10x37 - The Grass Menagerie!

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TURTWIG [G]: [APPEARING]

ASH: All right, Turtwig, I choose you!

TURTWIG [A]: [APPEARING]

GARDENIA: There's no doubt I've been waiting

for this little matchup!

All right, Ash, ready when you are!

ASH: Turtwig! Bite, let's go!

TURTWIG [A]: [BITE MOVE]

ASH: Turtwig!

[singing] POKEMON, POKEMON

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CHALLENGES

IT'S A BRAND-NEW GAME AND A BRAND-NEW WORLD

NEW RIVALS AS YOU FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL

NOTHING CAN STOP YOU

- DIAMOND AND PEARL - POKEMON

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BATTLE

YOU GOTTA PLAY SMART, YOU GOTTA MOVE FASTER

BEHIND EVERY WIN,THERE'S A CHANCE TO BEGIN AGAIN

YOU GOTTA TAKE IT ALL IF YOU WANT TO BE A MASTER

- POKEMON, POKEMON - IT'S TIME FOR ADVENTURE

DIAMOND AND PEARL WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

POKEMON

DAWN: Amazing! Everywhere you look at the Eterna Gym,

there's grass. And trees!

BROCK: Well, you couldn't find a better space

- for Grass-type Pokémon! - YOKO: Of course!

And you know that's what Gym Leader Gardenia's all about.

GARDENIA: Hey, Ash!

GARDENIA: Welcome to Eterna Gym!

Today's finally the day of our battle!

Let's make it a battle to remember!

ASH: You bet! And I'm gonna come out of here a winner!

NARRATOR: Ash's second Sinnoh Gym battle challenge

is finally here!

Confidence runs high, though our hero's previous

battle experience with Gardenia ended in defeat.

So now, will he turn his past performance on its ear

and this time emerge victorious?

The Grass Menagerie!

JESSIE: The Eterna Gym in all its glorious greenery!

JAMES: With a Pikachu prize inside!

MEOWTH: Let's put our hole-digging to good use

and grab it from underneath!

JESSIE: Great! Creative!

JAMES: The same old same old is creative?

JESSIE: Doing the thing we do best sure is!

So let's put those shovels to the dirt

and dig with Team Rocket gusto!

- MEOWTH: Yo! - JAMES: Whoa!

WOBBUFFET: [AFFIRMATIVE]

YOKO: The Eterna City Gym battle between Ash,

the challenger, and Gardenia, the Gym Leader, will now begin!

Three Pokémon will be used, and the challenge is over

when all of one side's Pokémon are unable to battle!

Furthermore, only the challenger will be allowed

to substitute Pokémon during the battle!

ASH: Hang back, Pikachu!

You understand what's going on, right?

BROCK: Of course an Electric type would be

at a big disadvantage against a Grass type.

YOKO: All right, let the battle begin!

GARDENIA: Okay, Cherubi, let's go!

ASH: All right, Turtwig, I choose you!

DAWN: That looks like a good matchup to me!

BROCK: A battle between two Grass types!

GARDENIA: Okay, Ash, you've got the honor!

ASH: Then here we go! Now, Turtwig, Tackle!

TURTWIG: [TACKLE MOVE] GARDENIA: Dodge it, quick!

ASH: Use Razor Leaf!

TURTWIG: [RAZOR LEAF MOVE]

CHERUBI: [EFFORT]

TURTWIG: [FRUSTRATED]

ASH: That Cherubi sure is fast!

GARDENIA: Watch what happens in the sun!

The brighter the sun, the faster the Cherubi gets!

DAWN: Is that true?

BROCK: It's a special Ability Cherubi can use,

called Chlorophyll!

GARDENIA: Now for the perfect move on a sunny day: Solar Beam!

CHERUBI: [SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

ASH: Dodge! TURTWIG: [EFFORT]

ASH: Solar Beam takes time to charge up,

so they can't fire again right away!

