(Author's Rantings)------------------------------------------ This episode is really dumb. I wrote it to get a simple, cheap laugh. If you don't like it, oh well, at least we both feel the same way. (Beginning of Story)----------------------------------------- Episode Twenty-One: "Oh, What a Tangela'd Web We Weave" Narrator: If you remember the last few episodes, Teem had just completed his training and James and Jessie had just reached Saffron City. We'll return to them shortly, but for now, let's turn our attention to Ash. (The show opens on a battle between Ash and another pokémon trainer in an un- official gym.) Trainer: (A teenage girl with short black hair and a Japanese school uniform on [kind of like the girls in the Pokémon video game.]) Seadra! Go! (She throws a pokéball and an eager-looking seadra hops out.) Ash: A seadra? Hmm... I'll look at it's statistics... (He pulls Dexter, the PokéDex out of his pocket.) Dexter: (His voice sounds a little sarcastic.) It's a seadra, dummy! So hmm... let's think... maybe it's a WATER pokémon! Geeze, you're so stupid! I mean, here you are, supposedly the world's greatest trainer and you have to pull me out every single time you see a new pokémon? You're pathetic! If I had hands, I'd slap yo-- (Did I say a little sar- castic? I meant REALLY sarcastic!) Ash: ALRIGHT ALRIGHT! > <; (He snaps Dexter shut angrily.) I choose you, Bulbasaur! Don't let me down! (He throws the pokéball and Bulbasaur leaps out confidently.) Trainer: Seadra, confuse that bulbasaur with a smoke screen! Seadra: Seeeeeee-dra! (Seadra forms an inky, black cloud a- round Bulbasaur.) Bulbasaur: Bul... bulbasaur? ::blinkblink:: Ash: Don't let that stop you, Bulbasaur! James has used that attack on us hundreds of times! Use your vine whips! Bulbasaur: Bulba! (He nods and wraps the seadra up in his vines, then slaps it around a bit for good measure.) Trainer: Geh... Uh... Use a hydro pump attack, Seadra! (Seadra gets those dizzy swirly-eyes and passes out.) OHHH! I lost! (She calls Seadra back into the pokéball.) You're mean! (She runs off agitatedly.) Brock: Way to go, Ash! Ash: (Laughing.) Don't thank me, Bulbasaur did the real work! Haha! (He pats Bulbasaur on the head.) Meowth: Big whoop... (He twirls his finger in the air.) Misty: Yeah, Ash ALWAYS tells Bulbasaur to use vine whip! Ash: (Nervous laugh and sweatdrop.) Heheheh... ^_^; Brock: Hmm... Well, that is true. Pikachu: (Pops up in front of the screen like he does and shrugs with one of those little sweatdrop things.) ^_^; Pikachu! (A silhouette [shadow] of Pikachu waddles across the screen and changes the scene. Ash, Brock, Misty, Meowth, and Pikachu are walking down the street of a town.) Pikachu: (Hops up on Ash's head.) Pi, ka-picha chu pikachu? {Hey, Ash. How many more badges do we need now?} Misty: Yeah, Ash. You should have almost all of the badges by now! Ash: Hmm... (He looks at the badges lined up on the inside of his jacket.) I've got seven! Only one more to go, right, Brock? Brock: Uh huh! Only the Earth Badge left. (Meowth's eyes widen, he gets the sweatdrop thing and his mouth goes all goofy.) Ash: Okay... Where do I go to get that? Brock: Hmm... I dunno'. When I joined the League, there were only seven badges... What about you, Misty? Misty: (She shrugs.) I don't know, either. My sisters just sort of let me share our place in the League, I never really went to all those gyms... Pikachu: Chu... - -; Meowth: (Jumps in front of them and laughs nervously.) Well, I guess the last badge ain't 'dat important, huh? Heheh.. I mean, why not go right to da' League playoffs now? Hehe? ^_^; Brock: He needs ALL the badges, Meowth. (Folds his arms.) Ash: And I'm not stopping 'till I get them all! > < Misty: Why are you so jumpy, anyway? Pikachu: Ka? Meowth: Oh... uh... (Gulp.) No reason! Heheh... (Sweatdrop.) Ash: There must be some reason... Meowth: (Shakes his head quickly.) NO! No reason at all! Pikachu: (Hops down in front of Meowth and looks at him sus- piciously.) Ka pika chupika pikachu chu pika, chu? {You wouldn't happen to know who HAS the last badge, would you?