01x68 - The Evolution Solution

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♪ Gotta catch 'em all ♪

♪ gotta catch 'em all ♪

♪ pokémon ♪

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Squaawk.

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c*ck-a-doodle-doo.

Narrator: With the pokémon
league less than months away,

ash is back in palett,

preparing for
the big competition.

He's sticking strictly to
a punishing daily regimen,

rising with the sun, reaching
for the stars, racing with the...

Hey, where is ash, anyway?

[Snoring]

[Snoring]

Pika...

Chuuuuu!

What's that?

Eww, smells like Brock
burnt the eggs.

Mime, mime, mime, mime, mime.

[Yawning]

eggs, sunny side down,
for ash,

and my super-secret-recipe
mystery omelet for misty.

Misty: Ooh,
thanks, Brock.

Ash, since you're taking
a break from training,

why don't you help me
in the garden

when you finish breakfast?

I... I am training!

I got a lot of training
to do today.

Oh, is that so?

Where are you training today?

Uh, well, uh...

Well, today we're all going
to climb up into the mountains

for some really tough training.

What?! You never
mentioned mountains to us!

Just play along, OK,

and I'll explain
when we get outside.

[Nervous laughter]

Well, bye, Mom,
see ya! Ha ha ha!

Hey, wait for me!

Come on, hurry up, let's go!

Quit pushing! What's
the big rush, anyway?

You don't know my Mom!

I'd rather climb mountains
than do chores for her!

She'd have me working
so hard in her garden

that I'd be too wiped out to
battle in the pokémon league!

I bet your Mom would make
a great pokémon trainer.

Pika, pika.

Oh, kids?

On your way back
from the mountains,

could you stop by
the xanadu nursery

and pick up - pounds
of fertilizer for me?

Aah! Aah! Told ya!

Run for it!

Pika!
Pika!

See ya later, Mom!

Wait!

[Panting]

That was close!

Ash, what's that thing? Huh?

Misty:
It's gigantic.

Brock: Looks like a greenhouse.

It's the xanadu nursery,

the Place my Mom
was talking about.

We used to come here
all the time.

I'm surprised it's
still in business.

The man who owned it moved away

a long time ago.

I wonder who runs the Place now.

Brock: It's sure filled with
a lot of beautiful things.

Trees and vines and
flowers and plants and... huh?

That girl's more beautiful

than any flower I've ever seen.

What are you
talking about, Brock?

I don't see any beautiful girl.

Just turn around! [Giggling]

Misty, please.

Only one of us can
hallucinate at a time.

I saw her right there...

Right there in that clearing.

Gloom, gloom.
Gloom, gloom.

Huh? You're getting
misty over a gloom?

What are you saying about me?

I wasn't talking about you.

What's the matter?

I thought you liked
being Mr. Big mouth.

What are you doing here?

Aah!
Watch out!

He's got a flamethrower!

Don't sh**t! We
weren't doing anything,

honest, we weren't!

We'll leave right
away, just don't use

that flamethrower!

So, you're training
for the pokémon league.

I always wanted to be
a pokémon trainer.

My name's Potter, and I
work here in the nursery.

A lot of trainers visit

'cause their grass-type
pokémon love it.

Good idea!

Bulbasaur, I choose you!

Bulbasaur.

Come on, Bulbasaur,
wanna go look

at all the flowers and stuff?

Bulba!

Pika!

Hey, wait for me!

Um, when we first got here

I saw a girl
inside the greenhouse.

Oh, you must be
talking about florinda.

Aah, florinda.

What a beautiful name
for a wife.

How pretty!

To-ge, to-ge!

Where's Bulbasaur?

Pi-ka!

Saur...

Bulba, bulba!

Saur...

Bulba!

Saur.

Huh?

Bulba...

[Purring]

Saur.

Bulbasaur, what's the matter?

Hmm, it says its smell
affects pokémon

like catnip affects cats.

Hey, take it easy, Bulbasaur.

Saur.

Be careful, will ya?

Saur!

Ah... ah...

Saur.

Bulbasaur!

Pika, pika!

What is this?

Stop! Don't smell
that plant!

Huh?

That's stun stem.

If anyone... pokémon or
human... smells that weed,

they become totally paralyzed!

Aah!
Aah!

What will we do?

Bulbasaur smelled it!

Hmm...

Gloom, quick... bring
Bulbasaur into the house.

Gloom, gloom.

Gloom!

Gloom.

Glooooom.

Oh, I'll help!

Gloom, gloom.
Gloom, gloom.

Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!

Bulbasaur, you're OK!

Saur!

It's a good thing gloom's
been tending the stun stem

in the nursery for so long.

It's built up a strong
resistance to it

and developed that antidote.

Your Bulbasaur
should be fine now.

Lucky for us.
Thanks, florinda.

Uh...
Bulbasaur?

Saur!
Gloom.

Bulbasaur.

