02x24 - Bound for Trouble

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NARRATOR After earning his third Orange League badge on Trovita Island

Ash and his friends have stopped off at a place

with a reputation for super-sized Pokémon.

It says on the map that this island's supposed to be

full of Pidgeot and Rhydon.

Cool.

TRACEY 'And they're bigger than usual.'

MISTY How come?

Well, there are lots of fruit trees around here

so there must be a lot to eat here.

I hope so.

[FOCUSED]

[CURIOUS]

Wow! A fruit basket right in the road.

Hold it! Come back here!

[EXERTION]

Don't you think it's just a little bit suspicious

that a basket filled with fruit just happens to be

sitting in the middle of the road waiting for us

to come along and eat it?

Maybe somebody who doesn't like fruit

left it, right, Pikachu?

[AGREEMENT]

This has to be some kind of trap.

It does kind of seem like some trick

Team Rocket would try to play.

Look, there's plenty of fruit right there.

Huh?

MISTY That looks safe enough.

I guess you're right.

[PANICKED]

[groaning]

ASH Bound For Trouble.

Uh!

Huh? Ah!

This is as hard as a rock!

JESSIE 'Prepare for trouble, you fell for our pit.'

JAMES 'Of all of our tricks, this is my favorite.'

To protect the world from devastation.

To unite all peoples within our nation.

JESSIE To denounce the evils of truth and love.

To extend our reach to the stars above.

- Jessie. - James.

Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light.

Surrender now or prepare to fight.

Meowth, that's right!

Team Rocket.

[cackling]

You fell for the fake fruit. This is the real stuff.

We knew you'd suspect if we left that basket in the road

so we cleverly used reverse psychology

and dug our little hole right near the apple tree.

And you fell for it!

We should have taken that fruit basket

like I wanted to instead of listening to you.

Forget about the fruit!

Figure out some way to get out of here!

- Get Pikachu. - Go, Arbok.

Go, Weezing.

[DETERMINED]

[DETERMINED]

Take care of them, Pikachu.

[DETERMINED]

Go!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

This may come as a big shock to ya, Pikachu

but these patent-pending devices

protect us from your electric att*cks

so ya might as well save your energy, ya little rat.

[SHOCKED]

Arbok, Poison Sting Attack.

[POISON STING MOVE]

[PAINED]

Okay, Weezing, Poison Gas Attack.

[POISON GAS MOVE]

PIKACHU [STRUGGLING]

I got ya!

[SHOCKED]

Ha-ha, now we're locked together

and you can't get away no matter what.

- Hooray! - Hooray!

- Hee-hee! - Ouch!

- Ugh. - Ugh. What do we do?

- Uh! - Huh?

ASH Pikachu!

- I'll save you! - Uh, Ash, wait for us!

Don't you worry, Pikachu. I'm on my way.

[laughs] We finally got ya.

[THUNDER SHOCK MOVE]

[cackles] With these, we don't get shocked

and with this, you don't get away.

You two are stuck together.

From now on, wherever Meowth goes, Pikachu goes.

Like my shadow.

[all cackling]

Let's take Pikachu straight to the Boss.

Up, up and away.

- Huh? - Huh?

[clamoring]

[PANICKED]

MEOWTH My shock protectors!

Just my luck, as soon as I catch you

I wind up getting caught by a giant Pidgeot.

[SHOCKED]/[FOCUSED]

I bet this thing is taking us back to its nest

for a tasty little lunch, and I don't mean as guests.

[SURPRISED]

Can't ya do something, Pikachu?

[THUNDER SHOCK MOVE]

Not me, the Pidgeot.

[THUNDER SHOCK MOVE]

[PAINED]

[PANICKED]

Oh, no! I'm not gonna be the one to break your fall, Pikachu.

[STRUGGLING]

[DETERMINED]

Ow! Ah! Uh!

[HAPPY]

Why am I always the undercat?

This is the way we're gonna go!

[STRUGGLING]

[ANGRY]

You want me to unlock this thing?

