07x27 - Go Go Ludicolo!

[bunniefuu]

[instrumental music]

Petalburg City's right on the other side of this mountain.

Well, that's good news.

Yeah, I can't wait to have my battle with Norman!

You're psyched too, aren't ya?

[EXCITED]

What are the chances we could take a short break?

Sounds good to me.

Ah, delicious.

I'm so excited about gettin' home to mom and dad.

Me too!

And I really can't wait to show 'em

the two contest ribbons that I won!

Plus your Skitty and Beautifly, too.

I know, they'll be so proud.

Alright, Pikachu.

You ready to go win our fifth badge?

[EXCITED]

- 'Don't be too sure!' - Huh?

Remember what I said, my dad is strong!

It's true, I wouldn't plan on winning

this next badge easily, Ash.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I've been hearin' about your dad's strength

for a long time now, but I'm pretty strong myself.

And pretty confident, too.

I hope you've decided which three Pokémon you're gonna use.

Oh, yeah. I haven't.

I see, you think you might wanna do that?

Umm, yes. O-okay!

Everyone! Come on out!

[APPEARING]

[CURIOUS]

[PROUD]

This'll be a tough decision, Ash.

I guess I'm lucky I only have three.

I just wish Ieven had one.

[DEFENSIVE]

[DEFENSIVE]

[CONCERNED]

[SURPRISED]

Corphish, this is Grovyle.

It evolved from Treecko.

[SURPRISED]

Come on, and say hello!

[FRIENDLY]

[CORDIAL]

[CORDIAL]

I have to choose three of 'em, huh?

So, which three will it be?

Well. no one knows their Pokémon better than you do.

Yeah.

NARRATOR Petalburg City is just ahead

and Ash's Gym battle is on everyone's mind.

And along with the excitement

comes the task of preparing for his battle with Norman.

♪ 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 ♪

♪ This dream will never die ♪

♪ We will rise to meet the challenge every time ♪

♪ Advanced Challenge! ♪

♪ Yeah this dream keeps us together ♪

♪ This show that you and I ♪

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

♪ Because we always will follow this dream ♪

♪ Po-ké-mon ♪♪

ASH "Go Go Ludicolo!'

Huh. This is really hard.

I'm trying to remember which Pokémon Norman uses.

Well, I know he'll use Vigoroth.

Isn't that right, Max?

Uh. Well, who could know?

[GRUMPY]

ASH 'I do. I just don't know the other ones.'

I'm really not sure myself.

Don't even think that I'd tell

and give you an advantage over my dad.

[grunting]

Well, he does have a good point!

Hey, May, you're gonna be cheering

for dad too, aren't you?

Of course, I wanna see dad win.

But I don't want to see Ash lose, either.

You're kidding! This is our dad we're talkin' about here!

I know.

[EXERTION]

- Huh? - Huh?

Hey! That looks really good!

Taillow, where'd you find this fruit?

[EAGER]

Let's go follow it.

TAILLOW [exertion]

ASH There it is!

MAX Look at all of 'em.

Yeah, but, that's a tall tree.

How can we get up there?

CORPHISH [ENTHUSIASTIC]

Hey, looks like Corphish is gonna do it!

[SURPRISED]

- Or not. - Anyone thirsty?

That was bad. Corphish, you're using too much strength.

Yeah, Ash is right.

Fruit is very delicate

so you have to be much more gentle.

As if.

[EXCITED]

[EXASPERATED]

[DETERMINED]

[CURIOUS]

[ATTACK]

Oh, well. It's the thought that counts, right?

Didn't you hear Ash? You need to turn down the juice!

[BODY SLAM MOVE]

Sorry about that.

[DETERMINED]

[LEAF BLADE MOVE]

Yay, Leaf Blade Attack!

[chuckles] Good thinkin', Grovyle!

[SMUG]

[EMOTIONAL]

Look at your Torkoal.

It's certainly not shy about showing emotions.

Everyone loves Grovyle.

[SMUG]

[ADMIRING]

CORPHISH [IRRITATED]

PIKACHU/GROVYLE [CONFUSED]

TAILLOW/TORKOAL [CONFUSED]

Hey! What's going on?

JESSIE 'Prepare for trouble, here's our report.'

JAMES Make it double, we're cutting this short!

To be continued!

My, you sure are trusting

to let all your Pokémon out like that.

Someone could just steal them!

JESSIE/MEOWTH/JAMES And someone did!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]/[SURPRISED]

As par usual, we've taken electric precautionarys!

[ANGRY]/[WORRIED]

And paid extra for the super deluxe net.

So get your grubby claws off!

Grovyle, Leaf Blade, now!

[LEAF BLADE MOVE]

[RELIEVED]

JESSIE/MEOWTH/JAMES What was that?

