18x01 - Pathways to Performance Partnering!

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NARRATOR: While journeying to the Coumarine City Gym and Ash's

fourth Gym battle challenge, our heroes have stopped

for a little lunch.

ASH: I'm full

SERENA: How about a nice Poké Puff for dessert?

I made plenty for everyone!

BONNIE: There's nothing left.

CLEMONT: Hey, could it be

CHESPIN

PIKACHU?!

CHESPIN

SERENA: Oh no. Not again...

CHESPIN

PANCHAM!

SERENA: No, Pancham, it's okay.

CHESPIN!

PANCHAM

CHESPIN!

PANCHAM!

PANCHAM

SERENA: Hey, stop fighting!

CLEMONT: Stop, Chespin! What are you doing?!

PANCHAM

SERENA: Listen, both of you! Don't you remember you're

supposed to be friends?! Now make up!

PANCHAM!

CHESPIN!

CLEMONT: Hey, all you're doing is just being plain mean

to each other. Come on.

CHESPIN!

SERENA: STOP!

CHESPIN

CLEMONT: Chespin!

PANCHAM

CHESPIN

SERENA: Pancham, what are you doing?!

PIKACHU

ASH: Man, whaddaya gonna do?

PIKACHU

CHESPIN

PANCHAM

CHESPIN!

PANCHAM!

PANCHAM?

SMOOCHUM

FARFETCH'D

NINI: What do you think you're doing to my Pokémon, huh?!

PANCHAM!

CLEMONT: There you are!

SERENA: What's going on?!

NINI: Hey, you!

NINI: Are these two ill-mannered brats your Pokémon?!

They used Tackle on my Pokémon for no reason!

CLEMONT: Forgive me, please?!

SERENA: Sorry! Pancham, apologize right now!

CLEMONT: Chespin, you too!

PANCHAM

ASH: What's going on?

SERENA: Looks like these two got into more trouble.

ASH: Sorry

NINI: Whatever, it's fine.

NINI: Now, let's keep training for the Pokémon Showcase.

SERENA: Pokémon Showcase? I was thinking about entering as well!

NINI: Oh really?!

SERENA?

You're just a kid on a quest

To be the best of the best

Someday you're destined for power and glory

You know you're up to the test

There's only one way to tell this story

Be a hero!

Be a hero!

All the power is at your command

Face your fears and show you're a hero

The future of the world is in your hand

Pokémon!

NINI: See, this will be my very first time.

SERENA: Me, too!

NINI: But, I get no feedback practicing all by myself.

Hey, would you please watch my performance and tell me

what you think?!

PANCHAM

SERENA: But I don't really know enough to judge

someone else's performance.

NINI: Don't worry about it!

SERENA: Well, in that case...

NINI: I'd like to hear what you think, too!

ASH: Sure!

BONNIE: Okay!

CLEMONT: All right!

SERENA: So these two are your partners

POKEDEX: Smoochum. The Kiss Pokémon. Smoochum's lips are

quite sensitive, so it uses them first to investigate objects.

POKEDEX: Farfetch'd. The Wild Duck Pokémon. Farfetch'd uses

the stalk it holds as a w*apon, wielding it like a sword to cut

a variety of objects.

SERENA: I wonder what their performances will be like!

NINI: Now, just watch. Smoochum, you first. Powder Snow!

SMOOCHUM

SMOOCHUM

NINI: Next, Farfetch'd!

FARFETCH'D

FARFETCH'D

SMOOCHUM

SMOOCHUM

NINI: Farfetch'd, Fury Cutter!

FARFETCH'D

NINI: Fini.

FARFETCH'D

BONNIE: Awesome!

CLEMONT: Excellent! An incredible Pokémon performance!

ASH: Yeah. That was great!

PIKACHU!

NINI: And my theme is heartbreak

NINI: Now tell the truth. Is there something I should fix?

SERENA: Well, I was thinking perhaps you could coordinate

their dance just a teeny tiny bit more...

NINI: More coordination on the dance, right.

ASH: I was thinking it'd be really awesome if you made that

Heart Stamp a little flashier.

NINI: The Heart Stamp a little flashier... Serena? It would be

a really big help if you could show me your performance

SERENA: Well, honestly, I'm not really ready to

show anyone just yet.

BONNIE: I want to see it, please?

CLEMONT: I'd like to see it, too!

ASH: Same for me!

PIKACHU

SERENA: Okay. Ready, Fennekin? Pancham?

FENNEKIN!

CHESPIN!

