08x38 - Choose It or Lose It!

[bunniefuu]

NARRATOR After winning a hard fought battle in the first round

of the Hoenn League Championships

Ash thought he was in for smooth sailing.

But then, he found himself matched up against

his good friend Morrison in the second round.

Never one to back down from a challenge

Ash attacked like it were any other battle

but something came over Morrison.

He seemed to freeze up, as if he were

unwilling to strike against his friend.

Will Morrison's competitive nature snap him out of it?

Or will Ash win the round by forfeit?

♪ Oh 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 ♪

♪ Advanced 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 ♪

♪ Oh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ From the stars and the ancient past ♪

♪ They come to play but they'll 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 "Choose It or Lose It!"

ANNOUNCER 'Ladies and gentlemen, this is unprecedented.'

'If Morrison doesn't bring out his second Pokémon'

'the referee may call a forfeit and award the victory to Ash.'

By default, Morrison is declared to be officially ou--

'Wait, just a minute!'

You have to give him a little more time.

Morrison, snap out of it!

Yeah, but..

...go.

[APPEARING]

ANNOUNCER 'In the nick of time'

'Morrison brings out Growlithe.'

Go, Corphish, Bubble beam Attack.

[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

Dodge it with Agility, Growlithe.

[AGILITY MOVE]

Bubble Beam again, Corpish, go.

[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

- Keep dodging with Agility. - Huh?

[AGILITY MOVE]

I don't know how much longer Morrison

can keep this dodging up.

He won't attack.

[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

[PAINED]

Corphish, use Crabhammer, now.

[CRABHAMMER MOVE]/[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'That's a critical hit with Crabhammer.'

[STUNNED]

Growlithe's pronounced, unable to battle.

JUDGE A 'Corphish wins.'

ANNOUNCER 'And Morrison loses his second Pokémon.'

Growlithe, I'm sorry for letting you down.

- 'Morrison!' - Huh?

What's going on with you?

We both know that you can battle better than this.

Why are you just giving up?

Yeah? Who asked you?

If that's how you feel, then you might as well quit right now.

No way.

You've got Pokémon who depend on you and battle for you

but right now you're acting like you don't even care about them.

Yes, I do so care, Growlithe.

[WEAK]

You know that, right?

I...just..

[UNDERSTANDING]

I'm just hoping you'll forgive me, Growlithe.

[chuckles]

Thank you, pal.

Now, you take a nice long rest.

Look out, 'cause I'm back!

Yes! You want it? I'll give you a battle, man.

Yeah. That's the spirit.

[EXCITED]

It looks like Morrison

is back in the battle now.

- That's good. - About time.

Yeah, so let's get this going.

Time to rock and roll.

Swampert, come on out.

[APPEARING]

ANNOUNCER 'Morrison makes Swampert his third Pokémon.'

Corphish, use Crabhammer attack.

[CRABHAMMER MOVE]

Counter it, Swampert, and use Focus Punch.

[FOCUS PUNCH MOVE]

[CRABHAMMER MOVE]/ [FOCUS PUNCH MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'The two attacks collide with expl*sive results.'

Now, this is a real battle.

Thanks for waking me up, Ash

but I think that you're gonna be sorry you did.

Corphish, hit 'em with your Bubble Beam, now.

[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

Swampert, counter with Hydro Pump again.

[HYDRO PUMP MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Once again, their attacks are perfectly matched.'

Give 'em a Focus Punch that rocks!

Full power, Crabhammer, go.

[CRABHAMMER MOVE]/ [FOCUS PUNCH MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Both attacks are direct hits.'

[STUNNED]

Swampert and Corphish are both unable to battle.

ANNOUNCER 'This has turned into a real knock-down, drag-out battle.'

'Now, since Morrison has lost three Pokémon'

'we'll take a break to change the b*ttlefield.'

Great battle, Ash.

Are you gonna be able to beat Morrison?

You bet I am, Max.

[AGREEMENT]

MORRISON 'Got a second, Ash?'

