08x12 - Claydol Big and Tall

[bunniefuu]

NARRATOR As Ash and friends continue their journey

toward the Hoenn League

they first need to make their way across Izabe Island.

Then, it's off to Sootopolis City

where Ash hopes to earn his eighth and final Gym badge.

Hey, look up there, you guys.

[INTRIGUED]

BROCK 'Whoa.'

'It's a giant Poké Ball.'

But it's way too big to be a Poké Ball

plus I think, it's made out of stone.

I sure would love to know the story behind it.

SIGOURNEY 'Then I'll tell you.'

ASH/MAY/BROCK/MAX Huh?

Those who seek knowledge deserve to gain knowledge.

Hi, who are you?

I am Sigourney, the sage of Izabe Island.

- What are sages again? - Philosophers.

SIGOURNEY 'That is correct.'

'And I have the knowledge you seek about the stone Poké Ball.'

The legend of the great Poké Ball

has been passed down since olden times

here in the Valley of Destruction.

ASH/MAY/BROCK/MAX The Valley of Destruction?

Um-hmm. Curious?

ASH/MAY/BROCK/MAX Hmm-hmm.

Then knowledge I shall give to you!

First things first.

Souvenirs, postcards, t-shirts, muffins, bumper stickers.

What will it be, kids?

ASH/MAY/BROCK Ah!

- You're sellin' souvenirs? - Hey, I got to do something.

Island sage doesn't pay diddly.

But, no one knows the legends the way that I do.

Because only I possess this ancient text

handed down from the time of the great destruction.

ASH/MAY/BROCK/MAX Whoa!

♪ Ohh oh oh oh oh oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Walking down this endless highway ♪

♪ With nothing but my friends beside me ♪

♪ We'll never give in we'll never rest ♪

♪ Advanced Battle is the ultimate test ♪

♪ From the earth the land the sea and sky ♪

♪ They can never win but they sure can try ♪

♪ Ohh oh oh oh oh oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ Ohh oh oh oh oh oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ From the stars and the ancient past ♪

♪ They come to play but they'll never last ♪

♪ Ohh oh oh oh oh oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ Ohh oh oh oh oh oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ Oh oh oh ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪

ASH "Claydol Big and Tall."

SIGOURNEY 'Centuries ago, in the time of the destruction'

'a great power was sealed within that Poké Ball.'

What kind of power?

It must've been bad.

Doesn't matter now, the Ball is empty.

An evil stranger released the destructive force within

many years ago.

What happened when the force came out?

Well, what do you think it did, ordered pizza?

It destroyed the island.

For seven days and seven nights

the destroyer roamed at will crushing and burning

everything in its path.

Just when all hope was lost

a figure appeared out of nowhere, a white sage.

This sage summoned a second giant Poké Ball from another

mysterious dimension and sealed the destroyer inside it.

It's trapped still in the middle of Izabe Lake.

As proof that my story is true.

ASH/MAY/BROCK/MAX Oh!

I can take you to see it, if you are worthy of it.

- Are you? - We're worthy, you bet.

How do you know?

Say "Aye" those who would prove themselves

worthy of this great legend.

ASH/MAY/BROCK/MAX Aye!

Good. Then follow me and I shall lead you to sacred lake Izabe.

Don't we have to prove something first?

Yes, indeed.

You must choose one of my souvenirs.

ASH/MAY/MAX/BROCK Ah!

Great.

Wonderful story.

Whatever that destructive power is

we've got to corral it somehow.

Let's sing.

♪ And do the money dance ♪

♪ We're gonna be rich ♪

♪ Filthy rich ♪♪

We've got to get to the lake before the Twerps do.

JAMES/MEOWTH Whee!

[instrumental music]

JAMES 'There it is!'

So, that's the Poké Ball

with all of the power inside of it?

That's right.

'Just imagine having all of that ancient power'

'at our fingertips.'

I can't wait to start destroying stuff. Let's go.

MEOWTH/JAMES Yay!

[AFFIRMATIVE]

SIGOURNEY 'There you see it, where it's been undisturbed'

for a thousand years.

Behold!

Uh! What's this?

That's Team Rocket's balloon.

Do you think they might be interested

in purchasing some souvenirs?

You don't wanna get mixed up with these guys, Sage.

They're crooks, and besides, they never have any money.

Listen! That is not accurate!

All of these gadgets cost a lot of money.

And we're not crooks, you just don't understand our motivation.

So what is your motivation?

We feel everyone should aspire "To prepare for trouble."

And their goal should be "To make it double."