PANCHAM?!

FENNEKIN

PIKACHU?

ASH: Why's Chespin doing that?

CLEMONT: I guess it still must be trying to show Pancham up.

PIKACHU

PANCHAM!

CHESPIN

BONNIE: Come on! Break it up!

PIKACHU

SERENA: Chespin, would you like to be

in the performance, too?

CHESPIN

CLEMONT: I've got it!

CHESPIN!

CLEMONT: Now, if that's what you want, then leave everything to

me. The future is now, thanks to science! Clemontic Gear, on!

CLEMONT: I've got the perfect machine

for a situation like this! So now, presenting my

"Only Lonely Dancing Robo-Partner"!

NINI: What is it?

BONNIE: My big brother's an inventor.

NINI

CLEMONT: Power on!

CLEMONT: Okay, Chespin, now you can dance to your

little heart's content!

CHESPIN!

ASH: Wow, science is so ama - zing!

NINI: Clemont's invention is simply incredible!

CHESPIN

BONNIE: Uh oh

ASH: Something's gone wrong!

Chespin!

BONNIE: Clemont! Turn it off!

CLEMONT: As soon as I can find the off button!

BONNIE: Clemont, looks like it happened again

CLEMONT: I'm so sorry.

CHESPIN

PANCHAM

CHESPIN

ASH: Good luck, Serena!

PIKACHU!

SERENA: Let's do this, you two!

FENNEKIN

PANCHAM

SERENA: Go! Now, Fennekin, use Flamethrower!

FENNEKIN

PANCHAM

SMOOCHUM

PANCHAM

FENNEKIN

PANCHAM

JAMES: Pokémon Showcase practicing?

JESSIE: A waste of time. Without batting an eyelash,

I will have earned the title of Kalos Queen with the greatest of

ease. Now Look! That's a Smoochum!

JESSIE: Look at those lips They're the cutest of cuteness.

JESSIE: So We'll catch Smoochum, and then we'll win

the Pokémon Showcase together.

JAMES: What happened to going after Pikachu?

JESSIE: First things first! Catching Smoochum is tops on my

to-do list and then Pikachu will follow!

JESSIE: One look at my lilting loveliness will prove that

there's only one performer qualified to earn the hallowed

title of Kalos Queen. It's meant to be. The sooner you accept

that fact, the sooner the world will see!

JAMES: Whoopee.

JESSIE: By snatching that Smoochum,

I'll take my first royal step.

MEOWTH: Yeah, bet it's a doozy!

PANCHAM

SERENA: All right, Fennekin, use Flamethrower!

FENNEKIN

SERENA: And fini!

FENNEKIN

CLEMONT

ASH: Yeah! Wow, Serena, that was awesome!

PIKACHU

BONNIE: I loved it!

NINI: It was super-good!

NINI: But I kind of felt like Pancham's acrobatics didn't

quite fit with the rest of the performance...

SERENA: Really?

CLEMONT: Pancham's movements were swift and strong,

but how do I say it? They don't seem to mesh--

with what you and Fennekin are doing.

SERENA: I'll have to think about that.

SMOOCHUM

PANCHAM?!

NINI: Smoochum, what's going on? Do you have a crush on Pancham?

SERENA: Really? On Pancham?

CHESPIN?!

NINI: I think they make a cute couple.

The two of them are so sweet!

ASH: Couple?!

SERENA: Couple?!

NINI: Maybe the two of them should dance together.

SERENA: Uh, maybe...

NINI: All right, let's go!

PANCHAM

PANCHAM

PANCHAM

PANCHAM

PANCHAM

SMOOCHUM

ASH: That was pretty good!

PIKACHU!

PANCHAM?!

SERENA: You two were wonderful!

NINI: Just like I thought you'd be!

SMOOCHUM

NINI: What do you think about trading your Pancham

for one of my Pokémon?

SERENA: Did you say trade?!

PANCHAM

CHESPIN

SMOOCHUM

FARFETCH'D

PANCHAM

NINI: Well, how about it?

SERENA: But...

PANCHAM

CHESPIN

CLEMONT: Hey! Chespin, will you cut it out?

CHESPIN

SERENA: Sorry, Nini. You see, Pancham was the very first

Pokémon I ever caught.

And Pancham's gonna be my performance partner!

NINI: Oh well, too bad

PANCHAM

CHESPIN

FARFETCH'D

SERENA: But, watching the two of them perform, I understand how

important dance choreography is.

NINI: Yup, it's true.

JAMES: Well, not too bad, I guess!

