21x25 - Real Life... Inquire Within!

Episode transcripts for the TV show "Pokémon". Aired: April 1, 1997 – present.*
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Japanese anime follows Ash a young trainer of fictional creatures called Pokémon.
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21x25 - Real Life... Inquire Within!

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[Ash] That was so good.

-[Lycanroc yawns]
-Pika. Pika.

[both giggling]

Poipole seems to be really fond
of Pikachu, don’t you think?

Me, too. [laughs]

Ash, you sure you have enough time
for that?

You know? Don’t forget your work
experience today!

Yeah, that’s right!

[narrator] And so, as always, our hero
rushes off to the Pokémon School...

Wait! Where is he going?

-Huh?
-[Pikachu] Pika.

Hold it right there!

It's you three!

♪ Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele ♪

♪ Tapu Bulu, Tapu Fini ♪

♪ We've been preparing, sharing ♪

♪ Training, studying A to Z ♪

♪ Bonding, battling, laughing ♪

♪ Getting crazy, you and me
'Cause it's coming soon ♪

♪ We will all meet our destiny ♪

♪ Under the Alolan moon ♪

♪ Pokémon! ♪

-Pika.
-Poi. Poi.

So look at you with a Pokémon
I’ve never seen before.

[Rapp] Pretty cheeky
to flaunt it like that!

[Zipp] You're way too green to go prancing
about in front of Team Skull!

Nobody's doing any prancing around here!

You don't have time to mess around
with these guys! You're going to be late!

You're right.

Hold it right there!

If you look at us, you're ready
to battle! Isn't that a Trainer rule?

A battle, huh? If you want it, you got it!
Okay, Pikachu!

Pika. Pika.

Salandit!

-Zubat!
-[Zipp] Garbodor!

-Sala.
-Zubat.

Gar. Gar.

Quick, Salandit, use Scratch!

-Zubat, take it down with Leech Life!
-Salan.

Dodge them both, Pikachu!

-Pika.
-Salan.

-Zubat.
-Pika.

Gar!

Garbodor, now's your chance!
Use Venoshock!

[grunts and groans]

Pika!

Uh, maybe it's blocked up or something.

What were you thinking?

So stinky! What is that smell?

All right, Pikachu! Use Thunderbolt!

Pikachu!

Aw, they've been stunned!

[Garbodor groans]

Garbodor! What's wrong with you?
What’s going on?

Going on? A huge stink is what’s going on!

You should have Nurse Joy
take a look at it.

Pikachu.

We’ve had enough out of you!

We're heading out!

Hey, wait for me!

[Zipp] Wait till next time!

[Ash] Man. I hope it will be okay.

Well, you're not okay!
Do you even know what time it is?

We're late! [pants]

[Ash pants] Whoa!

I'm sorry I'm late! [pants and gasps]

-You have a couple of seconds to spare.
-[pants]

-I thought you were playing hooky.
-No way!

This is going to be great,
real-life work experience!

Pika. Pika.

-Steenee.
-Vulpix.

-Popplio.
-Toge.

Poipole.

Look, it's Poipole.

So, you brought it along today.

No time to introduce everyone yesterday.

Poipole? These are my friends
from the Pokémon School.

Poipole!

Poi. Poipole.

-Steenee.
-Vulpix.

-Popplio.
-Toge.

Turto.

Poipole.

-Pikachu. [giggles]
-[gibbering and trilling]

Toge. Toge.

It acted the same when it met
the rest of Ash’s Pokémon.

Poipole has really taken to Pikachu
and the other Pokémon too!

Kind of like Harper and Sarah did.

It must be such fun to see a family grow!

Yeah, I guess.

Maybe it just likes electricity!

I wonder what could be taking
Nurse Joy so long.

Alola. Sorry to keep you waiting. [coughs]

Nurse Joy! What's wrong with you?

It’s just a teensy little cold, I think.

I'm fine. [coughs]

-Blissey.
-You’re not fine! Oh, no!

Comfey!

-Bliss! Bliss! Bliss!
-Oh!

-Thank you so much, Blissey and Comfey.
-You need to take the day off!

No. No. No matter what the cost,
I must never abandon my work!

