12x03 - Ancient Family Matters!

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ASH: Our battle withByron's finally here!

PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

NARRATOR: It's a quick, happy,

and excited run back to theCanalave Gym for our heroes,

after hearing that Gym LeaderByron has finally returned home!

ASH: I'm Ash, from Pallet Town!

I'm here to challengethe Gym Leader!

PUPIL: I know you!

You were herejust the other day!

ASH: Right!

I just got the wordfrom Nurse Joy that

Byron the Gym Leader'sgotten back in town!

PUPIL: Well,Byron is back... you're right!

But now's not reallysuch a good time.

ASH: What are youtalking about? How come?

PUPIL: The thing is,his son's visiting!

DAWN: Huh?

Well, what does that have todo with having a Gym battle?

PUPIL: Well, uh, let's see,how should I put this?

ASH, PIKACHU: [CURIOUS]

PUPIL: To be honest, the twoof them are quite a pair,

if you know what I mean!

PUPIL: If something goeswrong between those two,

it can take a while to fix.

ASH, BROCK, DAWN,PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [CONFUSED]

BYRON: I love fossils!

ROARK: I love them more!

DAWN:Uh, whose voices are those?

PIPLUP: [CONFUSED]

ROARK: I work as thechief of Ancient Pokémon

Excavation Operationsin the Oreburgh Mines!

BYRON: Give me a break!You're still just a kid!

You wouldn't know a fossilif it hit you on the head!

ROARK: You'll besorry you said that, Dad!

ASH: Whoa! Is that...

ASH: Yeah! It's Roarkfrom the Oreburgh Gym!

PIKACHU: [SHOCKED]

Sometimes it's hard to know,

Which way you'resupposed to go.

But deep inside,you know you're strong.

If you follow your heart,you can't be wrong.

Stand up!(Stand up!)

For what is right.

Be brave!

Get ready to fight.

Hold on!(Hold on!)

We're friends for life.

And if we come,

together as one,

Complete the quest,that we've begun,

We will win the battle!

Galactic Battles!Pokémon!

[CHEERING]

ASH:Man, what's Roark doing here?

PUPIL: Excuse me, Byron,a challenger has arrived!

ASH:Hey, Roark! Good to see you!

PIKACHU: [GREETING]

ROARK: Hi, Ash!You and Pikachu look well!

ASH: Thanks!

BYRON:The challenger's your friend?

ASH: Uh-huh! My name's Ash,and I'm from Pallet Town!

ROARK: He already challengedme back at the Oreburgh Gym,

and he won a badge!

ROARK:Ash, I'm sorry to do this,

but you're goingto have to wait!

I am not about tojust let this one go!

ROARK: Because whenit comes to fossils,

Dad, you won't outdo me!

BYRON: I'm telling youI love fossils the most,

and that is that!

ROARK: No way! I do!

DAWN: Tell me I'm crazy,

but somehow Roark seemsdifferent from last time.

BYRON: You're soft! So softthat going up against you is

going to be a piece of cake!Up with the lights!

BYRON: Feast youreyes on my collection!

ASH: Wow! Check them all out!

DAWN:He sure has a lot of stones!

PIPLUP: [IMPRESSED]

BROCK: Uh, actually,those are all fossils!

DAWN: Those are fossils?

ROARK: Wow, could it be?

ASH, DAWN, PIKACHU, PIPLUP:[SURPRISED]

ROARK: What a colossal Anorith!

ASH: Hey, he's impressed!

BROCK: Of course. Look!

ASH, DAWN, PIKACHU, PIPLUP:[SHOCKED]

BYRON: If I restoredthis fossil completely,

it would be three timesbigger than a normal Anorith,

so give up!

ROARK: I'll say this.

I don't think I'veever seen an Anorith fossil

as big as this one!

But when it comes toPokémon restored from fossils,

there's nothing thattops my Rampardos for sure!

BYRON:Sorry to have to correct you,

but when it comes toPokémon restored from fossils,

my Bastiodon tops everything!

ROARK: Come on!

There's no Pokémonstronger than my Rampardos!

BYRON: You're wrong again!Nothing can beat my Bastiodon!

ROARK: Except Rampardos!

BYRON: Bastiodon's best!

ROARK: Rampardos is the best!

