25x16 - Radio Lulled the Mischievous Stars!

[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… -[Jessie] Put a sock in it!

-[narrator] Huh? -[Jessie laughs]

[Jessie] Hi from the other side of our broadcast signal!

[narrator] Wait. What?

[Jessie] Spare me the whats! This is our time!

[narrator] No, it isn't.

[Jessie] I'm taking over this narration gig.

[narrator] No, you're not!

-I mean, we haven't even… But, but, but… -[Jessie] Get outta my way…

Test! Do you copy out there?

Okay, title time!

Listen, you two, we're reading this one together, capiche?

Ready, set…

Welcome to Team Rocket's Undercover Kingdom Radio live!

Comin' at ya…

Wobbu…

Yeah? You rang?

Run the background music before I turn you into a phone book!

Please pick on someone else…

Hm? [laughs maliciously]

[Rotom Phone] When you put it that way…

Folks, feast your ears on our live, late night talk show,

Team Rocket's Undercover Kingdom Radio.

I'm Jessie.

Your queen! The star!

Right here…

[grunts] You mean me?

-My name is… -This is James.

-Second fiddle but first class! -[gasps]

-To my right… -It's Meowth, that's right!

-A superstar delight! -Wait!

If you're a superstar, then I have to be…

I have to be a super great, super ultra, super master superstar!

Super master isn't even a stinkin' word.

And what's up with this second fiddle, first class balderdash?

Assistants are usually second fiddles.

We're all stars here, aren't we?

That's what we agreed to at the Kingdom Radio planning meeting!

-Well, I can't seem to recall… -But I do…

These things happen all the time.

On live radio, you expect the unexpected!

You never know what's going to happen on the air, so go with the flow!

[laughs]

No surprise. Trying to control everything, eh?

-Another ego parade. -Hey, zip it!

Now's the time when we explain to the folks what's coming up on the show.

Right you are! Batter up, James.

Righto! On Team Rocket's undercover team--

On Team Rocket's Undercover Kingdom Radio,

everyone is a potential member!

This web radio program intends to expand our team membership!

-Those were my lines… -It's all about you…

Obvy!

Team Rocket is a wonderfully evil secret organization!

Now, your super great, super hyper, super master superstar

will explain everything!

Wow. My assistants here and I aim to bring you this program

with a bang!

Which is to say we'll shower you with flowers of joy!

-Old chum? -And it's all brought…

How can Jessie read her script without a stumble or a stutter?

It's because being the star of a radio show

really floats her big shot boat.

-You dig? -Moving on.

I'm humbly living the life of a girl in her prime, and so it goes…

What'll I do next for you cutie pies?

Something with a bang!

Without a fleeting moment's hesitation for the benefit

of Team Rocket members only!

-Now, you know what happens next… -[James and Meowth yelps]

Let's catch us some new members!

Wobbuffet.

And now it's time to bring you our opening song!

-"Team Rocket's With You". -[Meowth and James] One, two, three, meh…

[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]

[Team Rocket] Coming atcha!

-[Jessie] Radio… -[James] Lulled…

[Meowth] The Mischievous Stars!

[Wobbuffet] Wobbuffet.

[sighs, laughs]

I know I shouldn't say it but that was the best show ever!

You think so just because you took over everything.

Somehow you managed to do all of the talking.

It was little more than a one-woman Jessie fest!

Your timing stinks! You should've just jumped in!

[all] Huh?

Hm.

Radio has its own kind of rhythm and pacing, see?

There's background music so you may think

that you understand the rhythm.

But that kind of surface-level thinking is the worst of the worst!

In other words, you're both rank amateurs!

You're supposed to create a wave that washes from the back of the throat…

which then becomes words that convey your feelings to the heart!

Of course, there's acting. Just part of a performer's skillset!

Which, as a great actress, I do as easily as breathing itself.

[Meowth] She opens up her yap and lectures fall out.

Now that we're clear…

We will now discuss the second broadcast!

[all grunt]

You want to do another one of these?

Why, of course.

[Jessie] It's an order from the Boss, after all.

Now. Meowth!

-Read the order again aloud. -[soft grunt]

"You must increase Team Rocket membership all over the world."

-That's what it says. -Using radio!

Radio can be heard worldwide!

Our conversations will create a wave of evil that will spread…

Covering every listener in Team Rocket evil goodness!

-Let's catch some… -[all] New members!

Wo… Wo… Wobbu…

See?

Well, it really isn't such a bad plan, the radio.

