03x41 - The Fortune Hunters

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Today our friends find
a Pokémon Center,

where they're about to make
a "fortunate" discovery.

It says that I'm a
Bulbasaur type..

an' this Pokémon
fortune telling book

is almost always right!

Hey what's Pokémon
fortune telling? !

I thought ev'rybody knew

about the Pokémon
fortune telling book!

It's easy..y' look
up your birthday

an' it says what
Pokémon type y' are!

It says that I'm
a Squirtle type!

That sounds like fun..
can I take a look?

I'm sorry but I'm not s'possed
t' give it t' anybody.

If you wanna get one a
nice ol' man an' lady

sell 'em over at the bran'
new Daycare Center.

The Daycare center?

The Fortune Hunters

Here it is!

Just look up
your birthday..

an' it'll show y' what kind o'
Pokémon type you are..

an' it'll tell you
your Pokémon fortune.

It's really very simple..

the book might say you're
a Nidoqueen type..

if you're a Nidoqueen type

and you have a Nidoqueen,

you'll also have good luck!

Wow!

The book says I'm a
Seadra type personality!

So I should get a Seadra if I
wanna have good luck right? !

Yes..that's how it works!

I wonder how I'm
gonna find somebody

who wants t' trade a
Seadra for my Golbat!

One of our customers might
love t' have a Golbat!

We'll keep it here
in case someone

with a Seadra wants t' swap.

Thanks a lot!

All right!

You see we help trainers
exchange their Pokémon too.

'Scuse me.....

does the book mention anything
about love an' romance? !

Absolutely!

Get it, get it
Ash.... GET IT! !

OK...I think I'll check
Ash's fortune first!

Forget it.

I don't believe
in that baloney!

Let's see it goes
by birth date...

Well..it says here you're
a Bellsprout!

I'm a Bellsprout! ?

"People who have
the Bellsprout type

personality are
very passive

and are easily swayed by
the opinions of others."

That's a lot o' junk
I'm not a Bellsprout!

Right now you're acting
more like a Krabby!

Oh, hey...

I guess I'm an... Onix type! ?

Onix types are
very hardworking

and very detail-oriented.

That sounds exactly like
you Brock don't y' think! ?

Let's see if I'm an
Onix type personality

an' I have an Onix that
must mean I'm pretty lucky

Maybe that means I'm about to
meet a very lucky girl!

I'll bet I'm a
cute Vulpix type...

or maybe more like a water
type like a Vaporeon!

What's it say? !

A Gyarados! ?

That fortune stuff's
a lot o' baloney!

That's very accurate.

It's amazing how a book
like that can be so....

YOU BETTER NOT
SAY YOU AGREE!

It's amazing how a book
like that can be so wrong!

That book is totalIy bogus

I should be anything
but a Gyarados-type,

out of all the Water
Pokémon Gyarados

is the only one
that's not like me!

Come on now Misty
don't take it so hard!

WELL HOW ELSESHOULD I
TAKE IT MR. BELLSPROUT! ?

It says here "Gyarados
types are stubborn loners

who rarely listen to the
wise advice of others.

They are frequently
grouchy irritable

and lose their temper.

Now how would y' like it
if it said that about you! ?

Listen Misty you
shouldn't be so..

OK WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA! ?

Prepare for trouble..we've
got you this time !

Now make it double..that's
easy to rhyme!

To protect the world
from devastation.

To unite all peoples
within our nation.

To denounce the evils
of truth and love.

To extend our reach
to the stars above.

Jessie!

James!

Team Rocket blast off
at the speed of light!

Surrender now or prepare
to fight fight fight!

Meowth that's right!

It's you again!

Yes and since we are
members of Team Rocket

we thought it would be
nice to dress the part!

I love the Apollo look!

Show 'em our new gadgets!

Go mini-Meowth
balloon one!

Go balloon two!

Oh no y' don't.. Go Staryu!

I was already mad before
y' pulled that pitfall trick...

you picked the wrong
person t' play with!

So now I'm gonna teach
y' why y' shouldn't

play around with me!

