22x33 - A Timeless Encounter!

[bunniefuu]

[narrator] Melemele Island

is where our heroes call home,

and its night sky is full of stars!

Hmm? What was that?

[grunting]

All right!

Rehearsals are just now getting underway

for the grand opening

of my newly finished Viren Stadium!

Listen to my brilliant

microphone technique

as I announce the best nighttime fireworks

ever witnessed!

So gaze high above

my solid-gold Viren statue

and behold the best bursts

of fireworks anyone has ever beheld!

-[Viren] Got it?

-Yes, sir!

So, here we go! Three, two, one...

[booms] Spectacular!

I now command the best fireworks as well!

This should loosen the pocketbooks

of the stingiest members of our audience,

producing the sweet sight of money

as it flows its way into my pockets!

The ultimate experience!

[grunts]

[muttering] [clacks]

[crashes]

[gasps]

My top-quality, solid-gold Viren statue!

[panicked chattering]

[radio announcer] Tonight is the meteor

shower in the Stufful Constellation.

I wonder who you're planning to watch

the falling stars with?

S o, to put you in the mood,

let's hear a song!

"Starfall" by Astrolove!

First off, I cut this into strips.

-[Abe] Mallow?

-Huh?

Would you please check the heat

on the stew?

[Mallow] Right!

-[Abe] And check the seasoning too!

-Okay!

[beeps]

[sizzling]

[grunts]

[muttering]

[humming] Huh?

-Dad, did you cut this for me?

-Huh?

-[Mallow] The cabbage!

-No, dear.

Uh... huh?

Well, we're off. Bye, Magearna!

[squeaks]

-[clink of metal slashing]

-Oh, I see!

You're trimming back the trees?

Correct, I was hoping to fashion them

into some rather elegant-looking

Pokémon topiaries.

Wow, can't wait to see them!

[chuckles lightly]

[grunts]

[muttering]

[clattering]

[both screaming]

♪ Rise if you're prepared

For the challenge ♪

♪ Rise to the challenge ♪

♪ Rise if you're a champion at heart ♪

♪ Rise to the challenge ♪

♪ Take my hand, we'll train as one ♪

♪ And triumph together ♪

♪ Rise to the challenge ♪

♪ Nothing is gonna stand in our way ♪

♪ Stronger and stronger we'll rise

To the challenge of life ♪

♪ Pokémon! ♪

[Ash]

Living on the cutting edge!

[Professor Kukui] Alola!

In today's lesson, we will learn about an

aspect of Pokémon moves, cutting attacks!

-Awsome! That sounds like fun!

-Pika.

So, is that what the straw roll is for?

Wow, you know your stuff.

Alolan Detective Laki ,

Episode Four, Season Three.

[Rotom Dex] Swordmaster Nogawa cut through

a straw roll.

-[clatters]

-[both yelp]

[laughs] You learn a lot from that show!

Swordfighters use these

to test their battling skills.

Today, it's a target

for your Pokémon's cutting attacks.

Okay! Let me try first!

Right, then we'll start with Ash

and go from there.

Great! If you want cutting attacks,

then...

I choose you!

[snoring]

Rowlet, wake up!

[snoring]

[coos]

Quick, use Razor Leaf on that straw roll!

[snoring]

[screams]

Now it's my turn! Tsareena, Magical Leaf!

Tsareena!

-Not even a scratch.

-That thing's tough!

-Hmm...

-[grunting]

I'm up next. Go! Come on out, Charizard!

[roars]

-Use Slash!

-[growls]

[rustles]

-But how?

-Talk about strong stuff!

Even black belts in the sword martial arts

have a hard time cutting through

this stuff.

But that only makes me want

to cut it even more!

Kartana!

Yeah! Now we're gonna try it

using Pikachu's Iron Tail!

Pika.

[clatters and thuds]

Huh? [yelps]

-When did that happen?

-Charizard?

-[Kiawe] Did you do that?

-[grunts]

Professor Kukui?

-Something similar happened this morning.

-Huh?

Our garden trees were cut

and we don't know why!

Now that I think of it, a whole cabbage

was cut into strips at the restaurant!

Professor, do you know what's going on?

[groans]

[bell chimes]

-The alarm's ringing!

-Time for the Ultra Guardians!

-[Clefable squeaks]

-[Meltan squeaks]

-[all gasp]

-So many!

[console beeps]

Alola, good to see you, Ultra Guardians!

