12x17 - The Lonely Snover!

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NARRATOR: Pausing for a moment on their way to Snowpoint City

and Ash's next Sinnoh Gym battle,

a mountain cliff with a sprawling view

captures their attention.

BROCK: Fantastic view, isn't it?

PIKACHU: [IMPRESSED] PIPLUP: [IMPRESSED]

CHERRIM X : [JOYOUS]

DAWN: Look at the Cherrim! PIPLUP: [EXCITED]

DAWN: They're so cute!

ASH: Yeah, but I get restless on a nice day like this.

Can't wait to battle it out at the Gym in Snowpoint City!

PIKACHU: [EAGER]

DAWN: You're totally ready for it, aren't you?

ASH: Sure! I'm always ready!

Sometimes it's hard to know,

Which way you're supposed to go.

But deep inside, you know you're strong.

If you follow your heart, you can't be wrong.

Stand up! [Stand up!]

For what is right.

Be brave!

Get ready to fight.

Hold on! [Hold on!]

We're friends for life.

And if we come, together as one,

Complete the quest, that we've begun,

We will win the battle!

Galactic Battles! Pokémon!

ASH: Now, Grotle, use Razor Leaf!

GROTLE: [RAZOR LEAF MOVE]

ASH: Chimchar, dodge it and use Flamethrower!

CHIMCHAR: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

ASH: Great! All right, Grotle, dodge and use Bite!

GROTLE: [PAINED]

GROTLE: [BITE MOVE]

CHIMCHAR: [PAINED]

BROCK: I can't believe how much more powerful

- Grotle's gotten lately! - DAWN: I know!

ASH: Chimchar! Knock Grotle off with Flamethrower!

CHIMCHAR: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

GROTLE: [PAINED]

GROTLE: [IMPRESSED]

CHIMCHAR: [IMPRESSED]

ASH: Okay. That's it for now!

ASH: Chimchar, you were great! CHIMCHAR: [PLEASED]

ASH: Grotle, you were great, too!

For a tough matchup, you battled really hard!

PIKACHU: [CHEERFUL]

ASH: I bet you're tired! Why not heal yourself with Synthesis?

GROTLE: [AFFIRMATIVE]

GROTLE: [RELIEVED]

CHIMCHAR, ASH, DAWN, BROCK, PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

CHIMCHAR, ASH, DAWN, BROCK, PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [SCARED]

SNOVER: [CURIOUS]

SNOVER: [DELIGHTED]

SNOVER: [SURPRISED]

CHIMCHAR: [SURPRISED] /

CHIMCHAR: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

ASH, BROCK, DAWN, GROTLE, PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [EXHAUSTED]

DAWN: Man, that came out of nowhere.

What kind of weird weather was that?

BROCK: I think we should take that as a sign and get going.

SNOVER: [ALARMED]

SNOVER: [CURIOUS]

SNOVER: [GRASS KNOT MOVE]

PIKACHU: [HAPPY]

ASH, PIKACHU: [SHOCKED]

BROCK: Are you all right?

DAWN: Look at you two! Why don't you get it together?

Man, that hurt!

ASH: What'd you say about getting it together?

BROCK: Why did we all trip like that?

BROCK: Oh.

BROCK: Hey, looks like a Grass Knot, doesn't it?

DAWN: Do you think a Pokémon did this?

BROCK: Then that must have been Powder Snow before, but why?

DAWN: Well, I'll bet the culprit is still hanging around!

ASH: That bush looks like a good hiding place!

SNOVER: [ALARMED] DAWN: Let's check it out!

ASH: Yeah! Whoever did it's going to get it big time!

PIKACHU: [ANGRY] PIPLUP: [DETERMINED]

SNOVER: [INGRAIN MOVE]

- ASH: What's going on? - DAWN: Wish I knew!

BROCK: I don't believe it!

PIPLUP: [SCARED] PIKACHU: [SUSPICIOUS]

- ASH: Check it out! - BROCK: It's a Snover!

DAWN: That's a Snover?

BROCK: I get it! This is Snover's Ingrain attack!

Bet the Grass Knot was its, too!

