04x25 - From Ghost to Ghost

[bunniefuu]

narrator:
Last time, Ash and his friends

finally reached Ecruteak City,

where they met Morty,
the Ecruteak Gym Leader.

He told them
of his ancestors' attempts

to make contact with
the legendary Pokémon h*-Oh,

and he proved himself to be

a powerful
Ghost Pokémon trainer.

[all screaming]

Now, with his Gym Match looming,

Ash may face
an unbeatable adversary.

- [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

- Gengar.
A shadow Pokèmon.

The evolved form of Haunter.

Details about Gengar
are unknown.

- That doesn't help very much.

- But at least you know

Morty's gonna use
Ghost Pokémon against you.

And that gives you a chance
to plan your strategy.

[bright electronic tones]
- Huh?

- Good news, Ash.

All your Pokémon
are in excellent condition.

- Pika-pi!
- Great!

Thanks a lot, Nurse Joy.
- Pika!

- You seem a little tense.
- Yeah.

I've had lots
of gym battles before,

but never against
any Ghost Pokémon.

And I'm not exactly sure
what to do.

- The Gym Leader has a Gengar
that's really powerful.

- Most of the trainers
who challenge him

do have a difficult time
against his Ghost Pokémon,

but you've got a Noctowl.

That's your secret weapon!

- Secret weapon?

Noctowl,
use your Foresight!

- [hooting]

- Look, guys.
Gastly!

- I think Nurse Joy's right,
Ash.

Noctowl might be the key
to winning your next Gym Badge.

- I hope so, Brock.

I hope so.

- Gengar!

all: Gastly!

- Gengar,
use Confuse Ray!

- Gengar!

all: Gastly!

[all gasp]

- Ghost Pokémon
may not have

the pure physical strength
of some other Pokémon types,

but by using
their abilities wisely,

opponents become confused
and fearful,

and that can be
a much more powerful

and useful weapon
than brute force.

For example,
that last Confuse Ray could've--

- Excuse me, sir!
- Uh...

- A trainer has arrived
to challenge you.

- Good Morning.

- Hello, Ash.
I've been expecting you.

- Great.

- Uh, we could come back.

- Maybe we're interrupting
something.

- Oh, I was just lecturing
my students

about the Ghost Pokémon.

Teaching's another part
of a Gym Leader's job.

Thanks for helping out, guys.

I think that's all for now.

all: Gastly!

- Gengar, you should take
a little break too.

- Gengar!

- Class, this is Ash Ketchum
from Pallet Town,

and he'll be challenging
our gym today.

I'd like to allow them
to observe our battles, Ash.

all: Please, Mr. Ketchum!

- Well, Ash?
- Huh?

Sure, Morty.
They can stay!

Okay, Pikachu?
- Pika!

[bright electronic tones]
- Look, Meowth.

My Treasure Detector
is working again!

- It worked before?

- Luckily it was blasted away
along with us.

And the closer
we get to Ecruteak,

the more treasure it senses!

- I wish you'd come
to your senses, James.

The only thing that contraption
does is detect junk.

- On the contrary, Jessie,
it's a miracle!

Without this,
I would've had to swindle

dozens of young collectors
to get jewels like these!

- Wobbuffet!

- Explain to me
what's the big deal

about a bunch of bottle caps.

- Wobbuffet!

- If you had
any sense of history,

no explanation
would be necessary.

- Wobbuffet!

- Quiet,
or you'll be history!

[device beeping wildly]

- Hey, look.
It's going crazy!

all: Huh?

- That's where we was,

at them towers!

- The Treasure Detector's
never wrong.

There must be something valuable
still down there.

- It may not seem possible,

but there's a remote chance

you may be right
about that, James.

Perhaps we should
investigate further.

- Wobba!

- Yes, very nice,
go lean over the side.

- Let's get down there,
shall we?

[dramatic music]

- Hey, look in there.

It's the twerp.

- Pikachu too.

- They must be here
to have their Gym Battle.

- Hey, maybe we can get
two treasures today!

both: Maybe!

- Wobbuffet!

- This is an official
Ecruteak City Gym Match.

The challenger is battling
for a Fog Badge.

The Gym Leader
and the challenger

will use three Pokémon each,

and the match ends
when all three Pokémon

of either opponent
are unable to continue battling.

The challenger
will attack first.

