20x19 - A Guardian Rematch

[bunniefuu]

[narrator] It's yet another beautiful day
at the Pokémon School.

Well, well.
It looks like there's a battle!

Rockruff! [barks]

Go for it, Rockruff! Rock Throw!

[barks]

Now, Mudbray! Double Kick!

-Pika!
-Aw, so close.

Too bad. Poor Rockruff.

Rockruff's a Rock type.
It doesn't have much advantage

over a Ground type like Mudbray.

But still, I don't see
Ash at a disadvantage.

It looks like they're having fun.

[chuckles] You're right.

-Rockruff, can you go on?
-[barks]

Then it's time to use our Z-Move!

[howls]

Look out, now.
Check out some real power!

[barks]

-Isn't that...
-Here comes their Z-Move!

[grunts] Yeah! You're going to see
what we can do!

Use Breakneck Blitz!

[pants]

[howls]

Incredible!

Mudbray. Bray! Bray Bray!

No, Mudbray!

[groans]

[gasps] All right!

Mudbray is unable to battle,
which means the winner is Ash!

-Stee!
-Ash won!

-Remarkable!
-Vul.

-Pika! Pika! Pika!
-[cheering]

-Huh.
-I recorded it.

Rockruff's Z-Move's on tape!

Thanks a lot, Rotom!

[pants]

-You were great. Nice work!
-[barks]

♪ I could get used to this heat
On my skin ♪

♪ I can feel every day
I'm a little bit stronger ♪

♪ I only wish each day was longer ♪

♪ Yeah! We're having fun in the sun ♪

♪ Week after week
It's just like I'm on vacation ♪

♪ Yeah! Now our journey's begun ♪

♪ Friends till the end
Number one's our destination ♪

♪ Under the Alolan sun
Pokémon! ♪

[chuckles] That move was incredible.
Nice battle!

-Do it again sometime?
-Yeah!

-[Mallow] Ash?
-Huh?

Those full-power Z-Moves are the best.
They made the whole battle.

Hey, thanks! But I still want to get
a whole lot stronger

-[Sophocles] That's Ash.
-[Lana] He is Ash.

When Pokémon Trainers get stronger,
their Z-Moves do the same thing.

Yeah? You mean that?

Yeah.
When a Pokémon uses a Z-Move,

it receives power from its Trainer
and makes use of it.

So it's important Ash gets stronger.

Awesome. All Right. Just watch me!
Then you know who I'll battle?

Yeah, Tapu Koko, that's who!

[laughs] That will be something to see.

[all gasp]

I'm a little bit jealous.

Ash sounds ready to challenge
even the strongest opponents head on.

But Tapu Koko? It's so strong.

Of course it's strong.

-We're talking the Island Guardian!
-I know.

But remember, Tapu Koko gave me a Z-Ring.

I want it to know
just how much stronger I can get!

Pika!

The bigger the goal,
the better the reward.

-So, what kind of training will you do?
-Huh?

Mm.

Tapu Koko is an Electric and Fairy type.

Why not come up with something
based on that?

If you're battling Electric types,
I'm your man.

-You're my man?
-Why don't you come by my house today?

I've been gathering up more data
than you've ever seen.

-That can help with your training.
-That's so great. Thanks a lot, Sophocles.

Pikachu!

[yawns]

[bell chimes]

-[laughs]
-Pika.

[Sophocles] This my place.

[Ash] Wow. And it's so close to school.

-Hi Mom, I'm home!
-Togedemaru!

-I hope you had a good day, dear.
-Sure did.

I brought a friend home with me.

Well, isn't that nice?

Hi there. I'm Ash and this is Pikachu

and that's Rotom Dex.

Nice to meet you.

That's so sweet.
You have such nice friends.

Make yourself at home.
I'll make you something to eat,

-[sniffs]
-Pika...

-Something smells really awesome.
-Pikachu!

And here you go, dears.
Hope you like them. They're homemade.

That looks great! I could eat all of them!

[gasps]

[gasps]

[chuckles] You're funny. Hot and fresh.
Don't burn your mouth.

I know, but it tastes so good.

[chomps]

-This is the best!
-Pika?

Oh, yeah. Right. Here, Pikachu.

-Pika! [gasps]
-[chuckles]

Pikachu!

[bleeping]

Their internal temperature
is over degrees.

Who knew freshly made could be so hot?

Restaurants make the same thing,

but my mom's malasadas are
the best in the whole wide world!

-Maru!
-Pika!

Sophocles, how nice. Eat all you want.
There's plenty more where those came from.

Sure will.

-Oh, man! I'm filled to the top.
-Pika.

Heh. It does my heart good
that you enjoyed them.

Ash, have you forgotten why you're here?

No, not another bite.

Ah! That's right!

The data for b*ating Tapu Koko!

Pika, Pika.

Right. That was the plan, wasn't it?

You want to battle Tapu Koko, huh?

