13x08 - Flint Sparks the Fire!

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ASH: Wow, so this is Sunyshore City! I can't wait to win the

Gym Battle and get a hold of my eighth badge!

PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

DAWN: I wouldn't get too overly confident! The Sunyshore Gym

Leader's name is Volkner and I've heard he's tough to beat!

BROCK: Yeah! It says here as the Gym Leader, he's never been

defeated! And word on the street is he's the strongest

Gym Leader in all of Sinnoh!

ASH: Ah, big deal! The stronger my opponent is, the more fired

up I get! So undefeated or not,

I'm gonna defeat that Gym Leader and get my eighth Badge!

PIKACHU: [ENCOURAGING]

It's about you It's about me

It's about hope It's about dreams

It's about friends that work together

To claim their destiny

It's about reaching for the skies

Pokemon!

Given the courage And willing to try

It's about never giving up So hold your head up

And we will carry on... Sinnoh league victors

Pokemon!

NARRATOR: Beautiful Sunyshore City: home of the Sunyshore Gym!

And that's where our heroes are headed, as Ash looks to win his

eighth Sinnoh Gym Badge there!

DAWN: Hey, that must be the Sunyshore Tower!

BROCK: The Sunyshore Gym is near there

ASH: All right! You ready Pikachu?

PIKACHU: [PSYCHED]

MEOWTH: So the Twerp's here to challenge the Gym for the win!

JAMES: Perfect time to be on the take.

JESSIE: For Pikachu's sake!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Yes! Great moments we'll make!

WOBBUFFET: [EXCITED]

ASH: Whoa, we're finally here!

PA: Welcome.

ASH, DAWN, BROCK, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

PA: May I help you?

ASH: You bet! I'm here for a Gym Battle!

PA: Then please, help yourself.

DAWN: They're all Gym Badges!

ASH: Just take one?

PA: At the Sunyshore Gym, we skip the battling, and give

challengers a badge.

ASH: Skip the Battle?

PA: Please, help yourself.

ASH: Man!

DAWN: Might as well take one if they're giving them away.

ASH: But you got to earn it!

And that's after you win the Battle, right Brock?

BROCK: Of course! Otherwise, what's the point of having Gyms?

DAWN: What did Paul say?

PAUL: That Gym is not legit!

DAWN: This must've been what Paul meant.

ASH: I want to see Volkner now!

I want to challenge that guy to a real Gym Battle!

PA: That is not possible.

ASH: Volkner! C'mon, I know you're in there! Hey!

ASH: I came here to challenge you to a Gym Battle

- and I'm not... - PA: Please, stop.

You must leave the premises at once.

- Please, stop. - I want a gym battle.

PA: Intruder. You will now be escorted off the premises by

force. You will now be escorted off the premises by force.

You will now be escorted off the premises by force.

FLINT: Use Mach Punch!

INFERNAPE: [MACH PUNCH MOVE]

ASH: Infernape?

FLINT: Good!

BROCK: Wait a minute, aren't you, uh?

FLINT: I'm Flint from the Elite Four. Hey there!

ASH: Elite Four?

FLINT: I'll say this-you're determined! Follow me.

I'll bring you to Volkner!

FLINT: Volkner and I are good buds!

At the moment, he's over there!

FLINT: Sunyshore City generates electricity from solar panels,

located all over town! And every one of them is controlled

from Sunyshore Tower!

ASH: Whoa!

FLINT: And Volkner's responsible for building this

from the ground up!

ASH: Wow, Volkner built this?

ASH, DAWN, BROCK, PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [EXCITED][IMPRESSED]

RAICHU: [DEFENSIVE]

ASH: It's a Raichu!

FLINT: Hey there!

ASH: Flint! Look out!

FLINT: You look great, Raichu!

RAICHU: [HAPPY]

FLINT: Where's your partner?

RAICHU: [SURPRISED]

FLINT: Hey! Volkner!

VOLKNER: Hey Flint. Who are the kids?

FLINT: You've got a Gym Battle challenger!

ASH: Hi! Nice to meet ya! I'm Ash! I wanna Gym Battle!

VOLKNER: You saw the Badges at the Gym. Just take one of those.