Staryu let's blast
Team Rocket

into the stratosphere with
your Water g*n Attack!

Looks like Team Rocket's
blasting off already!

Meowth where'd that book
you're holding come from?

I picked it up just
before we got blasted...

It's a guide t'..
Pokémon fortune tellin'!

Pokémon fortune telling! ?

I've heard all about
these little books...

I've been meaning
to shoplift one!

What is Pokémon
fortune telling?

It compares people to Pokémon
and tells your fortune.

Let's see.. it'll
probably say

I'm an elegant
Ninetales type.

Here we are...it
says I'm an..

It says I'm an Eevee type!

Yep that's me...

a cuddly adorable Eevee!

Jess sure don't
seem like an Eevee.

More like an evil!

Hey Jess...

look up what kind o'
Pokémon personality type

matches me!

You little fur brain
you ARE a Pokémon!

Oh yeah I forgot
about that.

Would you like me t' look
up your fortune for you James? !

All right but I don't
believe in those silly things.

Well..let's see now...

it should be right here...

here it is
..you're a

He's a...

A Moltres? !

"The Moltres type will
always prevail

and just like a real Moltres,

the Moltres type
personality

soars high above all others!"

Now isn't that ridiculous? !

Absolutely!

Yeah there's nothin' Moltrezzy
about you Jimmy Boy!

Look here's what today's
fortune is for the Moltres type:

"You will have good
luck with money

and find something lost."

Too bad those fortunes
never come true isn't it? . .

Huh?

What is this shiny
little thing?

It's a..
Silver Dollar!

This must be my lucky day!

Hey that's pretty
good luck

in matters o' money
if y' ask me!

Oh please it's
just a coincidence!

Hey what is
this in my shoe?

Ahhh.. I've been
looking for this bottle cap

for weeks I was
positive I'd lost it!

The book says You will
have good luck with money...

and you'll find
something lost!

Oh come on..it's
another coincidence!

Wait a second there's
one more thing here:

"Beware of danger
near water!"

That's just ridiculous
we're Nowhere near any water!

Whaddya say now? !

It was right...

that silly little fortune
telling book was right!

Let me see that thing!

"Moltres type...No matter
what difficulties befall

them the Moltres type
will always prevail

and just like a
real Moltres

the Moltres type personality

soars high above all
others and triumphs!"

I knew it all along!

Through all the pain..

though all the humiliation...

I've always felt that I was
meant for something.. greater!

James are you...?

I James am a
mighty Moltres!

And like the mighty Moltres
I am destined to rule!

First I shall become supreme
ruler of Team Rocket!

Then...then I shall become
the ruler of all Pokémon!

Our Moltres is certainly
full of himself.

A lot o' hot air!

Hear me..from this
day forward..

you will be my subjects

and I will be the
mighty Moltres-like

monarch whom you
will obey and revere!

-What?
-Revere you? !

Correct.

I believe I saw a Daycare
Center in that last town.

We shall go there
with haste...

and I shall lead
you in pillaging

and plundering
its Pokémon!

Your Moltres Master will
lead you to victory!

Uh James wait!

Well here it is..

I guess we should
sneak in the back way!

Out of the question
sneaking and skulking

is no way for
James the Moltres

to arrive and
engage in battle..

we shall hold
our heads high

and proudly march right
through the front portal!

Make way!

So ..the Moltres is here!

Pardon me?

I said the
Moltres is here..

I am he and I come to
claim your Pokémon...

now away!

Oh really?

Hey let go of him!

Get away!

How dare you treat James
the Moltres this way..

where did you
get the audacity

and where did you
get the muscles? !

We thought we might
have the bad fortune

to run into you again!

We..don't know you two!

Maybe you'll
remember our motto!

We'd be glad to
refresh your memory!

Prepare for trouble
and make it double!

To infect the world
with devastation!

To blight all peoples
in every nation!

To denounce the goodness
of truth and love!

To extend our wrath
to the stars above!

Cassidy!

And Butch!

