226: An Egg-Sighting Adventure
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Ash wants it to be the biggest, the strongest, the coolest.... well, he'll be happy as long as it is just healthy (in case parents of weak, shitty kids complain to their local affiliate station). As they walk on, Team Rocket watch from behind fake bushes and wonder themselves what type of egg it could be.... an Articuno? A Moltres? A Zapdos? Or maybe just a side-dish for ham, bacon and sausage?
"Whether it is a Pokemon or breakfast!" declares Jesse, "We're going to steal that thing!"
Meowth suggests that then the yolk will be on the twerps, and as Wobbuffet agrees with this horrible pun, we realise we're about to embark on....
An Egg-Sighting Adventure!
Thunderclouds gather overhead and the twerps start to get nervous, but Brock spots a Pokemon Centre on the map while Pikachu enjoys the feeling of electricity in the air. Lightning strikes nearby and they run as we see what they don't, a bolt striking down and hitting a Team Rocket robot moments before it could leap in front of them.
The twerps run into the Pokemon Centre while Nurse Joy says it must be terrible outside, but Brock says nothing that brings him to her can be terrible. Misty drags him away and then Joy takes them to their room, explaining to them they're the only guests.
Team Rocket watch from the bushes and sneak to the back door, Meowth happily using a claw to get them in, and they congratulate themselves for tiptoeing as quietly as mice, Wobbuffet loudly agreeing. After they throw it to the floor, they sneak on to the twerps' room and Meowth unlocks the door, then James says it is time to get untold riches by stealing the egg.
They really are living in their own little fantasy world.
Meowth suddenly finds himself trussed up with a rope hanging from a fishing rod held by James.
"How come I always gotta be da bait?" asks Meowth.
"Because you're so alluring!" laughs James, "Get it!?!?"
They carefully tiptoe in past the sleeping kids, complaining when Jesse spots the egg on a cabinet by the window and says it is all hers now. They argue over who saw it first as Togepi wakes up beside Misty and begins to silently laugh, waving its arms about to use Metronome.
"STOP IT!" roars Brock, and Team Rocket stare up in horror as he lies hugging the pillow, then proclaims, "I told you I've already swore my love to somebody else!" before slipping deeper into sleep.
"The boy appears to be dealing with some issues," mutters James, all of them staring up at Brock and missing the sudden teleportation of the egg by Togepi. Wobbuffet agrees happily when Team Rocket note it is missing, and they turn to glare at the patiently pleased Pokemon.... and quickly forget their anger when they note it has food. They decide to eat first and steal later, and Wobbuffet directs them to the fruit basket on Nurse Joy's counter. They rush eagerly towards it, Meowth still dangling from James' rod (hehe) as he complains they're making too much noise. Wobbuffet trips and they all fly over him, and then whisper hurried shooshes towards each other.
Outside, an baby Kangaskhan approaches the egg in its container, nosing around it and giving it a tap, which causes the container to fall over and the egg to roll out. It calls for its mother, which picks up the egg, looks at it, roars..... then puts it in its pouch with the baby and walks away.
Isn't mother nature horrifying beautiful.
Back inside the Pokemon Centre, Ash is dreaming of his egg, only now it is a giant, and it cracks open to reveal... another egg inside! This happens again and again until nothing is left, and he wakes in a panic and gets out of bed, looking about in horror as he realises his egg is gone. Misty wakes up and asks what is going on, and Ash tells her.
"NO WAY!" roars Brock in disbelief, "I refuse to believe that your love for me has grown cold!" then falls deeper into sleep again.
Ash jumps up to wake him as Nurse Joy shakes the doorknob (instead of using her key?) and asks what is going on.
Team Rocket meanwhile have settled into the kitchen and are eating when they hear approaching sirens and decide to cheese it.
Officer Jenny skids her car to a stop in front of the twerps and Nurse Joy (terrifying them all in the process) and she leaps out to ask if this is where the crime took place.
"If you mean your stealing away my heart, then yes!" cries Brock, and is dragged away by the ear by Misty. Ash explains how his egg has disappeared and inside the Centre, Officer Jenny explains that she is not just Officer Jenny, but also the world famous Detective Jenny! How can that be? Well she is resourceful and creative! She can do both!
With her self-advertising out of the way, she begins pondering the mystery, and suddenly she has it..... she knows what case number to assign to this mystery!
"Number 26 in Detective Jenny's files, the case of the vanishing egg and the fate of the beautiful Nurse Joy!" she roars.
"Beautiful Nurse Joy??" asks Nurse Joy.
Oh dear, they really are in a remote part of the countryside! Any companionship is welcome, it seems.
"IT'S PERFECT!" cries Brock, humping at the air (hey, like you wouldn't if one of the chicks you were obsessed with turned out to want to bang one of the other chicks you were obsessed with).
