12x29 - Uncrushing Defeat!

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PIKACHU: [PAINED]

GLISCOR, BUIZEL, MONFERNO, STARAPTOR, GROTLE: [PAINED]

NARRATOR: In the wake of a full Pokémon battle loss to Paul,

NARRATOR: Ash and his struggling Pokémon

are staying at the Pokémon Center on Lake Acuity to rest,

heal, and recharge.

PIPLUP: [WORRIED]

DAWN: Piplup, don't worry! Soon everyone will be just fine!

BROCK: Right! All we have to do is leave it up to Nurse Joy!

DAWN: Ash, wait!

Sometimes it's hard to know,

Which way you're supposed to go.

But deep inside, you know you're strong.

If you follow your heart, you can't be wrong.

Stand up! (Stand up!)

For what is right. Be brave!

Get ready to fight.

Hold on! (Hold on!)

We're friends for life. And if we come,

together as one,

Complete the quest, that we've begun,

We will win the battle!

Galactic Battles! Pokémon!

YANMEGA: [EXERTION] JAMES: Bombs away!

CARNIVINE, SEVIPER, WOBBUFFET: [PLAYFUL]

JESSIE: After yesterday's trouncing,

I sincerely doubt the Twerps will be traveling for a while...

JAMES: Saying they took damage is an understatement at best!

MEOWTH: True, but seeing a joust like that makes it worthwhile!

JAMES: And how! Those warriors were on fire!

It was a knock-down drag-out battle slogfest!

MEOWTH: Yeah! And wasn't Chimmy rocking hard?

JAMES: Yes! Not to mention

the emotional evolving into Monferno!

JESSIE: But the numbers don't lie,

and losing six to two is a landslide if I ever saw one.

MEOWTH: Yeah. Bummer.

JAMES: I'll bet the Twerp must be feeling

lower than a pit trap!

MEOWTH: I'll double that bet.

WOBBUFFET, CARNIVINE, SEVIPER: [PLAYFUL]

JESSIE: Attacking Twerps when they're at their lowest

is Team Rocket rule one!

MEOWTH: Can't you turn it down?

JAMES: I'm witless enough!

JESSIE: The predator always preys

on the weakest of the Twerpish herd!

The time to pluck Pikachu is now,

while the iron is red-hot... so!

JESSIE: We're faced with an opportunity we can't refuse!

JAMES: It's times such as these

that make me grateful for my day job...

MEOWTH: If Jessie's yapping was worth money, we'd be rich!

WOBBUFFET: [AFFIRMATIVE]

TORTERRA/GLISCOR: [BATTLING]

STARAPTOR/WEAVILE: [BATTLING]

GROTLE/HONCHKROW: [BATTLING]

GLISCOR: [PAINED]

BROCK: Gliscor, don't cry! It'll be over soon!

HAPPINY: [ENCOURAGING]

GROTLE, STARAPTOR: [WHIMPERING]

MONFERNO, PIKACHU: [WHIMPERING]

PIPLUP: [CONCERNED]

DAWN: I just wish there was something I could do to help!

PIPLUP: [SAD AGREEMENT]

PIPLUP: [EXCITED]

PIPLUP: [PLAYFUL]

DAWN: Wow, thanks, Piplup! I get it.

You're saying I shouldn't be down, too!

PIPLUP: [AGREEMENT]

DAWN: That's it!

DAWN: I just had the greatest thought!

And you Piplup, you're just who I need to help me out with this!

PIPLUP: [EXCITED]

DAWN: Wow, this is going to be great!

PIPLUP: [EXCITED]

HAPPINY: [HAPPY]

BROCK: Thanks a lot, Happiny!

JOY: Brock? I really can't thank you enough!

You're such a big help!

BROCK: Nurse Joy... I would gladly give of myself

completely in order to serve your tiniest desire.

CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

BROCK: Wait! Croagunk, please!

