25x07 - An Evolution in Taste!

[bunniefuu]

[playful music]

[narrator] Ash's goal is to battle one of the world's

greatest Trainers, Leon!

Goh's goal is to catch one of every kind of Pokémon,

including Mew!

This is the story of their adventure-filled journey

through the world of Pokémon!

[camera shutter clicks]

[gloomy music]

[waves crashing]

Ash and Goh have traveled to Slowpoke Island,

home to lots of Slowpoke.

They've been here before.

It's been a while, hasn't it?

This time, I'm gonna make sure I definitely catch a Slowpoke!

[Pokémon chittering]

[Goh gasps] Did you find them?

[panting]

[both gasp]

[both] There they are!

[tinkling]

-[Goh] So many Slowpoke! -[Ash] Slowpoke!

♪ I'll go anywhere if I'm with you ♪

♪ Lightning strikes or any shade of blue ♪

♪ The journey's the best part ♪

♪ Even when the road gets hard ♪

♪ I'll go anywhere if I'm with you ♪

♪ With you ♪

[theme music]

-[Ash] "An evolution…" -[Ash and Goh] "In taste!"

[reggae music]

♪ Hold it, hold up everyone! ♪

♪ Are you ready for a sing along? ♪

♪ Slowpoke in a reggae-reggae style ♪

♪ Poké, Poké, Pokémon ♪

♪ Come in! ♪

♪ Slow, slow, slow ♪

-[boys chuckle] -[Pokémon chittering]

♪ Slow, slow, slow ♪

-Grookey. -[yawns]

[both mutter]

-Let's try it, too! -[nervous chuckle]

-This is great! -Right.

Just great.

[all exhale deeply]

Hm?

No, wait. No, no, no!

-We didn't come here to take a nap. -[sighs]

Now, Pokéball, go!

[zaps]

[warbling]

[chimes]

[Rotom Phone] Slowpoke has been registered to your Pokédex.

All right! I caught a Slowpoke!

-[rumbles] -[Grookey shrieks]

Wait, what's going on?

What do you think that was all about?

[Goh] I don't know.

[yawning]

[yawns]

When you look at all of them, details don't matter anymore.

[thuds]

-Huh? -Grookey…

[Goh] Hey!

Wake up!

Ash!

[groaning]

-Huh? -Pika?

[Ash] Whoa! Those Slowpoke have yellow foreheads.

[Goh] You're right.

[chimes]

[Rotom Phone] Slowpoke. Galarian form.

The Dopey Pokémon. A Psychic type.

This form of Slowpoke lives in the Galar region.

Their facial expressions are normally spacey,

but sometimes they appear focused.

[Goh] So, they're Galarian Slowpoke.

They weren't here on our last visit.

[yawning]

This must be the first time they've seen each other.

Really? To me, it looks like they're all just spacing out.

[moaning]

[soft groan]

I have no idea what any of them are thinking.

-Uh-oh! -Huh?

-[mumbles] -[Ash] Whoa!

Maybe it's a taste test.

[Goh] It's said that Slowpoke tails are sweet.

Slowpoke!

Looks like it didn't like the taste.

It must taste bad.

[Slowpoke] Slow.

[Ash gasps]

-Now the other one. -Pika.

[chomping]

-Slowpoke! Slowpoke! -What?

What's wrong?

-Pikachu! -[Grookey gibbering]

[slurps]

[screaming]

[whimpering]

Hey, Grookey. Was it hot?

Pika, pika.

[Grookey mumbling]

So much for being sweet.

I guess they taste differently.

[Rotom Phone] Because they eat Galarica seeds from the Galar region,

their tails have a spicy flavor.

Wow, I get it!

Maybe their diet has something to do with why they look different.

-[stomping] -[both] Hm? Huh? Hm?

[Ash] A Slowbro!

[suspenseful music]

Slow…

-[thuds] -Ugh!

-[Pikachu] Pika? -[Slowbro] Slow…

[Ash] Does it want those coconuts?

-[stomping] -[both] Huh?

-Pika? -Slow?

Another one!

I'll bet you it's a Galarian Slowbro! It looks a little different.

[chimes]

[Rotom Phone] Slowbro, Galarian form.

They're Hermit Crab Pokémon. A Poison and Psychic type.

When Slowbro squeezes the tongue of the Shellder biting its arm,

the Shellder shoots poisonous liquid from the tip of its shell.

