09x33 - Battling the Enemy Within

[bunniefuu]

I want to train as soon as we get to the Indigo Plateau.

When it feels right, then I'll give Brandon another shot.

[EXCITED]

NARRATOR After parting ways with Brandon and his amazing

flying Battle Pyramid, our heroes now head

for the Indigo Plateau, where May's Grand Festival

will soon take place.

I'm so ready to win I could burst.

Those Coordinators won't know what hit them.

- You're feeling confident. - Yeah, but be careful.

All the greatest Coordinators in the world will be competing

at the Grand Festival, remember.

I know, Max!

But, hey, these five Ribbons didn't just get in this case

all by themselves you know.

I'm sure of it, I'm gonna win!

TAYLOR 'Stop!'

ASH/BROCK/MAX/MAY Huh?

You come back here this instant you thieves!

[EXERTION]

ASH/MAX/MAY Aipom!

[SHOCKED]

[EXERTION]

[grunts] Ah!

[EXERTION]

- That's my hat! Come on! - You give my ribbons back!

[ANGRY]

ASH/BROCK/MAX/MAY Huh? Hey!

[EXERTION]

[gasping]

- No way! My Ribbons! - We'll get 'em back.

- I hope you're all okay. - Yeah, kinda.

♪ 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 "Slaking Kong!"

[HAPPY]

The name is Taylor, see, I was gathering berries

from my orchard in order to make a big batch of my Pokéblock.

I'm Ash Ketcham.

[SALUTATIONS]

Hi, my name's May. My name's Max.

- And I'm Brock. - I don't get it.

What's up with those Aipom?

The Aipom live in the mountains.

They've always come to my orchards

to eat berries off of the trees

only when they were hungry.

But things are different now.

- They took all of your berries? - It was the Aipom, right?

Aipom, Vigoroth, Slaking and Mankey.

All the Pokémon that live in the mountains

took every last bunch of berries.

Maybe they just ran out of food up there.

No, it's not that. It's just..

Just what?

[CURIOUS]

Just a short time ago, there was a traveler

who got lost on one of the mountain roads.

Hm. Huh!

Huh!

A monster!

TAYLOR So the frightened traveler

ran away as fast as he could.

And then he told me what he'd seen up there.

He said it was a giant monster of some sort.

ASH/BROCK/MAX/MAY Giant monster?

A Pokémon of some kind?

Well, it seems the Aipom are taking all my berries

back to the mountain for whatever it is.

We've got to do something, quick.

I've got to get my ribbons back.

Yeah and my hat!

[AGREEMENT]

Then we'll all go!

I wanna see this giant monster for myself.

[bells ringing]

MEOWTH Oh, great Mountain King

we plead Slaking's who we wanna feed.

Aipom knew just what to do.

Here's the grub from them to you.

'All the Aipon did it right.'

'Snatched up all the berries in sight.'

Come on take a bite! Yeah!

[NERVOUS]

Awesome, looks like the king of the mountain's

gonna be pleased.

[ANGRY]

[NERVOUS]/[SCARED]

And now we're gonna run it up

the old flag pole and see who salutes!

[AGREEMENT]

Perfecto! Another fruitsy feast!

You're a genius!

Those Mountain Pokémon are putty in your paws.

Wow!

There are enough berries here to make a pile of Pokéblock

that we can put on the auction block.

We'll make a Grand Festival fortune.

MEOWTH 'And you thought king of the mountain was just a kid's game.'

WOBBUFFET [PROUD]

What's this? Say, it looks like a Ribbon case!

Let's see. Huh.

A five piece contest ribbon set!

I know this is a sign!

I am to appear in the Grand Festival after all!

JAMES/MEOWTH Huh!

But, Jessie! They're not exactly yours.

Well, they are now! You can't have forgotten the rules.

Possession is nine-tenths of the law.

And that last tenths?

Simple creative licensing.

Which leads me to create fame and fortune.

[AGREEMENT]

JAMES/MEOWTH Great.

There, the place where the giant monster

was seen should be just ahead.

ASH/BROCK/MAX/MAY/TAYLOR Huh!

[EXERTION]

- Mank.. - Look at all the berries!

- Berries for the giant monster. - Let's follow them.

ASH/MAX/BROCK Mm-hm.

MEOWTH Mountain King please take your place

all this food ain't no disgrace.

Slaking time to stuff your face.

[FOCUSED]

All of my wonderful berries.

Uh! My hat!

They must have my Ribbon case!

Good haul, with all of this gorgeous grub to give

we're gonna have one happy Mountain King camper

on our hands!

What's a Mountain King?

Sounds like the giant monster.

[AGREEMENT]

Lunch is soived!

Those gates are gonna open any minute now!

[AGREEMENT]

[ANGRY]

[SCARED]

- Monster! - Aah!

- There it is! - And it's giant!

I want my Ribbon case back now!

- May! - It's dangerous!

Let's go!

TAYLOR/MAX/BROCK Right!

[panting]

[screaming]

No. Not the Twerps!