You... you've got it all wrong,

Croagunk I was just helping Nurse Joy out.

You see, it's all perfectly innocent, and that's it!

JOY: Oh dear! Monferno's recovery seems so slow.

JOY: I do think it's because Monferno took so much damage.

JOY: Brock, please...

do you think you could go into the woods near here

and look for some Cheri Berries for me?

BROCK: I'd love to! I'll be back soon!

BROCK: Finding Cheri Berries is harder than I thought!

BROCK: Lake Acuity!

BROCK: Wow, could that be?

BROCK: Wow! Cheri Berries!

DAWN: Okay! One and two, one and two!

DAWN: One and two, great!

DAWN: You're all looking wonderful!

PACHIRISU, BUNEARY: [EXCITED]

DAWN: All right, now it's Piplup's turn!

PACHIRISU, BUNEARY: [SURPRISED]

PIPLUP: [EXCITED]

JOY: Here! Mashed Cheri Berries

MONFERNO: [GRATEFUL]

MONFERNO: [SHOCKED] MONFERNO: [EXCITED]

JOY: I think we can relax now!

BROCK: Monferno, that's excellent!

MONFERNO: [DELIGHTED]

GLISCOR, BUIZEL, PIKACHU, GROTLE, STARAVIA: [CHEERING]

ASH: Him...

BUIZEL: [BATTLING]

URSARING: [BATTLING]

STARAPTOR: [BATTLING]

GLISCOR: [BATTLING]

TORTERRA: [BATTLING]

PIKACHU: [BATTLING]

ELECTABUZZ: [BATTLING] MONFERNO: [BATTLING]

ASH: Paul...

ASH: I lost to Paul!

ASH: Pikachu!

PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

BUIZEL, GLISCOR, GROTLE, STARAPTOR, MONFERNO: [HAPPY]

ASH: Everybody!

BUIZEL: [EXCITED] GLISCOR: [EXCITED]

GROTLE: [EXCITED] STARAPTOR: [EXCITED]

MONFERNO: [EXCITED]

BUIZEL, GLISCOR, GROTLE, STARAPTOR, MONFERNO: [EXHAUSTED]

ASH: Oh man! Please don't overdo it!

ASH: Okay. You're all trying to cheer me up now, right?

PIKACHU: [UNSURE]

ASH: Right! PIKACHU: [SHOCKED]

ASH: I'm fine now!I'm not feeling sad one little bit!

ASH: Paul sure is tough!

ASH: He's got his own way of getting strong,

and I've got to admit he gave it his all!

That's how he got strong in the first place!

ASH: But hey! We're gonna get stronger, too!

It's not going to be easy, though.

ASH: So, there's only one thing to do!

We're gonna have to work harder than Paul!

And when we meet up with him again,

we're gonna beat that guy! What do you say, g*ng?

BUIZEL, GLISCOR, PIKACHU,

GROTLE, MONFERNO, STARAPTOR: [EXCITED]

ASH: Come on! Get off! Hey, guys! Get OFF!

BUIZEL, GLISCOR, PIKACHU,

GROTLE, MONFERNO, STARAPTOR: [AFFECTIONATE]

ASH: Oops! Guess I forgot to eat something today!

MONFERNO, PIKACHU, STARAPTOR: [LAUGHING]

JESSIE: Well, well!

The Twerp Pokémon cheering squad!

ASH: Guys, I'm back! PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

DAWN: Ash! Brock just told us he saw it!

ASH: Saw it? Saw what? PIKACHU: [CURIOUS]

JOY: The Pokémon that you saw at Lake Acuity.

JOY: Was it this one?

BROCK: That's it! But now that I think about it,

the thing that I saw was more like a shadow

than the actual Pokémon itself!

DAWN: It sounds to me like it was the spirit of Uxie

that you saw!

DAWN: Just like the time when I saw Mesprit on Lake Verity!

ASH: And just like when I saw Azelf on Lake Valor!