Nurse Joy, just let us take care
of the Pokémon Center for the day.

Huh? But wait.

-Blissey.
-Blissey.

We’re already here to get some real-life
work experience!

We can help out while you rest up!

After all, you help us out every day!

We'll give it our all!

I can handle myself around Pokémon.

Wish that was enough.

[all cheer and chitter]

All right, then.

-Comfey.
-Blissey.

If you have any questions,
you should find everything you need

right here in
my handy work experience manual.

-May I make a copy of that?
-Sure.

Copying data. Copying data. Copy complete!

Leave all the manual questions to me!

All right, then. The place is all yours.
[coughs]

[all] Take care, Nurse Joy!

-Will we really be okay?
-We'll just do our best!

Exactly! We’ll be just fine
as long as we all work together!

Let's get this place open for business!

All right!

[Mallow] Oh, how cute!

I've always wanted to try one of these on!
[giggles]

This means there’s no turning back.
Real responsibility.

-Pika. Pika.
-[Poipole and Togedemaru trill]

Are you sure about this?

[both] Absolutely not.

Yeah, I thought so.

There have to be male uniforms!

-[Sophocles] I agree! Togedemaru!
-Maru.

Yes, I’ve never met a case
I couldn’t solve!

Alolan Detective Rotom!

Uh, nothing here. Maybe next door?

-Hey! Do you guys have...?
-Oh, it's Ash!

Take a look! Ta-da! What do you think?
Huh? Ash?

[Lana] The way you're dressed?

There weren't any other uniforms,
so I was hoping

-there were other uniforms where...
-[laughs]

Now, you come with me one second!

-Uh, what for?
-Just trust me!

[Rotom] Ash! I found them!

I think it should be like this!

-How about this? Maybe?
-I think that’s it!

[Mallow] I need your Laki wig!

You'd better take care of that!

-[Kiawe] Uh, Ash?
-[Sophocles] What happened to you?

I’m not really sure myself.

We gave him a total makeover!

-With all of our heart and soul.
-Ash is so cute!

Looks like Ash has a new Alolan form!

Stop!

Okay, now that it's come to this,
we’ll dress the same!

We found male uniforms, thanks.

But you suit yourself, either way.

Well, Alola!

[all] Alola!

Welcome to the Pokémon Center!

-Blissey.
-Steenee.

-Pop. Pop.
-Vul.

-Pika. Pika.
-Poipole.

-Toge.
-Turton.

My, aren't things lively in here!
Where might Nurse Joy be?

Nurse Joy has a bit of a cold!
She's resting in the back room!

Don’t worry! We're standing in for her
to help with your every need!

Now, Ash, ask him what he needs.

Uh, yeah, right. Let me see.

-Ask him if he’d like to rest his Pokémon.
-Right! Oh, yeah!

Hello, sir! Would you like to rest
your Pokémon here?

-Yeah! If you please.
-Blissey.

Blissey.

It says to take them to the back.

Right away!

Rest your Pokémon. Rest here.

-And please tell Nurse Joy to take care.
-Blissey.

-How embarrassing.
-Snow.

Thanks so much, Snowy!

Alola, everyone!

Alola! Welcome to the Pokémon Center.
Would you like to rest your Pokémon?

[all gasp]

I think this one could use some rest.

-Just leave it to us!
-Blissey.

Why, thank you! One more thing.
I'd like to get a room for myself.

-Is there one?
-Uh, a room?

There are rooms for Trainers
available up on the second floor.

Sophocles and Lana
will prepare one for you.

-That would be great.
-No problem!

-We'll have it ready in a jiffy!
-Let's go, Togedemaru!

-Popplio.
-Toge.

I had no idea Nurse Joy had so much stuff
to do around here!

Yeah. She has to deal
with all kinds of Trainers.

Ash and Kiawe, it’s time for work!

Bliss. Blissey.

It says this package needs to be
delivered.

It should be right around here.

Huh? Isn't that it?

Alola?

The malasada biz is taking a break.
You’ll have to stay hungry.

Hold on. We're not here to buy anything.
We're from the Pokémon Center.

We're here to deliver some medicine.

Right. The medicine...

-Eeh! The Twer...
-The Twer?