You've got my Ribbon case! Give it back now!

Let's see. You don't mean this do you?

- It's Team Rocket! - Team Rocket?

A group of bad guys who're always causing us big trouble.

Curb your tongue tattle Twerp!

We're just dishonest folks earning a dishonest living!

I want my case! Give it, please?

Is that all? Take your silly case with my compliments!

- I'll keep these! - I want the Ribbons too!

You guys are up to something. What is it?

[ANGRY]

Nothin', we're clean!

All of these Pokémon we're just makin' a little

non extortion offering to the Mountain King

that's all.

[AGREEMENT]

[ANGRY]

ASH/MAX A Slaking!

It's giant alright.

I didn't know Slaking got that big.

And scary too.

[ANGRY]

Whoa! Aah!

[screaming]

Nice work, I'm glad I'm not the one

biting the hand that feeds that dude.

ASH/BROCK/MAX/MAY/TAYLOR Huh?

[EXERTION]

[ANGRY]

Now, hear this.

The king says get rid of those Twerps

if you know what's good for you.

[AGREEMENT]

[EXERTION]

[gasping]

- We'd better run, quick! - My Ribbons!

They won't do you any good if we get creamed!

[AGREEMENT]

[ANGRY]

[screaming]

And they're good Twerp chasers too!

So they are. And now it's our turn to gather up the berries.

With Ribbons to boot! Sweet! All nice and neat!

JAMES/MEOWTH Greet!

[AGREEMENT]

[panting]

[EXERTION]

[gasping]

[EXERTION]

ASH/BROCK/MAX/MAY/TAYLOR Huh!

Pikachu! Let's use Thunderbolt and give 'em a warning!

[AGREEMENT]/[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[SCARED]

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

[SCARED]/[PAINED]

Alright! Let's split up!

Max and May! You two come with me!

Alright! I'll go that way with Ash!

Right!

We'll all meet back up here, okay?

TAYLOR/MAX/MAY/BROCK Right!

[EXERTION]

[panting]

- Those Aipom are movin'. - Don't worry!

[EXERTION]/[FOCUSED]

[panting]

- Uh-oh! - Uh!

ASH/BROCK Uh!

[EXERTION]

Whoa! Oh, it's you, huh.

Gimme back my hat!

[grunting]

Aah!

Ash, no!

[WORRIED]

[screaming]

[gasps] Huh!

[grunts] Aipom!

[EXERTION]

Hang in there! I'm gonna pull you up now!

[screaming]

[groans] I've got to get my hat!

[FOCUSED]

[EXERTION]

Uh-oh! Oh, man! Now you like me?

Good timing!

[AMUSED]

[FOCUSED]

Guess we lost them.

We were very lucky this time!

But I still have to get my Ribbons back. You'll help me?

MAX/TAYLOR Hm.

Huh?

[PLAYFUL]

Yeah, I like it too.

[HAPPY]

Hey, Aipom, you know Team Rocket's always thinkin'

of bad stuff they can do, don't forget you can't believe

anything those guys tell you.

[CONCERN]

PIKACHU [RELIEVED]

Huh?

- Hey, Ash! - It's Pikachu and Brock.

[EXCITED]

You're okay! We were worried!

Thanks! It's nice to be worried about.

I've got to go. We're gonna get all those berries back!

Take care of yourself!

PIKACHU [AGREEMENT]

[EXERTION]

The thing is what do we do about

that giant Slaking once we get there?

They must've tricked the giant Slaking too.

So it's up to us to show what's really going on.

[AGREEMENT]

[EXERTION]/[URGING]

SLAKING [EXERTION]

- Full tummy complete. - And that is no small feat.

[AGREEMENT]

It's off to the Indigo Plateau, and beyond!

'I don't think so!'

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH Huh!

Alright, Team Rocket, I want my Ribbons back!

And every bit of berries you stole as well.

The Mountain King scarfed every scrumptchy bite.

However, if you still want them back

then by all means knock yourself out.

I'll put these Ribbons to better use than you.

True they'd allow us both to enter the Grand Festival

but the big difference is I'll win!

- How dare you? - Move it!

This Mountain King's got places to go

and you don't wanna be in the way.

[AGREEMENT]

[ANGRY]

MAX/MAY/TAYLOR Whoa!

Ah, uh. Combusken! Stop them with Fire Spin!

[READY]/[FIRE SPIN MOVE]

[ATTACK]

[grunting]

[EXERTION]

MAY They're getting away. What do we do?

TAYLOR If that thing gets loose it'll be a disaster!

Pikachu, Thunderbolt let's go!

[THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

- Alright, it's Ash and Brock! - What happened?

That giant Slaking has eaten every last bunch of berries.

Now they're going to escape, with my Ribbons.

That's it! You're not going any farther!

JESSIE 'Prepare for trouble! So who's going to stop us?'

'You and what army?'

JAMES And make it double, you blokes are barmy!

JESSIE And evil as old as the galaxy!

Sent here to fulfill our destiny!

With Meowth that's me!

To denounce the evils of truth and love!