Now, Turtwig! Use Razor Leaf!

TURTWIG: [RAZOR LEAF MOVE]

GARDENIA: Solar Beam!

CHERUBI: [SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

ASH, TURTWIG: [SHOCKED]

TURTWIG: [PAINED] ASH: Turtwig!

GARDENIA: Keep it up with Magical Leaf!

CHERUBI: [MAGICAL LEAF MOVE]

ASH: Turtwig, return!

CHERUBI: [DEFIANT]

GARDENIA: Ash, you've made a wise choice!

In the past, you probably would've battled

until your Pokémon had collapsed in a heap!

- My, have you grown! - DAWN: That was a close one!

BROCK: If you take that kind of speed and power,

then add in the bright sun.

You've got the formula for one tough opponent!

JESSIE: First we tunnel through the earth.

Then take the Twerps for all they're worth!

JESSIE: And soon they'll be one Pikachu light!

JAMES: Baffled and clueless. What a sight!

MEOWTH: That's. Right! Look out!

MEOWTH: Hey, where are we?

JESSIE: For a Grass-type Gym, it's a little light on grass!

JAMES: Maybe they're conserving water.

UNDERGROUND MAN: Hmm. You three sure aren't dressed like miners.

JESSIE: Listen, is that a crusty old codger type that I hear?

JAMES: He's crusting to me loud and clear!

- JESSIE: What a sound! - JAMES: Underground!

MEOWTH: In my ear!

JESSIE: Well, we can out-dig you at a breakneck pace!

JAMES: With nary a trace of dirt anyplace!

JESSIE: Careful how you pick your fights.

JAMES: Or we just may have to punch out your lights!

- JESSIE: Jessie here! - JAMES: Here with James!

MEOWTH: Meowth's my name!

JESSIE: Putting milquetoast miners in their place!

JAMES: We're Team Rocket!

JESSIE: And we're in your face!

WOBBUFFET: [AFFIRMATIVE]

MIME JR: [MIMICKING]

UNDERGROUND MAN: Come on! You're telling me

you guys are really Team Rocket?

MEOWTH: Hey, you know who we are?

UNDERGROUND MAN: Not a clue!

I'm what they call in the treasure-digging

business an Eterna City underground explorer!

JESSIE: That sounds promising.

JAMES: It would follow there's treasure down here.

UNDERGROUND MAN: Right!

Red spheres, blue spheres, green spheres.

You just wouldn't believe how much this stuff is worth!

JESSIE: Try us!

JESSIE: We'll help! We've got tools!

JAMES: We're digging fools!

MEOWTH: Treasure digging rules!

UNDERGROUND MAN: Well, I could sure use a hand,

and there's more than enough to go around! It's all for one!

JESSIE: What fun! WOBBUFFET: [AFFIRMATIVE]

ASH: Staravia! I choose you!

STARAVIA: [APPEARING]

GARDENIA: Just because you choose a Pokémon

that's a good matchup doesn't mean you're gonna win!

All right, Cherubi, use Solar Beam!

ASH: Dodge it, then use Wing Attack!

STARAVIA: [WING ATTACK MOVE]

GARDENIA: Dodge it!

GARDENIA: Okay, Solar Beam once more!

CHERUBI: [SOLAR BEAM MOVE]

GARDENIA: Oh no! The sun!

BROCK: No sun means it'll take longer for Cherubi to charge!

GARDENIA: Well, you can't trust the weather, right?

Cherubi! Switch to Magical Leaf!

CHERUBI: [MAGICAL LEAF MOVE]

ASH: No time to dodge. Staravia! Up!

STARAVIA: [CONFIDENT]

BROCK: Yeah! Staravia's completely out of range!

DAWN: Hurry and attack, Ash!

ASH: Staravia! Come down nice and slow!

CHERUBI: [CONCERNED]

STARAVIA: [FOCUSED]

DAWN: So why doesn't Ash attack?

