Original subtitles

♪ GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL ♪

♪ GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL ♪

♪ POKéMON ♪

[CHEERING]

WELL, I'M FINALLY HERE.

IT'S TIME TO TAKE ON THE POKéMON LEAGUE...

AND BECOME A POKéMON MASTER.

POKéBALL, GO!

HUH? AAH!

AAH!

HEY, CUT IT OUT!

AAH!

WHOA! HUH?

MIME. MIME. MIME.

WHOA!

Ash: HEY, CUT IT OUT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Narrator: AFTER WINNING 8 BADGES, ASH HAS COME BACK HOME TO PALLET

TO FOLLOW HIS DREAM OF COMPETING IN THE POKéMON LEAGUE.

BUT HE'S JUST GOTTEN A VERY RUDE AWAKENING!

MORNING.

OH, GOOD MORNING, HONEY. DID YOU SLEEP WELL?

OH, I SLEPT OK.

UNTIL YOUR MR. MIME CAME IN AND WOKE ME UP.

OH, WHAT HAPPENED?

THAT CRAZY CLOWN USED THE VACUUM ON MY FACE.

MR. MIME.

WHEN MR. MIME SEES SOMETHING DIRTY, HE HAS TO CLEAN IT.

RIGHT, MIMEY?

MR. MIME.

MAYBE NOW YOU CAN GO ANOTHER WEEK WITHOUT TAKING A BATH.

UGH! MR. MIME, SUCK THAT SMIRK OFF MISTY'S FACE!

MR. MIME.

I'M SORRY, ASH, BUT MR. MIME ONLY LISTENS TO ME!

HUH?

OH, MIMEY, WOULD YOU GO AND PICK SOME MORE VEGETABLES FROM THE GARDEN, PLEASE?

MIME!

HEY, THAT USED TO BE MY JOB.

WE'D BETTER EAT FAST.

WE'VE GOT A LOT TO LEARN ABOUT THE POKéMON LEAGUE FROM PROFESSOR OAK.

RIGHT. PROFESSOR OAK!

Jessy: WELL, THERE'S NO USE PRETENDING ANYMORE.

James: WE HAVEN'T SUCCESSFULLY STOLEN A SINGLE POKéMON FOR THE BOSS.

WE'RE JUST VICTIMS OF C.F.S.--

CHRONIC FAILURE SYNDOME.

James: THERE'S HIS FABULOUS HEADQUARTERS.

Jessy: WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT'S THE WORST HE CAN DO TO US?

HE CAN YELL AND SCREAM AND FIRE US ALL.

NOT IF WE QUIT FIRST.

All: WE QUIT! LET'S GO!

OH, LOOK!

HEY, WHAT'S THAT?

All: HUH?

WHAT WAS THAT THING?

I DON'T KNOW.

THE BOSS MUST BE...

[GROANS]

THAT THING!

SIR! ARE YOU OK?

NOW MORE BAD NEWS.

WHAT ARE YOU 3 DOING HERE?

HUH? HUH? HUH?

[STAMMERS]

[GROWLS]

UH...[GULPS]

WE WERE JUST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD...

[HELICOPTER OVERHEAD]

Jessy: BUT, SIR, IS THERE ANYTHING WE CAN DO FOR YOU?

JUST DO YOUR JOB FOR A CHANGE.

I'M SORRY I ASKED.

[MEOW]

[BLADES WHIRRING]

YOU JUST HEARD WHAT THE BOSS SAID, DIDN'T YOU?

HE JUST WANTS US TO DO OUR JOB.

THE HEAD HONCHO JUST GAVE US A MAJOR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE.

[CRYING]

THERE'S NO SENSE IN CRYING OVER LOST POKéMON.

WE MUST RENEW OUR COMMITMENT TO STEALING!

COME ON, EVERYBODY, LET'S GO ON WITH THE SHOW!

[CHEERS]

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Professor Oak: COME IN.

PROFESSOR OAK, IT'S ME ASH.

OH, WHAT A SURPRISE!

IT'S GREAT TO SEE--A TOGEPI!

AAH!

PIKACHU.

GLAD YOU LIKE IT.

IT JUST SO HAPPENS YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY POKéMON TRAINER TO STOP BY TODAY.

