NARRATOR: Dawn's home in Twinleaf Town
is bustling with activity,
as our heroes attend to a few chores,
while preparation continues for the upcoming Twinleaf Festival!
JOHANNA: Good! That takes care of the schedule, then!
JOHANNA: The Twinleaf Festival's almost here!
And the first event is a Pokémon lecture by Professor Oak!
BROCK: What a perfect way to start things off!
Professor Oak is known as a Pokémon expert!
BROCK: His reputation is worldwide!
Everyone loves him!
DAWN: Piplup! We'll see him in person!
PIPLUP: [EXCITED]
ASH: How about letting us help you out with more stuff?
PIKACHU: [EAGER]
JOHANNA: Sure! Plenty to do around here!
ASH: Great!
Sometimes it's hard to know,
Which way you're supposed 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!
CARA: Dear me, I hope he gets here soon.
IZZY: This is peculiar.
IZZY: His balloon should have already landed
quite a long while ago.
JOHANNA: Excuse me. Is there a problem?
JOHANNA: Where's Professor Oak?
IZZY: I'm afraid he hasn't arrived yet.
CARA: Maybe something went wrong en route!
JOHANNA: But his lecture's about to start.
This is not good!
ASH: We'll go check things out!
JOHANNA: That would be great.
ASH: Pikachu, let's go!
PIKACHU: [DETERMINED]
DAWN: Piplup, us, too!
PIPLUP: [AFFIRMATIVE]
SAYER: Come on!
SAYER: Where are those three, anyway?
I told them to get that booth ready now!
JESSIE: You heard the man!
Let's move it while the moving's still good!
JAMES: The jury's out on the "good" part.
JESSIE: Oak merchandise will be a goldmine! Peanuts,
popcorn balls, and cookies!
MEOWTH: Peeps are going to buy that junk?
JESSIE: If the real Professor Oak sells it!
JAMES: He's out of our price range.
JESSIE: Don't you worry!
MEOWTH: The three scariest words I know!
FAKE OAK [JAMES]: Me? Oak?
MEOWTH: The only thing missing now is a poem!
JESSIE: I'm good, all right.
JESSIE: And, if it fooled you. just think of the naive public!
CARA: Dear me!
CARA: Now what in the world are you doing out here?
IZZY: Professor Oak!
JAMES But. I'm not.
IZZY: We must hurry, sir!
CARA: Your lecture is about to begin soon!
IZZY: And we'll just make it in time!
JAMES: Uh, Jessie!
SAYER: When I find those three.
MEOWTH: If Sayer gets wind of this, we're toast!
JESSIE: I suggest a little exercise!
JAMES: All alone with precious little more than an alter ego!
CARA: Good news, Johanna!
CARA: Our special guest has finally arrived!
JOHANNA: Great! We were so worried!
JAMES: You've got nothing on me!
JOHANNA: Hmm.
JAMES: The jig is up! My tenure is terminated!
JOHANNA: Guess what they say about videophones is true.
You do look much younger in person, you know!
JAMES: The game continues!
JOHANNA: We'll be starting soon! Thanks again for your help!
JAMES: My pleasure!
DRIVER: Sincerest apologies, Professor Oak!
DRIVER: It will only take a minute to change the tire.
DRIVER: Until then, please relax!
PROFESSOR OAK: Now there's a sight!
PROFESSOR OAK: A most impressive-looking marshland,
to be sure!
PROFESSOR OAK: And I'll wager it's the home
of some exciting Pokémon!
DRIVER: Professor, please!
Since we're late, it's best if you don't go far.
PROFESSOR OAK: I'll be right back!
I'm just going to have a quick look!
DRIVER: I hope.
ASH: What the.
ASH: Excuse me, was that Professor Oak?
DRIVER: Yes! He went off to look for some Pokémon!
BROCK: Well, that's Professor Oak, all right!
ASH: But, guys, his lecture's about to start soon!
DAWN: Oh, no! Worse than that,
I've been hearing rumors that that marshland
is chock full of quicksand!
ASH: No time to waste! We've got to bring him back!
JAMES: If I don't extricate myself from this fiasco,
I'm doomed!
