12x50 - Mastering Current Events!

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- DAWN: Oh, no... - ASH: Man...Bet you we're lost!

DAWN: How big is this forest anyway?

BROCK: Heading over this way should get us out of here fast!

ASH: Gliscor! I choose you!

GLISCOR: [APPEARING]

ASH: Gliscor, have a look! GLISCOR: [SOARING]

NARRATOR: While Dawn's next Pokémon Contest

in Daybreak Town awaits,

our Heroes seem to have gotten a bit turned around,

and are presently lost in a deep forest.

GLISCOR: [DISTANT CALLING]

ASH, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

ASH: That way!

ASH: Yeah, we're outta there!

ASH, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

ASH: Check it out!

ASH: Gliscor!

SCIZOR: [PURSUING] ASH: What's that?

ASH: It's a Scizor!

GLISCOR: [PANICKING]

DAWN, ASH, BROCK, PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [WORRIED]

BROCK: Look! CHIMECHO: [EXERTION]

DAWN: A Chimecho!

CHIMECHO, SCIZOR: [EXERTION]

ASH: Whoa, fast!

GLISCOR: [SURPRISED]

BROCK: Look Scizor's using Metal Claw!

CHIMECHO: [PSYWAVE MOVE]

ASH: Chimecho's using Psywave back!

SCIZOR: [PAINED]

BROCK: This time it's Double Hit!

GLISCOR: [EXCITED]

SCIZOR: [EXERTION] CHIMECHO: [PAINED]

GLISCOR, PIKACHU: [EXERTION] PIPLUP: [PAINED]

DAWN: Piplup NO!

PIPLUP: [DAZED]

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!

PIPLUP: [WEAK]

DAWN: Piplup, please tell me you're all right!

MAYA: Sorry! I never thought people or Pokémon

would be way out here like this!

MAYA: Chimecho, are you okay?

CHIMECHO: [CONTENT]

POKEDEX: Chimecho. The Wind Chime Pokémon.

Its cries, which reverberate in its hollow body,

emerge as notes of beauty, which drive off its opponents.

PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

MCCANN: I'll be! I'm shocked to find signs

of life in this thick forest!

ASH: Excuse me! Hey is that your Scizor?

MAYA: Wow. You don't know who this is do you?

ASH: Guess I don't!

DAWN: Well I sure know!

They did a story on you for Sinnoh Now!

DAWN: Yeah you're that Air-Battle Master.

MAYA: McCann!

- ASH: Air-Battle Master? - MAYA: Right. That's it!

See, when it comes to Air Battling my grandfather,

McCann is undefeated and unbeatable!

ASH: Wow!

MAYA: But, now that he's retired

he lives a quiet life up in the mountains near here.

Sometimes he even lets me battle him!

BROCK: I see. So that's what that Air Battle was all about!

MCCANN: Now, the thing is,

the way the wind blows around here

makes this valley quite unique!

It's about as perfect for Air Battles as you're going to get!

MAYA: Every so often,

someone asks Grandpa to teach them everything he knows!

So many seem to want to learn every last one of his secrets.

MAYA: Just yesterday a student asked

to help make his Crobat stronger!

BROCK: And so did you help him out?

MCCANN: Nah, I decided he didn't have a chance!

MAYA: Right! See, most people don't have a chance!

But even if they can't become students,

they bring their Pokémon to be trained, right Grandpa?

MCCANN: Right dear.

MAYA: So, most requests get turned down

right from the start!

MCCANN: I figure if there's no chance for

them to become strongit's a waste of my time!

GLISCOR: [EXCITED]

ASH: Gliscor! Want to try? GLISCOR: [AFFIRMING]

ASH: Mr. McCann?

Would you consider battling with my Gliscor, please?

You see, we're on a journey together

to win the Sinnoh League!

MCCANN: Are you saying your Gliscor is strong?

ASH: Yeah! Gliscor's a huge help in my Gym Battles!

GLISCOR: [EXCITED]

MCCANN: Well! I wonder about that...

DAWN: It'd be great! Please?

BROCK: It sure would!

