Scenes with Piplup 29
[Dawn has taken Pikachu to a Pokémon Centre and now, Pikachu is needing some rest]
[off camera] This Pikachu is suffering from extreme exhaustion.
A group of really strange people just came out of nowhere and attacked us.
That sounds scary, but I'm sure Pikachu will make a full recovery. I do know about these things.
That's awesome. Thank you. I'm so relieved.
[Back at Dawn's house in Twinleaf Town, Johanna is communicating with Dawn via flatscreen phone]
That's wonderful. [The camera cuts to inside the house as Glameow wakes up and the camera pans right] You made a good choice with Piplup. Smart and cute, too.
So have you been able to catch any other Pokémon yet?
[disappointed] I tried, but so far, no luck.
Well, it takes a while, dear, until you get the hang of it. But once you do, you're going to have so much fun. Nothing's more exciting than finding new Pokémon friends.
PPiplup
[annoyed] Pip?! [Points to Dawn] Piplup! Piplup!
Well, you had something to do with why we didn't catch us any Pokémon!
PPiplup
Piplup! Piplup! Piplup! [Starts pecking Dawn in the head with his beak]
Hey, ouch! Don't you peck at me or I'll peck right back. Get it?
[to Glameow] You know, I think those two are made for each other. Don't you think?
[At Professor Rowan's laboratory, Ash and Pikachu are admiring Ash's package from his mother, Delia]
Wow. [The camera cuts to him inside the lab and checking out his new clothes] Check out the new clothes.
She even put a new backpack in there, too.
[The camera cuts to Ash's house in Pallet Town]
[from inside the house] I'm thrilled! Such a handsome young man.
[We can see that Delia is communicating with Ash, now in his red and black cap is newer, a darker bluish-gray vest with a snazzy looking point collar and a distinct golden yellow horizontal stripe across the chest, via flatscreen phone]
That's really nice of you, Mom.
I wanted to give them to you while you were here, but you flew out of the house in such a rush.
Sorry about that, Mom. But everything's going just great here in the Sinnoh region, and I can't tell you how psyched I am.
I can see that! You did call Professor Oak and tell him Pikachu's safe, right?
[Soon, Professor Oak is communicating with Ash from his lab]
I appreciate you letting me know the good news, young man.
And this is Dawn. She saved Pikachu. [to Dawn] And this is Professor Oak.
It's a real honour to meet you, sir.
Well, it's a pleasure to to meet you, a brand new trainer.
Right. I hope you don't mind... You love Pokémon poetry, don't you?
Awesome! Does that mean you know all the Pokémon poets?
You don't get it. He's a real professor, just like Professor Rowan.
But how come I always see him on TV reading poems?
[walks in] Say, perhaps the good professor and I should have a little discussion
Well, well, professor! Say, Ash, may I speak with him for a moment?
Sure. [He walks away with Dawn and Brock as Professor Rowan starts conferring with Professor Oak]
Perhaps you could spend a little less time reading Pokémon poetry on TV and more time doing your Pokémon research, eh, Samuel?
Those two must go way back.
So, what are you two doing here, anyway?
Well, I came here so I could compete in the Sinnoh League and win.
[Brock takes out a guidebook from inside his orange vest]
Okay, it looks like the closest gym to Sandgem Town is in Oreburgh City. Jubilife City's right on the way.
That's awesome! Can I go too?
I want to be the number one contest coordinator, and the first contest I want to compete in is in Jubilife City.
That's great! Come along. When it comes to travelling, the more the merrier, I say.
Brock, what do you think?
Of course. It'd be a lot of fun.
[Aipom, Piplup and Starly join Ash, Dawn and Brock]
It looks like everybody agrees.
And I'll get to spend some more time with Pikachu.
[The title card comes up]
[voiceover] Smells Like Team Spirit!
