10x08 - Gymbaliar!

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DUSTOX: [STRUGGLING]

JESSIE: Now, Dustox! Stun Spore, go!

DUSTOX: [STUN SPORE MOVE]

JEFFREY: Marowak, deflect it!

MAROWAK: [DEFLECTING] JAMES: Uh-oh.

JEFFREY: Now, Bonemerang!

MAROWAK: [BONEMERANG MOVE]

JESSIE: Dodge it quick! DUSTOX: [DODGING]

JESSIE: That's my Dustox!

DUSTOX: [SURPRISED]

MAROWAK: [PLEASED]

JEFFREY: Now finish it with Bone Club!

MAROWAK: [PREPARING]

MAROWAK: [BONE CLUB MOVE]

DUSTOX: [IMPACT GRUNT] JESSIE: Dustox dear!

DUSTOX: [DAZED]

JAMES: Oh dear. Dustox got dusted. The victory goes to

Jeffrey of Mocha Town!

JEFFREY: Great stuff, Marowak! MAROWAK: [HAPPY]

JEFFREY: That means we get a Gym badge right?

JAMES: Take it.

JEFFREY: Awesome!

JEFFREY: We got a badge! We got a badge!

JAMES: The shame! Lost again.

MEOWTH: You keep losing, and we ain't got no strategy!

JESSIE: Did you have to go and find me a Trainer with an

annoying tic?

JESSIE: Like talent?

MEOWTH: How come buying munchies is always on my dime?

CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

CROAGUNK: [HANGING OUT] / [NOTICING]

MEOWTH: That Croagunk looks like a big bag-face bully to me!

Time for me and my munchies to mosey on out of here.

CROAGUNK: [RISING]

MEOWTH: Hey! That lousy lug is following me!

MEOWTH: Don't be a wimp! You're heading in the same direction as

that dope. That's all!

MEOWTH: Time out! So why the stopping when I'm stopping?

Nah. Something's rotten with that rabble rouser,

and I'm gone!

MEOWTH: I'd better scram before I become the munchies! Hey leave

me alone balloon breath!

MEOWTH: Guys HELP ME!

JESSIE: Why? A new friend?

MEOWTH: This weirdo's been tailing me since way

back at the store!

JESSIE: Ooh! Who's that Pokémon?

JAMES: Hold on. I've got my cards. Yes! Here it is!

JAMES: Croagunk. The Toxic Mouth Pokémon. Croagunk has

poison in its cheeks and can spray poison from its

fingertips. It also makes noise by expanding its poison sac.

CROAGUNK: [LOOKING AROUND] MEOWTH: Creep!

JAMES: Wonder what that's about.

MEOWTH: You guys are all so boring.

What a boring bunch ofbig fat bores!

How do you stand it? That's what it's saying.

JESSIE: How rude. CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

JESSIE: Say whatever you like,

but must it be with such a puss on?

JAMES: Yes, that face!

JAMES: Uh, perhaps if we could cover those teeth

we'd look a bit friend- lier!

CROAGUNK: [POISON JAB MOVE] JAMES: My gut!

JAMES: Ouch! Well. I'm not bored.

JESSIE: What move was that?

MEOWTH: It's called Poison Jab!

JESSIE: Oh! I like subtle names.

CROAGUNK: [BORED]

MEOWTH: Sounds like Croagunk's still bored out of

- its pea brain. - JESSIE: Say! I know!

JESSIE: I've just the thing! Be bored no more!

CROAGUNK: [WONDERING]

[singing] POKEMON, POKEMON

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CHALLENGES

IT'S A BRAND-NEW GAME AND A BRAND-NEW WORLD

NEW RIVALS AS YOU FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL

NOTHING CAN STOP YOU

- DIAMOND AND PEARL - POKEMON

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BATTLE

YOU GOTTA PLAY SMART, YOU GOTTA MOVE FASTER

BEHIND EVERY WIN,THERE'S A CHANCE TO BEGIN AGAIN

YOU GOTTA TAKE IT ALL IF YOU WANT TO BE A MASTER

POKEMON, POKEMON

IT'S TIME FOR ADVENTURE DIAMOND AND PEARL

- WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD - POKEMON

Gymbaliar!

NARRATOR: Continuing their Sinnoh region journey,

our Heroes' minds are no doubt being occupied by Contests and

Gym battles, when suddenly.