JAMES: So! You kids interested in Pokémon performance?

SERENA: Yes, we are...

JAMES: Perfecto!

JAMES: Meet La Grande Dame Brûlée, cream of

the choreographer crop!

NINI: Choreographer crop?!

JAMES: She's choreographed countless Pokémon performances.

And created dozens of queens.

MEOWTH: Or more!

SERENA: Awesome!

JESSIE: En route to my next job, I saw dancing Pokémon out of the

corner of my eye, so here I am!

NINI: Uh We're struggling with the choreography

for our next performance, so could you help us?

JAMES: To be totally honest,

La Grande Dame Brûlée is anything but cheap

JESSIE: It's for free.

I just love helping performance newbies

ASH: "Who's that Pokémon?"

ASH: "It's Smoochum!"

SERENA: This could be our big chance!

NINI: We'll get all sorts of great tips!

JESSIE: Aw! Such a cutie! Being exposed to those precious

lips and saucer eyes makes me turn to mush!

JAMES: Don't forget the choreography

JESSIE: Ah. Yes, you're right.

JESSIE: Rule one. Whatever moves you use, move them with style.

Capiche?

JAMES: Basic rules are the best rules!

MEOWTH: And how.

PANCHAM?

BONNIE: You wanna learn too?

CHESPIN

CLEMONT: Then let's all pay attention.

PANCHAM

JESSIE: Lift your legs high! Right! Left! Right! Left! Right!

CHESPIN

PANCHAM

JESSIE: Now twist your body to the right and left.

And it's right! And left! And right! And left!

JESSIE: Okay now, bring it.

JAMES: Voilá!

JESSIE: Next I'll have you dance in- side this balloon.

By working in a small space, your movements

become more economical.

SERENA: Oh, I see.

PIKACHU?

JESSIE: Climb in quickly, before our teaching aid deflates.

CHESPIN

PANCHAM

FENNEKIN

JESSIE: Now.

MEOWTH: Ten four!

FENNEKIN

JESSIE: And that's how it's done!

FENNEKIN

NINI: What's happening?

SERENA: Hold on. I thought we were having a lesson!

JESSIE: Prepare for trouble, a lesson it is!

JAMES: And make it double. You're in the wrong biz!

JESSIE: To protect the world from devastation!

JAMES: To unite all people within our nation!

JESSIE: To denounce the evils of two left feet!

JAMES: Face it.

Our footwork is frightfully neat!

JESSIE: Jessie!

JAMES: And James!

JESSIE: Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!

JAMES: Surrender now or prepare for a footloose fight!

MEOWTH: Meowth, that's right!

SERENA: Team Rocket!

NINI: Who's that?

CLEMONT: Bad people who steal other people's Pokémon!

NINI: Did they just steal our Pokémon?

JESSIE: The guest Twerp's quick!

MEOWTH: Gotta fly!

JAMES: Buh-bye-bye

JESSIE: See There's one real queenand that just happens to

be me. So go ahead and practice until your faces turn blue.

Say, that color might just look fabulous on you.

ASH: Come back here, Team Rocket!

CLEMONT: Chespin, no!

SERENA: Give Fennekin and Pancham back!

NINI: You give back my Smoochum and Farfetch'd, too!

MEOWTH: You can have this

PIKACHU

NINI: Whadda we do?

ASH: Fletchinder, go!

FLETCHINDER!

ASH: Fletchinder! Go up and find Team Rocket's balloon!

FLETCHINDER!

ASH: Let's go take a look, too!

JESSIE: Well, that was easy.

JAMES: Peasy!

MEOWTH: Some days our gig is bright, bubbly and breezy

FENNEKIN

CHESPIN

FENNEKIN

PANCHAM

FENNEKIN!

SMOOCHUM!

FARFETCH'D

FENNEKIN

JESSIE: Stop that! You're rocking the boat!

MEOWTH: Or in this case, balloon!

JESSIE

JESSIE: Smoochum sweetie, come back!

FENNEKIN

FENNEKIN

PANCHAM

FARFETCH'D!

PANCHAM!

CHESPIN!

PANCHAM!

CHESPIN

PANCHAM

FENNEKIN

PANCHAM?!

FENNEKIN?

INKAY

INKAY

PANCHAM

PANCHAM!

PUMPKABOO

FENNEKIN

JESSIE: The jig's up. You're staying put.

JAMES: The game's over

MEOWTH: It's quittin' time.

CHESPIN!

PANCHAM!

CHESPIN!