HUH?

HUMPH! WELL, NOW...

I'M NOT SURPRISED YOU SHOWED UP LATE.

I'M SURPRISED YOU SHOWED UP AT ALL.

HEY!

ALL RIGHT, CALM DOWN, YOU TWO.

WHY CAN'T PALLET'S 2 TOP POKéMON TRAINERS GET ALONG?

Gary and Ash: TOP TRAINER?! NOT HIM!

THAT'S RIGHT. YOU'RE BOTH SUCH FINE TRAINERS

THAT YOU'LL BE POKéMON MASTERS BEFORE LONG.

YOU MIGHT EVEN BE ABLE TO LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.

HMPH! HMPH!

Krabby: KO-KEE. KO-KEE. KO-KEE.

HERE'S YOUR KRABBY, ASH.

HOW YA DOIN', KRABBY?

LONG TIME NO SEE.

THAT'S HIS, HUH? HA!

ASH, 4 POKéMON TRAINERS LEFT PALLET TOWN ON THEIR POKéMON JOURNEYS,

BUT YOU AND GARY HAVE EARNED THE MOST BADGES, AND I'M VERY PROUD.

OH, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER 2?

THEY BOTH GOT OFF TO AN EXCELLENT START,

BUT THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THE SKILL.

OH, THAT'S TOO BAD.

THEY JUST WIMPED OUT.

BUT GARY HAS 10 BADGES. AND YOU EARNED 8 BADGES, ASH.

THAT'S REALLY QUITE REMARKABLE.

WELL, GEE, THANK YOU.

HEY, THE POKéMON DESERVE LOTS OF CREDIT, TOO.

PIKA.

MISTY'S RIGHT. MAYBE THEY DESERVE MORE CREDIT THAN ME.

IN ANY CASE, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE.

IT'S TIME FOR YOU AND GARY TO PARTICIPATE IN THE POKéMON LEAGUE.

ALL RIGHT! I'M ON MY WAY TO BECOMING A POKéMON MASTER!

LET'S GO, PIKACHU.

PIKA!

Gary: OH, ASH.

HUH? YEAH, WHAT IS IT?

JUST ONE QUESTION. WHERE'S THE POKéMON LEAGUE MEETING THIS YEAR?

UHH...

ASH...

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE CAME TO FIND OUT.

I ASSUME YOU KNOW THE POKéMON LEAGUE ONLY MEETS ONCE A YEAR

IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE--

WHERE IS IT? WHEN IS IT? YOU GOTTA TELL ME!

ATOP THE INDIGO PLATEAU...

EXACTLY 2 MONTHS FROM TODAY.

Professor Oak: AND THERE'LL BE MORE THAN 200 TRAINERS COMPETING.

200!

WE'RE GONNA BEAT 'EM, RIGHT, PIKACHU?!

PIKA!

YOU AND GARY SHOULD TAKE THIS TIME TO WORK HARD, TRAIN YOUR POKéMON

AND GET READY FOR THE TOURNAMENT.

HE CAN TRY, BUT EVEN IF ASH HAD A YEAR TO TRAIN,

I'D BEAT HIM WITH BOTH HANDS TIED BEHIND MY BACK.

YOU WISH!

I'M NOT SAYING YOU'RE A BAD TRAINER, ASH,

IT'S JUST YOU DON'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BEAT ME.

WE'LL JUST SEE ABOUT THAT.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Mom: COMING.

GOOD MORNING. WE'RE FROM PNN,

THE POKéMON NEWS NETWORK.

IS THAT LITTLE SON OF YOURS AT HOME,

BECAUSE WE'D LOVE TO FEATURE AN INTERVIEW WITH HIM ABOUT HIS RETURN TO PALLET.

FOR OUR SHOW POKéMON MASTERS OF TOMORROW.

OH, YOU WANT TO PUT MY ASH ON TV?

THAT'S RIGHT.

WHEE!

WE HAVE TO SEE YOUR SON!

IS HE HOME?

HE'S WITH HIS FRIENDS AT PROFESSOR OAK'S LABORATORY!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD-BYE, MA'AM.

SO, ASH...