DAWN: Uh oh, here we go again!

PIPLUP: [CONCERNED]

ROARK: Rampardos!

BYRON: Bastiodon!

BROCK: Excuse me,

but I think you're bothgoing around in circles.

DAWN: I have an idea!

Why don't you pit your Pokémonagainst each other in battle?

ASH: Good idea!

Then once you've figuredout which Pokémon's best,

Byron can battle with me!

BYRON: You up for it, son?

ROARK: You bet!Thought you'd never ask!

BYRON: All right!

The battle will beginin minutes! Be there!

ROARK: Right!

ASH: Wow, Roark, I had noidea that Byron was your dad!

ROARK: He sure is!

Obviously we get a bit carriedaway with fossils and the like.

The real reason I came allthe way here was to ask him to

make it back hometo Oreburgh City

for his and mymom's anniversary!

BROCK: So your father'sfrom Oreburgh City, then?

That's great!

ROARK: He is! Originally mydad worked at the Oreburgh Gym

as the Leader there.

DAWN, ASH, BROCK,PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

ROARK: That was right around thetime I was assigned to lead the

Ancient Pokémon ExcavationOperations at the Oreburgh Mine.

ROARK:Hey, Dad! Where are you going?

BYRON: Oh! The Pokémon Leagueasked me to head up the Gym

in Canalave City,and of course I said yes!

BYRON: You see,

there are loads of fossils justwaiting to be discovered there!

ROARK: You can't!What about the Oreburgh Gym?

BYRON: I'm leaving thisGym up to you! See you around!

ROARK: Dad, wait!

ROARK: He didn't even considerwhat my mom and I would think

about him leaving.

The only personhe ever consulted

when he was makingimportant decisions was himself!

He always took thetwo of us for granted!

BROCK: I hear you! He soundslike another dad... namely mine!

ROARK: He would say hiswhole reason in coming here

to Canalave City wasto find lots of fossils!

There are a lot offossils on Iron Island nearby.

DAWN: Is that what that

"special training onIron Island" was all about?

Digging up fossils?

PIKACHU: [CONFUSED]

ROARK: I'm so sorry for havingto make you wait like this,

Ash, really! I just don'twant my dad out-fossiling me!

ASH:Don't worry about it! It's fine!

Good luck in the battle!

ROARK: I appreciate it!

PUPIL: Ladies and gentlemen!

The Gym Leaderspecial exhibition battle

will now get under way!

PUPIL: Both Gym Leaderswill be using one Pokémon each,

and the battle will be over when

the Pokémon on eitherside is unable to battle!

ROARK: Hey, Dad!

Keep in mind that it'salready been over years

since I dug up my first fossil!

BYRON: Oh,so it's been that long, has it?

ROARK: And also keepin mind that since then,

I've devoted all of my energy tostudying fossils of every kind!

Just because you're my daddoesn't mean I'll go easy!

BYRON:Just because you're my son

doesn't mean I won't whoop you!

ROARK: Rampardos! Let's go!

RAMPARDOS: [APPEARING]

PIPLUP: [IMPRESSED]

POKEDEX: Rampardos.The Head Butt Pokémon,

and the evolvedform of Cranidos.

Like a spear,

its Headbutt can pierceeven the strongest of defenses.

BYRON: I love Bastiodon!

BASTIODON: [APPEARING]

DAWN: So that's a Bastiodon!

POKEDEX: Bastiodon.

The Shield Pokémon, and theevolved form of Shieldon.

Its massively powerfulshield-like face can deflect

even the strongest of att*cks.

DAWN:I wonder which one's stronger?

BROCK: Amazing.

This will be likea showdown between a

spear that can pierce anything

and a shield thatcan't be pierced!

BASTIODON, RAMPARDOS: [BATTLING]

PUPIL: Let the battle begin!

ROARK: I'll start!All right, Rampardos!

Use Zen Headbutt, let's go!

RAMPARDOS: [ZEN HEADBUTT MOVE]

BYRON: Bastiodon! Iron Defense!

BASTIODON: [IRON DEFENSE MOVE]

BASTIODON, RAMPARDOS: [BATTLING]

ASH: Wow, Rampardos islooking as fast as ever!

BROCK: But Bastiodon'sno slouch either.

ROARK: Zen Headbutt again!

