07x09 - Maxxed Out!

[bunniefuu]

- Hello? - Hello?

BROCK Nurse Joy?

NARRATOR As our heroes continue their journey

toward Fallarbor Town, they stop at a Pokémon Center

situated on the banks of a beautiful lake.

Hi, everyone. Welcome.

'Tis I, Brock.

And now, allow me to present

a token of my feelings for you, Nurse Joy.

Wow! Why, thank you.

Oh, great, here we go again.

You'd think that he'd give up at some point.

Rain, snow, sleet, ice!

No matter what adversity

Mother Nature has thrown in my way

I've continued my quest to be with you.

Traveling vast distances to witness your beauty!

Wow! All that walking and so full of baloney.

[EXCITED]

[CURIOUS]/[PLAYFUL]

Skitty, you let yourself out again.

[ALARMED]

Your Skitty looks great.

Thank you, but it should know better.

Yeah, Skitty. Return!

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Every Trainer has a choice ♪

♪ To listen to that voice inside ♪

♪ I know the battle may be long ♪

♪ Winners may have come and gone ♪

♪ I will carry on ♪

♪ Yeah this dream will last forever ♪

♪ And this dream will never die ♪

♪ We will rise to meet the challenge every time ♪

♪ Advanced Challenge ♪

♪ Yeah this dream keeps us together ♪

♪ This shows that you and I ♪

♪ Will be the best that the world's ever seen ♪

♪ 'Cause we always will follow this dream ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪

ASH "Maxxed Out!"

[PLAYFUL]

Don't worry, leave this to me.

[screams]

Yeah. Look, Skitty, look over here.

[sneezes]

Hey, Skitty.

That's it. Good Skitty!

Way to go, Max.

It sure isn't easy calming you down, is it, Skitty?

- Hey! - Huh?

Keep it down, will ya?

All that yelling is annoying.

Oh, sorry about that.

Just because you have Pokémon

doesn't mean you can do whatever you want, you know.

And you don't have to be so rude.

Zip it! And get out of here, now.

- What? - Max, that's enough!

Huh? Hey, how did you know my name?

Huh, you're saying that your name is Max?

- Yeah. - Well, his name is Max, too.

What? You're kidding.

- Hmph! - So, there are two Maxes?

Not for long, kid. Change your name.

What are you talking about? Why don't you change your name!

- Look! I'm Max! - Yeah? I'm Max too!

- Oh, you wanna fight! - Bring it on!

Knock it off!

- Hmph. - Hmph.

Hmph!

What's his problem?

Max, could you try to go easy on him?

- You like Pokémon, don't you? - Um-hmm.

Well, Max loves them too.

And he comes here all the time just to play with them.

Nurse Joy, I'd be honored if you would let me

take over and see to it that these two make up.

Thanks, Brock.

I don't remember asking for help.

Please, I don't care about him.

[instrumental music]

Hmm.

[alarm ringing]

Morning. Huh?

Noon? But how did that happen?

Could you try keeping it down? I need my beauty sleep.

- That's for sure. - Well, no wonder.

It seems that I didn't set the alarm to the right time again.

- 'Excuse me.' - Huh?

We're camping out in a forest, right?

Why on Earth do we have to set an alarm?

- Yeah, that's right. - For our routine. Ah.

No matter where we may roam

without a routine our lives are wasted.

Now, doesn't that all make sense?

You're always thinkin' of stuff like that.

- Now, I'm clean too. - Perfect!

It's a new day and another chance to catch Pikachu.

Wow. So, what's with the excitement?

I'll tell you!

- I've had enough. - What?

Day to day, week to week

we trudge through our weary lives

with nary a scrap of food.

'Well, I'm mad and I'm not going to take it anymore.'

So, it's "Catch Pikachu" or bust.

Shake off the dust of defeat and get a real life!

Huh? Guys?

JESSIE Yeah, whatever, we're going to get some lunch.

MEOWTH In the meantime, fold our sleeping bags.

- 'There's a routine for ya.' - Huh.

Where did I go wrong? Why me?

MAY 'Um.'

Yeah, I feel great.

Must be nice not having a care in the world.

- Huh? - I'm mad, okay?

The nerve of that guy having the same name as I do.

Forget about that.

Anyway, remember Nurse Joy told the two of you to get along.

No way!

You know, you sound just like a kid.

- I am a kid! - Oh, so you are.

[INTENT]

MAX/MAY Huh?

Awesome! A Surskit.

Look, how cute it is.

POKEDEX Surskit, the Pond Skater Pokémon.

Surskit inhabits ponds, rivers, and similar wetlands.

They move about as though skating the water's surface.

