09x01 - Fear Factor Phony

[bunniefuu]

[dramatic music]

Oh, man. We're stuck now.

And now that the sun's gone down

it's getting pretty cold too.

Yeah, and I don't see a Pokémon Center on the Pokénav.

Those clouds are looking mean.

We'd better find some shelter and fast

before the storm's on top of us.

Huh!

NARRATOR As Ash continues his quest

to become Master of the Battle Frontier

it seems our heroes have come across

a proverbial bump in the road.

[CURIOUS]

What? Hey, what's up, Pikachu?

[SURPRISED]/[CONCERNED]

Wait! Pikachu, come back here!

Where are you goin'?

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ It's a battle win or lose ♪

♪ It's the friends you make ♪

♪ It's the road you choose ♪

♪ You got the right stuff ♪

♪ So make your mind up ♪

♪ Find the courage inside of you ♪

♪ If you're strong you'll survive ♪

♪ And you'll keep your dream alive ♪

♪ It's the Battle Frontier ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Be the best you can be ♪

♪ And find your destiny ♪

♪ It's the master plan ♪

♪ The power's in your hands ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪

ASH "Fear Factor Phony."

PIKACHU [HAPPY]

[dramatic music]

Whoa, what a weird place to put a town.

Well, whoever put it here must agree with you

'cause they all got up and left.

Wow! Look, it's ghost town!

Huh! You're saying ghosts live here?

Not quite, it's called a ghost town

'cause no ones livin' in it any more, get it, May?

Oh, of course I knew that, Max.

You know, if they're not any ghosts living here

then there should be..

ASH 'Come on, May.'

'There's nothin' to be afraid of.'

MAY 'Easy for you to say.'

Huh! A tunnel!

BROCK It looks like an entrance to a mine or something.

This might be a good place to duck in

before it starts to rain.

I guess so, but I can't see a thing in there.

MAY 'It's a great place for someone or some thing to hide.'

[dramatic music]

What's that?

It can't be..

Oh, yes, it can.

[ANGRY]

MAX/MAY/BROCK/ASH It's a ghost! Run!

[screaming]

[ANGRY]

I know that sound, like the screech of Twerps.

It's more than likely the growling grumble

of our empty tummies.

My empty tummy's got laryngitis!

[screaming]

I was right. See?

Sounds like they're having ghost problems.

Oh, really?

'If those knuckleheads are seein' ghosts'

'I gotta get a load of that.'

I could use a good laugh about now.

And when you want the best, go to the pros.

[AGREEMENT]

Zip Zero. Not a ghost in sight.

Nada.

MEOWTH 'It would help if there were such things as ghosts'

'in the first place.'

[dramatic music]

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH Hmm.

What a pretty purple color.

Wonder what it is.

Why don't we ask?

[PROUD]

- I know. - Me too.

Me three. It's a ghost.

JESSE/JAMES/MEOWTH Ghost?

[ANGRY]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Aah! A Ghost!

[grunts]

Did you guys hear that?

[whimpering]

Uh, not really.

You think it's the ghost?

Ash, you go look.

Huh!

Uh, right.

[dramatic music]

I guess, I'm just hearing things.

Huh!

'Hey, it's starting to rain, guys.'

Now what?

Well, we can't leave here, right now.

I guess, we'll just have to spend the night.

MAX/MAY Huh!

You wanna spend the night in this place?

Sure. We'll all be fine. We're here together.

[dramatic music]

[groans]

[grunting]

That thing sure had an attitude.

Hello? Wake up.

MEOWTH/JAMES Hmm.

I hate to rain on your parade

but we've gotta go!

Chop-chop! Ah!

Oops. Rain.

Goodie. We get to wait out the storm with a goblin.

Sure puts being scared of thunder in perspectives.

[AGREEMENT]

[laughing]

You losers!

It's a scientific fact that there are

no such things as ghosts or goblins and that's that!

When did she start makin' sense?

Of course, it was just some

heavy hunger-induced hallucination.

