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NARRATOR Our heroes are staying at the beautiful vacation home

of Cynthia, the Sinnoh region's champion

while they train for the upcoming

Pokémon World Tournament Junior Cup.

And at the moment, Ash and Dawn are doing just that.

Okay, Pignite, use Tackle.

[TACKLE MOVE]

[ATTACK]

Awesome.

[CONFIDENT]

See that?

It's strength against strength.

[CONFIDENT]

Now use Take Down.

[TAKE DOWN MOVE]

[PAINED]

You okay, Pignite?

[CONFIDENT]

Mamoswine, Hidden Power.

[HIDDEN POWER MOVE]

Jump and dodge, Pignite.

[DODGE]

Now, Flame Charge.

[FLAME CHARGE MOVE]

[PAINED]

Mamoswine, Ice Shard.

[ICE SHARD MOVE]

Flamethrower, go.

[FLAMETHROWER MOVE]

Fire-types have the advantage over Ice-types.

This is some muscle match. Take down.

[ATTACK]

Now, Mamoswine, use Hidden Power.

[HIDDEN POWER MOVE]

Use Flame Charge.

[FLAME CHARGE MOVE]

* A new adventure another day *

* One more challenge that comes our way *

* It's up to me and you *

* We know what we've got to do *

* We are together now friends forever now *

* Whatever comes our way we won't run away *

* Standing tall one for all *

* It's our destiny *

* Pokémon *

ASH The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo.

[PAINED]

This battle is a draw.

You wanna rest, Pignite?

[AFFIRMATIVE]

You deserve a good rest, too, Mamoswine.

That was an excellent power match.

No doubt, Mamoswine has a lot of strength.

[ANXIOUS]

Huh?

So I guess you wanna battle next, huh, Piplup?

Why don't we take a little break first?

Perfect timing. Everything is all ready.

Now if someone would rather have juice, please let me know.

- Hmm. - 'Cubchoo.'

- Hmm? - Cubchoo, where are you?

Cubchoo.

Well, well, if it isn't Master Chris.

You know him, Jervis?

Master Chris lives here in the neighborhood.

Excuse me, I was wondering if you've seen my Cubchoo.

Cubchoo?

POKEDEX 'Cubchoo, the Chill Pokémon.'

'Cubchoo's runny nose is the source of its energy'

'and its sniffles power its moves.'

Hmm, I'm sorry. No.

I haven't seen a Cubchoo either.

Why are you asking us?

Cubchoo disappeared all of a sudden.

- Dear me. - You must be worried.

Don't you worry about a thing. We'll help you look.

You'll find Cubchoo faster if we all look.

You will? Thanks so much.

- My name's Ash. - I'm Iris.

- And I'm Dawn. - And my name's Cilan.

Hi. My name's Chris.

[EXCITED]

Huh?

ASH/IRIS/CILAN/DAWN Huh?

[CONFIDENT]

Oshawott, you just can't let Piplup get ahead, can you?

[HAPPY]

[EXCITED]

Who's that Pokémon?

- That's Meloetta. - Oh.

'Hey, Cubchoo. Where are you?'

CHRIS Cubchoo. Hey, Cubchoo.

Can you hear me, Cubchoo?

[CONCERNED]

See anything, Pikachu?

[NEGATIVE]

[CONCERNED]

- Where could it be? - Hmm.

- Huh? - Huh? Any luck?

- No. - You, too, huh?

How could Cubchoo have disappeared like that?

I think it would be most helpful

if you told us everything right from the beginning.

Okay. Uh, you see, Cubchoo lives in my family's Pokémon house.

- A Pokémon house? - Mm-hmm.

It was built especially for Cubchoo.

Our Cubchoo always spent all of its time there

until it disappeared.

I'd like to see your Pokémon house as soon as possible.

IRIS 'Wow. It's a mansion.'

DAWN 'Amazing.'

CHRIS And this is Cubchoo's Pokémon house.

DAWN It's much bigger than I imagined.

CHRIS 'Come in.'

Cubchoo loved to play in here.

[EXCITED]

'It never went out?'

CHRIS 'We'd go out for a walk sometimes.'