Ash spots Chansey and thinks maybe it can help, and Misty suggests another Chansey might have accidentally taken it. Officer Jenny proclaims that she was JUST about to suggest that! They bring in all of the Chansey and check their eggs, but none of them have Ash's missing egg.
Jenny thinks they're missing an obvious clue, and Ash says he can't wait any more; he's going to look for the egg. Misty goes to join him and Jenny says she was JUST about to suggest that! She calls out Growlithe which sniffs Ash's crotch (hey, we gots a party now!) and then rushes into the forest with the twerps, Jenny and Joy following, leaving the Pokemon Centre open and empty and ripe for a Team Rocket breaking and entering.
Growlithe leads the twerps, Joy and Jenny to the now empty egg-case, Ash figuring the thief dumped it. They hear a noise and Jenny proclaims it must be the criminals, and they burst through the bushes to find.... EXEGGCUTE! Jenny glares at them and declares they stole the egg, and they quickly begin rifling through the nearby nests, where they find more Exeggcute but no missing egg.
So far the famous Detective Jenny isn't really living up to her self-proclaimed billing, but she reminds them that she never said it would be easy and Brock eagerly agrees that she didn't. Misty suggests they head back to the Centre and check all the rooms again, and Officer Jenny agrees, saying she was JUST going to say that. You see, the scene of the crime always holds more clues than are initially seen.... wouldn't they agree?
"WILL YOU MARRY ME!?!?!" begs Brock.
Back at the Pokemon Centre they find no sign of forced entry through their window and the door was securely latched.
"WHICH MEANS...." starts Ash, then trails off since he doesn't know.
Officer Jenny explains there is no way someone could have broken in, and Togepi roars with laughter. Jenny notes Togepi's laughter and asks if it belongs to Misty, notes that the missing egg belonged to Ash and declares that everything is becoming clear now.... BROCK IS THE EGGNAPPER! Brock proclaims she is brilliant.... then squawks as he realises what she said. Jenny explain that deductive reasoning says it must have been an inside job, and since Ash is the victim only Misty or Brock could be responsible. She explains how she thinks it went down....
....the twerps walk through the countryside, Ash and Misty laughing and enjoying life as the proud bearers of eggs, while Brock watches with envy in his heart. He snaps, wondering why he should he be the only one without an egg?
"Why oh why!?!" he weeps as he settles into sleep that night at the Pokemon Centre. He stares at Ash sleeping cradling the egg in his arms, and crawls down from the top bunk to glare at him, feeling guilt as he whispers to himself he can't do this! he shouldn't do this! But he can't help himself, and as if someone else was controlling him he takes the egg from Ash's sleeping arms.
Well the twerps' response to this wild accusation about their surrogate mother is obvious and predictable.
They believe it!
"Did you really steal it, Brock?" asks Ash.
"We really had no idea that you were so lonely," gasps Misty.
"I'm sorry.... I couldn't control myself," gasps Brock, dropping to his knees before suddenly leaping up in horror and crying out what is he saying!?!? He didn't do anything!
Jenny tells him that he can finish his confession down at the station and tries to take him away while Ash and Misty seem to come to their senses as well and start arguing his innocence.
Further down the corridor, Team Rocket sigh in contentment, having gorged on food and now lying on the ground happily.
"I'm stuffed," smiles Meowth, "Nuttin like a full belly."
"A full belly and a flat stomach," grins Jesse.
"Life is good," smiles James.
"Wobbuffet," agrees Wobbuffet.
As Brock is hauled out into the hall by Jenny, Misty suddenly notices scratches on the doorknob and calls Jenny's attention to it. She looks at it and declares she knows what this is.... more signs of Brock's handiwork!
We see a crafty Brock sneaking up to the look and brandishing a screwdriver, gently scratching the lock to make it seem like someone picked the lock from outside.
"GAHHH! I guess I really am a criminal!" cries Brock, dropping to his knees and clutching the sides of his head.
Joy stops Jenny, pointing out the same scratches can be found on the outside door. Jenny investigates and reluctantly agrees that this must mean there was an outsider breaking in, and Ash says that proves Brock didn't do it.
"WHAT A RELIEF!" cries Brock, "I'M NOT A CRIMINAl AFTER ALL!"
Jenny declares that now she will solve this case without charge (SHE WAS GOING TO CHARGE! SHE'S A POLICE OFFICER!) and an agape Misty mutters that they should probably be charging her.
Jenny calls out Jumpluff, which Ash checks out with Dexter while Jenny has it send out spores as a kind of fingerprinting powder. It reveals footprints, though there is no way to know when they were made, until Joy says the floor was cleaned yesterday afternoon, meaning that the footprints could only have been made by them or the criminal. Brock and Ash collapse to their backs as Jenny grabs their feet and hauls them up, examining their shoes with her magnifying glass.