[INTENT]

[chuckles]

Yo! Hey, Surskit!

[grunting]

Hi! So, you wanna have some more fun today?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

- Ah! - Look, it's Max.

- Let's go. - Nah.

Don't you wanna get a closer look at Surskit?

Well, I guess.

- Let's go! - Hey!

Surskit, what do you wanna play today, huh?

- 'Hey, Max!' - Hmm?

- Why are you hanging around? - 'Cause I feel like it!

- Get out of here! - Yeah?

Hey, come on, you guys!

So, tell me, does that Surskit belong to you, Max?

It's my very favorite Pokémon.

I guess that means you must have other Pokémon as well, huh?

Maybe, maybe not.

[chuckles] Surskit's great!

- 'Hands off!' - Hey!

I'm sure you're on your way somewhere else.

Why don't you get there quick?

- We'll go when we want! - Yeah?

Max, would you just stop it?

- Stop what? - Stop what?

Hold on. Sorry, I was talking to Max.

- Yeah, so? - Yeah, so?

Come on! This is crazy!

- 'It sure is.' - Hmm?

I can't believe, you two are still going at it.

It's pretty silly.

Silly? Why don't you butt out?

He can say what he wants to.

What do you think you own this lake?

- What did you say? - You heard me.

Well, there are our favorite Twerps.

And they've grown an extra one.

Yeah, but it looks to me like they're feudin'.

JESSIE 'Hey, who's that darling Pokémon?'

It's called a Surskit.

And here's what we're gonna do.

Catch that thing and then give it to the Boss.

- Not again! - Not again!

MEOWTH Imagine the Boss waking one mornin'.

- Stressed out as usual. - 'Imagined.'

MEOWTH "I been working so hard lately

and I'm so stressed out that I can't sleep at night."

JESSIE/JAMES 'Aww.'

- 'And then?' - 'Proceed!'

MEOWTH He goes to his balcony

lookin' for a cheery mornin' sun to lift his spirits.

But they're ain't no sun, 'cause it's cloudy out

and that's when he remembers his Surskit

down by the garden lake.

And once that Pokémon cutie has lifted his spirits

to the Moon and back, know what he'll say?

"Since Meowth and friends

"gave me this Surskit, they're my favorite

Team Rocket members!"

- 'Ha-ha-ha!' - 'Ooh!'

TEAM ROCKET So, we give a Surskit and then what do we get?

- Money! - Money!

So, whose Team Rocket home base

will be the grandest of them all?

- Ours! - Ours!

[EMPHATIC]

- What are you gonna do? - What are you gonna do?

- Hey, time out. - Huh?

I think we should all let out our Pokémon

so, they can play together.

- Huh? - That's a great idea.

Hey, Treecko, Taillow. Come on, out!

Forretress, Lotad!

Torchic, Beautifly, Skitty!

[FRIENDLY]

Whoa, I've never seen so many Pokémon in one place before.

Hmm, you know, one of these days

I'm gonna catch my own Pokémon

and then become the leader of a Gym.

That's pretty cool.

And so is this!

There's nothing in the whole wide world

that I'd rather do than hang out with tons of Pokémon.

Okay, guys, this here is your new friend Skitty.

So, play nice.

[FRIENDLY]

[CURIOUS]/[PLAYFUL]

Oh, boy. Here we go again.

- Quick, May. The toy. - Oh, yeah.

Skitty, look. Look, what I have.

[CURIOUS]/[SLEEPING]

- Whoa! - Whoa!

It goes crazy

and then just falls asleep?

Pretty much, there's never a dull moment

when we've got May's Skitty around.

JESSIE Isn't that the same Skitty from before?

MEOWTH That Twerpy girl caught it.

JAMES Who gives a Hoothoot?

It's "Operation Surskit Steal!"

[yells]

- Huh? - Team Rocket!

Watch out, Pikachu.

[SUSPICIOUS]/[CONFUSED]

- Oh, relax. - We're not here for Pikachu.

We're here for Surskit.

- Huh? - No way!

So, who are you jokers?

Prepare for trouble, we don't care for jokes.

Make it double, we're serious folks.

To protect the world from devastation.

Ah, to unite all peoples within our nation.

To denounce the evils of truth and love.

To extend our reach to the stars above.

- Jessie. - James.

Team Rocket, breaks the line at the speed of light.

We'll mow you down, so surrender or fight.

Meowth, that's right.

[INTENT]

Treecko, Quick Attack.

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

JESSIE Here you go.

[SCARED]

Pikachu, Thunderbolt, now.

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

MEOWTH 'Ta-da!'

