05x44 - Great Bowls of Fire!

[bunniefuu]

male narrator: While in pursuit
of Team Rocket

and the stolen
Blackthorn Dragon Fang,

our heroes were reunited
with Ash's Charizard,

who flew back
from the Charicific Valley

with their old friend Liza.

Meanwhile, Team Rocket's
disastrous attempt

to steal
the treasured Prayer Flame

only served to infuriate
the Dragonite

who had recently been traveling
with them,

threatening the Holy Land
and its inhabitants.

But thanks
to the able assistance

of Charizard and Liza,

Clair and our heroes were able
to calm the raging Dragonite,

preserving the Dragon Holy Land

along with all the Pokémon
that live there.

Now, after one interruption,

the moment Ash has waited for
is finally here:

the battle for his eighth badge

and entry into
the Johto League Tournament.

[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

And 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

And I believe

I'm gonna be the very best

'Cause all I've got to do

Is believe in me

- Pokémon

- The Blackthorn Gym battle
rematch

between Ash of Pallet Town
and Gym Leader Claire

will now begin.

Each Trainer will use
three Pokémon, as before.

The battle is over when all of
either Trainer's Pokémon

cannot continue,

and only the challenger
will be able to substitute

one Pokémon for another.

- So are you ready for this,
Ash?

- Yeah!

- Let's begin!

- Kingdra, I choose you.

Let's go!

- I knew you'd start
with Kingdra.

- Pika.

- Well, sounds like Ash is ready
for anything.

- Snorlax, you're up!

- Snor.

- Gee, Ash, I didn't know
you had a Snorlax.

- Yeah, I decided to switch out
my Pokémon yesterday

when I was
at the Pokémon Center.

- So my guess is,
Ash didn't feel like

his regular team
would be able to cut it

going up against
a Dragon Pokémon.

- Pika-Pika.

- That was a pretty smart move
by Ash.

- [chirps]

- Snorlax, let's win this.

Hyper Beam!

- Snor.

- Kingdra, Agility!

- Dra!

- Kingdra, Swift.
Let's go. Now!

- Snorla.

- Dra!
- It's not working.

- Snorlax, Body Slam!

- Snooo...

- Agility!

- Snor.

- Yeah!
Awesome!

Way to go, Snorlax!

- All of our attacks
aren't doing a thing.

His huge body's absorbing
the blows.

Okay, Kingdra, Hydro Pump!

- Dodge it now!

Oh, no!

- Now, Kingdra.
Hyper Beam!

- Ash, watch out!

- Snorlax, dodge it!

Snorlax!

- Charla!

I'm sorry I'm so late, Charla.

You must be starved by now,
right?

Here, dig in.

The match between Ash and Clair
has already started,

so I have to hurry,
but you relax and enjoy.

I'll be back in a jiffy, okay?

- Snor!

- That was some quick thinking,
Snorlax.

- Diving into the water to dodge
that Hyper Beam was great.

- [chatters]

- Yeah, quick defensive
thinking.

- Pika-Pika.

- Now, Snorlax!
Body Slam it!

- Snor.

- Snorlax weighs
an awful lot less underwater,

in case you've forgotten
your science, Ash.

- Ugh!

- Kingdra, Hydro Pump

when Snorlax comes up for air.

- Well, Snorlax is gonna have to
come out from underwater

at some point.

- Yeah, and it'll be

right into one of
Kingdra's Hydro Pumps.

- Snorlax,
jump as hard as you can

right out of that pool.

- Snor.

- All right, Kingdra.

Now!
Hydro Pump!

- Now just lean back!

- Wow, it didn't take
any damage at all.

- What an awesome move.

- Kingdra, Swift attack.

- Snorlax, you can take
this one!

- Snorlax.

- What?
Oh, no.

- Pika.

- Ash has got to have something
up his sleeve.

- Yeah, I hope you're right,
for poor Snorlax's sake.

- Kingdra, Hydro Pump now!

- Snorlax.