I GUESS YOU'RE HAPPY WITH HOW YOUR KRABBY'S DOING HERE?

MY KRABBY'S FINE.

HA HA! CHECK OUT MINE.

AAH! IT'S HUGE!

HMM. GIGANTIC.

I KEEP ROTATING MY POKéMON SO THEY ALL GET TO BATTLE

AND GET BIGGER AND STRONGER.

GOOD TRAINERS HAVE TO BE SMART ENOUGH TO HELP ALL THEIR POKéMON GROW

AND BE THE BEST THEY CAN BE.

UH...

HE'S RIGHT ABOUT THAT, ASH.

WHEN YOU SAID YOU HADN'T SEEN YOUR KRABBY IN A LONG TIME,

I FIGURED YOU WEREN'T USING IT TO BATTLE.

I BET YOU USE THE SAME POKéMON OVER AND OVER, DON'T YOU?

YOU WIN THAT BET!

HUH?! GRR!

MAYBE I SHOULDN'T HAVE SAID ANYTHING,

BUT I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT LIKE TO KNOW HOW REAL TRAINERS WORK.

YOU GOTTA STOP THIS, PROFESSOR, OR THERE'S GONNA BE A FIGHT.

I'M SORRY, BROCK, BUT I'M A PROFESSOR, NOT A REFEREE.

HMM.

AND HERE'S ANOTHER LITTLE TIP.

DIFFERENT POKéMON TYPES DO BETTER AGAINST DIFFERENT GYM LEADERS' ATTACKS.

IF YOU STUDY THE LEADER'S ATTACKS BEFORE EVERY MATCH,

YOU CAN CHOOSE THE BEST POKéMON TO BEAT 'EM.

EXCELLENT STRATEGY. THAT'S MY GRANDSON.

THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF POKéMON

CAN BEAT YOUR OPPONENTS' ATTACKS.

WHAT KIND OF POKéMON WOULD YOU USE AGAINST MY GEODUDE?

I'D USE A WATER POKéMON AGAINST A ROCK TYPE,

BUT I'D HAVE A GRASS POKéMON READY FOR BACK-UP.

WHAT WOULD YOU USE, ASH?

HE'D USE PIKACHU.

HA! EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU SHOULDN'T USE AN ELECTRIC POKéMON AGAINST A ROCK TYPE.

WHAT A LOSER!

I'M NO LOSER! I EARNED 8 BADGES!

MAYBE SO, BUT HOW MANY POKéMON DID YOU CAPTURE, ASH?

OR ARE YOU TOO EMBARRASSED TO TELL ME?

OF COURSE I'M NOT EMBARRASSED TO TELL YOU.

DON'T TELL HIM, ASH.

IT'S NONE OF HIS BUSINESS HOW MANY POKéMON YOU HAVE.

Professor Oak: VERY INTERESTING.

Misty and Brock: HUH?

I JUST SCANNED BOTH YOUR POKéDEXES

AND THE RESULTS SHOW THAT GARY HAS SEEN 60 DIFFERENT POKéMON

AND ASH HAS SEEN OVER 100.

ALL RIGHT! I BEAT 'EM!

BUT GARY CAPTURED MANY MORE POKéMON THAN ASH.

OHH!

AHH.

YOU USE YOU POKéDEX EVERY TIME YOU SEE A POKéMON,

BUT I KNOW SO MUCH ABOUT 'EM I CAPTURE 'EM FIRST

AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER.

IS THAT THE BEST WAY?

OF COURSE IT'S THE BEST WAY--

IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

GRANDPA, LET'S GO TO YOUR LAB

AND SHOW 'EM ALL THE POKéMON I CAUGHT.

YES, GOOD IDEA.

LET'S POKé AROUND IN MY LABORATORY.

Group: WHO'S THAT POKéMON?

Group: IT'S...

SLOWBRO.

PIKA.

WELL, HERE THEY ARE.

THESE ARE THE POKéBALLS THAT HOLD THE PALLET TOWN TRAINERS' POKéMON.

WOW, PROFESSOR! THERE MUST BE THOUSANDS OF POKéMON IN HERE.

AND THESE, THESE ARE THE ONES I RECEIVED FROM ASH.

Misty: THAT'S A LOT OF POKéBALLS!

