04x26 - Trouble's Brewing

[bunniefuu]

narrator:
With Ash's successful

Ecruteak Gym battle behind him,

you've got to wonder
what's next?

- [squeals]

- So where's the closest place
with a Johto League Gym, Brock?

- Oh, let's see.

We're about the same
distance from two places:

Mahogany Town
and Olivine City.

- I have an idea.

Let's do
a little sightseeing now

and decide about that later.

- Yeah, we could use
a little downtime.

- Hey!

- Hey, what?

- This poster!
- Hmm.

One of those
old-fashioned tea ceremonies.

Looks really boring.

- I've always wanted
to go to one!

You'd like to see
a tea ceremony too,

wouldn't you, Togepi?

- Togepi!

- [squeals]
- Hmm?

- Oh, look, guys,
it's an adorable little Eevee!

Well.

Howdy doody there,
you cutie pie.

Where did you come from?

Oh, you're so soft
and cuddlicious!

- Well, judging from its looks,

it's gotta belong to someone
'cause it's been groomed.

- Mmm,
I love all my Water Pokémon,

but it's so nice
to hug something

fleecy and warm
for a change!

- Eevee!
Eevee!

- Eevee!
all: Huh?

- Eevee!

[panting]

I've been looking
all over for you!

- Eevee!

- Sorry, it just showed
up a minute ago.

- Oh, that's okay.

I only hope my friend here
didn't cause you any trouble!

- Your cuddly, furry friend
was no trouble at all!

- Well, that's a relief.

Sometimes Eevee
can be very naughty!

Oh. I'm sorry.
My name's Sakura!

- It's very nice to meet you
and your Eevee, Sakura.

My name's Misty,
and these are my friends!

- Hi, Sakura.
I'm Ash.

- And my name's Brock.

- Hey, maybe you can help us.

Do you know where we can find

the tea ceremony
on that poster there?

- Hmm?
[laughs]

Misty, that's the tea ceremony
my sisters perform!

- They do?

- [singing]
Pokémon, Pokémon, Pokémon

- Let's do it.

I wanna be the very best

Like no one ever was

Ever was, ever was

To catch them is my real test

To train them is my cause

My whole life has led to this

Time to test my skills

I know I just can't miss

Gonna show the world

Born to be a winner

- Johto

- Born to be a champion

Born to be a winner

Born to be the very best

- Pokémon
- Johto

- Born to be a winner

Pokémon

- Sorry to keep you waiting,
guys!

- [gasps]

Wow, Sakura.
You really look great!

- Oh, thanks, Misty.

I have to greet the guests,

but you guys go ahead
and enjoy the tea ceremony!

- [giggles]

I feel like a time traveler!

- Togepi!

- We welcome you!

- We hope you enjoy
the tea ceremony.

- [grunts]
It happened again!

Cupid got me
right in the heart!

I declare you
the most incredible creature

who has ever crawled
into a kimono!

- Oh.

- In plain English, Miss,
you look rockin' in those robes!

- Thank you.

- And here you can see

how important
proper placement is.

all: Ooh!

- Togepi!
- A flower class.

- They sure are pretty.

- [grunts]

Twice in one day!

Cupid is working overtime!

I've seen some intensely
attractive young ladies,

but without a doubt,
you take the cake!

- Huh?
- [grunts]

But since
I don't have any cake on hand,

perhaps you'll accept
this flower!

- Uh...

- [groaning]
[light string plucking]

- Hey, listen!

- What a beautiful sound!

- [grunts]
Please no more!

My poor heart can't take it!

I've seen some
outstandingly beautiful girls,

but you're the most
beautiful one I've ever heard!

- Huh?

- And I sense
something in your manner

that's rather...
plucky.

- Huh?

- Here's where
they serve tea!

Let's go in.

- Welcome, honorable guests.

- We most humbly thank you,
miss.

- Pika! Pikachu!

- Please feel free to relax
and enjoy the tea.

- [grunts]
Forget the tea.

I'm gonna need smelling salts!

I bet you brew awesome oolong,
but, you know,

you really perk me up
like a double mochaccino!

[grunting]

- Cool down, coffee boy!

You're not her cup of tea!

- Hey, guys, with all these
beautiful girls around,

I wouldn't be too surprised

if the tea ceremony
leads to a wedding ceremony.

all: Huh?

- It's part of the custom

to turn the cup around

before you begin
to drink from it.

- Mmm.

- Ah!
- You heard her, Brock!

Turn around and drink!

- All right.

- I should've known
that was gonna happen.

- Hi, guys!
- Sakura!

- So how do you like the way
my big sister makes tea?

all: Huh?

- You're Sakura's sister?

- Yes, I'm Satsuki.

- [giggles]
And there are more!

- I'm Sumomo,
her other sister.