- [breathing heavily]

- That's it, Snorlax.

Kingdra's really starting
to get worn down now.

- Yes!
Of course.

Ash is using
Snorlax's endurance.

It will finally
just tire out its opponent.

- You're right.

As long as Snorlax keeps taking
whatever Kingdra dishes out,

Ash should be just fine.

- But that's not gonna happen.

Kingdra, Hydro Beam!

No!
Kingdra!

- Now, Snorlax.

Ice Punch.
Go!

- Snorlax.

- Oh!

- Kingdra is unable to battle,

and Snorlax wins.

- All right!
We did it!

[laughs]

- Snorlax.

- An Ice Punch, huh?

That makes sense,
seeing how Dragon Pokémon

have so much trouble
against Ice attacks.

- Pika-Pika.
- What a relief.

I was really feeling sorry
for Snorlax.

- [trills]

- Good work.
You were great.

- Brock, Misty, hi.

both: Hey, Liza.

- Is the battle still going on?

- Until we're together,
the battle goes on and on.

My battle for your love
will continue

until you're by my side forever.

Liza, why don't we just stop
this craziness

and realize I'm a lover,
not a fighter?

Ah!
- Enough.

I'm afraid the poor woman is
suffering from battle fatigue.

Anyway, Ash just won
with first round

with a Snorlax.

- Wow, that was quick.

- Dig for treasure.

- Dig with pleasure.

both: Prepare for trouble
with our bag of tricks.

- Yeah.

Jessie and James:
And make it double

with a couple of picks.

To protect the world
from devastation.

To unite all peoples
within our nation.

all: Team Rocket!

- Wobbuffet.

- I, for one,
couldn't be happier.

We're finally stealing something

other than that pesky little
Pikachu for a change.

Besides, I get to try out
my new pickax.

- So, Meowth, how much further

before we get
to that Dragon Fang?

- Ah, allow me to peruse
the map.

We started digging here.

Then we turned this way.

So the fang should be
right there.

- Great.
- I can almost smell it.

- [laughs nervously]
That was me.

- Huh?
- Water?

- Something doesn't feel right.

- Meowth, are you certain that
you got the location correct?

- Of course.
My calculations are flawless.

Uh-oh.

- So what do you mean
by "uh-oh"?

- It seems as though
we're digging

directly under the lake.

Jessie and James: What?

[all screaming]

Team Rocket's all washed up
again!

- Now, Gyarados, go!

[fast-paced dramatic music]

- Wow, Gyarados.

- Clair's not taking any chances
this go-round.

- Pika.

- I wonder if Ash is considering
a substitute.

That Gyarados
is a more powerful opponent

than with Kingdra.

- Snorlax, are you up
to battling with this Gyarados?

- Snor.

- Snorlax, Hyper Beam.
Go!

- Snor.

- Gyarados, Hydro Pump now!

- Whoa!
No!

- It looks like Snorlax
is tiring out fast.

- Gyarados, now.

Let's finish up
with DragonBreath.

- Snorlax, use Hyper Beam!

Snorlax,
you've got to hang tough,

so try Hyper Beam
one more time.

No.
Snorlax.

- This is awful.

Snorlax can't seem to move.

- Because it used Dragon Breath.

- That's right.

A Gyarados's
Dragon Breath attack

can paralyze its opponents.

- Pika.

- Snorlax, try as hard
as you can to move.

- Gyarados, Hyper Beam!

- Snor.

- Snorlax is unable to battle.

Gyarados wins.

- Nicely done, Gyarados.
Good work.

- [roars]

So I guess that evens up
the score,

wouldn't you say, Ash?

- Who's that Pokémon?

- It's Muk.
- Muk.

- Wynaut.

- Now for my next battle,
I'll choose--

are you ready, Pikachu?

- Pikachu.
Pi.

- That's quite a matchup,
Gyarados against Pikachu.

- Gyarados is a Water type,

but it has Flying type abilities
also.

- That all may be true, Brock,

but you can't forget
the advantage

that an Electric type Pokémon
has over a Water type.