To protect the world from devastation.

To unite all peoples within our nation.

To denounce the evils of truth and love.

To dream, uh-huh, yes, to dream of extending

our destructive reach to the stars above.

- Jessie. - James.

Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light.

Surrender now or prepare for a dramatic fight.

That's right.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

[MERRY]

Let's pop open that rock and see what our prize is.

Drop some party favors onto that fossilized Poké Ball, Meowth.

Roger.

[expl*si*n]

Don't do that.

You could destroy the entire world

if the power is released from that Ball once again.

- Ah! - Oh, no!

[dramatic music]

Hey, you didn't even put a dent in that Ball.

Don't tell me that's all you got.

- Second round. - Wait a minute.

- Look at that. - Huh?

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH/ASH/MAY/MAX Ah!

[expl*si*n]

[screaming]

[dramatic music]

[APPEARING]

ASH/MAY/BROCK/MAX Oh!

Uh, what is it?

- I think it's a Claydol. - It's huge.

ASH So the horrible destroyer in the legend

'was actually a giant Claydol?'

Yes, it's all right here in the book and this explains

what has always been a great mystery to the sages.

The ancients drew this.

'Pictures of a Claydol the size of normal Claydol.'

Claydol, huh?

Claydol, the Clay Doll Pokémon.

Claydol is the evolved form of Baltoy.

These ancient Pokémon are said to have come alive

when a mysterious light instilled life

into clay creatures created in ancient times.

Claydol can fly and are able to fire beams from both arms.

[CALM]

[screaming]

Uh, what are you doing, Meowth?

Pull it together and catch that Pokémon.

Okay. Here goes.

[dramatic music]

You've got it, now just pull it up.

Pulling up now.

I don't feel movement.

- It ain't gonna come up. - Hmm?

Hey, listen to this, you fat ball of clay.

[SURPRISED]

Do you think just because you're big and ugly

you don't have to do what I say.

[ICE BEAM MOVE]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH [screaming]

[HYPER BEAM MOVE]

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH We're blasting off again.

[screaming]

What luck. For once we landed somewhere soft and safe.

- Soft anyway. - But not safe.

WOBBUFFET [ALARMED]

[INTENT]

It's startin' to move.

Hmm, and the direction it's moving

will take it straight into the village.

ASH/MAY/BROCK/MAX Oh!

Do you think it'll attack

the village, Sigourney?

The ancient text says only

that the Great Destroyer's path of destruction

was total and unpredictable.

There's no way to know what's going to happen.

[ATTACK]

Okay, it's pretty obvious now.

Well, no matter how big it is, a Pokémon's a Pokémon.

[grunts]

I'll catch it with a Poké Ball.

[DISMISSIVE]

[EXERTION]

No good, I guess an ordinary Poké Ball

can't handle something that big.

Then we shall have to go to the mountaintop

and use the legendary stone Ball.

But we could never lift that Poké Ball

and bring it all the way down here.

SIGOURNEY 'No. Of course not.'

In that case, we'll have to get the Claydol up to the Poké Ball.

And then we can seal it up inside the Ball.

[DETERMINED]

But how are we gonna get it up the mountain?

Yeah, it's so strong that Team Rocket's balloon

couldn't even budge it.

That's true.

Let me worry about the strategy.

If I'm reading the ancient text correctly

the giant Claydol was a ceramic doll created by a water maiden

'using mud from this very lake.'

'Therefore, it says the sage used'

'water techniques to stop the Claydol.'

Water techniques? I've got those.

JESSIE Hey, where are you going?

Pull over and let us off.

I'm the one who let you out

and I can put you back in there too.

MEOWTH/JAMES Somebody help!

[OBLIVIOUS]

BROCK This is good, we can get a clear shot at it.

Mudkip, Lombre, come on out.

MUDKIP/LOMBRE [EAGER]

Use Water g*n on the big Claydol.

MUDKIP/LOMBRE [WATER g*n MOVE]

CLAYDOL [SURPRISED]

- Yeah! - That worked.

Hmm. Exactly as the ancient text promised it would.

[EXERTION]

Who turned on the spin cycle?

I'm about to lose my lunch.

That's okay. You're about to get mine.

[DISTRESSED]

[screaming]

[EXERTION]

[screaming]

[screaming]

ASH/MAY/BROCK/MAX/SIGOURNEY Huh?

That had to hurt.

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH We don't need your sympathy.

Why don't we pretend to help them

and then grab that blob of clay when we get the chance.

Good plan, James.

Surprised I didn't think of it.

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Hey, guys?