PIKACHU: [EXCITED] PIPLUP: [CONVINCING]

MAYA: Why not? Since you're retired

there's not that much to do...

MCCANN: Perhaps...might be a nice way to k*ll some time!

ASH: k*ll some time, huh?

MCCANN: Scizor, let's go!

SCIZOR: [APPEARING] GLISCOR: [PLEASED]

POKEDEX: Scizor. The Pincer Pokémon.

It threatens enemies with its eye-patterned claws,

which can swing with tremendous force when used in battle.

- DAWN: Wow, strong! - ASH: Yeah!

MCCANN: All right then, shall we begin?

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

SCIZOR: [SOARING]

ASH: Gliscor, you go too!

GLISCOR: [EXERTION]

ASH: Now head for Scizor!

GLISCOR: [AGREEING]

GLISCOR: [PANICKING] GLISCOR: [PAINED]

ASH: Come on Gliscor, you know you

can't turn well at that speed!

DAWN: Gliscor you've got to wake up!

GLISCOR: [AGREEING]

SCIZOR: [SURPRISED]

ASH: Now! Use Steel Wing!

GLISCOR: [STEEL WING MOVE]

MCCANN: Scizor use Metal Claw!

SCIZOR: [METAL CLAW MOVE]

GLISCOR: [SURPRISED] SCIZOR: [ATTACKING]

GLISCOR: [PAINED] ASH, PIKACHU: [CONCERNED]

BROCK: Amazing...

Scizor never wastes a single move!

ASH: Come on Gliscor, glide on the wind!

GLISCOR: [CONFUSED]

GLISCOR: [SURPRISED]

MCCANN: Now, Double Hit!

SCIZOR: [DOUBLE HIT MOVE]

GLISCOR: [PAINED] ASH, PIKACHU: [WORRIED]

BROCK: It's predicting all of Gliscor's moves!

GLISCOR: [WEAKENING]

SCIZOR: [EXERTION] GLISCOR: [WORRIED]

ASH: Quick Gliscor, use Sand att*ck!

GLISCOR: [AGREEING]

GLISCOR: [SAND att*ck MOVE]

GLISCOR: [CONFUSED]

MCCANN: Now Scizor, use Metal Claw!

SCIZOR: [METAL CLAW MOVE]

GLISCOR: [PAINED]

MCCANN: Double Hit go!

SCIZOR: [DOUBLE HIT MOVE] GLISCOR: [PAINED]

GLISCOR: [EXERTION]

ASH: Gliscor!

DAWN: Wow, that Scizor's amazingly tough!

BROCK: Yeah! Scizor really uses the wind to its advantage!

GLISCOR: [STRUGGLING]

ASH: Now, Gliscor, Fire Fang go!

GLISCOR: [FIRE FANG MOVE]

MCCANN: Quick, Scizor, Double Team!

SCIZOR : [DOUBLE TEAM MOVE]

SCIZOR : [ATTACKING]

GLISCOR: [PANICKING]

ASH: Gliscor! Steel Wing, let's go!

GLISCOR: [STEEL WING MOVE]

SCIZOR: [DODGING]

ASH: No good!

DAWN: It seems like...

Scizor's come up with some sort of way to dance with the wind!

JESSIE: Please.

You'd think the Twerps were using vanishing cream!

MEOWTH: Well, they slathered it on when they hit the forest...

JAMES: So Twerpishly slick!

JESSIE: Twerps at five o'clock!

And they're ballooning it to boot!

JAMES: What a hoot!

JESSIE: What's with the turbo charge?

JAMES: I don't want up I want down!

MEOWTH: Don't worry buddy boy you'll get that soon enough!

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

MAYA: Grandpa, shouldn't you wrap this up soon?

MCCANN: I suppose. No sense wasting any more of my time!

MCCANN: Scizor! Hyper Beam lets go!

SCIZOR: [HYPER BEAM MOVE] GLISCOR: [YELLING]

ASH: Gliscor! Wait!

If they just used Hyper Beam,

then they won't be able to att*ck us right away!

ASH: Gliscor! Wake up! Use Fire Fang!

