25x11 - A One-Stick Wonder!

[bunniefuu]

[gentle 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]

The Wild Area offers a chance to catch unlimited Pokémon!

Or at least that's what I thought…

-[chuckles] -Grookey! Grookey.

-[worried groan] -[babbles]

-[gibbering] -[sheepish laugh]

Grookey, you could be a little less rambunctious.

Grookey-key.

I've got it.

We'll have dinner, get to bed early, and tomorrow…

Dinner! That's what I'm talking about!

-Huh? -We'll attract Pokémon to us

with some yummy-smelling food!

Totally, that's a great idea!

[Ash and Goh] All done!

Let's eat!

[all chomping]

Yeah, curry is the best!

-[both groan] -Pika.

[gasps] Wait, what have we done?

-We ate it all! -[distant rustling]

-Pika? -[both] Hm?

[both] Huh?

[rustles]

-Goh? -Shh!

[beeps]

[chimes]

[Goh's Rotom] Thwackey. The Beat Pokémon.

A Grass type.

Using its two sticks,

Thwackey beats out a high-tempo rhythm

so it can gain the respect of its peers.

Whaddaya know!

Your next evolutionary form!

Key-key-key?

-Huh? -Huh?

[Goh] It should have two sticks…

Oh, look, it's getting away!

[yelps]

Poké Ball, go!

-[thumps] -What are you…

Whoa…

[grunting]

Grookey-key-key.

[theme music]

♪ I'll go anywhere if I'm with you ♪

♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪

♪ Lightning strikes or any shade of blue ♪

♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh ♪

♪ The journey's the best part ♪

♪ Even when the road gets hard ♪

♪ I'll go anywhere if I'm with you ♪

♪ With you ♪

[gentle music]

[Ash and Goh] "A One-Stick Wonder!"

[Ash laughs]

Thwackey's name comes from a thwacking with a branch?

It's not a branch, Ash. It's a stick.

But the Pokédex mentioned two sticks, and it only had one…

[hiker] Did that Thwackey do a number on you, too?

Yeah, it sure did.

I specialize in foods foraged from the Wild Area.

So if you're in need of any ingredients, I can help you get what you need.

Ingredients…

Ah! So then, do you have anything good for making curry?

Of course! I've got everything a hiker could want!

-[loud thud] -Pika!

[hiker] I've seen that Thwackey quite a lot recently.

A lot of times, it will appear out of nowhere

and then sneak off with campers' food!

And that's where I come in…

Anyway, you take good care of yourselves.

[chuckles]

[both] Thanks!

[Goh] And so, we're on a quest.

Our mission?

Curry Revenge and Catch!

-[Ash] But will it show up? -[Goh] Of course, it will.

How could anyone resist a curry that delicious?

-There it is. -Hm?

[Ash] You're right.

[groans]

[grunts]

[sniffs, slurps]

Huh?

[chomping]

Now's my chance! Poké Ball, go!

-Key! -Oh, no…

-Grookey! -Grookey, come back!

Grookey! Grookey! Grookey! Grookey!

[gibbering]

[grunts]

[gibbering]

-[groans] -[thuds]

[surprised gasp]

Look at that!

What's it trying to do?

[dramatic whimpering]

[crying] Grookey-key!

-[wailing] -[gasping]

[wailing continues]

[comforting mumbling]

[mumbling continues]

-Whoa… -What's going on?

-[chimes] -[Goh's Rotom] Grooming.

A ritual performed by Thwackey

in order to cheer up its friends.

It's a way to show friendship and trust.

Grookey-key…

-Seems to feel great! -It does. For sure.

[both mumbling]

[babbling]

[confused mumble]

[grumbling]

[mumbles]

[excited mumbling]

-Huh? -Huh.

-[Goh] Wait, Grookey! -[Ash] Goh!

Come on!

-Let's go! -[Pikachu panting]

Pika…

Where'd they go?

-Huh? Over there! -[gasps]

[panting]

I wonder what they're up to.

[tapping]

Grookey-groo…

Grookey-key.

Grookey-key!

Grookey-roo!

Grookey-key.

[mumbles]

-[grunts] -[thumps]

Grookey-key!

[both chattering]

[both chomping]

[lead Thwackey grunts]

Grookey-key-key-roo.

I think it's teaching Grookey something.

[Goh] I've never seen Grookey sit still and listen like that!

They sure make a great team!

[Goh] Thwackey's the perfect teacher to coax Grookey

into growing up a little more.

Hey, Thwackey?

Wanna come with us?

It would be a whole lot more fun hanging out with Grookey

than staying here alone!

[Thwackey A howling] Thwackey!

