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CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE WB NETWORK AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

♪ I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST ♪

♪ LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS ♪

♪ TO CATCH THEM IS MY REAL TEST ♪

♪ TO TRAIN THEM IS MY CAUSE ♪

♪ I WILL TRAVEL ACROSS THE LAND ♪

♪ SEARCHING FAR AND WIDE ♪

♪ EACH POKéMON TO UNDERSTAND ♪

♪ THE POWER THAT'S INSIDE ♪

♪ POKéMON ♪

♪ GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL ♪

♪ IT'S YOU AND ME ♪

♪ I KNOW IT'S MY DESTINY ♪

♪ POKéMON ♪

♪ OH, YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND ♪

♪ IN A WORLD WE MUST DEFEND ♪

♪ 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 ♪

♪ GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL ♪

♪ GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL ♪

♪ POKéMON ♪

Narrator: IN OUR LAST EPISODE, ASH AND HIS FRIENDS

WENT IN SEARCH OF THE CINNABAR ISLAND GYM

SO ASH COULD BATTLE FOR HIS SEVENTH BADGE.

OUR HEROES WERE IN FOR A SCORCHING SURPRISE

WHEN THEY FOUND A HIDDEN GYM

SUSPENDED ABOVE A POOL OF MOLTEN LAVA.

BLAINE, THE RIDDLE-LOVING GYM LEADER, ACCEPTED ASH'S CHALLENGE

CHOOSING NINETAILS TO GO UP AGAINST ASH'S SQUIRTLE.

BUT WATER WAS NO MATCH FOR FIRE,

AS NINETAILS WON THE FIRST ROUND WITH ITS EMBER ATTACK.

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE WB NETWORK AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Narrator: NEXT, RHYDON FACED ASH'S CHARIZARD

WHO REFUSED TO OBEY ASH'S COMMANDS,

AND ENDED UP SNOOZING AND LOSING.

HOW COULD ASH TURN THINGS AROUND

AND BATTLE BACK FOR HIS VOLCANO BADGE?

IT WAS PIKACHU TO THE RESCUE

WITH ANOTHER ELECTRIFYING EFFORT.

COME OUT,

MAGMAR!

PIKA!

WHAT IS THAT?

MAGMAR.

Narrator: MAGMAR, A SPITFIRE POKéMON INVULNERABLE TO VOLTAGE,

RELENTLESSLY PUSHES PIKACHU TO THE EDGE OF INCINERATION.

PIKA.

YOU'LL FEEL 100 PERCENT SOON, PIKACHU.

Narrator: PIKACHU IS IN REAL PIKA PERIL.

PIKA!

PIKACHU, DUCK FOR COVER!

PIKACHU!

PIKACHU!

[FAINT SQUEAL]

AAH. AAH.

AAH. PIKA. PIKA.

Blaine: HA HA. YOUR LITTLE PIKACHU DOESN'T KNOW WHEN TO GIVE UP.

FORGET IT, PIKACHU.

IT'S-- IT'S NOT WORTH IT.

PIKA?

I QUIT. NO BADGE IS WORTH LOSING PIKACHU.

I CONGRATULATE YOU FOR MAKING A WISE DECISION, ASH. JUST IN TIME.

IF YOU HAD BEEN FOOLISH ENOUGH TO CONTINUE THE MATCH,

YOU DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE BEEN DISQUALIFIED AS A POKéMON TRAINER.

YOUR PIKACHU NEEDS REST.

THE HOT SPRINGS WILL HELP IT RECOVER FROM IT'S INJURIES.

HEY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING, BLAINE? HOLD ON.

YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE.

WE MAY BATTLE AGAIN... SOMEDAY.

I'M SORRY, PIKACHU.

IT'S ALL MY FAULT WE LOST.

PIKA.

BUT I'M NOT LEAVING CINNABAR ISLAND

TILL I BEAT BLAINE AND MAGMAR AND GET THAT BADGE.

PIKACHU.

YOU'LL FEEL 100 PERCENT SOON, PIKACHU.

AND EVEN BETTER WHEN WE WIN.

I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU STILL WANT TO BATTLE MAGMAR.

ITS FIRE BLAST ATTACK IS WAY TOO POWERFUL.

