03x01 - Don't Touch That 'dile'

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Once again, our heroes
have left the comforts

of Pallet Town behind them,

their sites set on a new goal.

Now Ash and friends are
heading for New Bark Town

and the Johto League.

Well...maybe.

What Pikachu?

Yeah..that branch
looks familiar!

Ash...you mean...

O-oh no we've been walking
around in circles all day!

You said y' knew where
you were going

and we're totally lost now !
Where d' we go? !

Well if you're so smart

why don't you be the
one t' decide? !

That's a good idea.. I'll
find a way outta here!

Come on Misty let's go,

we're waitin' for
your directions.

Don't rush me Ash ...

I just have t' think!

Well, this is gonna be a
brand new experience for you.

WE'RE NOT LOST CUZ O' ME! !

YELLING NEVER
SOLVES ANYTHING!

SO JUST CALM DOWN!

You two have t' learn t'
be more mature like me!

Pikachu!

Pikachu!

Don't Touch That 'dile!

A Pokémon.

It's beautiful.

It sure is.

Wait, come back!

Ash!

We'll never find
our way in this!

This fog's as
thick as pea soup.

Without the little
hunks o' ham.

It looks like it's
finally lifted!

Hot.. diggity dog!

Let's go get lunch!

What's that! ?

Looks like a university!

Or maybe even some
kind o' school!

Oh if it is , it must have
some kind of a cafeteria!

This is for the birds.

Is that you, Nurse Joy?

Thanks for coming over
on such short notice.

I guess I should've
called weeks ago..

but I got caught up in
my research project.

You'll find the Pokémon
we talked about

running around the
lab somewhere.

Pokémon?

Is there a
problem Nurse Joy?

Not a problem
in the world!

Jessie!

Just be quiet,
I'll handle this!

Well now that Nurse
Joy is finally here

what is it you'd like
me to do for you! ?

What we talked
about on the phone,

a complete checkup
for the Totodile.

Totodile?

Oh silly me now how could
I have forgotten that...

I'll take it right over
to the Pokémon Center..

bye bye!

Thanks Nurse Joy.

Great t' see ya.

I don't think I can
go much further.

Me neither.

Hey.. look what
that sign says!

New Bark Town!

Awri-i-I-i-ght! ! !

Ash maybe we'll see
another one o' those

Pokémon we saw
in the woods.

Hey Yeah.

New Bark Town...

This way t' the town

where winds of new
beginnings blow.

YES! . .

Our next adventure
starts right here!

Where winds of new
beginnings blow.

I can almost hear the
crowd at my first

JOHTO League match.

I'm ready!

Whaddya think he's
ready for Brock? !

He's ready to overcome
every obstacle

to achieve his
ultimate destiny!

Oh that.

The journey starts
right now Pikachu...

Look out JOHTO League
we're on our way!

Ash y' can't go t' the
Johto League 'til ya register!

Oh yeah that's right.

Look out Johto League
we're gonna register!

Do y' have any cash in
case they charge a fee?

THERE'S NO FEE Y' JUST
SIGN UP AT THE POKEMON CENTER!

C'mon!

I bet there's
a Nurse Joy

in charge of this
Pokémon Center too.

Oh Nurse Joy!

Chansey..you're
not Nurse Joy.

Welcome all trainers.

I'm Nurse Joy.

Ahh.. there she is!

That's funny...

Why's she on TV?

I'm over at the Elm
Laboratory right now

and I'm sorry I'm
not here to help you

but I'll be back at
the Pokémon Center

no later than two
o'clock this afternoon.

Guess we gotta wait.

Didn't she say two ?

It's already three thirty!

May as well sit down.

She must be runnin' late.

We can't just hang around
here and hope everything's OK!

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND,

NURSE JOY MIGHT BE IN SOME
KIND OF TERRIBLE DANGER!

Let's go find 'er!

Whatever you say Brock.

Wonder what's
going on here?

Hey Nurse Joy's not the
only familiar face in town!

I can't believe it's her! . .

He--llo Officer
Jenny I'm Brock

and I'd like to present you

with a small token
of my admiration!

Perhaps you'd like to get
together this evening

for a quiet

I better haul you
off before she does!

Excuse me Officer Jenny,

could please you tell me

where we could find the
lab of Professor Elm?

We happen t' be standing
right in front of it!

Looks like trouble.. Don't
you worry Officer Jenny

just leave
this t' me!

Brock wait a second!

HEY!

You can't go in there!

It's all my fault..

I should have been
paying attention.

Well maybe if you got
out of this lab once

in a while you'd start t' notice
what's going on around you!

Now what're you going to
tell that new trainer

when she comes here to
pick up her Totodile? !

I'm SO sorry.. but
I was observing

a very unusual
cell division ...

Stop making excuses
for yourself Professor!

Have no fear,
Brock is here!

And may I say you're
looking lovely..

Hey...save it Romeo we
don't have time for mushy stuff!

Could someone tell me
what's going on here? !

Sure..y' see Nurse..

You kids can't come
barging in here

in the middle of an official
police investigation!

Investigation? !