GLISCOR: [FIRE FANG MOVE]

BROCK: Oh no! As soon as Scizor used Hyper Beam it

climbedto a safe distance from Gliscor by riding the wind!

MCCANN: All right! Scizor now do a

steep dive and then use Double Hit!

SCIZOR: [EXERTION]

GLISCOR: [SURPRISED] SCIZOR: [ATTACKING]

GLISCOR: [WEAK]

ASH: Gliscor!

GLISCOR: [PAINED]

ASH: Gliscor! Are you okay?

GLISCOR: [STRUGGLING] BROCK: That was rough!

ASH: Yeah!

Poor Gliscor wasn't even able to get in a single hit!

GLISCOR: [CRYING]

ASH: Hey Gliscor, don't cry!

MAYA: Your Gliscor's quite a weakling!

MCCANN: Too bad! There are better ways to k*ll some time.

- MAYA: He's right! - MCCANN: Look kid.

If you want your Gliscor to become strong,

it's going to take a lot of effort.

MCCANN: So let me teach you the basics of Air Battling!

MCCANN: The key to Air Battling is reading the wind!

ASH: The wind?

MCCANN: Right! You need to know what wind is

blowing where, where the wind's subsiding,

and where the wind's gotten stronger!

Where the wind is bending, and which way.

That's what is called reading the wind!

ASH: Wow! Reading the wind, huh?

MCCANN: A Pokémon learns to read it with its entire body.

MCCANN: But the wind never blows the same way twice!

Sunny days, rainy days,

each day brings different currents!

MCCANN: And since they're always changing,

learning how to read them is the secret to winning an Air Battle!

ASH: Wow, that's it.

MCCANN: Isn't that what makes it interesting, Maya?

MAYA: That's right, Grandpa!

MCCANN: The sun is going down. We've got a lovely guesthouse,

and you're welcome to stay there!

GLISCOR: [CRYING]

ASH: Yeah, that was a tough loss, eh, Gliscor?

GLISCOR: [DISAPPOINTED]

PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [EATING]

ASH: Gliscor?

ASH: Not much of an appetite, huh?

DAWN: You've got to eat if you want to get stronger!

PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [ENCOURAGING]

GLISCOR: [AGREEING]

PIKACHU, PIPLUP, GLISCOR: [EATING]

ASH: Okay, Gliscor, time for bed!

GLISCOR: [DISAGREEING]

ASH: But Gliscor, you've got to get some rest!

BROCK: I guess Gliscor's got a lot to think about.

ASH: Guess so.

ASH, BROCK, DAWN, PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [SLEEPING]

PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

PIKACHU: [CURIOUS]

GLISCOR: [SURPRISED]

PIKACHU: [REASSURING]

ASH: Gliscor... GLISCOR: [SAD]

ASH: Too upset to sleep, huh?

GLISCOR: [SULKING]

ASH: Hey! What do you say we

take a whack at trying to read the wind just like McCann said!

GLISCOR: [EXCITED]

GLISCOR: [AGREEING]

ASH: What'd he say about reading the wind? Yeah! Got it!

STARAPTOR: [EXERTION]

GLISCOR: [EXERTION]

ASH: Gliscor, that's it!

Just keep on chasing after the rope!

STARAPTOR: [PLEASED]

GLISCOR: [HAPPY]

DAWN: Here, Ash. Try using this!

ASH: Dawn!

DAWN: I took a bit of tin foil and used it to make confetti.

Watch this!

ASH: Whoa, Great!

Now you can see the wind! Now, Gliscor! Follow that trail!

GLISCOR: [HAPPY]

ASH: Thank a lot, Dawn!

Gliscor, look down! Here's more!

GLISCOR: [HAPPY]

ASH: You're really riding the wind!

PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

MEOWTH: What's with the sparkles?

JAMES: That's flying tin foil!

- JESSIE: For what? - MEOWTH: That!

GLISCOR: [PLEASED] / [PANIC] GLISCOR: [DAZED]

MEOWTH: This Gliscor's from the Twerps!

What are you doing out on a night like This?

GLISCOR: [EXPLAINING]

JESSIE: Translation, please?

