07x02 - Love at First Flight

[bunniefuu]

NARRATOR High up in the mountains, Ash and friends follow the path

to Fallarbor Town, where May plans to enter

her next Pokémon contest.

After that, it's on to the next Gym Battle

where Ash hopes to earn his fourth badge.

[SHOCKED]

ASH/MAY/MAX/BROCK Huh!

[ANNOYED]

Uh, whoa. What's that Pokémon?

POKEDEX Bagon, the Rock Head Pokémon.

Bagon bashes itself against large rocks

'until its head eventually grows as hard as steel.'

Rock Head Pokémon, huh?

It does look pretty strong.

[AMAZED]

Well, its head looks strong anyway.

Yeah, and a Skull Bash from that height

would squish us all like pancakes.

Thanks a lot, Max. Trying to scare me?

It's true, wild Pokémon do sometimes attack unexpectedly.

[EXERTION]

[screaming]

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Every Trainer has a choice ♪

♪ To listen to that voice inside ♪

♪ I know the battle may be long ♪

♪ Winners may have come and gone ♪

♪ I will carry on ♪

♪ Yeah this dream will last forever ♪

♪ And this dream will never die ♪

♪ We will rise to meet the challenge every time ♪

♪ Advanced Challenge ♪

♪ Yeah this dream keeps us together ♪

♪ This shows that you and I ♪

♪ Will be the best that the world's ever seen ♪

♪ 'Cause we always will follow this dream ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪

ASH "Let Bagons Be Bagons."

[EXERTION]

It's coming down. Run for it.

[PANIC]

[screaming]

[EXERTION]

[gasping]

[EXERTION]/[FOCUSED]

I think that Bagon's looking for a fight.

Fine then. Taillow, I choose you.

[READY]

[SHOCKED]

[EXERTION]

[EXERTION]

[ANGRY]

[FOCUSED]

It's probably gonna use that same attack.

Taillow, watch out.

[FOCUSED]/[EXERTION]

[EXERTION]

Taillow, dodge it.

[EXERTION]

[PANICKED]/[FOCUSED]

Now, Taillow, use Wing Attack.

[EXERTION]

Huh!

[gasping]

Taillow target spotted.

Speed , angle degrees, range to target, meters.

Calculating probable coordinates for next collision vector.

'Bagon, shift one meter to the left.'

[EXERTION]

[SHOCKED]

It dodged it.

Hey, have you fools all lost your minds?

Where do you get off launching a Sneak Attack

on my Bagon like that?

What are you talking about?

- Your Bagon attacked us first. - Oh, yeah?

Well, if it's a fight, you're after you've got your wish.

We never said that.

We were just innocently walking along the path

when your Bagon came swooping down on us from the cliff.

Oh. Uh, that's what happened?

Sorry about that.

Guess I should've asked first

instead of just assuming you were attacking.

Forget about it! No problem!

Some of the world's greatest romances began

with silly little misunderstandings.

Are you alright?

My name's Brock, and I'll be just fine

if you'll tell me who you are.

[chuckles] Okay, I'm Michelle.

Ah, Michelle! What a beautiful name.

Hi, I'm Ash, from Pallet Town.

- And I'm Max. - My name's May. Hi.

[SALUTATIONS]

[EXERTION]

Hey, where are you going, Taillow?

'Look, Bagon's back up on the cliff again.'

[EXERTION]

'Decline degrees'

'speed , landing coordinates locked on.'

Look out, Bagon.

[EXERTION]

- A perfect catch. - Good job.

Bagon, are you alright?

[PROUD]

Awesome.

Hey, Michelle, do those sunglasses have

some kind of communication link inside of 'em?

Oh, more than that.

They have a built-in computer

that calculates angle, speed and distance.

- A computer? - Yep.

I programmed it myself to help my Bagon

improve its accuracy in our Pokémon battles.

Wow, from what we just saw

I'd say it's working pretty well.

It's pretty incredible.

But wait, if you weren't attacking us

then I don't get why Bagon keeps diving down from that cliff.

You know, the only reason I can come up

with is that it wants to learn to fly.

- Really? - How could a Bagon fly?

[CONTENT]

[EXCITED]

It's just my theory, but I think Bagon

dreams of swooping gracefully through the sky

just like your Taillow does.

- So it jumps off cliffs? - Yep.

Every time I take my eyes off it.

I think I know just how your Bagon feels, Michelle.

Yeah?

I've always thought how cool it'd be to fly.

- Going anywhere you wanted to. - 'Me too.'

