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User:FlamingRuby

2010-01-31T17:35:32Z

FlamingRuby: /* Intro */

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork, draws comics, films video walkthroughs of the Pokemon games, and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current active works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Tales from the Stage Door" (in progress)

"The Adventures of Kochou and the Beautiflies" (on hold)

"The Ruby Files" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"Pokemon: Rainbow Quest"

"All's Faire in Fantasy"

"Once Upon a Disaster"

User:FlamingRuby

2006-12-29T23:11:37Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork, draws comics, and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current active works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show" (active, now in Season 4!)

"The Adventures of Kochou and the Beautiflies" (active)

"The Ruby Files" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"All Is In My Hand: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries"

"Diamonds and Pearls: Pikachu's Shinou Diaries" (working title)

User:FlamingRuby

2006-12-18T15:24:30Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork, draws comics, and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show" (active, now in Season 4!)

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Adventures of Kochou and the Beautiflies" (active)

"The Ruby Files" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"All Is In My Hand: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries"

"Diamonds and Pearls: Pikachu's Shinou Diaries" (working title)

User:FlamingRuby

2006-09-29T03:57:13Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork, draws comics, and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show" (active, now in Season 4!)

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Adventures of Kochou and the Beautiflies" (active)

"Tales of the Chibi Trio" (active)

"The Ruby Files" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"All Is In My Hand: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries"

"Diamonds and Pearls: Pikachu's Shinou Diaries" (working title)

"Adventures at Camp Pikachu"

"Pokemon: The Guardians"

User:FlamingRuby

2006-09-14T23:51:49Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork, draws comics, and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show" (active, now in Season 4!)

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Adventures of Kochou and the Beautiflies" (active)

"Tales of the Chibi Trio" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"All Is In My Hand: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries"

"Diamonds and Pearls: Pikachu's Shinou Diaries" (working title)

"Adventures at Camp Pikachu"

"Pokemon: The Guardians"

PK12

2006-08-20T20:49:46Z

FlamingRuby: /* Trouble in the trees */

{{PokémonMovie}}
{{MovieShortInfobox|
title=Gotta Dance!! |
jatitle=おどるポケモンひみつ基地 |
jatrans=Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon}}

'''Gotta Dance!!''' (Japanese: '''おどるポケモンひみつ基地''' ''Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon'') is the first Advanced Generation Pokémon movie short. It was shown in Japanese theaters together with the main feature, and released on a separate DVD. The English dub was as a bonus feature on the ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'' DVD, in the original 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.

A key difference between the original and the dub is the narrator - the original had a 3rd person narrator, whereas the dub was narrated by Meowth.

{{spoilers}}

=Story=

===Trouble in the trees===
The short opens on a scene of a tree. [[Brock's Marshtomp|Mudkip]] appears romping on a branch and calls for [[Brock's Ludicolo|Lotad]] to join her. Mudkip jumps over Lotad, sending Lotad tumbling to the ground -- but is caught by a low branch on the way down. [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] and [[May's Combusken|Torchic]] hear the commotion and run to help Mudkip.

"Just look at 'em, not a care in da woild!" [[Meowth (Team Rocket)|Meowth]] muses offscreen as the Pokémon romp in the tree. "I coulda been happy like Pikachu and dose udders, but not since da day dat music changed my life!"

The scene shifts a little further up the tree, where we see [[Ash's Sceptile|Treecko]] relaxing on a short branch. He looks down to see what all the ruckus is, but in doing so he too slips and falls.

Pikachu, Mudkip, and Torchic see Treecko falling and jump to catch him -- freeing Lotad in the process. Suddenly, the branch springs back, sending Treecko, Mudkip, Torchic, and Pikachu flying.

Lotad frantically rushes about trying to catch the others, but misses: Treecko is the first to land, Pikachu and Torchic land tangled in a heap, and Mudkip lands face first. To make matters worse, the ground suddenly gives way, sending our heroes tumbling down the hill and into a rock.

When the group comes to a few minutes later, Lotad spots a large building painted to look like dice with a giant red R on it: a [[Team Rocket]] base.

===Team Rocket...?===

"My name is Meowth..." Meowth continues from offscreen, "and just when me, [[Jessie]], and [[James]] had completed our big headquarters to show to da boss... right den and dere is where my story begins!

