04x05 - Type Casting

[bunniefuu]

male narrator:
Today our heroes are on the road

to the Ecruteak Gym
in Ecruteak City.

But we'll cross that
bridge when we come to it.

- How do we get across
this river, Brock?

- Pikachu!

- The map says there's
a bridge nearby.

[indistinct shouting]

all: Huh?

- Uh, excuse me, sir.
Is there a bridge near here?

- It was right where you're
standing before the typhoon

hit last month and the
river washed it away.

- Washed it away?

- Yah, we lost every
bridge on the river.

But I got my construction
team here fast,

and we started to rebuild
this one first.

We should have this one back up
in about six months.

- [singing]
Pokémon, Pokémon, Pokémon -

Let's do it.

I wanna be the very best

Like no one ever was

Ever was, ever was

To catch them is my real test

To train them is my cause

My whole life has led to this

Time to test my skills

I know I just can't miss

Gonna show the world

Born to be a winner

- Johto

- Born to be a champion

Born to be a winner

Born to be the very best

- Pokémon
- Johto

- Born to be a winner

Pokémon

- There it is.

I think we should go
straight up the river.

- And so do the cops.

- James, what's taking so long?

Aren't those potatoes ready yet?

- Not yet, Jess.

- Can't you hurry
it up a little?

- Hey, maybe they'll cook faster
if we turn the fire higher.

- Great idea!

- That was a great idea.

- Are the spuds done?

- Well done.

- There must be some
way to get across.

- Hmm.

- Pika, Pika!
- Huh?

- We're in luck!

Excuse me!

We're Pokémon trainers,
and we're trying to get across.

- Could take us over
in your boat please?

- Be glad to.

But before I do,

maybe one of you trainers
could catch me a Sudowoodo!

- A Sudowoodo?

- Yes!

The Sudowoodo is a real rare
kind of Pokémon.

They say you can find 'em
up on that mountain there.

But I have never seen one.

Three Pokémon trainers
might have a better chance

catching a Sudowoodo than me.

- Let's see what
Dexter says.

- Sudowoodo.

The imitation Pokémon.

This rare Pokémon hides
in trees to avoid capture.

- Sudowoodo looks
pretty interesting!

- Togepi!

- If we bring back a Sudowoodo,

will you take us
to the other side?

- Yes, you have my word on it.

- Well, let's go find one then!

- Right!
- Come on!

- You hear that?

- If we find a Sudowoodo,
the old man will take us across!

- And if they're as rare
as they say they are,

a Sudowoodo would be a perfect
present for the Boss!

- All right,
it's Sudowoodo Time!

- This isn't gonna be easy.

- This forest is
unbelievably dense!

- Psyduck!

- Speaking of things
that are dense,

Psyduck, you can help us
look for Sudowoodo too.

- Psyduck!

Psy!
Psyduck, duck, duck.

- Sudowoodo!

- Psyduck?

Psy!

Psyduck!

Psy, Psy!

Psy-y-y-y...

Psyd-d-d-d...

Psy!

Psyduck!

Psy-y-y-y!

- What is it, Psyduck?
What's the matter?

- Psy-y-y-y-y,
duck, duck, duck!

- That's just
a bunch of trees!

We're not looking for trees.

We're looking for a Pokémon
called Sudowoodo!

- Psy.
- Su!

Sudowoodo!

- Guys, look.
A Sudowoodo!

- Oh!
- Sudowoodo!

- Come back here!

- Sudowoodo!
Sudowoodo!

- Now where'd that
Sudowoodo go to?

- That's impossible.

None of the research papers
back that up.

- Well, maybe if you
spent a little less time

reading research and a little
more time doing research,

you'd know it is possible!

- Then you're saying every
single report is wrong!

- I'm saying that there's
a possibility they are!

- Then you must be
smarter than me

and every other expert
who agrees with me!

- I don't know about
the other experts,

but I'm definitely
smarter than you are!

- Hey, hey!

I'm sure you two didn't come
all the way up here to argue.

- We're looking
for something.

- So are we.

We're lookin'
for a Sudowoodo!

- Well,
that's quite a coincidence,

'cause we were just arguing
about Sudowoodo!

- Are you Pokémon Trainers?

- Oh, no, we're up here
doing some field studies

for a Pokémon research paper
we're working on.

My name is Pierre.

- And my name's Marie.

- My name's Ash.
- I'm Misty.

- My name's Brock
pleased to meet you!

- Pierre and I are
researching this habitat

and focusing on
the Sudowoodo that live here.

- I'm hoping to prove
to my colleague here

that the research is correct
when it indicates

that Sudowoodo is definitely
a Rock type.

- Sudowoodo's a Rock type?

- That's pretty hard to believe.

