25x47 - The Road Most Traveled!

[bunniefuu]

[gentle music]
[yawns]

-Huh?

-Pika?

[Ash] A fork in the road.
Hm.
Mm.
So, which one should we take?

-Pika.

-Uh...

Right!
Pika?
This will decide!
How about we go the way the leaves point?

-[grunts]

-Pika!

Pika.
[playful music playing]
To the left!
Pika!

I thought so,

but I wanna go the other way.

It just sort of hit me.
Pika!
Pi...

-[electricity crackles]

-[grunts]

Just great.
Pika.
Yeah.
So you're innocent. I get it!
Maybe I'll leave!
[yawns]

-[Pikachu grunts]

-[electricity crackles]

[grunts]

-[laughs]

-Oh, come on!

[Ash grumbles]
Later!
Pikachu!
[laughs]
[both grunt]
[both chuckle]

♪ Pokémon! ♪


♪ Gotta catch 'em all ♪


♪ It's you and me ♪


♪ I know it's my destiny ♪


♪ Pokémon! ♪


♪ Oh, you're my best friend ♪


♪ In a world we must defend ♪


♪ Pokémon! ♪


♪ Gotta catch 'em all ♪


♪ A heart so true ♪


♪ Our courage will pull us through ♪


♪ You teach me and I'll teach you ♪


♪ Pokémon! ♪


♪ Gotta catch 'em all ♪


♪ Pokémon! ♪

[theme music]

[Ash]
"The Road Most Traveled!"

[playful music playing]
[both grunting]
[Rattata grunts]

[narrator]
Going where the wind blows.


Where your whims take you.


In a forest somewhere

in a certain region,


Ash and Pikachu's

meandering journey continues.


So, which Pokémon will they meet today?

Pikachu!
Pikachu!
Pikachu!
Pi... Oh, cool! A Starly!
[yelping]

-Pika?

-[grunting]

[yells]
Pika.
[grunting]
Pika?
[yelps]

-[munching]

-[Ash grunting]


[yelps]

Magikarp!

[laughs]

Pikachu, stop!

Don't just lie there laughing!

Pika... Pikachu!
[all screaming]
Pika.
Thanks, buddy.

Yeah!

[Ash laughs]

[Pikachu cheers]
Oh.
Kakuna?

-[Ash yelps, groans]

-[Pikachu yelps]

[sighs]
Pika?

-[Pikachu mutters]

-[grunts]

Pika.
Wonder if it's asleep.
[both grunt]

-Pika? Pika?

-Here? Now?


-Pika! Pika!

-[grunting]

[zapping]

Uh...

[nervous chuckle]

It just evolved.
Pika.
[awkward chuckle]
[buzzing]

-[groaning]

-Pi...

Uh...
[whimpers]
[Ash breathes deeply]
Hm.
[laughs]

-[Beedrill chitters]

-[Ash gasps]

[Beedrill murmurs]
[nervous chuckle]
[sighs in relief]
What a surprise.
Oh, well!
Pika?
Hey, did you see that, buddy? I think...

This means Beedrill and I

might just have become friends!

Pika! Pika!
[calm music playing]
[playful music playing]

-[laughs]

-Pika.

[sighs]
[buzzing]
Pikachu.
[Mimey singing]
[singing stops]
[bicycle bell rings]
Oh, Delia! Good afternoon!

-Hi, Professor Oak!

-I was wondering.

Has Ash been in touch with you recently?
No. It's been a while.

I haven't the foggiest idea

what he's been up to.


[Oak] Well, sometimes, simply

wandering about can be a good thing.


I did quite a bit of that

when I was young.


He seems to be preoccupied

with a new goal.


And that's to make

more and more new friends.

[Oak] Oh! New friends!
A poem springs to mind.

Making new friends with Pokémon


Start with

You're a laureate!
[Mimey murmurs]
[Oak coughs]
[calm music playing]

[soft gasp]

It's a Kricketot!

Pika.
[Ash] And a Patrat!
Diglett.
A Diglett!
And a Meowth.