The challenger will be permitted

to make substitutions
during the match.

The Gym Leader will not.

- Are you ready, Ash?

- Yes!

- Let the match begin!

- Gastly!
Ha!

- Gastly!

- I got to start strong.

Noctowl, go!

[both gasp]

- [hooting]

- Why are you starting
with Noctowl?

- Noctowl's
your secret weapon, Ash.

If it gets knocked out
of the match early on,

you won't have a chance
if Morty uses Gengar!

- I know what I'm doing.

Are you ready, Noctowl?

- [hooting]

- Go.
Hypnosis Attack!

- [hooting]

- Dodge it, Gastly.

- Gastly!

- Pika!
- It disappeared!

- [hooting]

- Gastly, Confusion!

- [hooting]

- Noctowl, just take it easy!

- That Gastly's amazingly fast!

- [hooting]
- Gastly! Gastly! Gastly!

- You can find it, Noctowl.

Just use your Foresight!

- [hooting]

- [gasps]

- It spotted the Gastly!

- Now that Noctowl's
Foresight worked,

its physical attacks
can work too!

- Good job, Noctowl.
Now Tackle it!

- [hooting]

- Gastly!

- Just because physical attacks
can work

doesn't mean they will work.

- [groans]

Don't stop, Noctowl!

Tackle Attack Gastly!

- [hooting]

- Gastly!
- [hooting]

- Gastly!
Gastly! Gastly!

- Ash,
Gastly's just too fast.

Noctowl's got to stop it!

- Noctowl, use your Hypnosis
to stop Gastly!

- [hooting]
- Gastly, don't look!

Use your Lick Attack!
- Gastly!

Gastly!

- Get away from it, Noctowl!

- [hooting]
- Gastly!

- Ah!

Noctowl, Return!

- [hooting]

- Thanks, Noctowl.
You did what I needed you to.

- He's changing Pokémon!

- Yeah, good strategy.

Ash needed Noctowl's Foresight

so he could keep Gastly in view,

but he's gonna
switch Pokémon now

so he can use Noctowl later
if he has to.

- This is a lot more interesting
than digging.

- James is missing
a very interesting match here.

- Jessie, Meowth,
I found something!

- Will you shut your mouth?

- Pipe down, you lamebrain,
or you'll get us caught!

- My detector was right.

There's treasure
up in that room there!

[both gasping]

- Gastly!
- Foresight's still working.

We can still see that Gastly!

Ready to battle, Pikachu?

- Pika!

- Interesting.

- Pikachu,
use your Quick Attack!

- Pika!

- Gastly!

[all gasp]

- Gastly!

- It worked!

- Gastly!

- Pika!
- I thought it was over!

- You've raised
your Pikachu very well, Ash,

but my Gastly
has been raised well too.

- Ash, stop talking
and keep attacking.

Don't let Gastly recover!

- Okay, Pikachu.

Thunderbolt Attack!

- Pika...

chu!

- Gastly, dodge it!

- Gastly!

Gastly!

- Pika!
- Night Shade.

- Pi!

- [gasps]
both: Pikachu!

- Pikachu, are you okay?

- Pika!

[screeching]

- Pikachu is unable
to battle.

Gastly wins the round.

- Brock, that was scary!

- Gastly's Night Shade Attack
is gonna be tough to beat.

- Nice job.
You were great.

You deserve
a good rest now, buddy.

- Pika!

- Well, ready to call it
a day yet?

- Not by a long shot.

I'm not a quitter, Morty.
I'm a winner!

We're not giving up.

I choose you, Cyndaquil!

- Cyndaquil!

- Cyndaquil?

- Cynadaquil
can be pretty tough,

and Gastly's already battled
with Noctowl and Pikachu.

But Gastly's so tricky,
it may not matter!

- Hey, this stuff
does seem valuable!

- See?

I told you
my Treasure Detector works!

- But Pikachu's right next door,
guys.

Shouldn't we be tryin'
to swipe it from the twerp?

- We can't afford
to tangle with them.

We're broke.

We need to find
something of value

so we can support ourselves.

- Ah!
Well, Meowth.

It looks like today
is payday!

- Forget about Pikachu.
I want that charm!

Look, there's a whole bunch.

Which one should I take?

- Why think small?

