20x29 - Lulled to La-La Land!

[bunniefuu]

Yeah! Like this?

That's
the way it's done.

Now there are only
eleven more to go.

Ash and his
schoolmates are camping out,

and the first order
of business looks to be

pitching their tents.

Thanks a lot, Steenee!

Great!

Would you mind lighting
the fire for me, please?

Litten,
thank you so much!

Snowy!
What will I do with you?

All right! Now
that's the way it's done!

It looks perfect.

It's the lap of luxury!

And the curry's
almost ready, too!

Yeah!

I can hardly wait.

Do you all know?

This forest...
has a scary history...

What... kind of history?

People who
enter this forest...

fall asleep for no good reason.

And they have no
idea it's happening.

And when they wake up...

Wake up?

Then what happens?

They're...
just skin and bones!

Like they haven't
eaten in forever!

In forever?
That's a long time...

It's got to
be just a rumor...

That's impossible!

Oh, come on, Lana.

It's just another one
of your old jokes...

Yeah,
old jokes, all right...

Oh, it was just Rockruff.

Don't
scare us like that!

Aw, Lana, you're such
a kidder, aren't you?

♪♪

♪ 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
we're on vacation ♪

♪ Yeah! ♪

♪ Now our journey's
begun, Friends 'til the end ♪

♪ Number one's
our destination ♪

♪ Under the Alolan sun ♪

Pokémon!

"Lulled to LA-LA LAND!"

It's time to eat!!

It's... so... good!

The spiciness
of this curry is perfect!

You think so?
I'm so glad!

There's nothing better
than eating curry and camping!

I'm gonna need
seconds for sure!

Yeah, me, too!

Of course! You can
have seconds or even thirds.

We made quite a lot!

Why in the world
did you make so much?

The thing is,

I didn't know rice
expands when it cooks...

Yeah. And I made
the curry based on the rice.

So it's curry for dinner, too!

I'm sorry.

I read as much as I could
about camping before we came,

but nothing about cooking.

You've never
been camping before?

Well,
just look at her luggage.

It's not exactly camping gear!

Maybe I
brought too much...

So, what did you bring?

Well... Change of
clothes, towel and pajamas...

Max Repel and lotion,
a backup change of clothes,

a backup towel, backup pajamas,
backup Max Repel and backup

lotion... and backups
for the backups...

You're prepared...

I've never slept in a
tent or sleeping bag. I guess

I'm kind of nervous. Do you
think I'll be able to sleep?

When you camp out, you can
stay up as late as you want!

There's nothing like
sitting around the campfire

and hanging with friends!

Yeah!
And I brought arshmallows,

so we can roast them!

- Oh, YUM!
- Count me in

Yeah, but it gets
pretty dark at night.

Will you be okay?

See, I brought just
the thing to deal with that!

Ta-da! No way I'm
gonna be scared of the dark!

Charjabug, do your stuff!

So let it get
as dark as it wants to!

Wouldn't a flashlight
do the same thing?

Not even close!

Catching up
on my reading outdoors.

You'd think I was a
real-life grownup.

These will be
dessert for after dinner.

Pikachu! Use Quick att*ck!

Stand your ground,
Turtonator!

Way to go!

Great! Excellent,
Turtonator!

What?
Is something out there?

That was you,
wasn't it?

You did that on purpose,
didn't you?!

Oh, that
looks delicious! Wow!

Just a few more...
Steenee, take these, too...

They're still not back.

I wonder where they went.

Hey, Mallow? Lana
and Lillie? Sophocles!

What's up, Pikachu?

I'm
guessing it's Rockruff...

Pikachu!

Hey, Ash!

- Hold up, Pikachu!
- Wait for us!

Rowlet!

You okay?!

Right. Rowlet's sleeping.

Oh, man. What am
I gonna do with you?

A Rowlet that sleeps
that much is new data to me.

'Kay, Rowlet.
Wake up...

♪♪

All right! Morning.

Sophocles! Sophocles!

Some more malasadas,
please...

Hey, Ash.
Guess I fell asleep.

If I didn't know better,
I'd say you were Rowlet!

That's weird.
I was really out...

Sophocles, do you have any
idea where everybody else went?

Nope. Not a clue.

Okay. They've gotta
be here somewhere.

Wow, it doesn't take long
for you to get hungry, does it?

I was reading,
and reading takes brainpower,

which requires fuel!

Pikachu... Rowlet...

I have zero
recollection of going into

sleep mode... My power's been
drained by thirty percent!

Aah... I'm so hungry!

Sophocles... So hungry...
We're both so hungry...

Just a little longer!

Look. It's Ash...

So it is...

Sophocles...

What happened to you?

You look like us...

Hey you guys? There are
seconds if you want more...

Seconds!!

Oh. All right.

I'm so full,
I could burst!

Isn't it great?

My tummy
likes me again...

Yeah...

All right. Let's review
exactly what we know.

So when we all came to,
we realized we had fallen asleep

for no logical reason. Right?

And when Sophocles and I
woke up, we found out we were

hungrier than we'd ever been!

Yeah,
I felt the same way.

Yeah, I was picking some
berries, and then I discovered

that Steenee must have wandered
off somewhere. And then...

