04x44 - Doin' What Comes Natu-rally

[bunniefuu]

male narrator:
Our heroes are back on the road

to the gym in Olivine City.

As usual,
they're hungry for excitement,

hungry for adventure.

And just plain hungry.

[stomach growling]

- We got to find food.

- Pika, Pika!

- We're in luck, guys.

Looks like there's a town
up ahead.

- Where there's a town,
there's a hamburger.

- Pika, Pika!

- I'd love a pizza.

- Maybe I'll have...

a pizza burger.

- Good idea, Brock.

- Hey, look.

Let's ask that kid
how far the town is.

- Pika, Pika!

- Let's try again, okay?

Now look straight at me.
Please, Naughty?

- Hi.

- Ah!

- Sorry.
Didn't mean to scare you.

- Pika, Pika!

- Hey, isn't that a Natu?

- A Natu?

Let's check Dexter.

- Natu,
the Tiny Bird Pokémon.

The Natu moves around
by hopping

and always seems to be
staring at something.

- Natu, Natu!

- Naughty.

- "Naughty"?

Don't you mean "Natu"?

- I see.

"Naughty" must be the name
you call your Natu.

- Ah...

- Hey, wait!

- What's up with him?

- Pika?

- [singing]
Pokémon, Pokémon, Pokémon

Let's do it

I want to 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
is made 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

- What's this?

- Hey, cool.

It's some kind
of festival.

- Okay, Aipom,
let's start the show.

One, two, three, and up.

That's my stilt-walking Aipom.

- Hey, what kind
of festival is this?

- It's the Pokémon Street
Performer Festival.

- Pokémon Street Performer?

- Yeah, they have it here
one day a year.

- We got here
at the right time, didn't we?

- Pika!

- Mm-hmm.
- Huh?

Hey, thanks a lot.

- What happened to sharing?

- Presenting
the Mighty Machoke.

- Machoke!

- Awesome!

- Pika!

- Cubone. Cubone. Cubone.

- Now Cubone will attempt
to juggle four Bone-merangs.

Hup!

- Cubone. Cubone. Cubone.
Cubone.

- This is Exeggutor's
angry face,

its crying face,
its laughing face.

And now take a look.
at its dizzy face.

- Exeggutor.

[laughter]

- Say, if some of these
performing Pokémon

were handled properly,
they could be big moneymakers.

- Let's go and check around
a little.

- Ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls,

step right up and see
the Mysterious Natu.

- Hey, another Natu.

- Now, some of you may be
familiar with the Natu

and its mysterious stare,

a far-away gaze that's puzzled
man for centuries.

But the simple fact is,

the Natu is peering
into the future.

This Natu sees the future,

and for the price
of one small coin,

it can see your future.

- It must be like
a fortune teller.

- Who wants to be the first
to test Natu's powers?

- Me!
I want to.

- Very well, young lady.

Natu, do you feel
you can successfully

see into her future?

- Natu! Natu!

Natu, Natu, Natu!

- All right, Natu.

Are you ready to begin?

Now, young lady,
if you would be so kind

as to present a coin
to my friend.

- Here.

- Well done, Natu.

Now purify the offering.

Now look into her light future,
her dark future,

her cloudy future.

Consider them all carefully.

Now gaze into her near future.

Have you done this, Natu?

- Natu, Natu!

- I-I believe Natu
is seeing something.

- What's it seeing?

- First, Natu must place
your purified coin offering

in the box,
ring the bell,

clap twice.

All right, Natu.
Future Sight!

[suspenseful music]

[all gasping]

Read it.

- "A flower blooms
in the light."

Did you hear that, Mommy?

- Maybe it means your dance solo
in the school play

will go well.

- That must be it.

I'm sure you'll be the star
of the show.

- [giggles]

- What do you say, honey?

- Thank you, Natu.

- Natu, Natu!

- Now, don't be shy.

Who else would like
his or her fortune told?

- Me! I would.

- Next we have a cute girl
with a cute Pokémon.

- Natu.

- And since
this is a new reading,

we'll try a new Natu.

Mackenzie,
take the stage!

- Hey, look who it is.

- All right, Mackenzie,
it's your turn.

- Okay.

Ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls--

- We're past that part.

[laughter]

- Now, some of you may already
be familiar with the Natu.

- We're way past
that part too.

[laughter]

- All right.

Natu, purify!

Huh?

Now look into her
light future,

her dark future,
her cloudy future.

- Uh, hello?

- Ah!
I forgot the coin!

[laughter]

- Okay, Mackenzie,
I'll take over from here.

- That went pretty badly.

- Yeah.

- Would you like us
to tell your fortune?

- Thanks, but not right now.

- We'll be back later.

- Huh.

- I'm sorry, Naughty.

I ruined things again.

It's nerves.

That's my problem.

- Natu, Natu, Natu!

- Excuse me.

- Ah!

[clamoring]

- Yeah.
That is a problem.

- I can't help it.

- You get so scared
when people look at you...

- That you and Natu
can't perform.

- Yeah.

- If you're scared
of performing,

why are you working
with that guy?

- That guy's my father.

- He's excellent.

- Yeah, Dad's pretty famous
for his Natu fortune telling.

I've been watching him
perform ever since I was a baby,

and I wanna be as good
as he is some day.

- I bet you will be,
Mackenzie.

- Maybe.

I know the whole act by heart.

But when I get in front
of and audience, I just choke.

It's my problem,

but now it's Natu's problem too.

- Well,
this is your lucky day.

When it comes
to Pokémon problems,

I've got experience.

My name's Ash Ketchum,

and I'm gonna be
a Pokémon Master someday.

- And my name's Misty.

- And I'm Brock.

Nice to meet you.

- We'll help you out,
Mackenzie.

- I have an idea
that might work.

- Thanks a lot.

- There sure are lots
of great Pokémon around here.

- Hey, kid.
Come here.

- Huh?

- Are you addressing me?

Ooh!

- Tell the truth.

Have you ever seen a happier,
healthier Pokémon

in all your life?

Amazing.
It jumped right out of the tank.

Between you and me,

this Magikarp's
like a Pokémon money machine.

- It is?

- Sure.

A Magikarp lays
a thousand eggs at a time,

and every single
one of those thousand eggs

becomes a new Magikarp.

Those thousand Magikarp
lay a thousand more eggs,

which makes a million Magikarp.

Every one of those
million Magikarp

lays another thousand eggs.

- Sounds like
a lot of Magikarp.

- If you sell 'em
for bucks each,

you'll make $ billion.

- What?

- Just think
of all that money.

- I'm thinking.
I'm thinking.

I'm thinking.

[demonic laughter]

I know!

I'll buy
all the instant food there is

in the whole world.

- I normally charge
a thousand dollars,

but for you I'll make
an extra-special discount deal.

I'll sell you the Magikarp,
the egg-laying kit,

a -day supply
of Magikarp Magik Chow,

and as a bonus, I'll throw in
a lucky Magikarp keychain.

All for $ .

- Okay.

Hey, wait.

Uhh...hmm.

Hmm, hmm...

Ahh!

You're the same old charlatan
who swindled me before.

- Huh? Not me.

- Hey! Why you--

- James.

- Ah!

Come back here,
you dirty swindler!

- Why's he flounderin'
around like a Magikarp?

- Never mind him, James.

Have you seen the tricks
these Pokémon can do?

And they get paid for them.

- Say, maybe we can get paid too

if we make Meowth
do some tricks.

- I ain't no magician.

- As usual,
you're thinking small.

- Why should we settle
for small change

when we can steal all of them
Pokémon and go for gold?

- Once we have a talent pool
of Pokémon performers,

we can create our own
Team Rocket production company.

- Sounds like
a big production.

- We're going
into show business.

Let's show those Pokémon
we mean business.

- Who's that Pokémon?

It's Jigglypuff!

- Here you go.

- What's that for?

- If you wear a mask,
people won't see your face,

and maybe you won't get
so nervous.

- Yeah, and Pokémon react
to their trainers' reactions.

So if you're not nervous,
chances are,

Natu won't be nervous either.

- How is it?

- Ah!

Hey,
I think this might work.

- Great. Then let's start
practicing with your Natu.

- Okay!

I believe Natu
is seeing something.