IZZY: This is the nicest turnout I've ever witnessed!
CARA: For once I agree!
Thanks of course to Professor Oak!
JOHANNA: So, Professor,
I understand you're going to be speaking about
"The Interrelation of Pokémon and Evolutionary Stones," right?
JOHANNA: Hello?
JAMES: Isn't that special! Run that by me again?
MEOWTH: You think he's actually going through with it?
JESSIE: Could be. though running has served him well in the past.
POLIWHIRL: [CURIOUS]
POLIWHIRL: [DELIGHTED]
PROFESSOR OAK: This calls for a poem!
PROFESSOR OAK: Poliwhirl, leap!
Through the silence and to the deep!
PROFESSOR OAK: I knew I was onto something out here!
This marshland is a Pokémon treasure trove!
PROFESSOR OAK: I wonder what Pokémon I'll see next!
POLITOED: [CURIOUS]
PROFESSOR OAK: Excellent! It's a Politoed!
POLITOED: [SURPRISED]
POLITOED: [INTRIGUED]
PROFESSOR OAK: Come here. Politoed, Politoed!
QUAGSIRE: [CURIOUS]
QUAGSIRE X : [FRIENDLY]
PROFESSOR OAK: This is.
PROFESSOR OAK: .excellent! And another creative burst!
PROFESSOR OAK: A Quagsire team.
And a friendly duo is just how they seem?
QUAGSIRE X : [DETERMINED]
ASH: Hey, look, it's Professor Oak!
PIKACHU: [RELIEVED]
BROCK: Professor! Hey, Professor Oak!
DAWN: But. why's he just walking away?
PIPLUP: [CONCERNED]
ASH: Check it out.
QUAGSIRE X , POLITOED: [DETERMINED]
OAK: Come, come! Where are you three taking me?
QUAGSIRE X : [DETERMINED]
ASH: I know he loves Pokémon.
but playing with them when he's got a lecture to give?
BROCK: Hold on! Something's not right.
DAWN: Let's go. Hurry!
ASH: Right, Dawn!
PIKACHU: [CONCERNED]
MEOWTH: Won't be long until it's crunch time.
JESSIE: Just watch.
The perfect time to promote us, and he won't.
JOHANNA: Oh, going somewhere?
JAMES: See, I just remembered an important engagement.
IZZY: You'll deal with that after the lecture!
CARA: Right now times a-wasting!
JOHANNA: I'd like to thank you all for waiting!
JOHANNA: Folks, it's lecture time!
Our topic today:
"The Interrelation of Pokémon and Evolutionary Stones"!
So, please welcome our guest of honor, Professor Oak!
JESSIE, MEOWTH: Crunch!
JAMES: The truth is, I'm not who I seem.
JESSIE: This is going well.
MEOWTH: He's coming on like a train, all right.
JESSIE: We're racing the clock!
If they find out that's James, he's Professor Mud!
DAWN: Now where could he have gone?
BROCK: Professor Oak!
ASH: Let's look, Pikachu!
PIKACHU: [AGREEMENT]
DAWN: Ash, wait!
ASH, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
BROCK: Dawn, what is it?
DAWN: I told you this marshland's
supposed to be full of quicksand and really dangerous!
ASH: Man, that's right! Now what?
We can't just leave Professor Oak there like that!
BROCK: Yeah. It's risky,
but we've got to take a chance and help!
PIPLUP: [DETERMINED]
PIPLUP: [DETERMINED]
DAWN: Piplup! You'll lead?
PIPLUP: [AFFIRMATIVE]
BROCK: Piplup's a Water type!
I'm sure it will know where it's safe!
PIPLUP: [ENCOURAGING]
ASH: Awesome!
BROCK: Piplup, way to go!
ASH, DAWN, BROCK, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
PIPLUP: [TERRIFIED]
DAWN: Piplup!
ASH: Dawn, have Buneary use Ice Beam, quick!
BUNEARY: [APPEARING]
DAWN: Ice Beam, let's go!
BUNEARY: [ICE BEAM MOVE]
PIPLUP: [DAZED]
DAWN: Buneary, return. You were great!