DAWN: [SURPRISED]

SCIZOR: [LEAPING]

SCIZOR: [LANDING] / [SEARCHING]

ASH: A Scizor! PIKACHU: [IMPRESSED]

DAWN: Whoa that's a Scizor?

DAWN'S POKEDEX: Scizor. The Pincer Pokémon.

It intimidates its foes with its claws imprinted with

eye-like patterns.

- DAWN: How COOL! - MINNIE: Scizor!

MINNIE: Hey! Can't you slow down?

MINNIE: You don't have to be in that big of a rush.

BROCK: Hello!

BROCK: Far as I'm concerned, the only place you should rush to

- is by my side! - MINNIE: Really?

DAWN: No, not again!

DAWN: That Scizor's great! Is it yours?

MINNIE: It sure is! Scizor's my all- time fave!

MINNIE: Anyway, I heard there's a Gym close by. Do you all know

- if that's true? - ASH: A Gym?

DAWN: I think the closest Gym around must be the Oreburgh gym.

ASH: She's right! It's past Jubilife City!

MINNIE: No, that's not the one I mean. I'm talking about

a brand new Gym that just opened up. That's what we're

- out here looking for! - ASH: A brand new Gym?

MINNIE: It's called Powerzone Gym!

ASH: Whaddaya say we go find it, too?

PIKACHU: [AGREEING]

DAWN: I'd love to go see how a real Gym operates!

MINNIE: Hey, let's all look for it! Oh, Minnie's what

- they call me. - ASH: Hi! My name's Ash!

DAWN: I'm Dawn, nice to meet you!

MINNIE: Nice to meet you! C'mon, let's go!

ASH: Right!

BROCK: The name's Brock,

whether you break my heart or not.

MINNIE: To tell you the honest truth, I'm not that good

of a battler at all.

MINNIE: Word is the Powerzone Gym takes any Pokémon

that loses there and trains them to get strong!

ASH: Hey!

DAWN: That's such a nice thing to do!

MINNIE: Sure is! So I figure they'll wanna help me too!

Hey look! That's gotta be it!

BOY : Use Fury Swipes, Sandslash!

SANDSLASH: [FURY SWIPES MOVE] JESSIE: Croagunk, dodge it!

CROAGUNK: [DODGING]

- MINNIE: Wow! - ASH: Hey, look at them go!

DAWN: Wow! We came at a good time!

MINNIE: Sandslash and Croagunk are looking great!

- DAWN: That's a Sandslash? - ASH: And that's a Croagunk?

DAWN'S POKEDEX: Sandslash. The Mouse Pokémon. When it runs at

full speed, it sends up a thick cloud of sand

in order to hide itself.

ASH'S POKEDEX: Croagunk. The Toxic Mouth Pokémon.

It lives inswamps and forests where there's very little light.

It prefers moist places.

BOY: Use Sand att*ck, Sandslash!

SANDSLASH: [DIGGING] [SAND att*ck MOVE]

JESSIE: Dodge, then Poison Jab!

CROAGUNK: [DODGING] / [POISON JAB MOVE]

SANDSLASH: [IMPACT GRUNT]

SANDSLASH: [DAZED] BOY: Sandslash! You okay?

JAMES: Sandslash's unable to battle! Princess Powerzone wins!

JESSIE: That's me!

CROAGUNK: [LOOKING] BOY: You were great Sandslash.

SANDSLASH: [SHEEPISH] JESSIE: A valiant effort.

JESSIE: But no badge!

JAMES: Ah, fear not-we will train your mate!

MEOWTH: We'll supercharge that Sandslash!

BOY: Wow! Thank you so much! Isn't that nice of them?

SANDSLASH: [AGREEING]

BOY: Okay! I'll be back later!

- JAMES: Sure you will. - JESSIE: Much later!

DAWN: So what they say is true!

ASH: All right!

ASH: Excuse me! We wanna battle too!

MINNIE: Me too if you don't mind!

JESSIE: With pleasure!

JESSIE: Drat! All right, who told the Twerps?

JAMES: We really didn't talk that much.

JESSIE: Let's think this through.

Whatever they're here now.

JAMES: Besides, when it comes to our disguises they're clueless!

MEOWTH: And if we don't battle them then they'll get weird!

- MINNIE: Excuse us. - ASH: Is something wrong?

JESSIE: Oh no! No no no! Everything couldn't be more

right! I am your not-so-humble Gym leader, Princess Powerzone.