[HAPPY]

Behold, the new

Zap-back Mark Eight

Electricity Repeller Umbrella!

[FRUSTRATED]

[MERRY]/[CONFUSED]

[SCARED]

Our Poké-prize awaits.

- Ready or not! - 'Here we come!'

[HAPPY]/[EXERTION]

[PLAYFUL]

- Huh, Skitty? - Oh, no!

[PLAYFUL]

[screams]

Let go of my locks

you lame excuse for a Pokémon.

Wait! Stay calm, Jess.

- 'Help!' - Just keep your cool!

[screaming]

[sobbing]

JESSIE A woman's hair is her life!

- Wait for us! - Yeah, slow down!

Guess we don't have to worry about them.

[DISAPPOINTED]

Are you okay, Skitty?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

- 'No!' - Huh?

- Surskit's gone! - You sure?

- Hey! Guys, look! - Huh?

'Those are Surskit's tracks!'

BROCK 'It must've gotten scared and run away!'

Then I've gotta go look. Surskit!

He's upset.

Yeah, surprised he cares so much.

What?

Well, I guess he has a heart after all.

He sure does.

Guys, we've gotta go help Max find his Surskit.

Yeah!

MAX Surskit! Where are you? Surskit?

- Max! - Wait up.

Hmm? What are you guys doing following me?

Well, we wanna help you find Surskit.

- Huh? - So let's go!

Surskit's a good friend of yours, isn't that right?

Uh, of course.

Huh?

[laughing]

- Team Rocket! - What do you want now?

- One Surskit, please. - 'It's not here!'

MAX 'Yeah, thanks to you guys for scaring it off.'

- Huh? - Us guys? Scarin' it?

Thanks, Jess, you just had to go and get that Skitty

caught in your hair and..

[Jessie crying]

Don't laugh!

- Huh? - Huh?

Look, her hair looks like a..

Like a dust mop?

[laughing hysterically]

Argh!

So, you're all getting a nice, big fat laugh

out of this, huh?

Well, this is funny too.

[screaming]

JESSIE Take that!

Still laughing? Funny?

Jessie, calm yourself down.

Remember, we got to get that Surskit.

Leave me alone!

My hair. My beautiful hair.

Ruined! Ruined!

[screaming]

[PANICKED]

- Where are we, Max? - I don't know.

- 'I know where we are.' - Huh?

Man, did we fly far or what?

But I know this forest like the back of my hand.

[grunting] Max, they'll be back.

So we've gotta find your Surskit, fast.

None of this would have happened if Surskit and I

had been traveling together, like you.

- Huh? - Well, see..

Watching you guys together started me thinking

that traveling is fun.

Yeah.

Ugh, I will never be able to figure out

those three as long as I live.

[RELIEVED]

We've gotta catch up to the others, quick.

Okay, Taillow.

I choose you!

[EAGER]

Taillow, go and look for

May and the others.

[DETERMINED]

- We should follow it, Brock. - You're right.

The sooner we find Surskit the better.

[DETERMINED]

[engine revving]

Okay, Jessie's here.

Come out, come out wherever you are!

[grunts]

Jessie's lost it for good.

That stuff you said before

you're right, let's get a real life

while we still got a life left.

Wait, but, Max, I thought you were a Pokémon Trainer.

Me? No, I wish.

But here I was thinking that

you were Skitty's Trainer all this time.

Well, I guess I was mean

'cause I thought you were making fun of me.

And, you know, I was probably a little bit jealous too.

I mean, you get to travel all over the place

with all of those cool Pokémon.

- You, jealous? - Wow! Know what?

- I was jealous of you. - Why?

Because you've got that really cool Surskit that you love.

Yeah, you're right.

You know, that's so weird!

A couple of jealous Maxes, go figure.

Yeah, right!

[laughs]

Well, it's about time, guys.

- It's Team Rocket! - Already?

Now, we've gotta find Surskit.

- Okay! - Okay!

ASH 'Max! May! You guys!'

Where are you?

[URGENT]

I think Surskit like to hang around near the water.

You're right, May. They love wet areas.

Surskit! Surskit!

- Hey, Surskit! - Hey, Surskit!

Where are you, Surskit?

JESSIE Argh!

- We meet again. - Oh, no.

JESSIE 'Behind you!'

- You know any other wet areas? - I do!

There's a spring deep in the forest.

Great, let's go.

[dramatic music]

- Surskit! Alright! - Surskit! Alright!

[FRIENDLY]

Surskit, are you okay? Yeah? Are you hurt?

[AFFECTIONATE]

- Isn't that great? - Sure is.

- Huh? - Huh?

MAX 'Wow! This spring has two different water levels!'

