05x06 - Octillery the Outcast

[bunniefuu]

male narrator:
After many adventures

and making many new friends,

our heroes have finally arrived
at Scarlet City

on Red Rock Isle,

site of the Whirl Cup
competition.

- Live from the Whirl Cup,
it's the new champ.

- Pika!
- That's right, Ash.

And you're looking at her.

- Wow, you're pretty confident,
aren't you?

- Of course I am.

It feels like the whole
Water Pokémon world

has been waiting
just for me.

The winner.

- But you'll have
to beat me first.

- Pika, Pika.

- [singing]
Pokémon!

- No time to question
my moves

I stick to the path
that I choose

Me and my friends
are gonna do it right

You'll never see us
run away from a fight

To be a master
is my dream

All I've got to do
is believe

- I believe

- I've got a chance
to win

I'm on my way
to victory

- Pokémon!
-I can be a champion

If I just believe

I'm on a master quest

- Master quest

- I want the whole world
to see

- I believe

- I'm gonna be
the very best

'Cause all I've got to do
is believe in me

- Pokémon!

- Instead of arguing
over who's gonna win,

you'd better register
for the preliminaries first

or you won't even make it
to the finals.

- I know, Brock, but I can just
see that cup with my name on it.

- While the twerps
are getting worked up

over some worthless trophy,

why don't we do some
worthwhile stealing?

- I know, let's grab a bunch
of these Pokémon

right out from under them,

open a Water Pokémon park
and make a fortune.

- And when the boss
sees all that cash,

he'll respect us in a flash.

- Let's get the stash.

- Look at that.
The line is really long.

- Pika.

- Next entry.
Step up, please.

- Nurse Joy, I just knew
I would find you here

helping others, as usual.

And may I say that the energy
and excitement of this festival

is matched only
by your radiance.

- Now then, are you here to
enter the Whirl Cup competition?

- Why no.
I'm here to enter

into a lifelong relationship
with you,

the girl of my dr--

- Our love-struck friend here

will not be competing
for the Whirl Cup,

but I would like
to register.

- Uh, me too,
if that's okay.

- That'll be fine.

I'll just need your name,
and where you're from.

- I'm Ash from Pallet Town.

- Pikachu.

- I'm Misty
from Cerulean City.

- The preliminaries will take
place in several stadiums.

This map will help you
locate them.

Ash, you'll be in stadium A.

- Okay.
- Pika.

- And Misty,
you'll be in stadium B.

- Thank you.

- So, how many rounds
are there gonna be?

- After the preliminary rounds,

only trainers will be allowed
to battle in the finals.

But the number
of preliminary rounds

depends on the number
of total entries.

Let's see.

Based on the total number
of entries

in this year's competition,
it looks like

two wins will be needed

to be able to move along
to the finals.

- That'll be a piece of cake.

- Pikachu.

- I don't think it's gonna be
that difficult to win

just two rounds, you know?

- Yeah, we'll make it
to the finals, no sweat.

- Pika, Pika.
- Excuse me.

Are you guys here to battle
in the Whirl Cup competition?

- Uh-huh.
Can we help you?

- [sobs]

Please, you gotta help me
and battle with my Remoraid.

- A battle?

Okay, sure, why not?

- Hey, wait a minute, Ash.

It might be a better idea
to save your strength

for the preliminaries
tomorrow.

- I guess so.

- Why is it so important for you
to battle your Remoraid today?

- Because I just gotta have it
evolve into an Octillery.

- But why the big rush?
- Yeah, why?

- Even though the Whirl Cup
is a competition

between all kinds
of Water Pokémon,

the battles will actually be
fought on that arena

sticking up out of the water.

- A water b*ttlefield
on dry land?

- Uh-huh.

- That sounds
totally awesome.

Tell you what, Ash,

I'll do battle with him
right here and now.

You know I haven't had any time
to train with my Corsola

since I caught it.

- So we'll just do
one match, okay?

- Sounds good to me.

- But don't think
I'm gonna go easy on you

just because
we're only training.

- Don't worry about me.

- Okay, Remoraid,
let's show her.

- All right,
I'm ready for you.

Corsola, let's go.

- Corsola.

- Give it a Water g*n Attack,
Remoraid.

Let's go.

- Go, Corsola.
Mirror Coat now.

- Corsola!

- Way to go, Corsola.
Great job.

- Pika, Pika!

- Togepi.

- It's time to show them
what you're made of, Corsola.

Come on, let's go.
Tackle Attack.

- Cor!

- Remoraid, dodge it.

- Where is it?

The Remoraid.
Where'd the Remoraid go?

- Just check out
this little wave behind me.

- Okay, Remoraid,
Water g*n now.

- [screams]

- Corsola!

- [groans]

- It's okay.
You did just fine.

- That's great.

My Remoraid really came through
and won.

What's happening
to Remoraid?

- Looks like Remoraid's
starting to evolve.

- Pika.

Pika.

- Octillery, the Jet Pokémon,

will instinctively sneak
into rocky holes.