ASH: No way! I want to earn my Badge by winning to Gym Battle!

So please, let me challenge you to a Battle!

PIKACHU: [URGENT]

VOLKNER: Don't make me tell you again.

ASH: But why won't you?

VOLKNER: I've completely lost interest in battling.

ASH: But

FLINT: Volkner, I can tell you Ash is an electrifying Trainer!

And I'm sure if you just gave him a chance

ASH, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

VOLKNER: What a day. Beautiful! I'd like you to leave.

FLINT: Volkner!

FLINT: It's my treat! Drink up, folks!

BROCK, DAWN: Thanks so much, Flint!

BROCK: Wow! What a fantastic deep and rich flavor!

DAWN: And what an aroma!

PROPRIETOR: I'm so happy you feel that way!

And, this is all on the house!

DAWN: Oh yum!

FLINT: That's wonderful, thank you!

BROCK, DAWN: Thank you, sir!

PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [HAPPY][CHEERFUL]

DAWN: Dee - lish!

PIPLUP: [THRILLED]

DAWN: Why aren't you eating, Ash?

ASH: Okay, look Flint! I can't go along with this!

When I heard Volkner was the strongest Gym Leader, well see,

I got totally fired up! But I just can't believe how un-into

battling Volkner is now.

FLINT: Yeah. Believe me he wasn't always like this.

PROPRIETOR: Right. Everybody used to refer to Volkner as

"The Shining, Shocking Star."

ASH: You're kidding.

FLINT: He reminded everyone of a bolt of lightning! Electrifying.

FLINT: Back when I was a kid, this city was full of hoodlums,

but Chimchar and I fought our way right to the top!

CHIMCHAR: [ATTACKING]

CHIMCHAR: [SATISFIED]

FLINT : Then one day, I met Volkner. I'll never forget it.

Suddenly, as if it were fated, we had a Battle!

CHIMCHAR: [ATTACKING]

FLINT: And I won

FLINT: But, it wasn't long until Volkner challenged Chimchar

and me once again!

CHIMCHAR: [ATTACKING]

PIKACHU: [ATTACKING]

CHIMCHAR: [PAINED]

FLINT: And this time, Volkner won.

FLINT: After that, we battled day in and day out to see who

was the top Trainer in Sunyshore City.

DAWN: Wow! Did you guys battle that much because you didn't

like each other?

FLINT: No, no! That wasn't why!

PROPRIETOR: Oh, they were getting along. I think they both

knew they'd always get along no matter what. It's knowing that

fact, that kept them going!

FLINT: That changed when the two of us came across a rogue

poacher deep in the forest

PIKACHU: [ATTACKING]

FLINT: So, facing an opponent together for the first time,

we battled alongside each other!

FLINT: When it was over

FLINT: even though we did manage to chase the poacher away,

it took its toll. Truth is, we got beat up pretty badly.

FLINT: But it didn't matter if we got hurt! Because after that

day, we were good friends.

ASH: But if Volkner's like what you say he is,

why won't he Battle me?

DAWN: Is there something else?

PROPRIETOR: I'll tell the rest of what happened.

It was when Flint had just turned twenty. Volkner became

the Gym Leader and stayed in Sunyshore City. And Flint, with

a desire to gain greater strength and skills,

went on the road, training in all conditions!

PROPRIETOR: Flint eventually became a member of the Elite

Four, while Volkner started losing interest in battling the

many Gym Challengers who crossed his path. He was always into

technology, and soon became obsessed with it.

PROPRIETOR: He built solar-powered systems all over

the city, and Sunyshore Tower as well, which controls these

systems. When finished, he could control the entire city with

solar-powered electricity!

PROPRIETOR: But after all was said and done, for some reason

Volkner felt like an empty shell. Something was missing

from his life.

It's like everything had lost its meaning!

FLINT: I brought you to Volkner because I thought you could help

himyour spark could make him feel like new!

VOLKNER: It was a wasted trip.

FLINT: Volkner! How long have you been there?

VOLKNER: Give me the u - sual, please.

PROPRIETOR: Sure.

FLINT: Volkner, you know how I feel about this!

Come on, snap out of it!