-I told you… -Hey, Rotom!

Spill the beans on how many new member applications we have!

Are you serious? Let's see…

-Zero. -[all] Huh?

Listen up.

The ratings for your live broadcast were a big zero.

And zero people listened to the archived recording. None.

[both] Huh! As in none?

[cries] Wobbuffet…

[all grunt]

[soft laugh]

-Jessie dear? -What's wrong?

Well, that will be just fine!

Now, we'll make a hugely popular radio program that will make everyone

a full-fledged member of Team Rocket!

-[all] Yey! -[Jessie giggles]

[crickets chirp]

[snoring]

[sighs] All done.

I can finally take a break from server maintenance!

[grunts]

-It's pretty late, you know? -Oh…

Huh? Oh.

What's that?

It's only a notification, that's all.

Notification? What's it for?

One of my hobbies is listening to radio programs.

Radio?

And that's why I have all my favorite programs

send me push notifications.

The radio.

Back in the day, I used to listen to it quite a lot.

[Ren] Really?

The reception wasn't good,

so I'd extend the antenna all the way and stick it out of the window.

Oh, that's so cool!

These days, it's mostly web radio…

You get to listen whenever you like.

So that must mean you don't send in questions on postcards.

What? Now it's mostly email.

It's much more convenient…

But still, there's something wonderful about waiting for that program each week.

I liked that feeling.

It was like making a promise to meet up with the DJ.

Hm. I know what you mean.

That's why I like tuning into live webcasts.

And while I'm listening,

I feel the connection between the audience and DJ.

That unseen feeling sent over the radio waves

for the whole world to experience!

Well, now you've got me wanting to listen again!

-Should I? -Do it!

[birds chirping]

It's all done.

That's good news.

I think we squeezed in what we needed to.

With this, our second broadcast is evil perfection.

Gather up, all of you fellow vile villains!

We've got your perfected evildoings right here and now!

And a mashup of lovely, charming evil is blooming right there and then!

We like to call it Team Rocket's Undercover Kingdom Radio!

Coming to you live and covering everything from A to Z!

[background music]

And so, let's get started!

Now, it's time to gather up,

every single one of you fellow vile villains!

It's a lovely mashup of charming evil blooming right there and then!

We like to call it Team Rocket's Undercover Kingdom Radio!

I'm Jessie, humble yet shining star!

And I'm James, turbo transcendent star!

And I'm your supersonic level star, Meowth!

Our driving force is the need to increase membership in Team Rocket,

so we're bringing you this web radio based program, live and unedited!

And for our second broadcast, we're reformatting!

You won't stop digging this until the very end!

[giggles] And so!

[all] Gather up, all of you fellow vagrant villains!

It's a mashup of lovely, charming evil blooming right here and now!

We like to call it Team Rocket's Undercover Kingdom Radio!

So don't you forget to remember

it's Team Rocket's Undercover Kingdom Radio!

Coming to you live and covering everything from A to Z!

We're evil…

[breathes deeply] After this short break.

[all groan]

New member application: zero.

I'm thinking that maybe the reason we really bombed this time

was the introduction of our all-new segment.

Let's Play the Evil Things Name Game.

[groans]

The one who insisted on it, if memory serves me,

that would be James.

Hold the phone!

Everybody was supportive when I suggested it! That's why…

Don't you think our program name is too long?

[grunting]

So why don't we try utilizing some nicknames?

-Perhaps… -Good idea!

Each of the show openings

could have a cool and unique greeting you know?

And each of us sporting a neat nickname might work!

-Say! -Yes, James?

Feast your eyes…

I just made a brand new giveaway item.

-Giveaway? -Translation, please…

Oy…

They're teensy weensy thingamabobs that are only given out to listeners

who send in questions.

[James] Bottle cap badges!

-So, what do you think? -[both] Perfect!

-[laughs] -A real radio prize!

Our listeners are gonna love them!

You think so?

I was also thinking this might be another winning prize.

A Premier Ball!

But isn't that from your personal collection?

Anything to make our listeners happy…

-So touching… -You're a good radio egg!

Right! I'm ready to rock!

The Regret Our Failures While Planning Episode Three

meeting is underway!

-[all] Yay! -Wobbuffet!

[narrator] After several false starts, the Team Rocket radio program

underwent multiple reformatting attempts.

And in doing so, they became a topic of conversation

among radio lovers all over the land.

[whirs]

[Team Rocket] It's Dum Dum Dum Z!

[Jessie] Tonight, we're doing Dum Dum Dum!