We look inside the base's parlor, which is brightly decorated for a party... [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are with Meowth, admiring the festive decor.

"Now that our base has been beautifully built, we can bask in a carnival of the boss' complimentary comments!" James cries, apparently excited over [[Giovanni]]'s impending arrival.

"And when he figures out what you've just said, I'll be his right hand woman and you two will be his left hand losers!" Jessie retorts, annoyed by James's giddiness.

"Climbing up the ladder, there is no one badder than us!" the three Rockets chant.

Meowth sniffles a bit... "Though it sure does a number on da noives!" he sobs, only to be whacked on the head by a frying pan!

"You have issues, don't you?" Jessie purrs. "James and I are off to meet and greet the boss before his arrival to inspect our base... think you can handle things while we're away?"

"Whatever you say..." Meowth groans.

"Wise answer... that would be my choice..." And so, Jessie and James depart, leaving Meowth in charge.

"Showtime, yeah!" Meowth cries, throwing the frying pan off of him, "Are dose Whismur ready to rock?" At this, we see [[Jessie's Seviper|Seviper]], [[James's Cacnea|Cacnea]], [[Jessie's Wobbuffet|Wobbuffet]], and three {{p|Whismur}} gathered on a stage.

We look at the Whismur as Meowth explains: "I was in charge of the entertainment for da boss's arrival... so I gave da percussion job to dose three wacky Whismur." The Whismur began to chatter until Meowth booms, '''"Hey! I don't need no Whismur rappin', but I do need some Team Rocket maracas playin'!"''' The Whismur shake their maracas a little to appease Meowth, who smiles and continues, "Good! Now it's time to rehoise da welcome dance we dreamed up for da boss!"

===The entertainment begins===

He twirls a little, revealing a strange blue baton with a red and blue [[Poké Ball]] on the top, and various buttons on the bottom. "What's more, I'm going to lead dis pack of performers with my new Dancin' Pokébaton!" With that, he presses a button at the top of the baton, causing a rousing melody, "Polka o Dolka", to come blaring into the room.

"With dis contraption, dey'll be shakin' their groove anytime, anywhere!" Meowth cries, and with that, the Pokémon begin dancing to the song as the credits roll.

We join Meowth and the others on the stage as the song concludes and the credits finish. "Mm-hmm.. dat's how it's done!" Meowth smiles... "Da boss will be blown away when he sees Pokémon dance using dis Dancin' Pokébaton! I bet he'll start dancin' a Poké-jig himself!

"In fact, I know just what da boss is gonna say..." Meowth muses as the first scene in the dream shows Giovanni applauding, "I haven't been dis entertained in a very long time! And Meowth, your action was simply brilliant!"

"Of course, he'll have to give his Poisian da boss' big boot bye bye!" Meowth continues as we see [[Giovanni's Persian|Persian]] flying off into the sky, "and it'll be me, layin' in his lap whilst I wash my whiskers..." We see Meowth doing just that as the dream sequence fades.

Meowth laughs to himself, savoring the memory of his dream, but is soon back to business. "Now, let's take ten, kids!" he orders, slinging the baton over one shoulder. "And put dose Whismur back in their cage, ya got dat?"

===Meanwhile...===

Meanwhile, Pikachu, Torchic, Mudkip, and Treecko approach the base, eager to find a way in... Lotad tries to follow, but lags behind the others.

Back in the base, Seviper scares the Whismur back into a cage. "You weisenheimers put a sock in it while us real musicians put somthin' in our empty tummies!" Meowth orders.

Outside, Pikachu and the others discover an open air vent leading into the base's storage area... as they look inside, Lotad desperately tries to get a look, sending a rock rolling into the den of a snoozing {{p|Loudred}}... yet the rock miraculously does not disturb the large Pokémon.

"Come on gang, it's chow time, time to strap on the ol' feed bag!" Meowth smiles as he leads Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbuffet up the stairs, unaware that Pikachu and the others are watching. As Seviper closes the door behind him, Pikachu and the others try to get a better look, but a push from Lotad sends all five tumbling into the room.

When the gang comes to, Pikachu hears the Whismurs' cries for help and runs over. He asks them what Seviper, Cacnea, Wobbuffet, and Meowth (complete with funny impressions of each one) are plotting. The Whismur reply that they're trapped. Pikachu notices the lock on the cage and suggests to the others to use their power to break it open...and with that thought in mind, Pikachu fires a {{m|Thunderbolt}} at the lock...Torchic adds an Ember and Mudkip helps with a Water Gun attack, all three attacks break the cage open, freeing the Whismur. This loud noise doesn't disturb the Loudred either.

