08x08 - Solid as a Solrock

[bunniefuu]

RACHEL 'Listen, Ash.'

'The Mossdeep Gym Arena includes not just'

'the playing field you're used to.'

But also the planets you see floating in mid air.

ASH Cool!

RACHEL All battles here..

...are modified double battles.

Gym Leaders, Liza and Tate will use Lunatone and Solrock.

And you, Ash, must choose two Pokémon

to compete against them.

No Pokémon substitutions are allowed

by any Trainer during the match, understood?

- Yes! - We won't keep time.

The contest will thus be decided only when one of the contestants

finds both his Pokémon are unable to battle further.

I wonder how those planets affect the battle?

Yeah, and since Ash doesn't know either, it doesn't seem fair.

Liza and Tate said somethin' about being able to battle

in three dimensions instead of the usual b*ttlefield.

- I don't know. - Yeah, it'll be different.

But I think for Ash, the biggest challenge is gonna be

how to stop two opponents using combination attacks.

RACHEL Okay, Ash, release the two Pokémon you'll be using.

Okay. You ready for this, Pikachu?

[EXCITED]

[DETERMINED]

[thinking] Let's see, Lunatone and Solrock.

Both Pokémon that battle while floating in midair.

So for my second.

Swellow, I choose you.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Solrock, come on out.

Lunatone, let's do it.

[READY]

[READY]

NARRATOR So, Ash begins his challenge to the Mossdeep Gym Leaders

determined to earn his seventh badge.

His opponents, Liza and Tate are expert at using

their Solrock and Lunatone

and know the unique three-dimensional arena well.

Will Ash find a way to win this battle and his seventh badge

faced with two such powerful opponents?

Let's begin!

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Walking down this endless highway ♪

♪ With nothing but my friends beside me ♪

♪ We'll never give in we'll never rest ♪

♪ Advance Battle is the ultimate test ♪

♪ From the earth the land the sea and sky ♪

♪ They can never win but they sure can try ♪

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Advanced battle ♪

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ From the stars and the ancient past ♪

♪ They come to play but they never last ♪

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ Oh oh oh ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪

ASH "Solid as a Solrock."

JESSIE You're telling me those two little twin friends

of the Twerps are the Gym Leaders here?

That's right, guess they'll let

anybody be a Gym Leader these days.

With them being twins, they'll be twice as sad

when we steal their Lunatone and Solrock

and give 'em both to the Boss.

MEOWTH Just imagine the Boss exhausted and depressed

from the daily grind of puttin' up with his loser employees.

When suddenly, he's bathed in a bright light.

He looks up to see

Lunatone and Solrock floatin'

peacefully in the air above him.

The sight of his new powerful friends will cheer

the Boss up so much, he'll be like a new man.

Full of energy again, the Boss, and Solrock, and Lunatone

will paint the town red.

They'll dance till dawn. They'll do the fandango.

And that's when the Boss will say

"I say, I simply must reward Meowth and his friends

for this fabulous evening."

-Ha-ha-ha! - Sounds good to us.

- We'll be rich. - We'll be famous.

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH What a blast!

- Hm? - Let's put this plan to action.

[chuckles]

- Wait a minute, you two. - Huh?

If we go up against psychic Pokémon

like Lunatone and Solrock without a good plan

we'll get crushed like crackers.

- You do have a good point. - Not to worry.

I went to an online auction and bought a machine

guaranteed to catch those pesky Pokémon.

[EXCITED]

Solrock, Tackle!

[TACKLE MOVE]

[SHOCKED]

[PAINED]

Go, Lunatone, Tackle!

[TACKLE MOVE]

[EXERTION]

SWELLOW [PAINED]

Good job. Pikachu, Use Quick attack on Solrock.

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

Swellow, hit Lunatone with Peck.

[PECK MOVE]

LUNATONE/SOLROCK [SHOCKED]

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

[EXERTION]

[SHOCKED]/[PANIC]

[PAINED]

[EXERTION]

[PECK MOVE]

[EXERTION]

[WORRIED]

[PAINED]

[PAINED]

[FOCUSED]/[DAZED]

Come on, guys, don't give up.

Give 'em a blast of your Ice Beam, Lunatone.

Solrock, use your Solar Beam.

[ICE BEAM MOVE]

[SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

Come on, move.

PIKACHU/SWELLOW [SHOCKED]

- Huh? - No way.

MAX They cancelled each other out.

PIKACHU/SWELLOW [RELIEVED]

- Whoa! - That's a lucky break for Ash.

Yeah, if those beams had hit their mark

this match would've been over.

- 'You messed up my attack.' - Huh?

Solrock was in perfect position and you had to go and interfere.

Oh, please, you weren't even ready, that's why I fired first.

What's going on with those two?

They're brother and sister. What do you expect?

It doesn't look like they're synchronized yet.

