Original subtitles

♪ GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL ♪

♪ GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL ♪

♪ POKéMON ♪

[FIREWORKS EXPLODING]

Narrator: ONCE AGAIN IT'S A CAPACITY CROWD

CHEERING IN ANTICIPATION AS A FOURTH-ROUND WINNER

OF THE POKéMON LEAGUE COMPETITION IS ABOUT TO BE DECIDED.

[CHANTING] GA-RY! GA-RY!

Narrator: BUT THIS TIME OUR HEROES ARE IN THE STANDS

AS SPECTATORS, WAITING TO SEE IF GARY WILL EMERGE VICTORIOUS.

Stadium Announcer: NOW GARY AND MELISSA

ARE DOWN TO JUST ONE POKéMON EACH.

WHOEVER WINS THIS BATTLE WINS THE MATCH!

WILL GARY WIN?

TO-GE, TO-GE.

HMM... THAT MELISSA'S PRETTY TOUGH.

[GROWLING]

GOLEM.

NIDOKING! HORN ATTACK!

Melissa: GOLEM! SEISMIC TOSS!

AH!

GO-OH-OH-OH.

THIS BATTLE GOES TO MELISSA!

Announcer: SHE'S DONE IT!

AFTER A GRUELING BATTLE,

MELISSA HAS WON A LAST-MINUTE UPSET OVER GARY OAK

FOR HER FOURTH POKéMON LEAGUE VICTORY!

[WAILING]

GARY LOST!

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.

THE COMPETITION HERE IS REALLY TOUGH, ASH.

[GIRLS CRYING]

Girl: OH, HOW COULD HE LOSE?

Ash: GARY!

HUH?

GARY...

THAT TRAINER WAS LUCKY

THAT I GOT DISTRACTED

BY ALL THE GIRLS CHEERING FOR ME.

THEY'RE DISAPPOINTED,

BUT YOU'LL GET OVER IT,

WON'T YOU, GIRLS?

LATER, ASH.

AWW...

PI.

CAN YOU BELIEVE GARY GOT KNOCKED OUT?

I THOUGHT HE'D MAKE IT THROUGH AT LEAST 4 ROUNDS.

I DON'T KNOW, PIKACHU.

DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD QUIT WHILE WE'RE AHEAD?

PIKA-CHU!

BROCK!

LISTEN, YOU'RE A GREAT TRAINER,

AND AS LONG AS I'M AROUND

YOU'RE NOT EVEN GONNA THINK ABOUT QUITTING,

OK? UHH...

PIKACHU AND I BELIEVE IN YOU,

DON'T WE, PIKACHU?

PIKA, PIKA!

OK, I GUESS YOU WIN.

Misty: HEY, ASH!

YOU BETTER HURRY UP!

YOUR FOURTH MATC IS STARTING

ON THE GRASS FIELD ANY MINUTE NOW.

WHAT?! NO WAY!

Jessy and James: THANK YOU FOR SHOPPING WITH US.

EVERYTHING IS SELLING OUT!

OUR SOUVENIR STAND IS A BIG SUCCESS!

I HOPE YOU TWO ENTREPRENEURS DON'T FORGET

THAT WE ORIGINALLY CAME HERE

TO SWIPE A PACK OF POKéMON,

NOT TO SELL A BUNCH OF POKé-JUNK!

IT'S NOT JUNK.

JUST DON'T TURN HONEST ON ME.

YOU KNOW, I'M STARTING TO ENJOY

DOING HONEST ORDINARY WORK LIKE NORMAL FOLKS DO.

IT'S SATISFYING TO PERFORM SIMPLE TA--

AAAAAAAH!

VERY SIMPLE.

I GUESS THIS GOES TO SHOW

THAT WHEN YOU RING UP LOTS OF SALES,

A VICTREEBELL MIGHT TAKE ITS TOLL.

AW, DON'T YOU HAVE ANY MORE

OF THOSE OFFICIAL POKéMON BADGES LEFT?

I'M SORRY, BUT WE'RE ALL SOLD OUT.

UH, I THINK WE STILL GOT

ONE MORE LEFT IN THE STOCKROOM.

Jessy: I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!

James: MEOWTH IS MAKING FAKE BADGES

OUT OF BOTTLE CAPS!

WELL, AT LEAST THESE FAKES ARE AUTHENTIC!