- So who will be first? - ASH: I will!

PIKACHU: [EXCITED] JESSIE: So! You asked first!

MINNIE: All right!

ASH: Oh man. I could have sworn I was the first one to ask.

JAMES: We will first familiarize ourselves with the

Powerzone Gym rules.

BROCK: All Gyms have different rules Dawn.

ASH: I'll bet it's one-on-one or three-on-three!

DAWN: Cool!

JAMES: The battle will be one-on-one.

If you're lucky enough to defeat the Gym leader,

you earn a badge!

ASH: Each Gym has its own kind of Gym badge!

DAWN: I've just gotta see what theirs is like!

DAWN: Sir, may we see what your badge looks like before the

battle starts?

JESSIE: Yowslers! We gave away our last one!

MEOWTH: And I haven't had time to fudge any more!

JAMES: Fear not! Being the lucky younger brother of the

Princess Powerzone, I can assist you in your quest!

JAMES: Presenting the Powerzone badge!

MEOWTH: That doof! He must've gotten those bottle caps off of

the soda I bought. And now it's gonna go flat!

DAWN: That's a Gym badge huh?

ASH: That's original all right.

BROCK: Wow, you're not kidding...

MINNIE : Sorry, but they look like plain old bottle caps

if you ask me

JAMES: How dare you dis the pointy perfection

of thePrincess's royal crowns! The shine! Glitz! Glamour!

The five-cent return on the deposit!

JAMES: You kids just don't appreciate what good badge

design is all about, now do you?

JAMES: So now that we understand each other, ready?

- JESSIE: Right! - MINNIE: All set!

BROCK: Minnie! With your ravishing beauty,

- you've got to win this one! - JESSIE: Quiet!

JESSIE: If that's how we're scoring this, then I win!

BROCK: You're wrong! Minnie wins!

JESSIE: Okay referee. Referee!

JAMES: Who me? Well, let's see...

Knowing the challenger is sure to be far less

of a health hazard than the power punching Princess

if she's declared loser, the answer is as clear as

the unbroken nose on my face... Uh. Gym leader wins!

JESSIE: Ya hoo! Na na na boo boo!

DAWN: Ash... Are Gym battles always like this?

PIKACHU: [CONFUSED]

JAMES: And begin!

JESSIE: Croagunk, use Poison Sting!

CROAGUNK: [POISON STING MOVE]

MINNIE: Scizor, dodge with Quick att*ck!

SCIZOR: [QUICK att*ck]

- ASH: Whoa! Awesome! - DAWN: How fast is that?

MINNIE: Scizor! Use Slash!

SCIZOR: [SLASH MOVE]

CROAGUNK: [GRUNT]

MINNIE: Scizor, quick! Metal Claw!

SCIZOR: [METAL CLAW MOVE]

JESSIE: Croagunk! CROAGUNK: [GROAN]

MINNIE: Nice going, Scizor! SCIZOR: [SATISFIED]

ASH: All right!

DAWN: Scizor sure doesn't waste time!

MINNIE: That means I won! Isn't that right, sir?

JAMES: Uh... Uh.

JAMES: Croagunk... is...uh.unable.unable...to...

JESSIE: Croagunk! Snap out of it!

CROAGUNK: [STRUGGLING]

JAMES: ...resist its Trainer's voice!

MINNIE: What?

DAWN: That Gym Leader sure is skillful!

ASH: But the referee's not.

BROCK: Yeah, talk about a lousy call!

JESSIE: Let's see. Now where were we?

Croagunk use Poison Sting!

- CROAGUNK: [PREPARING] - MINNIE: Scizor! Dodge that!

CROAGUNK: [POISON STING MOVE] JESSIE: Once more!

CROAGUNK: [HITTING] SCIZOR: [NERVOUS]

JESSIE: Let's wrap this up! Poison Jab!

CROAGUNK: [POSION JAB MOVE]

MINNIE: No! Scizor! SCIZOR: [KNOCKED OUT]

JAMES: Scizor's unable to battle! The winner is

- Princess Powerzone! - JESSIE: That's me!

CROAGUNK: [HAPPY]

BROCK: That was a tough battle.

DAWN: Sure was. It was so close!

MINNIE: Well, I never expected it to be easy.

JESSIE: And you were right!

JESSIE: But have no worries!

JAMES: At our Gym, losers are number one!

JESSIE: We'll take Scizor!

