Original subtitles

ABRA, BUIZEL, PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

GYARADOS: [ANGRY]

[singing] POKEMON, POKEMON

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CHALLENGES IT'S A BRAND-NEW GAME

AND A BRAND-NEW WORLD NEW RIVALS

AS YOU FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL NOTHING CAN STOP YOU

- DIAMOND AND PEARL - POKEMON

- IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BATTLE

YOU GOTTA PLAY SMART, YOU GOTTA MOVE FASTER

BEHIND EVERY WIN,THERE'S A CHANCE TO BEGIN AGAIN

YOU GOTTA TAKE IT ALL IF YOU WANT TO BE A MASTER

- POKEMON, POKEMON - IT'S TIME FOR ADVENTURE

DIAMOND AND PEARL WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD

POKEMON

NARRATOR: As Ash's next Gym battle

and Dawn's next Pokémon Contest pull our heroes closer to

Hearthome City, their joyous excitement builds as well!

BROCK: Okay, here's where we are now and here's Hearthome City!

ASH: Awesome! So it's just a couple more days!

BROCK: You've got it!

ASH: Wow, I can't wait to get into that Gym!

ASH: Hey, Dawn! We're real close to Hearthome City!

DAWN: Yeah! I heard you! Piplup? Buizel?

DAWN: Get ready, guys We're going to win our second ribbon!

MIRA: Piplup and Buizel I could use them!

Sandshrew's Locker!

MIRA: Hi there! Uh, in case you happen to be going

to Hearthome City I can tell you about a great shortcut!

- ASH: Wow, that'd be great! - BROCK: It'd be a big help!

DAWN: That's so nice of you!

MIRA: Sure! And by the way, my name is Mira!

ASH: Hi! I'm Ash!

- DAWN: And my name's Dawn! - BROCK: Hi, I'm Brock!

ASH: So tell us about that shortcut, okay?

MIRA: Relax! Hold on a sec! Abra! Come on out!

ABRA: [APPEARING]

BROCK: What a great-looking Abra!

DAWN: I've got to check this out!

POKEDEX: Abra. The Psi Pokémon.

When Abra senses an imminent attack,

it escapes by teleporting.

DAWN: Wow, a Psychic type!

ASH: Hold on, Mirawhat's Abra got to do with that shortcut?

MIRA: Relax, Ash! You just hang on to Abra when it teleports.

MIRA: And you'll be in Hearthome City, just like that!

BROCK: Wow, your Abra can teleport all of us?

MIRA: It's the result of lots of special training!

Okay, everybody, hang on to Abra!

- ASH: Ready? Let's do it! - MIRA: Abra Teleport!

ABRA: [TELEPORT MOVE]

JESSIE: How did the Twerps do that?

JAMES: First they're here, then they disappear!

MEOWTH: It's that Abra! All they did was grab onto it,

and it was off to the races! Heh!

JESSIE: Sounds like we need to grab onto it, too!

MEOWTH: Now you're talking!

JAMES: Of course! You see, if that Abra was ours,

our blasting-off days would be over for good!

JESSIE: He's right! Whenever a blastoff was in progress,

we'd just teleport to somewhere safe and sound!

- JESSIE: Then, off we go! - JAMES: No time to waste!

JESSIE, JAMES: Get Abra post-haste!

MEOWTH: Man, if I had a nickel for every time they took off

without a plan, I'd have more cash than the Boss

WOBBUFFET: [AFFIRMATIVE]

- MIRA: Here we are! - ASH: We made it!

DAWN: Wow, it's Hearthome Ci...

ASH: I don't think they'd put Hearthome City on a dam.

MIRA: Oh dear, I guess we made a mistake!

MIRA: Sorry about that!

BROCK: Oh well. I guess we all make mistakes, don't we?

DAWN: Yeah, so now can we try again?

MIRA: Hold on. I need to ask you a favor.

ASH: A favor?

MIRA: See, a while back I dropped my grandmother's

beautiful pendant into the lake down there. And so

BROCK: I get it! So you thought you'd ask us if we'd help you

to get your pendant back!

DAWN: That means you teleported us here on purpose, right?

MIRA: I'm sorry!

ASH: Wow well, what do you know.

DAWN: But wouldn't it just be easier to look for it

by using Abra's power to teleport?

MIRA: Yeah, but the thing is, Abra can't teleport underwater.

Big problem!

ASH: So that's that!

First we'll help you find the pendant,

and then you can help us!

- DAWN: I'd like to help, too! - BROCK: Count me in!

MIRA: Thanks so much!

I'm sure your Piplup and Buizel will be a big help as well!

