09x19 - Kaboom with a View

[bunniefuu]

The Battle Palace. Awesome!

[AGREEMENT]

NARRATOR After all the twists and turns of the latest leg

of his Battle Frontier journey.

Ash has arrived at the fifth facility, the Battle Palace.

Now, fully refreshed, he prepares to face Spenser

Frontier Brain and Palace Maven.

Ash, You look rested.

Evidence of a good night's sleep, eh?

Right. Thanks. Now, can we get to the battle?

[EXCITED]

Of course.

And I will meet your challenge

with all the power within my soul.

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ It's a battle win or lose ♪

♪ It's the friends you make it's the road you choose ♪

♪ You've got the right stuff ♪

♪ So make your mind up ♪

♪ Find the courage inside of you ♪

♪ If you're strong you'll survive ♪

♪ And you'll keep your dream alive ♪

♪ It's the Battle Frontier ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪

♪ Be the best you can be ♪

♪ And find your destiny ♪

♪ It's the master plan ♪

♪ The power's in your hand ♪

♪ Pokémon ♪♪

ASH "Ka Boom With a View!"

PIKACHU [EXCITED]

Seeing it's so lovely today.

I have a great idea.

Since it would be a shame to spend our whole day indoors

why don't we battle outdoors?

ASH/MAY/MAX/BROCK Huh?

ASH Outdoors?

It's the Battle Palace.

They've got an outdoor b*ttlefield

in the jungle here.

ASH/MAX/BROCK/MAY Yeah?

Having an outside battle in the jungle sounds fantastic.

Sure does.

Please, Ash? You gotta do it.

Sure, then outside it is.

[EXCITED]

Good, it's decided.

First, Ash, let's go through a few rules.

The battle will be conducted as a three on three tournament

where only the challenger is allowed to replace

any of his Pokémon at any time.

Gotcha, Scott. Thanks.

MAY Wow! What a view!

And look, you can even see the ocean from here.

MAY I've never seen anything so blue.

Wait till you get a load of this.

The b*ttlefield is the whole jungle

between the river and all of those cliffs.

MAY/MAX 'No way!'

'But that's almost as big as a whole city.'

SCOTT 'That flattened peak right in the middle'

'is the starting point.'

'Since the Pokémon can use the entire field'

'naturally Ash and Spenser will most likely be doing'

a whole bunch of running around.

- Wow! - That'll be tough.

Hold on, Scott.

With a b*ttlefield this gigantic

how can anyone possibly keep track of what's going on?

With the future of modern battling.

- Hey, Jamero! - Huh?

JAMERO Hey!

- Huh. - Whoa, what's that?

A great guy.

SCOTT This is our combination mechanized camera

robotic judge and my buddy, Jamero.

Greetings, everyone, and welcome to the Battle Palace.

- Wow! You talk great. - And he's cute.

Jamero can move at high speeds even underwater

'and its high-tech camera lens can make judgments'

'in units of one thousandth of a second.'

JAMERO Thanks, shall we begin?

Fine, I'm sure Ash is over any initial shock by now.

Very good! Monitor, on.

Begin.

[instrumental music]

MAY/MAX Whoa!

Of course! This is how you see what's happening on the field.

That's right, Brock.

Boy, oh, boy.

I can hardly wait.

Let's see what Ash pulls out of his hat today.

[laughing] So, today we feast our eyes

on the bounding battle of jungle Twerp.

With all his scampering

our traps should come in quite handy.

[MIMICKING]

And as soon as we palm Pikachu and give 'em to the Boss..

TEAM ROCKET No more blasting off again. No more second class.

WOBBUFFET [AGREEMENT]

JAMERO Attention, please.

'The Battle Palace Frontier Battle'

'between Ash of Pallet Town and Spenser the Palace Maven'

'is about to begin.'

I will now select my first Pokémon.

Now, Shiftry, to my side.

[APPEARING]/[AFFIRMATIVE]

Wow! A Shiftry.

Okay, Sceptile, you're up.

[APPEARING]/[AFFIRMATIVE]

- Sceptile's going first. - Great!

We've got a battle between Grass types.

Ready? Begin!

Okay, Sceptile, b*llet Seed. Let's go!

[b*llet SEED MOVE]

Quick, Shiftry. The jungle.

[AFFIRMATIVE]/[EXERTION]

Follow Shiftry.

[AFFIRMATIVE]/[EXERTION]

Let's go, Pikachu.

PIKACHU [AFFIRMATIVE]

SHIFTRY/SCEPTILE [EXERTION]

[grunting]

- They're on the move now. - And so are we.

SHIFTRY/SCEPTILE [EXERTIONS]

Sceptile, Leaf Blade.

Shiftry, use Quick Attack.

[LEAF BLADE MOVE]

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

SCEPTILESHIFTRY [EXERTION]

Looks like they're evenly matched.