Alright, Swellow, get us back into this fight with Aerial Ace.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[AERIAL ACE MOVE]

[EXERTION]/[SUPRISED]

LUNATONE [PAINED]

Now, Pikachu, use Iron Tail on Solrock.

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

SOLROCK [PAINED]

I'll help you out, Tate. Lunatone, Tackle!

Help yourself. Go, Solrock.

PIKACHU [SHOCK]

SOLROCK [TACKLE MOVE]

LUNATONE [TACKLE MOVE]

Dodge 'em, Pikachu.

LUNATONE/SOLROCK [TACKLE MOVE]

PIKACHU [PANIC]

SWELLOW [EXERTION]

PIKACHU [SHOCK]

SOLROCK/LUNATONE [PAINED]

- Lunatone. - Solrock.

SOLROCK/LUNATONE [STRUGGLING]

That was just great, thanks a lot!

You're the one who messed up!

Anybody could see Solrock had a better attack angle.

Timing is what matters, not angles!

And if we did it your way we'd still be waiting around

for the right time to attack.

Here we go.

Those two make us look like best friends, May.

Maybe having two Gym Leaders isn't so smart.

If they can't agree on a single battle strategy

it only works in Ash's favor.

Now, let's attack 'em while they're arguing.

Let's go, Swellow, go, Pikachu.

Huh?

[gasps]

What in the world's going on?

♪ Prepare for lunar trouble ♪

♪ A bad moon from outer space ♪

♪ And sunshine makes it double ♪

♪ 'Cause we're here to wreck the place ♪

♪ A moon of smelly cheese to cause the world's devastation ♪

♪ A sunny and awful day for all the peoples within our nation ♪

♪ To denounce by the light of the silvery moon ♪

♪ The evils of truth and love ♪

♪ To extend our reach to the ba*ls ♪

♪ Of flaming gas from up above ♪

♪ Jess the moon maid ♪

♪ James the sun dude ♪

♪ Team Rocket blast off into the infinite galaxy ♪

♪ At the speed of light ♪

♪ Earthlings everywhere ♪

♪ Surrender your pitiful planet ♪

♪ To us now or prepare prepare for a fight ♪

♪ Meowth that's right ♪♪

TATE/LIZA Ah!

[Team Rocket laughs]

ASH Team Rocket!

LIZA It's those creeps who stole the shuttle.

- What do you want? - Just a couple things.

Like your Lunatone and Solrock to be exact.

This robot was built, especially for catching

Lunatone and Solrock, and it's called

the "Globo-Robo Extendo Arm Green Meanie Cage Claw."

That's got to be the worst name ever.

Can we just call it "Robot" for short?

Why don't you get out of here?

We're in the middle of an important Gym battle.

LIZA Whoa! Look at that hole.

- Our dad's gonna be furious. - Yeah!

You guys ruined our b*ttlefield.

- Let's go, Lunatone! - Solrock, you go too.

LUNATONE/SOLROCK [AFFIRMATIVE]

[laughs]

How nice of you to just hand over your Pokémon to us.

They might've gotten bruised if we had to fight you for them.

But after all the dough I blew on this baby

I still wanna see what it can do.

Go, Globo-Robo Extendo Arm Green Meanie Cage Claw!

Attack!

[SCARED]

[SCARED]

No! That thing's grabbed your Pokémon.

Lunatone, try using Psychic to escape.

You too, Solrock, Psychic.

[PSYCHIC MOVE]

[PSYCHIC MOVE]

What's going on? It's not working.

Is it getting blocked somehow?

[Meowth laughs]

MEOWTH 'These are no ordinary cages.'

'They're made of polished unobtainium.'

Any Psychic attacks simply get reflected right back

at the attacker inside of the cage.

You loser Gym Leaders should just call it a day.

'Because these cages reflect attacks from the outside, too.'

And that completes today's program

on Advanced Pokémon stealing.

Now, let's take our spoils and then make like candles and blow.

Come on back! Ha-ha!

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH 'See ya! Wouldn't wanna be ya!'

Oh, there's nothing more fun than robbing those Twerps.

I can't wait until the Boss sees these.

MEOWTH We'll get a sports car, maybe a convertible.

JESSIE/JAMES 'Yay!'

ASH Bring back those Pokémon, Team Rocket!

Wow, I can't believe they did that.

Don't worry, Liza, there's no way

they're gonna get away with it.

Good thing I didn't forget where I parked

the hot air balloon, huh?

ASH/MAY/BROCK/MAX/LIZA/TATE Team Rocket! Get back here!

We can't just let 'em get away.

Pikachu, hit 'em with a Thunderbolt.

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

Oh, just missed 'em.

PIKACHU [ANGRY]

MEOWTH 'Ha-ha! What's the matter?'

'A little short on power?'

