10x23 - Faced with Steelix Determination!

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JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Shovel head!

ASH, DAWN, BROCK: Let's get out of here!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Mankey see, Mankey do!

STEELIX: [ROAR]

STEELIX: [HYPER BEAM MOVE]

BIDOOF GROUP: [SCARED]

[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

Faced With Steelix Determonation!

- JAMES: In! - JESSIE: Out!

- MEOWTH: Up! - JAMES: In!

- JESSIE: Out! - MEOWTH: Up!

JESSIE, JAMES: Whew! That's enough!

MEOWTH: Look, you lazies, it's never enough!

JESSIE: Come onWhen I take a look at today's handiwork all I

can think about is a piece of cheese!

JAMES: So, please?

MEOWTH: So, you want to eat some cheeseWell,

you need money to get the cheese

and we need Pikachu to get the money!

- JESSIE: Oh! - JAMES: Oh, logical!

MEOWTH: Now, if you want to get ahead, you gotta work hard -

- yougotta dig deep! - JESSIE, JAMES: Right!

JAMES: Perhaps we've dug through to the other side.

JESSIE: They must want my shovel. If that's truethey

- won't let go! - JAMES: I'm stuck as well!

MEOWTH: Yeah it's likeglue!

JESSIE: Maybe they know we ripped off the most expensive

shovels ever made!

JAMES: If so, then let's show them

that you don'trob the robbers!

MEOWTH: I'll say this, with that grip we might need

achange of plans

STEELIX: [GROWL]

JESSIE: Uh - did you hear that?

JAMES: Perhaps our aggressive stance has upset them

STEELIX: [GROWL]

JESSIE: You can have the dumb shovels!

STEELIX: [GROWL]

- JESSIE: I know those teeth. - JAMES: It's a Steelix!

MEOWTH: Look! Up there!

MEOWTH: Our shovels got stuck in Steelix's stony head!

JESSIE: Well, that certainly makes more sense than what we

initially thought.

JAMES: It stands to reason that our shovels would be wedged!

Steelix has quite the hard - as - nails physique.

MEOWTH, : Save the chit - chat for later!

STEELIX: [ROAR]

MEOWTH: It's got a headache!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: And we're out of aspirin!

NARRATOR: Now that Pachirisu has gotten some valuable Contest

experience, our heroes continue down the road to Floaroma Town

and Dawn's next Pokémon Contest challenge. Suddenly

BIDOOF A: [CRYING]

- ASH: Hey, look, it's a Bidoof. - DAWN: I wonder what's wrong!

PIKACHU: [WORRIED]

BROCK: There's a wound on its head!

BROCK: Hold on I can help take care of that!

BIDOOF A: [SCARED]

BROCK: Now don't be afraidit's just some Super Potion!

BIDOOF A: [SCARED] PIKACHU: [REASSURING]

BROCK: Hold still, this'll make you feel better!

BIDOOF A: [HAPPY]

DAWN: Look at that - you did it!

BROCK: And now, we stick this on.

and we're all done!

BIDOOF A: [HAPPY]

DAWN: It seems like such a shy Bidoof.

ASH: Yeah, you're right!

POKEDEX: Bidoof. The Plump Mouse Pokémon.

It gnaws on trees and rocks with its strong front teeth,

and lives in nests near the water.

DAWN: But is there water around here?

BROCK: Well, if there's any water in the forest

we surehaven't seen it.

ASH: I'll bet you this Bidoof got lost!

PIKACHU: [QUESTIONING]

DAWN: Aww, I'm sure Bidoof misses all of its friends.

BROCK: It says there's a waterfall just up ahead!

- ASH: Yeah? - DAWN: That's great!

It sounds like the ideal spot forBidoof to live!

BROCK: So let's bring this Bidoof back there!

- ASH: Yeah! - DAWN: Let's go!

ASH: Bidoof, if you come with us

we can take you back to your buddies!

PIKACHU: [AGREEING] BIDOOF A: [EXCITED]

BIDOOF A: [EXCITED] DAWN: What was that?

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Move it or lose it!

ASH, BROCK, DAWN: Team Rocket?

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Triple twerps!

JESSIE: Fancy meeting you way out here.

- JAMES: And especially - MEOWTH: Pikachu!

BROCK: That voice! STEELIX: [GROWL]

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Shovel head!

- BROCK: A Steelix! - DAWN: That thing is humongous!

POKEDEX: Steelix. The Iron Snake Pokémon. Strengthened by

the pressure and intense heat of living underground, its body is

stronger than steel. STEELIX: [GROWL]

ASH: That Steelix doesn't look very happy.

PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

DAWN: Steelix's head has three shovels stuck in it!

BROCK: Did you three have anything to do with this?

JESSIE: Excuse me, but we're the victims, not Steelix!

JAMES: We were spending a lovely afternoon digging a few innocent

pit traps!

MEOWTH: But instead of digging dirt we ended up

diggingSteelix's bean!

STEELIX: [ROAR]

ASH, DAWN, BROCK: That would make us angry too!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: The twerps' point is well taken!

ASH, DAWN, BROCK: Let's get out of here!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Mankey see, Mankey do!

STEELIX: [ROAR]

BROCK: A fork in the road!

DAWN: But which way should we go?

ASH: I think Bidoof said left!

JAMES: The twerps must know something we don't know!

JESSIE: Going where they go is close enough!

STEELIX: [HYPER BEAM MOVE]

MEOWTH: Okay, you got shovels in your head but was that

Hyper Beam necessary?

STEELIX: [ROAR]

- DAWN: Uh oh, here it comes! - ASH: Then let's go!

STEELIX: [ROAR] JAMES: My head!

JESSIE: From now on we carry aspirin!

JAMES: But it looks like we've been abandoned in

favor of the twerps!

JESSIE: Team Rocket really does have a lucky streak!

JESSIE: Hold on

JAMES: We're short by one Meowth!

JESSIE: Our streak is smudging!

JAMES: Are you perhaps thinking what I'm thinking?

JESSIE, JAMES: Meowth's being stalked by Steelix!

STEELIX: [GROWL]

MEOWTH: Doesn't that lug ever take a break?

BROCK: Hey, take a look up ahead!

ASH: The waterfall!

DAWN: Bidoof, is that where all of your friends are?

BIDOOF A: [AFFIRMATIVE]

BROCK: Look, an opening!

ASH: Quick, let's duck in there!

STEELIX: [GROWL]

BROCK: Look at that! The rock around here must be too hard for

even Steelix to punch through!

ASH: I guess that means we're safe - at least for now!

DAWN: I hope that rock holds out!

DAWN: Hey guys. Look over there!

ASH: Wow! I think it's a Bidoof Village!

DAWN: Awesome!

BIDOOF MAYOR: [GREETING]

BIDOOF B: [GREETING]

BIDOOF GROUP: [HAPPY] BIDOOF A: [HAPPY]

- DAWN: Wow, look at them all! - ASH: It's great!

BROCK: But I wonder, why didn't anyone

come looking for that Bidoof? BIDOOF A: [SHEEPISH]

MEOWTH: See, that Steelix scared the teeth off of them!

- They were hiding out! - DAWN: The poor things.

BIDOOF MAYOR: [CONCERNED]

MEOWTH: It's true the rock around here is hard, but that

Bidoof says it can't keep Steelix out forever!

MEOWTH: Sooner or later that opening is going to give out!

MEOWTH: That dude needs mood music!S

TEELIX: [ROAR]

ASH: The opening!

BROCK: It can't hold up that much longer!

DAWN: We've got to do something to stop it, and quickly!

MEOWTH: Right! With my strategy skills, we can't lose!

JESSIE, JAMES: Meowth! STEELIX: [ROAR]

- JESSIE: Come out! - JAMES: Shovel head's gone!

JESSIE: We need to work on our timing.

JAMES: And double - check our facts first!

STEELIX: [HYPER BEAM MOVE]

JESSIE, JAMES: Two - point landing!

JESSIE: Right in the county seat!

BIDOOF GROUP: [SCARED]

JESSIE: That's some brood!

JAMES: I believe that they're billed as Bidoof.

MEOWTH: Jessie! James! JESSIE, JAMES: There you are!

MEOWTH: ManIt's so good to see you mugs!

JESSIE: Steelix didn't smack you down!

JAMES: You're still intact!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: We're still a team and that's a fact!

- JESSIE: I'm good. - JAMES: Question one -

where are we?

ASH: You're inside a Bidoof village!

DAWN: And their village is in grave danger!

BROCK: And it's all because of what you did to Steelix!

BIDOOF GROUP: [UPSET]

JESSIE: Oh come on! Cut us a break! One step out of here and

we'll be Steelix stew!

JESSIE: Right! Stop thinking of yourself for a sec!

JAMES: Of course when it comes to selfish, you wrote the book!

DAWN: The nerve of you all!

ASH: Yeah you started this with your shovels!