Uh... 'Tweren't for you,
we'd be in trouble!

Here you go.
This is what you wanted, right?

Moisturizing lotion
for Water-type Pokémon?

Perfect! If it 'tweren't for this,

my Pokémon's skin would be drier
than parched deserts!

You take good care of your Pokémon.

Purely, purely.
Only the best for my Pokémon. Surely.

-Have a moisturized day!
-Mareanie.

Excuse me, sir, are you okay?

-[gasps] Okay. K-O...
-Mareanie.

There are a million different ways
to express affection, you know.

Thank you.

That guy looks awfully familiar to me.

[both trill]

Stop! You can't do that, Togedemaru!

-Popplio, could you help us, please?
-Popplio.

-You hold this corner down.
-Pop.

-You hold this one down.
-Maru.

-[both] Ready and...
-[all laugh]

I’m just starting to get what goes on
at a Pokémon Center.

[Kiawe] Uh? Team Skull?

-[Ash] What do you think you're doing?
-Ah! Don't scare me like that!

-What are you here for?
-Nothing! Nothing at all! Ah!

Maybe that’s that guy?

[all] Who’s that Pokémon?

[all] It’s Garbodor!

[Garbodor] Garbodor.

It's finally lunchtime!

-I'll have a Lemonade!
-Me, too!

I'll have Tapu Cocoa
and make it a double!

-You got it.
-And a soft-serve ice cream cone!

[giggles] Ta-da!

-It's my Steenee Lunch!
-Stee.

-It's so beautifully made.
-Pop.

And it's so cute!

But Lillie's lunch... Amazing!

Hobbes had it sent over a few minutes ago.

Luxurious!

And your lunches give you lots of energy,
don't they, Lana?

Yup! [munches]

[munches]

Ah, that was good!

-Pikachu, you all full too?
-Pika. Pika.

-Toge.
-Poipole.

-I'll just get one more ice cream cone.
-That'll be your third!

Huh? It's that guy from Team Skull!
What does he want?

[Ash] Team Skull?
Maybe he wants to come in.

[alarm rings]

Lunchtime is over!

Time to resume our real-life work
experience!

Alola! Welcome to the Pokémon Center!

[Ash] Hey! You're from the market!

I came here with gifts
for the sick Nurse Joy!

[gasps] How did you know she came down
with a cold?

Word travels very fast down
in the marketplace, you know.

-This is for her.
-[Mallow] It looks delicious!

-These will cheer her up for sure!
-Thank you so much!

I'll go take them to her.

-[Anela] And this is for you!
-Pop. Pop. Pop.

I’ve got an assignment for you!

-Kiawe needs help in the back.
-Okay!

Alola!

[Rotom] It's important to look after
the Pokémon in the Pokémon Center’s care.

Right! I'm on it!

When it comes to the larger Pokémon,

it’s hard for most Trainers to take care
of everything by themselves.

Tauros looks like it’s really enjoying it!

All right. This one’s mine!

Exeggutor.

[Ash] Whoa! An Exeggutor! You’re gigantic!

-Pika.
-Okay, buddy! This is for both of us!

Pikachu, use this! Pik! Pik! Pik!
Pika. Pika.

Exegg.

-[Ash] Pikachu, use this.
-Pika.

Now use a brush-brush motion
to scrub Exeggutor's neck!

Pika. Pika.

-Pika! Pika!
-Yeah! Perfect!

-Poipole!
-Pika.

-Does that feel good?
-Exegg.

-Exegg.
-Not there, Poipole! Don’t do that!

Thank you for waiting. Minccino’s been
restored back to health and feeling fine.

-Thank you.
-Minccino.

-Wow, you're not nervous anymore. Great!
-Thanks!

I can’t tell you how much fun it is to be
able to touch all sorts of Pokémon!

[chuckles]

-[Ash] Whoa, whoa, whoa!
-Huh?

[Mallow] Ash?

-[groans]
-Pika.

-Poipole. Poipole. Poipole.
-Pikachu.

Poipole, it's really dangerous to touch
an Exeggutor's tail, you know! Huh?

-Hey.
-Argh! I told you I’m doing nothing here!