POKEDEX: Snover. The Frost Tree Pokémon.

Snover live mainly on snowy mountains

with little human contact,

but are known to approach people out of curiosity.

DAWN: That's one way to put it.

Guess it needed to catch us before it approaches us!

ASH: Now, Grotle, I choose you!

GROTLE: [APPEARING]

ASH: Grotle, quick! Use Razor Leaf and get us down from here!

GROTLE: [RAZOR LEAF MOVE]

ASH, BROCK, DAWN, PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [SHOCKED]

ASH, BROCK, DAWN, PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [PAINED]

SNOVER: [GRASSWHISTLE MOVE]

DAWN: Wow, that's a Grass Whistle!

BROCK: Be careful!

Don't listen to it, or else you'll fall asleep.

SNOVER: [CURIOUS]

ASH, BROCK, DAWN, PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [SLEEPING]

SNOVER: [PLEASED]

SNOVER: [INSISTENT]

ASH: Morning.

SNOVER: [CURIOUS]

ASH: Snover! What the.

ASH: Uh. Glad to meet you,too!

DAWN, BROCK, PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [DAZED]

DAWN: Ash, what's Snover doing to you?

ASH: I guess Snover's showing me what it's like to be friendly?

SNOVER: [HAPPY]

ASH: Hey, what is that?

BROCK: I think it wants you to eat it, Ash.

ASH: Let me see.

DAWN: That thing's really edible?

ASH: Take a piece.

SNOVER: [HAPPY]

DAWN: Uh. Thanks, Snover.

PIKACHU: [SKEPTICAL] PIPLUP: [CURIOUS]

BROCK, ASH, DAWN, GROTLE: [FOCUSED]

BROCK: Wow! This is delicious!

DAWN: And cold! It tastes just like an ice pop!

ASH: Yeah, and it's nice and sweet, too!

PIKACHU: [DELIGHTED] PIPLUP: [DELIGHTED]

ASH: Wow, thanks a lot, Snover!

PIKACHU: [GRATEFUL] PIPLUP: [GRATEFUL]

BROCK: Snover must have been using all those moves

on us so we couldn't do anything except stop

and give this delicious stuff a try!

DAWN: I think Snover just might want to be friends!

ASH: Yeah. Kind of an intense way of stopping us, though!

SNOVER: [SHEEPISH]

JAMES: So the Twerps have a taste for Snover berries, eh?

JESSIE: Wish it were I having a taste instead of them!

MEOWTH: Pokémon that grow berries don't grow on trees,

you know.

JESSIE: It's settled! We catch it, and that's that!

JAMES, MEOWTH: And we'll do it in seconds flat!

MEOWTH: Let us not forget Snover is the perfect gift

to bring to the Boss, of course.

JAMES, JESSIE: Mm-hmm!

MEOWTH: What better way to start the day

than with a brimming bowl of Snoverberries in bed,

accompanied by a cooling breeze from a frosty Snover fan?

Then it hits him! The Boss'll set up a Snoverberry stand

and corner the Snover snack market!

Who knew something so frosty could end up

bringing in so much green to the Team Rocket bank account?

Of course, he'll have us to thank for it.

And this is how he'll do it. "Thanks to Meowth and friends,

the world is full of Snoverberries,

and I'm a zillionaire!

And now Meowth's going to be one, too!" Woo hoo!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Pick a peck of Snover berries

/Soon we're gonna be so very /Wealthy and successful and-

JAMES: Of course,

that assumes Snover can bring forth enough berries.

ASH: Wow! Look at that!

DAWN: Snover must be really hungry.

BROCK: It does a heart good to see such a healthy appetite.

ASH: How do you like Brock's Pokémon food, Snover?

SNOVER: [PLEASED]

BROCK: Hope it's half as good as your berries!

Now make sure you eat it all up!

SNOVER: [DELIGHTED]

- ASH: Night! See you,Snover! - DAWN: Yeah, goodnight!

PIKACHU: [HAPPY]

PIPLUP: [HAPPY]

SNOVER: [HAPPY]

ASH: Take good care!

