[Final lines of the Advanced Generation series. The ferry to the Sinnoh region is travelling across the sea and aboard it are Ash and Pikachu]
The Sinnoh region. Are you ready, buddy?
[Then, a gust of wind blows Ash's hat off of his head]
[The hat is grabbed...]
[...by Aipom]
Hey, Aipom. You followed us all of this way?
Huh, Well, what do you know? So welcome aboard.
[As Aipom runs to join Ash and Pikachu, little does she know that Team Rocket are clinging on to the side of the ferry]
That twerp's gonna be toast.
JJames
As well as one Pikachu short.
This time, we're really makin'...
[A wave soaks Team Rocket. Meanwhile, Ash holds onto a railing after putting his hat back on]
Awesome! All right, Sinnoh Island, look out! You'd better get ready for us!
And so, true to form, our hero fearlessly sets out on a new Pokémon adventure, but as Gary promised, what kinds of Pokémon await him in the Sinnoh region, and for that matter, what kinds of battles? This new chapter of Ash's journey to become a Pokémon Master is just beginning, so stay tuned.
[As the ship sails into the distance, the text reading NEXT TIME... A NEW BEGINNING! appears]
Though your plans won't buy me a cup of coffee, I have wanted to set up shop there. Do your best.
That's what I'm afraid of! [Switches off, thus making the TV screen go fuzzy]
Hear that? The boss is counting on us to give Sinnoh the Team Rocket mojo.
We'll blind the big guy with tons of top-shelf science.
JJames
Than we can afford a summer cottage of our own.
[Mime Jr. pops, so does James]
[Team Rocket are enjoying their dinner]
Yay! Time for a sweet dinner treat that's fun to eat.
[A scream from nearby is heard]
JJames
It'd be more fun with a little heat.
Just try it, it's neat. Bon appetit.
MJMeowth & James
Bon appetit!
[They see Spiritomb coming towards them]
SSpiritomb
Spiritoooomb! [Uses Hyper Beam on Team Rocket]
SSpiritomb
Spiritoooomb! [Uses Shadow Ball on Team Rocket who fall to the ground and then get up again]
[angrily] If we wanted them burnt, we would have burnt them! [Gets hit by the Keystone] Ow!
[Spiritomb flies off]
[groans] Who was that iron chef?
JJames
[checks the card in his left hand] Well, the cards claim it's called Spiritomb, and what conked you on the cranium was a Keystone. Though why it toasted our titbits is beyond me.
[Meowth eats his bit of food]
[Jessie and James laugh nervously, but then Jessie becomes furious]
[angrily] YOU'VE toasted your last roast, and now it's YOUR turn to get on the spit! Nobody messes around with MY meal!
[Team Rocket are in their Meowth balloon]
Scary, but not too smart.
JJames
Spiritomb's as feisty as an Aura Guardian.
Every time we're close to plucking Pikachu, our eyes get too big.
JJames
Huh? [Sees Pikachu resting on the meadow below] Well, widen your eyes now.
[off camera] Pikachu! Taking a snooze in the meadow, are we?
With nary a twerp in sight to cause trouble!
JJames
This is our lucky day.
Excuse me, 'twas because of my brilliant strategy, not luck.
JMJames & Meowth
Please...
[The Meowth balloon lands on the meadow and Team Rocket get out to try and grab Pikachu, but they fall into a pitfall trap]
What's with the pit trap?
[Ash, Dawn, and Brock begin their own version of Team Rocket's motto.]
Listen, is that bad guy talk I hear?
It speaks to me loud and clear.
[yells at Ash, Dawn, Brock and the Old Woman] IT'S THAT KIND OF IMITATION THEY INVENTED LAWSUITS FOR!
Chill out. We couldn't care less about you.
We're looking for Spiritomb!
[Spiritomb appears behind Team Rocket]
Huh? [They turn back to see Spiritomb]
I won't be treated like a piece of garbage.
I think it's time for those twerps to reap what they sow.
[Team Rocket get out of the pit and turn to Spiritomb]
Your Highness, if it's total unmerciful revenge you want, have I got the perfect sap for you.