Rock types are usually
rough and rocky

like Graveler and Geodude
and Golem and Onix.

- Sudowoodo's more like--
- More like a Grass Pokémon.

I can't believe
it's a Rock type.

- I agree with you, Misty.

I can't believe it either,

but all the experts claim
the Sudowoodo's a Rock type.

But when my colleague opens
a book, he shuts his mind

to the possibility
the experts are wrong.

He chooses to ignore
eyewitness accounts

of Sudowoodo using Fire Attacks,
which clearly indicate

that we need to look
for some more answers.

- We already
have the answers.

- You can believe the books, but
I think finding out firsthand

is always the best way.

- Exactly right.

Yours is the first hand
I've held in a long time,

and I can tell you
from personal experience

you can't find this in a book.

Maybe you and I can do some
research in the field of love.

- In that field your
position is "left out"!

- Togepi!

- I have a Pokémon
that can spot a Sudowoodo

and settle this
once and for all,

- Pikachu!

- Noctowl,
go find a Sudowoodo!

[Noctowl cooing]

- There've been reports
of Sudowoodo that look like

plum trees and cherry trees
and oak trees too.

Their leaves even change
color like real trees.

- Wow.

They must be Grass types.

- "Sudowoodo gather branches
to look like trees."

- Maybe not.
- Pika.

[Noctowl cooing]

- Huh?
- Pika!

- Noctowl,
did you find a Sudowoodo?

[Noctowl cooing]

- Come on, let's go!

[Noctowl cooing]

- Look, there it is!

Okay, Noctowl,
we'll take it from here!

- Sudowoodo?
Sudowoodo!

- Chikorita, I choose you!

- Chiko!

- Sudowoodo!
Sudowoodo!

- Chiko!
- Sudowoodo!

- Is Sudowoodo using Vine Whip?

- Yeah, it sure looks like it!

- Maybe Sudowoodo's really
a Grass Pokémon after all!

- Sudowoodo!

- Chiko!

- Oh, Sudowoodo must've picked
this up in the forest.

- Yeah, but at least it has
good taste in vines.

- Sudowoodo!

- That's a Razor Leaf!

- Chiko, Chiko, Chiko!

- Maybe, but these
leaves are dried up.

- Wow, why would it use those?

- Why would a Pokémon
use dried leaves

for a Razor Leaf Attack?

- Now, Chikorita,
use your Vine Whip Attack!

- Chiko!

- Sudowoodo!

- Now that was
a real Vine Whip!

- Sudowoodo!

- Chiko!

- Huh?
- That one looked real too!

- Maybe Sudowoodo's
a Grass Pokémon after all!

- Why, it can't be.
It's a Rock Pokémon!

- Sudowoodo, Sudowoodo!

- I just don't know
what to believe anymore.

- When you do just let me know,
and I'll agree with you.

- Quick, Ash, battle it with
another one of your Pokémon,

and maybe this time it'll use
a different attack .

- Right!
Chikorita, return!

Totodile, I choose you!

[Totodile cackling]

- Sudowoodo.

- Sudowoodo may be a Grass type,
but it sure likes to rock.

- Totodile, Tackle Attack!

[Totodile yelling]

- Sudo!

- We'll get that thing now!

Totodile, use Water g*n!

- Sudo!

Woodo!

Sudowoodo!

- Sudowoodo seems
to hate that water.

- If it hates Water g*n
attacks so much--

- It must be a Rock Pokémon!

- Sudowoodo!

- Totodile, try a Bite Attack!

- Sudowoodo!

Sudo!

- Did Sudowoodo use Dig?

- Maybe that means
it's a Ground type!

- Sudowoodo.

- What's going on here?

- Prepare for trouble,
'cause we're in cahoots!

- And make it double,
right down to our roots!

- To protect the world
from devastation.

- To unite all peoples
within our nation.

- To denounce the evils
of truth and love.

- To extend our reach
to the stars above.

- Jessie!

- James!

- Team Rocket, blast off
at the speed of light!

- Surrender now or prepare
to fight, fight, fight!

- Tha-a-a-a-t's right!
- All right, let it go!

- You gotta be kiddin', kid.
This thing's going with us!

- We trees are leaving!

- You're not going anywhere!

- Weezing, Smoke Screen, please!

- Weezing!

[all coughing]

- Pika, Pika.

- Huh? Huh?

- They're gone!

- And they took
Sudowoodo with 'em!

- We'll never find it again.

- Don't worry, Marie.

We'll find that Sudowoodo,
and if we don't,

I'll leave my friends
and dedicate myself

to working with you
around the clock, / ,

every minute of
the day and night!

- How about part-time?

- Who's that Pokémon?

- It's Gengar!