VOLKNER: So did you come back here just to give me a lecture,

Mr. Elite Four?

FLINT: What did you say?

VOLKNER: If you wanna punch me, do it.

FLINT: It's not even worth the time it takes to do it!

FLINT: So what's happened to you? What happened to the

electrifying Volkner? "The Shining, Shocking Star?"

VOLKNER: Flint, we're not kids anymore.

You've got to grow up sometime.

- FLINT: Grow up? - PROPRIETOR: Flint!

PROPRIETOR: Take a chance.

Why don't you have that Battle with Ash?

FLINT: Battle with Ash? Why would I do that?

ASH: C'mon, Flint! Have a Battle with me!

PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

BROCK: It's not every day one battles with a member of the

Elite Four, you know.

DAWN: I'd love to see that!

PIPLUP: [EXCITED]

PROPRIETOR: Volkner! You'll join us then, right?

PROPRIETOR: After all, Flint's battling Ash in your place.

The least you could do is watch.

VOLKNER: Sure! Whatever.

PROPRIETOR: Then it's settled!

JAMES: The Sunyshore Gym Fetching!

JESSIE: So, how do we go about fetching Pikachu?

MEOWTH: Piece of cake I say we dig!

JAMES, JESSIE: That's our kind of gig!

MEOWTH: James, you're shedding!

JAMES: My bottle cap! The rarest of the rare!

CLEANING MECH: Trash identified. Disposing.

JAMES: That's not trash, that's treasure! You robotic brute!

JESSIE, MEOWTH, WOBBUFFET: [SURPRISED]

REFEREE MECH: Attention! The three-on-three Pokémon Battle

between Flint of the Elite Four, and Ash from Pallet Town will

now get underway! And, begin!

FLINT: Ready or not!

ASH: So Flint's using Infernape! Okay, Buizel, I choose you!

BUIZEL: [APPEARING]

DAWN: Flint's using a Fire type so Ash's got the advantage using

Buizel, which is a Water type!

BROCK: Right! When it comes to type advantage, Buizel's moves

are super-effective on Infernape and not very effective

the other way around!

PROPRIETOR: Well, well! It's been a while since you've seen

Flint in a Battle isn't that right?

VOLKNER: I really don't care.

ASH: Buizel! Water g*n, let's go!

BUIZEL: [WATER g*n MOVE]

FLINT: Dodge it, quick!

INFERNAPE: [DETERMINED]

ASH: Now use Ice Punch!

BUIZEL: [EXERTION]

FLINT: Block that move!

INFERNAPE: [DEFENDING]

BUIZEL: [ICE PUNCH MOVE] PIKACHU: [SHOCKED]

ASH: Buizel, Sonic Boom!

BUIZEL: [SONIC BOOM MOVE]

FLINT: Smash it, Infernape!

INFERNAPE: [DETERMINED] ASH: Use Aqua Jet!

BUIZEL: [AQUA JET MOVE]

FLINT: Now, Flare Blitz!

INFERNAPE: [FLARE BLITZ MOVE]

BUIZEL: [DAZED] PIKACHU: [SHOCKED]

ASH: Buizel!

REFEREE MECH: Buizel is unable to battle!

The winner is Infernape!

DAWN: Buizel was beaten in one move?

BROCK: I guess type advantage doesn't mean a thing in

Infernape's case!

PROPRIETOR: Impressive, eh?

VOLKNER: No, it's typical. I've seen it all before. I've fought

countless weak challengers and they're all confident at first.

ASH: Thanks, Buizel! Return!

ASH: All right Infernape! I choose you!

INFERNAPE [ASH] : [APPEARING]

DAWN: Whoa! Infernape versus Infernape!

BROCK: A Battle of the Fire types!

ASH: Infernape! Use Flamethrower!

INFERNAPE [ASH]: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

FLINT: Quick! Smash it!

INFERNAPE [FLINT] : [EXERTION]

ASH: Flame Wheel, let's go!

INFERNAPE [ASH]: [FLAME WHEEL MOVE]

FLINT: Knock it away!

INFERNAPE [FLINT]: [BLOCKING]

INFERNAPE [ASH]: [SHOCKED] ASH: Use Mach Punch!