RAMPARDOS: [ZEN HEADBUTT MOVE]

BYRON: Use Iron Defense,Iron Defense, Iron Defense!

BASTIODON: [IRON DEFENSE MOVE]

BASTIODON, RAMPARDOS: [BATTLING]

ASH: Whoa! Look at that power!

DAWN: That Roark sureknows how to keep on keeping on!

BROCK:Maybe, but look a little closer,

and you'll see Byron

and Bastiodon are morethan holding their own!

ASH, DAWN, PIKACHU, PIPLUP:[SURPRISED]

BROCK:Bastiodon's using Iron Defense

to stop every attack cold!

I think it's safe to sayByron's got the upper hand!

ROARK: There's nodefense like a good offense!

Rampardos, Zen Headbutt again!

RAMPARDOS: [ZEN HEADBUTT MOVE]

BYRON: Now, Iron Defense!

BASTIODON: [IRON DEFENSE MOVE]

BASTIODON, RAMPARDOS: [BATTLING]

RAMPARDOS: [PAINED]

ASH, DAWN, BROCK,PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [SHOCKED]

ASH: The shield beat the spear!

BROCK: It transformeddefense into an attack!

ROARK: Rampardos!

RAMPARDOS: [STRUGGLING]

BYRON:Bastiodon! Use Flamethrower!

BASTIODON: [FLAMETHROWER ATTACK]

ROARK:Rampardos! Out of the way!

RAMPARDOS: [EFFORT]

RAMPARDOS: [TIRED]

ROARK:Dad's something. Nicely done!

BYRON: Roark, my boy,

I want you to give meeverything you've got,

so I can prove I cantake whatever you dish out

and then some!

MEOWTH:Hey, sorry about your floor!

JAMES:There's no one here, jokester.

JESSIE:What kind of investment return

will a room fullof rocks give us?

MEOWTH: Fossils!The Leader of this Gym is

world-renowned as acollector of these bad boys.

JAMES: Fascinating.Which one to appropriate?

JAMES: Wow! An Anorith of old!

MEOWTH: Get out of town!

JESSIE: An Anorith?

Honestly, is thatrock really rare?

JAMES: Indeed! The rarest!

And its giant size onlyadds to its voluminous value!

MEOWTH: I got just the thing!

MEOWTH: We get our paws onone of them restoration machines

we used in Oreburgh City.

MEOWTH: Then zap Anorithand zip it to the Boss!

JESSIE: His gratitudewould then trickle down to us!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH:Happily we sing now...

Cash is king now...We three kings are Rich! Yeah!

MEOWTH:Big buckos, here we come!

RAMPARDOS: [TIRED]

DAWN: I wonder what'swrong with Rampardos.

BROCK: After all that attacking,maybe it's tired.

BYRON: You should be ashamed!

You think you'regoing to take us down

with those embarrassingexcuses for att*cks?

BYRON: You're a pitifulexcuse for a Gym Leader!

ROARK: Rampardos, jump first,then use Head Smash, go!

RAMPARDOS: [HEAD SMASH MOVE]

BYRON:Aha! Bastiodon, Iron Head!

BASTIODON: [IRON HEAD MOVE]

BASTIODON, RAMPARDOS: [FOCUSED]

ASH:Those moves are their strongest!

BROCK: There's no tellingwhich one's stronger!

But when Rampardosuses Head Smash,

it causes sizabledamage to itself as well!

BASTIODON, RAMPARDOS:[STRUGGLING]

RAMPARDOS: [TIRED]

ROARK: Snap out of it,Rampardos, and use Flamethrower!

RAMPARDOS: [FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

BYRON: All right,Bastiodon, use fl*sh Cannon!

BASTIODON: [fl*sh CANNON MOVE]

DAWN: What? What's going on?

ROARK: Dad, what's that?

BYRON: That's theExhibition Room alarm!

This battle is now over!Bastiodon, return!

ROARK: But Dad!

ROARK: Quick, Rampardos, return!

ASH: This doesn't look good!

PIKACHU: [CONCERNED]

BYRON: Look!

ASH, BROCK, DAWN,PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [SHOCKED]

ROARK: Somebody dug this hole!

BYRON: I don't believe it!

BYRON:And still, I love this hole!