I'm afraid someone
has stolen a Pokémon.

Stolen a Pokémon! ?

A new trainer's very
first Pokémon is gone.

That poor girl,,that
poor Totodile.

Totodile?

Y' see I was supposed
to give the Totodile

and this Cyndaquil t' two
new Pokémon trainers tomorrow.

Hey look a' that!

It's a Cyndaquil!

It's so cute...!

Don't be alarmed,

this is normal behavior.

Maybe I should explain
things more fully.

New Bark Trainers get
t' choose one of three!

A Chikorita.

a new trainer just picked
this one up the other day...

it's a grass type ...or
they can pick a Cyndaquil,

which is a fire type...

..or they can
have a Totodile,

which is a Water type.

A Water type! . .

I'd pick that one!

New Pokémon trainers back home
get t' pick a Charmander..

or a Squirtle..

or a Bulbasaur..

but I got Pikachu!

Well if those were the Pokémon
you had t' choose from,

I'd say you must
come from Pallet Town!

Yeah that's right an'
I'm here t' register

for the Johto League!

So I suppose you know
Professor Samuel Oak.

Professor Oak gave
me Pikachu

an' he's a good friend o' mine

an' he was even
over at my house

for dinner the other night!

Yeah he sure is
a great person.

Have y' ever met him
yourself Professor Elm?

Of course I know Professor
Oak I was his top student!

I remember the first paper
I submitted to him

at the University..

..a brilliant
analysis of the

Hybridized Communicative
Faculties of Pokémon,

a truly
groundbreaking work..

Professor Oak gave me
only an A minus

because he failed to recognize
the genius of my thesis ...

coochie-coochie-coo..

That Tickles huh? !

I know that sometimes
Professor Elm

may sound like a hot head
but he's really very sweet

and he raises wonderful Pokémon!

-Yeah!
-And although I admire

and respect Professor Oak's
scientific achievements,

I am forced to consider
him my personal enemy!

Wow..Professor
Elm sure can talk.

As you can see from
my published work

I focus my studies on unusual
Pokémon abilities,

which I find infinitely

more interesting than
Professor Oak's research

which concentrates
on Pokémon

and their human
relationships because

Sometimes I wish Professor
Elm would be a little more

like Professor Oak
and do some research

in the area of human
relationships too.

Nurse Joy the reason we
came lookin' for y'

was 'cuz I wanted to sign
up for the JOHTO League!

Oh I'm so sorry I was
supposed t' be back

at the Pokémon Center by

but when I got to the lab
I lost track of time!

We just feel bad
for the new trainer

who's s'posed t' get
that Totodile tomorrow.

Yeah, when I was
a new trainer

I got so excited about
getting my first Pokémon

I couldn't even sleep
the night before!

So y' slept 'til
four the next day!

Anyway I'm just sayin'
I know what it's like

t' look forward
t' that day when y'

finally get your
first Pokémon.

That's why I'll do
whatever I can t' help ya

track down the Pokémon thief
an' bring back that Totodile!

We'll all help
find it Nurse Joy!

Officer Jenny.. We didn't
find any fingerprints

but we made a plaster cast of
some suspicious footprints

we found behind the lab.

HELP! LET GO...GET
OUT OF MY HAIR

YOU FILTHY LITTLE...

JAMES...MEWOTH...GET THIS
DISGUSTING THING OFF ME..

HURRY..!

Jess that Totodile's
really attached t' ya!

Just make sure it
doesn't go to your head!

That's a good one, Jimmy!

Where's Growlithe
takin' us? !

To the Pokémon
thief I hope!

Growlithe's following
the scent it picked up

from those footprints t'
find that stolen Totodile!

This thing's becoming
a big headache!

Jessie just think of it as
a Pokémon hair extension!

I DON'T FIND THIS FUNNY!

My ..hair is going to
come out at the roots

if this doesn't
let go of me!

I'm callin' the boss t' tell 'im
we got ahold of a new Pokémon..

or it got ahold
o' you...

What was that for? !

I know how you
operate Meowth

and if you make the call
you'll take all the credit!

I don't think I like the
implication of yer accusation!

Is it too much t' ask after
endurin' enough humiliation t'

last lives for me t' be
the one to call the Boss

and bear t' him
these good tidings?

I may be a Pokémon but
for your information

I still got feelings an'
I wanna make that call!

Let me remind you

that I took all the risk
in stealing this thing

so I should get the reward!

.. Now I'm telling you
to get out of my hair

and let me make
that phone call!

I ain't in your hair..
that's the Totodile

and it's obviously puttin' a
big strain on your brain.

At least I have a
brain you half-wit!

Half a wit is
better than none!

How dare you! . . .

By any chance do either
of you remember

the Boss's area code?

It's Team Rocket!

The twerp again!

I shoulda known it was
you three all along!

I'm placing all three
of you under arrest

for stealing that Totodile
from Professor Elm's lab!

Prepare for trouble,
you can't take us in!

Make that double, we'll
fight and we'll win!

To protect the world
from devastation.

To unite all peoples
within our nation.