- Natu, Natu!

- All right.

First, Natu must place
the purified coin offering

in the box.

Now ring the bell.

[bell rings]

Clap twice.

[clapping]

Future Sight!

- It's going great so far.

- That mask is really helping.

- Yeah.
Now let's see how Naughty does.

[suspenseful music]

- Come on,
you can do it.

- That's it, Natu.

Get that fortune.

[suspenseful music]

- Huh?
- What happened?

- It didn't work.
- Pika?

- I guess Naughty and I
haven't practiced Future Sight

as much as we should've.

- Maybe it could learn
Future Sight better

if you could raise its level.

- And the best way to raise
its level is by battling.

Come on,
we'll battle with you.

- Pika, Pika!

- Battle?

Ah...

- He's afraid to battle too.

- Pika...

- Maybe you'd be stronger
if you wore the mask

when you perform.

- I don't know.

People might laugh at me.

- Uh...

- I think it's a fine idea.

- Dad.

- I'm for anything, as long
as it pleases the audience.

A mask might make the act
more entertaining.

- I guess.

- And the more you perform,
the better you'll get.

- That's right.

Like how Pokémon get better
by battling.

- And maybe you'll get over
your stage fright.

- Yeah, why don't you give it
a try, Mackenzie?

- Well...

I guess it couldn't hurt
to try.

Ladies and gentlemen,
boys and girls,

step right up and see...

- At least Mackenzie's
getting off to a good start.

- He doesn't seem nervous
at all.

- Introducing
Naughty the Natu.

Huh?
Naughty?

Hey, Naughty,
where are you?

Naughty!

- I think he's only acting, Ash.
- What?

- That's funny.

Naughty
was here just a second ago.

Naughty, Naughty!

Yo, Naughty!

[laughter]

- The crowd loves it.

- They're doing the act
their own way.

- Well, it's working.

- Pika!

- [chuckles]

- Oh, there you are, Naughty.

[expl*si*n]

Hey, what's goin' on here?

[demonic laughter]

- Prepare for trouble
and lots of thrill.

- Make it double
if we have some spills.

all: Team Rocket.

- Pikachu!

- Yeah, but not the Team
Rocket you're used to seein'.

Ladies and gentlemen,
it is my pleasure to present,

the Rockin' Rocket Trapeze Team.

[all gasp]

- What're they pulling
this time?

- To protect the world from...

- Ah!

- Devastation.

- To unite all peoples
within our nation.

- Exeggutor.

- To denounce
the evils of truth and love.

- To extend our reach
to the stars above.

- Yeah!

- Hitmontop.

- Jessie.
- Machoke.

- James.

- Team Rocket blast off
at the speed of light.

- Surrender now
or prepare to fight.

- That's right.

- That's my Machoke up there.

- Losers.

They're tryin' to steal
all the performing Pokémon.

- Natu.
- Ah! Hey!

- All right, James.

Finale time.

- Here goes.

- Weezing.

- Weezing,
SmokeScreen Attack.

- Weezing.

- Pika!

- Poliwhirl, I choose you!

Bubble Attack!

[lasers firing]

- They got away!

- We did it.
We did it.

- We're gonna be rich.

- That's right.

Celebrate while I do
all the dirty work.

- What dirty work, Jess?

- The Pokémon talent contracts.

Don't you realize
that show business is part show

and part business?

All performers
have to be under contract.

Otherwise, how would we know
how much they get

and how much we get?

- Oh.

- This spells out
everybody's percentages.

- What percentage
do we get to keep, Jessie?

- We keep %.

- Jessie,
those Pokémon get to keep %?

- Of course not.

We're agents,
so we get a % commission.

- What?

- That sure don't leave much
for the Pokémon.

- I'll be the head of Pokémon
Performer Productions.

I'll put these Pokémon
in movies, concerts,

television.

And we'll be raking in
the money.

- Will we be able to buy
whatever we want?

- Of course.

- Just think, every day
I could have instant soup,

instant noodles,
instant potatoes,

instant pudding!

Instant everything!

Get these Pokémon
performing this instant.

- Let's do it.
- Machoke.

- Huh?

- Machoke!

[all yell]

- Hey, come back here!