PIPLUP: [IMPACT]
DAWN: Piplup, when are you going to learn?
PIPLUP: [DETERMINED]
ASH, PIKACHU: [WARY]
PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]
CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]
DAWN: Croagunk?
CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]
BROCK: Yeah, of course!
Croagunk's the one who really knows its way
around a marshland.
CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]
PIPLUP: [OBLIVIOUS] / [FRANTIC]
CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]
BROCK: All right! Way to go, Croagunk!
PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]
CROAGUNK: [DISMISSIVE]
ASH: Keep up the good work, Croagunk!
PIKACHU: [ENCOURAGING]
DAWN: Piplup. I think we might be better off if we listen
to Croagunk from now on.
PIPLUP: [DEJECTED]
JOHANNA: Is there something wrong with Professor Oak?
IZZY: No! He's drinking in the adulation,
as a scholar and a showman should!
CARA: Impressive!
JOHANNA: I still think he's taking a long time.
JESSIE: James! James!
JESSIE: Just think of this as a golden opportunity
to pilfer Pokémon!
MEOWTH: Ask the audience for their Poké Balls, see?
Say you need them for your lecture!
Think of the possibilities!
JAMES: Not bad. Creepily creative as well!
JAMES: There's something about the thought of evildoing
that makes my spirit soar!
JAMES: Now.
JAMES: Greetings, youth, and thank you for your patience!
AUDIENCE MEMBER A: This is what we've been waiting for!
CROWD: All right!
JAMES: Listen, are those voices I hear?
And is it all for me whom they cheer?
JAMES: Delivering data at a breakneck pace!
Crushing ignorance
and leaving knowledge knowingly in its proper place!
JAMES: A poet! And I'm poetically in your face!
MEOWTH: Man, talk about a quick turnaround!
JESSIE: Unless James thinks he's doing something for Team Rocket,
his brain is Jell-O!
JOHANNA: What a relief.
IZZY: How nice! What a master showman!
CARA: Although there's something different
about watching him live.
JAMES: All right! Let's get this party started!
But first I'd like to ask you a favor.
If you all would be so kind as to lend me your Poké Balls,
I can then use them in today's lecture!
What do you say?
CROWD: Yeah!
JESSIE: Swing and a hit!
MEOWTH: Professor Slugger!
CROAGUNK: [CROAKING]
BROCK: Aha!
Something's going on in that cave!
POLITOED: [CAUTIOUS] / [ENCOURAGING]
QUAGSIRE X : [EXCITED]
ASH: Quagsire and a Politoed, whoa!
POKEDEX: Politoed. The Frog Pokémon.
It gathers groups of others as their leader.
Its cries make Poliwag obey.
POKEDEX: Quagsire. The Water Fish Pokémon.
Quagsire has an easygoing nature,
and it doesn't care if it bumps its head on boats
and boulders while swimming.
QUAGSIRE X : [CURIOUS]
PIKACHU, CROAGUNK: [SURPRISED]
ASH, DAWN, BROCK, PIPLUP: [SURPRISED]
PIKACHU: [PROTECTIVE] / [CONFUSED]
CROAGUNK: [CHALLENGING]
QUAGSIRE X : [PLEASANT]
POLITOED: [CHALLENGING]
DAWN: Hey, what's going on?
BROCK: Unless I'm mistaken,
I think that Politoed's challenging Croagunk to a duel!
ASH: Head to head, that's great!
CROAGUNK: [DETERMINED]
POLITOED: [DETERMINED]
CROAGUNK, POLITOAD: [BATTLING]
BROCK: Okay, so who won?
PIKACHU: [WORRIED]
CROAGUNK: [DISMISSIVE]
POLITOED: [PAINED]
DAWN: Looks like Croagunk did!
POLITOED: [STRUGGLING]
QUAGSIRE X : [ANGRY]
POLITOED: [COMMANDING]
QUAGSIRE X : [CONFUSED]
ASH: We're supposed to follow Politoed?
BROCK: Yeah! Looks like Politoed recognizes Croagunk's strength!
ASH: Let's go!