-[Thwackey B howling] -Huh?

[overlapping howling]

-What's that? Huh? -Grookey! Grookey.

[leaves rustling]

[swooshes]

[indistinct chittering]

-[overlapping chitter] -[gasps]

[babbling]

[both mumble]

[Ash] There's a whole bunch of Thwackey!

[Goh] And they don't look happy.

I wonder if we're trespassing on their territory.

[frustrated mumbling]

[calling]

[tense music]

[worriedly] Groo…

[mumbling]

Now what?

[all gasp]

[heavy thudding]

[heavy thudding continues]

[frustrated mumble]

Isn't that…

-[chimes] -[Goh's Rotom] Rillaboom.

The Drummer Pokémon. A Grass type.

The one who is the best drummer becomes the leader,

and its calm presence helps maintain harmony within its troop.

-[annoyed mumble] -[all gasp]

[ordering] Rilla-rilla. Boom-boom.

[gasps, mumbles]

-[Thwackey C calling] -[all mumbling]

[babbling]

[both chittering]

[surprised mumble]

[upbeat drumming]

[both chittering]

[surprised mumble]

[upbeat drumming]

[both groan]

-[Thwackey D chattering] -[upbeat drumming]

[frustrated murmuring]

[excited chittering]

So that's the beat of a troop of wild Thwackey?

Awesome! This is sure getting fun!

-[Pikachu] Pika! -You're not alone!

[Goh] Pikachu and Grookey feel the same way!

[excitedly] Pika!

[shivered breathing]

[annoyed mumble]

[mumbles]

[shivered breathing]

Thwackey! [tapping]

-[rhythmic tapping] -[grunts]

[mumbles]

-[rhythmic tapping] -[both mumbling]

[struggled groaning]

-[rhythmic tapping] -[worried groan]

[struggled groaning]

[groaning continues]

-[frustrated mumbling] -[loud thump]

Wait. What just happened?

I get it!

[Goh] It can't keep up with the others with just one stick.

Rillaboom…

[worried shriek]

[encouraged mumbling]

-[grunts] -[gasps]

Grookey?

-[ashamed grunt] -[worried groan]

[lead Thwackey panting]

-[worried mumble] -[sad mumble]

So sad.

Grookey. Grookey.

[Ash] Who's that Pokémon?

[soft upbeat music]

-Pika? -Thwackey!

Pika, pika!

[insects chirping]

[Ash] I'm pretty sure it came this way.

-[distant stick tapping] -[both] Huh?

[tapping continues]

-[murmurs] -[cracks]

-[mumbles] -[thuds]

[rustles]

[thumps]

[mumbles]

It must be hard not to be able to drum like your friends.

I wonder if we can help.

Like finding another perfect stick.

[concernedly] Grookey.

But what's perfect?

I'm sure every stick has its own feel.

And Thwackey likes what it likes.

-Guess so… -Grookey.

-Huh? -What, Grookey?

[murmuring]

-[Grookey calling] -[gasps]

[both mumbling]

Grookey-key!

It's offering its own stick!

Oh, wow. I never would've dreamed.

Grookey-key-roo.

[gasps]

-[thwacks] -[yelps]

[pained groan]

Grookey, no!

-Grookey-key? -[grunts]

[murmurs]

That poor Thwackey…

[both groan]

-[rhythmic tapping] -[both] Huh?

[rhythmic tapping continues]

[rhythmic tapping continues]

[crying]

[both sigh]

[worried mumbling]

[grunts]

Grookey…

[fast-paced rhythmic tapping]

-[Grookey mumbling] -[grumbling]

[frustrated mumbling]

[both] Huh?

Hold on.

[both] All they need to do is beat double time with one stick!

[both mumble]

If Grookey can do it, then I'm sure Thwackey can also do it with no problem!

[both exhale]

All right, special training, everyone!

Grookey-key…

[mumbling]

Grookey.

[affirmative mumbling]

[excited mumbling]

[Ash laughing] Okay, Thwackey, let's train!

[zooms]

[lead Thwackey panting]

[both panting]

Go swoosh and zoom, and try to catch Pikachu!

-[grunts] -Pika!

Now, Sirfetch'd, Brutal Swing!

Sirfetch'd!

-[thwacks] -[groans]

-Sirfetch'd! -[pained groan]

You can do better than that!

You've got to lean into it more!

Sirfetch'd, one more time!

[Sirfetch'd exclaims]

I think Ash can handle this one while we go looking for something to eat!

-Grookey! -Hm?

-Grookey-key-key. -What do you see, Grookey?

[partner Thwackey] Grookey!