ASH: All right! Staravia! Wing Attack, now!

GARDENIA: Cherubi, dodge it and go for the counter!

STARAVIA: [CONFIDENT]

CHERUBI: [WORRIED]

ASH: Way to go! Keep going!

STARAVIA: [CONFIDENT]

ASH: Now right into Quick Attack!

STARAVIA: [QUICK ATTACK MOVE] CHERUBI: [PAINED]

ASH: And finish with Aerial Ace!

CHERUBI: [PAINED]

- DAWN: Wow, what a hit! - BROCK: I think that did it!

GARDENIA: Cherubi!

YOKO: Cherubi is unable to battle! Staravia wins!

ASH: Good going, Staravia!

GARDENIA: Thanks! Take a long rest! Well, Ash, you did it!

Nice turn around with the sun, too!

ASH: It's like you said. Can't trust the weather!

I learned that from you!

GARDENIA: Oh you heard me say that from there, huh? Good ears!

Turtwig, you're next!

- DAWN: No surprise to me! - BROCK: Yeah!

STARAVIA: [DETERMINED]

ASH: That's right, remember?

You didn't like losing before, did you?

ASH: Well, not this time! Staravia, use Wing Attack!

STARAVIA: [AFFIRMATIVE]

GARDENIA: Turtwig, dodge!

STARAVIA: [WING ATTACK MOVE]

ASH: Now keep using Wing Attack!

GARDENIA: And dodge every one!

TURTWIG [G]: [BATTLING]

BROCK: Oh no! Turtwig's too fast!

DAWN: Ash, come on! Change it up!

ASH: Just keep using Wing Attack!

GARDENIA: This is starting to get a little old.

TURTWIG [G]: [BATTLING]

GARDENIA: Look out! It's a trap, Turtwig!

GARDENIA: Turtwig!

DAWN: That's what that was for!

BROCK: Turtwig's good and stuck now!

ASH: Now, Aerial Ace!

STARAVIA: [AERIAL ACE MOVE]

TURTWIG [G]: [PAINED]

- BROCK: Right on the tick! - DAWN: And super powerful, too!

ASH: Let's wrap this up! Staravia! Wing Attack!

GARDENIA: Turtwig, Leech Seed!

TURTWIG [G]: [LEECH SEED MOVE]

STARAVIA: [SHOCKED]

- ASH: Oh no! - GARDENIA: Use Tackle now!

STARAVIA: [PAINED]

STARAVIA: [STUNNED]

YOKO: Staravia is unable to battle! Turtwig's the winner!

GARDENIA: Awesome, Turtwig, great!

DAWN: And things were going so well.

BROCK: I guess that's why Gardenia's

the leader of this Gym.

BROCK: But I'm sure Ash's att*cks have taken their toll.

ASH: You were great! And don't worry. We're gonna win this one!

ASH: All right, Turtwig, I choose you!

GARDENIA: There's no doubt I've been waiting

for this little matchup!

All right, Ash, ready when you are!

ASH: I'm ready all right. To win!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: When you're best at what you do,

you dig life and life digs you!

UNDERGROUND MAN: It's obvious to me that you guys have done this

lots of times before, haven't you?

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Of course!

JESSIE: See, when it comes to a pick, we're super slick!

JAMES: Failing to catch Pikachu's

given us piles of practice!

MEOWTH: When it comes to digging a hole, we're always on a roll!

UNDERGROUND MAN: Well, is that right?

You just keep digging like that,

and we'll be rolling in treasure real quick!

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Slick trick!

Pick, pick, pick, pick, pick, pick, pick, pick.

MEOWTH: I think we sprung a leak!

UNDERGROUND MAN: What a beauty!

JESSIE: What's a beauty?

JAMES: Unearthed something of worth?

UNDERGROUND MAN: This is a high-quality red sphere

y'all just found!

Folks, I think you all just went and hit the jackpot!

JAMES: Cross your heart?

