04x30 - Moving Pictures

[bunniefuu]

narrator:
Determined to achieve

his goal of competing
in the Johto League,

Ash and his friends
continue on

towards the gym
in Olivine City.

- The sky's getting dark.
You think it's gonna rain?

- Sure looks like it.

[camera shutter clicking]

- Hey, what's that sound?

- It sounded like
a camera shutter!

- Huh?
- Look!

all: Ah!

- Hey, is that
our old friend Todd?

Todd!
Agh!

- Pika!
[camera shutter clicks]

thud!
[camera shutter clicks]

- [groans]
[camera shutter clicks]

- That was great.

Wait till you see
your expressions!

- I can't wait.

- Pikachu!

- [singing]
Pokémon, Pokémon, Pokémon

- Let's do it.

I wanna be the very best

Like no one ever was

Ever was, ever was

To catch them is my real test

To train them is my cause

My whole life has led to this

Time to test my skills

I know I just can't miss

Gonna show the world

Born to be a winner

- Johto

- Born to be a champion

Born to be a winner

Born to be the very best

- Pokémon
- Johto

- Born to be a winner

Pokémon

- Hey, Todd,
good to see you again!

- How are you doing, Todd?
- I'm great.

And it's really great
to see all of you guys again!

- I know.
It's been a while hasn't it?

- I guess you guys are heading
to to Cinnabar Island, right?

- That's right!

- Well, I think
I'll head up to the mountains

so I can take some new shots
of wild Pokémon.

- So what's up, Todd?

Still taking
lots of Pokémon pictures?

- You bet!

Just check these out.

Isn't this Bellsprout cute?

And look at the sad expression
on that Gloom's face.

That Weepinbell
really cracks me up.

[chuckles]

And look at this happy
little Hoppip I found!

- You sure have got
a lot of talent, Todd.

- Togepi!

- It looks like
you've been concentrating

on taking
Grass Pokémon.

- Yep, I bet I have one
of the most complete collections

of candid Grass Pokémon pictures
in the whole world.

But what I really want
in my album

is a shot of an Articuno!

all: Huh?

- An Articuno?

- Articuno,
the Freeze Pokémon.

This legendary Pokémon,

with wings
like thin sheets of ice,

is believed to posses
the ability

to freeze water vapor
and create snow.

- Wow, imagine
if it was really real.

- It is!
- Huh?

- Yesterday, a kid told me
that some people

in the village nearby
said they saw an Articuno!

- Really?

Hey, why don't we try to see
if we can spot one too?

- I'd love to see one!

- So would I!

- Pika! Pika!

Pi?

Pika?

- Hmm?
What's the matter, Pikachu?

Somethin' wrong?

- Pika!
all: Huh?

- Hey, a sh**ting star!

- I don't think so!

- It looks like a meteor!

- It's coming right this way!

- Hey,
maybe it's that Articuno.

I got to get a shot of this!

- Todd, look out!

- [screams]

- Wow, that was a close call.

- Maybe that thing
really was a meteor!

- Well, it definitely
wasn't an Articuno.

- Well, it's way too little
to be a meteor.

Let's see.

- Sunkern,
a Seed Pokémon.

Sunkern drink the dew
that collects beneath leaves.

It is believed that it neither
eats nor drinks anything else.

- But why was it flying
through the sky,

and why's it frozen in ice?

- I don't know,
but we've got to do something!

There isn't much time.

- I just passed a lodge.
We could take it there!

- Great. Let's go.

[all panting]

- Them twerps have all the luck.

Now they got their hands
on a cool new Pokémon.

- Chill out.

When we catch Pikachu,
we'll capture that thing too!

- Sounds nice!

- We'll get two for one.
Sounds like fun!

- Come on, team,
let's stay on their tail!

- Just hang in there, Sunkern.

- There.
That's the lodge!

- Hello!

- My, you kids seem in a hurry.

Can I help you with something?

- We just found this Sunkern,
and it's frozen solid.

- Oh, that's just terrible.

Let's go inside
and see what we can do.

- Don't you worry, Sunkern.

We're gonna get you warmed up
in no time.

- I don't understand
how a Sunkern

could've gotten frozen
like that.

- Yeah, and where did it come
from in the first place?

- This shouldn't take long.

There.

Now just set it down
in the basin.

- Right.

- Yeah.

A nice hot bath
ought to defrost Sunkern!

- Pika!

- The ice is melting away!

- It's almost gone.

- Sunkern-kern!

- It's alive.

I guess the ice
only slowed down its metabolism!

- Yeah.
- Thank goodness!

- It looks like
it's just fine now.

- Sunkern-kern!

- Isn't that cute?

Sunkern sounds like
it's singing in the bathtub!