Yeah this oughta be great. Look at 'em both go.

SHIFTRY/SCEPTILE [EXERTION][/[FOCUSED]

Your Sceptile has great spirit.

And so does your Shiftry.

It's a lot of fun to watch everybody so into it.

They're having a ball.

Being in the jungle makes

Shiftry and Sceptile feel right at home too.

It's a true battle between

the King of the Forest and the Lord of the Jungle.

Cool.

SHIFTRY/SCEPTILE [EXERTION]

Shiftry, use Double Team, now.

SHIFTRY/SCEPTILE [EXERTION]/[SURPRISED]

[DOUBLE TEAM MOVE]

[grunts] Which one is the real one?

Now, Shiftry, Shadow Ball.

[SHADOW BALL MOVE]

[PAINED]

[gasps] Sceptile, no!

Quick, follow with Rock Smash.

[ROCK SMASH MOVE]

[SURPRISED]/[EXERTION]

You okay?

[WORRIED]

[gasping]

Sceptile's under those rocks.

And after getting socked by that attack.

- Uh.. - My, my.

That's quite a pile there.

[SURPRISED]

- Huh? - Huh?

[EXERTION]

But how?

Sceptile, you rock. Pound attack, now.

[POUND MOVE]

SHIFTRY [PAINED]

Follow it up with Leaf Blade.

[LEAF BLADE MOVE]

SHIFTRY [PAINED]

[STUNNED]

JAMERO Shiftry is unable to battle.

Sceptile's the winner.

Alright, Sceptile.

[EXCITED]

Ah, the way Sceptile used that opening

to climb the waterfall was a sight to behold.

What do you know?

That Sceptile sure is slick.

After Shiftry did that Rock Smash

I thought it was all over.

Wow, to think Sceptile

couldn't even do any attack moves

just hours ago.

JESSIE 'Huh?'

[screaming]

JESSIE Nothing's more embarrassing than getting

trapped in your own trap.

Look at the bright side. No one does it better.

[AGREEMENT]

Venusaur, to my side.

[APPEARING]/[AFFIRMATIVE]

Venusaur! I had a feeling.

Sceptile, return.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Heracross, I choose you.

[APPEARING]/[AFFIRMATIVE]

[EXCITED]

HERACROSS [EATING]

VENUSAUR [ANNOYED]

VENUSAUR/HERACROSS [EXERTION]/[SURPRISED]

[laughing] Heracross loves nectar. Sorry.

HERACROSS [EMBARRASSED]

[laughing] No problem at all.

If I were Heracross

why I'd probably do exactly the same thing.

[AGREEMENT]

Oh, man.

Oh, wow, would you look at that?

Nectar makes Heracross go nuts.

I'll be dipped.

I didn't know Ash had a Heracross.

Yup, he had a feeling Venusaur would be here.

So he called Professor Oak at his lab.

A Bug-type Pokémon like Heracross

is a perfect match for Venusaur too.

That's true, normally.

But remember, this is Spenser's Venusaur, you know?

Okay, Spenser, I'm ready to go.

Good! After you, young man.

Heracross! Horn Attack, go.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Venusaur, Razor Leaf.

[RAZOR LEAF MOVE]

[HORN ATTACK MOVE]

VENUSAUR [PAINED]

Heracross! Fury Attack, now!

[AFFIRMATIVE]/[FURY ATTACK MOVE]

Venusaur! Vine Whip.

[VINE WHIP MOVE]

HERACROSS [PAINED]

Heracross, Tackle attack.

You do Tackle as well.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

HERACROSS/VENUSAUR [TACKLE MOVE]

Look out! Those two guys are power battlers.

This is gonna to be some hit.

HERACROSS/VENUSAUR [EXERTION]

Looks even to me.

Push harder, Heracross.

Now, Heracross, Megahorn attack, go.

[MEGAHORN MOVE]

Right on the nose.

That had to do something.

[PAINED]

Hmm.

Heracross, that was great.

[EXCITED]

[PLEASED]

[ANNOYED]

Venusaur, let's use Solar Beam.

[SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

Of course, this is gonna take some time.

Heracross, finish this up with Megahorn.

[MEGAHORN MOVE]

[SURPRISED]

JAMES Oopsie!

[Team Rocket screaming]

JESSIE Ah!

Not again.

Maybe we all have some self hatred issues.

[AGREEMENT]

VENUSAUR [PAINED]

[ANGRY]

Venusaur, Solar Beam.

[SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

HERACROSS [PAINED]

[gasping]

[PAINED]

[STUNNED]

JAMERO Heracross is unable to battle. Venusaur wins.

Excellent. Well done, Venusaur.

[AFFIRMATIVE]/[HAPPY]

In one hit? With Solar Beam?

But how? It's not possible.

How could a Solar Beam do that to a Bug-type Pokémon?