JESSIE: Poaching Pikachu pales when compared to this!

MEOWTH: Then back to digging bliss!

UNDERGROUND MAN: Great! Keep it up, folks!

You're gonna make me one healthy dude!

ASH: Turtwig! Tackle, let's go!

GARDENIA: Dodge it and then use Leaf Storm!

TURTWIG [G]: [LEAF STORM MOVE]

TURTWIG [A]: [EFFORT]

GARDENIA, TURTWIG [G]: [WORRIED]

DAWN: Ash's Turtwig is awfully fast as well!

BROCK: Turtwig really wants to win!

GARDENIA: Ash, you don't win battles

by running around in circles.

ASH: Turtwig! Bite, let's go! Do it!

GARDENIA: Leech Seed, now!

TURTWIG [G]: [LEECH SEED MOVE]

TURTWIG [A]: [PAINED]

- ASH: Turtwig! - DAWN: It's the same as before!

TURTWIG [A]: [STRUGGLING]

GARDENIA: Wow, you're really hanging in this time,

aren't you, Turtwig? But I wonder how long you can last?

ASH: Gotta stop this or we'll lose! Turtwig! Synthesis, quick!

GARDENIA: Like that's gonna work! Turtwig! Use Leaf Storm!

TURTWIG [G]: [LEAF STORM MOVE]

ASH: Quick! Jump and dodge it!

TURTWIG [A]: [EFFORT]

TURTWIG [A]: [STRUGGLING]

ASH: Great! Turtwig's all healed up! Razor Leaf!

TURTWIG [G]: [PAINED]

TURTWIG [G]: [DETERMINED]

ASH: Turtwig, Tackle, let's go!

GARDENIA: Turtwig, use Tackle as well!

TURTWIG [G]: [TACKLE MOVE]

TURTWIG [A]: [PANTING]

TURTWIG [G]: [PANTING]

TURTWIG [A]: [STRUGGLING]

TURTWIG [G]: [SMUG] / [STUNNED]

GARDENIA: Turtwig, no!

YOKO: The Gym Leader's Turtwig is unable to battle!

So the challenger's Turtwig wins!

ASH: Turtwig! You were great!

TURTWIG [A]: [PROUD]

GARDENIA: Ash, I'm really impressed

with the bond you have with your Pokémon.

But don't forget you still have some more work to do

if you want to earn that badge!

ASH: I know! And I can't think of anything else I want to do!

DAWN: I'm glad Ash and Turtwig managed to turn that around!

BROCK: Yeah! But that Leech Seed

is still in play! If this drags on that could be a real problem!

TURTWIG: [STRUGGLING]

UNDERGROUND MAN: Now that's what I call

some serious digging! The vittles are on me!

Y'all go ahead and dig right in!

JESSIE: Dig it!

JESSIE: Yum!

MEOWTH: Nothing like digging in after digging in!

JAMES: With picks or sticks!

UNDERGROUND MAN: Well, you enjoy! I know I will.

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Mmm-mmm good!

JAMES: Hey, look! It appears the underground man has taken

the treasure and taken leave as well!

JESSIE: Ah, who cares? A full stomach has a way of calming

the coarsest of calamities!

- JAMES: Oh so true! - MEOWTH: What are you gonna do?

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Fill her up and eat more stew!

GARDENIA: Roserade, come on out!

ROSERADE: [APPEARING]

BROCK: So Roserade's showing up in late innings, huh?

DAWN: Roserade's great!

ASH: Let's get this over quick! Tackle, Turtwig!

GARDENIA: Grass Knot...

ROSERADE: [GRASS KNOT MOVE]

TURTWIG [A]: [PAINED]

BROCK: So it can use Grass Knot like that, too?

GARDENIA: Weather Ball, go!

ROSERADE: [WEATHER BALL MOVE]

ASH: Turtwig!

TURTWIG [A]: [STUNNED]

YOKO: Turtwig is unable to battle! Roserade is the winner!