- If its voice is warmed up,

the rest of it
must be warmed up too.

- We never
introduced ourselves.

I'm Brock,
and these are my friends.

- My name's Misty, ma'am.

- Ash Ketchum.
- And my name's Todd.

- My name's Sophia.

And I'm so pleased
that I could help this Sunkern,

especially because everybody
knows this place

as the Sunflora Lodge!

- Then we came
to the perfect place!

- We sure did.

Sunkern are the pre-evolved
form of Sunflora, right?

- That's right.

And the reason we call this
the Sunflora Lodge is...

Oh, well, that's a very long,
complicated story.

And I'm sure you young people
wouldn't be interested

in listening
to an old lady reminisce.

Of course,
it is rather interesting,

and I could tell you
if you insist.

- We're stuck now.

- She's gettin' ready
to tell her whole life story.

- We'll be here forever.

- Wonder if she has
any string cheese?

- We'd love to hear your story,
wouldn't we?

all: Sure, we're all ears!

- [chuckles softly]

Well if you insist,
I suppose I can't say no.

Well, let's see.

It all started years ago.

I had a sweetheart,
Marcello.

He was leaving to work
in another town,

just for a few months,

and then we were to be married.

And so I waited.

The seasons passed,
but my Marcello didn't return.

But still I waited.

What I didn't know was that
Marcello was in the hospital.

He'd been
in a terrible accident

and had been unconscious
for months.

Still, day after day,
week after week,

I waited, hoped.

Finally, I got the letter
I'd been waiting for.

I remember
exactly what it said.

"My darling Sophia,
please forgive me.

"I will be passing by
the lodge tomorrow.

"If you are married
or in love with another,

"I wish you happiness.

"But if you will
still have me,

"stand a Sunflora
in front of the lodge,

and I will know."

Without a moment's hesitation,

I ran right out
and asked every Pokémon trainer

I could find
if they had a Sunflora.

all: Sunflora-flora.

Sunflora-flora.
Sunflora-flora.

Sunflora-flora.

- Sophia!

- [giggles]
My Marcello!

- My darling!

- We married
and lived so happily,

for a time.

You see, the accident
had weakened Marcello.

And all too soon,
my love was gone forever.

[all sobbing]

- It's so sad,
but I'm so happy I heard it.

- Someone took a picture of us

on that first day
with the Sunflora.

That was what we looked like
exactly years ago today.

[all sobbing]

- I'm completely overcome.

- That was the most
touching thing I've ever heard.

- You said it, pal.

If that lady talked in Spanish,

they could turn her life story
into a telenovela!

- I'm glad you told us
your story.

- Yeah, but please
don't tell it to us again.

- I guess you must miss
your husband a whole lot.

- [laughs]
all: Huh?

- Not as much
as you might expect, sonny,

not nearly as much!

But she can sure tell
a whale of a tale, can't she?

all: Huh?
- Uh, who are you?

- I hate to disappoint you kids,
but my name is Marcello.

[all scream]

- I guess I should apologize
for my wife.

Sophia loves romance stories,

and she just loves
to put herself and me in them.

- What did you think
of today's story, Marcello?

- It had me tearin' up!

[both laugh]

- If you can't trust
a little old lady,

who can you trust?

- Pika!

- This is
an interesting picture.

Are those Sunflora real?

- Oh, yes,
the Sunflora have come here

for years and years
because of the weather.

- It's always been warm

up on the South Slope
this time of year,

so lots of Sunflora
spend the winter there.

- When we first got married,

we went and had our picture
taken with the Sunflora,

and we've done it once a year
for years.

- Wow, these are amazing!

- There must be hundreds
of Sunflora there!

- Pika!

- This year'll be
your golden anniversary!

- That should make
an extra special picture!

- Yes, well...

- Hundreds of Sunflora,
that'd look great!

I'm a photographer,

and I'd love to be the one

to take your Golden Anniversary
picture for you!

- I'm afraid there won't
be a picture this year.

- Don't you want one?

- We'd love one,
but for some reason,

the South Slope's
been unusually cold this year.

- For the first time
in years,

there hasn't been
a single Sunflora

on the South Slope.

- They're just gone?

- It would've been kind of nice
to see all the Sunflora.

- Yeah.

- We should go
out to the South Slope

and take
your anniversary picture anyway!

both: Oh!

- It is our
anniversary tradition, Marcello.

- You're right.

Sunflora or no Sunflora,

we should still go
up to the Slope

and have our picture taken.

- We'll go too.
Right, guys?

both: Right!
- Pika!

- Well, are you all ready to go,
kids?

all: Ready!

- Brock, how come

you're bringing
the Sunkern with you?