[EXERTION]

[PROUD]

Good job, Grovyle!

Quite an impressive attack.

It cut through our super deluxe like butter.

I'll say. Grovyle, huh?

We can give it a standing ovation later!

[b*llet SEED MOVE]

[screaming]

[LEAF BLADE MOVE]

- 'It's remarkable!' - 'It's remarkable!'

You were awesome, Grovyle!

You saved us again!

It's amazing how much stronger it's gotten since evolving.

Yeah.

[EMOTIONAL]

Hey, no one's more impressed than Torkoal!

Who wouldn't be?

'After everything Grovyle just did.'

'It's the coolest Pokémon ever, I wish it was mine!'

[JEALOUS]/[FURIOUS]

GROVYLE [CURIOUS]

PIKACHU [WORRIED]

Hey, Ash, it looks like Corphish

has some sort of problem with Grovyle.

Stop it, Corphish!

You're not supposed to fight with your own teammate.

You know it's possible

that it's just a little crabby because it's hungry.

You're right, that could be it.

What do you say we take a lunch break?

Okay!

[CONTENT]

ASH/MAY/MAX Whoa!

MAY That looks great!

Well, I made plenty of 'em

so dig in, everyone.

ASH/MAY/MAX Alright, thanks Brock!

- Hm? - Hey. What's that?

It sounds like some kind of drum.

[HAPPY]

What Pokémon is that?

- A Ludicolo. - Wow!

So that's a Ludicolo!

POKEDEX Ludicolo, the Carefree Pokémon.

Ludicolo becomes extremely active

whenever it hears a cheery rhythm.

'This can also lead it to exert extreme power in battle.'

Oh! Remember?

Ludicolo's the evolved form of Lombre.

Oh, that's right. It's such a cool Pokémon!

[CHEERFUL]

Ludicolo, did you find some people to entertain?

It sure did, Mister. Is this Ludicolo yours?

Yes it is, Son. I'm Poncho!

And we travel from town to town

entertaining folk as we go!

'With my Congo beat and Ludicolo's dance moves'

'we work together to bring you the best'

'in Pokémon variety show!'

Oh, wow.

So, are you like a street

performer, kind of thing?

That's right, little man.

So, Poncho, have you had that Ludicolo

since it evolved from Lombre?

Absolutely! And I used a Water Stone!

A Water Stone?

MAX A Water Stone is used sometimes

to help certain Pokémon evolve.

Hey, Poncho! I have a Lombre too!

How do you feel about taking a look at it?

- 'But, of course!' - Ha!

Come on out, Lombre!

[APPEARING]

Ah! This Lombre has obviously been raised very well.

Oh, well, uh, thank you.

Lombre, what do you think?

Ludicolo's what you're gonna evolve into.

[HAPPY]

[JOVIAL]

So by the way, will you be eating those sandwiches?

- Probably. - How about this.

Let's have a battle and the winner gets the sandwiches.

That's perfect! A warm up before my Gym battle!

MAX 'But hold on.'

What do we get if you lose, Poncho?

Hm. Yes, good point.

If I lose, we all go to town

and I buy cheeseburgers for everyone.

Cheeseburgers? Alright!

Are you sure you can win this, Ash?

Not a doubt in my mind.

So. Then our battle is on.

I choose my pride and joy, Ludicolo.

[HAPPY]

Fine! Then I'm gonna choose..

[CONFIDENT]

Well, I guess Grovyle.

[CONFRONTATIONAL]

What's the matter, Corphish? Did you wanna battle?

[AGREEMENT]

Okay, then I choose you.

So, are you ready to go?

[AGREEMENT]

Wait, one minute!

We never begin a battle without doing like this!

[JOVIAL]

- And that is? - I don't know.

- Some kind of battle dance? - Hm.

You ask me, it's something he should keep to himself.

Everyone has their own thing. I guess.

Yeah? Mine's winning!

BROCK This Pokémon battle between Ash and Poncho

will now begin.

Each will use one Pokémon, with no time limit.

Let the match begin!

Alright, this should be quick!

Go, Corphish, Vice Grip!

[VICE GRIP MOVE]

Ludicolo, dodge that!

[EXERTION]

This could be bad!

Ludicolo is faster than it looks.

Okay, now follow up with Bubble Beam!

[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

Ludicolo, Protect!

[PROTECT MOVE]

[FRUSTRATED]

It's got a pretty good defense too.

Corphish, Crabhammer!

[CRABHAMMER MOVE]

Dodge it, Ludicolo.

[EXERTION]

[EXCITED]

[PROTECT MOVE]

[grunting]

[FRUSTRATED]

I think that Ludicolo is better than Ash thought it would be.

He and Corphish aren't doing so great.

There goes our lunch.