Well, unfortunately for you

Jessie is the only one who has a key.

[THUNDER SHOCK MOVE]

[screaming]

Well, at least we know Pikachu can't get away from Meowth.

Maybe we'll get lucky

and Meowth will be able to figure out

a way to bring Pikachu back to us.

Do you really think Meowth is capable of doing that?

- No way. - No way.

We're going to have to find

Meowth and Pikachu ourselves.

- Mm-hm. - Mm-hm.

Wherever Meowth is..

Pikachu is sure to follow.

ASH 'Hey, you two!'

What did you do with Pikachu?

[ANGRY]

Uh! Time out! Time out!

The Pikachu we stole from you got stolen.

What do you mean stolen?

Uh, so a giant Pidgeot grabbed Pikachu and Meowth

while they were both still locked together?

- You got it. - Pidgeot, huh?

Hyah, we'd love to stay and chat

but we've got Pokémon to find.

Look for them if you like, but don't get your hopes up.

JESSIE I'm sure we'll spot them first from up here.

[gasping]

We can't let them win, Ash.

If we all work together, we can find Pikachu first.

But we don't even know where to start to look.

Leave that to me. Marrill!

[APPEARING]

Marrill, we need you to listen for a giant Pidgeot.

[FOCUSED]

It looks like there's a giant Pidgeot's nest up there, Ash.

[AGREEMENT]

I'll see. Ugh! Uh!

Ash, maybe it's too dangerous.

Maybe it is, but I gotta find Pikachu no matter what.

[SHOCKED]

What are ya trying to do? I had about enough of you now.

This is the way we're going and that's that!

[ATTACK]

Okay, okay. We'll try it your way.

But I don't see why I don't get to decide where we go.

Okay, okay. You decide! I'll go wherever you wanna go!

Just don't shock me! Uh..

[SURPRISED]/[STRUGGLING]

All ya have to do is come around to this side!

[ANGRY]

Alright, alright. Don't get excited.

I'll come around to your side.

[groans] There. How's that?

[SATISFIED]

Pikachu's in charge now.

[thinking] I know. I'll pull a fast one on Pikachu.

I'll act like I'm being nice

and lead it straight to the Boss.

Ha!

[purring]

The Boss will love me for this.

Ha.. Hee!

Pikachu, you're the boss, buddy.

And just to prove to ya that I want us to be Pokémon pals

I'm gonna lead ya right back

to those Twerpy little friends of yours, okay?

Come on, my Pikamigo.

[STARTLED]

[THUNDER SHOCK MOVE]

[screaming]

[groans]

Something wrong, Pikachu?

[ANGRY]

Oh, so ya saw right through my plan, did ya?

PIKACHU [AGREEMENT]

I guess I'll have to do better next time.

[AGREEMENT]

[grunts]

Pikachu's not up here.

[FOCUSED]

Pidgeot, if you took my Pikachu, I want it back.

[ANGRY]

Aah!

[groaning]

- Ash, are you alright? - Ash, are you alright?

[groans] Yeah, I'm okay.

- Was Pikachu there? - No. The nest was empty.

- Ash, where are you going? - To find Pikachu.

This must be hard.

I know how much Ash and Pikachu care about each other.

Pikachu's the first Pokémon Ash ever had

and if I know Ash, he'll keep looking

till he finds Pikachu, even if it takes forever.

[WORRIED]

And I'd do the same for Togepi.

Pikachu!

Where are you, Pikachu?

Pikachu!

GROUP Who's that Pokémon?

GROUP It's Charizard.

[CURIOUS]

What are we stopping here for?

[NERVOUS]

What? What is it? Tell me.

[EXCITED]

You say you can smell Pokémon?

[sniffing]

Yeah, well, I don't smell anything.

Ah! I just remembered I don't have a nose.

[PANICKED]

Huh?

[CURIOUS]

[PANICKED]

[whimpering]

Ah! My head says to run, but my legs ain't listening.

