01x01 - The Spectral Express! (The Ghost Train Departs...)

[bunniefuu]

[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]

[calm music]

[horn honking]

This is Wyndon,
located in the Galar region,

and we're just in time
to see our heroes' train arrive.

[calm music continues]

[man on speaker] Attention.
Please make sure...

[Ash sighs]

-We made it.
-[Goh] Not quite, Ash.

-We have to transfer to another train.
-Yeah, I know.

So, where's the train heading
to Stow-on-Side?

Huh? Uh...

I'm sorry.

Huh? Hm?

A ticket.

Hey! Excuse me? It's your ticket!

[Ash] Hey!

Here's your ticket!

You dropped it!

Pika?

Huh?

[Goh] He must've gone in there.

[Ash] Probably.

Hey!

[mysterious music]

[Pikachu murmurs]
Pikachu.

[approaching footsteps]

-I don't see anyone.
-It doesn't make any sense.

[mysterious music]

[announcer] The Ghost Train bound
for Stow-on-Side

will depart on Track Zero.

All ticketed passengers,
please board as soon as possible.

Hear that? He said
this is going to Stow-on-Side.

-Pika?
-[Ash and Goh gasp]

-[Ash] Let's move!
-[Goh] Yeah!

[announcer]
The Ghost Train is now departing.

Stand clear of the closing doors, please.

[train whistle blowing]

[rustling]

["With You" playing]

♪ I'll go anywhere if I'm with you ♪

♪ Lightning strikes or any shade of blue ♪

♪ The journey's the best part ♪

♪ Even when the road gets hard ♪

♪ I'll go anywhere if I'm with you ♪

♪ With you ♪

[theme music]

-[Goh and Ash] "The Spectral..."
-[boy] "Express!"

[train whistle blowing]

[quirky music]

[Goh] Am I wrong?

Or did the announcer
just call this the Ghost Train?

I'm not sure.

But it doesn't matter what it's called.
It's still heading for Stow-on-Side.

First things first.

Come on. Let's give this ticket back.

[Goh] Car number one?

Then that means it's the car way
at the front of the train.

[Ash] Yeah. Let's go!

Whoa! Check it out.
Talk about first class.

-Pikachu!
-Grookey, key.

It looks like a special car, all right.

[both chattering]

Huh?

What's this all about?

-Grookey!
-[groans]

Ow. That hurt.

Oh, no! Ash, are you all right?

-Pikachu.
-Guess so.

You've gotta try to be more careful,
'kay, Grookey?

-Grookey.
-Hm?

Oh, no!

All right. It doesn't look broken.

[grunts]

So heavy!
[grunting]

What's wrong?

-[both grunting]
-[Grookey chittering]

It sure is staying put.

What's with this thing, anyway?

Feels like it's glued.

[Ash] What should we do?

I mean, we can't just leave it like this.

[warbles]

-[Goh gasps]
-Pika.

So what else can we do?

-We'll get somebody to help lift it later.
-What just happened?

Hm?

Ash, are you feeling okay?

Huh? What do you mean?

-I guess if you're fine, forget it.
-Right.

Let's go, then.

[Goh] Uh, sure.

[warbling]

[spooky music]

[pensive music]

[Pikachu mutters]

-[crackles]
-[gasping]

[screams]

Something's right there!

Mm? Goh, what's wrong?

[Goh] Ash, didn't you see it?

[in hoarse voice]
Hey, what're you so scared of?

Goh, you're pretty funny.

-Funny?
-Grookey?

Pika?

[in normal voice]
What's the problem?

[in hoarse voice]
You too, Pikachu.

Am I really that weird looking?

-Uh, Ash?
-[Ash] Come on, come on!

We're going to the next car, aren't we?

[Goh screams]

-[Goh] Ash, stop that!
-Okay, boom!

Pika!

-Pikachu.
-Oh.

[in normal voice]
Wait, what did I just do?

[Pikachu] Pika, pika!

-Goh, I'm sorry!
-[Goh] What's with the change?

[snickering]

Huh? Huh? I don't know.

I guess I'm acting weird.

-Huh? Who's that Pokémon?
-[Pokémon cooing]

[chimes]

[Rotom Phone] Drifloon.
The Balloon Pokémon.

A Ghost and Flying type.

Drifloon grab children's hands
as if they were going to guide them

to the Ghost World.

-The Ghost World?
-Huh?

Catching them's the last thing I wanna do.

[gasps]
Stay away from me.

Hey. Hey.
[Goh whimpers]

[Ash in hoarse voice]
Listen, you.

-Ash?
-Pika?

What's your problem with the Ghost World?

Oh, man. There I go,
saying weird things again!

-[Goh screaming]
-[Ash laughing]

-Stop! Knock it off!
-We're gonna grab on to you!

-Ready?
-Pika, pika!

-Stop! Get away!
-Pika.