-Alola!

-Alola!

[Lusamine] I'd like you to look at

this video.

[clatters and thuds]

[all] Huh?

[Lusamine] What you see here

is our latest Ultra Beast target.

Maybe it cut the straw roll

we were working with!

-And our trees too!

-And my cabbage too!

We've heard of a great variety of items.

So many reports!

Have you given it a name yet?

Yes, we have.

We've decided to call it Kartana.

Kartana. The Drawn Sword Pokémon.

A Grass and Steel type.

Its paperlike body can change

into swords capable of cutting anything.

[Lusamine] We don't have any clues

as to Kartana's origin.

If it's an Ultra Beast, wouldn't it

have come from an Ultra Wormhole?

We can't confirm

any recent Ultra Wormhole openings.

Although, we did get a strong,

single signal of Ultra Aura.

We're presently investigating.

In the meantime, we'd like you to catch it

to reduce any more property damage.

[Meltan squeaks]

All right, Ultra Guardians, off you go!

Right. Ultroger!

[all cheer]

[clanging]

[Exeggutor chant in unison]

-[Garchomp growls]

-[Metang grunts]

-[Flygon screeches]

-[Dragonair trills]

-[Altaria trills]

-[Charizard roars]

I think we should split up and search!

[all] Ultroger!

-[Anela] No, no!

-Huh?

-Anela, something wrong?

-Ash, just take a look!

Pika Pika!

-Who could've done something like this?

-It has to be Kartana!

Right, which means it must still be

in the vicinity somewhere!

When it comes to shaping the fur

of Pokémon,

no one does it better

than celebrity stylist, Yoko!

Snip, snip!

-Kartana!

-[yelps]

[grunts]

[muttering]

A sheer stroke of genius!

[shouting]

What? It cut the Furfrou's fur? Huh?

[squealing happily]

[roars]

[all] Who's that Pokémon?

[all] It's Kartana!

Kartana!

It's VSN, Viren Shopping Network!

Mr. President, would you please tell us

what wonderful item is up for sale today?

Yes, but we're offering it exclusively

to those who are watching me now!

Being the greatest inventor ever,

I used a top-quality metal alloy

to create this item,

giving it a golden sheen...

The Viren Steal-Proof Safe!

Amazing! And it really is golden!

Right, but the most important feature

is its outstanding toughness! Now observe.

[Viren] Electivire,

use Thunder Punch on it!

[grunts]

Pangoro! Use Fire Punch on it!

[grunts]

Oh, yeah.

My finest-quality metal-alloy safe

will take any punishment you can dish out

and never, ever crack!

-Never is a long time.

-Well, it's made from a top-shelf alloy.

With bottom-shelf style.

Yes, top-quality safety and shine!

Don't accept anything

but a genuine Viren Steal-Proof Safe!

And if you act now,

I'll include some top-quality,

candid pictures of yours truly. Huh?

[both gasp]

[grunts]

[muttering]

-[clacks]

-[both gasp]

What was that?

-[cries]

-What are you doing?

Do you go around destroying

other people's property all the time?

You are through!

[both growl menacingly]

[Meowth] Wait! I see something!

-Is that a Pokémon?

-I sense a money opportunity!

Getting it to the Boss could land us

on easy street.

Wobbuffet!

-[beeping]

-Pika?

We've just had a report.

Kartana is in Viren Tower!

-Go there immediately!

-[Ash] Ultroger!

-Let's go!

-[Rotom Dex] Hurry!

-[grunting]

-Kartana!

[muttering]

-[crashes]

-[yelps]

-Where's Kartana?

-Inside the tower!

-Look! There it is!

-It's small!

Kartana! Stop! Right now!

[growls]

Kartana!

[all gasp]

-It'll be dangerous in this town!

-Let's lure it to the mountains!

[all] Ultroger, Lillie!

-[clacks]

-Oh!

-The Pokémon School is over there!

-[grunts]

-[clacks]

-Don't do it, Kartana!

I guess maybe you don't know about this,

but cutting things can cause real problems

in this world!

Kartana.

I guess it understood me.

We'll get you back to your world.

Don't you worry about a thing.

But you need to spend a little time

inside a Beast Ball.

Here it goes... [grunts]

Kar... tana!

[muttering]

-[clacks]

-[all] Huh?

I guess we're just gonna have

to battle it.

-I'll take care of this!

-Huh?