'Just think what a great view you'd have from up there.'

I can't believe how immature you two are.

- What's that? - Watch it, Max.

Wait, there's something strange about that.

I thought Bagon evolved into Shelgon first.

And then into Salamence, before they could fly.

That's right.

But since my Bagon is so anxious to fly

I'm giving it all the extra experience

I can to help it evolve.

In that case, what do you think

about a real battle then?

Alright, yeah.

[EXCITED]

MAX I can't wait to see your computer in action, Michelle.

JAMES 'So that's a Bagon. Interesting.'

Oh, who cares.

What's interesting about a hard-headed Pokémon?

[AGREEMENT]

Well, here's what's interesting.

What if we gave that Bagon to the Boss as a present.

- Huh! - Huh! Meowth.

Do you really think that he would like it?

Yes, of course!

Imagine the Boss on a mission

deep in the hot, steamy, tropical jungle.

JESSIE/JAMES Yeah!

This heat is so overwhelming.

But it's very important that I build a new secret base here

for my three favorite Team Rocket members.

Just when he's so hot his eyeballs are on fire

the Boss will look up.

Oh, right in front of him

he'll see a fallen coconut.

Just in the nick of time.

Coconut milk will save me from this terrible thirst.

But how can I open it?

[screams]

Then the Boss will remember the Bagon we gave him.

[EXERTION]/[PROUD]

He'll realize that thanks to the Bagon

and its rock-hard head

he can eat and drink those coconuts whenever he wants to.

That's when the Boss will say..

I owe that Meowth and his two friends a big reward

for giving me this Bagon.

JAMES/JESSIE Aah!

TEAM ROCKET Ah, the promotions. The raises.

The keys to the executive bathrooms.

MEOWTH We'll be soakin' in the Jacooz and livin' large.

[EXCITED]

BROCK This one-on-one Pokémon battle

will now begin.

Trainers signal when ready.

I'll start off with Pikachu.

[READY]

You can go ahead whenever you're ready, Ash.

[READY]

So it's gonna be Pikachu.

An Electric-type, versus Bagon, a Dragon-type.

Which one has the advantage, Max?

Well, a Dragon-type would usually have

a clear advantage in this case.

But Ash chose his Pikachu anyway.

Begin!

Let's hit 'em hard

right from the start.

Quick Attack, Pikachu.

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

[FOCUSED]

Zig-zagging two meters wide.

Bagon, fly degrees left and be defensive.

[FOCUSED]

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

[PAINED]

[EXERTION]

[PANICKED]/[PAINED]

Bagon used its head to deflect Quick Attack?

She knew where it was coming from.

- That's bad. - Why? Why's that bad?

Because that means Quick Attack has only half the normal impact.

MICHELLE 'Pikachu takes percentage damage.'

'Morale is dropping.'

Bagon, Skull Bash once again.

[SKULL BASH]

Dodge that, Pikachu.

[SHOCK]/[EXERTION]

Change course degrees to the right.

[EXERTION]/[SKULL BASH ATTACK]

[SHOCK]/[EXERTION]

SKULL BASH ATTACK]

[RELIEVED]

That was close.

It almost clobbered Pikachu.

I know, and the way she can analyze

all that data on the fly is amazing.

Alright, Pikachu.

Use Thunderbolt now.

[EXERTION]

Analyzing Thunderbolt's effective target area.

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

Bagon, two meters to the left.

[EXERTION]

Alright, use Skull Bash.

[SKULL BASH MOVE]

Here it comes. Dodge it now.

[SHOCK]/[PAINED]

[SKULL BASH ATTACK]

ASH Pikachu.

[PAINED]

- That was a serious hit! - Poor Pikachu.

Pikachu. Are you alright, pal?

[STRUGGLING]

Heavy damage.

Major morale drop.

It looks like this battle may already be over.

[STRUGGLING]

Hang in there, Pikachu.

You can do it.

[DETERMINED]

What?

Yeah, now, it's time for us

to show 'em what we've got.

[DETERMINED]

How did he do that?

Just by encouraging it Ash restored its morale?

Go, Pikachu. Thunder, now.

[THUNDER MOVE]

Analyzing Thunder's effective shock zone.

It's too big to dodge. We'll have to attack.

[THUNDER MOVE]

Bagon, charge!

Straight into Pikachu full velocity.

[EXERTION]

[THUNDER MOVE]

[EXERTION]

[PAINED]

- Bagon. - Alright!

Bagon took some damage on that one.