PANCHAM!

CHESPIN!

PANCHAM!

CHESPIN

PANCHAM!

JESSIE: What are they jabbering about?

MEOWTH: You know. Leave it to me, I'll do it, no, I'll do it--

Dumb stuff like that.

JAMES: Use Psybeam.

INKAY

FENNEKIN

SMOOCHUM

FARFETCH'D

SMOOCHUM!

SMOOCHUM

CHESPIN!

FENNEKIN?!

JESSIE:Pumpkabook, use Shadow Ball!

FENNEKIN

PUMPKABOO

FENNEKIN!

FENNEKIN

SERENA: Don't you remember you're supposed to be friends?!

Now make up!

PANCHAM

CLEMONT: Hey, all you're doing is just being plain

mean to each other. Come on!

CHESPIN

PANCHAM

CHESPIN!

PANCHAM

FENNEKIN

JESSIE: Puhleeze!

What are you two going to doargue us to sleep?!

JESSIE: Use Dark Pulse!

PUMPKABOO

PANCHAM

PANCHAM

PUMPKABOO?

CHESPIN

PUMPKABOO!

CHESPIN

PANCHAM!

CHESPIN

FENNEKIN

JESSIE: Yippee! Aren't we pleased with ourselves?!

JAMES: Inkay, use Tackle!

INKAY

PANCHAM

CHESPIN

CHESPIN

INKAY

INKAY

CHESPIN

INKAY!

PUMPKABOO

INKAY

JAMES: Now, Psybeam!

INKAY

CHESPIN

CHESPIN!

PANCHAM!

JESSIE: All right, Leech Seed!

PUMPKABOO

PANCHAM

CHESPIN

PANCHAM!

CHESPIN!

ASH: You all okay?!

PANCHAM?

FENNEKIN?

JESSIE: The Twerps!

SERENA: Fennekin!

NINI: Smoochum! Farfetch'd!

SERENA: There's Pancham!

CLEMONT: Chespin, are you okay?

PANCHAM!

JESSIE: NOO! I knew these bores would show up sooner or later.

Shadow Ball!

PUMPKABOO

CHESPIN?

PANCHAM!

PANCHAM

CHESPIN

PUMPKABOO!

CHESPIN

PIKACHU

BONNIE: Look!

Pancham and Chespin are battling like a team!

PIKACHU

SERENA: Pancham, that's great!

CLEMONT: Way to go, Chespin! YESS!

PUMPKABOO

INKAY

SERENA: Are you ready for this, Pancham?

CLEMONT: Ready, Chespin?

PANCHAM

SERENA: Dark Pulse!

PANCHAM

CHESPIN

PUMPKABOO!

PUMPKABOO

ASH: 'Kay, hu, Thunderbolt!

PIKACHU

JESSIE: My cute little Smoochum-woochum, gone...

JAMES: Such behavior not befitting a queen

MEOWTH: In her dreams.

JESSIE: Yeah?! Well this queen is not going to give up

her performance throne!

JAMES: Talk is cheap.

PUMPKABOO

MEOWTH: Yours is the cheapest.

JESSIE: We're blasting off again!

PUMPKABOO

INKAY

NINI: Oh, I'm so glad everyone's okay.

SERENA: Yeah, you really saved the day!

CLEMONT: Great job. What a team! You really work well together.

ASH: Yeah. You two were really friends all along.

PIKACHU

PANCHAM!

CHESPIN!

PANCHAM!

PANCHAM

ASH: Oh man

CLEMONT: I told you! Stop the fighting already!

PIKACHU

SERENA: This instant!

ASH: Fighting a lot just proves they're great friends.

SERENA: Nini? So I'll see you later?

NINI: Seeing the way Smoochum and Pancham put their true

feelings into their dance taught me a lot about Pokémon

performance. I hope you compete in a Pokémon Showcase soon!

SERENA: And then, you and I will be rivals.

NINI: Yeah! And I'll beat you!

ASH: Take care.

CLEMONT: Good luck with all your Pokémon performance work!

BONNIE: Bye!

NINI: Bye! Thanks!

NINI: Keep in touch, everybody!

FENNEKIN

SERENA: Keep up the good work.

We'll keep practicing and enter the Pokémon Showcase for real!

FENNEKIN!

PANCHAM!

NARRATOR: A chance meeting with a new Pokémon performance rival

has made Serena's desire to enter the next Pokémon Showcase

even stronger! And so, with hopes and dreams burning

brighter than ever, our heroes' journey continues!