YES, BUT THEY'RE ALMOST ALL TAUROS FROM THE SAFARI ZONE.

UGH!

PIKACHU.

ON THE OTHER HAND, GARY'S CAPTURED MORE THAN 200 POKéMON.

NOT TOO BAD.

AHH! 200!

BUT THERE'S ONLY AROUND A 150 KINDS OF POKéMON,

YOU MUST HAVE CAPTURED MORE THAN 1 OF SOME KINDS.

YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY POKéMON. THAT'S MY MOTTO.

THE MORE POKéMON YOU HAVE, THE BETTER POSITION YOU'RE IN TO WIN BATTLES.

HA! YOU MAY HAVE A LOT OF POKéMON,

BUT I BET THEY'RE NOT YOUR FRIENDS.

FRIENDS?!

HAVING LOTS OF POKéMON ISN'T IMPORTANT,

IT'S WHAT YOU TEACH AND WHAT YOU LEARN.

I'D SAY THAT, TOO, IF I HAD AS FEW POKéMON AS YOU.

OH, YEAH? THE ONES I HAVE ARE 10 TIMES BETTER THAN YOURS!

YOU'RE NOT AS GOOD A TRAINER AS I AM.

WHY DON'T YOU JUST ADMIT IT?

I'M A BETTER TRAINER THAN YOU'LL EVER BE!

HMM...YOU BOTH HAVE VERY DIFFERENT, BUT VERY VALID, VIEWS ON TRAINING POKéMON.

Gary and Ash: HUH?

ON YOUR JOURNEYS, YOU EACH CAPTURED DIFFERNT POKéMON,

AND WITH YOUR DIFFERENT PERSONALTIES,

YOU LEARNED TO UNDERSTAND AND CARE FOR THEM IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

YEAH.

GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT.

POKéMON ARE SPECIAL, AND THEY NEED OUR SPECIAL CARE.

PIKA.

[CHUCKLES]

JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER LIVING CREATURE, THEY DESERVE OUR CONSIDERATION AND OUR RESPECT.

IF WE CARE FOR THEM THE WAY WE CARE FOR THOSE WE LOVE,

WE'LL BE ABLE TO LIVE IN PEACE,

AS WE LEARN ABOUT THEM AND OURSELVES.

MY RESEARCH HAS TAUGHT ME THAT WE NEED TO DEAL WITH POKéMON

LIKE WE NEED TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE, AS INDIVIDUALS,

IF WE WANT TO DISCOVER THEIR MYSTERIES.

IS THAT WHY YOU DECIDED TO TAKE CARE OF SO MANY POKéMON, PROFESSOR?

YES, IT IS.

AND NOT ONLY DOES EVERY POKéMON I CARE FOR BECOME PART OF MY RESEARCH,

BUT THEY ALSO BECOME PART OF MYSELF.

A PART OF YOURSELF?!

James: MY LEGS ARE KILLING ME.

Meowth: MY PAWS ARE POUNDIN'!

James: WHOSE IDEA WAS IT TO COME IN THE BACK WAY?

Meowth: IT WASN'T MINE.

Jessy: OH, STOP YOUR COMPLAINING.

PROFESSOR OAK'S RESEARCH AREA IS GIGANTIC.

WELL, I'M GETTING TIRED.

Meowth; WELL, LET'S TAKE A CAT NAP.

Jessy; QUIET! KEEP WALKING!

Jessy and James: AAH!

IF THOSE ARE KAKUNA--

THERE MUST BE--

BEEDRILL NEAR BY. RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

[SCREAMS]

WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THEY WOULD BE IN A POKéMON RESEARCHER'S GARDEN!

THEN WHY DIDN'T WE?!

QUIT FIGHTIN'. KEEP RUNNIN'.

[SCREAMS]

UNH... UNH..

GET THE LICENSE PLATE NUMBER.

HUH? HUH?

All: SNORLAX?!

[SNORES]

[SCREAMS]

[SCREAMS]

EVERY MORNING I START MY DAY BY CHECKING ON ALL THE POKéMON.

MM-HMM. MM-HMM. GOOD!

NOW WHO NEEDS TO COME OUT OF THEIR POKéBALLS TODAY?