PIKACHU: [HAPPY] PIPLUP: [HAPPY]

SNOVER: [SAD]

DAWN: Snover looks kind of sad!

ASH: I wonder. Maybe it doesn't have any friends.

ASH: Hey, hold on, Snover!

Do you want to have breakfast with us, too?

SNOVER: [SURPRISED] PIKACHU: [ENCOURAGING]

SNOVER: [EXCITED]

ASH, BROCK, DAWN, PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [LAUGHING]

SNOVER: [SLEEPING]

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Bon appétit!

Our taste buds are in paradise!

JAMES: One taste of perfection, and there's no turning back!

JESSIE: Full speed ahead to Shangri-La!

SNOVER: [SCARED] PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [SHOCKED]

PIKACHU: [ANGRY] PIPLUP: [ANGRY]

ASH: Not you guys again!

JESSIE: Isn't that just like a Twerp to be in denial?

JAMES: When it comes to Snover berries, we're masters of guile!

- JESSIE: On the wind! - JAMES: Past the stars!

MEOWTH: And stinking with style!

JESSIE: Snover-berry-picking at a breakneck pace!

JAMES: Dashing all hope while I'm stuffing my face!

JESSIE: A berry by any other name's not as sweet!

JAMES: When my tummy's full, my work is complete!

- JESSIE: Jessie! - JAMES: And it's James!

MEOWTH: Meowth.that's a name!

JESSIE: Putting the do-gooders in their place!

JESSIE: We're Team Rocket! And we're in your face!

WOBBUFFET: [AFFIRMATIVE]

DAWN: Team Rocket!

ASH: What doyou think you're doing with Snover?

JESSIE: Think? I know! We're gifting this cute little

frozen berry machine to the big Boss!

ASH: No you won't! Grotle, I choose you!

GROTLE: [APPEARING]

ASH: Razor Leaf, go!

GROTLE: [RAZOR LEAF MOVE]

SNOVER: [SURPRISED]

JESSIE: Hey! I thought you had good taste!

ASH: Quick, Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!

PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

JESSIE: Impudent little imps! Yanmega, use Silver Wind!

YANMEGA: [SILVER WIND MOVE]

ASH, BROCK, DAWN, PIKACHU, PIPLUP, SNOVER: [SCARED]

JAMES: Carnivine! Come out and fight the good fight!

CARNIVINE: [AFFECTIONATE]

JAMES: Come on! I said fight the good fight,

not bite the good bite! Now, b*llet Seed!

CARNIVINE: [b*llet SEED MOVE]

ASH, BROCK, DAWN, PIKACHU, PIPLUP, SNOVER: [SCARED]

JESSIE: And with that gift, we must fly!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Bye-bye!

ASH: Grotle, Razor Leaf again,

and don't let them get away!

GROTLE: [RAZOR LEAF MOVE]

GROTLE: [ANGRY]

ASH: Okay, Pikachu, use Iron Tail!

PIKACHU: [IRON TAIL MOVE]

JAMES, JESSIE, MEOWTH: How dare you deflate our egos?

SNOVER: [DELIGHTED] PIKACHU: [PLEASED]

PIPLUP: [SATISFIED]

DAWN: Wow! What a beautiful day it's going to be today!

- ASH: You bet! - BROCK: Nice day for travel.

SNOVER: [CURIOUS]

CHIMCHAR: [CONFUSED] / [INDIGNANT]

GROTLE, PIPLUP, PIKACHU, GLISCOR, BUNEARY: [SURPRISED]

SNOVER: [SHEEPISH]

ASH: Boy, I'll tell you,

Snover sure loves pulling the practical jokes.

- DAWN: You said it, Ash. - BROCK: So!

What do you say we start getting ready to move on out?

ASH, DAWN: Right, Brock!

ASH: Hey, guys!

Soon as you're done eating, we're getting out of here!

GROTLE, PIPLUP, PIKACHU, GLISCOR: [ACKNOWLEDGING]

ASH: Okay, now for Grotle. PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

BROCK: Look at all those wild Pokémon!

DAWN: They're perched on Grotle's back!