PIKACHU: [ANGRY]

JESSIE: You and your dumb details! If that's how it is

we'll just have to take matters into our own hands!

You flaky fools can go out there but not I! Buh bye!

JAMES: Stop being so cryptic! Come back!

JESSIE: These'll make a great hide out!

JAMES: Hey! And I love the color scheme!

JESSIE: We'll stay in here until Steelix gets bored

or the shovels fall out!

JAMES: Either way, our well - being's here to stay!

BROCK: I guess they can't cause any more trouble in there.

MEOWTH: Well, I want a piece of that!

DAWN: Hold it, buster.

DAWN: What about all of those things you said about using

yourstrategy skills to help us anyway?

MEOWTH: I was pulling your twerpy legs! Man, sometimes

being able to talk is such a pain!

DAWN: What was that?

MEOWTH: Nothing but happy talk!

STEELIX: [ROAR]

ASH: Listen to that!

BROCK: Steelix sounds angrier than ever!

MEOWTH: But if that wrecking machine breaks through,

it's gonna put those shovels in my head!

BIDOOF GROUP: [SCARED]

ASH: OkayThat's enough!

Let's get moving! We've gotta block up that hole!

PIKACHU: [AGREEING] BIDOOF MAYOR: [DETERMINED]

- ASH: You ready? - BROCK: Right!

MEOWTH: Uh - Okay! You can twist my little arms so far

ASH: Hey Dawn, why don't you get Piplup to use Bubble Beam and

- buy us some time? - DAWN: Good idea!

I'm sure that'll have a big effect on Steelix!

PIPLUP: [BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

DAWN: That's it! Now keep it up Piplup!

PIPLUP: [AFFIRMATIVE]

BIDOOF: [EXERTION]

JESSIE: Well - they're certainly busy Bidoof aren't they?

JAMES: I believe they're building some sort of

- Steelix shield! - ASH: Hey!

You might want to help out too!

JESSIE: I'm much too hungry to help.

JAMES: Not too hungry to nap!

ASH: Man!

BIDOOF: [EXERTION]

STEELIX: [ROAR]

DAWN: Piplup, just a little bit more.

PIPLUP: [WEAK]

DAWN: Oh no! You're exhausted!

DAWN: Return! It's time for a nice long rest!

STEELIX: [ROAR]

BROCK: Sounds like Steelix's blown through the outside!

MEOWTH: Then all that's holding it back are sticks and stones!

DAWN, ASH, BROCK, MEOWTH, PIKACHU: [SCARED]

STEELIX: [ROAR]

BROCK: Won't be long now.

ASH: Yeah, but don't forget we can still fight!

DAWN: Of course! The shovels!

Maybe - if we could take those shovels out -

Steelixmight finally calm down!

BROCK: It just might work!

ASH: Okay, but how do we get that close?

DAWN: There!

If we can get Steelix into the gully

we'll get at the shovels from above!

- ASH: You're right! - BROCK: So, we'd better hurry!

MEOWTH: Except, you can't ask Steelix to jump in.

DAWN: Well, that's your job! What better decoy than you?

MEOWTH: Have you flipped that cap of yours?

ASH: Hey, Dawn's right! Steelix is still mad at you

BROCK: So you're perfect for luring it in!

MEOWTH: Yay

STEELIX: [ROAR]

STEELIX: [ROAR]

ASH: C'mon Meowth, run!

MEOWTH: You - mean - now? Yipes!

MEOWTH: Step on it, peewee pegs, don't fail me now!

MEOWTH: Steelix ain't gonna fit down there!

- JESSIE: Are they at it again? - JAMES: I need my beauty sleep.

JESSIE, JAMES: Meowth?

MEOWTH: I'm gonna get taken down by this hard- headed angry blob!

- MEOWTH: Talk about road rage! - ASH: Okay, Meowth, now jump!

JESSIE, JAMES: Do something!

ASH: Okay, Staravia, go and save Meowth!

STARAVIA: [APPEARING]

STARAVIA: [DETERMINED] STEELIX: [PANICKED]

BROCK, DAWN, ASH, PIKACHU: [SHOCKED]

STEELIX: [STUNNED]

- DAWN: Just like I figured! - ASH: Let's go!

DAWN, BROCK: Right!

STARAVIA: [HAPPY]

JESSIE: It's been a rough day huh?

JAMES: Bet you're ready for a break!

MEOWTH: Yeah, I'll break something all right!

MEOWTH: Hey, you! Iron breath!

MEOWTH: So you like going round picking on the little guy?

MEOWTH: Time to knock you down a few pebbles!