- Forget it, Jess.
We got plenty of talent left.

- Meowth's right.

Let's take the Pokémon
we've got and run.

- I'll do anything to get
Naughty back, Ash, anything.

- Yeah, me too.
- So would I.

- I want mine too.
- Don't worry.

We'll get your Pokémon back
for you.

- Choke. Machoke!

- That's my Machoke.

Oh, Machoke,
how ever did you get away?

- Where're the other Pokémon,
Machoke?

- Machoke.

- Hey,
you come back here!

- Hey, it's the twerp.

- Sorry.
That's show business.

- They're our Pokémon.

- No way.

Bayleef, I choose you.

- Bay!

- Razor Leaf!

- Bayleef.

- There goes
our entire stock company.

- We still got one left.

Let's get out of here.

- It's so good to have you back.

[excited indistinct chatter]

- They're all back,
except Naughty.

- Oh, no.

- It must be up there.

- Bayleef,
use Razor Leaf on that balloon.

- Bayleef!

- Whoa!

crash!

- Naughty!

Oh, Naughty.

- Natu.

- Let's at least get
that Natu back.

- Arbok, I choose you!

- Arbok!

- Your Arbok
doesn't scare us.

Ready to battle, Naughty?

- Natu, Natu!

[children cheering]

- Mackenzie.

- Arbok!

- Naughty, use Teleport.

- Arbok.

- Now, Peck Attack!

[Arbok shrieks]

[cheering]

- Go, Victreebel!

- [screams]

Victreebel, please,
not in front of the children.

[cheering]

- Victreebel, stop that Natu.

[Victreebel shrieks]

- Hey,
two against one's not fair.

Bayleef,
Razor Leaf!

- Bayleef.

[Victreebel shrieks]

all:
Bayleef! Bayleef! Bayleef!

[Victreebel yells]

- Natu, Natu!

- Naughty, use Confuse Ray.

- Natu!

- Arbok.

[Arbok moans]

- Wait, Arbok.

What're you doing?

- It's comin' right for us.

- Wobbuffet!

- Be quiet,
you blue blabby blob.

- Do it, Bayleef.

- Bayleef!

[Arbok yells]

- Okay, Pikachu,
Thunderbolt Attack.

- Pikachu!

[shrieking]

[expl*si*n]

- Why? Why did
my Pokémon Production company

have to fail so miserably?

- Well, you know
what they say, Jess.

There's no business
like show business.

- And we've got
no show to show.

all:
We're blasting off again!

- Wobbuffet!

- We beat 'em, Mackenzie.

- Yeah.

- Natu.

- Sorry about
the interruption, Miss.

You see, a bunch of Pokémon
got kidnapped

from the
Street Performer Festival.

- The Street
Performer Festival?

Are any of the Pokémon
Street Performers here with you?

- Yes.

- I know it's a lot to ask,

but could you could put on
a little show

for the children here?

They all know about
the performers,

and I wanted to take them
to see the festival,

but it's too far for us
to travel in one day.

- Say no more.

Mackenzie, you're on.

- Huh?

- It's showtime, son.

[cheering]

- Huh?

- Boys and girls,

it's my pleasure
to introduce to you

the sensation of the Pokémon
Street Performer Festival,

my mysterious friend,

the Naughty Natu!

Are you ready to show
the girls and boys

what you can do, Naughty?

- Natu.

- I think Naughty
already sees something.

- Natu.

- All right, Naughty,
you know the routine.

Ring the bell.

[bell rings]

Then clap twice.

[clapping]

Future Sight.

[suspenseful music]

[cheering]

All right!

- Natu, Natu, Natu.

- They did it.

Natu's Future Sight worked.

- Pika, Pika!

- That battle must've raised
Natu's level.

- And look, the mask.

Mackenzie took it off.

- Natu.

- Experience can be difficult,

but it teaches both Pokémon
and people how to grow.

all: Right.

narrator: Thanks to some help
from Ash and his friends,

Mackenzie was able to get
his Natu back

and gain the confidence
he needed

to perfect his performance.

For Ash to someday become
a Pokémon Master,

he must learn to perfect
his performance too.

And so he, his journey,
and his training continue.

- 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