Oh, hey, Morrison, sure, what's the matter?

Well, I wanted to apologize for how I acted before.

Apologize?

Yeah, is it so hard for you to believe

that I wanna apologize?

No, not hard at all.

You probably won't believe this

but I didn't use to be as competitive as I am.

MORRISON 'I mean, nobody likes to lose'

'but I always just battled for fun.'

'I never really cared that much if I won or not.'

But ever since I started trying to qualify for this tournament

I love the way winning matches feels

and now, I just don't wanna stop.

Yeah, I know what you mean, and going up against

really good Trainers and winning is just the best.

But it wasn't the best once it was you

I was matched up against.

I never had a really important battle

against a good friend before.

Yeah, I get it.

It's okay now though.

You snapped me right out of it

when you yelled at me out there on the b*ttlefield.

And I realized right then, only a true friend

would do something like that.

Because a true friend wouldn't want to see you

battle without giving it your all.

That's right.

MORRISON 'I'm gonna beat you!'

'No chance!'

ANNOUNCER 'The second half of this battle will be fought'

'on a grass b*ttlefield.'

Alright, Pikachu, let's go!

[DETERMINED]

Come on, Steelix, help me out!

[APPEARING]

Steelix, let's start with Dragon Breath!

[DRAGON BREATH MOVE]

Dodge it, and use Quick Attack!

[DODGING]/[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

Use Iron Tail, Steelix!

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

[PAINED]

Are you okay?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Now, follow up with Dig.

[DIG MOVE]

Uh! It could come up anywhere!

[SURPRISED]

STEELIX/PIKACHU [ANGRY]/[SCARED]

Hang in there, Pikachu. Iron Tail, again!

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

Let's go with another Dig.

[DIG MOVE]

PIKACHU [SCARED]

PIKACHU/STEELIX [SCARED]/[ANGRY]

Pikachu, use Quick Attack, now!

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]/[PAINED]

Another Iron Tail, Steelix, and make it a big one!

Iron Tail, and don't hold back this time.

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'It's Iron Tail to Iron Tail. What a collision!'

[PAINED]

[STUNNED]

Pikachu? Can you get up?

Pikachu is unable to battle, and Steelix wins.

I can't believe that Pikachu is out.

Going against Steelix, Pikachu was just overpowered.

[grunting]

[crowd cheering]

Hot dogs, get your hot dogs here!

Today's prices for yesterday's popcorn.

And soda to wash it down with.

A popcorn, please.

- I'll take a couple sodas. - Hot dog.

- Sorry, no refunds. - Here you go, kids.

- Better take some napkins. - Coming right up.

Never thought you'd hearussay.

We're working hard most every day.

And we're lookin' forward to our pay.

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH At the all-you-can-eat buffet.

That's the all-you-can-eat buffet, buffet!

Torkoal, come on out! Yeah!

[APPEARING]

Now, it's Ash's Torkoal against Steelix, much better!

I know what you're trying to do with the matchup

but it won't work.

Steelix, use Dragon Breath!

[DRAGON BREATH MOVE]

Iron Defense!

[IRON DEFENSE MOVE]

Overheat, Torkoal!

[OVERHEAT MOVE]

Another Dragon Breath, Steelix!

[DRAGON BREATH MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Again, the two attacks collide!'

'This time, Ash's attack overpowers Morrison's.'

Follow it up with Flamethrower!

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

Let's go with another Dragon Breath, Steelix!

[DRAGON BREATH MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'It looks like the attacks are evenly matched this time!'

[EXERTION]

Alright, Steelix, let's go for Dig!

ANNOUNCER 'Steelix takes advantage of the smoke and vanishes!'

Torkoal, Iron Defense!

[IRON DEFENSE MOVE]

TORKOAL/STEELIX [SURPRISED]/[ANGRY]

[STRUGGLING]

ANNOUNCER 'And it reappears'

'with a vengeance!'

Follow it up with Dragon Breath, Steelix!