Gloom, gloom!

Bulba!

Gloooom.

Bulbasaur,
saur-bulba, Bulbasaur!

Gloom, gloom! Bulba saur-saur!

Bulba... gloom! Saur!

Aw, it looks like those two

are really having a
great time with each other.

It's nice to see grass pokémon

with so much in common

getting together.

Oh, it looks like
gloom and Bulbasaur

aren't the only ones
getting together.

The xanadu nursery has been
in my family for generations,

and now they need me to run it.

But I'm a big failure
at raising pokémon.

I can't even help my gloom
evolve into a vileplume,

and if I can't do that,

how will I ever be able
to run a huge nursery?

Brock: But I'm sure you've
taught gloom some attacks.

A few.

But my gloom deserves
a better trainer,

and my family deserves
a better daughter.

She's tried.

Florinda even got a leaf stone

and used it on her gloom

so it would evolve
into a vileplume

but it just didn't work.

It's all my fault.

I guess the reason
why gloom won't evolve

is because I haven't
given it enough love.

No! Florinda,
don't you see?

You love gloom so much
that it doesn't get gloomy,

and that's the reason
why it doesn't evolve.

Maybe.

Still...

Hmm, this problem
has nothing to do

with loving a pokémon
too much or too little.

Ash, misty, Brock:
Professor oak?!

This leaf stone is a fake!

Ash:
A fake?

Professor, what
are you doing here?

I've been getting reports
of some con artists

who have been peddling
phony evolution stones,

so I decided to do

a little investigating
on my own.

Florinda, what did the people

who sold you the
leaf stone look like?

Well, there was a guy
who wore his hair

kinda long, like this.

And a girl with
big hair, like this.

And a Meowth who knew
how to talk fast.

All: I knew it,
that's team rocket!

Prepare for trouble
from a girl with big hair!

And make it double from a
guy with hair like that there.

Hah! To protect the
world from devastation.

Unh. To unite...

My hair looks all
right, doesn't it?

To denounce the
evils of truth and love.

To extend our reach
to the stars above.

Jessy!
James!

Team rocket blast off
at the speed of light!

[Groaning]

What's the matter,
cat got your tongue?

[Sigh]

Maybe we ought
to get out of this Place

before that girl finds the
leaf stone we sold is a fake.

Don't be such a 'fraidy cat.

We can't pass up
this opportunity.

There must be rare
pokémon here somewhere.

Ahh...
Huh?

"Beware...
Stun stem"?

With one whiff of this weed,

we're guaranteed to succeed!

Meowth!

Who's that...

Florinda: I can't believe
I let team rocket

trick me into buying
a fake leaf stone.

But maybe it's just
as well that they did.

It proves that
I'm not smart enough

to run this nursery by myself.

I'm just so useless!

Don't worry.

I'll get you a real leaf stone!

[Clears throat]

I wouldn't promise that

if I were you.

You don't have any idea

where to find a leaf stone,

do you, Brock?

Ahh, but first,

I'll track down that team rocket

and get all your money back!

Uh, I don't think
you have any idea

how to find team rocket, either.

Oh, don't worry.

They usually seem to
find us sooner or later.

[Alarm pinging]

Oh, no!

Somebody is in the
greenhouse stealing plants!

Meowth: I got a green
thumb for thieving!

Heh heh heh!

[Gasp]

The guy with the hair like this

and the girl with
the hair like this

and the talking Meowth...

They sold me that leaf stone!

Brock: Let's get
'em! Ash: Come on!

I told ya!

Brock: OK, freeze!

Jessy: Well,
wouldn't you know it?

Those pesky little
pests are back again.

And we feel the same about you!

Come on, let's throw
them out of here!

Stop that!

Those plants are
like children to me!

James: Well,
look who it is.

Jessy: Another
unsatisfied customer.

Brock: How low can you three go?

You sold her that
phony leaf stone!

We knew we'd been bad,

and we wanted to
change our ways,

so the three of us decided

to turn over a new leaf.

But the leaf was fake!

That's not funny.

Bul-ba!

Gloom, gloom!

We're in a greenhouse, right?

So we need a grass pokémon

like Bulbasaur.

Bulbasaur's the number one seed!

Bulbasaur, go to it! Bulbasaur!

Tie them up with your
vine whip, Bulbasaur!

Bulba!

Oh, Bulbasaur,
that was wonderful!

Ash:
Nice work!

[Evil laughter]

Just because we're tied
with these vines

doesn't mean we're whipped.

Any second now we'll be saved

by our secret weapon.

What's that?

Jessy and James:
Meowth!

What are you waiting for?!

[Rhythmic grunting]

Meowth, what's taking so long?

Hurry up!

Ahh, don't rush me, kid.

Using ancient herbal secrets,

I have shaped a sphere

certain to stun you.

Ah! Ah! Ah!

Play ball!

[Coughing]

Bulba...