} Meowth: Wha? MEOW! NO! Don't make me hafta hoit ya, Pikachu! (He points a claw at Pikachu.) Pikachu: PI! (He scampers up on top of Ash's head.) Pikachu! Ash: Meowth! What was that for? Brock: (Grabs Meowth, who struggles to break free.) You know who has the Earth Badge, don't you? Meowth: Maybe I do, maybe I don't! Leggo! (He scratches Brock in the face.) Brock: ::blinkblink:: YAAAH! Owch owch owch! (He runs around in circles like an idiot.) Misty: Meowth! Meowth: (Lands back on his feet.) Eh, the joik desoived it! (Mutters to himself.) If dose clowns tink I'm gonna' lead 'em back to da' Boss, dey're crazy! Dexter: (Muffled voice from Ash's pocket.) Oh, sure! Don't bother asking the POKéDEX about the badge! Criminy! Anyway, you've got a lot more training to do before you can fight for it! Misty: Why is Dexter so rude lately? Ash: I don't know... (Brock continues to run around like an idiot when what looks like a ball of purple noodles with large round eyes and red sneakers pads in from a grassy area.) Meowth: Hey! What's dat? (He points to it.) Ash: What? Pikachu: Pika? Misty: Where? Brock: (He stops running around and looks forward, with little scratches on his face.) Huh? Ash: Hey, that's one weird looking pokémon! Let's see what it is! ^_^ (He grabs Dexter excitedly.) Dexter: (Mechanical sigh.) Okay, I'll give you this one, but only because it's an uncommon sight. This little guy is called a "Tangela." It's a grass pokémon that is very shy, but worth looking for. Because of the vines wrapped around its body, no one has ever seen it's true face. Meowth: (Starry-eyed.) OOH! A rare pokémon! Ash: I've got to catch that! Meowth: I'm with ya', kid! Come on! Ash: (Nods.) Right! Come on, Pikachu! (Ash, Meowth, and Pikachu all surround the tangela and leap forward.) Pikachu: PIKAAAAAA!!! Meowth: MEEEEOWTH!!! Tangela: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!!! (It scrambles around to escape, but Ash grabs it by the foot.) Ash: Hah! You can't get away from me that easily! Brock: ::blinkblink:: Okay, I think this counts as cruelty to animals, what do you think, Misty? Misty: Uhhh... yeah. (Sweatdrop.) Meowth: We caught a tangela! HAHA! Pikachu: Piiikapika! ^_^ Tangela: Tangle! Tangle... LAH!!! (It wraps them all up in its vines, slaps them around a bit and rushes off, laughing in a pokémon kind of way.) Ash: Grr... You're not going to get away from me, Tangela! Bulbasaur! (He throws the ball.) Grab that pokémon with your vine whip! (Bulbasaur wraps his vines around Tangela and Ash tosses a pokéball at Tangela, catching it within a few seconds.) ALRIGHT!!! ^_^ Misty: Hey... Bulbasaur's vine whip was actually a good call! Good idea, Ash! Ash: Heh, actually, I just kind of yelled "Vine whip" out of force of habit! ^_^; (Misty and Brock do an animé fall.) Ash: Okay, Tangela! Come on out and let's be friends! (He pops the ball open and Tangela tumbles out, looking fear- ful.) Oh, don't be afraid, Tangela! Pikachu: Pika pika chakupika! ^_^ {We're really nice guys!} Meowth: Even if we did just attack ya! Ash: Hey! Dexter said no one's ever seen Tangela's true face, HAH! I'm gonna' see it! ^_^ (He grabs Tangela and tries to pull the vines back from its face. Tangela wiggles like mad to break free.) Meowth: WAH! O o; Brock: What are you doing? Misty: No Ash! Don't! Ash: Aw! What are you all afraid of? We're gonna' be the first to see what Tangela really looks like! You want to see it, right, Pikachu? Pikachu: (Nervous.) Pi... ka... chu... (Nods a little.) Ash: Alright, here it is! (He pulls back the last vine and holds Tangela up cheefully.) TANGELA'S TRUE FORM! (Every- one screams in fear and passes out.) Huh? ::blinkblink:: What's so scary? (He turns Tangela around and looks at its face, then screams loudly and passes out as well.) Tangela: (Looks down at Ash, then turns around and looks at the audience, revealing its face to be that of Alanis Morissette.) Isn't it ironic? ::blinkblink:: Narrator: GAH! ::blinkblink:: Uh... Well, I... Uh... man, that's creepy... Uh... Stay tuned for the next installment of Pokémon... (There is an audible thud, telling us that the Narrator has also passed out now.) To Be Continued... (The Last Word)---------------------------------------------- This is not to be an offense to anyone who likes Alanis Morissette. I just thought it would be a funny ending.