[WORRIED]

Crabhammer again, Corphish!

[CRABHAMMER MOVE]

Ludicolo, Double Team!

[DOUBLE TEAM MOVE]

Don't worry about it!

Just hit everyone with Crabhammer!

[CRABHAMMER MOVE]

[MOCKING]

It's not working, Ash!

You've got to concentrate more!

Crabhammer again, Corphish!

[CRABHAMMER MOVE]

Ludicolo, do a Focus Punch!

[FOCUS PUNCH MOVE]

[PAINED]

Corphish, you okay?

[READY]

Vice Grip Attack!

[VICE GRIP MOVE]

LUDICOLO [EXERTION]

Alright, now a Bubble Beam!

[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

Protect!

[PROTECT MOVE]

Another Crabhammer, Corphish!

Ludicolo, use Focus Punch!

[FOCUS PUNCH MOVE]

[PAINED]

Corphish!

[STRUGGLING]

Can you do another Crabhammer?

[CRABHAMMER MOVE]

Ludicolo, finish up with Hyper Beam!

[HYPER BEAM MOVE]

[PAINED]

[STUNNED]

Corphish is unable to battle.

Ludicolo wins!

BROCK 'The victory goes to Poncho!'

We won, Ludicolo.

You know what that means!

[CHEERFUL]

Wow. I lost.

PONCHO No hard feelings, right?

I do not wish to ruin a new friendship.

No. Of course not! A deal is a deal.

In that case, thank you very much!

And now, we must move on!

- Hm. - Hm.

Well, Ash, not one of your best battles.

You and Corphish weren't in sync.

Yeah, and I think

you underestimated your opponent, too.

And Corphish didn't seem as strong as it usually does.

[DISAPPOINTED]

[CONSOLING]

Guess that means we go without lunch today.

That's just great.

Never fear, Brock is here

and he's making some more sandwiches!

- Yay! - Yay!

I'm sorry, you guys.

Nah, don't worry about it.

[DETERMINED]

[CURIOUS]

Hey, Corphish! Where you going?

He seems upset.

[ANGRY]

That's weird.

What's goin' on with you lately?

Taillow, you see Corphish anywhere?

[NEGATIVE]

Oh...I don't know where it could've gone.

And this forest is pretty thick, too.

So what do think could have happened

to make Corphish just run off like that?

You know, seems like we've been praising Grovyle a lot lately.

So maybe, it just got its feelings hurt.

Yeah, and then it probably wanted to show us

how good it is in battle but ended up losing.

Aw, Corphish, is that what happened?

[SAD]

[ANGRY]

PONCHO Ludicolo.

I am feeling a bit guilty.

I never should have accepted these sandwiches.

[ENCOURAGING]

Yes. That is a very good idea!

Next time we see them we're treating them to cheeseburgers!

[AGREEMENT]

So, in that case.

Let's do a meal dance!

[ELATED]

[ANGRY]

[ELATED]

[SURPRISED]

Hey! Well, look who it is, Ludicolo!

[ENRAGED]

What's this, you want to battle

with Ludicolo one more time?

[AGREEMENT]/[ANGRY]

I understand what you say.

But we're about to sit down and eat!

You care to join us?

[FURIOUS]

Oh, my goodness me!

You should not let your temper

get the best of you, Corphish.

Grovyle was good but look at that!

You're not kidding.

That's one impressive looking Pokémon.

That's right.

And by being so impressive

it'll really impress the Boss!

Eh, not sure I'm following you.

MEOWTH Well, imagine how much he'll love startin' his day

with a dance by Ludicolo!

And when he gets all gloomy

'cause of the uselessness of his underlings

that Ludicolo dance will be sure to lift his spirits!

And then the Boss'll say..

Meowth and the others who gave me this

are truly valuable Team Rocket members!

- Woo-hoo! - Woo-hoo!

JAMES/MEOWTH/JESSIE Let's hear it for promotions

and expense accounts!

Boogie on down!

Eh, but what if the Boss finds Luicolo's dance annoying?

Hey! Don't you know that dancing brings joy to people's lives?

Either way, a gift is a gift.

So, I say, we go catch it.

[FURIOUS]

Of course, we can battle.

But wouldn't you not first like to have a bite to eat?

Hey! What is this?

'Run!'

It is a Haze Attack, let's go!

[EXERTION]

[screaming]

[STARTLED]

Whoa!

What is going on?

[WORRIED]

[laughing]

JESSIE Ludicolo is ours!

[ANGRY]

[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

[screaming]

[ANGRY]

[EXERTION]

Please help us.

CORPHISH [EXERTION]

Keep pulling, you've almost got it!

Yes, you can keep pulling but I'm afraid you'll never get it!

[AGREEMENT]

[DETERMINED]

JESSIE/MEOWTH/JAMES Not fair!

