm going to make sure the only thing

that director ever directs again is traffic.

Then we grab Pikachu.

Okay, let's make the hugging scene.

Action.

[EXCITED]

DIRECTOR 'Good, now bring it in'

'a little tighter.'

[expl*si*n]

- Huh? - Oh, dear.

JESSIE 'Prepare for trouble, you're a little too tight.'

JAMES 'You double-crossed us, now it's time to fight.'

An evil as old as the galaxy.

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 it's James.

Meowth's the name.

Whenever there's peace in the universe..

- Team Rocket.. - Will be there..

TEAM ROCKET To make everything worse.

[AGREEMENT]

[MIMICKING]

Team Rocket.

Alright, Mister Cameraman

roll that camera.

[crashing] Take that. Out.

I told you, you clowns

were getting in the way.

- Ahh. - Ugh.

And you don't touch the world's

greatest actress.

How dare you talk back to the director?

Now, Bonsly, go.

Let's use Double-Edge.

[DOUBLE EDGE MOVE]

Why you, preschool pipsqueak, how dare you pound me

with your pediatric pop ups?

Now, Mimic, Mime Jr..

[MIMIC MOVE]

[EXERTION]

Bonsly, Fake Tears, now.

[FAKE TEARS MOVE]

MIME JR. [PAINED]

Tickle, Mime Jr..

[TICKLE MOVE]

[LAUGHING]

Bonsly, use Flail.

[FLAIL MOVE]

Fabulous.

Keep it rolling. Keep it rolling.

A Pokémon move answered with another Pokémon move..

...now, that's true love.

Okay, Mime Jr.

Confuse them with Teeter Dance.

[TEETER DANCE MOVE]

BONSLY [CONFUSED]

MEOWTH Déjà vu.

Got to dance..

Thanks a lot.

[James giggling]

Brock, you're bumping me

a little too hard.

[CONFUSED]

This will be my finest work!

Two Pokémon dancing the dance of love

and the whole world dances with them.

A true masterpiece.

'And the award for Best Drama Series'

'goes to...me.'

I wish to thank the Academy

my mother, my father and Queen Mime Jr.

and King Bonsly.

- Yeah! - Whee!

You're not making me have fun.

Get out here, Seviper.

[APPEARING]/[AFFIRMATIVE]

Okay, Pikachu, Iron Tail. Let's go.

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

SEVIPER [PAINED]

Give them Poison Tail, Seviper.

[POISON TAIL MOVE]

[EXERTION]

Volt Tackle, Pikachu, go.

[VOLT TACKLE MOVE]

SEVIPER [FEARFUL]

[PAINED]

TEAM ROCKET Back, back, back, back, ba-ack!

[screaming]

Did you like show business?

MIME JR. [AFFIRMATIVE]

Yeah? The only thing good about it is the food.

I've always known I'd be a star someday

but not this kind.

TEAM ROCKET We're blasting off again.

WOBBUFFET [AGREEMENT]

Great, people. That's a wrap. Cut!

Yay!

NARRATOR Another Bonsly

another Mime Jr..

They may be royalty to millions of TV fans

but for our heroes, their own Pokémon rule

as their journey continues.

[HAPPY]

♪ Yo Pokémon Masters ♪

♪ Your heart beats faster training for the top ♪

♪ 'Cause you know you can't stop ♪

♪ Your training kicks now Pokémon Pow wow ♪

♪ The power of a master all before you will bow ♪

♪ But don't let it get to your head young Trainer ♪

♪ The road is long and filled with danger ♪

♪ Everyone says they deserve to be number one ♪

♪ But who can top you? The answer is none ♪

♪ Because they've never seen an expert like you. ♪

♪ One who knows the difference between Mewtwo and Mew. ♪

♪ Or someone who can tell you the type Pikachu. ♪

♪ Or someone who can tell you which Pokémon's new ♪

♪ First you kick it in Kanto ♪

♪ Then you head to Johto ♪♪