Now, there's no tellin' who's gonna win it.

You've got to get up. Come on, Bagon!

[FOCUSED]/[ANGRY]

That's more like it.

Hit Pikachu with another Skull Bash.

[SKULL BASH MOVE]

Okay, Pikachu, fight back.

[DETERMINED]

[SKULL BASH MOVE]

[DETERMINED]

[SKULL BASH MOVE]

[DETERMINED]

Pikachu, at the very last second I want you to dodge.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[SKULL BASH MOVE]

Now, now!

[EXERTION]

[SKULL BASH MOVE]/[ANNOYED]

- They dodged it. - Now, Thunderbolt.

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

Calculating probable shock area.

Bagon, degree upward jump.

PIKACHU [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

MICHELLE 'Now, Skull Bash.'

[SKULL BASH ATTACK]

Go, Pikachu. Use your Iron Tail Attack.

[EXERTION]/[IRON TAIL MOVE]

- No way. - It worked.

[EXERTION]

Impressive, Ash, using an offensive attack for defense.

You hear that, Pikachu?

JESSIE 'Prepare for trouble is all I heard.'

JAMES 'And make it double was the very next word.'

- Huh! - Huh!

JESSIE 'To protect the world from devastation.'

JAMES 'To unite all people within our nation.'

JESSIE 'To denounce the evils of truth and love.'

JAMES 'To extend our reach to the stars above.'

- Jessie! - James!

Team Rocket remote-controlled blast off at the speed of light.

Surrender now or prepare for a remote-controlled fight.

That's right.

[AGREEMENT]

"Remote-controlled?"

What's that supposed to mean?

[James laughs]

JAMES 'I'm glad you asked that question.'

JESSIE 'Go, Meowth.'

I'm goin' in.

[screams]

[SHOCKED]

Watch out, Pikachu.

He fell for it.

I'm here! For you!

[SHOCKED]

Uh, Bagon, no!

Fooled ya!

[STRUGGLING]

Well, I'm sure that cleared up any confusion

that the Twerps may have had.

This is great.

We should do all of our operations via remote control.

Treecko!

[READY]

Treecko, use b*llet Seed now.

[b*llet SEED MOVE]

[screaming]

'The remote control to the Meowth m*ssile.'

[Meowth screaming]

Stop the ride. I want to get off!

I knew we should've paid extra for the parachute.

Hold on, Meowth! Help is on the way!

Look, the remote control for their m*ssile.

Hm. Mm!

- Is it working? - It will.

If we can get closer to it.

But right now it's too far out of range.

- Alright, so let's go after it. - Yeah.

Jessie!

James, find the off switch for this thing!

[EXCITED]

Whatever you do, don't let go of that Bagon.

Meowth, we'll scoop you up in the net.

I knew you'd come.

My friends. I love you guys.

- Huh? - Huh?

You missed!

[screaming]

How could they have missed?

[ANNOYED]

[EXERTION]

Wow, Ash.

Your Pokémon are really well-trained.

MICHELLE 'Your Treecko with its b*llet Seed.'

'Pikachu deflecting Skull Bash with Iron Tail.'

It's pretty obvious to me.

- You're a great Trainer. - Thank you.

But, it's my Pokémon that deserve all the credit.

- Hm? - Ash is being too modest.

He worked for a long time with both Pokémon

to help them master those attacks.

So you encourage them.

Sure, I wanted Pikachu and Treecko to master

those attacks just as much as they did

so we tried and never gave up.

I get it.

It's kind of like your Bagon wanting to fly.

I know it's a long shot.

But if we could help, I'd really love to see it happen.

I got it, you mean

if I want Bagon to evolve as much as it does

it'll happen sooner.

Yeah, that's right.

Encouraging your Pokémon and never giving up.

That's it!

[Meowth groaning]

Come on, Meowth. Pull yourself together.

You don't appear too badly injured.

The damage is mostly psychological.

JAMES Hm.

[EXCITED]

What are you so happy about, Bagon?

[EXCITED]

Huh.

It's sayin' that it always dreamt of flyin'

and now it finally got to see what that's like.

[AGREEMENT]

Yeah, don't say.

Please, you can't fly.

Not even a remote possibility.

Argh! I've had enough for your remotes.

[screams]

Alright, I think I've got the point.

Phew, I myself have accomplished the impossible, you know.

Ah, that's right! Tell us the story.

It takes me back

to the day I moved to the city, and learned to walk upright

and studied human speech, 'cause I knew without it

I would never accomplish my dreams.