"Hey, what's with da racket?" Meowth demands from another room. Pikachu panics and tells the others to hide...right as Meowth, Cacnea, Seviper, and Wobbuffet charge into the room.

===Prepare for trouble===

'''"Oh no!"''' Meowth yelps when he sees the broken cage. "How did '''dis''' happen? Who was da lamebrain..." he mutters in frustration. "Now what do we do? No maraca squad, no welcome dance for da boss... you lugs go look for da Whismur on da double!" he demands.

Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbuffet quickly oblige, sending Meowth tumbling down the stairs and the Dancing Pokébaton goes flying...

"As if things weren't bad enough...." Meowth continues as the baton lands on Treecko's head, triggering it and causing Polka O Dolka to come blaring into the room.... Pikachu and the others begin dancing... even the Loudred from earlier and a passing {{p|Ludicolo}} join in, all except Treecko.

In his zeal to ''NOT'' dance, Treecko knocks over a barrel, closing up the baton in the process. Meowth suddenly realizes that Pikachu and co. are there.... "'''So!''' It was you behind all of dis, Pikachu!" he growls.

Pikachu and the others dive for cover, but Meowth demands "Give dose Whismur back, right now!" All the noise causes some barrels to come tumbling down...

When Meowth comes to, other junk comes falling on top of them, buying Pikachu and co. time to escape, but Meowth and the others are in hot pursuit! The Loudred just watches the mayhem, clueless as to what's going on.

Pikachu and co. hurry upstairs to a patio, where they climb atop one of the towers. Meowth and co. look around confused as to where Pikachu went, but Cacnea points out the group hanging to the tower for dear life!

"Dis dance is over! You've got nowhere to run now!" Meowth starts. Pikachu, however, attempts to fire a Thunderbolt at Meowth, but Wobbuffet uses {{m|Mirror Coat}} to send it back at our heroes, and Mudkip nearly falls! She looks, and notices that it's a ''long'' way down -- in her panic, she triggers the Dancing Pokébaton -- Polka O Dolka begins again, everyone but Treecko dances (again). All the dancing causes the patio to give way -- Lotad slips and causes the baton to play a tango. Everyone partners up and tangos their way to safety right before the patio completely falls off, after which everyone resumes dancing on a catwalk... until Pikachu accidentally switches the baton off.

The chase resumes as our heroes duck into the kitchen. Mudkip climbs on a table, sending all the food and silverware atop Meowth. Torchic sends Cacnea flying into the ceiling, angering him to the point where he begins firing {{m|Pin Missile}}s in rapid succession, destroying almost the entire base in the process -- even opening the party balls in the kitchen!

===The Chaos Continues===

In his frustration, Meowth accidentally triggers the Pokébaton and Polka O Dolka begins again, and in his panic to turn the baton off, sets it to play a hula, which everyone save Treecko does, at least until a party ball lands on Meowth, deactivating the baton and resuming the chase. The Loudred, however, continues doing the hula as if nothing's going on.

"Catch them on da double!" Meowth calls as he chases our heroes across the rafters. During all the commotion, Cacnea trips and falls on a piece of wood, sending a bucket on top of Seviper. Seviper crashes into Meowth, sending them crashing to the ground... but they trip on a band, and go flying through the air... the Pokébaton, meanwhile, falls on Wobbuffet's head, triggering it. Polka O Dolka begins again, (are you beginning to detect a pattern here?) and everyone tries to dance on the rafters.

In his rush of joy, Wobbuffet tosses the baton in the air... it lands in a pile of wet dirt, causing it to malfunction, and the first thing it does is trigger a waltz; which finally spurs Treecko to join in the dancing. He sweeps Mudkip in his arms and spins her around, getting her dizzy in the process.

As the baton continues to go haywire, the music gets faster and faster, until the baton finally explodes due to overload.

But the mayhem isn't over yet; irked by the spoilt fun, the Loudred grabs a pipe and proceeds to chase everyone, ultimately smashing a column. The whole building shakes; everyone huddles up in the teetering room in fear -- and then Lotad sneezes, causing the whole building to collapse and sending everyone tumbling to the ground!