[about Ash] That twerp with the perched Pikachu is a descendant of the Aura Guardian who sealed you in that crazy Keystone.
[Spiritomb groans and uses Hyper Beam on Dawn, Brock, Ash and the woman who dodge it]
All right, Spiritomb, sure, I'll battle you.
OWOld Woman
You must lure it to the broken Stone Tower!
[to Spiritomb] Okay, come get me. [Runs off]
[when Butch and Cassidy arrive, with Dawn meeting them for the first time...]
AJAsh and Jessie
Cassidy...
BJBrock and James
...and Biff!
[annoyed and irritated] I told you, it's not "Biff", it's "Butch"! James, you're as bad as those twerps!
I thought one Team Rocket was bad enough.
So, what are you doing here messing up the landscape, Jessica?
Now, stop stealing all of my lines! What are you doing here?!
Ask Professor Bamba. [phone rings] Huh? [answers it] Hello there!
NDr. Namba
[on phone] It's "Namba"!
Uh... We're here on orders from Professor Namba. He wants to study the sand that Hippowdon sprayed out, so he sent us to capture one.
You tell Professor fan-boy...! [phone rings] Huh?
Huh? [answers it, but throws it to Jessie] It's for you.
Oh? [talks into it] Hello?
NDr. Namba
[on phone] It's still "Namba"!
[groans] Alright, why didn't that loud mouth give us the orders instead of you? Let us not forget that the Sinnoh region is our turf! [throws the phone back to Cassidy, and Cassidy catches it]
Well, that's not what I hear. Giovanni told me personally that we're his two and only Sinnoh region reps.
[Jessie, James, and Meowth gasp in shock]
JJames
But we've been hitting the dusty Sinnoh trail since way back!
Perhaps you've all forgotten just how forgetable you fools can be.
True. Tee-hee. [she and Butch laugh evilly]
[groans] Where'd you get that bucket of bolts?!
It's actually a present from Professor Kimba.
[phone rings and Butch answers it]
NDr. Namba
[on phone] It's "Namba"!
Now, Turtwig, use Razor Leaf, let's go! Help out Hippowdon!
It's one of Professor Namba's inventions.
JJames
[groans] We finance and build our own machines. It's not even fair that a brat named Bilge gets all the perks!
[enraged] I just told you, it's not "Bilge", it's "Butch"!
Now, Turtwig, use Razor Leaf, let's go! Help out Hippowdon! [sends Turtwig out]
Turtwig! Tur! [uses Razor Leaf to cut through the net]
We don't need twerp interference!
[Team Rocket are looking at some glowing meteorites]
Those rocks are more valuable than the one in the boss' pinkie-ring!
JJames
Train your eyes on the way they just lay there like the whole lot of them are just longing for us to lock and load them away.
Yippee-ki-yay! [singing] Here we make off with the meteorites, the meteorites, the meteorites...
Now, that's a nursery rhyme I can live by! Profound words bringing profound wealth.
JJames
Of course, carrying them will cause a profound hernia.
[They sigh in defeat]
[A helicopter lands on the grass and several grunts from Team Galactic jump out. Saturn climbs out as the grunts prepare to do their job, unaware that Team Rocket is watching them from behind a bush]
They're here. And that wardrobe.
[Cut to Saturn]
SSaturn
Start meteorite collection.
[A second helicopter lowers its claw to pick up one of the meteorites. Meanwhile, Team Rocket are still watching from behind the bush]
JJames
Upscale equipment!
Yowza! Too rich for our bank account!
[yells at James and Meowth] Will you yahoos stop nickel-and-diming?! Those are our meteors they're making off with!
[Meanwhile, Ash, Maylene, Lucario, Dawn and Brock are running to the meteorite field]
Lucario says it has something to do with the meteorites in the park.
Did you call Officer Jenny?
The phones are dead, so I sent Connally out as messenger.
Check out the helicopters! They've been hovering above the park all day long.
[Back in the meteorite field, a helicopter lowers its claw to pick up one of the meteorites, with Team Rocket still watching from behind the bush]
[angrily] I will not witness my meteorites being manhandled by a bunch of bowl-headed fashion freaks!