DAWN: But how did you know about them?

MIRA: I saw you with them in the river back there.

ASH: You did? You've had this planned out from the start!

BROCK: Well I guess that's okay.

But look around! This lake is huge and deep, too!

There's no way we could ever search the whole thing!

MIRA: Hey, no problem! I've got everything under control!

MIRA: With these...

MIRA: You'll be able to stay underwater a long time!

- ASH: We're all going? - MIRA: Yes, please?

ASH, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

ABRA, BUIZEL, PIPLUP, PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]

GYARADOS: [ANGRY]

DAWN: Let's go!

GYARADOS: [ATTACK]

PIPLUP, BUIZEL: [IMPACT]

ASH, BROCK, PIKACHU: [SHOCKED]

GYARADOS: [ATTACK]

PIKACHU, PIPLUP, ABRA, BUIZEL: [PAINED]

PIKACHU, PIPLUP, ABRA, BUIZEL: [SCARED]

ASH: Whoa... I'll tell you,

I never thought we'd run into a Gyarados down there!

DAWN: Mira, you knew about that Gyarados, right?

MIRA: Of course!

But if I had told you about it, you wouldn't have come with me!

BROCK: So what else?

BROCK: It's time for you to tell us what else you've been hiding!

ASH: What do you mean, Brock?

BROCK: You brought us like you already knew the way!

BROCK: You took us right to where Gyarados was!

BROCK: It's like you were looking for something.

Something in that exact location!

BROCK: That's no accident.

BROCK: Thing is, you've already narrowed your search

down to such a small area,

I don't understand what you need us for!

MIRA: I guess they're not psychic!

ABRA: [AGREEMENT]

MIRA: I'm sorry. I made up the pendant story!

- DAWN: What?! - ASH: Why do a thing like that?

MIRA: You know the building we found Gyarados in?

That's the school I used to go to!

MIRA: When I was there,

I had two of the best friends in the whole wide world!

MIRA: We played together all the time!

On the playground, and the gym, and everywhere!

MIRA: One day, we found a Poké Ball,

and there was a Pokémon already in it!

MIRA: We decided right away it was going to belong to

all three of us, and we all raised it!

MIRA: See, we were all working hard to become Trainers

MIRA: So we took turns bringing it to each of our houses

and taking care of it!

MIRA: But one day, some people we didn't know said

they were building a dam that would put our town underwater!

We all had to move,

and my friends went to a different town.

ASH: Wow, too bad.

DAWN: So, do you have any idea what happened to the Poké Ball?

MIRA: Not sure. I even called up my friends who moved away,

and they had no idea either!

BROCK: Well, it has to be somewhere!

MIRA: Thing is, I really think I do know!

The three of us had a secret hiding place.

MIRA: I can't tell you how many times

I've tried to go back down there with Abra.

MIRA: But we can never get past you-know-who.

That nasty Gyarados always chases us away!

We've tried to fight back before,

but Abra's water battling skills aren't so good!

ABRA: [EMBARRASSED]

DAWN: Well, now at least I can understand

why you wanted us to help you!

ASH: But why didn't you tell the truth from the start?

MIRA: I couldn't! Here I am working to be a Pokémon Trainer,

and at the same time I've totally neglected the Pokémon

I loved and took care of for such a long time!

BROCK: Yeah, I guess it would be pretty hard to admit that.

DAWN: So what kind of Pokémon is inside that Poké Ball, anyway?

MIRA: Sandshrew!

But Sandshrew are Ground types and weak against water,

so I'm worried about it.

BROCK: As long as it stays in its Poké Ball,

I'm sure that it'll be just fine!

ASH: Great! So let's all go and save that Sandshrew!

BROCK: Yeah!

DAWN: And battling in the water will be good training

for Piplup and Buizel!

MIRA: Thanks so much! That's awesome!

ABRA: [AGREEMENT]

ASH: But if we're gonna be taking on that Gyarados,

we really need to plan out a strategy.

DAWN: That Gyarados looks angry and strong.

BROCK: So? I've got a plan!

BROCK: Now don't you worry about a thing!

JESSIE: What are those Twerps doing here?

JAMES: It is a bit too moist for Hearthome City.

MEOWTH: Maybe that Abra's radar got knocked out of whack.

JAMES: That dive was no accident!

JESSIE: I'll bet they're looking for something down there!

MEOWTH: Lakes are notorious for having pirate treasures

stuck in them, you know?

JAMES: Sorry to be a wet blanket,

but lakes with dams can't be accessed by pirate ships.

JESSIE: Oh, you and your dumb details!

