Episode #145
NO
BIG WOOP
Our
friends are en route to Goldenrod City, and pause at the top of a bluff
when they see a cute little house down below. Something jumps onto Brock's
back and he panics, loses his balance and tumbles down the bluff. A girl sees
him fall and comes running to see if he's okay.The girl picks up 
the small
blue Pokemon from his back and apologises. Her name is Alicia, and her Wooper
sometimes runs off and causes trouble. Brock forgets about the fall and
begins to flirt with her, but Misty grabs him by the ear.Now it's Ash and
Misty's turn to apologize for Brock's behaviour, and learn that the cute
building is a preschool just for Wooper. Alicia's Wooper hops into a pond
with a bunch of others as she explains that she has always loved taking care
of Wooper and felt that this place was perfect for training them. Ash uses
his Pokedex to find out that Wooper is the pre-evolved form of Quagsire and
remembers the time that the Quagsire stole the GS ball.Misty wants to see
Alicia teach, so Alicia takes out a little tambourine and plays it, and the
Wooper start to sing. They all agree that Wooper are cute (although Brock is
staring at Alicia when he says this).Team Rocket is lost and hungry.
Jessie
finds a mushroom and is about to eat it but James tells her it's a poisonous
one. She gets upset, she hates scrounging for food like this. James suggests
to call the boss and have him send some money, Meowth reminds them that they
already spent their money and still haven't sent back any rare Pokemon. As if
to add insult to injury, Wobbuffet comes out of its Pokeball by itself and
Jessie has to put it back.Ash and everyone are having tea and cookies by the
pond. Suddenly Alicia gets a phone call; her mother has broken her leg. She wants to go and visit her but can't leave the Wooper. Brock volunteers them
to take care of the Wooper while Alicia goes to see her mom. Relieved, Alicia
gives Brock a booklet about teaching Wooper and rides away on her
motorbike.
Brock
then turns around and sees that all the Wooper are no longer
in the pond! He's devastated. However Pikachu finds a trail of water leading
into the house, so they go inside to find the Wooper up to a great deal of
mischief. Brock reads the book, which says Wooper will behave when shown
food. 
He gets out his special Pokemon food, and all the Wooper jump onto
him.The next thing the book says to do is to play a tambourine. Misty finds
Alicia's little tambourine and plays it, but the Wooper don't seem to like
it. Misty is disappointed and drops the tambourine. Togepi picks it up and
plays, and the Wooper happily follow Togepi back to the pond. Unfortunately,
Alicia's favourite Wooper is still missing!Who's that Pokemon: SkarmoryBrock
is devastated again. He and Togepi stay with the Wooper while Misty and Ash
go to look for the missing one. It's in the kitchen, but it keeps one step
ahead of Ash and Misty's efforts to catch it, jumping everywhere and knocking
things over, including a stack of dishes. The chase continues outside, and
they end up climbing up the cliff after it.The next obstacle is a very
rickety rope bridge across a gorge. Ash and Misty start across carefully, and
the Wooper hops up and laughs at them. Misty encourages it to go home but it
jumps on the bridge, making it sway, then runs to the other side with Pikachu
following it. By now Misty is angry, the Wooper doesn't seem to care what
happens to them. She and Ash run for the other side but the bridge finally
breaks and they are forced to hang onto the ropes for dear life! Ash orders
Pikachu not to worry about him and catch the Wooper.
Meowth
is boiling a pot
of water while waiting for Jessie and James to return with some mushrooms to
make a soup. He spots the Wooper in the bushes and mistakes it for a giant
mushroom, but it slips out of his grasp when he tries to get it. When J&J
get
back he tells them about it, so they all go to look, leaving their basket of
mushrooms behind. The Wooper sees it and eats the mushrooms.When they get
back they discover that the Wooper has eaten all their mushrooms. Jessie
wants to punch it but she can't bring herself to hit something so cute, and
says they should take it to the boss and get a reward. Jessie tries to use a
PokeBall but it doesn't work. Pikachu shows up and defends it, so Team Rocket
tries to bribe Pikachu with Pokemon food so it'll tell the Wooper to get into
the PokeBall. Pikachu refuses.Ash and Misty come running, saying the Wooper
already has a trainer. TR gets out nets and they all try to catch it that way
but it's too slippery. Jessie releases Wobbuffet and tells it to attack
before remembering that it can only do counterattacks. She calls Arbok
instead, and James has Weezing do Smoke Screen so they can get away in their
balloon with the Wooper that has finally been netted.There's a yell from
below, Alicia arrives on her motorbike with Brock.
Ash
wants to get out his Pokemon, but Alicia says she can get 
Wooper back another
way and calls it. The Wooper happily slips out of the net and leaps down from
the balloon. Arbok and Weezing attack, but Alicia has her Wooper do Tackle and
Slam attacks which take them out! Everyone is surprised at how strong it is.
Then it grabs
Arbok by its tail and flings it at the balloon, sending Team Rocket blasting
off again.Back at the school, Togepi is keeping the rest of the Wooper happy
with the tambourine. Alicia's mother is feeling better, and Brock is glad
that they could help out. He's very impressed with the Wooper, and Alicia
tells him that people don't expect something so small to be so powerful. He
wants to stay and learn more about her teaching but Misty drags him away.The
three friends depart, and Alicia tells them they're welcome to visit any time.
Alex
Obert