But the place is crawling with bowl-heads!
[yells at James and Meowth] Have you two ninnies that Team Rocket's middle name is Pride?!
[Then, they are spotted by a Galactic Grunt]
TGTeam Galactic Grunt
What are you doing here?
SSaturn
Hm. Not you losers again.
[Jessie jumps out from behind the bush]
Your stupid team has much more to lose.
[James joins her]
JJames
Look in the mirror at the haircut you choose.
JJames
Dashing hope, putting fear in its place.
A rose by any other name is just as sweet. [As she says this line, Saturn's Toxicroak appears]
JJames
When everything's worse, our work is complete.
SSaturn
Sludge Bomb, Toxicroak.
Putting the fashion police in their place....
SSSaturn's Toxicroak
TOXICROA-OA-OAK! [Uses Sludge Bomb on Team Rocket who end up on another patch of grass just as Ash, Maylene, Lucario, Dawn and Brock arrive]
But where are the meteorites?
Team Rocket - those guys friends of yours?
[Team Rocket quickly get up as Jessie answers to Ash, Maylene, Lucario, Dawn and Brock]
[agitated madly;sarcastic] SURE! BEST FRIENDS LIKE YOU!
What about that Pokémon? [Gets out his Pokédex and scans Toxicroak]
ASAsh's Pokédex
Toxicroak, the Toxic Mouth Pokémon, and the evolved form of Croagunk. The poison produced in its sacs is carried through tubes in its arms to its knuckle claws.
Fashion freaks or not, they stole our meteorites and they're no friends of ours!
[Gligar and Buizel are having a stare-down]
As our heroes continue the Sinnoh region trek toward Hearthome City and Ash’s next Gym battle, we find a very motivated Gligar prompting a round of special training.
Gligar, you’re in the thick of it. Use your eyes and show that winning glare!
[steps forward] Gli! [gasps once noticing Buizel’s evil smirk and growl]
[tears up and starts begging] Gli, Gli, Gli...
Well, that’s not gonna work. Gligar, you can’t give up before you start.
[embarrassed] Pika, Pika.
Gligar, now! Use X-Scissor and keep it going!
[powers up] Gligar! [uses several X-Scissors on Buizel, who dodges them easily]
Now, Buizel, use Aqua Jet!
[Buizel starts using Aqua Jet, intimidating Gligar so much that it clings onto Ash’s face, just before the Aqua Jet hits them both]
Gligar, what’s wrong with you?!
[Gligar starts looking at the ground, tearing up and squeaking]
Ash, wait. Getting mad like that will just depress Gligar even more.
[slightly annoyed] Well, yeah, but still...
Cheer up, Gligar. No need to worry. You’ll just try a little harder next time and you’ll be wonderful.
Man, I don’t want Gligar to get spoiled.
On the other hand, treating Gligar harshly isn’t going to get you very far either, right?
...Yeah. Okay, Turtwig, come out and gimme a hand! [sends in Turtwig]
Now, Turtwig. Energy Ball!
[starts forming the Energy Ball] Tur...
Gligar, if you don’t pay attention, you won’t be able to dodge.
[fires the Energy Ball at Gligar] Turtwig!
Now use Steel Wing right from where you are!
[hesitates] Uh? [uses Steel Wing] Gli! [pauses mid-dive once meeting Turtwig’s determined glare and defensive stance] Uh! [suddenly powers down and starts babbling and spinning around]
[turns and heads for Ash] Gligar.
Look out! [runs away with Pikachu in tow] Come on, Gligar, not over here!
Of course, NOW Gligar can fly straight as an arrow.
[pointing towards Turtwig] Your opponent’s back over there! [Gligar closes in and lands on Ash’s face] Ah! [removes Gligar from his face] What're you thinking?! [Gligar whimpers] You’re gonna have to stop crying and start toughening up. Let’s try it once more.
[From behind a bush, Team Rocket is eavesdropping the heroes]
JJames
Best wear a helmet when Gligar calls.
[laughs] I just thought of the perfect way to utilize that head-hugger.
I’m sensing a scene change.
[Begin boss fantasy]
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