04x14 - Power Play!

[bunniefuu]

male narrator: It's a quiet day
for our heroes

on the road to Ecruteak City

until...

- I'm Alex Davis
from Cherrygrove City!

all: HUH?
- Pika?

- Wonder what's
going on down there.

- Sounds like a Pokémon battle!

- Come on, Pikachu,
let's check it out!

- Pika!

- Pikachu, look!
- Pika?

- It's Gary.

- [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

- Who's that Pokémon?

- Umbreon,
the Moonlight Pokémon.

When an Eevee has had
sufficient training

and is exposed to moonlight,

it evolves into
an Umbreon.

- Gary must've had
lots of tough battles

to get his Eevee
to evolve into Umbreon.

- Mm, I can't wait
to see it in action.

- Umbreon, this is
the first new opponent

you've had in a while,
so study its attacks carefully.

- Bre!

- Okay, let's
get this over with.

- I don't like your attitude!

Alakazam, Zap Cannon!

- Alakazam!

- Breon!

- Dodge it, Umbreon!

- Umbreon!

- Where'd it go?
- Pika!

- Alakazam,
use your Psychic attack!

- Alakazam!

- Hey, it didn't it work!

- I thought you'd be smarter

than to use a Psychic attack
against an Umbreon.

- Go!

Use your Headbutt, Alakazam!

- Alakazam!

- Dodge it, Umbreon.

- Bre!

- Now, Tackle attack.

- Breon!

- Alakazam!

Yeah!

All right, Alakazam,
use your DynamicPunch!

- Alakazam!

- All right, Umbreon,
now use your Agility!

- Bre!

- Kazam.

- Bre!

- That Umbreon
sure has great Agility.

- It's gonna be tough to beat!
- Mm-hmm.

- Kazam.

- I think
we're just about done.

- Alakazam,
use your Double Team!

- Alakazam.

- Not bad.

Umbreon,
don't be fooled by the fakes.

Stay calm until you sense
the real Alakazam.

Then attack!

- Um...

all: Alakazam! Alakazam!

- Um...bre!

all: Kazam.

- Bre!
- [grunts]

- Umbreon,
use your Quick Attack!

- Umbre!

- Alakazam, hurry!
Use Teleport!

- Um--bre? Bre? Bre?

- All right, now, finish it
with a Hyper Beam attack!

- It's coming from the left!

- Um...

- Now, use Hidden Power!

- Bre...on!

- [grunts]

- Alakazam!

- [groaning]

- You put up a great battle.

You deserve a good rest.

- Awesome.

[Togepi chirps]

- That Umbreon's
been raised well.

- Pika!

- We can beat 'em.

Come on, Pikachu!

- Pika!
- Ash, what're you doing?

- [grunts]
- Chu!

- You were great, Umbreon.

Come on, let's go.

- Hold it!

- Yeah, what?

- You had a battle
with that kid and Alakazam.

Now, Pikachu and I
challenge you and your Umbreon!

- Pika!

- Hmm. No, thanks, Ash.

- No?
What do you mean, no?

- I already learned all
of Pikachu's attack patterns,

so a battle'd be a waste
of my time and yours.

- What?
- Pika?

- You stop right there!

Chikorita! Cyndaquil!

Totodile! Noctowl!

- Chika!
- Cyndi!

[Totodile babbles]

[Noctowl trills]

- I don't have to use Pikachu.

I can beat you and Umbreon
just as easy

with any of these other Pokémon!

- Chikori! Chika, chika!

[Totodile babbling]

- Daquil!

- Cyndaquil, stay here!
- Chika?

- Quil, quil!

- Ready when you are!

- Ash, where's Gary going?

- Didn't you challenge
him to a match?

I'll beat him next time...maybe.

- Chikori! Chika!

[Totodile babbling]

- [sighs]

- Pika...

- Hmm.
- Uh...

[Togepi chirps]

Gary's Umbreon sure was cool,
wasn't it, Brock?

- Way cool!
Did you see that coat?

I wish I knew how he got it
smooth and shiny like that!

- Me too!

Gary really knows
what he's doing.

Don't you think so Ash?

- Please.

Why don't you give
your mouth and my ears a rest?

- Hey, what's up with
you today, Prince Charming?

- You got to cut Ash
a little slack, Misty.

He's still mad about Gary
givin' him the brush-off.

- Don't you worry.

The next time we meet him,
we're gonna beat him!

- Pika, Pika!

- Well, here's
the Pokémon Center.

Why don't we get dinner
at the cafeteria?

- This'll be the first step
in my new training program

to beat Gary and Umbreon!

- Pika!

- The twerps just
walked in the front door.

- I have a good idea, Jessie.

Why don't we
sneak in the back door

and pilfer the pantry?

- We can grab
a quick bite in the storeroom

and grab as many munchies
as we can to go!

- I just love takeout.
Don't you, Meowth?

- [sighs]

Ain't that beautiful?

Nothin' makes me feel more
peaceful and calm

than sittin' and watchin'
a sunset.

- Wobba.

- Hey, pipe down!

Can't you see I'm calm
and peaceful here,

you dopey blob?

[yells]

- Wobba.

