[The three Psyduck use Water Gun on Chimchar, sending it back]
[about the three Psyduck] They're just too strong!
Okay, Chimchar, return! [Returns Chimchar to its Poké Ball]
Huh? [Looks up to Team Rocket who are standing at the top of the cliff, laughing at Ash's pathetic attempt] Team Rocket!
We've been monitoring your twerpish mayhem.
JJames
That trio of troublemakers seems to have you sad sacks stymied.
You're more yellow than they are!
So I guess you can do better than us?
JJames
As a matter of fact, our knowledgeable know-how could get you past them lickety-split.
Come on, you can't do that!
Since we're grown-ups, the word "can't" is not part of our vocabulary.
Really? Bet loser's part of it!
[Team Rocket falls to the ground and stands up again]
Cut stealing the punch line and watch this!
[They jump down into the valley and stand in front of the three Psyduck]
All righty, then, Meowth. Your move.
JJames
It's time to find your negotiation groove!
Hey, my pump is primed. Watch me sweet talk those three wacky worry warts! [Walks up to the Psyduck] Yo-yo! Look, it's been a long day for us non-twerps. Okay, so I don't exactly know what your deal is, but I really think making nice is the way to proceed. [The Psyduck get angry] I mean, there's no doubt you can hold your own in any brawl. Which leads me to ask you dudes a favour, if I may.
Are they negotiating, too?
Your guess is as good as mine.
Same with your guess as well.
With that power of yours, you could help us in our continuing quest to poach the twerp's Pikachu with the greatest of ease and without so much as breaking one drop of Psyduck sweat. Here's the payoff. Do that and there's some serious grub in it for you. A great deal if I ever heard one!
TPThe Three Psyduck
Psy! [They use Hidden Power on Team Rocket and send them blasting off into the sky]
JJames
What kind of negotiation was that?
We're blasting off again!
Ping!
They need to get a hobby or somethin'...
[Team Rocket, wanting to return back to the basics after they suffered enough failures, just finished a heist of Poké Balls from a Pokémon Center's storage.]
Stop! Give those Poké Balls back!
[Team Rocket jumps, removing their disguise of black uniforms. When they land, they are back in their familiar outfits. They begin their motto from the original series.]
Prepare for trouble, and a blast from the past!
JJames
And make it double! Aren't the oldies a gas?
To protect the world from devastation!
JJames
To unite all peoples within our nation!
To denounce the evils of truth and love!
JJames
To extend our reach to the stars above!
Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light!
JJames
Surrender now, or prepare to fight, fight, fight, and fight!
It's bad enough that we have to put up with your usual routine, but what was that?!
History! A trip down memory lane that got our groove thing back!
JJames
We do still have it, don't we? Where everything old is new again!
And now, we're gonna show ya da basics o' beating the pants offa ya!
[Team Rocket, disguised as construction workers, are doing some work]
Move a little earth and earn a little money.
JJames
With honest work and an empty tummy.
[Meowth pushes a wheelbarrow full of rocks]
And nobody can say we've got rocks in our head.
Hm, we're plumping our pockets.
Because we're Team Rocket!
[A Whismur appears]
WWhismur
Whis! [Opens a manhole cover] Whismur! Whismur!
[Luxio and a male Nidoran jump down the manhole and so does Whismur who puts the manhole cover back in its place]
JJames
It's nice when primo Pokémon run right into our lap.
Especially when they're owned by twerpish saps.
And when it comes to having the right tool for the right job, I ain't no slob! Boo-yah! [Presses a button on the remote and a nearby excavator crane starts transforming into a mecha] Presenting the Earth-Moving Monster-Mashing Mecha 1!
[Team Rocket are now in their new mecha]
[The Earth-Moving Monster-Mashing Mecha 1 uses it left arm to grab Pikachu]
Pikachu! [Grabs Pikachu in the nick of time]
Ah! [Runs away from the mecha]
[Ash and Pikachu fall down the manhole. Meanwhile, Team Rocket laugh evilly]
Yeah, we eat manhole covers for lunch!
[The mecha's arm hits the ground as it grabs the manhole cover]
Wah! Hey, turn it loose! Don't bend it!
JJames
We didn't bring a can opener!
Now, Piplup, use Whirlpool!
Piplup! [Uses Whirlpool and launches it at the Earth-Moving Monster-Mashing Mecha 1]
[The Earth-Moving Monster-Mashing Mecha 1 starts sinking in the waters of Canalave Harbour and explodes]
JJJessie & James
Those twerps are so mean!
[Team Rocket sees Grotle racing along the edges of the valley cliffs]
Hey, what's with the Sidewinder?