It locks onto opponents
with its leg suckers

then rams them
with its rock-hard head.

- Awesome.
So that's an Octillery.

- That was a great idea.

Now you've got a Water Pokémon
that can battle on land as well.

- Thanks so much.
If it weren't for you,

my Octillery would still
be a Remoraid.

- And thank you too.

That battle did a lot
to help out me and my Corsola.

- Yeah, and now that we've seen
that b*ttlefield,

we'll be a step ahead
of everybody

- We can also use
today's battle

to help plan
tomorrow's strategies.

- Your Corsola was
really good in battle.

I bet you you'll do great in
the preliminary round.

- Thanks. Good luck to you
and your new Octillery.

- Toge, Toge.
- Pika, Pika.

- Thank you. So next time
we meet up,

it's gonna be
in the finals.

- I wish tomorrow
would hurry and get here.

Since it's a Water Pokémon
competition,

I'm not gonna be able
to battle with you, Pikachu,

but you'll cheer me on
anyway, right?

- Pika, Pika.

- That reminds me.

Brock, will you take care
of Togepi during my match?

- Sure, don't worry
about it.

- I'm rooting for you, Ash,

because I wanna face you
in the finals.

- Don't worry.
I'll be there.

You just worry
about yourself.

- Pikachu.

- Okay, Totodile.

Go.

- Totodile.

- Go, Seel.

- Seel.

- Ice Beam, now.

- Seel. Seel.

- Totodile, Water g*n, now.

- All right, you did it!

- Pika, Pika!

- Go, Poliwhirl.

- Go, Magikarp.

- Magikarp. Magikarp.
Magikarp.

- Come on, Poliwhirl,
get in there.

- Magikarp.
- Poliwhirl.

- Use Water g*n, Totodile.
You can do it.

- Totodile.

- Way to go, Totodile.

- Come, on Corsola.
Hang in there. Use Recover.

- Corsola!

- All right!
You did it, Corsola.

- Misty, how'd you do?

- An easy win.
What about your match, Ash?

- Totodile came through
like a champ.

- We're definitely gonna make it
to the finals.

- That's right.

- I sense an Ash-Misty
showdown.

- Hey, isn't that
Marcellus?

- Hi, Misty.
How you guys doing?

- You don't look so good.
Did you lose already?

- He means things like that
happen to everyone,

but you gotta keep trying.

- Yeah, I guess so.

But after my match today,

I don't feel like
I'll ever win.

- You know, the best trainers
learn a lot from their losses.

- Yeah. Oh, you're right.

Hey, guys, I have an idea.

Wanna come to my house
and have dinner tonight?

- Wow, that'd be great.

- I'd sure like to learn
a lot more

about that Octillery
of yours.

- Yeah, so would I.

It was so amazing
when it evolved from a Remoraid.

- [all gasp]

- Pika.

- Awesome. I've never seen
so many Remoraid.

- Uh-huh. I've been collecting
them from everywhere.

These Remoraid were brought in
from up north,

while these were caught
in the Southern Sea.

The Remoraid over there
are from the west side,

and the others are from
the east side.

But so far only the strongest
one of them

has evolved
into an Octillery .

- Wonder why.
They seem well trained.

- Why do you think it's taking
them so long to evolve?

- I'll show you why.

Oh. Come out, Octillery.

Go in and see all your friends,
Octillery. Go on.

- [whimpers]

- I wonder what's wrong
with them?

It's like they're scared of
that Octillery for some reason.

- Pika.

- Marcellus, is that Octillery
the same one

that just evolved yesterday
when we had the battle

with my Corsola?

- Uh-huh. Before that happened,

the others use to treat it
like their leader.

But that's all changed now that
it's evolved into an Octillery.

- Just a thought,
but since the other Remoraid

weren't there
when it evolved,

they may not know
it's still their friend.

- [whimpers]

- Pika.

- Toge, Toge.

- I feel so sorry for it.

What can we do?

- It must be tough
to work so hard to evolve,

just to have your buddies
hate you.

- Octillery was so lonely
and sad today

that it couldn't concentrate
on the match,

and we ended up losing.

And if things
don't get better soon,

there won't be another match.

Octillery's battling days'll
be over before they start.

- Hey, I know.

What if we just find a way
to show Octillery

that it still has
some friends.

- Yeah, but I have no idea
how to do that.

- Don't you worry.
I have a good idea.

- Huh? You really do?

- Misty really knows a lot
about Water Pokémon.

- That's right, and I can see
this is a job

for our Pokémon Imitator,
Ash Ketchum.

- Pokémon imitator?

- What are you talking about,
Misty?

- Pika?

- This is great.

Now Octillery's gonna make
a brand-new friend.

- You think Octillery's
gonna fall for this?

- Let's see. Except for that
extra set of eyes,

you look pretty good.

- Brock's right.
Just keep your eyes closed

and you'll be fine.

- How am I supposed to see?

How's this?