THEN I LET THE POKéMON OUT OF THEIR POKéBALLS,

SO THEY CAN GET A BIT OF EXERCISE AND FRESH AIR.

OF COURSE I'VE CREATED SPECIAL HABITATS FOR EACH TYPE OF POKéMON.

THEN IT'S TIME TO FEED THE POKéMON THEIR BREAKFAST.

YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW LONG IT TAKES TO FEED SO MANY DIFFERENT POKéMON.

AS SOON AS I'M DONE, IT'S TIME FOR LUNCH.

[CHUCKLES]

IN THE AFTERNOON, I BEGIN MY RESEARCH.

FOR EXAMPLE, I'VE RECENTLY BEEN STUDYING THE VARIATIONS OF INDIVIDUAL POKéMON

OF THE SAME TYPES.

THE FINDINGS ARE EXTREMELY INTERESTING.

THEN THERE'S DINNER, AND BACK INTO THE POKéBALLS THEY GO.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I DO EVERY DAY.

YOU MUST LEARN A LOT, LIVING WITH SO MANY POKéMON.

YES, LIVING HERE CERTAINLY GIVES ME A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY

TO RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATE WITH LOTS OF INTERESTING POKéMON.

DAA.

HIYA, DODUO. HOW'S EVERYTHING GOING TODAY?

DA-DA.

IS THAT YOUR DODUO?

Dexter: DODUO, THE TWIN BIRD POKéMON.

IT RUNS FASTER THAN IT CAN FLY.

OHH.

PROFESSOR, THIS IS SUCH A GREAT PLACE, THE POKéMON MUST LOVE IT.

I HOPE SO, BROCK.

I DESIGNED THIS PLACE SO I COULD STUDY POKéMON THE PROPER WAY,

IN THEIR NATURAL HABITAT, LIVING FREE.

WHEN POKéMON LIVE IN AN ENVIRONMENT LIKE THE ONE THEY WERE BORN IN,

IT'S EASIER TO OBSERVE HOW THEY ARE AFFECTED BY THEIR TRAINERS.

IN FACT, I'VE JUST MADE AN INTERESTING DISCOVERY IN THAT AREA.

UH, WHAT WAS IT?

POKéMON FREQUENTLY TAKE ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE HUMANS WHO CAPTURE THEM.

HUH? HUH?

HMM. HMM.

HEY, THAT'S TRUE. LIKE MISTY AND PSYDUCK.

HUH? RIDICULOUS!

Brock: YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?

HUH?

I THINK I MIGHT HAVE A GIRLFRIEND.

SUZIE LOVED HER VULPIX AND GAVE IT TO ME.

NOW IF THE VULPIX IS LIKE ME,

AND SHE STIL LOVES IT, THAT MEANS SHE LOVES ME.

[SIGHS] HEY! WHAT'S UP WITH THIS GUY?

HE'S ON VACATION IN FANTASY LAND!

PIKA.

OF COURSE. THIS EFFECT ONLY OCCURS WHEN A TRAINER KEEPS IN REGULAR CONTACT

WITH HIS OR HER POKéMON.

BECAUSE ASH ALWAYS USES THE SAME POKéMON, HIS KRABBY AND MUK STAYED HERE

AND SO IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT THEY'VE BECOME SOMEWHAT ATTACHED TO ME.

BUB-BUB-BUH-BUH.

All: HUH?

BAAH!

[SCREAMS]

NO, MUK. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO DO THAT?

YOU'RE MUKING UP MY FAVORITE LAB COAT.

YOU SEE, I TOLD YOU POKéMON GET ATTACHED TO YOU, DIDN'T I?

AAH!

[PANTING]

WE'LL HAVE TO DO THIS THE HARD WAY.

THE HARD WAY'S OUR SPECIALTY.

I CAN HARDLY STAND THIS.

QUIT WHINING AND KEEP CLIMBING

OR WE'LL NEVER GET THAT PIKACHU! HUH?

DUDE.

GO, GEODUDE! HUH? HUH?

SANDSHREW.

SANDSHREW! [SCREAMS]

SANDSHREW!

OH, MY MAKEUP IS RUINED!