JESSIE: Abra's hers but very soon Abra will be ours!

GYARADOS: [ANGRY]

DAWN: Go!

PIPLUP, BUIZEL: [EFFORT]

BUIZEL: [WATER GUN MOVE]

- MIRA: All right! - DAWN: Piplup, you, too!

GYARADOS: [ANGRY]

BUIZEL: [DETERMINED] GYARADOS: [ANGRY]

BUIZEL: [SONIC BOOM MOVE]

GYARADOS: [IMPACT]

DAWN: Way to go!

GYARADOS: [FURIOUS]

DAWN: You both ready?

GYARADOS: [ANGRY] PIPLUP, BUIZEL: [FOCUSED]

PIKACHU: [ALERT]

ASH: They're here?

All right!

GYARADOS: [ANGRY]

ASH: Pikachu, it's time! Thunderbolt!

PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

GYARADOS: [PAINED]

PIKACHU: [TRIUMPHANT]

ASH: Great job! Just like Brock's plan!

MIRA: Getting Gyarados in the air

that was a stroke of pure genius!

DAWN: That way, none of us here in the water got zapped

by Pikachu's Thunderbolt!

BROCK: I don't think Gyarados will be attacking for a while,

so now's our chance!

ASH, DAWN, MIRA: Yeah, great!

ASH, BROCK, DAWN, MIRA, PIKACHU, ABRA, PIPLUP, BUIZEL: [SHOCKED]

JESSIE: Hello, Twerp group!

DAWN, ASH, BROCK: Team Rocket?

MEOWTH: Okay, Carvanha! Torpedo fire!

ASH, BROCK, DAWN, MIRA, PIKACHU, ABRA, PIPLUP: [SCARED]

DAWN, MIRA, PIPLUP: [SCARED] ABRA: [SCARED]

- JESSIE: Ready? - MEOWTH: Oohwee!

MIRA: Abra, look out!

ASH, BROCK, PIKACHU, BUIZEL: [SURPRISED]

JESSIE: Anchors aweigh!

DAWN: Mira! After them!

PIPLUP, BUIZEL: [AFFIRMATIVE]

PIPLUP, BUIZEL: [DETERMINED]

PIPLUP, BUIZEL: [SHOCKED]

- JAMES: We've got company! - MEOWTH: Not for long!

Ka-bong!

PIPLUP, BUIZEL: [IMPACT]

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: You're a day late and a brain short!

JESSIE: The perfect end to a perfect scheme!

JAMES: With the tactics that make this trio a team!

MEOWTH: So first let's dump the Twerp with the tails,

then grab Abra and scram!

MIRA: Excuse me.

MIRA: Did I hear right? You're Team Rocket?

JESSIE: Uh, yeah.

MIRA: Awesome! You're the real thing!

MIRA: Team Rocket! You guys are my favorite!

- I'm your number one fan! - JESSIE: We love fans!

JAMES: Finally! A Twerpette with good taste!

MEOWTH: I didn't think there was such a thing!

MIRA: I want to become a member of Team Rocket,

just like you cool people!

- MIRA: So how do I join up? - JAMES: How cute!

First, you have to go to Team Rocket Training School

MIRA: Wow, there's a Team Rocket Training School? That's it!

Abra, please? You and I, let's both enroll, okay?

ABRA: [ANNOYED]

MEOWTH: I'll tell you what I'll do.

I'll put in a good word to the Boss!

MIRA: Abra! Teleport!

ABRA: [TELEPORT MOVE]

JESSIE: They got away.

- JAMES: Just like that. - MEOWTH: Vanished, kaput.

- JESSIE: Just like a Twerp! - JAMES: That lying brat!

MEOWTH: Well, that's it! It's Twerp group payback time!

ASH: You seen Team Rocket?

DAWN: Haven't seen them anywhere!

BROCK: Me neither!

DAWN: We've got to find them, and quick!

MIRA: Hey, we're back!

DAWN: Mira! Abra!

ASH: Cool! You used Teleport to escape, right?

BROCK: That was some good thinking!

MIRA: Abra had a tough time, so it was a little teeny bit scary!

ASH: You're safe now!

MIRA: So! Let's go and save Sandshrew!

MIRA: Thanks so much! I owe you all big time!

ASH: Nah, glad to help!

DAWN: Come on, let's see Sandshrew!

MIRA: Now, Sandshrew, go!

SANDSHREW: [APPEARING]

MIRA: Sandshrew!

MIRA: It's so good to see you! It's me, Mira!

MIRA: I missed you! I'm sorry I left you for so long!