Team Rocket.. circling
Earth all day and night!

Surrender to us now or
you'll surely lose the fight!

Cassidy!

And Botch too!

The name is Butch.. can't
you get anything right? !

Now we'll have to make sure
you don't get in our way.

I can't stand that Cassidy!

I bet they got some super
smart scheme goin' though.

Fear not...don't forget
that no matter

what difficulties befall
them the Moltres type

will always prevail
and triumph!

MOLTRES!

Moltres has broken
your bonds!

Come...we must fly!

Whatever you say James!

You're the leader!

Maybe that fortune
telling book was silly..

but I still wish
I hadn't lost it!

Thanks a lot for trying
t' cheer me up Pikachu!

Just forget about that
dumb ol' book Misty!

I wish I could.

Excuse me.

You wouldn't happen t'
have a Poliwhirl would y'?

I do, why?

That's excellent!..

I was wondering
if you'd like t'

trade your Poliwhirl
for my Gyarados!

It says in the Pokémon
Fortune Telling book

that I'm a Poliwhirl type

an' I know you're
a Gyarados type!

Hey how did
you know that

I'm supposed t' be
a Gyarados type?

That kid over
there said so.

I should've guessed that
someone sweet like you

would be a Clefairy
type Nurse Joy...

or more accurately
"sweet and beautiful!"

A friend of mine found
out she's a Gyarados

..can you imagine? !

Brock

She really is
like a Gyarados!

And she really is just
like a mean nasty scary..

Oh Misty Nurse Joy
was just telling me about

that silly book again ..

C'mon we're goin' back

t' that Daycare center

...t' ask some questions!

Hey ..where is everybody? ! ?

I've got a problem with
your Pokémon fortune book!

Hmmm...maybe they're
out t' lunch.

Let's check around back.

Ah there they are!

What a pain.

I can't wait 'til we get
rid of these costumes!

Me too.

They're that pair
from Team Rocket!

Butch an' Cassidy!

Whadda we do? !

Let's watch an'
see what they do!

It's nice to see
the two of you again

is everything going
according to plan?

The Pokémon Fortune Telling
scheme is a huge success.

I knew it would be.

People always throw
away good money

on that kind of nonsense.

We copied that Fortune
Telling book

that we bought in
Goldenrod City...

we've sold
thousands o' copies

mostly t' unsuspecting kids!

And we've gotten
dozens of trainers

to leave their
Pokémon with us,

thinking that
we'll swap them

for ones that match their
own personality types.

They don't
suspect a thing!

I'm anxious to see all
these lovely Pokémon..

close up your
"Daycare center"

and bring them to me at once.

Yes sir.

Who're you?

Never mind who I am
you two're fake !

So is that fortune book!

That book of yours says
that I'm a Gyarados..

I'M NOT A GYARADOS! !

An' y' tricked a lot a
little kids into givin'

you their Pokémon!

How low can you guys go! ?

Now I know who you are
you're the little runts

who ruined two of
our plans before!

Payback time!

I choose you Raticate!

Totodile!

I choose you!

Totodile use
your Bite Attack!

I choose you...Primeape!

I'll show you...Go Staryu!

Primeape use your
Dynamic Punch!

Staryu!

What's that! ?

I am the flame that
burns brightest!

A flame that lights
the night...

a flame that shatters
the darkness...

I am a flaming Moltres!

That outfit...

where'd he get it?

I think that costume came
right out of his closet.

I'm glad you're here
to see this twerps...

I will capture all of
your Pokémon as well..

for I am James the Mighty
Moltres-Type!

You clown...how did
you ever get free! ?

The Moltres soars
above all and triumphs!

You're not a Moltres!

My soul is the soul
of a Moltres...

I learned that from an amazing
little book we found..

the book changed my life...

you should get
yourself a copy!

Is it a little blue book?

Why yes!

It's called The Pokémon
Fortune Telling Book!

Have you heard of
it by any chance? !

Yeah we heard of it!

If you submit to my rule
now it will go well

for you later ...