[Ash is inviting Chimchar to join his team as Dawn, Piplup, Brock and Paul watch]
[The camera zooms in on Ash and cuts to Paul who is watching crossly]
[The camera cuts to Chimchar and then fades to Ash. It then cuts to Dawn and Brock]
You see, the way you give it all you got is awesome. I'd love working with a tough Pokémon like you.
[To Ash and Chimchar] You deserve each other.
Why, that's an awful thing to say, Paul!
Chimchar and I are going to show Paul just how wrong he can be.
Chim? [The camera cuts to Ash and then, back to Chimchar] Char...
[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]
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]
Look in the mirror at the haircut you choose.
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]
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!
Now, Piplup. Aren't you excited to get a chance to meet the Coordinator Ash and Brock used to travel around with?
PPiplup
Lup! [I sure am!]
But everyone else performed so well. I'm afraid I'm going to embarrass myself. I'm starting to think maybe it's still too early for me to get back on the contest stage.
[Dawn's nervousness starts to make Piplup livid]
PPiplup
PIP, PIPLUP! PIPLUP, PIPLUP! [STOP IT, DAWN! PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!]
What's eating you?! Don't get short with me! After all, I'm doing the best I can and you know it!
Time for my last Pokémon! Gliscor, I choose you! [sends in Gliscor]
What's he doing? If Ash wanted to attack from above, wouldn’t Staravia be better? [Actually, Gliscor is part Ground type and Bastiodon's typing (Rock/Steel) is 4x weak to Ground. Staravia is weak to Rock, and no it would not be better]
Ash chose Gliscor after carefully considering Bastiodon’s moves. This is Gliscor’s first battle, so we should expect great things.
[After Gliscor performed a sneak attack on Bastiodon, knocking it out]
Bastiodon is unable to battle, and Gliscor’s the winner! The victory goes to Ash from Pallet Town!
[excited] All right, Gliscor, we did it!
Gliscor! [glomps Ash, giggling] Gliscor, Gliscor, Gli, Gliscor.
Great how you considered Byron's and your Pokémon's type AND played up Gliscor's strong points.
Thanks, Brock. But in the end, it was just Gliscor’s spunk. [to Gliscor; impressed] Not bad for a first Gym battle, Gliscor. Not bad at all.
[happily licks its face] Gli, Gliscor.
[Team Rocket, disguised as construction workers, are doing some work]
Move a little earth and earn a little money.
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]
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!
We didn't bring a can opener!
Now, Piplup, use Whirlpool!
PPiplup
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!
[The title card comes up]
[voiceover] Stopped in the Name of Love!
[The camera gives us a panoramic view of Sandalstraw Town as it pans left and then fades to the local Pokémon Centre]
As Dawn excitedly prepares for her newly discovered upcoming Pokémon contest in Sandalstraw Town, our heroes find shelter at a quaint nearby Pokémon Centre...
All right, everybody - come on out! [Her Pokémon, minus Piplup, come out of their Poké Balls] We're closing in on our fifth ribbon so let's train like there's no tomorrow!
[Dawn's Pokémon cheer but then, Piplup tries to fly but falls on the ground]
Hey, are you feeling all right?
PPiplup
Pip. [Shakes his head] Pip-lup. [Stands up but goes out of control] Pipee-lupee...ee! Piplup! [Sits on the ground again]
You've been acting strange lately. Are you certain you're all right?
Aargh! Look out, look out, look out, look out! [Runs into Ash whose hat goes flying into the sky]
Oof! [Lands on the ground]
[Ash's hat lands on his head]
What do you think you're doing? I'm gonna make you pay a fine for that. [Sees Ash] Huh - aah! [Points to Ash] It's you, Ash!
[Kenny arrives]
Hey, there, Dee-Dee, long time.
Obviously, you're gonna enter the Sandalstraw Contest too, right, Dee-Dee?
Look, you better stop calling me Dee-Dee or else!
Huh? Just a cotton-pickin' minute - are you trying to say you two know each other?