JOY: Now, according to this book,

it says that all three Pokémon

might actually have come from the same Egg!

JOY: It also says that from Uxie,

who is referred to as The Being of Knowledge,

comes the wisdom to solve problems.

From Mesprit, called The Being of Emotion,

comes the joys and pain of life, and from Azelf,

The Being of Willpower,

comes the resolve to accomplish whatever task may be at hand.

JOY: And it's the power of these three that

keeps the world in balance...

JOY: At least, that's what this book is saying.

DAWN: To think they're Legendary Pokémon,

and the three of us saw them!

ASH: We saw them, all right!

PIKACHU: [AMAZED]

PIPLUP: [AMAZED]

BROCK: Could it have been an accident?

Or do all of these happenings mean something?

JOY: It's mysterious, that's for sure!

ASH: Not sure why, but this is starting to get kind of fun!

Right, Pikachu?

PIKACHU: [AGREEMENT]

PIPLUP: [CURIOUS]

DAWN: I'm worried Ash is trying to do too much...

ASH: What do you mean too much? PIKACHU: [CURIOUS]

DAWN: It's nothing!

But there is something I want to show you, though!

PIPLUP: [AGREEMENT] ASH, PIKACHU: [CURIOUS]

JAMES: But I worry we're sorely underprepared this time.

JESSIE: Now, now, worry not!

The Twerp is bummed out to the point of being beside himself,

which will enable us the luxury of

effortlessly capturing Pikachu with nary a robot in sight!

MEOWTH: I'm making sure at least we'll be shockproof,

which is saying something!

DAWN: Warm greetings, ladies and gentlemen!

I'd like to start off our proceedings by thanking you all

very much for coming to see Dawn's Pokémon Circus!

ASH: Wonder what Dawn's up to this time.

JOY: You see, Dawn's been working really hard,

practicing for this performance just to cheer you up!

And you'll love it!

ASH: This is for us? PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

DAWN: Now keep your eyes open!

We begin Dawn's circus with a feat of pure acrobatic skill!

MAMOSWINE: [GREETING]

PACHIRISU: [GREETING] BUNEARY: [GREETING]

PACHIRISU, BUNEARY: [PLAYFUL]

ASH: Oh wow!

PACHIRISU, BUNEARY: [PLAYFUL]

ASH, BROCK, PIKACHU: [LAUGHING]

PACHIRISU, BUNEARY: [PLAYFUL]

DAWN: Great! Everyone, pose!

MAMOSWINE: [PLAYFUL]

DAWN: Ta-daaa!

ASH: Oh wow, that was awesome!

PIPLUP: [INSISTENT] PIPLUP: [CONFIDENT]

PIPLUP: [EXERTION]

PIPLUP: [PROUD]

DAWN: Well! So you say you can really do it, Piplup?

PIPLUP: [AGREEMENT]

PIPLUP: [EXCITED]/ [DAZED]

BUNEARY, PACHIRISU: [CONCERNED]

PIPLUP, BUNEARY, PACHIRISU: [EXERTION]

PIPLUP: [EXCITED] BUNEARY, PACHIRISU: [EXERTION]

PIPLUP: [DAZED]

PACHIRISU, BUNEARY: [PLAYFUL]

ASH: All right! Awesome! Cool stuff! Yeah!

DAWN: Okay, again, pose!

MAMOSWINE: [PLAYFUL]

JESSIE: And now! Let's go

and find that bummed-out little Twerp

and make him even more bummed out, okay?

MEOWTH, JAMES: Yay!

DAWN: And now! For our next act, we have

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Bump ba-da bump bump

JOY: Hey, aren't they the cleanup crew?

ASH: Wow! This ought to be good!

JESSIE: Uh Testing, testing, - - ...

Now, how many people do you see?

JESSIE: Who are bummed out?

JAMES, MEOWTH: None other than he...

MEOWTH: Awww Wooks wike we've got a sourpuss in our midst...