INFERNAPE [ASH]: [MACH PUNCH MOVE]

FLINT: Deflect it!

INFERNAPE [FLINT]: [DEFENDING] INFERNAPE [ASH]: [SHOCKED]

ASH: Use Mach Punch, once more!

INFERNAPE [ASH]: [MACH PUNCH MOVE]

FLINT: I'll show you what a real Mach Punch looks like!

FLINT: Go!

INFERNAPE [FLINT]: [MACH PUNCH MOVE]

INFERNAPE [ASH]: [PAINED]

ASH: Infernape! PIKACHU: [CONCERNED]

INFERNAPE [ASH]: [DAZED]

REFEREE MECH: Ash's Infernape is unable to battle!

The winner is Flint's Infernape!

DAWN: Just one move again!

BROCK: Flint's not in the Elite Four for nothing.

ASH: Great job, Infernape! Take a long rest!

DAWN: What's wrong, Volkner?

- PROPRIETOR: Hold it. - VOLKNER: I've seen enough.

PROPRIETOR: You should watch this until the end!

VOLKNER: It's a waste of time!

PROPRIETOR: Oh, I see. So you've completely lost

touch with your feelings.

PROPRIETOR: You must have if you can't sense Ash's spark!

ASH: Pikachu, you're up!

PIKACHU: [DETERMINED]

DAWN: I thought he'd use Pikachu for the last round!

PIPLUP: [EXCITED]

BROCK: Yeah, but for Ash, this is do or die! While Flint's only

used Infernape the whole time.

ASH: Pikachu, Quick Attack, let's go!

PIKACHU: [QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

INFERNAPE: [AMUSED]

PIKACHU: [ATTACKING]

FLINT: Say! Pikachu's been trained well! Flare Blitz, now!

INFERNAPE: [FLARE BLITZ MOVE]

ASH: Push it back with Volt Tackle!

PIKACHU: [VOLT TACKLE MOVE] [PAINED]

ASH: Pikachu, no!

PIKACHU: [DETERMINED]

INFERNAPE: [IMPRESSED]

DAWN: Awesome!

BROCK: Pikachu's amazing!

Enduring Flare Blitz by using Volt Tackle.

PROPRIETOR: Well? Feeling anything now?

FLINT: Guess we can seriously mix it up! Right, pal?

INFERNAPE: [CONFIDENT]

FLINT: Mach Punch, let's go!

ASH: Pikachu, Iron Tail!

PIKACHU: [IRON TAIL MOVE]

INFERNAPE: [MACH PUNCH MOVE]

PIKACHU: [PAINED]

PIKACHU: [PAINED] ASH: Pikachu!

PIKACHU: [RESOLUTE]

ASH: All right! Keep it up!

FLINT: Use Close Combat!

PIKACHU: [PAINED]

ASH: Pikachu, hang in there! Use Thunderbolt! Quick!

PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

FLINT: Pikachu using Thunderbolt while falling through the air?

All right, use Flare Blitz, now!

INFERNAPE: [FLARE BLITZ MOVE]

ASH: Dodge it!

PIKACHU: [PAINED]

ASH: Pikachu! You okay?

PIKACHU: [STRUGGLING]

PROPRIETOR: You may remember the same thing happened when you

first fought alongside Flint.

HOUNDOOM: [ATTACKING]

PIKACHU [VOLKNER] : [PAINED]

VOLKNER [KID]: Pikachu, are you okay?

PIKACHU [VOLKNER]: [DETERMINED]

ASH: Now, use Quick Attack!

PIKACHU: [QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

FLINT: All right, Close Combat!

PIKACHU: [PAINED]

ASH: Show them it's not over! Thunderbolt, let's go!

PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

FLINT: Use Flare Blitz!

INFERNAPE: [FLARE BLITZ MOVE]

PIKACHU: [PAINED]

ASH: I'm coming, Pikachu!

DAWN: Ash, no!

PIPLUP: [CONCERNED]

ASH: Pikachu! Are you okay?

PIKACHU: [GRATEFUL]

ASH: Man I'm glad!

PROPRIETOR: You know, that looks an awful lot like

you back in the day.