- I'm Tamao,
her other other sister.

- I'm Koume,
her last other sister.

- [grunts]
Ash!

How am I gonna choose
my favorite sister

without disappointing
the others?

all: [gasp]
- Hey!

You're the guy who told me

how rockin'
I looked in my kimono!

- He said I was
the most beautiful girl

he's ever heard!

- He gave me a flower!

- I was his mochaccino.

- Well, Brock, you certainly
know how to compliment a girl!

- Ash, this is terrible.

I want all of them,
and they all want me.

Am I right?
- You're half right.

- Haven't you ever heard of

the Four Beautiful
Tea Ceremony Sisters before?

- Four beautiful sisters?
What about me?

- Oh, you're a sister too,
Sakura.

You're just not beautiful.

- This sounds kind of familiar,
doesn't it, Misty?

- [laughs]

Sounds like
you have to go through

exactly what I went through
with my sisters.

- Huh?

- I'm the youngest
of four girls,

and my sisters dis me too!

- Does everybody focus on them
and ignore you?

- Yeah!

- Then we have a lot in common!

- I thought this would be
a fun Tea Party

not a dull Tea Ceremony.

- Mm, I've had more fun
at dental appointments.

- And there's so many
strict rules and traditions.

- Jessie,
you always seem to know

the right thing to say and do
in these kinds of situations

so Meowth and I
will follow your lead!

- Uh-huh, well,
yes, that's a good idea.

Tea time!

[slurping]

[screams]

[coughs]

I've never tasted
anything like it!

[both slurping]

- It's like somethin'
out of a bilge pump.

- But with a slightly
sludge-y bouquet.

- It might be nice on ice.

- Maybe these tea cakes'll
taste a little better.

[munching]

- They taste fine,
but they're not exactly filling.

- [clears throat]

A tea ceremony is
about tradition and quality

not quantity.

- When it comes
to food or money,

we'll take quantity
any day!

James, Meowth,
we've hit the snack pot!

[munching]

- Please, if you eat them all,

we won't have any
for our other guests!

- First come, first served!
- Let's go!

- Get your hands off me
before I call a real cop

and shut this dive down
for good!

[ladies screaming]

- What was that?

- [munching]
- Sakura, help us!

- Who are you three?

And what do you think
you're doing?

all: Hmm?

- [munching]
Prepare for trouble!

- [munching]
Make it double.

- 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!

[laughs]

- Surrender now,
or prepare to fight!

- Meowth, that's right!

- Not you again!

- I don't care who you are.

I want you out of here
this minute!

- Ha!

Go, Arbok!

- Arbok!

- You want a battle?
You got it!

- I choose you, Flareon!

- I choose you, Umbreon!

- I choose you, Vaporeon!

- I choose you, Jolteon!

- Eee!

- Flareon!

- Umbreo!

- Oh!

- Jolt!

- They're Pokémon trainers too!

- Hurray!

- These girls have

the complete
Eevee Evolution Ensemble!

- Now's our chance to capture
the whole set!

- Go!
Tackle Attack, Eevee!

- Eevee!

- Stop it
with your Headbutt, Arbok!

- Sah!

- Eevee!

- Eevee, try a Sand Attack!

- Arbok,
use your Wrap Attack!

- Sah!
- [yelps]

- Eevee!

- Sah!

- Eevee!

I can't believe
they did this to you!

Girls, hurry!
Do something!

- We can handle this!

- Go, Poliwhirl!

- Totodile, I choose you!

- Poliwhirl!

- Totodile!

- I choose you, Weezing.

GO!

- Weezing!

- Use Smog Attack!

- Weezing!

- Use Bubble Attack!

- Poliwhirl!

- Weezing!

- Totodile, Water g*n Attack!

- Use your Water g*n too,
Poliwhirl!

- Poliwhirl!
- Totodile!

- Weezing!
- [screams]

- Next time we decide
to go to a tea ceremony,

let's change our minds!

all: We're blasting off again!

- Being the youngest
has some advantages.

- I guess so.

But having three older sisters

isn't as bad as having four!

- I've got to admit
I'll miss them sometimes.

Maybe I'll go back some day.

- So you've been traveling

with Ash and Brock
for a long time.

- Hmm.
They're like my new family.

- Then you must be
a Pokémon Trainer too.

- Yeah,
I want to learn everything

there is to know
about Water Pokémon

and become
a Water Pokémon Master!

- You know what?

I've always dreamed about
competing in the Johto League.

It must be exciting
visiting new places

and meeting new Pokémon!

- It can be tough sometimes,

but traveling
with Ash and Brock is great.

We see lots
of interesting things

and see lots
of interesting Pokémon too.

- Well, I wonder if I could
ask you something, Misty.