[grunts]

[screams]

-[Goh thuds]
-Pika!

[cackles]

-Hold on. This is not the Ghost World.
-[chimes]

[Rotom Phone] Although Drifloon tug
on children's hands,

they often end up
getting pulled around instead.

What is your problem?

[laughing hysterically]

-You should have seen yourself.
-I'm really picking on, Goh.

-And that's just not right!
-I wish I had a camera!

Ash, you've been acting really weird
for a while now.

I know!

You think so?

I sure do. What is happening to you?

Zip it! Can't you just take a joke?

Let's just get over to the next car.

Ah, man!

What in the world
is happening to me, anyway?

It's weird! Huh? Wait.

What's with this thing?

[mysterious music]

[train whistle blowing]

[rattling]

I wonder what could've happened in here.

Look at the little bitty baby
getting scared all over again.

-I told you to stop picking on him!
-[laughs]

I'm not a little bitty baby!

-Then you prove it and go first.
-Yeah, but...

Let's make it fair
and do rock paper scissors.

Hey, good idea!

[scoffs]
Then that's what we'll do!

'Kay, here we go.

[evil Ash] Best one out of one.

[both] Rock, paper, scissors...

[Goh and evil Ash] Go!

[cheers]
Yipee! I'm the winner!

You changed your hand afterward!

What are you talking about?
You got any proof of that?

[snickering]

Listen to me, me. It's not fair to cheat.

-[Ash] I'm really, really sorry, Goh.
-[Goh grunts]

Pika.

[pensive music]

-[grunts]
-[groans]

-Go!
-It's so creepy in here!

[snickers]
Hey, isn't that a ghost light?

[Goh and Grookey shriek]

[Goh] A ghost light?

Sableye?

-What's that? Is that a Sableye?
-[laughing]

[chimes]

[Rotom Phone] Sableye.
The Darkness Pokémon.

A Dark and Ghost type.

Sableye eat gems, jewels, and crystals.

-Ah!
-Check it out!

-Something's coming out of the ground!
-[Goh shrieks]

Pika.

-What's going on with them?
-[Ash laughing]

Pika.

[Rotom Phone] Nincada.
The Trainee Pokémon.

A Bug and Ground type.

Nincada can live underground
for more than ten years,

taking in nutrients from tree roots.

[trilling]

[gasps]
Wait. Don't tell me that those are...

-[Goh] They're evolving?
-[grumbling]

[Rotom Phone] Ninjask. The Ninja Pokémon.

A Bug and Flying type.

Ninjask are so fast, they are said
to be able to dodge any attack.

-[Goh whimpers]
-Here they come!

Ash!
[groans]

Pika, pika!
[grunting]

[all whimper]

[groans]

Pins and needles...

Pikachu, thank you.

-Pikachu.
-[chimes]

[Rotom Phone] Shedinja has been registered
to your Pokédex.

Huh? Registered? What do you mean?

[grunts]

-[zapping]
-Pika?

Shedinja!

[Rotom Phone] Shedinja. The Shed Pokémon.

A Bug and Ghost type.

Shedinja appear in empty Poké ba*ls
when Nincada evolve into Ninjask.

-Ah!
-[Shedinja chitters]

Hey, you!

When did you get into that Poké Ball, huh?

-Hey! Hey!
-[chitters]

-Could you stop that, Ash?
-Spoilsport.

[suspenseful music]

[gasps]
Look, it's him!

Why are people on the Ghost Train?

-[rumbles]
-[all whimper]

[suspenseful music continues]

[Ash] Who's that Pokémon?

[spooky music]

Pika?

-[Spiritomb] Spiritomb.
-Pika, pika!

[rattling]

[blasts]

-What was that noise?
-Pika?

Huh?

-The special car.
-[Goh and Grookey gasp]

[Goh] Isn't that...

[blasts]

Spiritomb.

-Spiritomb. It woke up.
-Huh?

[Rotom Phone chimes]
Spiritomb.

The Forbidden Pokémon.
A Ghost and Dark type.

Spiritomb are Pokémon
made up of 108 spirits.

Some of those spirits can be ill-natured.

Ill-natured spirits?

Tomb. Tomb!

It's saying, "Give me my spirit back."

You understand what Spiritomb's saying?

It's a feeling I get.
But more importantly...

[boy] There's that person.

-Huh?
-Pika?

[evil laughter]

-Spiritomb.
-[Goh whimpering]

What's the deal?

One of Spiritomb's ill-natured spirits
is possessing him.

-Pika, pi...
-What are you talking about?

Is that why Ash has been acting
so strange all this time?

-[Pikachu grunting]
-[evil Ash quivering]

[Pikachu] Pika!

[pensive music]

I said Spiritomb!

-Pika.
-[grunts]

Ash, pull yourself together!
How do we get him back to normal?