Quick, Marowak!

[grunts]

-Cut the tension with a knife.

-It's just like Swordmaster Nogawa!

-Use Flare Blitz!

-[grunts]

Once again, a worthless object. Again.

I cut. Again. Again. [clacks]

-Maro?

-It's tough!

-[Jessie] Stand aside, children!

-[gasps]

-[all] Huh?

-[crashes]

[James] That slice-and-dice Pokémon...

[Meowth] Will be ours,

and then we're out of here!

What do you think you're doing?

If someone asks something

that's too dumb for words...

It must've been uttered

by some Twerpish nerds!

A sharpness so cutting,

the dull hide in shame.

A glistening slice of evil

in this fleeting world, Jessie.

A double-edged sword of a man!

A swordmaster of darkness

slicing back against a tragic world!

It's James!

Snip, snip here, and snip, snip there!

A shining, sh**ting star crossing the sky!

Dig it, while Meowth flies high!

[all] Team Rocket, what a sight!

[all scream]

Will you quit slicing up the scenery?

-[Team Rocket shouting]

-[Kartana muttering]

-[all] Bots away!

-[thuds]

-[beeping]

-Pika.

Everyone, abort mission at once!

One of the Stufful Constellation meteors

has shifted! It's headed straight for us!

-[all gasp]

-Where will it hit the ground?

-[Burnet] We're calculating that now!

-On screen!

[beeping]

-[Wicke] It's the Pokémon School!

-[all] Huh?

Everybody within a mile

of the Pokémon School!

Evacuate them right away! Now do it!

Hey, everyone!

We got everyone out of here

faster than a Quick Attack!

And that also means... you-cario!

Hold on. I can't let

the Pokémon School get wrecked!

-No way!

-Neither can I!

-Same here!

-Yeah.

I understand your feelings, but...

It's a school squabble.

Hey, what's that up there?

Is it some sort of plane?

It's what I was rapping about

in the motto!

-[crashes]

-[all] Huh?

[Stufful squeaks]

[grunts and screams]

[screaming continues]

[all] We're off with a new blast!

Wobbuffet!

-Let's go!

-[all] Ultroger!

Hey, hold on! Come back! [groans]

That thing is way too hot for us

to get close!

What are we gonna do?

Altaria can use Ice Beam

and Snowy can use Powder Snow!

-Dragonair can use Ice Beam too!

-Good thinking!

Extremely hot objects become brittle

with sudden, extreme drops in temperature!

-Okay, let's cool it down first.

-Then we can close in and...

-And blow it up!

-Ultroger!

-We're on it now!

-Right!

Altaria, use Ice Beam!

Snowy, use Powder Snow!

[shrieks]

-Dragonair, use Ice Beam!

-[screechs]

-Quick, Rowlet, use Razor Leaf!

-[hoots]

-Tsareena, use Magical Leaf!

-Tsareena!

-Charizard, use Slash!

-[roars]

-Metang, Metal Claw!

-[Metang growls]

[grunts]

-Ah!

-No way!

-It doesn't look like we're in time!

-[grunts]

-[grunts]

-Kartana?

-[Kartana mutters]

-Are you saying...?

[grunts]

Kar... tana!

[muttering]

[clatters]

-Awesome.

-Pika.

Kartana.

[clacks]

[all] All right!

[clacks] Kartana!

[muttering and grunting]

I don't think even Kartana

can cut up a rainbow.

[beeps]

-Are you all right?

-[all] Yes, ma'am!

-Thank goodness.

-[sighs happily]

Honestly! You were in way over your heads!

[Professor Burnet] Still, well done.

Good work!

-[Kartana muttering]

-[Ash gasps]

-Ah, it's an Ultra Wormhole!

-[all gasp]

[Lusamine] You don't think it cut

a hole into space-time?

An Ultra Wormhole appeared

in the distortion.

But wait!

When Kartana came to our world,

it opened the same kind of cut.

So that must have been

the strong Ultra Aura we saw!

-[Wicke] What power!

-[Faba] Interesting.

Kartana.

[clacks] Kartana!

-Thanks, Kartana!

-[all] Safe travels home!

You're a genuine Alolan hero to us all!

[Ash] Come back and see us again!

[narrator] The Ultra Guardians and Kartana

saved the Pokémon School!

And if you ever find something

that's been mysteriously cut up,

it might just be the work

of Kartana as the journey continues...

[muttering]