True. And don't forget, we were too pooped to pop.

Of course, wacky things happen

when your tummy and brain are on empty at the same time.

O-kay, troops!

Now that we know we're not crazy, let's dance!

JAMES/MEOWTH Yeah!

♪ We've got both oars in the water ♪

♪ We're the sharpest tools in the shed ♪

♪ We're not afraid of some made-up ghost ♪

♪ Or some phony fears or dread ♪

♪ That's what we said ♪

♪ Yes looking good and feeling fine ♪

♪ Yeah it's fun to mug while you're cuttin' a rug ♪♪

[HAPPY]

[laughing]

WOBBUFFET [SURPRISED]

JESSIE 'Did you burp?'

JAMES 'How is that possible?'

MEOWTH 'We didn't eat nothin', remember?'

[APPEARING]/[ANGRY]

[screaming]

Now we're wrong. Give us a break.

[SCARED]/[PANICKED]

[SCARED]

[SATISFIED]

MEOWTH I wish I'd had a bagel this mornin'.

Okay, Seviper, go.

[APPEARING]

Go, Cacnea.

[APPEARING]

GHOST [DETERMINED]

CACNEA/SEVIPER [SCARED]

I'll give you something to be scared about! Pin m*ssile.

[PIN m*ssile MOVE]

[AMUSED]

That was slick!

Seviper. Use Poison Tail.

[POISON TAIL MOVE]

[screaming]

But, I'm too old to believe in ghosts.

Meowth, get in there and earn your keep.

What? You're wacky!

You've got nine lives, don't you?

[screaming]

[buzzing]

[dramatic music]

[SHOCKED]/[SCARED]

[CONTENT]

JAMES/JESSIE Huh! It's, it's gone?

Now, I'll have to sleep with the light on.

MEOWTH/JESSIE/JAMES Huh!

DUSCLOPS/GASTLY/HAUNTER/BANETTE [SCARED]

It appears to be a gaggle of Ghost Pokémon.

What a coinkeedink.

MEOWTH/JESSIE/JAMES Hey!

I get the picture!

That silly ghostly gag was your doing!

We got spooked over a bunch of Pokémon pipsqueaks!

Okay, prepare for a dose of my Fury swipes!

'The shoe's on the other paw now.'

HAUNTER [CONTENT]

MEOWTH/JESSIE/JAMES Huh!

Come again, please.

DUSCLOPS/GASTLY/HAUNTER/BANETTE [UPSET]

Bummer. That is a tough break.

[instrumental music]

[snoring]

Man, of course everyone else went out like a light.

[whimpering] And now, I'm so scared

I can't get to sleep. Huh?

[instrumental music]

It can't be music I'm hearing, can it?

Hey, Ash! Wake up, wake up!

Nah, I don't think I can eat any more.

Huh? Oh!

Wake up, right now!

Huh!

- What's wrong, May? Bad dream? - Hmm.

- I think I hear music. - Huh?

[instrumental music]

Uh, but how can that be?

Who'd be playin' music in a ghost town?

Maybe somebody's living here after all.

Okay, let's go find out.

[dramatic music]

[instrumental music]

KIRLIA/KADABRA/ALAKAZAM/DROWZEE [HAPPY]

KIRLIA [DANCING]

KADABRA/ALAKAZAM [HAPPY]

DROWZEE/HYPNO [HAPPY]

RALTS/KIRLIA [EXCITED]/[DANCING]

[HAPPY]

Those are all Psychic Pokémon.

With all that dancin', it looks like they're having a ball.

- Guys, look there! - Huh?

'I can't believe that Abra's sleepin' through all of this!'

I guess if you're tired enough, you can sleep through anything.

[AMAZED]

Guys, come on, I wanna see!

[screaming]

KIRLIA/DROWZEE/HYPNO [SURPRISED]

[groaning]

KIRLIA/KADABRA/ALAKAZAM/DROWZEE [SCARED]

ASH/MAX Oopsie.

There's a switch. I think we scared them.

