250: Great Bowls of Fire!
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Yes! FUCK YES! YES! Like some kind of um.... awesome.... uhh, Pokemon coming back from being not there, it's motherfucking Charizard!
Following a quick recap of the last episode, we see the silhouetted Pokemon approaching Ash against the backdrop of the sun, and it's.... it's..... CHARIZARD!
Great Bowls Of Fire!
Proving that it IS Ash's Charizard, it blasts him with a full burst of Flamethrower directly in the face and crashes into him, licking him with its tongue with a dodgy wing poking into his face. Brock is surprised; mentioning that he thought it was living in the Charicific Valley, while Old Oldie is even more confused than normal. Moments later, Leeza flies in riding Charla, and both Claire and Ash shout out a hello to her before turning to look at each other, they both know her?
Oh yeah, Charla gets around in her efforts to get a hold of everyone else's most Powerful Pokemon.
Brock rushes to Leeza to tell her that since they last met he has been filled with heartache and longing, and Misty puts her hand over his mouth and pulls him away saying he has been mostly filled with baloney.
Oh, we didn't know Brock and James hung out that much!
Leeza explains that Charizard USED to be Ash's (BULLSHIT IT STILL IS!) and Claire explains to Ash that she and Leeza are childhood friends who still get together every so often, and Charizard loves coming to the Dragon Holy Lands.... though it seems to be more interested in being Charla's bodyguard. The camera turns to Charla who rubs happily against a bravely posing Charizard, who roars with self-impressed pride, proving he did what we knew he would when he stayed behind in the valley.... he bitchslapped all those other Charizards and Charla couldn't resist the Alpha Male, causing Brock to moan that it seems he is the only one to not find love yet.
Leeza asks Ash if he has battled Claire yet and who won, and Ash replies that they had to stop due to all the trouble, and Leeza asks what he means.
Well he means Team Rocket of course, and we see the very same struggling to pull free from Dragonite as it zooms at high speed through the air, begging it to slow down. It replies with grunts and aroos and Meowth translates that it is taking them somewhere nice, and they figure that it might be nice to have a vacation.
Charizard and Charla drag two balloons filled with the twerps and Leeza, Claire and Old Oldie over the beautiful Dragon Holy Land and Old Oldie talks about how wonderful it all is. The twerps agree, but they can't figure out why Dragonite attacked them.... maybe Team Rocket forced Dragonite by threatening to destroy the Dragon Fang, but Claire retorts it is too smart for that. Old Oldie tells the story of the original Gym Leader's dedication to the Dragon Holy land, and after he passed on (DEATH) Dragonite decided to stay on to honour that dedication.
Team Rocket lie on the ground moaning that they can't believe they've landed, and Wobbuffet salutes them as they sit up and see Dragonite fly in with pears and apples for them. They scoff them down and thank Dragonite happily, then cry with gratitude after it tells them they will be safe here, calling it a Prince amongst Pokemon. But poor Team Rocket never seem to know when they've got a good thing, as they finally take in their surroundings and notice what looks like a shrine or vault by the river..... and decide to STEAL FROM IT!
Oh Jesus, well done.
Old Oldie meanwhile is freaking out as he realises that Team Rocket might be at the Dragon Shrine, and tells the twerps that in the old days when Pokemon fought with humans the shrine was built in the hopes of peace between humans and Pokemon. When that dream became a reality, a fire was placed in the shrine called the Prayer Flame and despite the passage of 500 years, has never gone out.
As he tells the story, Team Rocket sneak away from the sleeping Dragonite and enter the shrine and spot the golden bowl holding the Prayer Flame. Figuring it must be valuable, Jesse suggests they put the flame out but James snaps that for collectors this is probably more valuable if the flame is still burning, so he slips some gloves on.
"You know I like my bowls, flaming!" he proclaims, a line that serves absolutely no other purpose than to give a damn good kick to the balls of the rotting corpse of Rocketshipping.
Meowth tells Jesse that he feels bad for doing this after Dragonite helped them out, but Jesse assures him that feeling will pass. James grabs the bowl and begins to lift it, but then his gloves suddenly erupt in flame and he throws it aside with a panicked yelp. It lands in the grass outside of the shrine and the flames quickly spread as Jesse and Meowth roar at James for his wrongdoing..... he might have scratched the bowl! They rush outside and find the flames quickly building and then hear a low, deep growl. Meowth gasps that growls are usually attached to monsters, and they turn to see a VERY pissed off looking Dragonite that blasts them with Hyperbeam. They are sent flying into the flames, burning their asses before they desperately try to put the blame on James as Dragonite lifts into the air. James squeals that he is too young to burn (merely flame!) and then they're Hyper-Beamed again and sent flying, though Jesse maintains presence of mind enough to keep her skirt from flapping up as she goes flying.
The twerps see the smoke and Claire notes that where there is smoke there is fire (OH WELL DONE! DID YOU KNOW A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS!?!) and Old Oldie spazzs out in horror. Ash tells Charizard to go faster and Charla speeds up as well as below them Dragonite chases Team Rocket, blasting them with Hyperbeam as the fire spreads and the other various Pokemon run in terror. Dragonite flies ahead of Team Rocket, lands and prepares another massive Hyperbeam, and in absolute terror Jesse grabs Wobbuffet and flings it desperately in front of her, and..... it counters Hyperbeam back into Dragonite!
Wobbuffet stands proudly posing as Team Rocket gasp in delight and..... OHHHHHH SHIIIIIIIIIIT!
Flames burst high and Dragonite storms through them roaring with anger as it prepares another mad blast, Team Rocket realising they've only made it angrier. They try to hide behind Wobbuffet, Jesse instinctively dropping to her hands and knees and sticking her ass in the air (HOORAY!) before they're blasted full on with another massive burst of Hyperbeam. Dragonite roars with fury, and then looks up as suddenly another Pokemon swoops in before it, the only thing that could possibly stop its rampage now.