[DRAGON BREATH MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'A direct hit'

'with Dragon Breath!'

[STUNNED]

JUDGE A 'Torkoal is unable to battle.'

'Steelix wins!'

ANNOUNCER 'Things have evened out now with both Trainers'

'down to just three Pokémon.'

Come on out, Grovyle!

[APPEARING]

Go, Steelix! Iron Tail!

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

Grovyle, Dodge!

- It's so fast! - Now, b*llet Seed!

[b*llet SEED MOVE]

Dig, Steelix.

[DIG MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Steelix disappears'

'underground again.'

Get ready to dodge, Grovyle, here it comes.

GROVYLE/STEELIX DODGING]/[ANGRY]

Dragon Breath, Steelix.

[DRAGON BREATH MOVE]

Counter it with Leaf Blade.

[LEAF BLADE MOVE]

No way!

[LEAF BLADE MOVE]

[WEAK]

[STUNNED]

JUDGE A 'Steelix is unable to battle.'

'Grovyle wins!'

Wow, Grovyle's so good.

Seems like it's gotten faster too!

It may need that speed depending on what Pokémon

Morrison brings out next.

Alright, Ash, you want speed? You got it!

Come on out, Gligar!

[APPEARING]

Grovyle, use your Quick Attack!

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

Dodge it!

[DODGING]

Now, go back! Use Steel Wing.

[STEEL WING MOVE]

Dive into the grass, Grovyle!

[EXERTION]

ANNOUNCER 'And Grovyle takes shelter in the grass'

And now, use b*llet Seed!

[b*llet SEED MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Whoa, that's a direct hit!'

Strike back with Steel Wing, now!

[STEEL WING MOVE]

Dive into the grass again!

[EXERTION]

Go in and get it!

[STEEL WING MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Gligar is using Steel Wing to search out Grovyle!'

Now, jump onto Gligar!

[EXERTION]

- No way! - Leaf Blade, Grovyle!

[LEAF BLADE MOVE]

Shake it off, lose it.

[EXERTION]

[PANICKED]

Alright, Guillotine Attack!

[GUILLOTINE MOVE]

[SCARED]

ANNOUNCER 'Grovyle is falling and unable to dodge any attacks'

'Could this be the end?'

[WORRIED]

[GUILLOTINE MOVE]

[SCARED]

Go, Grovyle, b*llet Seed, now!

[b*llet SEED MOVE]/ [GUILLOTINE MOVE]

[PAINED]/[GUILLOTINE MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Grovyle misses its mark, and gets hit by Guillotine.'

[STUNNED]

Grovyle is unable to battle. Gligar is the winner!

ANNOUNCER 'Both Trainers are down to two Pokémon'

'but neither one is about to concede defeat.'

Let's go, Swellow!

[APPEARING]

Now, use Guillotine again, Gligar!

[GUILLOTINE MOVE]

Swellow, dodge with Double Team!

[DODGING]/[DOUBLE TEAM MOVE]

GLIGAR [EXERTION]/[SURPRISED]

Now, use Peck Attack!

[PECK MOVE]

Dodge it and use Iron Tail!

[DODGING]

[IRON TAIL MOVE]

Now, dodge with Quick Attack!

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]/[EXERTION]

Use Hidden Power, Gligar!

[HIDDEN POWER MOVE]

SWELLOW [PAINED]

Use Aerial Ace to get back up.

[AFFIRMATIVE]/[AERIAL ACE MOVE]

Go, Gligar! Use Steel Wing before it can recover.

[STEEL WING MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'A major mid-air collision between Swellow and Gligar.'

'Yet somehow both of them fly away from it.'

Aerial Ace at full power.

Give 'em a Steel Wing they'll never forget.

[AERIAL ACE MOVE]/ [STEEL WING MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'It's another fierce collision.'

'How much more punishment can these two take?'

Another Aerial Ace, Swellow!

Let's see another Steel Wing, Gligar!