Ha-ha! At long last the hour of our victory has arrived.

I've waited so long to be successful at lying

cheating and stealing, let this be a lesson

that dreams can come true.

Meanwhile, if you want us

then you gotta come and get us.

Yeah? Well, I don't have any problem with that.

Swellow get Pikachu up there and see if you can get in range.

PIKACHU/SWELLOW [DETERMINED]/[AFFIRMATIVE]

PIKACHU/SWELLOW [EXERTION]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Eeh!

Meowth, you just had to go

and open your big mouth, didn't you?

- Now, do something! - Don't worry.

I planned for this, I ordered the deluxe package

complete with missiles firing glue bombs.

SWELLOW/PIKACHU [EXERTION]

Ash, it's okay to attack.

Lunatone and Solrock are protected inside those cages.

- Hit 'em as hard as you can. - Right.

Pikachu, give 'em a Thunderbolt.

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[Team Rocket screams]

LUNATONE/SOLROCK [CONFUSED]

What's going on, Meowth?

And how come our power went out after only one hit?

Well, guys, you see

the missiles and cages was the deluxe part

but the rest of the robot was economy package.

[screams]

LUNATONE/SOLROCK [HAPPY]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Huh!

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Our Pokémon got away.

Ash, that was awesome.

Liza and I can take it from here.

Yeah.

Tate, you and I were pretty out of sync the last time.

- Let's get it right. - Yeah.

Let's work together like a team.

- Lunatone. - Go, Solrock.

LIZA/TATE Psychic Attack!

LUNATONE/SOLROCK [PSYCHIC MOVE]

JAMES 'Either I'm growing, or this robot's shrinking.'

JESSIE 'Where's the escape hatch?'

There ain't one, but it's okay.

- 'How's it okay?' - 'Cause it's about to explode.'

Meowth, you are so fired!

Never put your money where your Meowth is.

How was I supposed to know they'd gonna use Psychic on us?

What am I, psychic?

[AGREEMENT]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Team Rocket's blasting off again!

WOBBUFFET [AGREEMENT]

ASH Team Rocket.

I'm sorry they had to show up and ruin our Gym battle.

Liza It's not your fault but we can't finish it.

They destroyed our b*ttlefield.

Oh, come on. You guys could battle right here if you wanted.

- Yeah? We could? - Sure!

Battles can be anywhere just as long as you feel up for it.

We'd still have the same rules.

It'd just be a different area.

Yeah, I'm totally up for finishing this battle

whatever it takes, thanks.

Then it's decided.

So? Ready to do this?

Yep, let's.

Yeah, we're gonna finish this one after all, guys.

PIKACHU/SWELLOW [EXCITED]

RACHEL 'If the contestants are ready.'

We will now continue this Gym battle from where it left off.

Match is on!

Hit Solrock, Pikachu. Thunderbolt now!

[EXERTION]

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

Lunatone, use Light Screen to protect Solrock.

[LIGHT SCREEN MOVE]

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[PAINED]

Pikachu!

Okay, Swellow, use Aerial Ace against Lunatone.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[AERIAL ACE MOVE]

- Tate, you got my back? - You can count on it.

Solrock, Sandstorm, now.

[SANDSTORM MOVE]

[STRUGGLING]

Aerial Ace didn't come close to hitting 'em.

And Pikachu's Thunderbolt attack didn't even work.

Looks like battling with Team Rocket

got Tate and Liza back in sync.

Now Ash needs a new strategy.

Ash, what're you gonna do now?

Just cause we're friends doesn't mean we'll go easy on you.

Independent attacks aren't working anymore.

If they've got their combination together, then so will we.

Pikachu, hop on Swellow.

PIKACHU [AFFIRMATIVE]

SWELLOW [EXERTION]

SWELLOW/PIKACHU [EXERTION]

Get ready, bro. We saw this same trick earlier.

Yeah, an Aerial Thunderbolt from his Pikachu.

Now, Pikachu, Thunderbolt 'em.

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

Lunatone, use Light Screen!

[LIGHT SCREEN MOVE]

- Oh! - Oh, no!

SWELLOW/PIKACHU [PAINED]

Come on! Don't give up!

SWELLOW/PIKACHU [STRUGGLING]

Those guys knew exactly what combination was comin' up.

This two-on-one battle just doesn't seem fair to me.

Ash needs to make his own combinations work.

Or else he's going to be in trouble.

[PAINED]

SWELLOW/PIKACHU [FOCUSED]

Yeah, now that's the spirit.

You guys shook that Thunderbolt right off.

I don't understand why that didn't work.

Yeah, with Swellow bein' a Flying-type.

I guess this battle's just getting started.

Yep, and now it's our turn to give an attack.

Swellow, Double Team with Pikachu.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[DOUBLE TEAM MOVE]

LUNATONE/SOLROCK [CONFUSED]

Okay, which one's real?