UGH. YOU CAN'T TEACH AN OLD CAT NEW TRICKS.

Announcer: OUR NEXT TRAINERS ARE COMING ONTO THE GRASS FIELD

FOR THE FOURTH ROUND.

THE GREEN TRAINER

IS PALETT TOWN'S ASH KETCHUM!

ASH CAN'T LOSE.

I WAS KIND OF HOPING ASH WOULD LET US COACH HIM

FROM THE SIDELINES LIKE HE DID BEFORE.

ASH JUST WANTS TO PROVE HE CAN WIN ALL BY HIMSELF.

WELL, IF I WAS ASH, I'D CHOOSE BULBASAUR

TO BATTLE ON A GRASS FIELD LIKE THIS.

ME, TOO.

WHO'S HE BATTLING AGAINST?

THE PROGRAM JUST SAYS HER NAME'S JEANETTE FISHER.

SHE MUST BE PRETTY TOUGH

TO MAKE IT THIS FAR.

Announcer: AND NOW THE RED TRAINER

IS COMING OUT ONTO THE FIELD.

UH...

[TRADITIONAL JAPANESE MUSIC PLAYS]

JEANETTE FISHER FROM CRIMSON CITY!

I AM HONORED.

HUH?

SHE SURE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE AN ENTRANCE.

JEANETTE! JEANETTE!

SHE'S THE GREATEST TRAINER YET!

JEANETTE! JEANETTE!

SHE'S AS GREAT AS YOU CAN GET!

JEANETTE BROUGHT A WHOLE CHEERING SECTION

BUT ASH ONLY HAS YOU AND ME.

YEAH, JEANETTE.

SHE SHOULD WIN.

WE'RE HERE TO ROOT FOR ASH!

WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON ANYWAY?

Announcer: IT LOOKS LIKE

OUR OPPONENTS ARE READY TO FACE OFF.

TRAINERS, GO!

I CHOOSE YOU, BULBASAUR!

MY POKéMON SHOULD CREATE QUITE A BUZZ.

BEEDRIL, GO!

SHE DOESN'T LOOK SO TOUGH, DOES SHE?

YOU NEVER KNOW.

BEEDRIL, TACKLE ATTACK!

BULBASAUR, RAZOR LEAF!

BEEDRIL, COUNTERATTACK BULBASAUR

WITH YOUR TWINEEDLE NOW!

GOOD. NOW POISON STING!

I JUST HOPE JEANETTE DOESN'T HAVE ANY MORE POKéMON LIKE THAT BEEDRIL.

MMM. I JUST HOPE SHE DOESN'T HAVE A BOYFRIEND.

GRR! WELL, THERE'S NO WAY THAT BOYFRIEND IS GONNA BE YOU, MISTER,

IF THAT GIRL BEATS ASH!

SHE'S WINNING.

BULBASAUR, LEECH SEED!

[GASPS] NO!

LOOK, BROCK,

LEECH SEED'S SUCKING UP BEEDRIL'S ENERGY.

YEAH, I SEE.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ROOTING FOR ASH, NOT JEANETTE!

BULBASAUR, TACKLE ATTACK!

BEEDRIL IS OUT OF THE MATCH!

GRR!

YES!

WAY TO GO, ASH!

SHOW HER YOU'RE THE NUMBER ONE TRAINER IN THE LEAGUE.

JEANETTE! JEANETTE!

OUR GIRL ISN'T FINISHED YET!

THEY'RE ACTING LIKE JEANETTE'S THE ONE'S WHO'S AHEAD.

WELL, CHEERING WON'T HELP

IF SHE PICKS THE WRONG POKéMON.

ASH'LL BE READY NO MATTER WHAT SHE PICKS.

THIS ONE WON'T BE SO EASY.

GO...SCYTHER!

SCYTHER!

WHOA! A SCYTHER.

WHOA. DO YOU THINK ASH IS READY FOR SCYTHER?

MMM. MAYBE.

LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!

SCYTHER, USE YOUR SLASH ATTACK NOW!

SCYTHER, SCYTHER! SCYTHER, SCYTHER!

SCYTHER, SCYTHER, SLASH!

SCYTHER! SCYTHER! SCYTHER!

NOW, SCYTHER! QUICK ATTACK!

SCYTHER! SCYTHER! SCYTHER! SCYTHER!

BULBASAUR!