-Maru!
-[all giggle]

[all] Ah!

-Hi there, Dad!
-Huh? There you are!

And you brought friends. Alola.

Alola. Nice to meet you.

So, Dad, this is Ash.

What do you know?
Heard a lot about you.

He looks just like Sophocles.

[laughs]

I can see that, now that you mention it.
Did Mom make you something good to eat?

You bet. Her cooking's the best.

That doesn't surprise me at all.

Sophocles' mom's cooking is
the best in the world.

Nobody goes
hungry around this house. [laughs]

-This is Sophocles' Laboratory!
-You've got a lab?

It's a research facility
that my dad constructed for me.

[gasps] Oh, wow!

This way.

Here I come. Wow! Check it out!

-Pika...
-Maru... Toge...

Pikachu.

There are so many fascinating items!

Don't touch anything without asking.
There's some dangerous stuff here.

Argh!

[groans]

[electronic squeal]

[squeals]

-Pikachu!
-[grunts]

-What did you do that for?
-I told you to ask me first!

I knew that. Sorry.

-Maru!
-Pika!

-[bleeping]
-When you battled with Tapu Koko,

I analyzed its electric field.

Tapu Koko utilized its Ability,
Electric Surge, to generate it.

-[Ash] You mean it did that on its own?
-Right.

Electric-type moves gain more power
performed within an electric field.

That means it will benefit
an Electric type like Pikachu.

You'll need a different strategy
for Rowlet and Rockruff.

Mm.

So, I've got the conduction rate
of its electric field onscreen.

I arrived at this figure by factoring the
evasive effectiveness of Rockruff's speed.

[bleeping]

Is this the data you have
for Electric types?

Yep. Togedemaru's been helping me research
electricity in different environments,

which I then convert into digital data.

I've been comparing my data with
other researchers

and I think we can use it
all to counter Tapu Koko's electric field.

[both squeal and giggle]

[both groan]

Truly fascinating stuff.
So with that Pokémon data--

No more!
I don't get any of that gobbledygook!

Huh? Gobbledygook?

Things that go over Ash's head.

[sighs]

-Pik. Pik. Pika.
-Maru! Mar!

-Pika! Pika! Pikachu.
-Maru! Mar! Togedu! Maru! Mar!

Yeah. Looks like fun.

-Maru! Muru! Mar!
-Pika!

-Hey, Ash? It could be...
-Huh?

-...training you need to get stronger.
-Training?

Ah!

Whoa.

-It's big.
-Pika.

With this, you can run around
together inside. Makes training fun.

All right, guys. Come out!

-Rockruff!
-[hoots]

All right. Ready for some great training?

-Maru!
-Pika!

Okay, Rowlet, you're in on this, too.

[hoots]

-There. All set.
-Hold on a second.

-Huh?
-Pika?

[puzzled whine]

[hoots]

-One for you, Ash.
-What's this supposed to be?

See, I'm going to collect data
from all of you.

Make no mistake. This is vital.

-That, I understand.
-Pikachu!

-[all pant]
-Pika! Pika!

-[grunts] Looking good.
-Give it everything you've got, g*ng!

We're fine, [pants] speed it up.

[all pant]

[grunting and panting]

[squealing and grunting]

-This is going great.
-Their stats are climbing up fast.

[panting and trilling]

[all pant and groan]

[panting]

-You hanging in, Pikachu?
-Pika! Pika!

-[panting and grunting]
-Pika! Pikachu!

-Pika! Pika!
-[panting]

[bleeping]

[gasps] My gauges are going haywire.

Pika! Pika!

-Huh?
-No, your gauges are right.

-That would mean--
-Turn it all the way up!

Pika! Pika!

-Oh, no!
-Oh, yes!

[soft squawk]

[shrieking]

[groaning]

-How could you?
-Uh!

[both cough]

Uh, anybody know what just happened?

Pika...

Huh? Impossible.
I've never seen a number this high.

Hey, Ash, what were you doing?

Honestly? Beats me.

But I think I just had
some sort of breakthrough.

-You wat to give it another go?
-Pika!

-[Mom] What's going on out here?
-Manu!

-Look at you. You're filthy.
-You all right?

I've just had my first breakthrough
discovery at Sophocles Laboratory!

[all] Who's that Pokémon?

It's Mudbray!

[Mudbray] Mudbray.

So, you two, had any breakthroughs
at Sophocles Laboratory?

A major breakthrough!

Ash does great
with intense physical activity.

-I'd expect that.
-Mm.

Guess what?
We've got a great plan for Tapu Koko.

-[sighs] What do you say, buddy?
-Toge.

-Pikachu.
-Maru!

Uh, it's not a good time.

[all laugh]

-It sounds like a good thing.
-I got some really cool data out of it.

-Are you looking forward to your battle?
-Mm-hm.

-Mar!
-Pika!

-Pi?
-Maru?