ASH, BROCK, DAWN, ROARK,PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [EXASPERATED]

ASH: You do? What do you mean?

BYRON: Give it a good look!

ASH, BROCK, DAWN, ROARK,PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [CONFUSED]

BYRON:Look how perfectly shaped it is!

How it slopes gently downward!

BYRON:Whoever dug this has the skill

and craftsmanship ofa fearsome hole-digger!

BYRON: I've just got to trackdown the artisan who did this!

Imagine what this coulddo for my excavations!

ROARK: Hey, Dad?

You'd better havea look over there!

BYRON, ASH, BROCK, DAWN,PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [CONFUSED]

BYRON: What? It can't be!

BYRON:Closer examination reveals

this hole was dug by a machine!

ASH, BROCK, DAWN, ROARK:Not that!

ROARK: Can't you see all ofyour fossils have been stolen?

BYRON: Stolen? No! My preciousfossil collection is gone!

ROARK: What kind of criminalwould do something like this?

BYRON: Wait! I'm coming, too!

ASH: We can't stay here!

BROCK, DAWN: Right!

ASH, BROCK, DAWN,PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [EFFORT]

ASH: Man, this tunnelseems to go on forever!

PIKACHU: [CONCERNED]

JAMES, JESSIE, MEOWTH:Our success is

seeing the light of day!

ASH: Team Rocket!

PIKACHU: [ANGRY]

JESSIE: Is that the voiceof Twerps surfacing I hear?

JAMES: Trespassing throughour hole, I fear!

JESSIE: On the wind!

JAMES: Past the stars!

MEOWTH: Diggers without peer!

JESSIE: Forming holesat a breakneck pace!

JAMES: Shoveling earth,leaving air in its place!

JESSIE:Our skill knows no boundaries

when it comes to the pick!

JAMES:When it comes to pit traps,

we don't miss a trick!

JESSIE: Jessie!

JAMES: And it's James!

MEOWTH: Meowth, that's a name!

JESSIE: Putting all youground-hogging do-gooders

in their place!

JAMES:You've got to dig Team Rocket!

MEOWTH:Because we're in your face!

WOBBUFFET: [AFFIRMATIVE]

MIME JR.: [MIMICKING]

BYRON: Listen up!

I've got something Iwant to say to you three!

BYRON: Clearly you're allincredibly skilled diggers!

But from now on,

why not lose the machines anddig your happy holes by hand?

JESSIE:What's up with him and holes?

MEOWTH: Weird!

ROARK: Listen!

Those crooks are calledTeam Rocket, and they're bad!

BYRON: Bah! No one coulddig holes that beautifully

and still be called bad!

ROARK: But, Dad,

don't you realize theystole your fossil collection?

BYRON:No fair! I love my fossils!

ROARK: Look here! Those fossilsare our link to the past,

not things for you to steal!

BYRON: My son's right!Give them back right now!

JESSIE:Dream on, Digger Derrick!

JAMES: "Now" never comes!

ROARK: So! You want it that way?Rampardos, let's go!

RAMPARDOS: [APPEARING]

BYRON: I love Bastiodon!

BASTIODON: [APPEARING]

MEOWTH:Keep them! I love Mecha Man!

ROARK: All right!Rampardos, Zen Headbutt!

RAMPARDOS: [ZEN HEADBUTT MOVE]

BYRON:Now, Bastiodon, use Iron Head!

BASTIODON: [IRON HEAD MOVE]

RAMPARDOS, BASTIODON: [IMPACT]

JESSIE:You sure you love Mecha Man?

MEOWTH: Long as we get the win!

MEOWTH: Dig in!

MEOWTH:Dirt balls for dirt bags!

ROARK: Rampardos, be careful!

RAMPARDOS: [EFFORT]

ROARK: Now, Zen Headbutt, go!

RAMPARDOS: [ZEN HEADBUTT MOVE]

MEOWTH: It's time toflatten that pointy head!

RAMPARDOS: [ANNOYED]

MEOWTH: And the pitch.

RAMPARDOS: [PAINED]

ROARK:Rampardos! Out of the way!

BYRON: Iron Defense, Bastiodon!Protect Rampardos, quick!

BASTIODON: [IRON DEFENSE MOVE]

BYRON:So, see why I always talk about

the value of a good defense?