I PROBABLY COULDN'T BEAT IT

WITH ALL MY WATER POKéMON PUT TOGETHER.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER POKéMON GYMS THAT ARE OUT THERE, ASH.

AND NONE OF THEM HANG OVER VOLCANO PITS.

Ash: IF CHARIZARD WOULD BATTLE, I KNOW I'D WIN.

BUT IT STILL WON'T LISTEN TO ME.

OH, THERE'S GOTTA BE A WAY.

James: IT'S GETTING WARM DOWN HERE.

Jessy: I KNOW, BUT WE HAVE TO GET USED TO THE HEAT.

IT'S GETTING HOTTER.

STOP COMPLAINING.

JESSY'S IN THE LEAD IN LANE ONE,

BUT JAMES IS CLOSING IN FAST IN LANE 2.

THIS IS AN EXCITING MATCH-UP AS THESE 2 GREAT TEAM ROCKET CHAMPIONS GO FOR THE GOLD.

[COUGHING]

IF YOU 2 CAN'T STAND THE HEAT IN THIS HOT SPRING,

HOW ARE YOU GONNA STAND IT INSIDE OF THAT VOLCANO?

HOW ELSE CAN WE KIDNAP MAGMAR?

WE'VE GOT TO HAVE MAGMAR--IT BEAT PIKACHU.

I'VE GOT A PLAN TO SNAG MAGMAR.

WE'LL GO DOWN TO THE VOLCANO

AND TELL MAGMAR IT WON SOME PHONY PRIZE.

AND THEN WHEN IT'S GUARD IS DOWN, WE'LL USE OUR FREEZE BLASTER.

NOW, WHERE AM I GONNA GET GLOVES WITH 3 FINGERS?

HA HA. WE'LL HAVE OUR OWN POKé-SICLE.

HA HA. A FROZEN MAGMA-RITA.

HERE WE GO.

[SIZZLE]

AAH! MY PAWS GOT BURNT!

PHASE BLAST 'EM QUICK!

[BANGING]

Jessy: HELLO, IS MAGMAR HOME?

TIME TO PRESENT OUR WINNER

WITH THE POKéMON SWEEPSTAKES GRAND PRIZE.

A TRIP FOR 2 TO MOUNT VESUVIUS!

WE'VE COME HERE TO THE HOME OF OUR LUCKY WINNER, MAGMAR.

OOH! WHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO HOG THE SPOTLIGHT, MEOWTH?

GIVE US A CHANCE.

Both: AAH!

MAG.

HERE'S OUR--

WINNER.

DON'T JUST STAND THERE GAWKIN' AT IT,

FREEZE BLAST IT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!

CHILL OUT.

ONCE WE GET THROUGH WITH YOU, MAGMAR,

WE'LL SLIDE YOU BACK TO THE BOSS

LIKE A GIANT HOCKEY PUCK-éMON.

Jessy: MAGMAR, YOU'RE PERMAFROST.

READY. AIM. FREEZE-BLAST!

Both: HUH?

Jessy: WE GOT A POKéMON ON ICE,

NOW THE BOSS WILL TREAT US NICE.

Meowth: WHEN WE SHOW HIM WHAT WE'VE DONE,

OUR TEAM WILL BE NUMBER ONE!

James: WE'VE GOT A POKéMON ON ICE

NOW THE BOSS WILL TREAT US NICE.

WHEN WE SHOW HIM WHAT WE'VE--

WE INTERRUPT THIS MESSAGE TO BRING YOU A MAGMAR MELTDOWN.

HURRY UP. FREEZE BLAST THE WHOLE PLACE!

FREEZE BLAST THE WHOLE PLACE!

MAR.

Ash: OOH. WHAT'S GOING ON?

AAH! I WAS ON MY WAY TO THE LAVATORY

WHEN I HEARD ALL THE NOISE.

OF COURSE, IN A VOLCANO

EVERY ROOM IS A LAVATORY. GET IT?

NOW I SEE HOW YOU COME UP WITH THOSE RIDDLES.

I THINK WE'D BETTER CHECK OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THERE.

Both: UM-HMM.

PIKACHU.

[ALL PANTING]

PIKA.

AAH!

ICE IN A VOLCANO. THAT'S FREEZER BURN.

MAYBE YOU SHOULD COOL IT WITH THE JOKES.

LOOK WHO IT IS.

HUH? IT'S TEAM ROCKET.