ASH: Wow, Sandshrew looks great!

BROCK: Yeah! Sandshrew looks to me

like the picture of good health!

DAWN: What a relief!

POKEDEX: Sandshrew. The Mouse Pokémon. Sandshrew hates

moisture and lives in holes it digs in dry places.

It protects itself by curling into a ball.

ABRA: [HAPPY] / [SHOCKED]

- MIRA: What happened? - ASH: It's Team Rocket!

JESSIE: Is that someone stating the obvious I hear?

JAMES: When it comes to "no duh," the Twerp has no peer!

- JESSIE: On the wind! - JAMES: Past the stars!

MEOWTH: In your ear!

JESSIE: Bringing chaos at a breakneck pace!

JAMES: Dashing hope, putting fear in its place!

JESSIE: A rose by any other name's just as sweet!

JAMES: When everything's worse, our work is complete!

- JESSIE: Jessie! - JAMES: And James!

MEOWTH: Meowth, that's a name!

JESSIE: Putting the do-gooders in their place!

- JAMES: We're Team Rocket! - JESSIE: In your face!

MIME JR: [MIMICKING]

- ASH: Stop it! - MIRA: Give back Abra!

JESSIE: Why should we?

JAMES: After your trickery, we owe you one!

MEOWTH: See, we actually make good on our debts!

MIRA: So do I! Abra, use Teleport!

ABRA: [TELEPORT MOVE] / [CONFUSED]

MIRA: What happened?

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: Team Rocket resilience!

MEOWTH: This net takes any psychic move

you Twerps can dish out and eats it for lunch!

ASH: We'll just see about that! Now, Turtwig, Razor Leaf!

TURTWIG: [RAZOR LEAF MOVE]

ABRA: [TELEPORT MOVE]

MIRA: That was great! Thanks, Turtwig!

TURTWIG: [PROUD]

JESSIE: Lunchtime's over!

JAMES: Psychic-proof's not Razor Leaf-proof, you know!

MEOWTH: Dig it, with the dough we spent on jet skis

and torpedoes, what do you want?

JESSIE: Right! Time for brute strength!

JAMES: And I'll do what I can, too!

- JESSIE: Dustox and Cacnea... - JESSIE, JAMES: Let's go!

DUSTOX: [APPEARING]

JAMES: I will not waste my brute strength

fending off your friendship!

JESSIE: Quick, Dustox, Poison Sting!

JAMES: Cacnea, use Pin Missile, now!

CACNEA: [PIN MISSILE MOVE]

TURTWIG: [DETERMINED]

ASH: Dodge and use Razor Leaf!

TURTWIG: [RAZOR LEAF MOVE]

DUSTOX, CACNEA: [PAINED]

MIRA: Turtwig's so strong!

MIRA: Sandshrew, you wanna battle, too?

MIRA: Go for it!

JESSIE: You go for it with Tackle, Dustox!

JAMES: And Cacnea, use Needle Arm!

- MIRA: Ash, can we battle, too? - ASH: You bet!

- MIRA: Sandshrew! Use Slash! - ASH: Turtwig! Use Tackle!

JESSIE: Dustox, darling!

- JAMES: Cacnea, dear! - MIRA: Sandshrew! Sandstorm!

CACNEA: [PAINED]

DUSTOX: [PAINED]

- DAWN: Wow, Sandshrew's great! - BROCK: You can say that again!

ASH: Let's wrap this up! Pikachu! Thunderbolt, let's go!

PIKACHU: [THUNDERBOLT MOVE]

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH, DUSTOX, CACNEA: [PANICKED]

- JESSIE: Great! It's time! - JAMES: Abra! Teleport!

MEOWTH: Stop living in the past.

JESSIE, JAMES, MEOWTH: We're blasting off again!

ASH, MIRA: All right!

SANDSHREW: [EXCITED] TURTWIG: [EXCITED]

MIRA: Hey! Let's go to Hearthome City for real!

- ASH: Yeah! - DAWN, BROCK: Good idea!

MIRA: We're here! Promise! Hearthome City!

DAWN: Wow!

ASH: My next Gym battle's down there!

DAWN: And my next contest, too!

BROCK: And we still got here a lot earlier,

thanks to you, Mira!

MIRA: Come on. I should thank you!

MIRA: Good luck in your Gym battle and contest!

ASH: Thanks!

DAWN: I feel a big win coming on!

NARRATOR: And so,

our heroes make a surprisingly quick arrival in Hearthome City

which gives Ash and Dawn more time to

excitedly anticipate their next competitions. And we will, too!

TO BE CONTINUED...