SWABLU X , STARLY, KRICKETOT, GROTLE: [CONTENT]

ASH: There are nuts growing on its back!

DAWN: Wow,Ash, you're right.

BROCK: I guess this kind of thing happens once

Grotle's adjusted to Evolution!

ASH: That's awesome!

ASH: Wonder if they're any good?

PIKACHU: [CURIOUS]

PIKACHU: [DELIGHTED]

BROCK: Guess you either love it or hate it, right?

DAWN: Okay, so Snover grows berries on its body,

and Grotle grows nuts! Pokémon are so full of mystery!

BROCK: Of course, that's part of what makes them so intriguing!

ASH: Wow, Grotle, that's so cool!

SWABLU X , STARLY X , KRICKETOT: [STARTLED]

ASH, DAWN, BROCK, PIPLUP, PIKACHU, SNOVER: [SHOCKED]

SNOVER, GROTLE: [SCARED]

ASH: Team Rocket!

JESSIE: With two productive new members

of our nutty little family!

JAMES: Rare fruit-and nut-bearing Pokémon

are always welcome!

MEOWTH: And since the Boss is going to love

the fruits of our nutty labor, we'll be fat with cold cash!

JESSIE: We're on the fast track to fortune, so we've gotta dash!

JAMES, JESSIE, MEOWTH: Gone in a flash!

ASH: I don't think so! Quick, Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!

PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

ASH: Now what?

MEOWTH: We're so glad you brought that up, Twerp!

JESSIE: We're impervious to Thunderbolts,

which makes you Thunder Dolts!

- JAMES: We love revolts! - ASH: Then, Grotle!

Use Energy Ball and destroy Team Rocket's cage!

GROTLE: [ENERGY BALL MOVE]

GROTLE: [SCARED]

ASH: No, Grotle!

SNOVER: [INGRAIN MOVE]

GROTLE: [SCARED] / [RELIEVED]

ASH: Grotle, are you okay?

GROTLE: [AFFIRMATIVE]

ASH: Hey, don't worry, Snover.

Go ahead and jump. We'll catch you!

SNOVER: [SCARED]

JESSIE: We're one step ahead of you.

JAMES: Meowth, show them what Jessie meant!

MEOWTH: Big dough, well spent!

ASH, DAWN, BROCK, PIPLUP, BROCK, GROTLE: [SHOCKED]

ASH: Let's go after them!

DAWN, BROCK: Right!

MEOWTH, JAMES, JESSIE: Talk to the flames!

ASH: Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!

DAWN: Piplup, you use Bubble Beam!

PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE] PIPLUP: [BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

ASH: Come back here!

GROTLE: [FRUSTRATED]

GROTLE: [EXHAUSTED]

SNOVER: [SCARED]

GROTLE: [DETERMINED]

GROTLE: [ROCK CLIMB MOVE]

ASH: Come back here, Team Rocket!

ASH, DAWN, PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]

ASH: Look at Grotle!

BROCK: Grotle's using Rock Climb!

DAWN: Rock Climb?

ASH: That's awesome, Grotle! Go for it!

PIKACHU: [CHEERING]

SNOVER: [SCARED]

JESSIE: Hey, what's with the sidewinder?

JAMES: Does it have Velcro on its feet or something?

GROTLE: [ANGRY]

JESSIE: My sixth sense is telling me this is not cool.

MEOWTH: Don't forget,

that sticky green stinker can't touch us

if we're flying high in our beautiful balloon!

JAMES: Airtight argument!

JESSIE: Up the throttle! Bye, dear Grotle!

JAMES, JESSIE, MEOWTH: Enjoy the view!

GROTLE: [THREATENING]

JAMES, JESSIE, MEOWTH: Speedy can fly, too?

JAMES, JESSIE, MEOWTH: We're blasting off again!

GROTLE: [EFFORT]

ASH: Snover! Snap out of it!

GROTLE: [ALARMED]

BROCK: Happiny, come on out and catch Snover, quick!

HAPPINY: [APPEARING]

ASH: Happiny won't make it!