WE'VE GOTTA GET THAT MAGMAR!

WE'VE GOTTA GET THAT MAGMAR! OH!

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THIS GYM IF IT'S FILLED WITH ICE?

IT'LL BE A SNOW CONE.

I WASN'T MAKING A RIDDLE.

FREEZING ALL THIS HOT ROCK

COULD SET OFF A GIANT CHAIN REACTION

DEEP INSIDE THE VOLCANO.

[ALL GASP]

WHAT'S GOING ON?

I THINK WE'RE CRACKING UP.

[CRACKING]

MAR.

I WAS AFRAID OF THIS.

THE ICE IS COOLING OFF THE ROCK.

IT'S CRACKING APART.

ISN'T THE ICE JUST GONNA MELT?

IT'S HAPPENING TOO FAST.

THE ROCK IS ALREADY SHATTERING.

LAVA WILL FLOW THROUGH CRACKS IN THE ROCK.

THE SURGE WILL CAUSE A HUGE VOLCANIC ERUPTION.

HUH?

All: AAH!

AAH!

AAH!

OH!

EEE! OOH!

Blaine: MY GYM IS DESTROYED!

[SCREAMING]

HEY, YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE?

BETWEEN A ROCK--

AND A VERY HOT PLACE.

LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET IS FREEZE-BLASTING OFF AGAIN!

[SCREAMING]

Blaine: OH, NO.

LAVA'S STARTING TO BURST THROUGH THE CRACKS.

I'M AFRAID IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF MINUTES

TILL THE VOLCANO FLOWS.

[GASP]

WHAT CAN WE DO?

PIKACHU.

UGH. MAGMAR, IF YOU PILE UP ROCKS IN THE CRATER,

IT MIGHT BE ENOUGH TO BLOCK THE LAVA FLOW.

PIKA-A-CHU.

WAIT!

AAH! PIKA!

ONLY A FIRE-TYPE POKéMON CAN WITHSTAND THE HEAT FROM THAT LAVA.

A FIRE-TYPE POKéMON?

Magmar: MAG-MAR.

MAG-MAR.

MAG-MAR.

MAG.

CHARIZARD. I CHOOSE YOU!

CHARIZARD, HELP MAGMAR TO BLOCK THE CRATER

AND STOP THE LAVA FLOW! NOW!

HUH?

OH, CHARIZARD NEVER LISTENS TO ME.

MAG-MAR.

MAG-MAR.

MAG-MAR.

MAG-MAR.

MAG-MAR.

MAG-MAR.

MAG-MAR. MAG--

All: AAH!

MAG--

MAR.

MAG--

MAR.

WHO'S THAT POKéMON?

IT'S PARAS.

US. US.

Magmar: MAG-MAR.

MAG-MAR.

MAG-MAR.

MAG-MAR.

Misty: IT'S NOT WORKING. LET'S RUN FOR IT.

WHEN THE VOLCANO BLOWS, THERE WON'T BE ANY PLACE TO RUN.

IF MAGMAR CAN'T STOP IT,

THIS ISLAND WILL BE DESTROYED.

WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING.

MAGMAR, PLEASE. YOU'VE GOT TO--HUH?

MAG-MAR.

MAG.

[GRUNTS]

CHARIZARD'S HELPING MAGMAR.

GREAT. 2 POKéMON ARE MUCH MORE POWERFUL THAN ONE.

RIGHT. OK ONYX AND GEODUDE--

ROCK POKéMON CAN TAKE HEAT.

GO!

AND, STARMIE, YOU CAN HELP THEM ALL

TO KEEP COOL WHILE THEY'RE WORKING.

GO!

YOU TOO, SQUIRTLE.

YA, YA, YA, YA.

NOT YOU, PSYDUCK!

BEEP, BEEP, BEEP!

GET BACK HERE, JIGGLYPUFF!

PI!

UGH.

PIKA.

MAG.

PI!

KA!

MAGMAR.

GEODUDE.

PIK. PIK. PIK.

THAT'S WHAT I CALL TEAMWORK.

THEY'RE ALL WORKING TOGETHER.

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK.

HUH?

[SQUEAKING]

TOGEPI!

YOU'RE A LITTLE TOO LITTLE.

[SQUEAKS]

PIKA.

MAG.

UGH.

MAGMAR.

GEODUDE.