- Gengar.

- So what do you think?

You think Sudowoodo's
a Rock type or a Grass type?

- It's obviously
a Grass type Pokémon.

Just look at it!

- Sudowoodo!
Sudowoodo!

- Wobbuffet!

- Get back in your ball.
Nobody wants to look at you!

- Wobbuffet!
- Sudowoodo!

- Wobbuffet!

- Sudowoodo!

- This is going nowhere.
Meowth, ask what type it is.

- All right,
but I ain't hopeful.

What kind of Pokémon
are you anyway?

- Sudowoodo!
Sudowoodo!

- Well?

- It says, "Why don't we
get somethin' to eat?"

- Wob!

- I'm hungry too.

- We'll eat,
just us what type you are.

- Sudowoodo!

- According to Sudowoodo,
it's the type that wants to eat.

- Wobbuffet!

- Sudo!

- [groans]

You're the type that
drives people crazy!

- Wobbuffet!

- Sudowoodo!

- I don't care
what type it is.

Let's just take it to the old
man and get our boat ride.

Well, you said
you'd take us across

if we brought you a Sudowoodo.

- And we've got
one right here.

- Hmm, are you really
a Sudowoodo?

Why isn't it
saying anything?

- Maybe it don't like
to talk to strangers.

- Well, whatever it is,
it doesn't look too healthy.

- I can fix that!

Ta-da!

I'll use this Squirtbottle
on Victreebel!

- Sudo!

- Hey, hold it.
He's only going to water you!

- You'll look and feel
much better after a drink!

- Sudo...

Sudowoodo!
Sudowoodo!

Woodo!

- Wait!

- Come back!

- I don't understand.

Why wouldn't Sudowoodo want
a refreshing little sprinkle?

Hey, don't leave me behind!

- Maybe I can catch Sudowoodo
before they do!

- Sudowoodo must be miles
away from here by now!

- Pika, Pika, Pika!

- Yeah, what's the matter,
Pikachu?

- Pikachu!

- Hmm? Oh!
It's Sudowoodo!

- Sudo!

- It must be hidin'
from Team Rocket!

- Sudowoodo.

- Now we can take it to
Marie and Pierre's lab

and see what Pokémon type
you really are!

- Sudowodo!
Sudo!

- Don't worry, Marie.
I'll calm Sudowoodo down!

- Sudowoodo, Sudowoodo!

- Whoa!

Hey, easy now.
I'm your friend.

Like a friendly Likitung!

- Are there any psychiatrists
back at your lab?

- Togepi!

- Here.
Try some of my Pokéchow!

- Woodo!

Sudo!

Sudowoodo!

- You can have
as much as you want

as soon as we get
to Marie's research lab.

- All right, Sudowoodo,

now we're going to do
a few simple tests.

- We saw you use a Vine Whip
Attack back in the forest.

Could you do that again, please?

- Sudowoodo.

- But I saw it
with my own eyes.

- Sudowoodo.

- Here you go!
- Sudowoodo.

- Now how about a Vine Whip?

- Sudowoodo.

- Thanks a lot!

- Ash, I wonder if one of
your Pokémon could get Sudowoodo

to use its Vine Whip Attack.

- We'll try!

- Pikachu, use your
ThunderShock!

- Pikachu!

- Sudowoodo!

Sudowoodo!

- That was a ThunderShock!

- How can it be
an Electric Pokémon?

- Sudowoodo.

- I'm more confused
than before!

- Sudowoodo.

- I found something.

This old research book
lists Sudowoodo attacks,

and apparently it uses one
called "Mimic."

- What's "Mimic?"

- An attack that
imitates other attacks.

That's how Sudowoodo used Vine
Whip against Ash's Chikorita--

By watching Chikorita
use it first!

And just now it used
an Electric Attack,

but only after watching
Pikachu use one.

- It may learn all of
its attacks by mimicking.

- Okay, maybe Sudowoodo
does use Mimic,

but that still doesn't prove
it's a Rock Type

or a Grass Type!

- Yes, but this may give us
a way to find out.

- I still say
Sudowoodo's a Rock type.

All the research says so.

And Rock types
are weak against water.

- Sudowoodo!

- Turn that water off now!

- But it's the quickest way
for me to prove

that I'm right and you're
wrong about Sudowoodo.

- Sudowoodo,
Sudowoodo, Sudowoodo!

- Wait, Sudowoodo!

- Come back here!
- Pika!

- Sudowoodo, Sudowoodo!

- Sudowoodo!

- You ain't going nowhere!

- Woodo!
- What do you want now?

- We want Sudowoodo, because
we're the ones who caught it.

- You stole this Sudowoodo!

- Sudowoodo, I thought
I would never find you!