GROTLE: [DETERMINED]

SNOVER: [CONFUSED] GROTLE: [RELIEVED]

HAPPINY: [URGENT] GROTLE: [URGENT]

SNOVER: [SCARED]

HAPPINY: [RELIEVED]

GROTLE: [EXHAUSTED]

ASH: Grotle! SNOVER: [AFFECTIONATE]

PIKACHU, PIPLUP, BROCK, DAWN: [RELIEVED]

ASH: Grotle, you were incredible!

BROCK: Yeah, you, too, Happiny!

DAWN: Wow, that was the most amazing teamwork!

GROTLE: [PLEASED]

ASH, SNOVER: [LAUGHING]

DAWN: Okay, we're almost at the foot of the mountain.

BROCK: Let's see. Getting to Snowpoint City.

- BOY A: Wow! It's a Snover! - GIRL B: Boy oh boy!

NURSERY SCHOOL TEACHER: Now now, don't run!

If you do, you're likely to trip and fall!

BROCK: Excellent! Excuse me, beautiful and caring teacher,

- my name is Brock! - DAWN: Here we go.

BROCK: I happen to have some delicious Snover berries.

so why don't we relax with a cup of tea?

I'll put the kettle on right away.

CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

BROCK: Just- as soon-

as the pain- subsides.

CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]

- ASH: Hello there! - DAWN: Hi there!

- PIKACHU: [GREETING] - PIPLUP: [GREETING]

SNOVER: [GREETING]

NURSERY SCHOOL TEACHER: Why, hello!

KID X : Yay!

SNOVER: [DELIGHTED]

SNOVER: [HAPPY]

GIRL A: I think Snover wants us to eat it.

BOY B: Wonder if it's good?

NURSERY SCHOOL TEACHER: Are you sure we can have it?

BROCK: Have no fear!

Snover berries are absolutely delicious!

DAWN: You recover fast!

NURSERY SCHOOL TEACHER, KID X : Then let's eat!

NURSERY SCHOOL TEACHER: It's sweet!

- GIRL B: It's cold! - BOY C: It's yummy!

NURSERY SCHOOL TEACHER: You're sweet, too!

- Thanks, Snover! - KID X : Thank you!

SNOVER: [PLEASED]

ASH: Wow, look at all those kids playing with Snover! Cool!

NURSERY SCHOOL TEACHER: Say, are you Pokémon Trainers

- by any chance? - ASH: Right!

See, I'm challenging every Gym I can

so I can enter the Sinnoh League!

DAWN: As for me, I'm a Pokémon Coordinator!

PIPLUP: [GREETING]

NURSERY SCHOOL TEACHER: A Coordinator?

So, you must be here to compete in the Sandalstraw Tournament,

- then! - DAWN: Sandalstraw Tournament?

NURSERY SCHOOL TEACHER: I see. you don't know! Look!

That's Sandalstraw Town over there.

And very soon, they're having their contest!

ASH: Hey, that's super close to here!

DAWN: I want to be in the Sandalstraw Contest, too!

ASH: Great! Be sure to give it your all!

DAWN: That's what I do!

BROCK: So we're stopping in Sandalstraw Town

before Snowpoint City!

SNOVER: [PLAYFUL]

ASH: Snover, we've got to go.

But look at you with all your new buddies! I'm glad.

There's nothing better than a bunch of good friends.

DAWN: He's right! And if it ever gets lonely,

you can always come visit them right here!

NURSERY SCHOOL TEACHER: You're always welcome

to come back anytime, Snover!

SNOVER: [DELIGHTED]

SNOVER: [FAREWELL]

ASH: Bye, Snover! Hope to see you again soon!

PIKACHU: [FAREWELL] DAWN: Bye. Take care!

PIPLUP: [FAREWELL]

ASH: That worked out great!

What do yousay we head to Sandalstraw Town?

DAWN, BROCK: Yeah!

NARRATOR: The relationships between people and Pokémon,

and Pokémon and Pokémon, can bear amazing fruit,

as a once-lonely Snover will attest to.

But not only is that a thing of the past

its newly learned Rock Climb move

has given Grotle newfound confidence,

bonding our heroes together even more!