- [ululating]

- Pika, Pika.
- Togepi.

- Hey, Octillery,
you wanna come out and play?

- Hey, it's working.

- You never know.

Maybe when Octillery
spit in your face

it means they like you.

- Togepi.
- Pika.

- Who's that Pokémon?

It's Jumpluff.

- Ah! It's my wretched recurring
Remoraid nightmare come true.

- I see no resemblance to that
first grade teacher of yours.

- Well, that's a relief,
but you can't blame me.

Miss Crabtree
was really scary.

- Perhaps when we open
our Water Pokémon theme park

we'll fill a lake with those
funny-=looking things

and charge big bucks
to let folks

do some Remoraid fishing.

- Go, Meowth!

- Wobbu, Wobbu!

- Don't they make Poké ba*ls
with locks?

- Forget about this blue blob.
Let's get swiping.

- Okay.
- Okay.

- Who says that fishing
can be boring?

- Wobbu! Wobbu!

- Mmm.

This is really good.

Did you make it
yourself?

- Yeah, it was easy.

- [metallic clanging]

- Did you just hear something,
Brock?

- Yeah, I did.

I think it's coming from the
room with the Remoraid tanks.

- Maybe I should go and see
if they're okay.

Hey, hello in there.

Is everything
all right?

- Huh?

- Yes, everything is fine,

but prepare for trouble.

- Things couldn't be better,
so you can make it double.

- 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 blasts off
at the speed of light.

- Surrender now or prepare
to fight, fight, fight.

- Wobbuffet!

- Meowth, that's right.

- Now that I've listened to that
whole thing, what do you want?

Oh!

My Remoraid.

Where have they gone?

- We won't never forget you
for this one, kid,

so thanks for the Remoraids.

- Wobbu!

- What's going on in here?

It's Team Rocket!

- Bye.

- They're not your Remoraid.

- Looks like they are now.

This is what I guess you'd call
the ones that got away.

- Wobbu, Wobbu!

- Octillery!
- Don't worry.

We're gonna get
all your Remoraid back.

Right?
- Pika.

- Go and get them,
Weezing.

- Weezing.

- [coughing]

- Adios, twerps.

Weezing, return.

- We just can't let them
get away.

- Hey, guys,
look at that.

- I love it
when a plan works.

- What does a truckload
of Remoraid go for these days?

- Wait a sec, don't forget
my theme park idea--

- Wobbuffet.

- Over to that crane, Meowth,

and lift those tanks
onto the ship.

- Aye, aye.
I'm on the case.

Steady.

Huh?

- [screams]

- Isn't that an Octillery?

- Yes, and since we're now
in the business

of stealing Water Pokémon,
why not bag this baby too?

- [screams]

- That is one
hard-headed Pokémon.

- Now what's that thing up to?

- Look, James, another
Team Rocket dream washed away.

- It was probably premature
to plan my retirement.

- Wobbu, Wobbu!

- That eight-armed bandit
ripped off the wrong guy.

I'm done fooling around.

It's time to play
a little crane game.

- Octillery!

- All right.
Go get them, Pikachu.

- I have bad news.

- Great. I'm sure it will
be shocking.

- Yeah, well,
get a load of this.

- Octillery!

- [laughs]

One volt out of that Pikachu
and Octillery gets it too.

- You'd better hold off,
Pikachu.

- [laughs]

- A Pikachu without
any power.

- Simply electrifying, Meowth.

- [screams]

- James, get me off
this thing!

- Hey, Octillery!

- It looks like
the Remoraid

wanna keep Octillery
from falling.

- They must finally realize who
Octillery was before it evolved.

- Oh, Octillery,
you're okay.

- Hey, Ash. Team Rocket.

- Oh, yeah. I forgot.
Pikachu, Thunderbolt.

- Pika? Pika!

- [screaming]

- Now, Octillery,
Octazooka.

- Ah! Team Rocket's
blasting off again!

- Wobbu!

- You were great,
Octillery.

- Pika.

- You don't have to worry about
Octillery being lonely anymore.

- And the two of you
will be ready

for the next
Whirl Cup Competition.

- Thank you guys so much.

- [gasping]

- They're all starting
to evolve.

- Hey, check them out.

- And just when they realized
you don't have to look the same

to be friends,
they all do.

- Yeah. Bet you they knew their
friendship was so important

that they should
all evolve together.

- [chattering]

- Pika.

- That's it.

I can't believe
we're here.

- The Whirl Cup.

- It's awesome.

narrator: And so our
heroes finally feast their eyes

on the majestic b*ttlefield

that is home to the Whirl Cup
Competition.

But make no mistake.

Their adventures
are just beginning.

- No time to question
my moves

I stick to the path
that I choose

Me and my friends
are gonna do it right

To be a master
is my dream

All I've got to do
is believe

- I believe

- I'm on a master quest

- Master quest

- I want the whole world
to see

- I believe

- I'm gonna be
the very best

'Cause all I've got to do
is believe in me

- Pokémon!