To denounce the evils
of truth and love.

To extend our reach
to the stars above.

Jessie

James

Team Rocket blast
off at the speed of light.

Surrender now or prepare
to fight fight fight.

Meowth that's right.

Could you repeat that?

Listen you!

It just so happens
that this Totodile

and I are inseparable!

That Totodile's supposed
t' be the first Pokémon

a new trainer
THINKS she's comin'

t' pick up tomorrow!

It belongs t' her!

Now.. doesn't your
conscience bother you...

even a little? !

My conscience does
bother me a bit.

Yeah well not me
I'm unconscious!

I suppose my conscience
would bother me

if Team Rocket didn't
go by a somewhat

different ethical standard.

Finders keepers
losers weepers!

We'll see about that! . .

I choose you.. Bulbasaur!

Bulbasaur use your
Vine Whip now!

OK...Weezing I CHOOSE YOU!

Smoke Screen Attack!

I choose you Charizard.

Blow away that
Smoke Screen!

Don't worry
Totodile I got ya!

Just look at these
horrible split ends!

If we lose that Totodile

the Boss'll have us scalped!

BIG S GET OFF
ME YOU FURBALL!

DON'T CALL ME A
FURBALL YOU SCUZZBALL!

All right Growlithe
get in there

and apprehend those
three Pokémon thieves!

Weezing Sludge
attack it NOW!

Growlithe!

Quick James, while
we've got the advantage!

This calls for a Victreebel
Wine Whip Attack!

Wait.. let go... ...
Victreebel... please! .

I choose you..
..LICKITUNG!

Quick Squirtle use
your Water g*n Attack!

ATTACK THEM!

OK everybody
let 'em have it!

Bye bye!

I think we're about
to have a blast!

Whadda we tell
the Boss now!

You can make the call
this time Meowth

and you can give him
the same message

we always have t' give him!

Team Rocket messed
things up again!

That was great
work Totodile!

Well..no arrest.

You can take ME
into custody!

Uh..

C'mon lover boy,

what you need is
solitary confinement!

Glad we could
help Officer.

Thanks t' you a new
Pokémon trainer

is going to be very happy.

An' now I can
finally go an'

get registered for
the Johto League.

Someone always calls
during my soap operas!

Hello there Professor
Oak how're y' doin'! ?

I'm doing just fine!

We finally made it
t' New Bark Town!

That's excellent news..
are you registered yet Ash?

Not yet but I ran into
an old student o' yours!

Remember me Professor? !

Ye-e-e-e-s..Professor Elm.

I want you to know that
Ash was a tremendous help

to me and everyone
at my lab today!

He's certainly done
an outstanding job

of training his Pokémon.

Of course I'd expect
great skill from someone

trained by a superb
teacher like yourself!

Ash certainly
deserves your praise

but I'm afraid
you flatter me.

Now that I'm responsible
for sending new trainers

out just like you
are Professor

I'm going to make it my goal

to do a better
job than you do!

I-I mean just as
good a job as you do!

But speaking of doing a
better than you...

not that I'm
saying that I am

or I even could
do a better job

They could be
on for hours!

Next time I'll remember
t' reverse the charges.

I was able to answer some
of the questions

that seemed t' stump
you when you spoke

at the last meeting of
the Pokémon Symposium.

I'd be glad t' send you
a copy of the article

if you'd like!

I think you'd find
it very enlightening!

Hey Nurse Joy!

Where'd Professor Elm go?

I think he got a little
distracted again.

Before I explain my
theory Professor,

I think I should
take just a moment

to give you a bit of
background first!

He'll be a while..in
the meantime let's do

what you came here t' do
and get you registered

and approved for
the Johto League?

Great!

Ash Ketchum of
Pallet Town..

Welcome to the JOHTO League.

Congratulations Ash you're
now fully qualified

and approved to become
an official participant

in the Johto League.

Great! Thanks Nurse Joy.

You'll need a copy of the
Johto League guidebook

so make sure you
don't lose it!

Okay.

I'll hold it
close to my heart

which is just
where I hold you!

How many badges does Ash
have t' win in this league?

Once he earns eight badges
he'll be qualified to enter

and participate in
the Johto championship...

I'd say the best
place t' start..

is the Violet Gym
in Violet City!

Then that's
where we'll go.

It sounds like a
real colorful place!

Yeah, You can battle for
your next badge there

and start t' catch
up with Gary Oak.

Yeah.

Watch out Gary Oak 'cuz
Ash Ketchum is right behind ya!

Good luck in the
Johto League!

Remember.... you can
always stop in

at a Pokémon Center if
you run into any trouble!

And thanks again for
rescuing Totodile Ash!

Tomorrow morning you'll
get to meet your

new trainer Totodile and
I have a feeling that

you two'll become
best friends

just like Pikachu
and Ash are!

As he heads for
Violet City

to continue his
Pokémon Journey,

Ash and his friends are
happy in the knowledge

that a new trainer will soon
begin her Pokémon Journey.

And with the winds of new
beginnings at their backs,"

they look forward
to the Johto League.

Hey guys..look
behind ya too!