[Goh] Aren't they…

[Goh] Oh. They're Nanab Berries!

[both mumbling]

[partner Thwackey panting]

Grookey-key.

[Grookey and wild Grookey chittering]

[chittering continues]

[laughs] That's Grookey for you!

It can make a new friend instantly!

Huh?

[inaudible]

In the wild, it would live with others of its kind.

So it's only natural they would bond with them.

Huh?

-[mumbling] -Huh?

You want me to have them?

That's a big help! Thank you!

[wild Grookey panting]

[doubted mumbling]

[worried mumble]

Hmm…

You're worried about the Thwackey.

I'm sure it will be fine.

So wait just a little bit longer, okay?

[mumbling softly]

[Pokémon grunting]

[all chomping]

[Ash] Whoa! That's what happened?

Maybe they're keeping watch from the shadows.

[determined mumble]

That's the spirit!

[Pokémon exclaiming]

Sirfetch'd!

[screams]

-[thumps] -Sir…

-[swooshes] -…fetch'd!

[taunted mumbling]

[annoyedly] Sirfetch'd!

-[screams] -[happy mumble]

[angrily] Sirfetch'd!

[frustratedly] Sirfetch'd!

What's that?

It's like a movie sword fight! That's epic!

It's awesome! Totally fun!

-Goh, let's get in on it, too! -Pika!

-Pikachu, use Iron Tail! -Pika!

[Pikachu exclaiming]

-Sirfetch'd! Go for it! -Sirfetch'd!

[both grunt]

Now, Greedent, use b*llet Seed!

[swooshing]

[both breathing heavily]

-[thwacks] -Pika!

Sir…

fetch'd!

[Sirfetch'd and Pikachu screaming]

[lead Thwackey grunts]

-Pika! -Sirfetch'd!

Whoa!

Thwackey, nice work!

[epic music]

[enchanting music]

[stick tapping in distance]

[indistinct snoring]

[stick tapping in distance]

[tapping continues]

[light music]

[inaudible chatter]

[gasps]

[happy groan]

[both snoring]

-[fast-paced stick tapping] -What's that?

[all gasp]

[fast-paced stick tapping]

[tapping continues]

Grookey…

Goh, are you seeing what I'm seeing?

Yeah. It's got it down!

[Goh] It's amazing!

[loud tapping]

[exclaims triumphantly]

[Thwackey calling]

What's that?

It's calling the other ones.

[Ash] You wanna go, Thwackey?

[determined mumbling]

[birds chirping]

[rhythmic stick tapping]

[rhythmic stick tapping continues]

[lead Thwackey calling]

[excited mumbling]

[grunts]

[loud thud]

[determined mumble]

[Thwackey chattering]

-It's about to start! -Grookey-key-key.

-Do your best! -Pika!

Rillaboom.

[mumbles]

-[swooshes] -[exhales]

-[tapping] -[happy mumble]

[tapping continues]

[rhythmic stick tapping]

[grunts]

-[humming happily] -[upbeat drumming]

[upbeat drumming]

-[happy chitter] -[relieved laugh]

-All right! -Right on the beat!

[upbeat drumming]

[chuckles]

[upbeat drumming continues]

-Huh? -[soft giggle]

What's up?

[upbeat drumming]

-Yeah, awesome! -Ah!

-Grookey! -Pikachu!

-[tapping] -[lead Thwackey exclaims]

Hey, this must be the same power Grookey has…

giving plants energy!

Yeah.

[Pokémon chattering]

[Ash] I know you wanted to catch a Thwackey,

but I guess that's not happening now.

[Pokémon chatter]

[excited exclaim]

Grookey? Goh, are you happy too?

Yeah. Thrilled.

-[both] Huh? -Pika?

[mumbling gratefully]

Your playing was awesome!

-Pika! -Thwackey!

[Grookey mumbling excitedly]

[mumbling gratefully]

[excited mumble]

[happy mumble]

[Grookey and lead Thwackey babbling]

[both mumbling]

-[lead Thwackey panting] -Grookey-key!

It's okay if you wanna go too…

Grookey?

See… I know you like them…

-Grookey! -[yelps]

Grookey, what are you doing?

[Ash] It looks like grooming to me.

Grooming?

[Goh's Rotom] Grooming.

It's a way to show friendship and trust.

I see…

Hey, I'm gonna work even harder, okay?

To be the best partner!

Friends forever!

What do you say, Grookey?

Grookey!

[narrator] Ash and Goh were able to help the Thwackey

with one stick rejoin its troop.

Goh's bond with Grookey has grown deeper,

and with lots more adventures in store, the journey continues!

[closing theme music]