I know we've had our problems in days past

but now we just really wanna help.

JESSIE/MEOWTH Yes, please.

Forget it!

[ADAMANT]

But things are different now

that the whole world's in danger from this Claydol.

We still have to protect the world from devastation.

Yes, and really unite all peoples within our nation.

We could use some help.

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Ka-ching!

What did you say?

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH We said that's a good thing.

[INTENT]

Well, so much for using Water g*n against it.

Are you sure that's what the book says we should do?

Well, actually now that I look a little more closely

it appears to be saying whatever you do

don't try Water Attacks against giant Claydol.

Well then, what do we do next?

Hmm. Aha! I think this chapter may contain the answer.

"After much deep thought the sage concluded

it was hunger that drove the giant Claydol toward the town."

It says here that the sage was then able to learn

what the Great Destroyer's favorite food was.

And by placing the food as bait along the trail

led it away and thereby saved the village.

That is what we must do.

[INTENT]

Here's some eggplant, your favorite food.

Why not stop and have a snack?

[CALM]

ASH/JAMES Oh!

Are you sure the book says it loves eggplant?

Um-hmm, definitely.

But the one pictured in the text is much bigger than ours are.

I know just what to do then.

How does this always happen?

Here it comes, dance like an eggplant.

- Claydol, over here. - We're eggplant.

JAMES Not two guys in costumes at all.

- We're delicious. - And low fat.

JAMES Which you might wanna look into.

- That did it. - We got its attention.

It really does love eggplant. Now, for phase two.

- Onward to the mountaintop. - Yeah.

- Hmm. - Uh-ha-ha.

[INTENT]

JAMES 'I'm a big, purple eggplant.'

BROCK 'The giant Claydol's following 'em.'

It's working perfectly.

MAY Just like the book said it would.

- Uh, what's this? - What?

You didn't read something wrong again, did you?

It says here that the powerful Claydol

sought out eggplant not because it liked it

but rather because it hated it.

[screaming]

[INTENT]

[screams]

ASH It's a dead end! What now?

- Now, we hope it's not hungry. - Uh-uh..

[HOSTILE]

- It looks mad. - But why? It loves eggplant.

BROCK Uh, hey, guys, about the costumes.

Claydol hates eggplant more than anything.

JAMES/ASH What?

Take them off before it crushes you.

[shudders]

[AGGRESSIVE]

[SATISFIED]

[shudders]

JAMES/ASH That was close.

[INTENT]

[SURPRISED]

[HYPER BEAM MOVE]

[indistinct clamoring]

[INTENT]

[indistinct clamoring]

[INTENT]

ASH 'The village is gonna be destroyed'

'if we don't come up with another plan.'

- And no more vegetables. - Um.

- Oh, well, there goes our plan. - What do mean "Our plan?"

No, not "Our plan." I said power plan.

I don't get why the Claydol would head

straight for the village like that just to destroy everything.

You're right, there must be something that it's after.

Does the ancient text say anything about that, Sage?

Hmm, I shall try to translate it for you.

ASH/JESSIE/JAMES/BROCK/MAX/MAY Huh..

"It was believed the great Claydol was seeking out

"the maiden who had made the ceramic toy

that Claydol was created from."

Hmm, maiden?

SIGOURNEY To save the village, the sage then transformed himself

into the most beautiful maiden in the world and used song

and dance to lead the giant Claydol away from town.

This is what we must do.

That's me, you guys.

Beautiful maiden has my name written all over it.

[laughs]

[INTENT]

[CURIOUS]

[instrumental music]

Why are you three out here

when it's clear only I qualify as a beautiful maiden?

Maybe it's because maidens are supposed to be

young, sweet, and innocent, not criminals.

How dare you suggest that I'm not young and sweet?

MEOWTH I'm quite sweet myself.

[EMPHATIC]

Hey, no arguing, we're on the same team here.

Yeah, so quit sweating the details.

Uh, are you sure we need all four of them down there?

Um-hmm, the ancient beauty could've been gorgeous

or as ugly as a stump, so we need to be sure

and cover all of our bases.

Now, maidens, transform.

JESSIE/MEOWTH/MAY 'Woo-hoo!'

Oh, Claydol, come and see me. Where are you Claydol?

Don't I look beautiful? Come on, Claydol.

- Good job, guys. - Keep it up.

JESSIE/MAY/MEOWTH Claydol, Claydol! We love you!

JESSIE/MAY/MEOWTH Claydol, Claydol! We love you!

[INTRIGUED]

Alright, it's comin' this way.