- Sure, go ahead.

- I've always wanted to go
on a Pokémon Journey,

travel around
and see the world,

but I never wanted
to do it by myself,

but maybe if I went
with you guys.

- That might not
be a bad idea!

- Who's that Pokèmon?

It's Chikorita!
- Chiko!

- Hey, Misty!
- Pika-pi!

- We found
this great little store

that sells all kinds
of Pokémon medicine,

so we stocked up
on lots of the stuff we needed.

- That's great news, Brock,

especially since we may have
another Pokémon to take care of.

- Is Eevee sick?

- What Misty means is,

I want to go to the Johto League
with you,

if it's okay.

- Sure, it's okay with me,
Sakura!

- Yeah, the more the merrier,
I say.

It'll be fun to have you come.

- Oh, thank you!

I have a dance performance

for a tour group
tomorrow afternoon,

and I'll break the news

to my sisters
as soon as it's over!

I'm gonna have to ask
their permission

to go with you.

Please be there?
- Okay.

- [whimpers]

- Pika!
- She dropped her umbrella!

- You know how much
I love Pokémon,

and you don't need me here.

Please let me go with them!

- Why is it so important?

- I want to compete
in the Johto League

and be a Pokémon Master!

- Why now?

- You haven't
even mastered everything

in the tea ceremony yet!

- That's right.

If you can't
master an umbrella,

how can you master Pokémon?

- Oh, please let me.
Help me, Misty.

- We'll take good care of her.
I promise!

- I may not look
very trustworthy,

but I come
from a humungous family,

so believe me,
I know how to take care of kids.

- It'd be just like Sakura
had two brothers and a sister

with her all the time!

- Pika! Pika!

- Well you did help us

get rid
of that terrible Team Rocket.

- Then you're gonna
let me go with them?

- Before we say yes,
we want to see how good

your friends are
with their Pokémon.

If they can beat us
in a Pokémon Battle,

we'll let you go with Misty
and her friends if you want to.

- Okay!

We're gonna win that battle,
aren't we, Pikachu?

- Pika!

- I know we ignore her,

but I'd miss Sakura
if she went away.

- Let's see if our sister
still wants to go

after we have our battle.

How about three
one-on-one Pokémon battles,

any three of you
against any three of us?

- Bring it on!

- I'm counting on you guys!
- Don't worry.

- I'll get things started.

Vaporeon, go!

- Vaporeon!

- [laughs]

- Let me go first, Ash.

I can handle
a Water Pokémon like Vaporeon

with my Poliwhirl!

Go!

- Poli!

- Poliwhirl,
use your Tackle Attack!

- Tackle Attack, Vaporeon!

- Poli!

- Vaporeon,
use your Sand Attack!

- Poliwhirl,
Double Slap Attack!

- Poli!
Poliwhirl!

Poli! Poli!
Poliwhirl!

- Vaporeon.
Quick Attack!

- [grunts]

- I thought
all these girls could do

was make tea
and arrange flowers,

but they put up a pretty mean
Pokémon Battle too!

- We'll beat 'em.

- Okay, Poliwhirl,

let's get 'em
with your Water g*n!

- Poliwhirl!

- Vaporeon, Water g*n Attack!

- Poliwhirl!

Poli.

- It's a standoff.
- Not for long.

- Vaporeon, Aurora Beam!

- Huh?
- [grunts]

- Poliwhirl!

- Poli.

- Poliwhirl, return.

- Good work, Vaporeon.
We win the first round!

- You tried.
- Sorry.

- I'm up next.

Go, Jolteon!

- Jolt!

- I can handle this battle.

Come on, Pikachu.
I choose you.

- Pikachu!

all: Huh?

- What's that?

- Didn't expect us back so soon,
did you, girls!

- It's Team Rocket again!

- That's right, sister!
[laughs]

- We came for your Eevee!

- And their evolved
little friends!

- Get a load of this, girls!

- A shock-proof cage
for Jolteon,

a bubbly cage
for Vaporeon,

a heat-resistant cage
for Flareon,

a cute cage
for Eevee,

and a stark white cage
for Umbreon,

so its bold colors
can stand out!

- We forgot to reserve a room
for Pikachu!

- We'll just have
to have Pikachu

check into
the Jolteon Suite!

- Nobody's checkin' in!

You're checkin' out!
- Pika!

- I choose you, Victreebel.
Go!

- Agh!

- You won't beat us today.

Go, Eevee!

- Eevee!

- Victreebel,
use your Vine Whip Attack!

- Agh!

- Eevee!

- Eevee,
use your Tackle Attack!

- Eevee!

- Tackle it head on,
Victreebel!

- Agh!

- Eee!

- Eevee!

- Victreebel, Vine Whip!

- Agh!
- Eevee!