[AERIAL ACE MOVE]/ [STEEL WING MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'A third collision, with the same attacks!'

'But no one's flying away just yet.'

[DETERMINED]

[STUNNED]

Swellow and Gligar are unable to battle.

ANNOUNCER 'What an incredible battle with two well-matched Pokémon.'

'Each trainer can choose one more Pokémon, which will it be?'

Glalie, let's go!

[APPEARING]

You're up, Metang!

[APPEARING]

Glalie versus a Metang?

Ash should have the advantage with a matchup like that one.

He should, but it's not like you can count on it.

You never know what's gonna happen with these guys.

Hit 'em with Headbutt, Glalie!

[HEADBUTT MOVE]

Alright, Metang, use Take Down!

[TAKE DOWN MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'They're charging right into each other.

'Glalie seems to have gotten' 'the worst of it.'

That's okay, Glalie, just give 'em an Ice Beam.

[ICE BEAM MOVE]

Use Confusion!

[CONFUSION MOVE]

[PAINED]

Now, Metang, hit it hard with Take Down!

[TAKE DOWN MOVE]

[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Glalie takes another hard hit.'

Glalie, get back in there with one more Ice Beam!

[gasps]

Why's he using the same attack?

[ICE BEAM MOVE]

Use Ice Beam all you want, Ash.

Confusion just counters it.

[CONFUSION]

ANNOUNCER 'Sure enough, Ice Beam is repelled again.'

Just what I planned.

Alright, Glalie, Icy Wind!

[ICY WIND MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'The Ice Beam that was repelled'

'is being sent right back by Icy Wind.'

'So, that's what Ash was up to.'

- Oh, no. - Way to go, Glalie.

[EXCITED]

Impressive!

And Morrison never saw it coming.

Now, Headbutt!

[HEADBUTT MOVE]/[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'It's a clean hit with Headbutt!'

Just hang in there, Metang.

And, Meteor Mash!

[METEOR MASH MOVE]/[PAINED]

ANNOUNCER 'Wow, and just like that'

'the tables have turned again.'

Now, this is the way a battle is meant to be, Morrison.

Let's do it, Glalie!

Headbutt now, and do it with a spin!

[HEADBUTT MOVE]

Tricky, but I know how to handle that.

Blast 'em with a Meteor Mash, and this time

give it every ounce of energy you've got!

[METEOR MASH MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'Here they go again.'

'Another head-on collision coming'

'and this time, someone won't be getting up.'

'Who will win this battle and move on to the third round'

'of the victory tournament?'

'Will it be Morrison, or will it be Ash?'

[METEOR MASH MOVE]/ [HEADBUTT MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'At the last second'

'Glalie ducks the Meteor Mash'

'and lands a full-power spinning Headbutt.'

[STUNNED]

Metang is unable to battle, and Glalie wins!

The victor is Ash over Morrison.

ANNOUNCER 'There you have it!'

'In an epic battle, Ash has defeated Morrison'

'and will move on as one of eight'

'quarter-final contestants.'

[crowd cheering]

Sceptile, launch Solar beam, now!

[SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

ANNOUNCER 'A direct hit with Solar Beam.'

'And a super effective one.'

[STUNNED]

JUDGE A 'Rhydon is unable to battle.'

'Sceptile wins!'

The victory in this round goes to Tyson!

TYSON Yes!

ANNOUNCER 'With amazing precision'

'and efficiency'

'Tyson makes quick work of his opponent'

'and will move on as one of the eight quarter-finalists.'

[grunting]

[screaming]

MORRISON I can't believe I lost!

Ah, that felt good!

- 'Morrison?' - Huh?

I think we had one of the greatest battles ever.

It was pretty good, wasn't it?

It was fantastic, Morrison!

[laughs]

So, Ash, on to the semi-finals?

Yeah.

[EXCITED]

One of these days, you and I will battle again.

And I'm gonna beat you again!

Guys, guys, give it a rest already!

Besides, it's dinner time.