- [trills]

- Go!
- Now let's go, Pikachu.

- Pika!

- Go, Gyarados.

Hyper Beam!

- Pikachu, dodge it.
Then Quick Attack!

- Pika!

- Wow, that was fast.

- That's right, Clair.

No one can beat my Pikachu
when it comes to speed.

- Huh.
Well, no matter.

Gyarados, Bite attack.
Let's go!

- Pikachu, dodge it
and use Thunderbolt!

- Pika.

Pikachuuu...

- Gyarados, use DragonBreath.

- Pika?
- What?

- Wow, that DragonBreath
formed a barrier,

and the Thunderbolt
can't get through.

- Gyarados may be weak
against Electric attacks,

but it doesn't really matter

if the attacks are unable
to reach it.

- Surprised, Ash?

I guess you're now figuring out

that using
simple Electric attacks

aren't going to defeat
this Gyarados.

Gyarados, Hydro Pump!

- Pikachu, dodge!

Are you okay, Pikachu?

- [grunts]

- Gyarados,
let's finish this up.

- [roars]

- Pika.

[yells]
- Pikachu!

- I didn't think Gyarados would
come out of the water.

- Pikachu's speed
won't help much now.

- That's right.

This'll be the real test
for Ash.

- Pikachu, Thunderbolt attack!

- Gyarados, move away
from Pikachu!

- Pika...chuuuuuu!

- All right!

- That Thunderbolt hit its mark.

- We're not done.

Gyarados, Bite attack.

- Here he comes.
Dodge it, Pikachu!

- Pika!

- Just keep up
those Bite attacks, Gyarados.

Go!

- Pikachu, dodge 'em all.

- Pika?
Pika.

[gasps]
- [gasps]

- Oh, no!
- Pikachu's trapped.

- I guess that's that.

Gyarados, give him
a Hydro Pump.

- Pika!

- Pikachu, Agility!

- Pika.

- [gasps]
- That's the way, Pikachu.

Now Thunderbolt!

- Pika...chuuuu!

- No!
Gyarados!

- Gyarados is unable to battle.

Pikachu wins.

- We did it, Pikachu.
- Pikachu!

- Well, I never realized

that Agility could be used
that way.

That was pretty impressive, Ash.

But this match is not over yet.

- I rather love

our new mail-order mechanical
Meowth mining machine.

- It's great, but its name
sure is a Meowth-ful.

- And we can stuff
our Meowths full

while it's busy
doing all the digging.

- Wobbuffet!

[whirring]

- Hey, look there.

That sensor is picking up signs
of the Dragon Fang.

- Okay, where are we?

- Wait, that's not
the Dragon Fang.

- The robot must have goofed up.

- Wobbuffet!

- No, it didn't.

We asked for a Dragon Fang.
That's what we got.

- Not the fang I had in mind.

Team Rocket: Not again!

Looks like Team Rocket's
blasting off!

- Wo!

- Wy!

- Dragonair, go!

- I had a feeling
she'd finish with Dragonair.

- Yeah, now if Ash can just
defeat it, he'll win this.

- Are you ready, Pikachu?

- Pika.

- Okay, Thunderbolt.
Now!

- Pika...chu!

- Quick, dodge it!

- Pikachu, keep up
the Thunderbolt.

- Chu! Chu! Chu!

- Wonder what Ash is up to.

- He should know
that Electric attacks

have hardly any effect
on Dragon Pokémon at all.

- Chu!

- Now!
Quick Attack, Pikachu!

- Pika!

- Oh, Ash is trying
to get Dragonair

to come lower to the ground.

- Dragonair, dodge it
and use Hyper Beam!

- Pika.
- Watch out!

- [gasps]
Pikachu!

- Pikachu is unable to battle.

Dragonair wins.

- Oh, poor Pikachu.

- I feel bad for both of them.

- [squeaks]

- Are you okay, buddy?

- Pika.

- You did great.

Take a nice long rest.