[RUMBLING]

James and Jessy: HMM?

James and Jessy: HUH?

[ROARS]

All: RUN FOR IT!

[ROARING]

OH, WOW!

LOOK AT ALL THE WATER POKéMON.

PROFESSOR, I BET YOU HAVE EVERY KIND OF POKéMON

IN THE WORLD HERE, DON'T YOU?

DEFINITELY NOT, ASH.

WE BELIEVE THERE ARE LOTS OF POKéMON THAT NO ONE HAS EVER CAPTURED

OR EVEN SEEN.

YEAH, SOME PEOPLE USED TO SAY THAT THERE WERE ONLY 150 POKéMON.

THEN WE DISCOVERED TOGEPI.

TOGE. TOGE.

YEAH, COME TO THINK OF IT...

THE DAY I LEFT PALLET, I SAW A POKéMON THAT DEXTER DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT.

IT'S STILL A GREAT MYSTERY.

NO ONE KNOWS HOW MANY KINDS OF POKéMON THERE ARE IN THIS WORLD.

FINDING NEW AND DIFFERENT POKéMON IS A NEVER ENDING QUEST.

YOU KNOW, PROFESSOR, I'M GOING TO FIND AS MANY NEW POKéMON FRIENDS AS I CAN.

ME, TOO. AND I'M GONNA TRAIN THEM TO BE

AS STRONG AS THEY CAN BE.

THEY REALLY LOVE POKéMON.

THEN MAYBE THEY CAN LIKE EACH OTHER.

TOGEPI.

COME ON, ASH, WHAT DO YOU SAY WE HAVE A POKéMON BATTLE?

WE COULD BOTH USE A LITTLE PRACTICE BEFORE THE POKéMON LEAGUE.

ALL RIGHT, GARY, I'M READY WHEN YOU ARE.

PIKA. PIKA.

[EXPLOSION[ PI?

HEY, WHAT'S THAT?

YEAH.

THAT SMOKE'S COMING FROM THE ELECTRIC POKéMON PRESERVE! LET'S GO!

[MUMBLING]

THAT SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES.

SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME.

I'M TIRED AND I WANT TO GO TO BED.

VOLARE!

Ash: HEY!

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN IT WAS YOU!

PI-PI PIKACHU!

WHAT ARE YOU 3 UP TO THIS TIME?

TAKE A GUESS.

WE FOLLOWED YOU HERE SO WE COULD GRAB THAT PIKACHU.

WE'RE THROUGH PUSSY-FOOTING AROUND,

SO HAND OVER THAT LITTLE RAT AND MAKE IT SNAPPY.

IT'S A TALKING MEOWTH?!

COULD YOU POSSIBLY SAY A FEW MORE WORDS, PLEASE?

I'D BE GLAD TO, POPS.

CLEAN OUT YOUR EARS AND GET A LOAD OF THIS.

MAY I INVITE YOU TO PREPARE...

James and Jessy: FOR TROUBLE.

YEAH. AND WHILE YOU'RE AT IT, YOU BETTER MAKE IT A TRIPLE.

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.

JESSY.

JAMES.

MEOWTH.

Jessy: YOU STAY OUT OF THIS, MEOWTH!

James; STOP STEALING OUR MATERIAL.

Meowth: ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT!

TEAM ROCKET BLAST OFF AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

SURRENDER NOW OR PREPARE TO FIGHT FOR THAT PIKACHU!

MEOWTH! THAT'S RIGHT.

NOW HAND OVER THAT PIKACHU AND EVERY OTHER POKéMON YOU GOT STASHED HERE,

OR WE'LL JUST TAKE 'EM.

RIGHT! RIGHT!

YOU'RE NOT TAKING ANYTHING!

IF YOU WANT THESE POKéMON SO BADLY, TRY AND GET 'EM.

LET'S BATTLE!

James, Jessy, and Meowth: AAH!

Gary and Ash: AAH!

HUH? HUH?

[SCREAMS]

RUN!

[SCREAMS]

OH, WHY CAN'T GOOD THINGS HAPPEN TO BAD PEOPLE.

WHO KNOWS?

WELL, AT LEAST WE DIDN'T GET FIRED!

[SIGHS]

All: WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!