- We'll take as many
as we can carry!

all: [giggling]

Huh?

all: Gastly!
Gastly!

[all scream]

- Who's that Pokèmon?

It's Ditto.
- Ditto!

- Cyndaquil!
Flamethrower Attack!

- Cyndaquil!

- Quick, Gastly.

Dodge it
and use your Night Shade!

- Gastly!

Gastly!

- Dodge with Quick Attack,
Cyndaquil!

- Quil! Quil!

- Gastly, Lick Attack!

- Jump and Tackle, Cyndaquil!

- Gastly!

- Cyndaquil!
Quil! Quil! Quil!

- Gastly!

- Oh, Gastly!

- Gastly!

- Gastly is
unable to battle,

Cyndaquil wins the round.

- Cyndaquil!

- We did it, Cyndaquil!

- Pikachu!

- Cyndaquil was amazing!

- Togepi!

- You earned yourself
a good rest.

- We're tied, Morty.

The score's one-to-one!

- Cynda!

- Seems like Ash's strategy
is finally paying off!

- Yeah, and Cyndaquil
sounds strong!

- I choose you.

Haunter!

- Haunter!

- Not another Ghost type!

- Cyndaquil,
Flamethrower Attack!

- Cyndaquil!

- Haunter!

- Cyndaquil!

- Wow!
Haunter's faster than Gastly.

- All right.
Mean Look, Haunter!

- Haunter!

- Cynda!
Cyndaquil!

- What's a Mean Look do?

- It forces you
to stick with Cyndaquil now.

It can't return to its Pokéball
until the round is over!

- Huh?
- No fair!

The challenger's allowed
to substitute Pokémon.

Morty said so!

- Mean Look is an official
Pokémon Attack, Misty.

It's perfectly fair
to use in a Gym Match.

- It is.
Really?

- It's part of Morty's strategy.

Before awarding a badge,
the Gym Leader tests

how a challenger
reacts to surprises like this.

- This isn't gonna stop me.

Cyndaquil, fire up
and use your Swift Attack!

- Cyndaquil!

- Haunter!

- Nice, Cyndaquil!

- Haunter,
use your Hypnosis!

- Haunter!

Haunter!

- [screeching]

- Don't let it fool you,
Cyndaquil.

Smoke Screen!

- Cyndaquil!

- Haunter!

- Pika!

- That broke its Hypnosis!

- Haunter, reach down

and pull Cyndaquil
out of that Smoke Screen!

- Haunter!

- Cynda!

- Ah!

- Now use your Lick Attack!

- Cynda! Cynda! Cyndaquil!

- Cyndaquil, return!
- That won't work, Ash.

Mean Look won't let you call
Cyndaquil back until it's over!

- [groans]

- You can let go now, Haunter.

- Haunter!

- Quil!

- Cyndaquil is unable
to battle.

Haunter wins the round.

- This looks bad.

- I knew Haunter
would be tough to beat,

but not this tough.

Ash doesn't have
much choice now.

- He has to go with Noctowl.

- Pikachu!

- Don't worry, Pikachu.
This isn't over yet.

Noctowl,
I choose you!

- [hooting]

- If you lose
this next battle, Ash,

the match is over.

Do you think you have a chance
using a Noctowl

that's already
had to be rescued?

- We won't know until we try,
will we?

Come on, Noctowl.

Let's show Morty
and his whole class

what a come-from-behind win
looks like!

- [hooting]

- Pika! Pika! Pikachu!

- You're very confident, Ash.

But you're going to need
more than confidence

to defeat Haunter.

- We have more.
Let's show 'em, Noctowl!

- [hooting]

- Ahh.
All my favorite sushi!

- Ahh.
Banquets every day!

- Ahh.

Cat food that don't taste
like a cat!

[all laughing]

- Gastly!

all: Ooh!

- Look.
It's a feast for the eyes!

- Oh, yeah.
- And for the stomach too!

all: Let's eat!

[all laughing]

- Hey, why is it running away?
Come back!

- At least slow down!

- Please wait!

- Yes, it isn't polite
to eat and run!

- It certainly is fast food!

[all laughing]

- Haunter!

- [hooting]

- Noctowl, Foresight!

- [hooting]

- Haunter?

- Now use your Tackle Attack!

- Use your hands, Haunter!

- Haunter!

- [hooting]

- Noctowl's a little faster
than Cyndaquil.