- The Sunkern's
a pre-evolved form of Sunflora.

It might be able to help us
find just what happened to 'em.

- Good idea, Brock.

- Okay, hold it, guys.

I want to get a bon voyage shot.

Perfect!
[camera shutter clicks]

- Well, let's get going!

- This could be our big break!

- While they focus
on the Sunflora,

Pikachu will be unprotected.

- Get ready, twerps,

'cause things are gonna
get really flaky.

[all laughing]

- Who's that Pokémon?

It's Pineco!
- Pineco!

- Well, kids,
it's right up there!

That's the South Slope!

all: Whoa!

- Just a few weeks ago,

the slope was covered
with so many Sunflora,

you couldn't count 'em all.

- Wow.

It's really cold
and gloomy up here now.

No wonder the Sunflora
don't come here any more.

[gasps]

Hey, it's starting to snow.
- Pika!

- This reminds me
of the first time

Marcello and I
crossed the bridge

to come up here
in the winter.

[wind howling]

[wood creaking]

- [gasps]

- Sophia!

- [screams]

Marcello!

- Don't worry,
my darling Sophia.

No matter what happens,
I'll never let you go!

- Marcello,
you must let me go.

If you don't,
we may both perish.

Please!

- I won't let you go.

Without you, Sophia,

my life
wouldn't be worth living!

[grunts]

- [grunts]
Marcello!

- Sophia!

- Oh, Marcello!

- Sophia.
- Marcello.

- What a great ending.
- [crying]

- Love is stronger
than anything!

- Hey, if you crossed a bridge
to get here,

how come we didn't cross one?

- Uh...

- You got me!

[both laugh]

- The story's actually true,

but it didn't
actually happen to us!

- I saw it happen
on one of those reality shows.

[all groan]
- Fooled me.

- I can't believe
I believed the old lady again.

- Pika!

- Wow, it's starting to come
down a lot heavier now, guys.

- This weather's weird.
It's too early for snow!

- I wonder
if there's any connection

between the cold weather

and whatever
made the Sunkern freeze.

- Pika!

- Hey, look.
That machine.

That's what's making the snow!

- Who'd do such a thing?

- Prepare for trouble.
We couldn't be prouder.

- We just made a foot
of brand-new powder.

- 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, blasting off
at the speed of light!

- Surrender now,
or prepare to fight!

- Meowth, that's white!

- It's Team Rocket!

- I didn't think

you three losers
would still be around!

- Well, our little photo boy

certainly has
a negative attitude.

- Go infest a darkroom,
shutterbug!

- Wobbuffet!

- Speaking of bugs, bug off.

- All right!
A Wobbuffet!

These are gonna be great!

- What are you sh**ting,
a horror picture?

Begin the as*ault!

- We'll blitz them
with our blizzard machine

and snatch Pikachu
from the snow!

- All systems: Go.

[all trembling]
- Try to hang on, guys!

- Remember the last time

we were caught
in a storm like this, darling?

[sighs]

- Oh! Sophia!

Sophia, speak to me!

- I can't go on, Marcello.
Go on without me.

- Sophia, stay awake!
You can't go to sleep!

Sophia.
Sophia!

- That's a real nice story,

but there's no way we're gonna
believe you this time.

- But don't you want
to hear the end of it?

- In the spring,
a forest ranger finds us

frozen in two intertwined
blocks of ice!

- I don't know
if you two have noticed yet,

but we're getting attacked here!

- Turn it up!
Turn it up!

[all trembling]

- Yay!
Everything in sight is white!

- Now we can't find Pikachu!

- Well, it must be
around here somewhere.

- Don't just stand there.
Turn off the snow!

- All right, Frosty!

[all gasping and panting]

- Pikachu!

both: Ah. Pikachu!

- Pika!

[sighs]

- Pikachu!

Ugh.
Bulbasaur, I choose you!

- Bulbasaur!

- Quick, Bulbasaur,
demolish that snow machine

with your Solar Beam!

- Bulbasaur!

- Meowth, turn on the snow
and bury Bulbasaur!

- Make up your mind.
I'm gettin' finger fatigue.

Huh?

- Bulba!

Bulbasaur!

[sighs]

[all gasp]
- Bulbasaur got snowed!

- Arbok.
Let's get that Pikachu!

- Sah! Arbok!

Sah!
- Pika!

- Sah!

- Pika!

- Agh!
- Poor Pikachu!

- We've got you now, Pikachu!

- It just proves that there's
no job like a snow job!

- And when it comes to snow,

I'm the abominable SnowMeowth!

- Wobbuffet!

- Now, Arbok,
bring Pikachu here please.

- Sah!
- Pikachu!

- Pika!
- Sah!