HAVE A NICE FLIGHT!

TOGEPI.

THOSE GUYS SURE KNOW HOW TO MAKE AN EXIT.

WELL, WE SURE TOOK CARE OF THEM, DIDN'T WE, GRANDPA?

WE DIDN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING, GARY.

THAT'S NOT TRUE, ASH.

YOU'RE THE ONE RESPONSIBLE FOR SAVING MY RESEARCH CENTER.

Ash: I AM? PIKA.

ALL OF THOSE TAUROS OUT THERE ARE YOURS.

HUH?

Professor Oak: YOU WERE THE ONE WHO CAPTURED THEM.

AND IF THEY HADN'T RUN TEAM ROCKET OFF,

WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED?

I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT.

GOOD THING THEY WERE HERE.

[LAUGHS]

I'M GONNA HEAD ON HOME NOW.

I THOUGHT WE WERE GONNA--

THIS HAS BEEN A LONG DAY, AND BESIDES,

WE CAN HAVE OUR BATTLE WHEN WE GET TO THE POKéMON LEAGUE.

YOU'RE ON. YOU CAN LOSE TO ME AT THE POKéMON LEAGUE.

HUH! YOU JUST BETTER MAKE SURE YOU TRAIN AS HARD AS I DO.

SO YOU IN 2 MONTHS, ASH.

IN 2 MONTHS, I'LL BE COMPETING IN THE POKéMON LEAGUE.

2 MONTHS SEEMS LIKE FOREVER.

YEAH, BUT HE'S GOT A LOT OF WORK TO DO.

WE'LL BE READY. RIGHT, PIKACHU?

PIKACHU.

Ash: HA HA. YEAH.

I'M GONNA DO IT! I'M GONNA START WORKING RIGHT AWAY.

Professor Oak: GOOD!

WHAT'S THIS?

YOU CAN START WORKING RIGHT AWAY ON THE FENCE YOUR TAUROS BROKE!

AAH!

HERE. GIVE HIM A HAND.

HUH?

US, TOO?

BELIEVE ME, HELPING OTHERS, SHARING THEIR BURDENS,

THAT'S THE WAY TO BECOME A BETTER TRAINER, A BETTER FRIEND,

AND A BETTER PERSON.

[SIGHS]

PIKA. TOGE. TOGEPI.

[ASH SIGHS]

Narrator: AND WITH THOSE WISE WORDS, ASH BEGINS TO LEARN MUCH MORE

ABOUT THE POKéMON LEAGUE AND ABOUT LIFE.

Ash: DON'T GO AWAY. PIKACHU'S JUKEBOX IS NEXT.

PIKA. PIKA.

♪ VIRIDIAN CITY ♪

♪ I'M ON THE ROAD ♪

♪ TO BECOME THE GREATEST TRAINER ♪

♪ TRAINER ♪

♪ AND I WON'T QUIT UNTIL I'M NUMBER ONE ♪

♪ NUMBER ONE ♪

♪ NUMBER ONE ♪

♪ REACHING FOR TRIUMPH ♪

♪ TRIUMPH ♪

♪ AND THEN WE TRY SOME MORE ♪

♪ TO STAY TOGETHER ♪

♪ AND FIND A PLACE WORTH FIGHTING FOR ♪

♪ I'M ON THE ROAD ♪

♪ TO VIRIDIAN CITY ♪

♪ I'M ON THE ROAD ♪

♪ I'M ON THE ROAD TO VIRIDIAN CITY ♪

♪ I'M ON THE ROAD ♪

♪ I'M ON THE ROAD ♪

♪ TO VIRIDIAN CITY ♪

♪ WE'RE ON THE ROAD TO VIRIDIAN CITY ♪

♪ VIRIDIAN CITY ♪

♪ I'LL LEAVE MY FRIENDS AND HOME TODAY ♪

♪ WE'RE ON THE ROAD ♪

♪ TO VIRIDIAN CITY ♪

COME ON. LET'S GO.

♪ I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST ♪

♪ LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS ♪

♪ TO CATCH THEM IS MY REAL TEST ♪

♪ TO TRAIN THEM IS MY CAUSE ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL ♪

♪ POKéMON ♪