[Pikachu squeals]

Huh?

Hey, Pikachu! Togedemaru!

[trilling and panting]

Steenee, where are you going?

-Let's go, too.
-Hm. [pants]

-Pika! Pika! Pi!
-[trilling]

Pika? [gasps]

[squawks]

[pants] Tapu Koko!

Wow. In the flesh!

-[grunts]
-There it is once again.

Maybe Tapu Koko used electricity
to connect with Pikachu.

Pika!

-Why would Tapu Koko do that?
-You know why.

To challenge Ash to a battle.

Huh?

Tapu Koko! I wanted to see you, too.

[squawks]

-All right. Let's have a battle right now.
-Koko.

[Rockruff barks and Rowlet hoots]

[squawks]

[both groan]

Pi... Pika.

I think you want to battle
against Pikachu.

-Yeah! Okay, buddy?
-Pika!

[man] Hey, who's that Pokémon?

[woman] I heard it was Tapu Koko.
Could it be?

[Kukui pants]

-Look at that.
-Professor Kukui!

-Isn't this is an amazing turn of events?
-Sure is.

I don't understand why Tapu Koko keeps
showing up where Ash happens to be.

Perhaps the answer is contained
in the battle we're about to see.

Cool! Let's go!

[squawks]

-They're so... focused.
-[Popplio squeaks]

It'll be all right, Snowy.

I must record this.

Here it comes.

-I thought so!
-It's an electric field.

Quick att*ck! Pikachu, now!

Pika!

-Wow, that's fast.
-Use Iron Tail!

Pika... Chu!

Ah! Pika!

Pika!

Okay, give it another try!

Use Iron Tail!

-[crowd] Whoa!
-Nice move!

You know, those two
are faster than they used to be.

That special training produced results!

They've increased their normal speed
by %.

Do you think they can win?

-I hope the rest of the battle goes well.
-Huh?

Pikachu, that was great. Now circle around
and see if you can find an opening!

Pika!

[pants intensely]

Check that out. Pikachu's speed's
even got Tapu Koko all turned around.

-They could win.
-Slow down. It's easier said than done.

[caws softly]

-[grunts] Quick, Pikachu, dodge that!
-Pik!

[Tapu Koku squawks intensely]

Pika! [grunts]

Pika! Pi! [groans]

-Oh!
-No, Pikachu!

That was Nature's Madness.
Major damage, no doubt.

Are you all right, Pikachu?

[groans] Pika.

Pikachu.

[trills]

Pika!

[crowd] Oh!

[screaming]

[togedemaru squeals]

[grunts and sighs]

Thanks a lot, Togedemaru!

-That worked great.
-Some close call.

That would've been quite a shock.

-Togedemaru!
-[giggles]

An electric field makes
Tapu Koko's Discharge stronger.

Pikachu's strong
against Electric att*cks but...

-Oh, Pikachu, stay safe.
-Pop!

Maybe it's just too hard.

[sighs]

[hoots]

-Pikachu, get up. Come on!
-Pi... Pika...

Now what's going on?

-Tapu Koko couldn't be doing that.
-Huh?

It is. It's waiting for them
to ramp up to full power.

Ramp up to full power? Incredible. Oh.

[grunts] Way to go, Pikachu!

-Pika! Pika!
-[grunts]

It's my Z-Ring.

-Sorry if we took too long.
-Pika!

Ko.

Okay, buddy.
You know how hard we worked.

-Let's show them the results!
-Pika! Pika!

-Here we go!
-They're ramping up.

It's crunch time!

All right!

[grunts]

Go, Pikachu!

Pika, Pikachu!

Full power now!
Use Gigavolt Havoc! Let's go!

[Ash gasps and grunts]

[all shriek]

Ko... Ko.

-All right, use Iron Tail!
-Chu!

-[caws intensely]
-Pika!

-Pi! Pi! Pika!
-[all gasp]

Pika!

[pants] Pikachu!

-Oh, no!
-[both pant]

[grunts and groans]

[both pant]

[all gasp]

Hey! Look, we're flying!

Pikachu!

-With Tapu Koko!
-[gasps]

-So cool!
-Maru!

[inhales and sighs]

[barks]

[hoots]

-[camera clicks]
-This is one incredible picture.

Thanks so much! It's awesome
that you would help us out.

Pikachu!

[trills]

[Kukui] Ash, you're not hurt, are you?

No way. I'm doing just fine.

Thank goodness.

-Mm.
-Pop! Pop! Pop! Pop!

Koko!

Tapu Koko, we lost again this time,
but guess what?

We're going to get stronger

and then we want to battle you again.

Our Z-Moves will be stronger than ever.

Pikachu!

Tapu Koku!

[narrator] Our heroes have gotten another
taste of just how powerful Tapu Koko is.

They know
there's a lot of training to come.

Ash and Pikachu are confident
of their eventual victory,

as the journey continues.