BULBASAUR, VINE WHIP!

AAH.

GOOD JOB, SCYTHER, NOW LET'S SHOW THEM

HOW TO REALLY CUT BULBASAUR'S VINE WHIP DOWN TO SIZE.

[GASPS]

YOU'LL LOSE TWICE AS FAST AGAINST SCYTHER'S DOUBLE TEAM.

[SIGHS]

UH-OH.

BULBA BULBASAUR. BULBA.

WHO'S THAT POKéMON?

JEANETTE! JEANETTE!

DOUBLE TEAM WILL BEAT 'EM YET!

JEANETTE!

[GIGGLES]

SAUR.

BULBASAUR! VINE WHIP NOW!

TRY THE...RIGHT ONE!

BULBASAUR!

SCYTHER!

BULBASAUR JUST CAN'T CUT IT AGAINST SCYTHER.

Announcer: IT LOOKS LIKE BULBASAUR

IS ABOUT TO GET MOWED DOWN BY SCYTHER!

[SIGHS]

ASH HAS GOTTA DO SOMETHING,

AND HE'S GOTTA DO IT QUICK.

I KNOW, BUT WHAT?

BULBASAUR! RAZOR LEAF NOW!

OH, NO! BULBASAUR, LOOK OUT!

AAH!

BULBASAUR!

HEY, WAIT.

USE YOUR VINE WHIP AGAINST ALL 3.

BULBASAUR!

THE SCYTHER HAS BEEN DEFEATED!

ALL RIGHT, BULBASAUR!

ASH FIGURED OUT THAT SCYTHER'S DOUBLE TEAM ATTACK

LEFT IT TWICE AS WEAK ON DEFENSE.

AND HE DID IT ON HIS OWN.

I GUESS ASH REALLY CAN HANDLE A MATCH WITHOUT OUR HELP.

NOW JEANETTE ONLY HAS ONE POKéMON LEFT,

AND IF ASH WINS THIS NEXT BATTLE

HE'LL WIN THE MATCH.

GO, ASH!

2 DOWN AND ONE TO GO.

LOOK UP THERE.

CAN I HAVE ONE, MOMMY?

OH, WOW!

THE PIKACHU DECOY IS WORKING.

WHILE THEY EYEBALL OUR BALLOON,

WE'LL SUCK UP THOSE SUCKERS' POKéMON.

OUR POKé-VAC SHOULD DO IT.

NOW LET'S CLEAN 'EM OUT.

LOOK, THAT'S TEAM ROCKET'S BALLOON.

THEY MUST BE UP TO NO GOOD.

ARCANINE, FLAME-THROWER!

YAY!

IT'S PIKACHU!

COME ON, GRAB ONE!

[GASPS]

QUICK, START THE VACUUM.

IT'S NOT WORKING.

WHATEVER IT IS, IT'S GETTING A TICKET.

HUH?

CHEESE IT, THE COPS.

STOP IN THE NAME OF THE LAW!

AFTER 'EM, JENNY!

ROGER, JENNY!

AAH!

HOT DOGS. I GOT RED-HOT HOT DOGS.

GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE RED HOT.

I GOT ICE CREAM, GET IT WHILE IT'S COLD.

Announcer: JEANETTE'S DOWN TO HER LAST POKéMON

AS SHE'S FORCED TO PLAY CATCH-UP WITH KETCHUM.

COME ON, ASH, JUST BEAT THIS POKéMON

AND YOU WIN THE MATCH.

JEANETTE WILL SAVE HER STRONGEST FOR LAST.

BUT WHATEVER IT IS, YOU CAN BEAT HER!

TO-GE, TO-GE.

ASH SURE LOOKS CONFIDENT

HE CAN BEAT ANY POKèMON THAT JEANETTE PICKS.

IT'S VICTORY TIME.

GO...BELLSPROUT!

HUH?

PIKA?

HUH? WOW.

BELLSPROUT.

WHY WOULD SHE SAVE A BELLSPROUT TO BATTLE LAST...

UNLESS SHE RAN OUT OF STRONG POKéMON

AND DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING LEFT

BUT A PUNY LITTLE BELLSPROUT.

Announcer: THIS LOOKS LIKE A DESPERATION MOVE BY YOUNG FISHER.

BELLSPROUT! GET READY!

BULBASAUR, GET SET!

BELLSPROUT.