PIKA. PIKA. PIKA.

SQUIRTLE.

DUDE.

PIKACHU.

MAGMAR.

YOU WERE AWESOME, CHARIZARD.

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO THANK YOU, ASH.

PERHAPS IF I GIVE YOU--

ARE YOU GONNA GIVE ME MY VOLCANO BADGE NOW?

[GASPS]

NO! I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT I'LL GIVE YOU ANOTHER CHANCE

TO BATTLE ME FOR YOUR VOLCANO BADGE.

HA HA. I'M GONNA WIN THIS TIME.

AND PRETTY SOON, I'LL BE ABLE TO JOIN THE POKéMON LEAGUE.

[CHIRPING]

Blaine: SINCE MY GYM HAS BEEN WRECKED,

WOULD YOU OBJECT IF WE HELD OUR MATCH

RIGHT HERE ON THE VOLCANO?

IT'S OVER THE LAVA PIT WHERE I FIRST DISCOVERED MAGMAR.

SURE. IT'S OK WITH ME.

LET'S MAKE THIS ONE A ONE-ON-ONE.

YOU PROBABLY GUESSED MY POKéMON WILL BE MAGMAR.

MAG.

AND THE POKéMON I CHOOSE WILL BE--

PIKA.

HUH?

[GROWLS]

PIKACHU.

CHARIZARD?

[GROWLS]

LOOK AT IT'S EYES.

I THINK CHARIZARD WANTS TO BATTLE.

NO WAY.

CHARIZARD NEVER WANTS TO DO ANYTHING BUT SLEEP.

Brock: MAYBE 'CAUSE CHARIZARD SAW HOW STRONG MAGMAR IS,

HE WANTS TO TEST IT'S STRENGTH.

THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT POKéMON MATCH!

IT'S OK IF I GO WITH CHARIZARD, RIGHT PIKACHU?

PIKA.

CHARIZARD, I CHOOSE YOU!

NOW WHERE'D CHARIZARD GO?

PIKA P. PIKACHU.

HUH?

OH. I GUESS CHARIZARD COULD STILL USE A LITTLE TRAINING.

MAG.

WATCH OUT FOR MAGMAR'S FLAME THROWER.

I'LL FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE.

CHARIZARD, FLAME THROWER ATTACK!

OOH.

[GROWLS]

All: WHOA?

IT'S A TIE!

OK, MAGMAR, THAT CHARIZARD IS GOOD,

BUT IT CAN'T COMPETE WITH YOUR SKILLS.

FIRE BLAST IT NOW!

YOU CAN DO IT! DON'T GIVE UP, CHARIZARD!

MAGMAR! SKULL BASH ATTACK!

MA-AAG!

MAR!

UGH!

NO! CHARIZARD!

MAR?

MAGMAR!

[GROWLING]

[GROWLING]

CHARIZARD, BEHIND YOU!

MAR!

FLY AWAY NOW! YOU HAVEN'T GOT A CHANCE

IF MAGMAR DRAGS YOU DOWN INTO THAT LAVA PIT.

PIKA!

MAGMAR.

CHARIZARD!

OH, IT'S AGAINST THE RULES

FOR MAGMAR TO PULL CHARIZARD INTO THE VOLCANO.

MAGMAR DIDN'T CHEAT.

YOU AGREED TO USING THE VOLCANO

FOR OUR POKéMON BATTLE, DIDN'T YOU?

UNDER THE VOLCANO IS PART OF THE VOLCANO, TOO.

UHH. MMM.

CHARIZARD.

OH, CHARIZARD.

ASH, LOOK!

Brock: DOWN THERE!

HUH? OH.

[ROARING]

HA!

CHARIZARD. LET'S SHOW MAGMAR

YOUR AERIAL SUBMISSION ATTACK.

MAGMAR.

Ash: HEY, BLAINE. FAIR IS FAIR, RIGHT?

IF THEY CAN BATTLE UNDER THE VOLCANO,

THEY CAN BATTLE OVER IT.

[GROWLS]

CHARIZARD, SEISMIC TOSS!

[ROARS]

MAGMAR.

MAG.

MAR.

MAG!

MAG!

MAR.

[GASPS]

HA!

MAG.

MAR--UGH.

WAY TO GO!

PIKACHU!

MY CONGRATULATIONS, ASH.