Lana and I both went
into the forest looking for

Snowy, and suddenly
I fell asleep.

But I wasn't hungry like you...

You and I were together,
but I felt hungry.

Why was Lillie the only one?

Hold on!

I saw something just before I
fell asleep. It's not clear,

but it... looked
like an umbrella.

Wait! Umbrella?
I have the answer!

Utilizing my powers of deduction...
the culprit is... you, Lillie!

I DID IT?!

Do you think that a
gifted sleuth such as I wouldn't

notice your parasol open this
afternoon? That's not all.

The clincher is that you
were the only one...

who had no appetite whatsoever!

But... How could I...

You can fool
some people all the time...

but never the sharpest
private eye in Alola!

CUT!! That's a wrap.

Thank you for your
melodramatic performance.

Why did you
cut my big scene?!

Because there's
no way in the world

Lillie is the culprit.

First off, how could
Lillie possibly make us hungry?

Good point!

Well... I guess...

First we fell asleep...
and then we woke up hungry...

So it was all true...

My story...

Your story?

About the creepy things
that happen in the forest?

Wait.

Are we all going to end up
nothing but skin and bones?

That was just
one of Lana's old jokes...

Old joke? But we
all still fell asleep!

Look, we were having
so much fun, we got tired!

We've had our curry dinner,
so for tonight...

let's get a good night's slee

A Pokémon!

"Who's that Pokémon?"

"It's Morelull!"

Man... My head...

I can't believe
we fell asleep again!

Hold on. I saw
something right before...

I saw something
floating and glowing...

I kept hearing the
word lull... like to sleep.

You're all
hungry already?!

My power's
been drained again!

But I'm not
feeling hungry at all.

Aw... I hate
being in the dark!

I need light!

Who's that Pokémon?

And that's my cue!

Morelull. The
Illuminating Pokémon.

A Grass and Fairy type.

Morelull can send out
glowing spores that put its

opponents to sleep.

Then it drains their energy
using its foot-like roots.

I guess it must've
been that Morelull

that took away all
of our energy...

Of course!

Then that explains why I
never felt hungry afterwards.

I didn't want
to touch any wild Pokémon,

so I used my Max Repel spray.

Does that mean those
scary rumors Lana was talking

about were all true?

And this
Pokémon did all that?

It's possible...

It fell asleep.

Could it be... that its
own spores put it to sleep?

That doesn't
match any data I have.

It sure is a cute Pokémon.

Be careful!

♪♪

Don't look
directly at the spores!

Can I open my eyes?
You guys all right? Kiawe!

A Clefairy doll?

I brought it with me
because I sleep with it back

at home. I was afraid I
couldn't sleep without it...

Hi, my name's Ash.
Let's be friends, Morelull!

Ash, wait!

Be careful!

It'll drain all your energy
and make you skin and bones!

All my energy? I know!

Morelull?

How about me?

Ash, look out!

If it's energy
that you're after...

you can take all the
energy you want from me!

All right. Show me what
you've got! Hey, not bad.

Here I go! Whoa. Wow...
You're good.

But so am I!
Whoa. Whoa. Whoa.

Wow...

So weird...

Does not compute.
Does not compute.

I know! Of course!

Morelull's draining
Ash's energy...

but Ash is getting energy
back from the curry!

That'sunbelievable...

Not when
Ash is doing it.

Nothing he
does surprises me.

Seconds, please!

Sure!

Here!

Thanks! Whoa. Strong stuff.
Thirds, please! Thanks.

Fourths, please! Thanks.
Fifths! SIXTHS!!

You went at it full-blast,
Morelull!

Wow!
They've become friends!

It's an unusual way to
make friends, but it worked.

Methods of
befriending Morelull, updated!

Something's glowing!

Yeah. What could it be?

Lost spirits?

I don't think so.
Those are...

more Morelull!

Hold on. Morelull?

Let's go, too, buddy!

Hey, Ash, wait up!

Amazing!

Look at all of them!

Where do you think
they're going?

I don't have a clue!

But I'm sure having
a lot of fun finding out!

Wow...

So pretty!

It looks like this place
is the Morelull's favorite spot!

Such a bright light...

Yeah...

Who ever thought so
many Morelull could evolve

all at once?

It's awesome!
Beyond awesome!!

Shiinotic. The
evolved form of Morelull.

Much like Morelull,
Shiinotic drain energy.

But they can also share energy
with those they like.

Oh, yeah... I see now!

The Morelull wanted to help
the tree, so they gathered

everyone's energy to do it!

I know camping is
supposed to be all about

campfires and roasted
marshmallows...

Yeah, but this
is so much cooler!

Yeah!

I wonder if that's
the Morelull from before...

It looks like you evolved, too.
That's awesome!

Got me... Nite...

Hey, guys...

Hey! Know what?
I'm not hungry anymore!

Me, neither!

I feel full.

I do, too!

My energy
is fully recharged!

I wonder
why that would be.

Perhaps this is
the Shiinotic thanking us

for our energy. Maybe!

An encounter with a
group of Morelull and Shiinotic

turns from sinister
to inspiring!

As these Pokémon take care of
their tree with glowing hearts,

our heroes' hearts
are glowing as well...

as the journey continues!