ABRA [CONTENT]

MAX Whoa, Abra's still sleepin' after all that.

MAY I hope Abra's feeling alright.

[CONCERNED]

Weird. I don't think Abra hears a thing.

[screaming]

Boy, that packed a punch.

It's a Safeguard.

Abra must be using it to filter out any loud noises.

Wow, Abra's doing that and sleepin' at the same time?

I wonder what all of these Psychic Pokémon

are doing here in the first place.

ASH/BROCK/MAY/MAX Huh!

What's that?

ASH/BROCK/MAY/MAX Huh. Whoa.

Those are all the Pokémon that just ran away!

Do you think, those people used to live in this town?

- Now I get it. - Huh?

Those people, they all look to me like they were miners

and when the mine was active

the Psychic Pokémon must have helped them in their work.

MAX Of course, with their Psychic abilities

they could help them by movin' huge rocks out of the way.

I guess so. What happened to all of 'em?

Huh!

What's going on?

[AMAZED]

BROCK Maybe Abra's having a dream

and we're seeing it.

ASH/MAX/MAY 'Uh..'

We've got to go now.

I'm so sorry, but there's just no way

'we're able to take you with us either.'

Take good care. Goodbye!

[UPSET]

No, you can't come! Abra, you've gotta go back!

[UPSET]

BOY Goodbye, Abra! I'll miss you!

[SAD]/[SOBBING]

[SOBBING]

I guess, they must've all gotten left here.

They must have been really lonesome

with all the townspeople gone.

I'll bet that's why they were dancing and singing

when we got here.

'To cheer themselves up.'

[instrumental music]

Well, if it's cheering up they need I know what we can do!

I'm right with ya!

We'll throw them the biggest party they've ever seen!

- Yeah, it'll be great! - So, come on.

Let's get this party started.

BROCK/MAY/MAX Yeah!

[instrumental music]

ASH We are ready to party!

PIKACHU [HAPPY]

Hey, guys, come on out!

The party's starting any minute.

We've got tons of Pokémon food too.

Time to rock the house!

[instrumental music]

ALAKAZAM/RALTS [CURIOUS]

ALAKAZAM/HYPNO/DROWZEE/KADABRA [HAPPY]

Awesome!

[HAPPY]

KIRLIA [CONTENT]

DROWZEE/RALTS [CONTENT]

ALAKAZAM/HYPNO/KIRLIA/KADABRA [HAPPY]

- They look so happy! - Yeah.

Gettin' all this ready was sure worth the work.

[SATISFIED]

JESSIE So, Psychic Pokémon joined in on the gold rush, eh?

You got it, before all the humans and Psychic Pokémon

came in and started turnin' this place into a gold minin'

boom town, this is what these poor guys called home.

'After the humans finally lammed out of here'

'they was thinkin' they could finally have a little peace'

'but those crazy Psychic Pokémon'

kept hanging out' and turned their hometown into Party City!

Well, these ghost guys couldn't take it anymore

so they decided to make up this huge glowing ghost

to scare the pants off of those Psychic Pokémon

and anyone else that came

snoopin' around for that matter.

So now we got the Psychic Pokémon

mad at the Ghost Pokémon, and vice versa.

Interesting.

Often times, the world of Pokémon can make your head spin.

- Hey, listen up. - Huh?

What could we do with some gold-digging Psychic Pokémon?

You kidding? They could pave the path to easy street.

We'd grab so much gold, all my whiskers would green.

Don't forget, those ghosties

have a real problem with those gold-getters.

They give 'em to us and we to the Boss.

♪ Time for scheming ♪

♪ Soon we're screaming ♪♪

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH We're rich!

Kids! We're gonna help ya. Yup.

You just leave everything up to us.

We know you've been pining for some peace and quiet.

Pine no more. We're peacemakers.

DUSCLOPS/GASTLY/HAUNTER/BANETTE [RELIEVED]

WOBBUFFET [PANICKED]

WOBBUFFET [SURPRISED]

KIRLIA [HAPPY]

WOBBUFFET [IN LOVE]

[HAPPY]/[STARTLED]

[EXCITED]

Whoa! Wobbuffet.