HOUNDOOM: [ANGRY]

FLINT [KID]: Volkner!

VOLKNER [KID]: Volt Tackle!

PIKACHU: [VOLT TACKLE MOVE]

HOUNDOOM: [ATTACKING]

VOLKNER [KID]: Pikachu!

Pikachu, are you okay?

PIKACHU: [DETERMINED]

VOLKNER [KID] : All right, let's go!

PIKACHU: [DETERMINED] HOUNDOOM: [ATTACKING]

VOLKNER [KID] : Use Thunderbolt!

PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

HOUDOOM: [PAINED]

PROPRIETOR: I'd never seen a more electrifying team than you

two. I stopped being a poacher after that day. After all,

that was the most electrifying battling I had ever seen!

PROPRIETOR: So Volkner, I'd say you still have some unfinished

Gym Leader business to take care of, don't you think?

ASH: Pikachu, use Volt Tackle!

PIKACHU: [DETERMINED]

FLINT: Now, use Mach Punch!

INFERNAPE: [DETERMINED]

PIKACHU: [VOLT TACKLE MOVE]

INFERNAPE: [MACH PUNCH MOVE]

PIKACHU, INFERNAPE: [PAINED][PAINED]

PIKACHU: [PAINED]

ASH: Pikachu!

VOLKNER [KID]: Use Volt Tackle!

PIKACHU [VOLKNER]: [VOLT TACKLE MOVE]

HOUNDOOM: [PAINED]

PIKACHU: [DETERMINED]

ASH, VOLKNER [KID]: I know you can do it, Pikachu!

ASH: All right, Volt Tackle one more time!

PIKACHU: [DRIVEN]

VOLKNER [KID]: Use Volt Tackle, again!

PIKACHU [VOLKNER]: [DRIVEN]

ASH, VOLKNER [KID]: And go!

PIKACHU X : [VOLT TACKLE MOVE]

FLINT: Use Thunder Punch, now!

INFERNAPE: [THUNDER PUNCH MOVE]

PIKACHU: [VOLT TACKLE MOVE]

ASH: Pikachu!

PIKACHU: [STRUGGLING]

REFEREE: Pikachu is unable to battle! Infernape is the winner!

And the victory goes to Flint, of the Elite Four!

ASH: Pikachu, hang in there!

PIKACHU: [REASSURING]

ASH: You battled hard! Thank you!

BROCK: It was a great Battle!

DAWN: You battled a member of the Elite Four!

PIPLUP: [IMPRESSED]

ASH: Thanks. We are going to work hard and get

stronger than ever, right?

MEOWTH: Yo' James, keep it up and you're going to dehydrate!

JAMES: Get off it! You'll never know the pain

such loss can bring!

JESSIE: Focus your mind on this city.

Solar power runs the whole show!

MEOWTH: Yeah, and on top of that little fun fact, Sunyshore Tower

runs the whole show! Imagine if we made that

baby our happy home.

JESSIE: We'd climb the ladder to Sinnoh success so fast

our heads would spin!

JAMES: Win win! Revenge will be sweet for stealing my bottle

cap. The Tower is mine! JESSIE: Whoa!

MEOWTH: Lame logic, but it works!

WOBBUFFET: [AGREEING]

VOLKNER: Looks like I still have some unfinished business,

after all.

VOLKNER: A Gym Leader's job is to make sure that every bit of

that spark is passed along to all challengers!

FLINT: Volkner! You mean it?

VOLKNER: Thanks to you and the Proprietor.

You finally made me realize that!

PROPRIETOR: I think Ash is the one who you should be thanking!

VOLKNER: You were brilliant, Ash! All of your spark, and that

of your Pokémon. Watching you Battle inspired me

more than I can say!

ASH: Thanks! Does that mean you'll have a

Gym Battle with me?

VOLKNER: Yes! And an electrifying one too!

DAWN: Oh Ash!

BROCK: That's awesome!

ASH: Yeah! I can't wait!

PIKACHU: [PSYCHED]

NARRATOR: Ash's spark has ignited Gym Leader Volkner's

spark once again! Up next: Volkner versus Ash! A guaranteed

electrifying Gym Battle, as the journey continues!