Lotad fires a {{m|Water Gun}} to halt the impending collision of their half of the flying floor with a cliff wall. Once the gang has landed safely, Pikachu leads the celebrations!

===Le Fin===

"So dat's da story of how music ruined my life...." Meowth muses as he trudges back to the storage room. "My dancin' days are over..." With that, he opens the door... and it falls to the ground, revealing the scope of the damage all the mayhem caused. "Now at least dat stupid stick's broke so nuttin else can go wrong, right?" No sooner does he say that, the entire base comes crashing down completely, taking Meowth with it. "Dis isn't my day!" he screams as he falls.

=Theme song=
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composer=ja |
composername=[[Hirokazu Tanaka|たなか　ひろかず]] |
composername2=Hirokazu Tanaka |
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arrangername=[[Hirokazu Tanaka|たなか　ひろかず]] |
arrangername2=Hirokazu Tanaka |
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''Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

(Meowth, spoken) No sense stayin' in your chair, NO!

''Music, pumpin', now the joint is jumpin'!''

(Meowth) ''Flyin' and gliding through the air!''

''Now's da time, for shakin, for turnin' round and wakin',
''Da sleepyhead dat's in your bed, da fun is for da takin'!
Forget about da snoozers, 'cause snoozin's for da losers!
Since everything is lookin' up, so let's party down!

Every single Pokémon dat knows what is goin' on,
They're here to sing and shake their thing until the break of day, hey!
Check out the way my friends are spinnin',
it keep's us all a grinnin' and giddy in a Pokémonic way!'''
Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

"No sense sitting dis one out, no!" Meowth cries as the Pokémon logo (literally) crawls onscreen, followed by the short title flying under the logo a few seconds later.

''Don't be, tardy, join the Poképarty!
"Time for the Poképarty '''dance'''!"''

The completed title card suddenly zooms up at the audience during the interlude: '''Pokémon: Gotta Dance!'''

[[Category:Anime shorts]]

PK12

2006-08-20T20:43:41Z

FlamingRuby: /* Trouble in the trees */

{{PokémonMovie}}
{{MovieShortInfobox|
title=Gotta Dance!! |
jatitle=おどるポケモンひみつ基地 |
jatrans=Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon}}

'''Gotta Dance!!''' (Japanese: '''おどるポケモンひみつ基地''' ''Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon'') is the first Advanced Generation Pokémon movie short. It was shown in Japanese theaters together with the main feature, and released on a separate DVD. The English dub was as a bonus feature on the ''[[Jirachi: Wish Maker]]'' DVD, in the original 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.

A key difference between the original and the dub is the narrator - the original had a 3rd person narrator, whereas the dub was narrated by Meowth.

{{spoilers}}

=Story=

===Trouble in the trees===
The short opens on a scene of a tree. [[Brock's Marshtomp|Mudkip]] appears romping on a branch and calls for [[Brock's Ludicolo|Lotad]] to join it. Mudkip jumps over Lotad, sending Lotad tumbling to the ground -- but is caught by a low branch on the way down. [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] and [[May's Combusken|Torchic]] hear the commotion and run to help Mudkip.

"Just look at 'em, not a care in da woild!" [[Meowth (Team Rocket)|Meowth]] muses offscreen as the Pokémon romp in the tree. "I coulda been happy like Pikachu and dose udders, but not since da day dat music changed my life!"

The scene shifts a little further up the tree, where we see [[Ash's Sceptile|Treecko]] relaxing on a short branch. He looks down to see what all the ruckus is, but in doing so he too slips and falls.

Pikachu, Mudkip, and Torchic see Treecko falling and jump to catch him -- freeing Lotad in the process. Suddenly, the branch springs back, sending Treecko, Mudkip, Torchic, and Pikachu flying.

Lotad frantically rushes about trying to catch the others, but misses: Treecko is the first to land, Pikachu and Torchic land tangled in a heap, and Mudkip lands face first. To make matters worse, the ground suddenly gives way, sending our heroes tumbling down the hill and into a rock.

When the group comes to a few minutes later, Lotad spots a large building painted to look like dice with a giant red R on it: a [[Team Rocket]] base.

===Team Rocket...?===

"My name is Meowth..." Meowth continues from offscreen, "and just when me, [[Jessie]], and [[James]] had completed our big headquarters to show to da boss... right den and dere is where my story begins!