..for I am James
the Moltres,

future ruler of all
Pokémon and of the world!

And now I will begin
my rule triumphantly!

Prepare knaves!

I CHOOSE YOU!

Listen you...

you belong to James the
Magnificent Moltres,

future ruler
of all Pokémon

Now shape up or ship out!

Raticate Super
Fang Attack!

Victreebel, Stun
Spore Attack!

Hurry and use your
Razor Leaf Attack!

Excellent attacks...

I'm proud of you
Victreebel you're

performing like the Pokémon
of a Team Rocker leader!

There's been a real
change in James!

Even his Victreebel's
behavin'!

No one can conquer
James the Moltres..

for I shall always prevail

and triumph no
matter what!

How.. embarrassing
is this lunatic! ?

I knew he was a loony bird
but this is ridiculous!

Come on Botch..you
wanna piece o' me? !

YOU BETTER SHUT YOUR BEAK!

For your information that
Pokémon Fortune Telling book

is a fake we made
the whole thing up!

The whole thing's
a big con..

an' you fell for it!

You mean that..

you mean this entire book
is a work of fiction? !

That's right. It's
all nonsense.

Then the part about me
being a Moltres type...

A lie!

The mighty Moltres
..grounded.

I suppose this revelation
makes it doubtful

that I'm an Eevee.

Jessie..Butch and I've
been talking to the Boss . .

and he's been
very unhappy

that you haven't brought
him any Pokémon.

He didn't happen t' mention
anything about me did he? !

No..he said you're all
equally incompetent!

Get them Wobbuffet!

What can that
bumbling blue blob do? !

Raticate Tackle Attack!

Wobbuffet.. Counter Attack!

Raticate what's wrong? !

My blue blob' s
not so bumbling! !

Now's our chance t' let the
Pokémon out o' their cages!

Come on maybe we
can find the keys!

What're y'
sittin' there for

..we gotta battle these bums!

I am mighty...just
like Moltres..

I will prevail and triumph.

Have it your way bird boy!

Primeape.. Thrash Attack!

Wobbuffet Counter it!

Raticate use your
Skull Bash Attack!

I told you Moltres would
triumph now I'm flying high!

Why do I feel low! ?

Team Rocket's
blasting off again!

I got 'em!

C'mon let's hurry and
let all the Pokémon out!

Not so fast.

We've gotten those
three out of our way...

now we've just gotta
get these three!

This should be fun!

Oh yeah? ! . . .

Well it's not gonna be
fun for you when y' see

how nasty I can be...JUST
LIKE A GYARADOS!

I choose you Poliwhirl!

Use your Double Slap
Attack Poliwhirl!

Primeape..let's go!

Totodile use
Tackle Attack

Go Poliwhirl..

full-force Water g*n Attack!

OK Pikachu use your
Thunderbolt Attack!

It's your bad luck day
any day y' mess with me!

Hey that sounds like
Gyarados's Dragon Rage!

WHAT'D YOU SAY? !

OK let's take it easy!

Those two are going
directly t' jail.

An' we'll make sure all o'
the Pokémon they had

get back to their
rightful trainers.

Thanks Off'cer!

We found a copy
Officer Jenny! .

So that's the fake Pokémon
Fortune Telling book!

Funny..Butch an' Cassidy
didn't even do a very good

job of copying the real
Fortune Telling book did they! ?

Oh the real Fortune
Telling book!

Could I ..could I take
a look at it Officer? !

Oh sure!

I can't wait !

Let's see what
type I really am!

I guess this fortune
tellin' stuff's

a real girl thing huh Brock?

Misty does it say
anything about Onix types? !

I'm no fortune teller,

but I predict an exciting
future for our friends.

As for Team Rocket...

The forecast is... cloudy.

It's devastating to think
you have a Moltres-type

personality and
then lose it.

You was better off
without a personality.

Look... a Pokémon Fortune
Telling book!

This must be the real one!

Let's see...

I bet this one says
I'm a Moltres type! . . .

here's my.. birthday..

OH NO...IT CAN'T BE!