If it was nothing, you wouldn’t be here!

Is it Garbodor?

No... None of your business!

Knock it off! Just get inside!

[Pikachu] Pi. Pi. Pi.

[Steenee] Steenee.

-This isn't making it any easier.
-Just do it!

Garbodor.

-What is that awful smell?
-It’s the worst!

-Steenee.
-Pop. Pop...

-Pikachu.
-Turto.

Blissey.

-Garbodor.
-It seems like it's in pain!

[Kiawe] When did this start?

I don't know. It just happened
all of a sudden.

-Blissey, Bliss. Bliss.
-[Garbodor groans]

What’s going on, Blissey?
Is there something in there?

Bliss. Bliss. Bliss.

It seems it has poison
stuck between its fingers.

It could be some sort
of poisonous blockage.

I recall reading in a book that there are
rare instances of Poison-type Pokémon

becoming clogged up by their own poison.

I remember now! Battling this morning,
it wasn't able to use its Venoshock move.

Take better care of your Pokémon!

Huh? You mean there’s something special
I haven’t been doing?

A Pokémon Trainer should take
individualized care of their Pokémon!

Where's the cool in doing that?

Bliss. Bliss.

Man, what would Nurse Joy do
at a time like this?

Leave it to me!

All right! I need a cleaning tool
for extra-large Pokémon stat!

[all] It’s Nurse Joy!

You got better so fast!

Ear cleaners? They sell those in the shop!

Bliss. Bliss.

Poison blockage happens quite a bit
with Garbodor.

They never live in very sanitary
environments, anyway.

The clotting’s not good.

-Got it, Nurse Joy!
-Thanks a lot!

-We’d like to help out, too!
-Yes, give us a try!

We want to help Garbodor!

-Each of you grab a different finger.
-[boys] Right!

Also, we need buckets!

-I'll grab some!
-Me too!

-I need someone to massage its hands.
-Okay. I will!

When the hands are massaged,
the poison comes out easier.

[girls] Got it!

[grunting]

Here come the buckets! [panting]

[grunting]

Pika. Pika.

-Vul! Vul!
-Pop!

-Turtonator. Turto.
-Steenee.

-Bliss. Bliss. Bliss.
-Garbo.

-[Kiawe] Sophocles! I need a bucket!
-We're all out of buckets!

How about a washbasin?

Argh! [groans]

This clot just doesn't want to come out!

-But we’ve just got to get it out!
-[grunts]

[all gasp]

Popplio, use Bubble Beam!

Pop. Pop. Pop...

-Pika.
-Thank you.

-That’s better.
-Pop.

-So, how are you feeling now?
-Garbo.

[Mallow] Thank goodness!
Garbodor's feeling lots better!

Garbodor.

-Is it healed?
-Yeah!

Garbodor.

Be sure to give it individualized care,
so this won't happen again!

You can't tell me what to do!
That’s totally uncool.

Garbodor, return, now!

[Kiawe] He's a stubborn one.

I want one cleaning tool
for an extra-large Pokémon.

What do you know? He’s doing it!

It’s not for me! It’s for, uh...

Um, it’s just for a friend!

Sure! We believe you!

Isn't it great that Garbodor feels better?

That's just the way Nurse Joy rolls!

-Everyone, thanks for all your help.
-[all gasp]

[Ash] Uh, what's going on here?

Oh, I guess that means
you didn’t even notice.

My big sister said things
were getting rough,

so I came from Akala Island to help out.

But you're feeling better, right?

Thanks to all of your help!

-And thanks to all of your help, Comfey!
-Comfey!

-You too, Blissey.
-Blissey! Bliss!

Tell me, what do you think
of working here?

It wasn't easy, for sure, but it was fun!

-Pi.
-What do you say, Pikachu?

-Pika. Pika!
-Poipole.

That wraps up your real-life
work experience!

My only regret is I wasn’t actually able
to witness you experience it.

Never fear. I recorded the entire event.

-I suggest you closely review this part!
-Argh!

No, anything but that!

[narrator] It seems our heroes had
an outstanding real-life work experience

at the Pokémon Center today.

Now they know all the hard work
Nurse Joy does, day in and day out,

as the journey continues.
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