To extend our reach to the stars above!

- Jessie! - James!

Meowth's the name. Yowsa.

Wherever there's peace in the universe..

- Team Rocket.. - Will be there..

JESSIE/JAMES/MEOWTH To make everything worse!

[AGREEMENT]

Hear this, our Mountain King's got a serious yen

for your Pikachu, so hand it over

or I'll swat you with my Twerp swatter.

No! Forget it!

[ANGRY]

[EXERTION]

[screaming]

[screaming]

ASH/BROCK/TAYLOR Huh!

- May, no! - Let me go! Help me!

[EXERTION]

ASH/BROCK/MAX/TAYLOR Stop!

Put me down! Save me!

JESSIE If you want the Twerpette back in one tiny piece

then hand over your Pikachu!

Any more pieces and she'll be invisible!

WOBBUFFET [AGREEMENT]

Come on out, Swellow!

We've got to save, May! Let's go!

[READY]

[ANGRY]

[screaming]

- May! - No.

Catch her, Sceptile!

[READY]/[EXERTION]

- What a catch! - Now, Swellow! Use Aerial Ace!

[AERIAL ACE MOVE]

[PAINED]

TEAM ROCKET [screaming]

- May, you okay? - Yeah!

But they're not gonna be!

Now, use Fire Spin, Combusken!

[FIRE SPIN MOVE]

SLAKING [PAINED]

You're burning my Twerp swatter!

[PAINED]

Marshtomp, Water g*n! Go!

[WATER g*n MOVE]

Whoa! That Giant Slaking's just a robot!

Excuse me, you got one?

Meowth! Turn those Twerps into tater tots!

Ten-four!

[ANGRY]

[EXERTION]

Look, everybody, that's not a Mountain King

that's a machine!

[SHOCKED]

What's wrong with progress?

We fed a flurry of berries to our mecha Mountain King

now we get a refund. A sweet deal if I've ever heard one.

And we'll sell piles of Pokéblock and make a load

of dough at the Indigo Plateau!

[AGREEMENT]

[ANGRY]

[EXERTION]/[ATTACK]

I think they're using Scratch Attack.

I guess they get it now!

[EXCITED]

- Hey, scratch the scratch! - We don't have any itch!

[AGREEMENT]

[EXERTION]

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH Huh! Aah!

[groaning]

[DAZED]

[EXCITED]

- I can't stand berries! - Always with a helpful thought.

Stop bickering there's work to do!

[AGREEMENT]

Give the berries back! You know they're not yours!

[ANGRY]

Give me my Ribbons too!

Give me this, give me that. So who made you boss?

You grow a few inches tiny and we'll talk!

I will have you know I put my blood sweat and tears

into winning those five Ribbons and they're all mine!

I'll have you know if you were bleeding from wearing

cheap sneakers while running a sweaty Twerp marathon

and crying Totodile tears who cares?

Seviper, Bite Attack. Let's go!

[BITE MOVE]

Combusken! Use Quick Attack!

[QUICK ATTACK MOVE]

Oh, please! Bite Attack once more!

[BITE MOVE]

[EXERTION]

Combusken! Sky Uppercut!

[SKY UPPERCUT MOVE]

[PAINED]

Uh-oh!

[screams]

[grunts] I got you!

[chuckles] They're all here! Finally!

Hey, lazy boy, stop fiddlin' and fight!

Right! Cacnea, let's go!

[EXERTION]

About face and forward march with Needle Arm!

[NEEDLE ARM MOVE]

Pikachu! Use Volt Tackle!

[VOLT TACKLE MOVE]

[PAINED]

JAMES/JESSIE/MEOWTH [screams]

All those fabulous berries and we don't even get a smoothie!

Next time I chant for something it's gonna be cash!

The next time you start chanting I'll be chanting for earplugs!

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

WOBBUFFET [AGREEMENT]

We did it!

[EXCITED]

[HAPPY]

Thank you! I owe all of you so very much!

And the Mountain Pokémon owe you a lot as well!

I hope you'll let all your buddies know everything's okay!

[HAPPY]

I guess we need to get going.

Right, I wish you all the best of luck

at the Grand Festival, May!

Thanks! I'll do my best!

NARRATOR After forming an unusual alliance between our heroes

and some mountain dwelling Pokémon

Taylor now has his berries and May her coveted Ribbons!

Which leaves the Grand Festival

to occupy a certain Coordinator's mind.

Can you guess who?

Mm. I feel so weird without my hat.

[CURIOUS]

It can't be.

MAX 'It is. It's Ash's hat!'

Awesome, alright! Now. Hm.

That's more like it, right buddy?

[HAPPY]

But how did it get way out here?

Huh, there's the answer.

ASH/MAX/MAY Huh? Ah!

- I don't believe it. - Aipom?

That's incredible! It has to be!

That Aipom brought you back your hat.

Awesome! That Aipom's a cool Pokémon after all!

[AGREEMENT]

- Okay, let's go! - Right!

[CURIOUS]

♪ 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 ♪♪