Battle Aboard the St. Anne/(Transcript)


 * (episode opens)
 * Narrator: As their Pokemon journey continues, Ash and Liam are one step closer to achieving their dream of becoming a Pokemon master. Last time, Ash and Liam defeated the Vermilion City gym leader and earned their Thunder badges.
 * (Ash looks at his Thunder badge, laughs, and then notices something)
 * Ash: Hey!
 * Pikachu: kachu. ("Golly")
 * Narrator: Has Ash and Liam's ship finally come in? Or will our heroes be cruisin' for a bruisin'?
 * Ash: (V.O.) Battle Aboard the St. Anne!
 * Liam: Gosh!
 * Ash: Wow!
 * Misty: Beautiful!
 * Yui: Is that the luxury cruise ship you told us about, Misty?
 * Misty: No, not quite it, Yui, but it's here.
 * Ash: Oh, man. I'd love to cross the ocean on a ship like this!
 * Brock: Yeah, just think of all the Pokemon that we'd be able to see along the way.
 * Misty: Oh, for sure! Just imagine! Sunbathing on deck all day, just a nice, long, relaxing cruise.
 * Ben: Well, there's one ship for it. Her name is the St. Anne. Me and my fellow PDU training academy classmates held a graduation party aboard her. Several days out on the high seas.
 * Ui: That sounds great, Ben.
 * Brock: But think about it, we could never afford a cruise like that.
 * (most of our heroes feel down after realizing that Brock is right and walk away)
 * Ash: Reality can really bum you out.
 * Mugi: Maybe I can get us on board.
 * Ash: How?
 * Mugi: You see, my family runs a whole company of music stores, meaning that we're rich.
 * Ben: Oh yeah, I thought you told me about that when we first met. The Kotobuki family is one of the richest families in business!
 * Yui: Yeah, and the store I bought Geeta from is in her family's business consortium!
 * Mio: That's how Yui was able to get her guitar for only $500 instead of the original price of $2,500.
 * Ritsu: I remember that day. We had to get temp jobs to help Yui buy it before Mugi did that.
 * Ash: Great story, but what about me, Brock, Misty, and Liam?
 * Ben: Good point, Mugi might be able to get herself, her friends, and her former teacher aboard, and maybe I can get aboard, but what about the others?
 * ???: Congratulations!
 * (our heroes look up)
 * ???: You guys are so lucky! You can go on a super deluxe sea cruise! (chuckle)
 * Everyone: A sea cruise?
 * ???: Well, it's like, you know, we have these incredible, super cool tickets for you.
 * ???: Cool!
 * ???: Cool, huh?
 * Misty: What?
 * ???: These are tickets for the biggest party ever on board the St. Anne cruise liner!
 * Ash: The famous St. Anne?
 * Ben: That same ship we were gazing at?
 * ???: Cool!
 * ???: The coolest ship on the sea!
 * Brock: Oh!
 * ???: Everyone's going to be together and have, like, the coolest party! And I'm certain some former classmates and a former teacher of a member of the Kotobuki family would be more than welcome!
 * ???: Cool!
 * ???: And the party is for Pokemon trainers only.
 * ???: Cool!
 * ???: Step this way!
 * ???: (giggles)
 * ???: It'll be a radical party! All of the most radical Pokemon trainers will be there!
 * Ash: Do you know anybody who says radical anymore?
 * Ben: I do, some friends of mine out on a beach far from here.
 * ???: Okay, here are your tickets!
 * Brock: We'd love to go on the Pokemon trainer cruise, but we really don't have the money to pay for it, save for Ben and Mugi here.
 * ???: Oh, whoa! Like, you don't understand.
 * ???: Cool!
 * ???: They're totally free!
 * Ash: Huh?
 * ???: Totally free! To. ta. lly. free!
 * Ash: For free? Why are you giving them away?
 * ???: Like, we have to go out with our boyfriends but we wanted to give our tickets to cool Pokemon fans.
 * ???: Cool!
 * ???: We saw you and thought you looked really cool. Just take these, and have a really cool time.
 * Ash: (takes the tickets) Thanks a lot!
 * ???: No sweat!
 * ???: Cool!
 * ???: Have a nice day, for sure! (the two girls run away)
 * Ash: Alright! This really is cool, isn't it?
 * Pikachu: Pikachu ("Tell me about it!")
 * Ben: You know, Ritsu, since you and your band mates are here, how about we talk to the captain of the St. Anne and have you guys perform a song for the other attendants at the party?