JAMES: And teach that loser to win!

MEOWTH: See, you may be a lost cause but not your Scizor!

DAWN: Hey, that's not very nice!

MINNIE: But, it's awfully nice of you to help my Scizor out!

JESSIE: And help we will!

JAMES: When it comes to service, we're second to none!

MEOWTH: We'll whip your Scizor into the best shape

of its Pokémonic life!

MINNIE: That's great! Thanks so much!

ASH: Okay, but now it's our turn for our battle!

JESSIE: Sorry, but my empty stomach tells me

- it's time for lunch. - ASH: You're kidding me.

JESSIE: And just look, my Croagunk is so tuckered

from battling the poor dear can't catch its breath!

DAWN: Did I miss something? Croagunk looks fine.

BROCK: Well, I'm hungry!

Why don't we all take a little lunch break?

ASH: Okay!

BROCK: And, Minnie, you're welcome to join us too!

MINNIE: Thanks, I will! Scizor,

promise me you'll train real hard.

SCIZOR: [AGREEING] MINNIE: Take care of Scizor.

JAMES: Like one of our own.

DAWN: You won't believe what a good cook Brock is!

MINNIE: I can't wait!

JAMES: There's one born every minute!

MEOWTH: They're suckers all right.

Snatching Scizor was a blast!

JESSIE: Then you'll just love what's on tap.

JAMES: What?

JESSIE: An idea whose time has come!

ASH: Aipom, I choose you!

AIPOM: [APPEARING] JESSIE: Aipom? No no!

ASH: Something wrong with using Aipom?

JAMES: Nope! It's fine.

MEOWTH: Hey a Pokémon's a Pokémon!

JAMES: All right. Let's BEGIN!

JESSIE: Now, Croagunk! Brick Break!

CROAGUNK: [PREPARING] ASH: Dodge it then use Swift!

AIPOM: [JUMPING] AIPOM: [SWIFT MOVE]

ASH: Great Aipom! Now, Focus Punch!

AIPOM: [FOCUS PUNCH MOVE]

CROAGUNK: [GRUNT]

JESSIE: We don't have to take that! Poison Jab!

CROAGUNK: [POISON JAB MOVE]

AIPOM: [GRUNT] ASH: Aipom, are you okay?

AIPOM: [READY] / [STRUGGLING]

JESSIE: I love that move. So let's use it once more!

BROCK: Aipom can't take two of those!

ASH: Double Team!

AIPOM: [DOUBLE TEAM MOVE]

CROAGUNK: [UNSURE] ASH: Now, Aipom! Swift! Let's go!

AIPOM: [SWIFT MOVE]

ASH: Let's finish this. Now, Focus Punch Aipom!

AIPOM: [FOCUS PUNCH MOVE]

CROAGUNK: [IMPACT GRUNT]

CROAGUNK: [SHOUTING]

- MINNIE: Ash wins it! - DAWN: It's a slam dunk!

BROCK: What do you say referee?

JAMES: Uhh... Croagunk...is unable to uh.

JESSIE: Hey, Croagunk, what're you doing to me?

JESSIE: Snap out of it you lazy loafer!

JAMES: Con...tin...ue.

So the winner is Ash from Pallet Town.

ASH: We did it, Aipom!

PIKACHU: [HAPPY]

MEOWTH: If I had to battle twice, I'd be out too.

JESSIE: Now, that's what I call a fun time!

JESSIE: So! Are you ready for your next bout?

ASH: Say what?

DAWN: But what about Ash's badge?

MEOWTH: At the Powerzone Gym you gotta win two battles in a row

to get a badge!

JAMES: Rules are rules, after all.

ASH: That's not fair!

PIKACHU: [DEJECTED] DAWN: Is it?

BROCK: Gym Leaders do have a right to make their own rules.

JESSIE: Then here we go! Dustox, come on out!

DUSTOX: [READY]

ASH: Okay, Turtwig, I choose you!

JESSIE: Stop!

JESSIE: One more rule, which clearly states that

the challenger's Pokémon is the Gym Leader's choice!

JESSIE: And my choice for you is Pikachu!

- ASH: What? - DAWN: Is that rule real?

JAMES: Sure!

MEOWTH: And if you look closely, there's a footnote

at the bottomof the page that basically

says if you refuse then you lose!

ASH: Guess I've got no choice. Wanna battle Pikachu?

PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

JESSIE: Excellent! Now that's more like it.