-Meowth?

-[blasts]


-Pika?

-[grunts]


-Pikachu!

-[Pikachu yelps]


-Bye-
onara!
Later!

-Give it up!

[both laugh]

Prepare for trouble

and a whole lot of woe!


And make it double,

with our Pikachu in tow!

[Jessie and James] Boing! Ka-ching!
To protect the world from devastation!
To unite all people within our nation!
Pika!
To denounce the evils of truth and love!
To extend our reach to the stars above!

-Jessie!

-And James!

[both grunt]

Team Rocket blasts off

at the speed of light!


Best surrender now

or suffer a humiliating fight!

That's right!
Wobbuffet.
Pikachu!
You're so annoying.

[Meowth] But Pikachu's with us,

and that works for me.

All right, Pikachu! Thunderbolt, let's go!

-[Pikachu grunts]

-[electricity crackles]

Pika?
[Ash gasps]
[laughs]

-Our new toy loves Thunderbolt juice!

-Oh, yeah?

Use Iron Tail!
[grunting]
Huh?
Do not pass go!

The truth is we've studied it

from stem to stern.


So we developed a deluxe absorption net

that sucks the attack energy


out of all Pikachu's moves

from Iron Tail on down.

Which means it's time to be...

-[all] Homeward bound!

-I don't think so!

Go, Noivern!
[action music playing]
Noivern!
Quick, use Boomburst!

-[yells]

-Wobbuffet, stat!

Wob...
You're up, Donphan!
[grunting]

-[Jessie and James yelp]

-[Wobbuffet groans]


[grunting continues]

Donphan!

[Team Rocket] That's not supposed to work!
Wait, there's more!
All right, Sceptile!
Use Leaf Blade!
Scep... tile!
[all grunting]

-Sceptile!

-Pi...


[Team Rocket in slo-mo]

No!

Let's use Thunderbolt!

-Pikachu!

-[all groaning]

[expl*si*n]
[Team Rocket screams]
Sceptile.

-[Donphan mutters]

-[giggles]

[grunting]
Pika. Pika.

-Thanks, everybody!

-Pi...


-You okay, little buddy?

-Pikachu.

No fair!

We had the perfect

power-down Pikachu plan!


But we never planned

for the possibility of even more Pokémon.

Wo... Wobbuffet.

We should've known before trouble

started...


-[loud thuds]

-[all yelp]

[whooshing]
[both] Huh?

-Huh?

-Pika?


[Ash]
Who's that Pokémon?


-Pika?

-
Noivern.

Pika. Pika.
[Bellsprout duo murmuring]

-So what was that?

-Pika.


-[Ash] Let's check it out.

-Noivern.

Pika. Pika.
[whooshing]
Pika?
Something's over there.

-Pika?

-Noivern?

[gasps]
[Ash] Isn't that...
[panting]
[grunting]
Hang in there, Latias!
[squealing]
[shrieks]

-Pika. Pika.

-Noivern.

Stop! Calm down, please!

What's wrong, Latias?

I'm sorry I scared you.

[suspenseful music]
[Pikachu and Noivern mutter]

[grunts]

Buizel!

[grunting]
Hey, thanks! That's awesome!
[both sigh]

-Pika. Pika.

-[Noivern mutters]

Pika. Pi.
[soft grunt]
[Ash gasps]
It's covered in injuries!
[grunting]
Pika?
Thanks, Pikachu.

I'm gonna give you

some first aid right now.

[mellow music playing]
[hooting]

-I'm simply famished.

-I'm a head-to-toe pain machine.

[Wobbuffet murmurs]
Oh, no!

-[Jessie] Hide!

-[Team Rocket] Stealthy!

Twerps around the campfire!
[Team Rocket] Wow.

-What's with the red and white one?

-Who's that Pokémon?

Spill the beans!
[groans]
[chimes]

[Rotom Phone]
Latias. The Eon Pokémon.


A Dragon and Psychic type.


Latias communicates emotions

through telepathy,


and the feathers all over its body

can refract light,


making it virtually invisible.