I wonder if it's Team Rockets.

WOBBUFFET [IN LOVE]

[SURPRISED]

[NERVOUS]

[CONTENT]

[AMAZED]

KIRLIA [CURIOUS]

KIRLIA [HAPPY]

WOBBUFFET [EXCITED]

Awesome! How romantic can you get?

[expl*si*n]

[gasps]

What's going on?

DROWZEE/HYPNO [STRUGGLING]

WOBBUFFET/KIRLIA [PANICKED]/[SCARED]

ABRA [CONTENT]

[panting]

[ANGRY]

Hey, that's that same ghost.

Yeah, but look how big it got.

[DETERMINED]

ALAKAZAM/KADABRA/DROWZEE/RALTS [SHOCKED]/[PANICKED]

RALTS/HYPNO [SHOCKED]/[PANICKED]

[DETERMINED]/[EXERTION]

- Oh, no. - It's got the Psychic Pokémon.

WOBBUFFET/KIRLIA/PIKACHU [CONCERNED]/[SHOCKED]

[ATTACK]

KIRLIA/PIKACHU [STRUGGLING]/[PANICKED]

Pikachu!

PIKACHU/KIRLIA [PANICKED]

[ANGRY]

Stop it!

WOBBUFFET [ANGRY]/[EXERTION]

WOBBUFFET [DETERMINED]/[EXERTION]

- Check it out! - Wobbuffet jumped in!

JESSIE 'Wobbuffet, you're gumming up the ghost.'

JAMES 'Stop it!'

MEOWTH 'If you keep doin' that, we're gonna..'

MEOWTH/JAMES/JESSIE 'Blow!'

[coughing]

ASH/BROCK/MAY/MAX Huh!

[dramatic music]

- 'Hey, those're Ghost Pokémon!' - Huh!

It must have been the Ghost Pokémon

who created an illusion of that giant ghost.

You're right.

[hysterical laughter]

JESSIE 'Prepare for trouble, you think you're so smart.'

JAMES 'And make it double, striking fear is an art.'

An evil as old as the galaxy.

Sent here to fulfill our destiny.

With Meowth and that's me.

To denounce the evils of truth and love.

To extend our reach to the stars above.

- Jessie! - James!

MEOWTH Meowth's my name!

Anywhere there's peace in the universe..

- Team Rocket.. - Will be there..

MEOWTH/JAMES/JESSIE To make everything worse.

[PROUD]

[MERRY]

[STARTLED]

KIRLIA [SCARED]

WOBBUFFET [CONCERNED]

I knew it. It is Team Rocket's Wobbuffet.

Hey, you let Pikachu go now!

JESSIE 'Not been there, won't do that.'

JAMES This ghostly gadget laughs at Electric and Psychic Attacks.

If I were you, I'd buy a battery and paint it yellow.

'Cause after we give Pikachu to the Boss for a present

we're gonna be rich and you're gonna be lonely.

[laughing]

But why would the Ghost Pokémon

want to be on the same side as you crooks?

Oh, that! It's so sad, it breaks my Pokéymonic little heart!

All these poor little darlings

want is to live in ghostly tranquility.

But all those Psychic Pokémon want to do

is rock and roll all night and party every day.

And since we know what it's like to lose sleep

over a bunch of Twerps, we told them we'd help 'em out.

DUSCLOPS/GASTLY/HAUNTER/BANETTE [PROUD]

ALAKAZAM/KADABRA/DROWZEE/RALTS [UPSET]

We didn't know that.

But that's still no reason to treat Psychic Pokémon like dirt.

WOBBUFFET [CONTENT]

Traitor!

Have you lost your menial mind?

Stop aidin' and abettin' the enemy, you ingrate.