ASH: Uh... That's kind of weird...

MEOWTH: That boy's so bummed out,

his tongue's too depressed to talk!

JAMES: Tongue depression!

JESSIE: Let's build on a theme!

JESSIE: Rumor has it that someone got crushed

in his last battle, and that someone would be you!

ASH: Who, me?

JESSIE: Well, we've got the perfect drink for you,

because it's the sports drink of championship losers!

JESSIE: Loser loser loser loser you stink!

JESSIE: Hmmm... stink... you... stink... hmmm... stink...

Have I forgotten something? Oh, that's right...

stink...you... stink... and that means loser...

JESSIE: Loser loser loser loser loser!

MEOWTH: Without further ado... Check this! Cool!

MEOWTH: It's our super-special patented Pikachu get-net!

MEOWTH: Get set!

PIKACHU: [SCARED]

- ASH: Pikachu! - JOY: Who are you, anyway?

PIKACHU: [STRUGGLING]

JESSIE: If you don't know who we are, you will soon enough.

JAMES: Watch the Twerps go ga-ga when the going gets rough!

- JESSIE: Shovel may care! - JAMES: Pick a pair!

MEOWTH: Want Pikachu? Well, tough!

JESSIE: We bring chaos at a breakneck pace!

JAMES: We dash all hope and bring fear in its place!

JESSIE: A rose by any other name is just as sweet!

JAMES: When everything's worse, our work is complete!

- JESSIE: Jessie! - JAMES: And James!

MEOWTH: Meowth! That's a name!

JESSIE: Putting the do-gooders in their place!

JAMES: We're Team Rocket!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: And we're in your face!

JOY: Wow! What fun!

ASH: No, you're wrong, Nurse Joy!

BROCK: Those guys are the bad guys!

JOY: Oh! That's just terrible!

DAWN: So it was Team Rocket!

ASH: Give Pikachu back now!

JESSIE: If you think we're going to bicker with you

when we could be shuffling off to success,

you really are a mess!

MEOWTH: We've got happy feet!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Ain't it neat?

ASH: Hey, come back! DAWN, BROCK, BUIZEL: [EXCITED]

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH, PIKACHU: [STRUGGLING]

ASH: Gimme back Pikachu!

JESSIE: Stubborn Twerps are the worst Twerps!

JESSIE: Seviper, attention!

SEVIPER: [APPEARING]

JESSIE: Please, dear, Haze! SEVIPER: [HAZE MOVE]

ASH, BUIZEL, MONFERNO, STARAPTOR, GLISCOR: [STRUGGLING]

JESSIE: Smoke gets in your eyes!

MEOWTH: We'll say our goodbyes!

ASH: Buizel, Water Pulse, quick!

BUIZEL: [WATER PULSE MOVE]

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: What a bore!

ASH: Pikachu! Thunderbolt, let's go!

PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

MEOWTH: Keeping your attitude in the bag is what we're all about!

JESSIE, JAMES, SEVIPER: [LAUGHING]

ASH: Now, Gliscor, Sand Attack,go!

GLISCOR: [SAND ATTACK MOVE]

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH, SEVIPER, PIKACHU: [STRUGGLING]

JESSIE: Yanmega, you're on!

YANMEGA: [APPEARING]

JESSIE: Use Sonic Boom! YANMEGA: [SONIC BOOM MOVE]

GLISCOR: [IMPACT]

JAMES: All right, Carnivine, time to take the reins!

CARNIVINE: [APPEARING] / [AFFECTIONATE]

JAMES: I didn't say brains, you potted pinhead,

I said reins!

JAMES: Carnivine, b*llet Seed!

CARNIVINE: [b*llet SEED MOVE]

ASH: All right, Grotle, Energy Ball!

Staraptor, you use Aerial Ace!