DAWN: And it took one hit!

BROCK: Weather Ball is an attack that changes with the weather.

And with the bright sun, now it's a Fire-type move!

DAWN: Whoa, it is?

BROCK: No doubt! Look at what it did to poor Turtwig!

GARDENIA: So now we come to the final battle!

ASH: Aipom, I choose you!

AIPOM: [APPEARING]

AIPOM: [PROUD]

GARDENIA: Wow! Well, aren't you a little live-wire!

DAWN: I wonder if Aipom realizes this isn't

a Contest Battle going on.

ASH: Aipom, Double Team!

AIPOM: [DOUBLE TEAM MOVE]

GARDENIA: Roserade! Grass Knot!

ROSERADE: [GRASS KNOT MOVE]

ASH: Now, Focus Punch!

AIPOM: [FOCUS PUNCH MOVE]

ROSERADE: [PAINED]

GARDENIA: Hey, not bad! Roserade, Magical Leaf!

ASH: Use the trees to dodge!

ROSERADE: [MAGICAL LEAF MOVE]

AIPOM: [EFFORT]

DAWN: Man, Aipom can move!

BROCK: And being surrounded by all those trees,

Aipom's not so easy to hit!

GARDENIA: Okay, Roserade, grab Aipom!

ROSERADE: [CONFIDENT]

ASH: [SHOCKED] AIPOM: [PAINED]

GARDENIA: Use Flash!

AIPOM: [PAINED]

- BROCK: Uh oh! - ASH: Aipom, use Focus Punch!

AIPOM: [FOCUS PUNCH MOVE]

ASH: Oh no! Aipom can't see Roserade!

GARDENIA: Magical Leaf!

AIPOM: [DETERMINED]

ASH: Calm down, Aipom!

If you can't use your eyes, then use your ears!

Just chill out and listen!

GARDENIA: I think this just about wraps it up! Weather Ball!

ROSERADE: [WEATHER BALL MOVE]

AIPOM: [FOCUSED]

ASH: Now use Focus Punch!

AIPOM: [FOCUS PUNCH]

ROSERADE: [PAINED]

GARDENIA: No, Roserade!

DAWN: Roserade's Weather Ball got knocked right back!

BROCK: Well, that was a great move!

GARDENIA: Now, Roserade! Use Magical Leaf!

ASH: Quick, Swift!

AIPOM: [SWIFT MOVE]

ROSERADE: [CONFUSED]

GARDENIA: What's Ash up to?

ASH: I'll show you! Focus Punch!

AIPOM: [FOCUS PUNCH MOVE]

ROSERADE: [STRUGGLING]

GARDENIA: My Roserade!

DAWN: I've never seen anyone use an attack like that before!

ASH: Let's go!

ROSERADE: [WEAK]

AIPOM: [ATTACK]

ROSERADE: [PAINED]

ROSERADE: [STUNNED]

GARDENIA: Roserade, no!

YOKO: Roserade is unable to battle! Aipom wins!

- Victory. goes to Ash! - ASH: Hey, we did it!

Wow, you were great out there!

DAWN: That was some win!

BROCK: Beating a Grass type on a field

where they had the upper hand!

I'm never gonna forget this one!

GARDENIA: Ash, the teamwork you have between you

and your Pokémon is truly something to behold!

So here! It's the proof that you won

at the Eterna Gym. It's the Forest Badge!

PIKACHU, ASH: [HAPPY]

ASH: Thanks so much, Gardenia!

All right! We just won. the Forest Badge!

PIKACHU: [EXCITED]

TURTWIG, STARAVIA, AIPOM: [CHEERING]

NARRATOR: Facing the skill and expertise of a dyed-in-the-wool

Grass-type Pokémon expert like Gardenia, our hero grabbed the

challenge with both hands and came out of it holding the

prestigious Forest Badge, with much more excitement in store!

TO BE CONTINUED...