In short, it's a Legendary Pokémon.


-
Get it?

-A Legendary Pokémon?

Say, that's a big deal!
So now it's time for the big steal!
Wobbuffet.

-Pikachu.

-Hm. Huh?

[Ash] It got loose, huh?

-Thanks, Pikachu.

-[Pikachu] Pika.

[Ash] Let's give it some more medicine.
Pika.
Perfect! Thanks. This may sting a bit.

[Ash grunts]

Sorry about that.

Pikachu.
This time, it won't come off for sure.
Nice and snug.
[mellow music playing]
There, that oughta do it.
I hope you feel better soon, Latias.
Rest easy. You'll be fine!
[chirping]
[groaning]
[grunts]
[Noivern mutters]
[suspenseful music playing]

-[Ash grunts]

-Pika?

[screeching]
Good morning! Hope you had a good sleep!
Pikachu!
[squeals]

-Pika.

-They can't come off yet!

[Latias squealing]
We're scaring it.
Pika! Pika!

[Ash] I have no idea

what you've been through,

but we're on your side!

-[squealing]

-Pikachu!

We wanna help. We're worried about you.

-See? Won't you come down?

-[grunting]

Do you understand what I said?
[screeching]
Latias, are you all right?

-Pi... Pika?

-Huh?


-Latias, no!

-Pika.

[Ash yells]
[Pikachu yelps]
[wobbling]
[Team Rocket] Na, na, na, boo boo.

-[James] Open sesame!

-[Meowth] Press the button.


[Team Rocket]

We've got Latias under glass!

[squealing]

-[Latias grunts]

-[grunts, nervous chuckle]


-[Ash grunting]

-Huh?

A strange squawk for sure!

-It's cold in here!

-Twerp?


-Unacceptable!

-Come on!

All we'll get from him is a headache!
[Pokémon grunt]
[Meowth] Hold the phone.

Now that we've got the Twerp in tow,

those guys won't even try to attack!


Oh, you're so right!

He'll make an excellent hostage Twerp!

And the Boss gives more points for that!
Wobbuffet.

-Pika...

-[electricity crackles]


[Meowth] Chill, Pikachu!

Don't make a move.


[Jessie] You sure you wanna

put your friend in Twerpish danger?

Kids are tough!
Cold temperatures don't mean anything!

-[squeals]

-[grunting]

Hey, Latias, you doing okay?

We're gonna get you out of here

in no time!

I wouldn't bet the ranch!

Our research found that Ice att*cks

work well against Dragon types,


so we developed

our Super Freezer Capsule Plan!


-Ice Goode!

-Wobbuffet.

[Meowth] Super Freezer Success!
[Team Rocket] And we're the freezer best!
[Wobbuffet mutters]
[breathes heavily]
There's gotta be a way.
I've got it! Pikachu!
Pika?
Launch Thunderbolt right at me!
[action music playing]
Pika.

-Pikachu!

-[electricity crackles]

[Ash grunting]
[groans]
[Team Rocket] No way!
Latias, I'm coming!
[Noivern grunts]
Grab onto me!
Let's go!

-Vern!

-Pika?

Way to go, Latias!
[Ash laughs]
Noivern.
[all groan]
Noivern!
Use Boomburst!
Noi... vern!

-[all grunting]

-[expl*si*n]

We were so close.
Love my hair.

Though we didn't account

for Pikachu this time.


We had a Legendary Pokémon

in the palms of our evil hands!


[Team Rocket]

Now we're blasting off again!

[Wobbuffet] Wobbuffet!
[gentle music playing]
Thanks a lot, Latias!
Pikachu.
[Ash] Latias.
Pikachu.
Wonder if we'll see it again.
Pika.

-[chuckles]

-Pika.

[uplifting music]

[narrator]
Meeting Pokémon,

then saying goodbye


and then doing it over again and again.


In this way,

our hero's journey continues.

[tranquil music]
Pika?

-Hm.

-Pika.

[closing theme music playing]

♪ Pokémon ♪