[pensive music]

Neither one of them is moving.

Maybe they'll have a battle!

I'm pretty sure that isn't on their minds.

-Pika. -Grookey-roo.

[mumbling]

[yells]

[both mumbling]

[mutters]

Whoa?

-Someone else claimed it first. -Yeah, maybe that's it.

[Slowking growling]

-[Goh] Huh? -[Ash] What now?

[light music]

-[stomping] -[both] Huh?

Isn't that…

Slowking!

[Ash] Who's that Pokémon?

-Pika? -[Slowking mutters]

Pika, pika!

[Rotom Phone] Slowking. Galarian form.

The Hexpert Pokémon.

A mix of poisons and the shock of evolving

can give Shellder's intellect a massive upgrade.

In fact, the Shellder can control the Slowking.

-It's scary just looking at it. -Man, is it powerful!

Slow, slow, slowking, slowking. Slowking, slowking, slowking.

-What's it saying? -Some kind of curse?

[Slowking muttering]

Pika? Pika, pika!

Grookey, key!

[Slowking muttering]

-It's using Psychic! -But what is it up to?

[muttering continues]

[wind gusting]

-[stomping] -[both] Huh?

Let's check it out!

[Ash] Wait. Was that hill there before?

[Goh] I thought there was only sea.

[gibbering]

Pika, pika!

[gibbering]

[chittering]

Grookey, roo?

[Grookey gasps]

Slowking.

[quivering]

-Ah! -Grookey!

[tense music]

Are you okay?

-Pikachu! -Huh?

[Goh] It looks even more intimidating up close!

-Slowking. -Huh?

-Pika? -It wants us to follow?

[Pokémon chittering]

[Goh] Is this… where they all live?

Slowking. Slowking. Slowking, slowing, slowking.

[both scream]

-Slowking. Slowking. -Is that for us?

Slowking, slowking, slowking.

-Slowking. Slowking. Slowking. -Hey, thank you.

[Slowking] Slowking, slow!

Huh? Hey, Goh?

[chimes]

[Rotom Phone] Seeds from a Galarica tree.

A favorite of Galarian Slowpoke.

-Slowking. Slowking. Slowking. -Huh?

Oh! [crunching]

[gulps]

[giggles]

[chuckles] So you can eat them?

[Pokémon chitter]

[all munch]

[crunching]

[all screaming]

[both] But they're…

great!

I could eat a ton. [chomps]

-So yummy. -Mm-hm!

I wonder if eating these made the Galarian Slowpoke's tails

so spicy hot.

-Those seeds are delicious! -Slowking.

I see.

You were just trying to give seeds to the other Slowpokes

to make friends with them, weren't you?

Great! We wanna help any way we can!

-[Slowking] Slo-slow. -[crunching]

Slowking.

[chuckling]

[grunting]

[both scream]

[Ash] Hold on! Don't tell me…

We have to do all that again?

[screaming]

-[thwacks] -I knew it!

Pika, pi.

[Grookey chitters]

Hey, Ash, you okay?

[snickering]

Come on, come on, come on!

♪ I'm the one making Galar sing! It's time for some Galarian swing! ♪

-Ash, come back! Come back! -Grookey?

♪ I'm the latest rage, I go, go, go! ♪

♪ And when I'm rapping, it's yo, yo, yo! ♪

-♪ Yo, yo, yo! ♪ -[gibbering]

-♪ Go, go, yo, yo, yo! ♪ -This is bad.

Didn't the Pokédex say the Shellder controls the Slowking?

I wonder if that means the Shellder is controlling Ash, too!

-High and low! Taking it slow! -Huh?

The Galar crew we met is nice as you can get.

I wanna help their pellets grow! Yo, yo, yo!

And you can help us, too! You know that, Goh.

I'm not sure what you're talking about,

but I think you want me to help you somehow.

Nailed it, bro! Now, let's go!

What should I do?

[snickers]

[whispering]

All of the Slowpoke? Okay, got it.

-It's cool like ice. -[sighs]

Yeah, but after that, how do you get the Slowpoke

and Galarian Slowpoke to become friends?

Yo! I've got me a master plan.

We'll make it better, letter, take a bite of it,

and you're a go getter!

-Yo! Yo! -Pikachu.

[sighs]

Everybody! Listen up!