You're right! Pretty cool.

[screams]

Whoa!

- Team Rocket! - Team Rocket!

JESSIE You got that right.

Now, get ready for this.

Perhaps, we've gone too far?

It ain't too late to turn back.

You're kidding, right?

I'm here for a Surskit and that's that.

Seviper, go.

[CONFIDENT]

Cacnea! I choose you!

[CONFIDENT]/[PLAYFUL]

Not me, Cacnea, them!

I've had enough!

- May, hold on! - Huh?

Don't worry, we'll handle these g*ons!

Well, what do you have in mind?

- Let's battle them! - Let's battle them!

[DETERMINED]

[laughing]

JESSIE 'Three tiny Twerps trying to battle Team Rocket.'

JAMES 'Knee-slapper.'

[URGENT]

JAMES 'Hand over Surskit while you're still able.'

[DETERMINED]

Poison Tail, Seviper, let's go!

[POISON TAIL MOVE]

- Alright, incoming! - Right.

Use Pin m*ssile, Cacnea!

[PIN m*ssile MOVE]

Agility, Surskit!

[AGILITY MOVE]

Seviper, don't let it escape.

[POISON TAIL MOVE]

[PAINED]

- Ah! - Surskit, no!

That's it, all this time and energy spent

and that's all Surskit can do?

But we was just stealin' it 'cause it was cute.

I know that!

Now, Cacnea, Needle Arm! Let's go!

Huh? What?

[DISTRESSED]

MEOWTH 'Looks like your Cacnea can't swim.'

Return. How embarrassing.

Seviper, Poison Tail again.

[POISON TAIL MOVE]

[SCARED]

Ugh, Max, we've gotta think fast.

I know, think you could break that rock over there?

How are we gonna do that? That rock is huge.

Hold on. Surskit's got just the attack.

Break the rock with Water Pulse. Go now!

[EXERTION]

Hey, you missed!

[FRUSTRATED]/[WATER PULSE MOVE]

[SURPRISED]

[gasps]

- Alright! - Alright!

SURSKIT [PLEASED]

Way to go, Surskit.

[PLEASED]

- It's not over yet. - Now, I'm scared!

- Me too! - Look away!

Maybe she won't notice us!

JESSIE I must catch the Surskit.

I must catch the Surskit.

Give me the Surskit, right now!

- Give me that Surskit! - No, never!

- Let go of it! - Get your hands off!

[SCARED]

Skitty! Help me out!

[MERRY]

[ATTACK]

- Huh? - Jessie!

TAILLOW [URGENT]

[DETERMINED]

We're coming, you guys!

[URGENT]

- Ha-ha! - It's Ash!

How perfect!

And a convenient way

to catch Surskit and Pikachu too.

Seviper, get 'em!

[CONFIDENT]

Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

Ha-ha, the Zap-back Mark Eight

Electricity Repeller Umbrella, again.

And the best part is, it works.

- How do you like us now? - Are you ready, Max?

Yes. Now, Surskit, Bubble Beam!

[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

- Whoops. - Whoops.

[screaming]

TEAM ROCKET Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!

SEVIPER [EXASPERATED]

That was great, Max.

And your Surskit's amazing, too.

[IMPRESSED]

Thanks, you guys.

I think we made a good team, don't you?

- Huh? - So who's "We?"

- Me and Max here. - Yup. And, Surskit too.

[MERRY]

Ha-ha, that's great.

Well, it's about time you two became friends.

[PLEASED]

And you were a big help too, Skitty.

[PLEASED]

[laughs]

Well, Max, I guess it's time for us to get going.

Okay, but someday my Surskit and I are gonna be traveling too.

And when we meet back up again let's you and me have a battle.

Hmm, and meanwhile, I'll keep on searching around

until I find my own favorite Pokémon.

Just like you found your Surskit.

[PLEASED]

See you later, Nurse Joy.

Thanks for everything, you guys.

- Goodbye, take care! - Have a safe trip!

Bye, Max! Good luck!

[WARM]

Thanks a lot, Max! You too!

NARRATOR Today both Maxes found

a special new friend in each other.

And now, taking fond memories with them

our heroes continue their journey

toward Fallarbor Town.

♪ I will carry on ♪

♪ Yeah this dream will last forever ♪

♪ And this dream will never die ♪

♪ We will rise to meet ♪

♪ The challenge every time ♪

♪ Advanced Challenge ♪

♪ Yeah this dream keeps us together ♪

♪ This shows that you and I ♪

♪ Will be the best ♪

♪ That the world's ever seen ♪

♪ 'Cause we always ♪

♪ Will follow this dream ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