- Now throw it in its cell,
Victreebel!

- Eevee!

- Well, Victreebel,
stealing Eevee is easy!

- Team Rocket's
gonna take Eevee away.

Misty, what should I do?

- Stay calm.

- I'll get Eevee
back for you, Sakura.

Chikorita, I choose you!

- Chiko!
- Okay, Victreebel.

Vine Whip it!

- [screeches]

- Chikorita!
Vine Whip Attack!

- Chiko!

- [screeches]

- Arbok.
Go!

- Cha!

- Staryu, I choose you!

- [grunts]

- Staryu,
use your Tackle Attack!

- [grunts]

- [screams]

- Tackle one more time,
Staryu!

- [grunts]

- [screams]

- Chikorita,
Whip Victreebel!

- Chiko!

- [screeches]

- Chiko! Chiko! Chiko!

- [screams]

- Chiko!

- Uh, I'm gonna go to my room!
Ay!

- Get out of there, Meowth.
That's for Vaporeon!

- Umbreon, I choose you.
Use your Agility!

- Umbreon! Umbreon!

- Eee!

- Eevee!

- Okay, Staryu,
blast it with your Water g*n!

- Vaporeon,
use your Water g*n too!

all: Agh, not again!

- Wobbuffet!

- Wow, they're all much
better trainers than I am.

- Now that Team Rocket's gone...

- Let's finish the battle!

- Battle hard,
okay, Pikachu!

- Pikachu!

- Jolteon,
use your Thunder Shock Attack!

- Jolteon!

- Dodge it, Pikachu!

- Pika!
- Jolt!

- Pikachu,
try a Thunderbolt Attack!

- Pikachu!

- Jolteon,
use your Thunder Wave!

- Pikachu,
use your Tackle Attack!

- Pika!

- Quick, Pikachu,
Thunder Attack!

- Pikachu!

- [whimpers]

- Jolteon lost!

- Pikachu always comes through!
- Togepi!

- Pikachu's even tougher
than my sister's Jolteon.

- We're even,
one to one!

- Which one of us
should battle last, Satsuki?

- We have to win this one.

Tamao, we'll go
with you and Umbreon!

- Wait.
all: Huh?

- I changed my mind.
I don't want to leave anymore.

- Huh?
But why not?

- Because I'm not ready.

If it hadn't been for you,

I would've lost Eevee
to Team Rocket,

and I still have a lot to learn
about Pokémon.

- But you'll learn
a whole lot about Pokémon

if you come with us, Sakura.

- Yeah, come!

- I'm sure I'd learn a lot

from you and the other trainers
we'd meet,

but if I go with you,

you know I'd only
get in your way.

I'll go on my own journey
when Eevee and I get stronger.

- Good decision.

I think that proves
you're getting stronger already.

- Hmm?

- None of us is against you
wanting to go out on your own

and compete
in the Johto League.

But even when you decided
you wanted to go,

you had to rely
on Misty and Ash and Brock

to persuade us
to let you.

In a Pokémon Battle,

you have to be strong enough
to have faith in yourself.

Isn't that right, Ash?

- Uh, right!

- And the best way to get that
is usually with experience.

- No matter what you think,
Sakura, we love you.

And we're your biggest fans,

and we'll be the first ones
to cheer you on

as soon as you're strong enough
to start a journey on your own.

- I know.

- Are you sure about this,
Sakura?

- I'd love to go with you,
Misty,

but my sister's right.

Eevee and I have a lot
to learn first.

- Okay.

- Maybe sometimes
when you guys aren't too busy,

you could help Eevee and me
with our training.

- You bet.
all: Mm-hmm.

- This is gonna turn out
just fine.

- Well, guys,
here's what the guidebook says.

One road goes to Olivine City,

and the other
goes to Mahogany Town.

- Which one do you think
is better, Brock?

- Hmm, they both have
Johto League gyms,

but Olivine City
is at the beach!

- A beach!

Sun, sand, sea

and lots of great
Water Pokémon too!

- Olivine City, here we come!
- Pika! Pika!

- Well, maybe
I'll make it there someday.

- I know you will, Sakura.

- Well, good luck, Sakura.

- Thanks, Misty,
and good luck to you.

- See you!

- Bye! See ya!

- Bye!

- Say good-bye
to your sisters for me!

- Take care, Sakura!

narrator: Once again, our heroes
have a new destination.

They're on the road
to Olivine City,

a road that will surely lead
to more exciting adventures.

- Let's do it.

[singing]
Born to be a winner

- Johto

- Born to be a champion

Born to be a winner

Born to be the very best

- Pokémon

- Born to be a winner

- Johto

- Born to be a champion

Born to be a winner

Born to be the very best

- Pokémon
- Johto

- Born to be a winner

Pokémon