[Grookey chitters]

That Galarian Slowking and its g*ng, they may seem a bit scary,

but they're actually super nice!

Grookey, roo!

They're really Slowpoke, just like you!

Couldn't you go see them one more time?

[sighs]

I'd guess they didn't understand a single word I just said.

Wow, there are a lot of Slowpoke gathered here, you know?

[Goh] Hey, it's Slowking!

It's been a while! How have you been doing?

[gibbering]

[Goh] Perfect timing!

This is the deal.

A Galarian group has come here to the island, and--

[Ash] Yo!

Sorry to keep you waiting, yo, yo!

Yo, yo, yo! I'm the Galarian Ashking!

Pika, pikachu…

Huh? What's with that huge pot?

[snickers]

Come on, Goh!

Huh?

-[Goh] A ladle? -Time for a rap battle!

So come on!

[shouting]

Slow… king.

Huh? No, wait! Stop it!

[thwacks]

Gohking is on the scene!

-Yo, Gohking, yo! -Hey, Ashking, hey!

-Yo! -Hey!

-Put your hands up! -Then let's go!

♪ Yo, yo, yo, Gohking, battle today ♪

♪ Hey, hey, hey! It's a rap battle, Ashking, okay! ♪

[Ash] ♪ Yo, yo, yo, curry ♪

♪ Eat it while it's really Really hot, yo! ♪

♪ It's tasty, yo, it's spicy, yo! ♪

♪ Yo, yo, curry, spicy, yo! ♪

[Goh] ♪ No, no, no! ♪

♪ Only noodles for me, you see ♪

♪ That's what the Slowpoke all wanna eat ♪

♪ Put it in your bowl and let's feast ♪

-[Grookey cheering] -Pika…

[hip-hop music]

♪ Hey, call me Galarian Ashking While I cook with Galarica seeds! ♪

♪ With a bashful bam, curry's my jam ♪

♪ If you eat it, you're my friend So you got a fried bam ♪

[whimpering]

[grunting]

♪ This ain't the end, try it again ♪

♪ Noodles are the only meal for Slowpoke ♪

♪ This ain't the end, try it again ♪

♪ We don't need curry, so buzz off ♪

[groaning]

♪ Curries still rule, everybody knows it ♪

♪ If you can't dig it Then you really shouldn't show it ♪

♪ The taste of noodles It's a whole different game ♪

♪ And, yeah, yummy is its name Yummy is its name, so here we go ♪

Yo! Yo! Yo, yo, yo!

-Yo! Yo! Yo! -[Goh] Hey! Hey! Hey, hey, hey!

-Hey, hey, hey! -[Ash] Yo! Yo! Yo, yo, yo!

Hey! Hey!

-Hey, hey, hey! -Yo!

-Hey! Hey! -Yo!

[upbeat music]

[all gasp]

[thuds]

[Ash] Curry noodles?

[Goh] What's going on?

[Pokémon gibber]

[Pokémon chittering]

[calm music]

[both chomp]

[both moan]

[stomachs rumble]

-Yo! I'll bet it tastes great! -Hey, should we eat and not wait?

-Mmm… -[slurping]

[gulps]

Yo, what a great taste!

I'll eat it all, nothing's gonna go to waste!

Like magic food, flying from the sky!

This curry tastes so good, I think I might cry!

-Yo, yo! -Hey, hey!

-Yo, yo, yo! -Hey, hey, hey!

-[Ash] Yo, yo, yo, yo! -[Goh] Hey, hey, hey, hey!

-[Ash] Yo, yo! -[Goh] Hey, hey!

[Ash] Yo, yo, yo!

[all slurping]

-Oh… -That was so good.

[amused gasp]

[all whimper]

[upbeat music]

[both mumbling]

[Slowbro] Slow.

Slowking. Slowking.

-Isn't that great? -Yeah!

Slowking. Slowking. Slowking, slowking, slowking.

[Slowking muttering]

-[Slowking] Slowking, slowking, slowking. -[Ash and Goh] Huh?

-[amused gasp] -Pika.

That's amazing!

[Slowpokes cheering]

-We'll see you again! Bye! -Take care of yourselves!

[Pokémon chittering]

[both] Have a safe trip!

[narrator] Galarian Slowking and friends are off on another journey,

perhaps to plant Galarica seeds all over the world,

as the journey continues!

[closing theme music]