[James and Meowth] Dum Dum, meow!

[Jessie] We're celebrating our th episode!

They've been doing this for quite a long time…

-[James] And I'm Mister Bluesy Locks! -[Meowth] And I'm your Cosmic Charm!

Our purpose is to make friends!

And that goes for every one of you,

while we broadcast these momentous events completely live!

And today I mean again today…

We're going to bring you brand new features!

-And the first? -Get ready.

It's time for What's in Pelipper's Mouth?

And as for number two…

Morpeko's ASMR Time! is coming at ya after!

Uh…

Exactly what is ASMR supposed to mean?

[James] And, of course, the segment you all love,

You Need Advice, and We Give It with a Dum Dum Dum!

Let's kick things off by diving into our mailbag.

Our first writer's Dum Dum name is Feeling Lonesome Father.

-Ooh. -Thanks for your letters…

Every one of them!

Lately, my daughter's only been paying attention to Pokémon,

-and she ignores me! -Oh?

How can I get her back again?

Isn't this asking for advice?

Now, that's just what I'd expect from Mister Are You Lonely Tonight.

Sending this to our regular mailbag is actually a pretty clever idea,

now that I think of it. Yup. Smart.

Perhaps, but, you know what?

Of course, she'd pay attention to her Pokémon.

Yeah. Some Pokémon like an Eevee for example are adorable!

I must agree.

If I had an Eevee near me I'd focus on it all day long!

I don't know who'd be able to pay attention to anything else.

Elementary! I'd expect nothing else…

Wait.

He doesn't want to hear that!

-What's the solution? -Eureka!

-[James] Hm? -He wants her attention!

-Why not perfect his Pokémon smarts? -Sound logic.

Uh. I know what, why not work to become a Pokémon Professor?

Good idea!

And therefore, Mister Are You Lonely Tonight

needs to become a Pokémon Professor for his poor daughter's sake.

-Dig? -Um-hmm.

Do that and I'm sure your daughter will pay attention to you!

Go for it!

You know what? I think this program is kind of fun!

[James] How many bottle cap badges have we sent him so far?

-[Jessie] Uh… -[Meowth] Twenty four.

-No, I'm wrong, that makes twenty five! -[James] No…

[Meowth] That means Mister Are You Lonely Tonight joins our listener hall of fame!

Congratulations on a problem well solved!

[all cheer]

[Jessie] Please, someone gets to questions,

we'll call them Letter Laureates.

Um-hm.

From Workers, Regulars, and Hall of Famers,

the listeners can then become Letter Laureates. A real success story.

That parade of words zings my heartstrings!

After so long, I've finally found a show I can get into!

-[laughs] -[James] Up next…

[all] Get ready for What's Inside Pelipper's Mouth?

[noisy background music]

This is where someone feels something that's inside Pelipper's mouth

and guesses what it is!

It's Mister Bluesy Locks's turn.

I'll do my best.

-[warbles] -[grunts]

And we would like you lovely listeners to judge Mister Bluesy Locks's reactions

and try to guess for yourself.

-[Pelipper warbles] -I'll never get used to doing this.

Excuse me…

[Pokémon grunts]

[James] Hm? Isn't this, um, fluffy?

It is fluffy!

All right, just a little more.

Okay.

[James] Let's see… Now, this part is rather stone-like…

What could it be?

Owwww!

The thing you just touched is Morpeko!

So did all of you lovely listeners figure it out?

And next up, we're bringing you our Morpeko ASMR feature!

Yes, yes, yes! I did a search on it!

ASMR is a really warm and fuzzy feeling given by a certain sound, right?

Tell me how close I am to the truth.

Um-hm. Yeah, you're pretty close, all right.

All right.

Morpeko is just about to eat something now.

Could you chill out a bit?

And in the meantime, can all of you lovely listeners guess

what it's nibbling on?

[screams]

All right, here we go! I know you can guess this!

-Here. -[munching]

You know you're not supposed to eat that, Morpeko!

Huh? What's it supposed to be eating?

I was saving that tasty treat to eat later…

So, dear listeners, can anyone out there figure out

what Morpeko was indulging in?

Bet nobody can figure that out.

It was just a huge splashing sound…

-[James] And the answer is… -I'm all ears.

-It's…. -…Pudding à la mode!

Pudding à la mode?

Morpeko-peko.

To lighten the mood a bit.

Next up is a bit of nonsense!

Cosmic Charm says it's tongue twister time!