If you know of a way, then please tell me.

Well, I... Whoa.

[rumbling]

[groans]

-[groans]
-[Goh gasps]

[whimpering]

[gibbers]

Pika.

[loud thud]

[all cooing]

It's the Drifloon.

-[loud thud]
-Pika!

Everyone, hurry. It's safer this way.

This is bad! If it keeps up,
then we'll jump the track.

[boy] Huh? Everyone will be in danger.

I'll go and take on Spiritomb.

Huh?

But I need you to get Ash
back to normal right away.

[Goh] You know how to do that, don't you?

But... Uh?

My name is Goh.

His name is Ash. Please help him.

Ash is a really good friend of mine,
and he needs you.

Pika, Pikachu!

I'll see what I can do.

Thanks so much!

Now, Poké Ball, go!

-Absol.
-Come on, Absol!

[Absol grunts]

Huh? Sinistea!

Sinistea. Sinistea, tea.

Grookey?

[evil Ash grunts]

May I ask you for your help?

Sinistea. Sinistea.

[Pikachu chattering]

Sinistea can drain one's life force.

But if this works,
only the ill-natured spirit

will be drained from the human's...
from Ash's body.

-[gulps]
-Pika, pi.

You see, the tea that comes
from Sinistea is horribly...

[groans]
Terrible!

Revolting, disgusting,
awful, nauseating, yuck!

-[Goh] Spiritomb, just calm down!
-Spiritomb.

We're trying to get the spirit back
to you as fast as we can!

So, please, stop destroying everything.

-Use Night Slash!
-Absol!

[blasts]

What did you do to me?

-Uh... Um... Your spirit...
-Go on.

I'm sure it will be all right.

Pi... Pika!

-Here it comes!
-Yeah?

-Huh?
-[warbling]

[screams]

[tense music]

[in normal voice]
What's going on?

-Pika, pi!
-Pikachu!

-[Pikachu gasps]
-Oh, no!

-Why, you...
-Pika!

Right! I've got ways
of dealing with this kind of stuff!

Let's go!

[upbeat music]

Gengar!

-Pika!
-Oh. That's a good choice.

Gengar! There's something in my shadow!

-Catch it, please!
-Gengar.

[upbeat music continues]

[blabbers]

[Gengar] Gengar! Gengar!

Okay! I'll pull you out!

-[Gengar and Ash grunt]
-Pika, pika!

[Grookey mutters]

[Gengar grunting]

-Yeah!
-Gengar!

-Pika!
-Grookey, roo!

Take that to Spiritomb.

All right. Got it!

Gengar!

[Goh] Dodge it!

Absol!

[blasts]

Absol!

It's no use! I just can't land an attack!

[upbeat music]

-Now, dodge!
-Absol!

[grunts]

No, Absol!

[suspenseful music]

Gengar, Gengar!

Gengar?

[gasps]

-Is that you, Ash?
-Uh-huh. It's really me.

That spirit is what Gengar's holding now.

All we need to do is stop it
for a second, together.

And then we can just
give it back the spirit.

-Got it!
-Gengar!

Spirit...

[blasts]

[snickering]

Great, Gengar!

[mysterious music]

-Gengar!
-Tomb!

-Gengar!
-Spirit...

Absol.

Throw some wreckage into the air!

Absol, sol!

[both grunt]

-Gengar, do it!
-[Spiritomb mutters]

[yells]
Gengar!

-[grunting]
-Spiritomb.

[mysterious music]

[blasting]

Spiritomb...

Well, all right!

Gengar!

Grookey!

[both giggle]

-[Pokémon chitter]
-[both chuckle]

[music fades]

[train chugging]

[mysterious music]

[steam hisses]

[all grumbling]

[grumbling]

-Looks like they took it away.
-That's all right?

Yeah.

[boy] Spiritomb wanted
to come to this cemetery.

After all, the Ghost Train is here
to transport Ghost type Pokémon.

Ghost type Pokémon? No one else?

Only someone like me.

Huh?

[indistinct chatter]

[train hissing]

[rattling]

[uplifting music]

[hisses]

-[yawns]
-Pika!

-That was fun, right?
-I guess so.

And we still wound up here
in Stow-on-Side.

-[laughs]
-[Pokémon chitter]

[Goh] Always the optimist, huh, Ash?

[Gengar snickering]

[Gengar grumbles]

I almost forgot.
I think this belongs to you.

Take it. Here. Huh?

-[Ash] What happened?
-[Goh] The Ghost Train's gone!

-Uh...
-Pika?

Ash, what does this mean?

Were we really ever on board? I wonder.

-Pika?
-Grookey?

[narrator] The Ghost Train.
Odd, perhaps a bit scary.

Maybe even you, like Ash and Goh,
might someday mistakenly climb aboard,

as the journey continues!

[train whistle blowing]

[closing theme music]