MOTHERFUCKING CHARIZARD!
Ash insists they're here to help and Team Rocket gasp he's their hero while Claire calls out Dragonair, which lets loose a burst of energy and puts the flames out around them out. Leeza and Charla volunteer themselves to get the hell out of the way of the psycho Dragonite to help the forest Pokemon get clear, and Misty and Brock see the cleverness of that idea and agree to help. Onix smashes flames with rocks (take that flames!) while Misty calls on Starmie and Politoed to put out the flames with Water Gun, though Politoed is more interested in clapping and saying its own name. As the flames go down and the Pokemon are rescued though, Dragonite just stares furiously over at the twerps, Claire and most importantly, Charizard.
Charizard shares the same look of fury, more than ready to rumble, but as Ash tries to calm Charizard down, Team Rocket rush up to proclaim they've saved them from the depths of despair. Old Oldie grabs the Dragon Fang box off of James' back and James snaps angrily it is his, and Old Oldie growls that he'll give him his if he isn't careful. Claire approaches Dragonite to try and calm it, asking it if it remembers her from her training there years earlier, but it just glares down at her and lets rip with a Hyperbeam at her... and Charizard blasts the beam away with Flamethrower!
That's right bitch, don't be stepping!
Claire is still thrown over though, and can't understand why it won't listen to her. Old Oldie says it might be suffering from Attack Rage, and as Dragonite calls up a mighty wind with the flapping of its wings, Claire explains that Dragon Pokemon sometimes become enraged and confused after performing a series of high powered attacks. Ash growls they'll have to snap it out of it then and Pikachu leaps high to deliver a Thunderbolt.... and Dragonite uses Quick Attack to dart in front of it and smash it away with its tail.
OUCH!
Ash catches it before it can hit the ground and Dragonite zooms in to attack, only to be smashed aside by Charizard.
DON'T. BE. STEPPING!
The Ratatta and Pidgey zoom by Dragonite trying to remind it these are friends, and James pops up weeping as saying he thinks he knows what is going on. A quick moment later they're by the shrine where the flames still burns around the entrance, James moaning that he used cheap gloves and dropped the bowl over. Jesse snaps that he blew it but Claire could care less, more interested in getting the Prayer Flame back in its bowl. Misty offers to help, having Politoed use Water Gun to put out the fire while Claire tells Old Oldie to deal with this while trying to figure out how to save the Pokemon.
Meanwhile Ash has Charizard fighting Dragonite (why? Because that's what you do when you have a Charizard!), blasting it with Flamethrower and knocking it into the river. Dragonite blasts out of the water and rather than taking on Charizard directly, tries to hit Ash with Hyperbeam, only for the blast to be blocked by Dragonair's Safeguard. Claire tells Ash that for now, they'll battle together. Dragonair fires a beam of energy that wraps around Dragonite as Charizard smashes it with Flamethrower and then Dragonair uses a Hyperbeam of its own.... but Dragonite is seemingly unaffected by all this and it. looks. PISSED! Dragonair tries another Hyper Beam but Dragonite dodges it, and Charizard flies after Dragonite to tackle it only to get smashed into the forest. Ash cries out in alarm, knowing that there isn't a Pokemon alive who could survive such a crushing blow and crash.... and then Charizard roars out from the forest roaring in fury, because Charizard ain't just any Pokemon, it once defeated a Magmar IN THE VERY HEART OF THE VOLCANO ITSELF!
Claire gets an idea and tells Ash she'll need Pikachu, and then has Dragonair create thunderclouds so Pikachu can call down Thunder. They need to hold Dragonite still for a moment, though, so Charizard blasts at it with Flamethrower. Dragonite gusts it away with flaps of its tail as elsewhere Leeza realises what is going on and instructs Charla to get clear. Dragonair uses Thunder, calling down electricity from the sky and smashing into Dragonite which staggers clear only to get blasted again and again before Pikachu also uses Thunder and Charizard uses Firespin to catch it in a sphere of fire. Dragonite roars with fury and tries to Hyperbeam its way out, causing an explosion that drops it into the water. The twerps, Team Rocket, Leeza, Old Oldie and Claire look on in concern before Dragonite tears out of the water covered in shadows and Ash prepares to fight again, until Claire points out that it now seems calmer, and they realise the Attack Rage has ended. Dragonite lands in the sooty remains of the forest fire and picks up a clump of dirt and flowers, then roars in sadness as all of the rescued forest Pokemon rush to its side to try and comfort it.
Misty snaps angrily at Team Rocket who turn and rush off, much to Old Oldies delight, until he realises they've got the Dragon Fang out of the case. James laughs you can't keep a good thief down, then they get Thunderbolted by Pikachu and sent flying, James losing the Dragon Fang which falls into Ash's arms. As they fly off, Jesse demands to know whose idea it was to steal the damn thing anyway, and Meowth growls it was James. James moans not to remind him, and then they fly off into a twinkle of light.
Inside the shrine, Geodude places the Prayer Flame in its bowl back into place, and Old Oldie cracks a joke bout "dragon" the thing out by talking up how much Dragonite has grown, then roars with senile laughter before turning to see everyone has left him alone. Outside, Claire tells Ash they can continue their battle tomorrow, and Ash turns to ask if Charizard wants to help? It happily blasts him in the face with Flamethrower and Leeza laughs that means good luck, as Ash collapses to the ground.
So will Charizard fight for Ash tomorrow? Well as the little blue blob that ISN'T Wobbuffet says from its hiding place behind a bush....
"Wynaut?"
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"Besides, you know I like my bowls flaming." "We can't argue with that."
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