And the one who sent us the tantalizing tongue twisters

goes by the Dum Dum name The Rock Solid Hero!

All right! That's mine!

They're using mine!

It warms my heart that my beloved Princess Number Seven

actually spoke my name!

Her lovely voice is in fine form again tonight!

Dig it! Say this three times fast!

[inhales deeply]

[Meowth] Torkoal and Torterra trot through ten t…

[chuckles]

-Lemme try it again! -[James] Right!

[Meowth] Torkoal and Torterra trot through ten tunnels to town!

Torkoal and Torterra trot through ten tunnels to town!

[Jessie and James laugh]

[Meowth] Torkoal and Torterra trot through ten tunnels to town!

-[Jessie and James] You did it! -[James] Exemplary!

-[Team Rocket cheer] -[Meowth] Rock and roll!

[laughs, sighs]

[laughter]

And now it's time for us to reveal the letter

from the lovely listener that touched our radio hearts the most!

[drumbeats]

His Dum Dum name? None other than Fidgetycois!

[all cheer]

A couple of wonderful people I know have some admirable goals.

One wants to be a Pokémon Master,

while the other's goal is to catch one of every Pokémon, including Mew!

Princess Number Seven, Mister Bluesy Locks, Cosmic Charm,

would you mind passing along a message to them?

-You first. -Wow!

-Talk about big dreams! -Yeah!

Um, yes! There's a thing about dreams.

The bigger they are,

-the more exciting when they come true! -True.

-True. -True, that!

So I'm gonna cheer them on one hundred percent!

Me, too! Me, too!

Should there be trouble,

I hope they know they can rely on Mister Bluesy Locks!

And if they feel sad, or endure painful times…

Then, please. Remember!

Your friend Fidgetycois is also your ally just as we three are!

Keep those dreams close to both your hearts!

And thanks a bunch for the mail!

Once our program is over, we'll send Pelipper to your place

along with Mister Bluesy Locks's Premier Ball

and a bottle cap badge!

[warbling]

And that's our th broadcast of Dum Dum Dum Z people!

You've been listening to Princess Number Seven, and…

Mister Bluesy Locks…

And Cosmic Charm, live on the air!

-And I must say… -[all] What a blast!

[all laugh]

[birds chirping]

-[Ash] Good morning. -[Goh] Good morning.

Pi-ka!

Good morning, Professor! How are you?

-Good morning. -Morning, everyone!

Good morning, Ren!

You seem like you're in a great mood today!

-Huh? Think so? -Did you get some good news?

Something like that, yes. Look at that!

-[Ren] Isn't it… -[Cerise] Well, it's just a badge.

Just something I found lying around. [laughs]

-Professor Cerise! -Hm?

Tonight, we're doing Dum Dum Dum!

-Dum Dum Dum Z! -Yeah!

[Goh] Huh?

-Could it be? -Yes!

I understand. I looked into listening to web radio after you mentioned it.

And then I found this show!

Last night was my first one.

-Isn't that… -A Premier Ball!

Now, where did you get that?

[laughs] Long story!

That means you must be Fidgetycois?

Of course.

As a fellow worker, it's only proper that I introduce myself.

Hm!

Huh? Could it be…

Mister Are You Lonely Tonight?

Um-hm.

-And I must say it was a blast! -It was a blast!

-Grookey? -What's all that about?

I don't have a clue…

But it looks like they're having fun!

-Grookey. -Pikachu.

-Hm. -Um-hm.

[Team Rocket] Dum Dum Dum Z!

[Wobbuffet] Wobbuffet.

Now, Dum Dum Dum!

-Dum Dum, yo! -Dum Dum, yo!

You'll never guess what just happened!

[narrator] Jessie, James, and Meowth started with the goal of increasing

Team Rocket membership worldwide which they soon forgot.

They'll be called on the carpet and chewed out by the Boss…

That's true.

…but since their radio show is a blast, Dum Dum Dum Z

keeps broadcasting at a whimsical pace,

-because it's popular, legendary… -Why are you butting into our broadcast?

-[narrator] Well, I… -Did you even listen to what I said?

[narrator] To be honest…

I suppose I didn't.

No fair!

You may be the narrator, but there are things

a voice without a face shouldn't do!

-[narrator] I'm very sorry! -You can save your apologies for later!

Take this.

Now, you read the first bit of mail.

[narrator] What? You mean me?

Wobbu… Wobbu…

[narrator] Very well.

Our first letter is from the listener with the Dum Dum name Radio Connoisseur…

[closing theme music]