- Ow! Oh! Eee! Ow!

- Wobba, wah!

- Look, Jess.

Isn't Wobbuffet's
Counter attack great?

- An attack that returns
double what it gets

is hard to beat, James.

Hmm? Hard to beat...

Ah!

- Wha?
- Wah.

- Let's have seconds!

- Not me.

- Nope.

- If you don't want 'em,
I'll take 'em.

- Fine, but do you have
to eat so much Ash?

- I've got to build up
my strength

so I'll be ready
to battle Gary!

- But, Ash, you might not
run into Gary and Umbreon

for weeks or even months!

- Well, then,
I'll just have to stuff myself

every day till I do!

both: Huh?

- Pika?

- Nobody's answering.

- Nurse Joy.

- We were just
having dinner in the cafeteria,

and all the lights went out.

- Do you know what's goin' on?

- There's been a blackout,

and I've been trying to call
the local power plant,

but nobody's answering
the telephone!

- Hmm. Maybe they just can't
handle all of the phone calls.

- This is just awful.

Most of our equipment
runs on electricity,

and if any injured Pokémon
are brought in,

I won't be able to help them!

- Where's the power plant,
Nurse Joy?

- In the mountains
north of the city.

- Come on, let's go.
- Go where?

- Up to the power plant
to find out what's goin' on.

Don't worry, Nurse Joy.

We'll see what happened and
straighten this situation out!

- Come on, guys,
we got to hurry!

- Dinnertime, Umbreon!

Hey.

What happened
to all the lights?

Must be a blackout.

- This way!
- Re?

- Pika!

- Where they goin'?
- Re.

[all grunting]

- Looks like we're almost ready.

- All systems
fully powered up, Jessie.

- Then, it's time to activate
the Turbokick Engine!

- Turbokick Engine activated!

Engine power output rising.

Almost there.

Turbokick Engine
now at full power.

- And we got our radarscope
locked in

on the Pokémon Center
coordinates.

- All right, team.

The plan is to head
for the Pokémon Center

to capture Pikachu

and any other rare and valuable
Pokémon we can find!

both: Roger!

- At last, Team Rocket
has a powerful weapon

that can't be beaten.

Let's use it!

- All systems go!

Things are going unusually well,
aren't they?

- This is our lucky day!

- You may be right,
but don't get c*ck.

Keep your guard up, and
stay focused on our objective!

both: Roger!

- Hey, the radarscope's
pickin' up somethin'

headed over
to the power plant, Jess.

- Display the image on
the main screen viewer, Meowth.

- Roger!

- Hmm.

Maybe this is our lucky day.

all: Who's that Pokémon?

It's Shellder!

- Shellder!

- Hey, look!
- Pika!

- Those guys are tied up!

- Let's go set 'em free!

all: Whoa!

Whoa, what's that thing?

- Prepare for trouble.
We've got a new toy!

- And make it double.
It's awesome. Oh, boy!

- 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!

- Meowth! That's right.

- Team Rocket!

So you're the ones
who raided the electric plant!

- [laughs]

Yes, unfortunately, we needed
more electricity than we thought

to power up
our Robo-Mecha Wobbuffet!

all: Robo-Mecha Wobbuffet?

- Pika?
[Togepi chirps]

both: That's Wobba-wight!

- [chuckles]

If our pathetic little Wobbuffet
can use Counter attack,

why not try a giant Wobbuffet?

Now you'll never be able
to beat us again, twerps!

- And tonight's the night
we finally get your Pikachu!

- Let's get this
Wobbuffet on the road!

- Pikachu, stop 'em
with a Thunderbolt attack!

- Pi! Pikachu!

- Counter!

- Roger!

[all yelling]

- If electricity won't work,
maybe water will!

Totodile!

[Totodile babbling]

- I can help too!

Staryu, Poliwhirl, go!

- Ka!
- Poliwhirl!

both: Water g*n!

- Counter!

- Roger!

[all yelling]

- I hate to say it, but that
thing may be unstoppable.

- [laughs]

Unbeatable too!

You see, whatever attack you
send Robo-Mecha Wobbuffet's way

gets absorbed
by its Turbokick engine,

which sends it right back at you

with twice the power
of the original!

- All systems are working
perfectly, Jessie.

- Okay, Jess,
it's ultimatum time!

- So are you gonna hand over
that Pikachu, twerp?

- That's never gonna happen,
Jessie!

- Well, we're just gonna
have to help ourselves,

then, won't we?

- First, let's have
Robo-Mecha Wobbuffet

knock 'em for a loop, Jess!

- Go,
Robo-Mecha Wobbuffet Punch!

[all groaning]

- Hey, what's goin' on?

- We don't seem to be moving!

- [groans]

The extension cord's too short!

both: Too short?

- But we got the longest one
we could, Jessie!

- Tackle attack!

- Umbreon!

- Okay, Ash, now's our chance
to get those three clowns!

- Gary--

All right, let's do it!

- Oh, great.
Now something's really wrong.

We can't move at all!

- I guess the plug
must've came out.

- Oh, well, it's all over.

- This isn't over--
not by a long shot.

I...

know what to do!

- Thanks.