JESSIE: Just think! Team Rocket always emerges victorious even

when we're asleep!

JAMES: So read this and weep!

- ASH: What're you guys doing? - BROCK: Keep it down!

JESSIE: Listen is that a scared voice I hear?

JAMES: It whines to me, loud and clear!

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

MEOWTH: In your ear!

JESSIE: Bringing forth chaos at a break - neck 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!

STEELIX: [ROAR]

- JESSIE: J - Jessie... - JAMES: And it's James...

MEOWTH: Yeah, who cares?

JESSIE: Putting the do - gooders in their place.

JAMES: Because we're Team Rocket!

STEELIX: [ROAR]

JESSIE: That's no fair - we're not done yet!

JAMES: If we can't tell them we're in their face how will

they know?

MEOWTH: Maybe if we have a little talk

with Steelix's manager, we can work it out

WOBUFFETT: [EXCITED]

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

STEELIX: [HYPER BEAM MOVE]

BIDOOF GROUP: [SCARED]

BROCK: We've got to pull those shovels out!

ASH: Staravia, use Aerial Ace on the shovels!

STARAVIA: [AFFIRMATIVE] PIKACHU: [DETERMINED]

DAWN: Wow! That's one down!

ASH: Great! Now get the other two!

STARAVIA: [SCARED] STEELIX: [ROAR]

STARAVIA: [PAINED] ASH: Staravia!

PIKACHU: [SCARED] STARAVIA: [STUNNED]

- DAWN: What do we do? - ASH: Staravia, return!

- STARAVIA: [WEAK] - STEELIX: [ROAR]

ASH: Pikachu, use Iron Tail on the shovels!

PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE]

PIKACHU: [IRON TAIL MOVE]

- ASH: Yeah! That's two! - BROCK: One to go!

PIKACHU: [DETERMINED] DAWN: Pikachu, behind you!

ASH: Pikachu, no! PIKACHU: [SCARED]

STEELIX: [ANGRY]

ASH: It's too dangerous to get close enough!

DAWN: But only one shovel's left!

BIDOOF MAYOR: [SHOCKED]

BIDOOF MAYOR: [RESIGNED]

STEELIX: [HYPER BEAM MOVE]

ASH: Hey, Steelix, stop it!

DAWN: We want to help you get rid of that shovel!

ASH: You gotta believe us!

ASH: There's gotta be a way to get that thing out!

BIDOOF A: [DETERMINED]

BIDOOF MAYOR: [CONSIDERING]

BIDOOF MAYOR: [CONSIDERING]

BIDOOF MAYOR: [DETERMINED]

BIDOOF GROUP: [AGREEING]

ASH: What are they doing? PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

DAWN: Hey look at that! The Bidoof are pulling it out!

BROCK: Guess they finally realize they have to stand up

for themselves!

ASH: And wow, look at them go!

BIDOOF GROUP: [EXERTION]

BROCK: Oh no! It looks like Steelix's gonna

go right over the falls!

DAWN: That's awful! Steelix is always weak against water!

BROCK: I doubt Steelix's thinking about that now

ASH: Turtwig! Use Razor Leaf and stop Steelix now!

TURTWIG: [DETERMINED]

TURTWIG: [RAZOR LEAF MOVE]

STEELIX: [ROAR]

BIDOOF GROUP: [EXERTION]

STEELIX: [HYPER BEAM MOVE]

ASH: Turtwig can't do it either...

STEELIX: [GROWL]

BIDOOF MAYOR: [EXERTION]

BIDOOF GROUP: [EXERTION]

STEELIX: [ROAR]

DAWN: Steelix! I can't look!

BIDOOF MAYOR: [ADAMANT]

STEELIX: [ROARS]

STEELIX: [CONFUSED]

BROCK: Steelix stopped!

DAWN: The Bidoof! They got the shovel out!

ASH: Hey, Bidoof, you did it! PIKACHU: [HAPPY]

BIDOOF GROUP: [HAPPY]

BIDOOF GROUP: [FAREWELL]

ASH: That's great

DAWN: Amazing what you can do when your friends depend on you.

BROCK: You're rightThe Bidoof are gonna be fine.

So, what do you say we get going?

ASH: Yeah! PIKACHU: [HAPPY]

NARRATOR: And so, faced with the prospect of a rampaging

Steelix destroying their village a previously timid group

of Bidoof learned the true meaning of the word courage

- and also provided our heroes, of course,

with yet another opportunity to witness

one of the many spectacles in the world of Pokémon!

TO BE CONTINUED...