That's some Venusaur.

What do I do now?

Alright, Swellow, I choose you.

[APPEARING]/[AFFIRMATIVE]

Okay, it's you and me.

[EXCITED]

Huh?

That's some of the fruit that fell before.

Please take them as my gift. Here, enjoy!

Thank you. But, right now?

It will be just a short break.

[EATING]

Ah, yummy.

[AGREEMENT]

PIKACHU/SWELLOW [CURIOUS]

Sounds good to me.

SWELLOW/PIKACHU [AGREEMENT]

[EATING]

Now, isn't this nice?

Just peace and calm.

Tell me. Doesn't food taste better in the thick of it?

You're right. It does.

[AGREEMENT]

Voila!

How about a little break for us too?

MAY/MAX/BROCK Okay!

MAY/MAX 'Delicious!'

BROCK 'Watching an intense battle like this'

'sure can build up an appetite.'

MEOWTH Yipes!

Me and my big feet.

JESSIE/JAMES We're in reruns already?

TEAM ROCKET Huh?

For once, a dud to be proud of.

Memory fails as to what kind of dud it was.

Good question. Lemme see. Hmm, uh..

[Team Rocket screaming]

JAMES 'Now I remember. It was a pit trap.'

You know, I never stop marveling at that sixth sense of yours.

Why did we pick now to do a good job?

MIME JR. [MIMICKING]

Let's get Pikachu and get out of this jungle Gym.

- Happily. - Happily.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

SWELLOW [EXCITED]/[EXERTION]

Keep going, Swellow.

You're moving fast and looking good.

SWELLOW [AFFIRMATIVE]

I wonder what Ash has got planned.

BROCK/MAX/MAY/SCOTT Huh?

BROCK 'Looks like he's headed for the ocean.'

Now I see what young Ash is up to.

Venusaur, Razor Leaf. Let's go.

VENUSAUR [AFFIRMATIVE]

SWELLOW/VENUSAUR [EXERTION]/[RAZOR LEAF MOVE]

They're coming in fast.

Swellow, step on it, quick.

Now, Venusaur! Let's use Vine Whip.

VENUSAUR [AFFIRMATIVE]/[VINE WHIP MOVE]

SWELLOW [EXERTION]

We did it.

We got out of there and they

didn't lay a hand on us.

SWELLOW [AGREEMENT]

SPENSER Well, well, if at first you don't succeed

you try it again, of course.

Use Razor Leaf one more time.

[RAZOR LEAF MOVE]

Dodge, then Double Team.

[EXERTION]/[DOUBLE TEAM MOVE]

VENUSAUR [CONFUSED]

Now, Quick Attack, let's go.

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

Vine Whip! And knock them all down.

[VINE WHIP MOVE]

[EXERTION]/[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

[PAINED]

[TIRED]

Venusaur sure looks tired.

That battle with Heracross affected them both.

We must finish this quickly.

Venusaur! Solar Beam, now.

[SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

[SCARED]/[TIRED]

Swellow's looking tired too.

If that Solar Beam connects right now.. Huh?

[Spenser growling]

Yes! Perfect timing. Aerial Ace, go.

[AFFIRMATIVE]/[AERIAL ACE MOVE]

[PAINED]

Venusaur!

[PAINED]

Bull's eye!

And that's all she wrote.

[STUNNED]

JAMERO Venusaur is unable to battle. The winner is Swellow.

- Yeah! - We told ya.

Ash was lucky that the sun hid right then.

Maybe he and the sun made a secret deal.

Although.. He's not out of the woods yet.

BROCK/MAX/MAY Huh?

Wait until you see Spenser's final choice.

Makes Venusaur seem tame.

Claydol, by my side.

[APPEARING]/[AFFIRMATIVE]

A Claydol, huh? How cool.

SPENSER 'Our natural world is overflowing'

'with all sorts of energy and in many forms.'

This Pokémon excels in drawing forth

many of those energies.

So, young Ash.

You'll find victory most challenging this time.

Good! That's what I like.

You heard him, Swellow.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Swellow! Quick Attack, let's go.

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

Claydol, Teleport, then Rapid Spin.

CLAYDOL/SWELLOW [TELEPORT MOVE]/[EXERTION]

[RAPID SPIN MOVE]

[PAINED]

You got to straighten out.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Do what you like, Claydol, now.

[RAPID SPIN MOVE]

[SURPRISE]/[PAINED]

PIKACHU [WORRIED]

Let's keep up the pace. Claydol, Hyper Beam.

[HYPER BEAM MOVE]

SWELLOW [PAINED]

[STUNNED]

No! Swellow!

JAMERO Swellow is unable to battle. Claydol is the winner.

Very well done, my good friend.

CLAYDOL [AFFIRMATIVE]

That was quick.

Swellow didn't even get a chance to fight back.