JJames
Does it have Velcro on its feet or something?
Grotle, Grotle, Grotle, Grotle.
[They confer with each other]
My sixth sense is telling me this is not cool.
Don't forget, that sticky green stinker can't touch us if we're flying high in our beautiful balloon.
JJames
Airtight argument.
[They take the balloon higher]
Off the throttle. Bye, dear Grotle!
Grotle! [Jumps onto the grass above the valley and jumps high into the sky] Agh!
[Grotle races through the Meowth balloon, making it explode]
We're blasting off again! [Ding]
I don't know who you are, but you're certainly not trainers, so I'll just take care of you myself! Skuntank, let's go! [summons Skuntank]
SSkuntank
Skunky! [Get ready to fight!]
JJames
Carnivine, follow suit! [Carnivine gets summoned, but like always, it hugs and bites James in the head affectionately] Great Galoot! Now, please, Vine Whip!
CCarnivine
[uses Vine Whip to entangle Skuntank] Carnvine! [Let's see if you can break this Vine Whip!]
Oh dear, use Scratch! [Skuntank can't because it's trapped]
SSkuntank
Skun-un-un! [I can't use the move while trapped!]
You can't? Alright, Night Slash! [But like the first time, it can't use Night Slash because it's entangled by Carnivine's Vine Whip]
SSkuntank
Un-un! [I'm stuck!]
A class whiz does not make a great battle or made.
JJames
Spewing facts, battling fake! [While Jeremiah knows theories, he doesn't have battle experience. You need to apply the theories into real skills if you want experience]
[The heroes are watching with concern how Ash’s Pokémon are being treated by Nurse Joy and her Pokémon]
Piplup, don't worry, soon everyone will be just fine.
Right, all we have to do is leave it up to Nurse Joy.
[Unable to stand seeing his Pokémon severely injured and his dream crushed, Ash walks away, much to Dawn’s concern]
Ash, wait. [is stopped by Brock]
[opening credits and title]
JJames
[o.s.] Bombs away! [Yanmega pours some dirt over the field] After yesterday's trouncing, I sincerely doubt the twerps will be traveling for a while.
Saying they took damage is an understatement at best.
True, but seeing a joust like that makes it worthwhile!
JJames
And how? Those warriors were on fire! 'Twas a knock-down, drag-out battle slog fest!
Yeah, and wasn't Chimmy rocking hard?
JJames
Yes, not to mention the emotional evolving into Monferno.
But the numbers don't lie, and losing 6 to 2 is a landslide if I ever saw one.
JJames
I'll bet the twerp must be feeling lower than a pit trap.
Attacking twerps when they're at their lowest is Team Rocket rule one.
James': I’m witless enough!
The predator always preys on the weakest of the twerpish herd. The time to pluck Pikachu is now, while the iron is red hot. So we're faced with an opportunity we can't refuse.
JJames
It's times such as these that make me grateful for my day job.
If Jessie's yapping was worth money, we'd be rich.
[Piplup, Marill and Elekid are strolling uphill]
MMarill
[singing] Marill, Marill, Marill, Marill Marill Marill, Marill--
[the trio is suddenly blocked by Team Rocket]
JJames
Okay, company halt!
If it isn't my three-sided bundles of joy!
A normal wacko would stay with 'love triangle' but not Ms. Windbag.
[Gliscor is hovering above the havoc, looking confused]
[thinking] What'd he say about reading the wind? Yeah, got it!
[Cut to Gliscor chasing Staraptor, who has a rope tied to his tail.]
Gliscor, that’s it! Just keep on chasing after the rope!
[holding a paper bag] Here, Ash, try using this.
I took a bit tinfoil and used it to make confetti. Watch this. [throws some confetti in the air, which reveals the wind once caught in it]
Whoa, great! Now you can see the wind. [to Gliscor] Now, Gliscor, follow that trail!
[starts following the confetti] Gli!
[is given the bag] Thanks a lot, Dawn. [to Gliscor] Gliscor, look down! [throws some confetti] Here’s more!
[following the next trail of confetti] Scor!
You’re really riding the wind!
[Meanwhile, Team Rocket are travelling in their balloon at night while suddenly some tinfoil hits them.]
What’s with the sparkles?
JJames
That’s flying tinfoil.
[points at something off-screen] That!
Gliscor! [lands in Team Rocket’s balloon basket]
[to Jessie and James] This Gliscor’s from the twoips. [to Gliscor] What are you doing on a night like this?
[calmly] Gliscor, Gli. Gli, Gliscor, Gli.
Gliscor’s trying to read the wind so it can battle Scizor for the win.
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