 * Ritsu: Hey! Not a bad idea!
 * Yui: Yeah! It'll be just like our live house performance on New Year's Eve!
 * Mugi: It would be nice to play!
 * Azusa: Well, it sounds fun.
 * Mio: It would be cool to play on a cruise ship.
 * Sawako: I think you should take the opportunity.
 * Ui: Yeah! I'd love to see you all play again!
 * Jun: For sure!
 * Brock: The St. Anne! Wow.
 * Ash: Yeah, and that Pokemon party.
 * Ben: Sounds like my kind of party, and with After School Tea Time performing, it's got to be good!
 * Ash: I wonder which one of these ships is the St. Anne.
 * Misty: (looks to her right) I think that's it!
 * Brock: Wow. That's incredible.
 * Misty: It's huge!
 * Pikachu: Pika ("Giant")
 * Ben: Golly, been a long time since I last saw her.
 * (Ritsu was carrying her Egg she got from Surge, the egg began to glow a little)
 * Liam: Hey! Did I just see that egg glow, Ritsu?
 * (Meanwhile, the two girls with the tickets spy on our heroes and soon reveal themselves to be Team Rocket in disguise)
 * Jessie: We did it! We got them!
 * James: (still disguising his voice) Like, wow! Don't I make, like, the coolest girl?
 * (Jessie attacks him)
 * Jessie: Stop acting like an ignoramus! (drags James to the lighthouse)
 * James: Ow.
 * (inside the lighthouse, Team Rocket prepares to talk with their boss and the leader of Team Rocket, Giovanni)
 * Meowth: We got a call from the boss. (presses a button to bring Giovanni onscreen) Greetings, sir.
 * Giovanni: So the team is all there.
 * Team Rocket: Sir!
 * (A Persian soon walks in and starts rubbing Giovanni)
 * Meowth: Meow! What's with the Persian?
 * (Giovanni starts stroking his Persian)
 * Meowth: Hey, boss. What about Meowth? Ain't I your favorite anymore?
 * Giovanni: I'm totally disgusted watching you fail me when I expect total perfection! Purr-fection, like this beautiful Persian.
 * Meowth: But, Meowth.
 * Giovanni: If you want to make me happy, you can make sure our latest plan succeeds.
 * Meowth: Meowth!
 * Giovanni: Have you handed out all the tickets to the St. Anne cruise?
 * Jessie: Yes. All of the Pokemon trainers were delighted to take them.
 * James: Was it really alright for us to give out all those tickets for free?
 * Giovanni: A small price to pay for what I'll get in return.
 * Jessie and James: (gasp)
 * Giovanni: My men have already secretly boarded the St. Anne. When I give them the signal, they will take the Pokemon from all the trainers we tricked into boarding the ship.
 * Meowth: That's the boss for ya! A real genius!
 * Giovanni: This time, failure is out of the question.
 * Jessie and James: Aye aye, sir!
 * Meowth: We can do it!
 * Giovanni: (smiles and chuckles)
 * (to Ash and co., Ritsu's egg was glowing brighter than the previous time)
 * Azusa: Um, Ritsu-senpai, the egg. Its glowing again.
 * (the egg glows a second time, this time it glowed completely)
 * Ui: Now it's glowing brighter!
 * Ritsu: does that mean it's going to hatch, soon?
 * Ben: Sure does!
 * Liam: Right about... Now!
 * (Right on Liam's cue, the egg hatches to the astonishment of everyone)
 * Ben: Wow!
 * Ash: What Pokemon do you think is gonna appear?
 * Liam: We're about to find out.
 * (The light fades and a small Pokemon appears before them, it's eyes closed)
 * Ben: It's a newborn Pichu!
 * Yui: Aw! It's so cute!
 * Liam: And it's only been a day since we got it as an egg.
 * Sawako: Well, Nurse Joy did say it was due to hatch any day.
 * Ui: Welcome to the world, little Pichu.
 * (Pichu opens its eyes and the first thing it sees is Ritsu)
 * Pichu: Pichu! ("Mama!")
 * Azusa: Ritsu, it called you it's mama.
 * Ritsu: Hello, little one. I'm Ritsu.
 * Mio: I think I should get a picture. (Takes a picture of Ritsu and her new Pokemon)
 * Misty: Congratulations, Ritsu.
 * (Pichu looks around and smiles at everyone)
 * Ash: What a moment! And what an awesome ship!