[INTRIGUED]

JESSIE Of course, it's coming for me.

No Pokémon can resist my charm.

[INTRIGUED]

[HYPER BEAM MOVE]

[screams] No!

Obviously giant Claydol prefer my kind of fun personality.

[ICE BEAM MOVE]

You cold-hearted Claydol.

Well, that leaves me. I guess caring and compassion wins.

[EXERTION]

You must be kidding.

You're blowing me away?

BROCK/ASH/MAX May!

[grunts]

Looks like you read your ancient text wrong again.

SIGOURNEY No, the ancient text clearly calls

for the most beautiful maiden in the world.

Therefore, you must admit it was a bit of a stretch

trying to use any of you.

JESSIE/MEOWTH That's just mean.

[INTRIGUED]

ASH 'You guys, look.'

Uh, the giant Claydol's goin' after Wobbuffet.

JAMES Does it think it's an eggplant?

BROCK Run, Wobbuffet.

[flute music]

[SMITTEN]

No way. It must be having trouble with its eyesight.

I don't think so.

I think it has a thing for Wobbuffet.

SIGOURNEY That explains the illustration in the ancient text.

I thought it was just a printing error

but the maiden does look just like Wobbuffet.

I'm having my doubts about this.

The text or the guy reading?

You're doin' great, Wobbuffet.

Keep leading it through the valley

towards the stone Poké Ball.

CLAYDOL [SMITTEN]

[instrumental music]

Let us know when to pry this thing loose.

I'll give you the word as soon as the giant Claydol

reaches the entrance of the valley.

We're going to have to time this thing just right.

Okay. Here it comes.

[SMITTEN]

Just a little bit more.

[SMITTEN]

Wobbuffet.

The Claydol's gonna catch it.

Swellow, come on out. Go get Wobbuffet.

[CONFIDENT]/[EXERTION]

SWELLOW [INTENT]

Yes, you got it.

At least, some of it.

[ALARMED]

[CONFUSED]

- Uh. - It's onto us.

Run for it, Wobbuffet.

WOBBUFFET [SHOCKED]

WOBBUFFET [SCARED]

[TERRIFIED]

Release the Poké Ball.

[grunting]

I can feel it moving.

[grunting]

[dramatic music]

[cheering]

[dramatic music]

It's stuck!

We've got to go pry it loose again.

There's no more time.

Come on out, Mudkip and Lombre.

MUDKIP/LOMBRE [EAGER]

Use your Water g*n and blast it.

MUDKIP/LOMBRE [WATER g*n MOVE]

[dramatic music]

Now, Pikachu, use Thunder to set it free.

[THUNDER MOVE]

Good job, Pikachu.

[DELIGHTED]

[SURPRISED]

[PAINED]

ASH/MAX Alright, alright.

Our timing turned out to be perfect.

And it's all thanks to Wobbuffet.

Yeah. Hey, where'd Team Rocket go?

- Huh? Right there. - Ha-ha!

JESSIE Claydol is ours.

Thanks for gift-wrapping it for us.

So all that talk about working together was just a lie.

That's right.

And now, kids, we'll be takin' our Ball and goin' home.

[screaming]

MEOWTH I'm getting that sinkin' feelin'.

[gasping]

♪ We'll be coming round the mountain then we'll crash ♪

♪ We'll be coming round the mountain then we'll crash ♪♪

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH Whoa, Team Rocket's blasting off again.

[dramatic music]

I can't believe where that Claydol ended up.

Yeah, right back where it started from.

SIGOURNEY 'Just as the ancient text said it would.'

[sighs]

So the great destroyer now slumbers once again.

Thanks to our efforts Izabe is safe.

You know, I'm not sure if that gigantic Claydol

was even a real Pokémon.

Yeah, I'm wonderin' about that myself.

After seeing what it can do

I just hope no one ever sets it free again.

SIGOURNEY Who knows?

Perhaps there will come a day

when we can communicate and live in peace

with the giant Claydol.

But until that day comes

Claydol, sleep well.

NARRATOR Having added a close encounter

with yet another mysterious Pokémon

our heroes prepare to continue their journey

across Izabe Island, and onward to Sootopolis City.

♪ Walking down this endless highway ♪

♪ With nothing but my friends beside me ♪

♪ We'll never give in we'll never rest ♪

♪ Advanced Battle is the ultimate test ♪

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ Ohh oh-oh-oh oh-oh ♪

♪ I'm undefeatable ♪

♪ Oh oh oh ♪

♪ Advanced Battle ♪

♪ I'm unbeatable ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