Oh, watch out!

Don't breathe in
any of that powder!

It's very powerful stun spore!

Ooom, ooom!

I breathed in!

Pika.

I... I can't...

I can't move.

Unh... all the strength
has been drained out of me.

Jessy:
Ha ha ha ha!

No! Pikachu!

[Laughing]

We always knew you were too weak

to be a pokémon trainer.

Pika!

Pikachu!

Jessy and James:
Ha ha ha ha ha ha!

Brock:
Florinda, hurry!

Use your gloom
to battle team rocket!

Oh, I couldn't!

I haven't trained
my gloom well enough

for it to be in battle.

I just know my gloom
wouldn't stand a chance

of winning a battle
against their pokémon.

I'll just run and get
some of my healing herbs.

Florinda, you have to!

They'll run off with
Pikachu if you don't!

Florinda, don't run away!

Your gloom is our only hope!

You can do it!

Oh... I... can't.

Please, florinda.

I know you can do it.

Hmm, I'll do my best.

Gloom, go!
Gloom!

Glooooom!

Gloom, gloom!

Saur.

Ha! Those wimpy weeds are
no match for team rocket.

But we can't let a challenger
go without a battle.

Arbok, go!

Weezing, go get 'em!

Weez, weez, weez.

Arbok.

Arbok, toxic attack.

Weezing, smog attack.

Florinda:
Gloom!

[Gasping]

Glooom.

See, gloom can't battle,

and it's all my fault.

No, florinda, you can't give up!

Now think... you must
have taught gloom

to be good
at some kind of attack!

Please, don't give up, just try!

Gloom...
Bulba.

Gloom, maybe you
could give your, uh,

double team attack a try.

Gloooooom!

Huh?
What's that?

Aaaah! It's a whole
roomful of gloom!

[Coughing]

Ah, it's working!

Now's your chance
to win the battle

with a more powerful attack!

Oh, Brock, do you think a solar
beam attack would be good?

Wha...
You taught gloom

the most powerful
grass pokémon attack?!

Oh, do you think
I shouldn't have?

I saw it in a pokémon magazine,

and I thought I'd give it a try.

No, I just hope it works.

Give it your best shot,
florinda.

Right!

All right, gloom,

let's try your
solar beam attack!

[Coughing]

Pi-ka!

Aaaah!

You little rat!

Pikachuuu!

All: We're
blasting off again!

Well, Brock, was that OK?

That was OK, florinda.

That was the most impressive
solar beam I've ever seen.

Awesome.

You were great.

Bulbasaur.

Gloom, gloom.

Bulbasaur...

Well, is everybody
feeling better?

Yeah, we all took
some of gloom's antidote,

and everybody's
feeling just fine.

Brock, I'm so amazed.

I can't understand how gloom
got to be as strong as it has.

You didn't know it, florinda,

but gloom was getting
stronger all the time

because of the love
and care you gave it.

It's so powerful there's no
need to make it evolve now.

Thank you
for saying that, Brock.

Before you came,

I didn't think I could do
very much of anything.

But you helped me
believe in myself.

Now I feel ready to run
this nursery for my family.

That is, if one very special guy

is there to share
it all with me.

Uh, well, I...
This is so sudden!

I've always dreamed of
having someone like you,

someone who's kind and talented

and beautiful as you are.

And now you've made
all my dreams come true!

Yes, florinda, darling,

yes, I'll share
my life with you!

Hey, Brock, are you
talking to somebody?

I think maybe you had a little
too much of that antidote.

I was wondering...

Well, I'd like it very much

if we could run
my family's nursery...

Together.

Do you mean...

Yes... I mean
I love you.

Florinda, I love you, too.

I've loved you
since the day I saw you,

but I was too afraid
to tell you.

To-ge, togepi!

Unh! Oh!

Rejected by the one
girl I loved.

I'll never find another
one like her again.

Don't worry, Brock.

You'll find plenty of
other girls to reject you.

Come on. Let's get some
flowers for my Mom

and head home.

Saur!
Gloom.

Hey, ash, you didn't
do any training.

The pokémon league competition

is less than months away.

When are you gonna get ready?

Ash: Don't worry,
misty,

there's always tomorrow!

Misty:
Ohh!

Narrator:
Don't be so sure, ash.

You're already
one tomorrow closer

to the battle of your life!

Don't go away!

Pikachu's jukebox is next!

♪ I want to be
the very best ♪

♪ Like no one
ever was ♪

♪ to catch them
is my real test ♪

♪ to train them
is my cause ♪

♪ pokémon ♪

♪ gotta
catch 'em all ♪

♪ a heart
so true ♪

♪ our courage
will pull us through ♪

♪ you teach me ♪

♪ and I'll teach you ♪

♪ pokémon ♪

♪ gotta catch 'em all ♪

♪ gotta catch 'em all ♪

♪ pokémon ♪