Haunter,
use your Lick Attack now!

- Haunter!

- Fly up and dodge it!

- [hooting]

- Pika!
- That was close!

- Ash has to do something
to stop those Lick Attacks!

- Noctowl, Hypnosis!

- Use Confuse Ray!

- [hooting]

- Noctowl,
are you okay?

- [hooting]

- Ash, it looks like
Haunter's Confuse Ray worked!

- Pika?

- Well, Ash.

Are ready to give up yet?

- Mm.
Noctowl, can you keep going?

- [hooting]

- All right, let's try!

- [hooting]

- I respect
your fighting spirit.

But this battle is over.

Night Shade!

- Haunter!

- Tackle Attack!

- [hooting]

- Whoa!

- [hooting]

- Taking that Night Shade Attack
at such close range

cancelled
the Confusion Ray's effects!

- All right!

Tackle Attack worked even though
Noctowl was confused.

Now Noctowl's
looking stronger!

- What's that?
- I'm not sure.

But I think maybe Noctowl

just learned
how to use Confusion!

- Really?

- Confusion is
a powerful Psychic Attack.

Confuses an opponent
and weakens it as well.

- This is great!

Noctowl,
use your Confusion attack!

- Haunter!

- [hooting]

- Haunter!
- Haunter!

- Haunter is unable to battle.
The match is tied!

- All right.
That was great Noctowl!

- Awesome!
- Pika!

- I've never seen a Pokémon

learn a new attack
during a Gym Match.

Noctowl must want to fulfill

the trust Ash
has in his Pokémon.

But that won't be enough
to earn him a badge!

I choose you, Gengar!

- Gengar!

- Noctowl can't last
much longer.

I'll have to try
to win fast!

Noctowl.
Confusion!

- [hooting]

- Gengar, Shadow Ball!

- Gengar!

- [hooting]

[all yelling]

- Agh!
Look at that power!

Gastly and Haunter
were strong too.

But Gengar's stronger
than both of them!

- [gasps]
It disappeared!

- Use Foresight!

- Use Night Shade!

- [hooting]

- Pika!
- Look out!

- [hooting]

- Wow, Gengar can even attack
when it's invisible!

- Noctowl has to use Foresight,
or it'll never win!

- [hooting]

- Well, what now, Ash?

It's going to take
a lot of concentration

for Noctowl to use
its Foresight.

But if Noctowl's
dodging Gengar's attacks,

you don't stand a chance.

- He's right.
Ash is in a tough spot.

He's got to do something
to stop Gengar,

or he's gonna lose.

- But what can he do?

- Gengar may be invisible,
but you know it's out there.

You've got to fight back, Ash.

You've got to think of a way
for Noctowl to find it!

- I know Gengar's out there,

but how do we attack it
if we can't see where it is?

Hey, wait!

Noctowl.

Send Confusion
though the whole building!

- [hooting]

- Agh!

- Geng!

- It worked, Ash!
- Hey!

Gengar's right up there!

- Quick!
Use your Foresight!

- [hooting]

- Gengar.
Shadow Ball!

- Geng!
- Tackle it!

- [hooting]

- Gengar!

- [grunting]

- Gengar is unable
to continue.

Noctowl wins the round.

The match goes
to the challenger, Ash Ketchum.

- We won!

Noctowl,
you did it!

- [hooting]

- Congratulations, guys!

- Pika! Pika!
- Togepi!

- You put up a great fight,
Gengar.

But I have to admit

they put up a better one.

I have a lot of faith in you,
Ash.

In fact, you almost have me
believing you did see h*-Oh.

With you,
anything's possible.

Well, this is
what you came for.

The Fog Badge is yours,
my friend.

You earned it.

- Thank you very much, Morty.

We waited a long time
for this one.

We won
the Fog Badge!

- Pi-Pikachu!

narrator:
It's been a long time coming,

but Ash has finally won
his fourth Johto League Badge.

His journey
is far from over,

but his goal has just gotten
a little bit closer.

[all screaming]

- This is a nightmare!

- It started like a dream!

- The food we was gonna eat
almost wound up eatin' us!

- Why did this have to happen?

What a terrible experience
this has been!

- You're right.
It's been absolutely ghastly!

- Wobba! Wobba! Wob!

[all screaming]

- Wobba!

- 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