- It's the old man
from the river!

- What are you doing here?

- Marie, you sound
like know him.

- I sure do. He's my grandpa!
- Huh?

- That's right, when my
favorite granddaughter told me

she was looking for a Sudowoodo
to do some research on,

I decided I'd ask everybody
I met to help me find her one.

- So that's why you wanted
us to bring you a Sudowoodo!

- Forget it, kid.

Team Rocket's gettin'
that Sudowoodo!

- I choose you, Arbok!

- Arbok!

- I choose you, Cyndaquil!

- Quil!

- Sudowoodo?

- Arbok, use Tackle Attack!

- Ar!

- Sudo!

Sudowoodo!
- Arbok!

- Sudowoodo just used
a Slam Attack on Arbok!

- I think Sudowoodo wants
to battle this time!

- Sudowoodo.

- I don't know, Sudowoodo's
pretty hard to figure out.

- Sudo?
- Arbok!

- Woodo!
- Arbok!

- Sudowoodo!
- Arbok!

- I believe that
was a Faint Attack!

- A Faint Attack?

How did Sudowoodo know that?

- Arbok!

- Why, it knows
the Low Kick too!

- Low Kick?

- Sudowoodo!
- Arbok return!

Sudowoodo uses sneaky tactics
like Faint Attack and Low Kick.

It's Tricky
slippery and cowardly.

We've found the perfect
Pokémon for Team Rocket!

- You said it.

- Wobbuffet!

- Now with a little help
from you,

your friend will be
joining us!

- Wob!

- Now Wobbuffet
will battle Sudowoodo!

- Not so fast!

Quick, Cyndaquil, use your
Flamethrower on Wobbuffet!

- Quil!

- Sudo.

- What's it doing?
- Pika!

- Sudo.

- Quil!

- You see? Sudowoodo's back
to using its Mimic again.

- There's no doubt about it.
The evidence is undeniable!

- Sudowoodo copied
Chikorita's Vine Whip,

Pikachu's Electric Attack,

and now Cyndaquil's
Flamethrower!

It can copy all those attacks
and more because it knows Mimic.

- It even knows Mimic.

It's more valuable
than I thought.

Wobbuffet,
get ready to battle!

- Wob!

- Cyndaquil, use your
Tackle Attack, and hurry!

- Cyndaquil!

- Wobbuffet, Counter Attack!

- Cyndaquil!

- I've never seen a Pokémon
use Counter Attack!

This is very informative!

- Maybe my Pokémon can help!

Poliwhirl, go!

- Poliwhirl!

- Have Cyndaquil get Wobbuffet's
attention for a second.

- Cyndaquil,
try another Flamethrower!

- Quil!

- Wobbuffet, Counter Attack!

- Ready, aim, fire!

- Poliwhirl!

- Wobbuffet!

- Whirl!

- It looks like Team
Rocket's blasting off again!

[all shouting]

Wobbuffet!

- Sudowoodo, Sudowoodo,
Sudowoodo!

- Its gettin' away!
- Wait, come back!

- Sudowoodo, stop!
- Let it go.

- Uh?

- We found out enough
to settle our argument.

Sudowoodo is a Rock Pokémon.

That's why it runs away
from Water Attacks.

It only knew other attacks
because it used Mimic.

The research turned out
to be right all along,

but I couldn't believe it
until I saw it for myself.

- And I'm glad you
couldn't, Marie.

You see, we never would have
learned as much as we did

about Sudowoodo
if we hadn't come here

and observed the real thing!

- Next time we disagree
we should focus on the facts

instead of on
winning an argument.

- Mm-hmm.

- We both owe you and your
Pokémon a big thank you.

- That's right, without you,

Marie and I and I would still be
fighting on those tree stumps!

[singing]
- Pokémon Johto

Pokémon Johto

- Bye!
- Bye!

- Thanks again
for all your help!

- Thank you!
- Bye!

male narrator: Sudowoodo turned
out to be a Rock type after all,

proving that appearances
can be very deceiving.

And so, having
kept their bargain,

our friends get a ride
across the river

as they head for Ecruteak City

and their next Johto League
adventure.

- Can't you climb faster?

- Yeah, you're almost there!

Just grab hold
of that branch!

- [grunting]

I've got it!
- Finally.

Now hurry up and help us!

- Sudowoodo...

Sudowoodo--

Sudo!

all: Sudowoodo!

- Sudowoodo, Sudo!

- Let's do it.

[singing]
Born to be a winner

- Johto

- Born to be a champion

Born to be a winner

Born to be the very best

- Pokémon

- Born to be a winner

- Johto

- Born to be a champion

Born to be a winner

Born to be the very best

- Pokémon
- Johto

- Born to be a winner

Pokémon