WOBBUFFET/KIRLIA [DETERMINED]/[TOUCHED]

WOBBUFFET [FRUSTRATED]

WOBBUFFET [DETERMINED]/[EXERTION]

[SHOCKED]

WOBBUFFET [ATTACK]

ALAKAZAM/KADABRA/DROWZEE/RALTS [SHOCKED]

- Huh! - Whoa, what a hit!

KIRLIA [CONCERNED]

HYPNO/ALAKAZAM/KADABRA/DROWZEE [RELIEVED]

PIKACHU [RELIEVED]

KIRLIA [WORRIED]/[RELIEVED]

WOBBUFFET [HAPPY]

MEOWTH/JESSIE/JAMES What?

- Why, that's high treason. - You've said it.

Okay, guys, go get those lugs.

GASTLY/DUSCLOPS/HAUNTER/BANETTE [DETERMINED]/[SHADOW BALL MOVE]

PIKACHU/KADABRA/HYPNO/RALTS [SCARED]

Look out!

KIRLIA [DETERMINED]

[REFLECT MOVE]

[gasping]

Wow, Kirlia's using Reflect.

Incredible.

[REFLECT MOVE]

[screaming]

I thought Wobbuffet kind of liked me.

That's the thanks I get for bein' nice.

With your nice, who needs nasty?

[FRUSTRATED]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH 'We're blasting off again!'

Alright.

You okay, Pikachu?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

KIRLIA [DETERMINED]/[SURPRISED]

[SURPRISED]

DUSCLOPS/GASTLY/HAUNTER/BANETTE [ANGRY]

ALAKAZAM/KADABRA/DROWZEE/HYPNO [ANGRY]

If they start fighting, it could get real ugly.

Hey, guys, cool it now!

DUSCLOPS/GASTLY/HAUNTER/BANETTE [ANGRY]

ALAKAZAM/KADABRA/DROWZEE/HYPNO [ANGRY]

Pikachu, Thunderbolt.

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

DUSCLOPS/GASTLY/HAUNTER/BANETTE [SHOCKED]

ALAKAZAM/KADABRA/DROWZEE/HYPNO [SHOCKED]

Come on, you guys all live in the same town, right?

So, why can't you get along?

DUSCLOPS/GASTLY/HAUNTER/BANETTE [DEFENSIVE]

ALAKAZAM/KADABRA/DROWZEE/HYPNO [DEFENSIVE]

- It's no good. What do we do? - Hmm..

BROCK/MAY Huh?

BROCK Amazing, the world's coming apart out here

'and Abra's still sleeping.'

MAY 'Abra can't hear a thing in that Safeguard.'

That's it. I think I've got an idea.

[instrumental music]

ALAKAZAM/KADABRA/DROWZEE/HYPNO [HAPPY]

ABRA [CONTENT]

That really did the trick. I can't hear a thing.

PIKACHU [HAPPY]

I've got to hand it to you, Brock, it's brilliant.

They seem to like it.

MAX Think you all can live together happily?

DUSCLOPS/GASTLY/HAUNTER/BANETTE [AFFIRMATIVE]

NARRATOR And so our heroes happily look on

knowing they've helped heal a rift between

two endearing group of Pokémon.

Of course, it's all in a days work

on the exciting road to become

a Master of the Battle Frontier.

So stay tuned.

♪ Yo ♪ ♪ Pokémon Masters ♪

♪ Your heart beats faster ♪

♪ Training for the top 'cause you know you can't stop ♪

♪ Your training kicks ♪ ♪ Now ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪ ♪ Pow ♪

♪ The power of a master all before you will ♪

♪ But don't let it get to your head young Trainer ♪

♪ The road is long and filled with danger ♪

♪ Everyone says they deserve to be number one ♪

♪ But who can top you? ♪ The answer is none ♪

♪ Because they've never seen an expert like ♪

♪ One who knows the difference between Mewtwo ♪

♪ Or someone who can tell you the type ♪

♪ Or someone who can tell you which Pokémon's ♪

♪ First you kick it in Kanto ♪

♪ Then you head to Johto ♪♪