[whimpering]

[ANGRY]

[shrieking]

[FRANTIC]

[groaning]

Thanks, pal. That was a close call.

[PROUD]

Run for it!

[PAINED]/[STRUGGLING]

[DETERMINED]

[PANICKED]

[PAINED]

[groans]

I have a feeling this ain't over.

[WORRIED]

[ANGRY]

[SCARED]

[DETERMINED]

[STUNNED]

Aah! I can't run very much longer!

[FRANTIC]

But if that thing catches up with us, we're goners.

[bawling]

[SHOCKED]

[DETERMINED]

[DETERMINED]

What do you mean we're gonna battle Rhydon? We can't win.

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[PAINED]

[DETERMINED]/[SHOCKED]

Electric att*cks won't work against it.

Its skin doesn't conduct electricity.

[DETERMINED]

If I get its mouth open, you'll stop it?

[AGREEMENT]

[EXERTION]

Okay, here goes.

I'll try a Tickle Attack.

[cackles]

[AMUSED]

[ATTACK]

[PAINED]

Ha-ha-ha, now I guess Rhydon knows it's a lot safer

to just keep its big mouth shut.

Too bad.

[HAPPY]

We did it.

[RELIEVED]

- Pikachu! - Pikachu!

- Where are you? - Hey, Pikachu.

- Pikachu! - How is it going, Marrill?

Have you had any luck hearing Pikachu's voice yet?

[DISAPPOINTED]/[WORRIED]

What's the matter?

Hey, these look like Pikachu's footprints.

And look at those.

- They must be Meowth's. - Come on!

Pikachu and Meowth must've run to the edge.

And from the looks of these prints

a Rhydon was chasing them.

Pikachu wouldn't stand a chance if something that big

used its Tackle Attack.

Huh? Ash, what're you doing?

Please just be alright, Pikachu.

[yawns]

Any sign of Meowth and Pikachu yet?

- Nothing. - Well..

They couldn't have gone very far on Meowth's brainpower.

[stomach grumbling]

Are you as hungry as me?

[HUNGRY]

Look, an apple!

Out of my way, Pikachu, I'm the one who saw it first

and that apple belongs to me!

Here I.. Huh?

[HAPPY]

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[EXCITED]

You outsmarted me, buddy. You win.

[HAPPY]/[STARTLED]

[whimpering]

[CARING]

Gah!

You're sharin' it with me?

[HAPPY]

Thank you.

I'm not used to anybody being so nice to me.

Mm! Ah.

Sweet, huh?

[SATISFIED]

MEOWTH Pikachu sure has put me through a lot of trouble in the past.

But then again, it was always following

that little Twerp's orders.

This Pikachu might not really be

such a bad Pokémon after all.

You know, Pikachu, if we met under different circumstances

we might have turned out to be friends.

Maybe you could leave that kid and join up with Team Rocket

and we could be partners and work together

'cause I think we'd make a great team, don't you?

Oh!

[SLEEPING]

Well, I can dream, can't I?

[yawns]

Good sleep.

[YAWNING]

[STARTLED]

[DETERMINED]

[PANICKING]

It's back again, argh!

[PANICKING]

[SHOCKED]

There's a Rhydon right ahead of us

and a Pidgeot right behind.

[DETERMINED]/[EXERTION]

[DETERMINED]/[EXERTION]

What are we gonna do?

[DETERMINED]/[EXERTION]

This looks bad.

[PANICKED]

Pikachu!

[HAPPY]

There's Meowth and Pikachu.

Hurray!

Snorlax, go.

[APPEARING]

[DETERMINED]

Snorlax, don't let Rhydon get Pikachu.

[STRUGGLING]

Go, Arbok.

[APPEARING]

Arbok, use Bite Attack now.

[BITE MOVE]

[PAINED]

Snorlax, use your Megapunch now!

[MEGAPUNCH MOVE]

[BITE MOVE]/[PAINED]

[chuckles] Bye-bye, birdie.

Great job, Snorlax.