- JAMES: All right. Begin! - ASH: Here we go!

PIKACHU: [SHOCKED]

- ASH: Pikachu! - MINNIE: Hey, who did THAT?

JESSIE: Listen! Is that a voice I hear?

JAMES: It's speaking to me loud and clear!

- JESSIE: On the wind. - JAMES: Past the stars.

MEOWTH: In your ear!

JESSIE: Bringing chaos at a breakneck pace!

JAMES: Dashing hope, putting fear in its place!

JESSIE: A rose by any other name's just as sweet.

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

- JESSIE: Jessie! - JAMES: James!

MEOWTH: Ha! Meowth, now there's a name!

JESSIE: Putting the do-gooders in their place!

JAMES: Team Rocket! We're in your face!

WOBBUFFET: [AGREEING] MIME JR.: [MIMICKING]

PIKACHU: [WORRIED]

JESSIE: Pikachu is top of the heap!

ASH: Pikachu!

MINNIE: They've got Scizor too!

DAWN: I thought those rules weren't right!

BROCK: How does Team Rocket do that?

JESSIE: Some got it, and some DON'T!

JAMES: Don't worry who's got it.

- MEOWTH: Because you don't! - ASH: Come back here!

JESSIE: But, we are here.

CROAGUNK: [GLARING]

JAMES: Hey! Isn't Croagunk part of our crew?

JESSIE: Croagunk's cheeks creep me OUT!

- ASH: Wait up! - DAWN: Give back those Pokémon!

CROAGUNK: [GETTING LOUDER]

ASH: Starly! I choose you!

STARLY: [APPEARING] ASH: Okay, Starly! Quick att*ck!

STARLY: [FLYING] [QUICK att*ck MOVE]

JAMES: [LAUGHING] JESSIE: Knock yourself out!

STARLY: [QUICK att*ck MOVE] JAMES: You Twerps tear me up!

STARLY: [ATTACKING] JESSIE: Really.

PIKACHU: [UPSET] ASH: Pikachu!

JESSIE: [CRASHING]

PIKACHU: [RELIEVED] JESSIE: We're not through yet!

JAMES: Pikachu's ours!

MEOWTH: Besides there's three minutes left!

JESSIE: Dustox, your turn! DUSTOX: [EMERGING]

ASH: Pikachu! Use Thunderbolt! PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

JESSIE: [YELLING]

JAMES: Maybe we could run a real gym.

JESSIE: When you act like a real man!

MEOWTH: Looks like that seals that deal.

MIME JR.: [DISAPPOINTED] WOBBUFFET: [GIVING UP]

JESSIE: We're blasting off AGAIN!

WOBBUFFET: [FLYING OFF]

MINNIE: Oh Scizor! Thank goodness you're okay.

DAWN: But what do we do about the other Poké Balls?

BROCK: We'll just have to wait for all the Trainers to come and

pick them up.

MINNIE: Hey, I'll do that! You all need to get on your way!

DAWN: But, you've got a journey

of your own to think about, right?

MINNIE: After what we've been through, I know I'm not ready

for Gym battles yet! So Scizor and I will just go back to the

Gym and wait for all those Trainers to

pick up their Pokémon!

BROCK: Minnie! Your kind generosity is only equaled

by your great looks!

CROAGUNK: [STARING]

ASH: But I thought Croagunk was Team Rocket's.

DAWN: Me too. Wonder why it's still here.

CROAGUNK: [WAITING]

BROCK: Hey Croagunk... You wanna come along with me?

CROAGUNK: [AGREEING]

PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

BROCK: I just caught a Croagunk!

DAWN: Awesome!

ASH: You sure know how to catch 'em Brock!

MINNIE: Wow, you sure do!

BROCK: It works for me!

MINNIE: Well guys, I guess I'll be on my way now.

ASH: Thanks for your help!

BROCK: Farewell! Until we meet again, ma chérie.

CROAGUNK: [DISAPPROVING] BROCK: What is it?

CROAGUNK: [POISON JAB MOVE]

BROCK: Not you TOO?

CROAGUNK: [SATISFIED]

NARRATOR: Well, well!

NARRATOR: As the old saying goes, truth is stranger than

fiction! Not only have Team Rocket's Pokémon-stealing plans

been stopped cold, but Brock has a new Pokémon and friend

in Croagunk! And a new chaperone, too.

TO BE CONTINUED...