- Pikachu.

- Great going, Dragonair.

- Hey, Brock, take care
of Pikachu for me?

- Of course.

- Now, Ash,
this is your last match,

so make it a good one.

- Right.
I will.

All right, my last Pokémon
will be...

Charizard, I choose you!

- [roars]

- And now for the final match.
Observe.

The b*ttlefield
will now incorporate

earth, wind, and fire elements.

[all exclaim]

Go!

- Charizard, Flamethrower!

- Underwater, Dragonair!

And now use Hyper Beam attack.

- Dodge it, Charizard,
and use Flamethrower.

- Dragonair, dodge it.

Okay, let's use Dragon Rage.

- [shrieking]

- Stand up.
I know you can, Charizard.

- [roars]

- Flamethrower.
Now!

- Dodge it.
Hyper Beam!

- Charizard, knock it back
with Fire Spin!

- They're an even match
when they battle on land.

- Yeah, but Dragonair
has got the advantage in water.

- Right, that's a problem.

- Now Flamethrower again!

- Well, here we go again.

Dragonair, underwater!

- Now, Charizard,
full-power Fire Spin!

- [gasps]

- The water in the pool.

- That's what you call
one smoking-hot Fire Spin.

- Pika.

- Looks like Dragonair
has just lost a place to hide.

- All right, time to take it
to the sky, Ash.

- I was hoping you'd say that.

Charizard, Flamethrower!

- Dragonair, Safeguard now!

- Look at Charizard's flame.

- I guess Dragonair
is still able to use Safeguard.

- Dragonair, Iron Tail.

- Charizard!

- Once again, Iron Tail.

- Look out, Charizard!

Great move.
Now Seismic Toss.

- Wow, look at 'em go.

- Kachu!

- If Charizard pulls off
a Seismic Toss,

it'll mean
a whole lot of damage.

- Okay, now use Dragon Rage.

- [shrieking]

- Oh!

Charizard.

- Not even Charizard

can hold off an attack
like that one.

- Great.
Good job, Dragonair.

Huh?

- Yeah!

I knew you'd be able
to come back

from that one, Charizard.

Okay, Clair, here we go again.

- [roars]

- Go, Dragonair!
Hyper Beam!

- Dodge it and use Flamethrower.

- Dodge it.
Then Iron Tail.

- Charizard, Seismic Toss
once more.

- Another Seismic Toss.
- Charizard.

- All right, then.
Dragon Rage!

- [shrieking]

- Charizard, Fire Spin

timed right with
the Dragon Rage.

- [screams]
- Dragonair!

- That's it!
Flaming Seismic Toss!

- [high-pitched moan]

- Dragonair is unable to battle.

The winner is Ash
from Pallet Town.

- All right!

We did it!

- Dragonair, great work.

- Ash, that was awesome.

- I'll admit I was getting
a little nervous there.

- That was a great battle.

- Oh, thanks, guys.

- Well, Ash, that was a match
I'll never forget.

- I was most impressed.

- Oh.
[laughs]

- Here's your Rising Badge,

proof of your victory
at the Blackthorn Gym.

- Thanks.
I've got eight badges now.

Yes!

I've got Rising Badge!

- Pi-Pikachu!

- [singing]
I'm on a Master Quest

- Pokémon

- I'm on a Master Quest

- Pokémon

- Now, you guys, we really
should be getting back home.

- Great seeing you, Liza.

- Thanks for everything,
Charizard.

You're the best.

- [grunts]

- See you later, Ash.

Take care!
See you soon!

- Have a safe trip, Liza.

- Until we meet again.

- Bye, Liza!

narrator: Having earned
all eight of his badges,

Ash has finally qualified
to participate

in the Johto League Tournament.

What new challenges
await him there?

Stay tuned and find out.

[singing]
- There's 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

And I believe

I'm on a Master Quest

Master Quest

I want the whole world to see

And I believe

I'm gonna be the very best

'Cause all I've got to do

Is believe in me

- Pokémon