[HAPPY]

Now stop that. They're not yours to play on.

[HAPPY]

You too.

[EMBARRASSED]

- 'So that's Cubchoo's bed?' - 'Yeah.'

Cubchoo and I played a little bit

right after we finished dinner last night.

After that, Cubchoo went straight to bed.

CILAN Hmm.

CHRIS I locked the door behind me

and then headed straight to my room.

But this morning, when I came back and opened the door..

...Cubchoo was gone.

CILAN Hold on.

You locked the door, correct?

CHRIS Right. The lock doesn't open from the inside.

CILAN Is there another way in here?

No, this is the only door.

So that means Cubchoo's Pokémon house was completely sealed off.

- Completely? - Hmm.

I'm picking up on the aroma of a crime.

Well, we now have the mystery of the missing Cubchoo.

It's detective time!

There's no better sleuth

than Connoisseur Detective Cilan.

- Huh? - Here we go.

Now tell me, exactly when did you leave

Cubchoo last night? Try to remember.

I left right after Cubchoo fell asleep.

I guess it was like 9 o'clock.

And when did you open the Pokémon house?

Uh, a little after 7:00.

So the crime happened between 9:00 and 7:00.

But, Cilan, how do we know it was a crime?

Tell me, Iris, Cilan wouldn't happen

to do this sort of thing a lot, would he?

He's a great cook and really dependable

but he can be a royal pain in the neck too.

Cilan kind of reminds me of a guy named Brock

that Ash and I used to travel around with.

He does? How do you mean?

DAWN Well, he'd fall head over heels for any beautiful girl.

- Huh? - Let's face it.

All guys can be a royal pain sometimes.

There are many possible motives here.

Perhaps someone wanted Cubchoo for themselves

so they somehow managed to break in.

They could've jimmied the lock and opened the door.

Then stolen Cubchoo and relocked the door

finally making their escape

most likely by jumping over the wall.

CHRIS 'That's impossible.'

Huh? How can you be so sure?

Our estate has an alarm system attached to every wall.

And I'm sure the alarm didn't go off last night.

CILAN 'An alarm system, eh?'

- Up there. - Hmm.

CILAN Then perhaps the culprit dug a tunnel.

IRIS A tunnel?

If it's not from above, it must be below.

That's detective 101.

IRIS 'But, what are you looking for?'

I'm looking for crucial evidence.

Like something the culprit might've dropped.

[laughs] Silly you.

Oh. Hmm.

Did you find something?

CILAN 'I see faint footprints. I wonder who these belong to.'

Let me see.

[CURIOUS]

Hmm, it looks like the footprints

of some sort of Pokémon and they lead over there.

'A-ha. Look.'

- A tunnel. - Wow, you were right.

Cubchoo must've left the property through here.

See if it goes through, Pikachu.

[AGREEMENT]

[CONFIDENT]

CILAN 'Definitely big enough'

for a small Pokémon to crawl through.

And the dirt's appearance is very smooth as well.

That leads me to believe

it's crawled through there several times.

CHRIS Really?

But, Cilan, how could you figure it out from that?

I know it all. I'm a Connoisseur Detective.

Yeah. How could I forget?

Silly.

[Ash grunts]

'I can get through too.'

[CURIOUS]

We can't dismiss the fact that Cubchoo

may have been taken by someone else.

Will you please take me to the other side of the wall?

Sure.

If it escaped from there..

Then it's in the forest.

[EXCITED]

[ATTACK]

[SURPRISED]

- 'A Joltik.' - Joltik?

POKEDEX 'Joltik, the Attaching Pokémon.'

'Joltik absorbs static electricity'

'by attaching to large Pokémon.'

Hmm. That's what you get for hitting that Joltik, Piplup.

[ARGUMENT]

Come on, stop it.

[ARGUMENT]

[MELOETTA SINGING]

[RELAXED]

That's Meloetta's song.

See, it has the power to calm you right down.

Huh. Wow, that's amazing.

[HAPPY]

- Oh. - Now what did you find?

More sets of Pokémon footprints. And from a large Pokémon.

I would surmise, your Cubchoo was abducted

by whatever Pokémon made these.

But how would such a large Pokémon

be able to crawl through that tunnel?