You know Kenny too, Barry?
Of course. Best buddies... [Turns to Kenny] Right?
Yeah, although we just met each other now for the first time.
See, I just found out both Kenny and I are from Twinleaf Town, so that means we're practically like brothers. The deal is, Kenny's going to enter the contest and then I'll enter Pokémon Ping-Pong for a double win. We're going to do some special training.
You don't know what that is? Let me see if I've got it... [Gets out a poster which promotes the Pokémon Ping-Pong tournament] Yeah, here. You see, they're holding ping-pong after the contest, and all the strongest competitors are going to be there.
I remember reading about this at the Pokémon Centre. It's double ping-pong where trainer and Pokémon form a team.
That is so cute! You must tell me where did you get it! Veilstone City, Jubilife City?
PPiplup
Piplup...[My goodness...]
Uhhhh....actually, my mom sent it to me.
If your mom sent it, it must be handmade! It's adorable! You are so lucky!
[getting annoyed] Please, Miss Senior, at least introduce yourself! [Should have asked her that earlier, Zoey?]
[realizing she got overexcited, immediately calms down] Oh, sorry about that. [runs to her Abomasnow and the two strike a pose] Hi! The name is Candice and I'm the Gym Leader of Snowpoint Gym!
Gym Leader? See, I'm Ash from Pallet Town and I'm here because I want to challenge the Snowpoint Gym.
Yippeee! We haven't had a challenger in so long! [later the group are walking around Snowpoint City] Things have been on the slow side at my gym.
Slow, huh? That's too bad.
Well, when you live in a town that's this far north and this cold with not much to do here, challengers don't come around all that much.
[The heroes are watching with concern how Ash’s Pokémon are being treated by Nurse Joy and her Pokémon]
PPiplup
[concerned] Piplup?
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]
[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!
And how? Those warriors were on fire! 'Twas a knock-down, drag-out battle slog fest!
Yeah, and wasn't Chimmy rocking hard?
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.
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.
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.
[while looking how Brock and Nurse Joy treat Ash’s Pokémon, Dawn is depressed and sits down, sighing]
I just wish there was something I could do to help.
[After Piplup made silly face expressions to comfort Dawn]
Wow, thanks, Piplup. I get it. You’re saying I shouldn’t be down, too.
That’s it! I just had the greatest thought. And you, Piplup, you're just who I need to help me out with this.
[runs off off-frame] Wow, this is gonna be great!
[Meanwhile, as soon as Ash’s Pokémon are resting, Brock and Nurse Joy are putting away all the healing supplies]
HHappiny
[holding a first-aid kit] Hap, Happiny. Hap, Hap.
[takes the first-aid kit] Thanks a lot, Happiny. [puts the first aid kit in the cupboard, then closes it]
Brock, I really can’t thank you enough. You’re such a big help.
[gasps] Nurse Joy, I would gladly give of myself completely in order to serve your tiniest desire. [pauses in confusion] Huh? [suddenly notices Croagunk ready to Poison Jab him; hastily] Wait, Croagunk, please! You-You’ve got it all wrong, Croagunk! I was just helping Nurse Joy out! You see, it’s all perfectly innocent! That’s it!
[In response, Croagunk powers down Poison Jab, then walks away, much to Brock’s relief]
[glances at Monferno with concern] Oh, dear. Monferno’s recovery seems so slow. I do think it’s because Monferno took so much damage. Brock, please, do you think you could go into the woods near here and look for some Cheri Berries for me?
I’d love too. I’ll be back soon.
[A moment later, Brock is walking towards Lake Acuity, trying to look for Cheri Berries to cure Ash's Monferno]
Finding Cheri Berries is a lot harder than I thought.
[While Brock is looking for Cheri Berries to heal Monferno]
And one and two, one and two. One and two, great! You’re all looking wonderful.
[everyone cheers]
All right, now it’s Piplup’s turn.
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