I TAKE MY WIG OFF TO YOU.

YES! CHARIZARD RETUR--

AAH!

PHOO-E.

Both: EEW.

[GROWLS]

[BIRDS CHIRPING]

AND NOW, I HAVE ONE LAST RIDDLE FOR YOU, ASH.

HUH?

WHAT IS IT THAT IS ALWAYS RED, BUT HAS NO WORDS?

HA! THE ANSWER IS A VOLCANO BADGE.

[SQUEALS]

AND YOU HAVE EARNED THIS ONE.

THANKS A LOT, BLAINE.

I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT CHARIZARD.

FOR A SECOND THERE, I THOUGHT CHARIZARD HAD LEARNED TO BE OBEDIENT.

GUESS WE CAN'T EXPECT CHARIZARD WILL EVER CHANGE.

PIKACHU.

I KNOW THAT CHARIZARD WILL LEARN TO OBEY SOMEDAY.

ALL I GOTTA WORRY ABOUT IS WHERE TO GET MY NEXT BADGE.

WELL, WE COULD ALWAYS GO TO THE GYM BACK IN VIRIDIAN CITY.

I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THAT. DID YOU?

EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT THAT GYM.

VIRIDIAN'S WHERE POKéMON TRAINERS GO

TO TRY AND EARN THEIR EARTH BADGES.

HOW COME YOU NEVER TOLD ME ABOUT ANY GYMS

WHEN WE WERE BACK IN VIRIDIAN CITY?

'CAUSE WE WERE ARGUING BACK THEN, REMEMBER?

GEE, WHAT WAS I SO MAD AT YOU ABOUT ANYWAY?

DON'T YOU REMEMBER?

YOU WERE MAD AT ASH BECAUSE HE DESTROYED YOUR--

WHOA!

THAT'S ANCIENT HISTORY.

LET'S HIT THE ROAD TO VIRIDIAN CITY! [HUMMING]

I REMEMBER NOW. YOU'RE GONNA PAY ME BACK FOR THAT BIKE, ASH!

CATCH 'EM!

ASH! COME BACK HERE!

Narrator: AND SO, ASH HURRIES ON TO VIRIDIAN CITY

EAGER TO COMPETE FOR A GREEN EARTH BADGE.

MEANWHILE, MISTY IS SEEING RED.

AND THAT'S SURE TO MAKE BROCK BLUE.

ORANGE YOU DYING TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?

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

PIKA-PIKA.

♪ YOU'VE BEEN SUCH A GOOD FRIEND ♪

♪ I'VE KNOWN YOU SINCE I DON'T KNOW WHEN ♪

♪ WE GOT LOTS OF FRIENDS AND GOOD THINGS ♪

♪ COME AND GO ♪

♪ AND EVEN THOUGH WE'VE NEVER SAID IT ♪

♪ THERE'S SOMETHIN' THAT THE 2 OF US BOTH KNOW ♪

♪ TOGETHER FOREVER, NO MATTER HOW LONG ♪

♪ FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF TIME ♪

♪ WE'LL BE TOGETHER, AND YOU CAN BE SURE ♪

♪ THAT FOREVER AND A DAY ♪

♪ THAT'S HOW LONG WE'LL STAY ♪

♪ TOGETHER AND FOREVER ♪

♪ TOGETHER FOREVER, NO MATTER HOW LONG ♪

♪ FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF TIME ♪

♪ TOGETHER FOREVER ♪

♪ 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 ♪

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE WB NETWORK AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

CAPTIONING MADE POSSIBLE BY THE WB NETWORK AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

♪ I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST ♪

♪ LIKE NO ONE EVER WAS ♪

♪ TO CATCH THEM IS MY REAL TEST ♪

♪ TO TRAIN THEM IS MY CAUSE ♪

♪ I WILL TRAVEL ACROSS THE LAND ♪

♪ SEARCHING FAR AND WIDE ♪

♪ EACH POKéMON TO UNDERSTAND ♪

♪ THE POWER THAT'S INSIDE ♪

♪ POKéMON ♪

♪ GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL ♪

♪ IT'S YOU AND ME ♪

♪ I KNOW IT'S MY DESTINY ♪

♪ POKéMON ♪

♪ OH, YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND ♪

♪ IN A WORLD WE MUST DEFEND ♪

♪ 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 ♪