[screaming]

- Huh? - Hey, what's that?

[CURIOUS]

BROCK Team Rocket's balloon!

MAY It's comin' right at us!

[screaming]

Why were we dangling from a net?

CORPHISH [HAPPY]

Corphish! What do you doin' with Poncho?

[SURPRISED]

So good to see you.

Are you okay, Poncho?

Something very strange is happening.

Prepare for trouble, we'll show you strange.

Make it double, we've got quite a range.

JESSIE 'To protect the world from devastation.'

JAMES 'To unite all peoples within our nation.'

To denounce the evils of truth and love!

To extend our reach to the stars above!

- Jessie. - And James.

Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light.

So surrender now or prepare to fight, fight, fight.

That's right!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Team Rocket.

I think they were trying to steal my Ludicolo.

That sounds like them!

But just in the nick of time

your Corphish was able to save us!

[PROUD]

That's great, Corphish.

[PLEASED]

Alright, Seviper. Go!

[APPEARING]

You too, Cacnea!

[APPEARING]

Hm. Listen up! Attack them, not me!

Fine then. You wanna battle?

Corphish, Bubble Beam!

[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

[PAINED]

Seviper, Bite Attack!

Cacnea, go! Needle Arm!

Dodge that and use Vice Grip.

[VICE GRIP MOVE]

SEVIPER/CACNEA [PAINED]

Way to go, Corphish.

- Hey! - Cacnea, Pin m*ssile!

[PIN m*ssile MOVE]

Harden! And then use Crabhammer.

[HARDEN MOVE]

[CRABHAMMER MOVE]

CACNEA/SEVIPER [PAINED]

[screaming]

Alright! Finish up with Bubble Beam.

[BUBBLE BEAM MOVE]

[screaming]

Now the Boss won't see Ludicolo dance!

We should never have Tango'd with that Corphish!

Now it looks like we're going the way of disco.

I know, don't tell me.

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH Looks like Team Rocket's waltzing off again!

WOBBUFFET [EXASPERATED]

Great job. That was quite a battle!

[AGREEMENT]

- Thank you. - So, Poncho.

Has Corphish just been hangin' out with you all this time?

My guess as to what happened is it wanted a rematch.

Corphish must have been very upset to lose.

[AGREEMENT]

So that's what happened.

Yes, and because of Corphish, we are now safe.

So, we thank you very much.

[GRATEFUL]

[HAPPY]

- 'I'm starving!' - 'That looks so good.'

[HAPPY]

Mm-hm. Thank you!

[HAPPY]

But I am now feeling bad again about the sandwiches.

And now I am eating your stew.

Nah, don't worry.

We have plenty of ingredients left over

and I love to cook.

Just watching Corphish's battle

really worked up our appetite!

I am not sure how Ludicolo and I

would have fared against it, that time!

[ELATED]

[JOYFUL]

It did seem to be much more confident in this last battle.

Perhaps Ludicolo and I were lucky to win that last one.

Every Pokémon can have a bad day every once in a while, right?

Well, that is perhaps something for another day.

[AGREEMENT]

[ADORING]

Once again Torkoal's impressed too.

How could you not be? Corphish was awesome!

CORPHISH/GROVYLE [EXERTION]/[CURIOUS]

CORPHISH/GROVYLE [SMUG]/[APPROVING]

Hey, Poncho! What do you say about battlin' me again?

Ah! Would it be a rematch?

No. This time with my Torkoal.

[CONFIDENT]

Alright! Then we accept your challenge!

[EAGER]

BROCK Ash and Torkoal have challenged

Poncho and Ludicolo to a battle.

Let the match begin!

Go, Torkoal, Flamethrower!

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

Dodge it, Ludicolo!

[EXERTION]

[thinking] Concentrate.

I know we can win this.

Ludicolo, Focus Punch now!

[FOCUS PUNCH MOVE]

Iron Defense!

[IRON DEFENSE MOVE]

[PAINED]

Alright, now, Double Team!

[DOUBLE TEAM MOVE]

[UNEASY]

You'll be okay, Torkoal!

Just focus.

[DETERMINED]

Sweep with Flamethrower from the left!

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

[EXERTION]

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

[EXERTION]

[PAINED]

- Oh, no! - Way to go, Torkoal!

Ash is managing to control the battle

much better this time.

- I'll say. - And Torkoal looks great too!

[HAPPY]

NARRATOR After losing to Poncho

Ash was reminded how important it is

to work with his Pokémon.

Next stop, Petalburg City

where the powerful Gym Leader Norman

waits just ahead.

♪ I will carry on ♪

♪ Yeah this dream will last forever ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ Because we always will follow this dream ♪

♪ Po-ké-mon ♪♪