GROTLE: [ENERGY BALL MOVE]

YANMEGA: [IMPACT]

STARAPTOR: [AERIAL ACE MOVE]

CARNIVINE: [IMPACT]

YANMEGA, CARNIVINE: [STUNNED]

ASH: It's time to finish this thing up! Monferno, Mach Punch!

MONFERNO: [MACH PUNCH MOVE]

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH, YANMEGA, CARNIVINE, MONFERNO: [IMPACT]

DAWN: That was amazing!

BROCK: Monferno's become a real powerhouse since it evolved!

PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

PIKACHU: [DELIGHTED]

ASH: Pikachu! PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

JAMES: Even my gloves hurt

JESSIE: Whoever said that the Twerp was bummed

from losing his battle and would be an easy mark

is an absolute buffoon! Lemme at that idiot...

MEOWTH: You're that idiot...

JAMES: Something about going after

"the weakest of the Twerp herd"...

MEOWTH: Yeah, and also something profound

about plucking Pikachu while the iron is hot!

JAMES, MEOWTH: That would be our loser Jessie!

SEVIPER, YANMEGA, CARNIVINE: [MENACING]

JESSIE: Don't you make this my fault!

You bunch of babies are in denial!

And since you didn't stop me, then it's your fault!

JAMES, MEOWTH: When it comes to not facing the truth,

you're the queen of denial!

JESSIE: I can't hear you!

GLISCOR: [DETERMINED] BUIZEL: [DETERMINED]

MONFERNO: [DETERMINED] GROTLE: [DETERMINED]

STARAPTOR: [DETERMINED] PIKACHU: [DETERMINED]

JAMES: Such good health!

JESSIE: And you're all truly in the Twerpish pink!

MEOWTH: And I think we're all in trouble deep!

ASH: Okay, Buizel! Use Aqua Jetnow!

BUIZEL: [AQUA JET MOVE]

ASH: And Staraptor, Aerial Ace, let's go!

STARAPTOR: [AERIAL ACE MOVE]

ASH: All right, Grotle, use Energy Ball!

GROTLE: [ENERGY BALL MOVE]

ASH: Gliscor! X-Scissor,now!

GLISCOR: [X-SCISSOR MOVE]

ASH: Monferno! Use Flamethrower!

MONFERNO: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

ASH: Pikachu! Quick Attackgo!

PIKACHU: [QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

BUIZEL*, STARAPTOR, GROTLE,

GLISCOR, MONFERNO, PIKACHU: [ATTACK]

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH, SEVIPER, YANMEGA, CARNIVINE: [IMPACT]

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: We're blasting off again!

ASH, GLISCOR, MONFERNO, PIKACHU, BUIZEL, GROTLE: [CHEERING]

ASH: All right, g*ng,

let's keep rolling just like that!

BROCK: Now that was some serious teamwork!

DAWN: Sure was! Nice to see everyone feeling great!

PIPLUP: [AGREEMENT]

DAWN: Which reminds me,

we've got to get ready for our next contest!

PIPLUP: [EXCITED] BUNEARY: [EXCITED]

PACHIRISU: [EXCITED]

JOY: So then, that must mean you're competing

in contests, right, Dawn?

DAWN: You bet!

JOY: Then you should head over to Lilypad Town right away!

Their contest is going to take place very soon!

DAWN: Yeah? That's so exciting! I'm going to Lilypad Town!

JOY: This is Lilypad Town's location!

BROCK: Oh! I see...

So all we have to do is head south right from here!

ASH: Yeah, that looks right!

DAWN: Wow, Piplup, I can't wait! PIPLUP: [AGREEMENT]

ASH: I know we're gonna do great in our next battle,

right, Pikachu? PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

JOY: Let's all have a bite before you go!

Because after all,

Trainers and Coordinators need their strength!

ASH, BROCK, DAWN: Right!

PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [EXCITED]

NARRATOR: With Ash's confidence and determination fully restored

and happily in place,

our heroes' adventures and destiny continue to unfold,

as the journey continues!