- Saurbulba!

- You did a great job, Arbok!

- Bulbasaur!

- Oh, Bulbasaur's stuck!

- Bulbasaur wants to help,
but it can't.

It's stuck in the snow,
and it's nearly frozen!

- Sunkern!
- Sunkern, don't!

- Sunkern!
Sunkern! Sunkern!

[squealing]

[all gasping]

- Sunkern's Sunny Day Attack!

- What's going on?

[all gasping]

- Bulba?

Bulba!

both: Look. Bulbasaur!

- Okay, use your Solar Beam,
Bulbasaur!

- Bulbasaur!

- Pika!

- Are you okay, Pikachu?
- Pika!

- Now let's take care
of Team Rocket!

- Pika!

Pika!

- Here comes that "blasting off"
feeling again!

- Meowth, let's get out of here!

- You got it!

- We could stay and battle,

but we'll let you slide
this time!

- Speaking of sliding,
watch your step!

- It's kind of icy!

all: Stay cool, twerps!

- Bye-bye, guys!

Pikachu,
give 'em a Thunderbolt!

- Pikachu!

[all screaming]

- Pikachu got away.

- I thought we'd win today.

- It always rains
on our parade.

- Except this time it snowed!

all: We're blasting off again!

- Wobbuffet!

- There they go!
- Pika!

- They might've beaten us
if it wasn't for Sunkern!

- Yeah!

It looked gloomy
till our little friend here

chased the clouds away!

- Sunkern!

- You were picture perfect!

- Sunkern-kern!

- Well, the sun's back.

But I suppose the Sunflora
are gone forever.

- Maybe that's true.

I miss them too,
but we can keep

a beautiful snapshot of them
in our hearts.

- You're right, dear.

- I have an idea.

Why don't you take
your anniversary picture

with Sunkern this year?

- That'd be great!

- No point in coming here

and not taking
our annual picture.

- And Sunkern is
just a pre-evolved Sunflora!

- Hey, I just thought
of something!

When you won
that bug-catching contest,

didn't they give you
a Sun Stone as a prize?

- Mm-hmm.
They sure did!

- Why don't you use it
on Sunkern?

- Hey, yeah!

- The Sun Stone enables
evolution in several Pokémon,

changing Gloom into Vileplume

and changing Sunkern
into Sunflora.

- Great idea!

- Sunflora-flora!

- I know you usually have

hundreds of Sunflora
in your pictures,

but I think this year
one's the best we can do.

- Well, we'll just make do
with what we've got!

- That's right.

Who wants all those Sunflora
as competition?

They're prettier than me!

[both laugh]

- That's so sweet,

married all this time,
and they're still in love.

- Mm-hmm.
- Togepi!

- Sunflora! Sun!
Sunflora! Sun!

- Uh, what's that?

- Maybe it's some kind of echo.

- Maybe not.

- [chuckles]
- Hey!

all: Sunflora-flora!
Sunflora-flora!

- [gasps]
- They're here!

all; Sunflora-flora!
Sunflora-flora!

Sunflora-flora!

- [chuckles]
- I can't believe it.

There must be
a thousand Sunflora!

- They must've heard
the new Sunflora

calling them
to come back here!

- Yeah!

all: Sunflora-flora!
Sunflora-flora!

Sunflora-flora!
Sunflora-flora! Sunflora-flora!

Sunflora-flora! Sunflora-flora!

- This is wonderful.

- Yes, almost as wonderful
as every day with you, Sophia.

- Okay, now get into

the exact same pose
you did years ago!

both: How's this, Todd?

- Beautiful.

[camera shutter clicks]

Huh?

Was that?

- What's the matter, Todd?

- I just saw something fly by
that looked like an Articuno.

all: You did?

- Maybe you imagined it.

- Actually,
it could be possible.

Maybe it was Articuno
that brought

all the cold weather
to the South Slope.

- It makes sense.

- It was an Articuno!

I just know it!

I've got to find it
and take a picture of it!

- Great.
I want to see Articuno too!

- Guys.
Let's go find it.

all: Sunflora-flora!
Sunflora-flora!

- Thank you, kids!
- Take care!

- Good-bye!
- Bye! Thank you!

- See you!
Have a happy th anniversary!

narrator:
As the happy couple waves

their grateful good-byes,

our heroes
and their old friend Todd

begin a new adventure:

the search
for the legendary Articuno!

- Let's do it.

[singing]
Born to be a winner

- Johto

- Born to be a champion

Born to be a winner

Born to be the very best

- Pokémon

- Born to be a winner

- Johto

- Born to be a champion

Born to be a winner

Born to be the very best

- Pokémon
- Johto

- Born to be a winner

Pokémon