ROARK: Dad!

BYRON: Listen, son!

It's time for you to show offthat attack you say is so great!

ROARK: Right! You got it, Dad!

ROARK: All right,Rampardos, use Head Smash!

RAMPARDOS: [HEAD SMASH MOVE]

RAMPARDOS: [PAINED]

ROARK: Rampardos, no!

ASH:Pikachu, quick! Thunderbolt, go!

PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE]

PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

ASH: What the-

MEOWTH: Those electricattacks barely tickle Mecha Man!

MEOWTH:Though those Headbutts could

cause me to losea little sleep...

JESSIE: Oh, sleep later!Grab the fossil bag!

MEOWTH: Oh yeah!Reetie-all-rightie!

JAMES, JESSIE, MEOWTH:Bye-byetie!

ROARK: No they don't!

ROARK: All right,Rampardos, Zen Headbutt!

BYRON: Bastiodon, use Iron Head!

RAMPARDOS: [ZEN HEADBUTT MOVE]

BASTIODON: [IRON HEAD MOVE]

JESSIE: Come on, don't youtake that guff from them!

MEOWTH: I love tagbacks!

RAMPARDOS, BASTIODON: [ANGRY]

BROCK: Hey, Ash!

Why don't you aim for theholes on that thing's back?

ASH: Yeah!

Pikachu, let's put apowerful Thunderbolt

right into one ofthe holes on that thing!

PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE]

PIKACHU: [DETERMINED]

PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

JAMES: Mecha Manproves our machines can

be a fl*sh in the can!

MEOWTH: I got a bit behindin my quality control work.

JESSIE:You're a quality control jerk!

JAMES:And we're blasting off again!

ASH: Pikachu, we did it!

PIKACHU: [TRIUMPHANT]

BYRON, ROARK, ASH, DAWN,BROCK, PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]

BYRON, ROARK:All those precious fossils!

ASH, DAWN, BROCK,PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [WORRIED]

ROARK: What a relief!They're all safe and sound!

ROARK: Dad?

ROARK: Hey, Dad? What's wrong?

BYRON: Look!

ROARK: Is that a Sunkern fossil?

CHILD ROARK: Daddy! Daddy!

YOUNG BYRON:Hi, Roark! What is it?

CHILD ROARK: Daddy,look at this! It's a fossil!

And it's a present for you!

YOUNG BYRON: Let's have a look!

YOUNG BYRON:I'm most impressed, Roark!

You gave me a Sunkern leaf!You don't see these very often!

YOUNG BYRON: I promiseto take good care of it!

ROARK: You meanthat's the same Sunkern?

BYRON: It's by farthe most important fossil

in my collection!

ROARK, BYRON:I don't know what to say!

ROARK: That means you actuallydo care about the family.

BYRON: I realized: as long asI was running the Oreburgh Gym,

then you'd be my apprentice,and that's how you'd stay!

BYRON: So I thought itwas a fine opportunity

for you to take the reinsby passing the Oreburgh torch

to you as Gym Leader!

ROARK: Wow! I've been wrongall this time! Now I know!

Thanks so much, Dad!

BYRON: Hey, it was nothing!

DAWN: You know,

hearing all about Roark's family

has started to make memiss my mom as well, you know?

BROCK:Funny you should say that,

because I've been thinking Ineed to give my family a call

and see how everyone's doing!

ASH: Awesome! Me, too!

BYRON: So, Ash, I know it's beena long wait, but you're next!

ASH: Wow, great!

BYRON: But the wait's not over!

BYRON: Since I have tolet Bastiodon rest up,

how about we holdoff until tomorrow?

ASH: Right!

ROARK: If you don't mind,

I would love toreferee your battle!

DAWN: Whoa, how cool is that?

PIPLUP: [EXCITED]

BROCK: It'll be abattle to remember!

BYRON: But, Ash, you're going tohave to want to win my Gym badge

in the worst way!

Prepare yourself forthe battle of your life!

ASH: Right!

And you'd betterprepare yourself,

because that badge is mine!

PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

NARRATOR: And so,

our heroes happilyanticipate Ash's Gym battle

at the Canalave Gym!

With father and soninvolved in the challenge,

you've got to stay tunedto be part of the excitement!