- Dinner time? - Dinner time?

I'll be the first in line!

- Not if I beat you there! - Dream on!

MORRISON You dream on!

Well, it's nice to see that their friendship hasn't changed.

- That's true. - You're right.

VENDOR BOSS 'Don't be shy, guys, dig in!'

'You got your appetizers.'

'Your main course, and your dessert!

[chuckles]

This is an all-you-can-eat buffet

so, eat as much as you want!

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Yay!

[chomping]

I'm so full' forget about dessert.

I only remember the last four.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm!

Well, looks like you did a pretty good job.

I have to go on a little business trip

and I think I may leave you three in charge.

- Don't tease us. - That's not very nice!

You're saying that you'd really trust us?

That's right.

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Our lives of crime are finally paying off.

We'll be our own bosses!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

- It's Ash against Tyson! - Uh..

Well, it was bound to happen eventually.

What do you say, Ash?

Let's make this a battle neither of us will forget.

Yeah, let's give it everything we've got.

This will be awesome!

You can do it. Good luck, Ash.

And to you too.

TYSON 'May the best Trainer win.'

MEOWTH 'It's weird havin' a real job.'

Goes against our Team Rocket ways.

On the other hand, it feels nice having a full tummy. Huh?

MEOWTH Looks like the Twerp is going up against

that Meowth with boots on tomorrow.

Which means, it'll end up being a battle

betweenthatMeowth and Pikachu.

Guys, I'm gonna need everything you've got

if we want to win our battle with Ash tomorrow.

[AGREEMENT]

Ash is a serious competitor

and he's got some very good Pokémon.

But you're just as good

and we've been training a long time.

[AGREEMENT]

Now, let's practice some attacks and loosen up for tomorrow.

[EXERTION]

[EXERTION]

Psst! Hey, come here a sec.

[EXERTION]

If you want to know how to win that battle tomorrow

I can give you some advice.

I'm an expert when it comes to dealin'

with that annoying Twerp.

[AGREEMENT]

The first thing you got to watch out for

is the Twerp's Pikachu, and forget about how cute it is

'cause that thing's a lot stronger then it looks.

I'm tellin' ya, its Electric Attacks

have ruined so many of our inventions, it ain't funny!

And in the end, we're always gettin'

blown away somewhere far.

[EXERTION]

What? You don't think you need to worry about that?

[AGREEMENT]

How you gonna deal with Pikachu?

[EXERTION]

[EXERTION]

Oh!

[FRIENDLY]

So, you don't think you need to take advice from me?

Fine! See what happens, you amateur!

Huh? Ah!

[groans]

Bet you're feeling kinda nervous

about your big match tomorrow, huh, Ash?

MORRISON 'Probably came out here 'cause you can't sleep, huh?'

Nah, just nicer out here.

[chuckles]

Against Tyson

you don't have much of a chance.

I don't know about that, I think I'll do alright.

Well, even if you lose, there's always next year, buddy.

- Just try to get some rest. - Alright.

- Ash? - Huh?

MORRISON I know you're gonna win.

Hmm. Thanks.

ANNOUNCER 'Welcome to the Third Round of the Victory Tournament!'

'First up, it's Ash from Pallet Town'

'versus Tyson from Mauville City.'

'The first half of the battle begins on a grass b*ttlefield.'

'Now, let's see which Pokémon our Trainers will choose.'

Glalie, I choose you!

[APPEARING]

Sceptile, let's go!

[APPEARING]

- Trainers, begin! - Glalie, Ice Beam Attack!

[ICE BEAM MOVE]

Sceptile, use your Solar Beam!

[SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

NARRATOR With expl*sive power, Ash and Tyson begin

their long-awaited face-off.

And while it's sure to be a crowd-pleaser

only one of these two skillful Trainers

can emerge from the battle victorious

and reach the final four.

♪ Walking down this endless highway ♪

♪ With nothing but my friends beside me ♪

♪ We'll never give in 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 ♪♪