Then we get an "interesting examination" as Misty and Joy turn around and push out their asses while Jenny kneels behind them, Misty exhorting her to "get a good look at ours too".
Well.... okay!
The footprints are all over each other, but Pikachu notes some are closer to the desk than the others, two sets that don't match the twerps. Misty notes that they don't quite reach the desk and Jenny declares she was JUST about to say that, deducing that the thieves obviously have long arms.
Well, okay... or perhaps they used a Pokemon? Maybe one with Vine Whip? Jenny declares that the thief must be someone who has a Pokemon that uses Vine Whip, and when the twerps suggest Bayleef, Ash realises to his shock that HE has a Bayleef.
"CORRECT! YOU ARE THE CRIMINAL!" roars Jenny, pointing a finger at him.
Ash reacts in horror, but then Misty angrily points out that he can't be the criminal since he is the victim, plus what about the weird footprints?
Jenny reluctantly agrees, and they move out into the hall where Jumpluff lets loose with some more spore to reveal footprints there. They look at the footprints and Jenny realises they are a.... Suicune!
Oh Jesus.
Brock points out they might be a bit small to be a Suicune (plus that just happens to be a rarely seen Legendary Pokemon) and so Jenny amends her deduction to be the paw prints of a Wooper, only Misty points out she doesn't think those have paws.
Ash suggests they follow the footprints, and they find..... faceprints! Itıs Team Rocket!
Faceprints?
Brock points out that Team Rocket have a Victreebell, which could have used Vine Whip, and Jenny proclaims she was sure it was Team Rocket the whole time (it's a surprise that Ash didn't make that "deduction" straight away. They note that the prints lead into the kitchen, so they rush to the door which is locked... only it doesn't have a lock! (Team Rocket are holding it desperately closed on the other side). Jenny tries to burst through with Joy but Team Rocket step aside and they crash though, then Team Rocket leg it, the twerps chasing and following their footprints... and then Kangaskhan walks by with its baby and the egg in its pouch. Ash is astonished and rushes to tell it the egg is his, and it takes out the egg and looks at it, then Ash, who uses a series of simple mimes to try and explain while Pikachu offers more helpful Poke-speak.
Kangaskhan sniffs the egg, then Ash (Brock saying it is sniffing him to check his story, though the words he uses make it sound like he is saying it is sniffing ass) and then hands the egg over, and Ash happily nuzzles it. But how did Kangaskhan get it if Team rocket stole it?
DETECTIVE JENNY KNOWS!
We see Team Rocket rushing out of the Pokemon Centre clutching the egg and laughing evilly, only to be stopped by Kangaskhan which saw them as underhanded criminals and challenged them for control of the egg. They launched a cheap attack against Kangaskhan, fighting with all of their Pokemon and themselves in a five on one against Kangaskhan, Kangaskhan eventually overcoming them and setting off to find the egg's rightful owner.
The twerps are astonished and touched by this, and thank Kangaskhan deeply as it stares at its baby in total confusion... what the hell these crackers talking about?
But then the egg is stolen again! This time by Team Rocket! For real!
The twerps look up in horror at Team Rocket in their Happy Buddha Face Meowth Balloon and Jenny proves her detective skills once more by proclaiming, "Who is that?"
"Prepare for trouble, we're lending a hand!"
"Make it double, and hear this command!"
"To protect the world from devastation."
"To unite all peoples within our nation."
"To denounce the evils of truth and love."
"To extend our reach to the stars above."
"Jesse."
"James." squeals James in a high pitch, dancing across the screen.
"Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light,"
"Surrender now or prepare to fight, fight, fight!"
"Meowth! Dat's right!"
Jesse sends out Arbok and James sends out Victreebell which promptly swallows his head (wah wah waaaah), and then Kangaskhan smacks the FUCK out of Arbok, and Growlithe uses Flamethrower on the mechanical hand holding the egg. Ash runs and catches the egg before Pikachu uses Thunderbolt and sends Team Rocket blasting off again.
Officer Jenny salutes Kangaskhan and Ash thanks it, while the big Pokemon continues to be totally confused by everything going on.
As the sun sets, Jenny and Joy stand outside of the Pokemon Centre and say goodbye, Jenny saying the case had plenty of twists and turns. Misty mutters that maybe is wasn't the case that was twisted, and then Brock grabs Jenny's arms and moans maybe she can save the case of the lovesick Pokemon Breeder
So the twerps head off, Misty and Brock once again wondering what type of Pokemon it will be, Ash saying he doesn't care, he just wants it to hatch soon.
And the camera closes in on Togepi, who was the actual "criminal" in this case, and it roars once more with drunken laughter.
Oh dear.
| BEST QUOTES |
 "The boy appears to be dealing with some issues."
 "A full belly and a flat stomach."
 "There's your thief!" "Exeggcute?"
"The kids are all tucked up snug in their beds." "Wob!" "While visions of Wobuffets dance through their heads."
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