BROCK: Right!
LOMBRE: [DEJECTED]
PROFESSOR OAK: Wow! Well, hello, Lombre!
PROFESSOR OAK: Yes, I mean you!
ASH: Professor Oak!
PROFESSOR OAK: Ash!
PROFESSOR OAK: Hi, everyone!
ASH: Professor, is everything all right?
PROFESSOR OAK: Of course it is!
It's me who should be asking you that!
BROCK: We were very worried about you, sir!
PROFESSOR OAK: No need for that!
Why, these Pokémon are as nice as nice can be.
ASH: So why'd they bring you here?
PROFESSOR OAK: I believe it has something to do with Lombre.
ASH: Whoa, a Lombre, huh?
POKEDEX: Lombre. The Jolly Pokémon.
Lombre is a playful trickster.
If it spots an angler,
it will tug on the fishing line to interfere.
PIPLUP: [GREETING]
LOMBRE: [SURPRISED] / [DEJECTED]
PIPLUP: [SAD]
PIKACHU: [COMPASSIONATE]
ASH: It doesn't look like a playful trickster to me.
ASH: Not by a long shot!
PROFESSOR OAK: I would agree. At least it's supposed to be.
Something's off.
POLITOED: [INSISTENT]
PROFESSOR OAK: It appears Politoed would like
me to do something to lift its spirits!
DAWN: That's amazing!
How can you always understand what Pokémon are feeling,
Professor?
PROFESSOR OAK: Why, it's nothing you can't do! Open your heart!
Join it with a Pokémon's heart, and you're there!
ASH: That's why he's the professor, right?
PIPLUP: [IMPRESSED]
PIKACHU: [IMPRESSED]
PROFESSOR OAK: And in fact.
I believe what really happened is that
Politoed smelled something I was carrying.
BROCK: Hey, look! A Water Stone!
DAWN: That's a Water Stone?
PROFESSOR OAK: Correct!
It can be used to initiate a Lombre's Evolution!
ASH: Amazing!
PROFESSOR OAK: The fact is,
Politoed's the leader of the marshland.
and seems to want to coax this timid Lombre into evolving!
PROFESSOR OAK: I brought it since my lecture concerns
the connection between Pokémon Evolution and stones. but.
PROFESSOR OAK: This works, too!
POLITOED: [GRATEFUL]
LOMBRE: [CURIOUS]
POLITOED: [FRIENDLY]
LOMBRE: [SURPRISED]
LOMBRE: [DETERMINED]
LOMBRE: [NERVOUS]
LOMBRE: [SHOCKED]
PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [AMAZED]
LUDICOLO: [EXCITED] [JOYOUS]
PROFESSOR OAK, ASH, DAWN, BROCK, PIKACHU, PIPLUP: [HAPPY]
POKEDEX: Ludicolo. The Carefree Pokémon.
If Ludicolo hears festive music,
all its muscles fill with energy.
It can't help breaking into a dance.
LUDICOLO, PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [EXCITED]
BROCK: Talk about lifting its spirits!
POLITOED: [PLEASED]
DAWN: Now everyone's happy!
ASH: I can't believe how quickly you took care of this!
You're an amazing professor, Professor!
PROFESSOR OAK: Then, time for a poem!
PROFESSOR OAK: The Water Stone. Giving Ludicolo a joyful tone!
DAWN: Wow! And I got to hear it right now in the flesh!
No! Look what time it is!
ASH: Hurry, Professor Oak! We've got to move!
PROFESSOR OAK: Take care now! Goodbye!
Have fun with each other!
LUDICOLO, POLITOED, QUAGSIRE X : [GRATEFUL]
JESSIE: Wow! A pile of Poké Balls is my favorite pile!
MEOWTH: We're rolling in them,
and I didn't even have to break a sweat!
PROFESSOR OAK: Hi! I'm sorry that I'm late!
JOHANNA: What's going on here?
IZZY: I don't recall the contract
stating we were to get two professors!
CARA: One of them has to be fake!
DAWN: All right, that Professor Oak is an impostor!
PIPLUP: [ADAMANT]
JESSIE: Oh well. Easy come, easy go.