Hmm.

[CURIOUS]

I'll bet you the culprit must've dropped those.

That's excellent work, Axew.

[HAPPY]

But maybe Cubchoo ate them.

But the Pokémon who made these footprints

might've eaten them too.

They weren't eaten very long ago.

IRIS So maybe it's nearby.

Tell me, do you know where we can find berry trees?

Hmm. I don't have any idea.

You just leave it to Iris.

Let's see. Hmm. Look.

- 'Over there.' - 'Let's go check it out.'

JAMES 'Point X located. Sensor locked on signal.'

And so we finally find a clue.

Alright, then submerge.

GROUP Who's that Pokémon?

GROUP It's Joltik.

[CONFIDENT]

IRIS This way.

[SURPRISED]

[gasps]

'A Beartic.'

[gasping]

[CURIOUS]

Hold on a sec. It's not attacking us.

Does that mean it's a tame Beartic?

CILAN 'I'll bet you that's who made those footprints.'

- That means-- - Let's get closer.

DAWN Is it possible that Beartic took Chris' Cubchoo?

It's a definite possibility.

Beartic evolve from Cubchoo after all.

Perhaps it thought Cubchoo was from its pack

so it simply opened the Pokémon house's door.

Once inside, it took the sleeping Cubchoo

in its arms and closed the door.

The latch must've fallen when the door closed.

Mm-hm. It could be.

But since Beartic's so big and the tunnel's small

how would it fit?

Good point.

It's interrogation time.

It is? How do you do that?

Easily. All little kids need to play.

Excuse us. I promise we don't want to attack you or anything.

[AGREEMENT]

[RELAXED]

We just have one question. Where did you take the Cubchoo?

Please tell us.

That Cubchoo happens to be my best friend.

- Huh? - Huh?

Hmm. So it's the silent treatment.

You're not serious, are you, Cilan?

I'm very serious. We'll have to look for Cubchoo ourselves.

Cubchoo.

Hey, Cubchoo. Come on, where are you?

[CALLING]

- Cubchoo. - Please come out.

[CALLING]

Cubchoo. Come out wherever you are.

Tell us. Where are you keeping Chris' Cubchoo?

Can't you see how worried he is? Where did you take his Cubchoo?

Interrogation time is over.

But after a thorough review of the evidence

one thing is crystal clear, you're the prime suspect.

But we still don't know how Beartic

could've crawled through that tunnel.

It's impossible.

[AGREEMENT]

Yes, that does continue to be a mystery.

Hm?

There's no mystery that can't be solved and I just did it. Yes.

I know where Cubchoo is.

ASH/IRIS/DAWN/CHRIS Huh? Where? Uh?

In actuality, this Beartic is Chris' Cubchoo.

[gasping]

Allow me to explain.

First, Cubchoo sneaks out of its Pokémon house.

IRIS I thought it was locked.

CILAN Chris must've forgotten to lock the door.

CHRIS Huh?

DAWN This sounds like a bit of a stretch, if you ask me.

CILAN Next, Cubchoo crawls through the tunnel.

Lost in the forest

Cubchoo is attacked by a much larger Pokémon.

[SCARED]

And that's when it evolves into Beartic to protect itself.

'Then feeling hungry, Beartic goes searching for berries'

'finds and eats them.'

- You sure about that? - One hundred percent.

Go on, Chris. It's your Pokémon, right?

Huh? But--

This is all so sudden for poor Chris.

Hmm.

Beartic, you remember Chris, don't you?

He's your Trainer.

It's alright, Chris. Say something.

- Say what? - Anything. It's your Pokémon.

CILAN 'It simply evolved like many Pokémon do.'

I know. Why doesn't Chris see

if Beartic will return to its Poké Ball?

That way, he'll know for sure if it's his Pokémon or not.

- Great idea. - Good thinking, Dawn.

I was just about to suggest that as well.

Oh, it never ends.

Right. Okay, Cubchoo, return.

Huh?

That means it's not your Pokémon.

I'm finding this hard to believe.

[EXCITED]

It's Cubchoo.

[SURPRISED]

You're alright.

What a relief. I was so worried.