The fakes will vanish when we hit them.

Alright then, Solrock, Solar Beam.

Go, Lunatone, use your Ice Beam.

[ICE BEAM MOVE]

[SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

- Whoa, that's bad. - They countered so easily.

[SHOCKED]

- Huh? - They're all gone.

Now, Swellow, Dive down on 'em.

[DIVE MOVE]

- Ice Beam! - Solar Beam!

[ICE BEAM MOVE]

[SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

SWELLOW/PIKACHU [SHOCKED]

Ah! Pikachu, Swellow, no.

PIKACHU/SWELLOW [SCARED]

SWELLOW [SHOCK]/[EXERTION]

Oh.

Ugh, well, that strategy didn't work either.

If combination attacks and sneak attacks

won't work then what else is there?

Right now, Liza and Tate seem unbeatable, don't they?

LIZA Good surprise attack but it'll take more than that

to break through our combination defense.

TATE 'Anything else up your sleeve, Ash, or is that it?'

Guess I'm not gonna win this by tricking 'em.

There has to be something I haven't thought of.

But what? Huh?

That's it! Of course! It's my best shot.

I've just got to trust in my Pokémon's inner strength.

- Pikachu, use Thunder. - Fine.

We'll block it again with Light Screen.

That's what I'm hoping you'll do.

- Huh? - What does that mean?

[THUNDER MOVE]

SWELLOW/PIKACHU [STRUGGLING]

- Why'd he do that? - Maybe he's just given up?

Hang in there, you guys.

I know you can pull through it.

SWELLOW/PIKACHU [STRUGGLING]

I think they're storing up

Thunder's electricity in their bodies.

But Swellow's a Flying-type.

I know they wanna do this for Ash, but couldn't it hurt them?

Argh!

SWELLOW/PIKACHU [STRUGGLING]

SWELLOW/PIKACHU [FOCUSED]

[all gasps]

SWELLOW/PIKACHU [DETERMINED]

I can't believe that worked.

They're usin' Thunder as armor.

Good job. Swellow, hit them hard now with your Quick Attack.

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

Solrock, Solar Beam, now!

[SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

[SOLAR BEAM ATTACK]

[DETERMINED]

- Look out. - Lunatone, Light Screen, go.

[LIGHT SCREEN MOVE]

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

- Oh! - Oh, no!

I can't believe what I just saw.

Awesome!

Carrying that Thunder gave Pikachu and Swellow

the power to break through the Light Screen.

Pikachu, use Iron Tail on Solrock, now!

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

SOLROCK [PAINED]

SOLROCK [DAZED]

Swellow, use Aerial Ace on Lunatone.

[AERIAL ACE MOVE]

LUNATONE [PAINED]

SWELLOW [AERIAL ACE MOVE]

[PAINED]

- Solrock. - Lunatone.

SOLROCK/LUNATONE [DAZED]

Solrock and Lunatone cannot battle.

Pikachu and Swellow win.

The victory goes to Ash from Pallet Town!

Yeah!

You both were really great.

No way, I can't believe, Ash actually beat 'em.

Pikachu and Swellow did a perfect combination.

- It was an amazing comeback. - Yeah!

Only in a double battle would you get to see

a fight to the finish like that one.

PIKACHU/SWELLOW [EXCITED]

[chuckles] We won because of you guys.

Now, give me a big hug.

PIKACHU/SWELLOW [CONFUSED]

Well, Swellow, you sure learned how to absorb electricity.

Shocking but true.

[groans]

PIKACHU/SWELLOW [HAPPY]

LIZA 'Great battle, Ash.'

'Your Pokémon absorbed that Thunder'

with no fear of damage to themselves.

TATE My sister and I both learned a lot

just from watching you battle.

I guess we still need to work on our combinations even more, huh?

- Mm-hmm. - Come on!

You guys almost had me with all of those

combination attacks right from the beginning.

Yeah, your coordination was pretty good

once you two got in sync.

That's for sure.

I can see how you two became the Gym Leaders here.

LIZA/TATE Oh, wow, thanks.

Well, do you have something for Ash, Tate?

Yep.

Ash, congratulations.

This is a Mind Badge proving that you were victorious

here at the Mossdeep Gym.

Thank you, guys. Cool.

Yeah!

Badge number seven ours at last!

[EXCITED]

[HAPPY]

NARRATOR So Ash defeats theformidable twin Gym Leaders,Tate and Liza

in a thrilling come-from-behind victory

earning himself a Mind Badge from the Mossdeep Gym.

Now, he'll need just one more badge

to finally enter into the Hoenn League

♪ Walking down this endless highway ♪

♪ With nothing but my friends beside me ♪

♪ We'll never give up we'll never rest ♪

♪ Advanced Battle is the ultimate test ♪

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ Oh oh oh ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