MEOWTH: Gliscor's trying to learn how to read

the windso it can battle Scizor for the win!

JAMES: I see. Not.

ASH: Team Rocket!

JESSIE: Say, is that a snoopy Twerp I hear?

JAMES: The snoopiest with a well-tuned ear!

JESSIE: On the wind!

JAMES: P- p- past the st- stars!

MEOWTH: And in the same ear!

JESSIE: Blowing in the wind, now we're hanging a left!

JAMES: I'm feeling anything but agile or deft!

JESSIE: An updraft by any other name makes me cold!

JAMES: Please get me down before I'm old!

- JESSIE: Jessie! - JAMES: James!

MEOWTH: Meowth! This balloon is lame!

JESSIE: Putting the astronauts into space!

JAMES: We're Team Rocket!

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

ASH: Why are they here? It's night!

DAWN: Right!

GLISCOR: [SOARING]

GLISCOR: [DIVING]

GLISCOR: [SWOOPING]

GLISCOR: [HAPPY] GLISCOR: [DIVING]

ASH: Gliscor! Way to go!

DAWN: Gliscor's really got the hang of it!

ASH: Yeah! And, after we get some sleep

we'll take on McCann one more time!

MCCANN: Really? You want an Air Battle with me again?

MAYA: Even though Gliscor wasn't able to land

a single hit before?

ASH: Yes we do. We're asking for another chance, please!

PIKACHU: [PLEADING] PIPLUP: [BEGGING]

DAWN: Oh please, sir!

Ash and Gliscor worked really hard

all night long learning to read the wind!

BROCK: They get it now!

ASH: Of course, we might not be able

to b*at Scizor after all of this,

but still, we really want to check just how

far we've comeand look at Gliscor's progress!

GLISCOR: [AGREEING]

MCCANN: Dear, what should I do?

MAYA: Well, there's always more time to k*ll, so why not?

MCCANN: All right then, ready to go?

- ASH: Yeah! - DAWN: Do it, Gliscor!

Good luck! PIKACHU: [ENCOURAGING]

SCIZOR: [EXERTION]

ASH: Gliscor, after Scizor!

GLISCOR: [AGREEING] SCIZOR: [EXERTION]

SCIZOR: [EXERTION] GLISCOR: [CHASING]

ASH: Way to go, Gliscor! X-Scissor!

GLISCOR: [X-SCISSOR MOVE] SCIZOR: [EXERTION]

GLISCOR: [PURSUING] ASH, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

DAWN: Scizor's so fast it's amazing!

MCCANN: Metal Claw!

SCIZOR: [METAL CLAW MOVE] GLISCOR: [DODGING]

MCCANN: Oh, so Gliscor can dodge now!

Scizor! Double Hit, let's go!

SCIZOR: [DOUBLE HIT MOVE] GLISCOR: [EXERTION]

- ASH: Gliscor, get back up! - DAWN: You've got to!

ASH: Sand att*ck!

GLISCOR: [SAND att*ck MOVE]

SCIZOR: [STUNNED]

ASH: That was awesome! Gliscor! Fire Fang, now!

GLISCOR: [FIRE FANG MOVE] SCIZOR: [PAINED]

MCCANN: Say, not too bad! Scizor! Double Hit once more!

SCIZOR: [DOUBLE HIT MOVE] GLISCOR: [PAINED]

ASH: Come on, Gliscor!

You're going to have to dig down deep!

ASH: Fire Fang, go!

GLISCOR: [FIRE FANG MOVE]

MCCANN: Use Double Team!

SCIZOR: [DOUBLE TEAM MOVE]

GLISCOR: [EXERTION] SCIZOR: [PAINED]

ASH: Awesome, Gliscor!

ASH: Here we go...

ASH: Gliscor, do it!

GLISCOR: [DIVING]

ASH: What's that? PIKACHU: [SHOCKED]

GLISCOR: [ATTACKING] SCIZOR: [PAINED]

BROCK: That was Giga Impact!

ASH: Hey, Gliscor learned Giga Impact!

Wow, how amazing is that?