Jessie! James!

[STRUGGLING]

Thanks a lot for coming to find me.

For a while there, I thought you didn't care about me.

We were really trying to catch that Pikachu

and you were just part of the package, Meowth.

- Huh? - Sorry to burst your bubble.

The painful truth.

Hey, wait! Stop! Help!

[EXCITED]

Pikachu! I'm so happy to see you.

Are you okay?

[RELIEVED]

You're finally back together.

- Yeah. - Huh?

You got it now, James. Just don't let go!

[grunting] Let go of Pikachu!

Cut it out! Let go of me!

You can pull as hard as you want, Twerp

but as long as I have this key, those two are sticking together.

The key?

Bulbasaur, go.

Ah!

[APPEARING]

Arbok, Poison Sting.

[POISON STING MOVE]

Go, Pikachu.

[AGREEMENT]

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[PAINED]

Ha! I could have told ya you were in for a shock.

- Huh? - Go, Victreebel.

[EXCITED]

[PAINED]

This is a disaster!

Okay, Bulbasaur, Vine Whip.

[VINE WHIP MOVE]

[PAINED]

- No, wait. Stop. - Don't come any closer.

- Hold it. Don't. - We're sorry. Help.

Watch ou.. Ow!

Ha!

I got it.

[whimpering]

You're finally free, Pikachu.

[RELIEVED]

So are you, Meowth.

Ah! Anchors aweigh!

[cackles]

We still got one more little surprise

tucked away in our basket.

I can take care of that. Go, Staryu.

[APPEARING]

Not Psyduck!

Okay, Psyduck, send Team Rocket flying

with a Confusion Attack.

[CONFUSED]

Hurry!

[CONFUSED]

Get ready to fire.

- Psyduck! - Psyduck!

[EXCITED]

Here we go!

[EXCITED]

[screaming]

- We're blasting off again! - We're blasting off again!

Did Psyduck do that?

Psyduck sure didn't look like it was using an attack.

[CONFUSED]

Huh? Was it Togepi?

[EXCITED]

Pikachu.

[LOVING]

I'm so glad you're back.

[EXCITED]

It's great to see those two back together again.

- Isn't it, Tracey? - Yeah.

[HAPPY]

[HAPPY]

NARRATOR And so, Ash and Pikachu

are reunited.

They say, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder."

Looking at these two, I'd say it's true.

- I am simply famished. - Not me, I'm just hungry.

Huh? Hey, look up there.

- Huh? - An apple.

- Oh, baby! - 'Paws off!'

[screaming]

[muffled screaming]

We all have to share this apple!

I'll go first.

Maybe they never should have found me. Ow!

[sighs] I'm starting to kind of miss Pikachu.

ASH Don't go away, Pikachu's Jukebox is next.

[HAPPY]

♪ Go Pokémon go go whoo

♪ So you want to be a Pokémon Master? ♪

♪ I got to be the one the only one ♪

♪ Who can withstand the test and be the best ♪

♪ I got to strive keep up the drive ♪

♪ Be a Master

♪ It takes a different kind of skill ♪

♪ And I won't stop until Pokémon are mine ♪

♪ I must define the art of capture ♪

♪ To be a Master Pokémon Master ♪

♪ And I will be writin' a brand-new chapter ♪

♪ To be a Master Pokémon Master ♪

♪ And I will be strivin' to be the greatest Master ♪

♪ Na na na na na na na na ♪ To be a Master he-hey

♪ Na na na na na na na na

♪ Greatest Master of Pokémon ♪

♪ We all live in a Pokémon world ♪

♪ Pokémon

♪ I wanna be the greatest Master of them all ♪

♪ Greatest Master

♪ We all live in a Pokémon world ♪

♪ Pokémon

♪ Put myself to the test be better than all the rest ♪

♪ So you wanna be a Master of ♪ Pokémon

♪ Do you have the skills to be ♪ Number one

♪ We all live in a Pokémon world ♪

♪ Got the power right in your hands ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