GO!

THIS IS GONNA BE THE SHORTEST MATCH

IN POKèMON LEAGUE HISTORY.

BULBASAUR, TACKLE ATTACK!

BELLSPROUT. BELLSPROUT.

ALL RIGHT!

PIKA! OH!

BELLSPROUT.

WHAT...WHAT HAPPENED?

GO, BELLSPROUT! GO, BELLSPROUT!

WHEN THIS PLANT BATTLES YOU BETTER WATCH OUT!

GO, BELLSPROUT! GO, BELLSPROUT!

BULBASAUR!

I CAN'T BELIEVE WHAT'S HAPPENING.

Announcer: IT LOOKED LIKE THIS MATCH WAS OVER,

BUT BELLSPROUT SPRUNG INTO ACTION,

AND NOW THIS MIGHTY MITE HAS BULBASAUR SUCKING THE SOD!

THAT BELLSPROUT ABSORBS BULBASAUR'S ATTACKS

AND SENDS THEM BACK AGAINST IT.

MAKE BULBA SORE. HA HA HA HA!

BULBASAUR IS OUT OF THE MATCH!

OH, NO!

Announcer: BELLSPROUT WINS,

AND KETCHUM IS DOWN ONE POKèMON!

BELLSPROUT! BELLSPROUT!

YOU'RE THE BEST WITHOUT A DOUBT!

BELLSPROUT! BELLSPROUT!

OK...

PIKACHU, LET'S GO!

PIKACHU.

YES! PIKACHU SHOULD WIN NO SWEAT, NO DOUBT...

NO PROBLEM.

LET THE BATTLE BEGIN!

PIKACHU! THUNDERSHOCK!

PIKA-CHUUUUU!

BELLSPROUT.

BELLSPROUT.

RAZOR LEAF NOW!

BELLSPROUT. BELLSPROUT.

Announcer: A DOUBLE-EDGED RAZOR LEAF!

THIS IS ONE SPECTACULAR SPROUT!

PIKACHU, TRY YOUR THUNDERBOLT ATTACK!

PIKA...

CHUUUUU!

THAT'S IT. IT'S ALL OVER.

BELLSPROUT. BELLSPROUT.

PIKA?

[GIGGLES]

BELLSPROUT'S LEGS ARE LIKE A PAIR

OF TEENY-TINY LIGHTNING RODS.

THOSE ELECTRIC ATTACKS JUST WON'T WORK, ASH.

WHAT? NO WAY!

IF PIKACHU'S THUNDERBOLT ATTACK IS NO GOOD,

ASH IS IN BIG TROUBLE.

ASH BETTER THINK FAST.

HANG IN THERE, PIKACHU!

PI! PIKA...

CHU CHU! CHU CHU!

BELLSPROUT.

PI...KACHU!

Announcer: WELL, FOLKS, I GUESS YOU'D CALL THAT

A GARDEN-VARIETY ATTACK.

PIKACHU IS OUT OF THE MATCH!

OH.

Announcer: AND IT'S OFFICIAL.

BELLSPROUT SHORT-CIRCUITS PIKACHU TO TIE UP THIS MATCH!

BUT HOW COULD PIKACHU

EVER GET KNOCKED OUT OF THE MATCH BY A BELLSPROUT?

THERE'S NO WAY.

THAT JEANETTE SURE KNOWS HOW TO PICK HER POKéMON.

SHE SAVED HER BEST FOR LAST.

I KNOW, BUT WHAT POKéMON DOES ASH HAVE

THAT WILL OUTBATTLE THAT BELLSPROUT?

SORRY, WE'RE SO LATE.

MRS. KETCHUM. PROFESSOR OAK.

WE CAME TO CHEER ASH TO VICTORY.

UH, DID YOU KNOW THAT YOUR GRANDSON LOST?

YES, I KNOW.

IT'LL DO GARY GOOD

TO SEE EVERY ROAD HAS A FEW BUMPS ALONG THE WAY.

WIN THIS ONE FOR YOUR MOTHER, HONEY!

NOW THAT GARY'S OUT OF THE COMPETITION

ALL THE FOLKS IN PALETT TOWN ARE COUNTING ON YOU!

THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE CHEERING ASH ON,

BUT ALL THEY'RE DOING IS PUTTING MORE PRESSURE ON HIM.