MEOWTH: Funny you should mention the word go.
JESSIE, MEOWTH: Gone!
JOHANNA: Now what's this all about?
BROCK: This Professor Oak is the real Professor Oak!
ASH: No doubt about it!
DAWN: Fake!
You were going to steal those Poké Balls, weren't you?
JAMES: That's poppycock! I'm the real Professor Oak!
PROFESSOR OAK: No, that would be me.
JAMES: No I'm the real Professor Oak!
PROFESSOR OAK: I'm Professor Oak, phony!
JAMES: I am!
PROFESSOR OAK: I am!
JAMES: No, I am!
BOY: Excuse me!
BOY: My Tyranitar has been acting out for weeks,
and now it won't listen to anything I say!
BOY: So I figure the real Professor Oak
should be able to figure out why that is.
PROFESSOR OAK: I'm happy to help!
Let's have a look at your Tyranitar.
BOY: Tyranitar, come on out!
TYRANITAR: [AGGRESSIVE]
IZZY: All right, I suggest we first let
the original Professor Oak have a nice little look.
CARA: Yes, good luck!
JAMES: Well, of course I don't need luck.
The authentic Professor Oak never requires luck.
Ooh! Let's see now!
TYRANITAR: [SUSPICIOUS]
TYRANITAR: [ATTACK]
JAMES: Blasting off again!
JESSIE: And to think everything was running like clockwork!
MEOWTH: Until our boy popped the main spring!
JESSIE: Boing.
TYRANITAR: [CAUTIOUS]
DAWN: Be careful, Professor!
ASH: It's too dangerous!
PROFESSOR OAK: Everything's fine!
I'm simply joining my heart with Tyranitar's.
TYRANITAR: [FOCUSED]
PROFESSOR OAK: Oh, I see. Yes, of course.
ASH: Please, tell us! Getting any clues, Professor?
PROFESSOR OAK: Yes, of course I am, Ash!
You poor thing.
PROFESSOR OAK: That must hurt!
TYRANITAR: [AFFIRMATIVE]
PROFESSOR OAK: Now don't be scared.
TYRANITAR: [AGREEMENT]
DAWN, BROCK, ASH, PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [WORRIED]
PROFESSOR OAK: Don't worry. It'll be over soon.
PROFESSOR OAK: All right. I've got it!
TYRANITAR: [PAINED]
TYRANITAR: [RELIEVED] / [AFFECTIONATE]
PROFESSOR OAK: Aww.
BOY: Awesome! You figured out the problem just by looking!
PROFESSOR OAK: This poor little thing was very angry
because it had a painful thorn stuck in its foot!
So, does that prove to you now that I'm the real Professor Oak?
JOHANNA: Yes!
JOHANNA: So, everybody,
let's all make sure we give the real Professor Oak
a warm welcome!
With his lecture entitled
"The Interrelation of Pokémon and Evolutionary Stones"!
ASH: I'm glad it turned out all right!
Now the festival can get started!
PIKACHU: [EXCITED]
DAWN: I still can't get over that fake Professor Oak
showing up and trying to steal all of those Poké Balls!
PIPLUP: [DISAPPROVING]
BROCK: I guess people try and imitate you
when you achieve fame.
NARRATOR: And so, the exciting Twinleaf Festival kicks off,
as Professor Oak demonstrates once again to our heroes,
and so many others,
just how important a genuine heart connection
with Pokémon truly is!
JAMES: Hello? Help me, please?
JAMES: Anyone will do!
JESSIE: Keep your lab coat on!
MEOWTH: We'll spring you from that tree, space boy!
SAYER: All right, you three!
JAMES: You're a bit too late!
JESSIE, MEOWTH: Glasses!
JESSIE: You screamed, Sayer?
MEOWTH: What can we do for you?
SAYER: You can stop being out here!
The Twinleaf Festival's already begun!
JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Yes, Sayer, sir!
Whatever you say, sir!
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Japanese anime follows Ash a young trainer of fictional creatures called Pokémon.
Japanese anime follows Ash a young trainer of fictional creatures called Pokémon.