We're looking at a super high level Pokémon.

Oh, yeah! And it's last battle time.

Claydol, stay with me.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Sceptile! It's up to you.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

- Poised, we watch. - Quietly.

MEOWTH Wait till they realize they're short one Pikachu.

Claydol! Psybeam, let's go.

[PSYBEAM MOVE]

Dodge it.

[AFFIRMATIVE]/[EXERTION]

[Team Rocket gasping]

Huh, Some poise.

We're anything but quiet.

And the only one who's short around here is me.

[AGREEMENT]

TEAM ROCKET We're blasting off again.

MIME JR. [MIMICKING]

b*llet Seed, now!

[b*llet SEED MOVE]

Teleport, then Rapid Spin.

[TELEPORT MOVE]

SCEPTILE [CONFUSED]

CLAYDOL [RAPID SPIN MOVE]

SCEPTILE [SURPRISED]/[PAINED]

Run to the top of that cliff.

SCEPTILE [AFFIRMATIVE]

[EXERTION]

[FOCUSED]

Huh, it's raining?

PIKACHU [SURPRISED]

What you're seeing is called a squall.

A type of rainstorm.

It appears unexpectedly and is unique to this area.

It looks like mother nature did me a favor.

Maybe he's right.

Claydol, use Rapid Spin, now.

[RAPID SPIN MOVE]

Jump and then dodge.

[EXERTION]

[PAINED]

[gasping] Sceptile!

The sandstorm just got a lot more powerful

by taking in water from the squall.

And Sceptile is being pounded by those rocks.

I've never seen an attack like that.

It's true that Spenser really is one with nature.

[STRUGGLING]

Now, Claydol!

Use Rapid Spin and Psybeam. Go!

[RAPID SPIN MOVE]/[PSYBEAM MOVE]

[PAINED]

[STRUGGLING]

ASH 'Get up, Sceptile.'

'You gotta get up.'

PIKACHU [AGREEMENT]/[CONCERNED]

[STRUGGLING]

Although I do admire your fighting spirit

it appears we're just about done.

Sceptile might have something to say about that.

And I might have something to say too.

Huh?

Man, that was quick.

Now maybe things will be easier.

Huh?

[EXERTION]

Of course. I forgot.

Sceptile, Solar Beam.

SPENSER Oh, I see you're tuning into the ways of Nature.

But, I'm afraid your enlightenment

has arrived a little too late.

Claydol! Finish it with Hyper Beam.

[HYPER BEAM MOVE]

- No! - Sceptile!

Dodge that, now!

[EXERTION]

- But how? - Great, Sceptile.

Now, Solar Beam. Yeah!

[SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

CLAYDOL [PAINED]

No, no, Claydol!

[PAINED]

[STUNNED]

JAMERO Claydol is unable to battle. Sceptile is the winner.

And the victor is Ash of Pallet Town.

Well, alright!

[EXCITED]

We did it, Sceptile. You really toughed it out.

PIKACHU [HAPPY]

I knew you weren't gonna

let me down, Sceptile.

Ash really won.

Not only that, Sceptile learned how to do Solar Beam.

Yeah, coming out of a slump like that

is really something to be proud of.

That Ash.

So young and already he's reached

the fifth facility on the Battle Frontier.

SPENSER You've exhibited the kind of fighting spirit that shows

you never give up, no matter what the difficulty.

[giggling] Come on!

And here is your proof of having won

at the Battle Palace.

- The Spirit Symbol. - Wow.

Thank you so much.

Alright!

I got me the Spirit Symbol.

[EXCITED]

- Hey, that makes five. - Great work.

And now you can look forward to battle number six.

Yeah!

And if you win there..

...then you're gonna be able to find out

the location of your last Battle.

But first, keep in mind the sixth Frontier Brain

is one tough cookie.

Right, I'll do that, Scott.

[EXCITED]

NARRATOR After battling with carefully chosen Pok mon

in a new environment

Ash has claimed the Spirit Symbol.

But Scott's advice has not fallen on deaf ears.

And our heroes know Ash's next battle

will be a challenge, which of course

he can't wait to face. So, stay tuned!

♪ Yo Pokémon Masters your heart beats faster ♪

♪ Training for the top 'cause you know you can't stop ♪

♪ Your training kicks now Pokémon Pow wow ♪

♪ The power of a master all before you will bow ♪

♪ But don't let it get to your head young Trainer ♪

♪ The road is long and filled with danger ♪

♪ Everyone says they deserve to be number one ♪

♪ But who can top you? The answer is none ♪

♪ Because they've never seen an expert like you ♪

♪ One who knows the difference between Mewtwo and Mew ♪

♪ Or someone who can tell you the type Pikachu ♪

♪ Or someone who can tell you which Pokémon's new ♪

♪ First you kick it in Kanto ♪

♪ Then you head to Johto ♪♪