MCCANN: Scizor, now that Gliscor's used Giga Impact,

it won't be able to use another move for awhile!

Counter-att*ck, quick!

SCIZOR: [AGREEING]

BROCK: Yes! After Giga Impact,

Gliscor used the wind to get super-far away from Scizor!

DAWN: That's exactly the same combination Scizor used!

ASH: Gliscor, way to go!

- MAYA: Pretty good! - MCCANN: Yes,

but play time is all over for now...

ASH: Go head on, Gliscor!

GLISCOR: [CHARGING] SCIZOR: [EXERTION]

ASH: X-Scissor!

GLISCOR: [X-SCISSOR MOVE]

MCCANN: Double Hit let's go!

SCIZOR: [DOUBLE HIT MOVE] GLISCOR: [STRUGGLING]

ASH: Heads up, Gliscor! Giga Impact!

GLISCOR: [GIGA IMPACT MOVE]

MCCANN: Scizor! Hyper Beam!

SCIZOR: [HYPER BEAM MOVE]

GLISCOR: [STRUGGLING]

GLISCOR: [PAINED]

ASH: Gliscor!

ASH: Gliscor... you okay?

GLISCOR: [AFFIRMING]

ASH: So we lost again... GLISCOR: [SAD]

ASH: But not only did you learn how to read the wind,

you learned a brand new move too!

And that's really good, you know?

GLISCOR: [AGREEING] DAWN: Sure is! It's great!

BROCK: That's real progress!

PIKACHU: [EXCITED] PIPLUP: [AGREEING]

MAYA: Yeah, that performance really wasn't bad at all!

MCCANN: Indeed!

MCCANN: Tell me Ash.

How would you like to leave Gliscor

with me for a little training?

ASH: Leave Gliscor here?

MCCANN: If your Gliscor was able to learn to read the wind

that well in just one night,

there's the making of a great pupil there!

ASH: Whoa, I don't know what to say.

MCCANN: It's quite amazing how this reminds me of

the very first time I met Scizor!

It's been a long time since I've met a Pokémon I wanted to train!

GLISCOR: [CONSIDERING]

GLISCOR: [CRYING]

ASH: Gliscor... GLISCOR: [CURIOUS]

ASH: So, do you want to come with us...

or do you want to stay here with McCann and train?

ASH: It's totally up to you!

PIKACHU: [AGREEING] PIPLUP: [AGREEING]

GLISCOR: [QUESTIONING]

MCCANN: It looks to me like Gliscor would like

to stay here and train with me!

GLISCOR: [AGREEING]

- ASH: Got it... - BROCK: Ash...

ASH: Yeah!

ASH: It's fine! If that's what you decided, that's that!

GLISCOR: [HAPPY]

BROCK: Well what do you know.

Gliscor's going to stay here and train with Mr. McCann...

DAWN: Wow, Gliscor's grown a lot!

MCCANN: The truth is both Trainer and Pokémon

have the desire to become as strong as they can!

ASH: Mr. McCann,

please take good care of my Gliscor!

MCCANN: Thanks.

MAYA: You just leave it all up to my Grandpa!

He'll do a great job training Gliscor!

JESSIE: The thought of crashing the party crossed my mind...

JAMES: But even criminals the likes of Team Rocket

wouldn't intrude on a touching scene such as this one!

MEOWTH: Mooshy but true.

JESSIE: Besides, it would be prudent to wait,

at least until Gliscor gets big and strong

before we go for the grab.

JAMES: Sporting. Good luck, chum!

DAWN: Good luck with all your training, Gliscor!

BROCK: And be well!

PIKACHU: [AGREEING] PIPLUP: [AGREEING]

ASH: Gliscor. I'll be seeing you real soon, okay?

GLISCOR: [AFFIRMATIVE]

MCCANN: Now you all take care of yourselves!

MAYA: Yeah take care!

GLISCOR: [HAPPY]

GLISCOR: [SAD]

GLISCOR: [CONFIDENT]

NARRATOR: In life, one experiences hellos,

as well as goodbyes. And so,

while Gliscor begins some serious training with McCann,

for the rest of our heroes, the journey continues!