DAWN That's Chris's Cubchoo?

But where did Larvitar come from?

- Now explain that. - Uh..

Yes. I understand now.

'Larvitar must've taken Cubchoo.'

Crawling under the wall several times

Larvitar would come and play in Chris's garden.

Soon, Larvitar became friends with Cubchoo

living in the Pokémon house.

Then after seeing Chris open and close the door

late last night, Larvitar must have opened

the door on its own.

After Larvitar let Cubchoo out

one of them must have locked the door behind them

sealing off the Pokémon house.

And of course, both Larvitar and Cubchoo

can crawl through that tunnel with ease.

'That makes sense.'

CHRIS That wasn't very nice, Cubchoo.

You shouldn't have left the Pokémon house

without telling me.

I hear you, but it probably just wanted to play.

One more thing. What about Beartic?

CILAN 'Basically, what we have here is just a wild Beartic'

with a cold and a runny nose, of course

who happens to just sit like Cubchoo.

So I declare this mystery solved.

Well, I'll never hire you.

But when it comes to pains, you rule.

Umm.

A pain, she says. Oh, the pain.

[HAPPY]

CHRIS 'Cubchoo looks so happy.'

'Ever have a Pokémon battle before, Chris?'

CHRIS 'No, I haven't.'

By experiencing battles, that's how Pokémon grow.

They do?

Having battles makes a Pokémon

stronger and stronger.

Hey, Ash, why don't you show Cubchoo

what a Pokémon battle is like?

Sounds like a plan.

Hey, Larvitar, wanna have a Pokémon battle against me?

[AGREEMENT]

Great. Let's do this.

Okay, Scraggy, I choose you.

[APPEARING]

[CONFIDENT]

[SCARED]

Not quite, Scraggy, your opponent is Larvitar.

[ANGRY]

Alright, I'll be the referee.

Now, Chris, watch closely.

- Okay? - Right.

Cubchoo, you watch closely too.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

Okay, battle begin.

Scraggy, Headbutt.

[HEADBUTT MOVE]

[ATTACK]

Larvitar's using Bite.

[EXCITED]

Wow, look at Cubchoo cheering Larvitar on.

- It shows how close they are. - Mm.

Push it away.

[ATTACK]

Now use Hi-Jump Kick.

[HI-JUMP KICK MOVE]

Ouch. That hurts.

Hi-Jump Kick works two ways. Miss it and you take the damage.

[ATTACK]

[PAINED]

That's Larvitar's Sandstorm.

[ENCOURAGEMENT]

Use Focus Blast.

[FOCUS BLAST MOVE]

[ATTACK]

[PAINED]

Hmm. This battle is a draw.

Hey, Scraggy, are you okay?

[CONFIDENT]

[CONFIDENT]

[HAPPY]

Huh?

Hey, I think you wanna battle too.

[AFFIRMATIVE]

That would be great.

But I think first we'd better go back home

and tell everybody you're okay.

[HAPPY]

'I think Larvitar will be'

'an awesome rival for Cubchoo.'

- 'Rival?' - 'Yeah.'

[HAPPY]

I wanna battle too. So how do I do it?

I wanna get really good.

Go on a journey.

Have you thought about a journey, Chris?

Hmm. Not sure if I want to.

IRIS Going on a journey is the best.

You get to meet all sorts of Pokémon too.

Hmm.

And you make all kinds of new friends.

Really?

You also meet people who can be a pain.

But that makes it fun, right, Cilan?

Oh. That's right.

I'll do it.

I'll have Cubchoo practice with Larvitar

until I catch it, then we'll all go on a journey.

Great. That's awesome.

And my opinion is it would be wonderful for Cubchoo as well.

With Larvitar along, Cubchoo will never get lonely.

- See you later. Thanks for everything.

Hey, no problem.

NARRATOR With the help of our heroes, Chris has safely found Cubchoo

and he's going on a journey.

So with the Junior Cup approaching

our heroes' exciting adventure continues.

JAMES So this is where the signal is coming from.

Project outside view on main monitor.

- Right. - That's it.

MEOWTH What we've been lookin' for.

Zager must see this. Send it immediately.

JAMES 'Right.'

[theme music]