BELLSPROUT! JUST ONE MORE WIN!

BELLSPROUT.

Announcer: NOW WE'LL SEE IF KETCHUM

HAS THE POKéMON HE NEEDS TO PLUCK A VICTORY

FROM JEANETTE'S UNBELIEVABLE BELLSPROUT!

I CHOOSE YOU...

MUK, MUK.

[GASPS]

HEY, I DIDN'T KNOW ASH

BROUGHT HIS MUK TO THE COMPETITION.

ASH THOUGHT HE MIGHT NEED MUK DURING THIS MATCH

SO HE CALLED ME YESTERDAY

AND ASKED ME TO TRANSPORT IT HERE.

HE KNEW MUK HAD AN ADVANTAGE OVER GRASS-TYPE POKéMON.

HUH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT SURPRISES ME MORE,

THE FACT THAT HE'S USING MUK

OR THE FACT THAT HE THOUGHT AHEAD.

YES, I UNDERESTIMATED HIM MYSELF.

OH, THAT'S MY ASH.

OK! READY, MUK?

MUK...

BEGIN!

ALL RIGHT, BELLSPROUT, FLYING MUK KICK!

Announcer: AND THE TABLES HAVE BEEN TURNED

ON JEANETTE'S BELLSPROUT!

NOW MUK IS ABSORBING THE ENERGY FROM BELLSPROUT'S ATTACK.

MUK TAKES THE LICKING

BUT BELLSPROUT KEEPS ON KICKING.

KEEP IT UP, MUK! YOU'RE DOING GREAT!

[GASPS] BELLSPROUT.

OK, MUK, TIME FOR A BODY SLAM ATTACK.

BELLSPROUT!

[MUFFLED] BELLSPROUT.

[GASPS]

OHH...

MUK.

[WEAK] BELLSPROUT.

BELLSPROUT IS OUT OF THE MATCH,

AND THE FOURTH ROUND VICTORY

GOES TO GREEN TRAINER ASH KETCHUM!

YEAH!

[CHEERING]

I'M SO PROUD OF HIM!

I CAN'T BELIEVE ASH WON ON ALL 4 FIELDS.

THAT WAS HIS BEST MATCH.

WE DID IT, MUK!

MUK, MUK, MUK.

AAH!

[LAUGHS] NOW I UNDERSTAND HOW THAT BELLSPROUT FELT.

[LAUGHS]

THAT MUK CAN REALLY SMOTHER YOU WITH AFFECTION.

I'M VERY PROUD OF THE WAY YOU BATTLED, BELLSPROUT.

LET'S GO HOME.

WELL, WE SOLD OUT EVERYTHING.

LET'S FACT IT, WE'RE MUCH MORE SUCCESSFUL

AT SELLING STUFF THAN WE ARE AT STEALING STUFF.

YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S FUN AND PROFITABLE, TOO.

HAH! THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW

YOU TWO WILL WANT TO OPEN A FAST-FOOD JOINT.

THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA.

WE CAN CALL IT JESSY'S. JAMES'.

WANT A BURGER AND FRIES WITHOUT TROUBLE?

IF YOU'RE REALLY HUNGRY, MAKE IT DOUBLE.

TO PROTECT THE WORLD FROM HUNGER AND THIRST...

OUR FOOD ISN'T BAD, AT LEAST NOT THE WORST.

THE TEAM ROCKET RESTAURANT, BLAST IN FOR A BITE...

WE STAY OPEN ALL DAY, WE STAY OPEN ALL NIGHT.

YOU DIDN'T DO TOO BAD OUT THERE.

AW, THANKS.

BUT IF IT WASN'T FOR MUK

YOU'D BE OUT OF LUCK.

MUK...

NO, STOP, MUK, QUIT IT!

[LAUGHING]

Narrator: AND SO, WITH A LITTLE ADVANCE STRATEGY,

ASH GOT BELLSPROUT STUCK IN THE MUK

AND WON HIS FOURTH ROUND MATCH.

NOW HIS DREAMS ARE BURNING AS BRIGHTLY

AS THE FLAME ATOP INDIGO STADIUM.

BUT DOES ASH HAVE WHAT IT TAKES

TO BE A POKéMON MASTER?

FIND OUT AS THE COMPETITION CONTINUES.

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PIKACHU'S JUKEBOX IS NEXT.

PIKA PIKA!

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