- Are you all okay?

- Yeah, now we are,
thanks to you kids!

- How soon will you be able
to get the power back on?

- I'm not exactly sure,

but after all the mess
they made,

it's definitely
going to take us a while.

But if we don't get power

back to the Pokémon Center
pretty soon...

- Nurse Joy
won't be able to treat

any of the injured Pokémon
that come there!

- Hmm.

- Hey, Mike, if we can turn on
the system in the secondary dam,

we might be able get back
on-line pretty quick!

- Oh.

- You're right.

If we can just get
the water gate open,

we could switch over
in no time!

- The water gate.
Come on, let's go, Umbreon!

- Umbreon.

- I'll go with you!
- Pika!

- Not so fast!

[all gasp]

- They're back again!

- Good thing I came up with a
backup power generating system,

isn't it, team?

- Easy for you to say!

- Get this over with!

- Let's try
a Robo-Mecha Wobbuffet Punch

and strike a blow for victory!

- Pika!

- What do we do?

If we use attacks, they'll
turn 'em back on us double!

- [laughs]

Look out, twerp, here comes
our Robo-Mecha Wobbuffet Chop!

[all yelling]

- Now, let's finish this off

with a
Robo-Mecha Wobbuffet Kick!

Why are you stopping?
We need more power!

- We're sorry...
- But Meowth and I need a nap.

- Wake up!
We need power!

We can win!

- Hurry, Ash, before it gets
its Counter attack back!

- Ah, we got to hurry, Pikachu!

Use a Thunderbolt attack!

- Pikachu!

[all yelling]

- What do you know?

- Pikachu's Thunderbolt attack
must've recharged our battery!

- Huh?

[laughs]

- It's back on!
- Pika!

- There's one hope.

Cyndaquil, Chikorita!

- Quil!
- Chika!

- Cyndaquil,
Flamethrower attack!

- Cynda...quil!

- Counter!

- Roger!

- Chikorita, Vine Whip attack!

- Chika!

- Counter again!

- Roger!

- What's the problem?

- The doors aren't opening.

- Then what's gonna happen
to that Flamethrower?

- Well, since the double-power
Counter Flamethrower

doesn't have any way out...

- It'll burn up
the Robo-Mecha Wobbuffet.

- Wobba-wah!

- I'm sorry.
Did you say something?

- Wah.

- [whimpering]

[all yelling]

[expl*si*n]

all: We're blasting off again!
- Wobba!

- Gary!

What's the matter?

- This is the cable
that controls the water gate,

but there doesn't seem to be
any way to turn it.

- The handle's missing.

- Where could it be?

[Totodile babbling]

Huh?

[Totodile babbling]

It's inside here?

[Totodile babbles]

Cyndaquil,
Tackle this door!

- Cynda...quil!

Cynda! Quil...

- Sorry, Cyndaquil.
Are you okay?

- Quil.

- Thanks, Cyndaquil.

Sure is dark.

- Umbre.

Bre-e-e-e.

- That's cool.

- Hey,
have you found the handle?

- Huh?
Oh, right.

Hey, Cyndaquil,
I need your Flamethrower!

- Cynda...quil!

- Okay, Totodile, Water g*n!

[Totodile babbles]

- Chikorita,
now that they weakened it,

try to cut the chain
with a Razor Leaf!

- Chika!

Chi...ka!

- [grunting]

- Let's help 'em, Umbreon!

- Umbre!

- Huh?
Thanks, Gary!

- Umbre...on...

[all grunting]

[metal grinding and screeching]

- All right!

- We did it!

- How are we doin'?

- Well, the water's flowing,

and the turbines are turning.

But this generator
hasn't been used in years,

and unfortunately,
it's not putting out much power.

If we could just give it
one good jolt...

We can do that no problem!

- Pika, pika!

- Okay, Pikachu, give it
as much power as you can.

- Pikachu.

- Time to pour on the juice,
Pikachu!

- Pika...chu!

- It worked!

The electricity's flowing,
and we're at peak output!

- Yeah! I knew
my old buddy'd come through!

- Pika--pika!

- You're the greatest, Pikachu!

[laughs]
- Pika, pika!

- You two really saved the day.

- We wouldn't have had the
chance if it wasn't for Gary.

Gary, I owe you.

- Yeah.

By the way...

- Hmm?

- You've really improved
since I saw you last,

and you've trained
your Pokémon well.

- Uh...

- Don't be too surprised
if the next time we meet,

I'm the one who challenges you
to a match.

- You mean you'll...

I'll be ready for it!

- Pika!

- Hey, see you 'round, Gary!

- [singing] Pokémon Johto

Pokémon Johto

- An injured Pokémon
was brought in late last night,

and when the electricity
came back on,

I was able to treat it.

I'm very grateful.

- Maybe you'd like to show
just how grateful you are

by giving me your phone number,
beeper number,

and email address, Nurse Joy!

- Let's go, Brock.

Nurse Joy may be grateful,
but she's not crazy!

- Look out, Ecruteak City!
Here we come!

- Pika, pika!

narrator:
With his spirit re-energized

and his competitive
spark rekindled,

Ash and his friends march on.

- 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