Ah! Life is a musical!

Ooh, boy!

You just had to hear that story one more time, huh?

Take it from me, kid, hang on to your dreams

and work hard, someday your gonna fly.

[EXCITED]

Did I just hear Team Rocket encouraging

the virtues of hard work?

It's all gone horribly wrong.

[AGREEMENT]

Hm, youse forgettin' if Bagon really does learn

to fly, the Boss will be happier.

- Huh? - Huh? How so?

MEOWTH Simple, imagine the Boss

travelin' in his helicopter

and he gets a sudden craving for coconut milk.

JAMES/JESSIE Yeah?

But the coconut is too hard

to crack open, so the Boss is upset.

What can he do? Just then.

The Bagon we gave him comes flyin' by.

It uses its rock-hard head to split the coconut.

The Boss can finally drink his fill of coconut milk.

And that's when he'll say

that Meowth and his friends deserve an even bigger reward

then I thought for giving me this Bagon.

JESSIE/JAMES Aah!

TEAM ROCKET Ah, the promotions!

The fancy cars, and maybe even a yacht!

[AGREEMENT]

- 'We found you, Team Rocket.' - Huh?

Now, give me back my Bagon.

TEAM ROCKET In your dreams. Nyah!

Pikachu, Quick Attack, now.

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

[screams]

[EXCITED]

They didn't hurt you, did they, Bagon?

[NEGATIVE]

Thank goodness!

[SHOCK]/[SCARED]

Hey, that's not fair!

JESSIE It's also not fair that I'm both brilliant

and beautiful, but that's the way it is.

So, ta-ta, Twerps.

Stop, Team Rocket!

BAGON [URGING]

Huh?

You wanna follow 'em with the jet pack?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Isn't that dangerous?

[EXERTION]

You too, Treecko?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

You know what?

We should let Bagon and Treecko try it, Michelle.

[DETERMINED]

Okay, I'll stand by my Pokémon.

'Calculating intercept coordinates'

'from helicopter speed and distance.'

Get ready, guys.

MICHELLE 'Launch.'

You'll only get one shot.

[EXCITED]/[DETERMINED]

[ANNOYED]/[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

Sorry, pal. We're as electricity-proofed as ever.

- Save your thunder. - Hm?

Attention please.

It would appear that we have some company.

- Huh? - Huh?

Ah! The rock head!

[SKULL BASH MOVE]

They're gonna ram us!

[EXERTION]

[screams]

[EXCITED]

Oh, you're up, Seviper.

[READY]/[SHOCKED]

Whoa! Trying to drive here.

TEAM ROCKET Huh!

[SKULL BASH ATTACK]

Hey! Quit that.

[b*llet SEED ATTACK]

[screams]

You're the pilot, do something.

Level this chopper out now.

JAMES 'This is the captain.'

'Lunch will not be served today.'

Okay, Pikachu, Thunderbolt now.

[EXERTION]/[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[screaming]

TEAM ROCKET Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!

SEVIPER [SCARED]

[chuckles] They did it.

[EXCITED]

Hey, check out Bagon up there flying around.

Mm-hm, Michelle believed in it and its dream came true.

[HAPPY]

Pretty good too, I guess Bagon really was born to fly.

Yep.

Our Pokémon saved the day, didn't they?

Thanks to you. I owe you, Ash.

And I owe a lot to Bagon too.

[HAPPY]

[HAPPY]

Well, Bagon, how did you like your first flight?

[EXCITED]

ASH/BROCK/MAY/MAX/MICHELLE Huh!

- No way! - Uh, yes way.

[PROUD]

Bagon evolved into a Shelgon.

How fantastic!

You really earned this, Shelgon

by never giving up on your dream.

[HAPPY]

[laughing]

[HAPPY]

[HAPPY]

[laughs]

[HAPPY]

[CONTENT]

- Look at the Pidgeotto. - Yeah.

The perfect symbol for Shelgon's dream of flying someday.

NARRATOR And so, as our heroes continue their journey

to Fallarbor Town, they carry with them

an important new lesson.

Hold on tight to your dreams and never let go.

♪ I will carry on ♪

♪ Yeah this dream will last forever ♪

♪ And this dream will never die ♪

♪ We will rise to meet the challenge every time ♪

♪ Advanced Challenge ♪

♪ Yeah this dream keeps us together ♪

♪ This shows that you and I ♪

♪ Will be the best that the world's ever seen ♪

♪ Cause we always will follow this dream ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