We look inside the base's parlor, which is brightly decorated for a party... [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are with Meowth, admiring the festive decor.

"Now that our base has been beautifully built, we can bask in a carnival of the boss' complimentary comments!" James cries, apparently excited over [[Giovanni]]'s impending arrival.

"And when he figures out what you've just said, I'll be his right hand woman and you two will be his left hand losers!" Jessie retorts, annoyed by James's giddiness.

"Climbing up the ladder, there is no one badder than us!" the three Rockets chant.

Meowth sniffles a bit... "Though it sure does a number on da noives!" he sobs, only to be whacked on the head by a frying pan!

"You have issues, don't you?" Jessie purrs. "James and I are off to meet and greet the boss before his arrival to inspect our base... think you can handle things while we're away?"

"Whatever you say..." Meowth groans.

"Wise answer... that would be my choice..." And so, Jessie and James depart, leaving Meowth in charge.

"Showtime, yeah!" Meowth cries, throwing the frying pan off of him, "Are dose Whismur ready to rock?" At this, we see [[Jessie's Seviper|Seviper]], [[James's Cacnea|Cacnea]], [[Jessie's Wobbuffet|Wobbuffet]], and three {{p|Whismur}} gathered on a stage.

We look at the Whismur as Meowth explains: "I was in charge of the entertainment for da boss's arrival... so I gave da percussion job to dose three wacky Whismur." The Whismur began to chatter until Meowth booms, '''"Hey! I don't need no Whismur rappin', but I do need some Team Rocket maracas playin'!"''' The Whismur shake their maracas a little to appease Meowth, who smiles and continues, "Good! Now it's time to rehoise da welcome dance we dreamed up for da boss!"

===The entertainment begins===

He twirls a little, revealing a strange blue baton with a red and blue [[Poké Ball]] on the top, and various buttons on the bottom. "What's more, I'm going to lead dis pack of performers with my new Dancin' Pokébaton!" With that, he presses a button at the top of the baton, causing a rousing melody, "Polka o Dolka", to come blaring into the room.

"With dis contraption, dey'll be shakin' their groove anytime, anywhere!" Meowth cries, and with that, the Pokémon begin dancing to the song as the credits roll.

We join Meowth and the others on the stage as the song concludes and the credits finish. "Mm-hmm.. dat's how it's done!" Meowth smiles... "Da boss will be blown away when he sees Pokémon dance using dis Dancin' Pokébaton! I bet he'll start dancin' a Poké-jig himself!

"In fact, I know just what da boss is gonna say..." Meowth muses as the first scene in the dream shows Giovanni applauding, "I haven't been dis entertained in a very long time! And Meowth, your action was simply brilliant!"

"Of course, he'll have to give his Poisian da boss' big boot bye bye!" Meowth continues as we see [[Giovanni's Persian|Persian]] flying off into the sky, "and it'll be me, layin' in his lap whilst I wash my whiskers..." We see Meowth doing just that as the dream sequence fades.

Meowth laughs to himself, savoring the memory of his dream, but is soon back to business. "Now, let's take ten, kids!" he orders, slinging the baton over one shoulder. "And put dose Whismur back in their cage, ya got dat?"

===Meanwhile...===

Meanwhile, Pikachu, Torchic, Mudkip, and Treecko approach the base, eager to find a way in... Lotad tries to follow, but lags behind the others.

Back in the base, Seviper scares the Whismur back into a cage. "You weisenheimers put a sock in it while us real musicians put somthin' in our empty tummies!" Meowth orders.

Outside, Pikachu and the others discover an open air vent leading into the base's storage area... as they look inside, Lotad desperately tries to get a look, sending a rock rolling into the den of a snoozing {{p|Loudred}}... yet the rock miraculously does not disturb the large Pokémon.

"Come on gang, it's chow time, time to strap on the ol' feed bag!" Meowth smiles as he leads Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbuffet up the stairs, unaware that Pikachu and the others are watching. As Seviper closes the door behind him, Pikachu and the others try to get a better look, but a push from Lotad sends all five tumbling into the room.

When the gang comes to, Pikachu hears the Whismurs' cries for help and runs over. He asks them what Seviper, Cacnea, Wobbuffet, and Meowth (complete with funny impressions of each one) are plotting. The Whismur reply that they're trapped. Pikachu notices the lock on the cage and suggests to the others to use their power to break it open...and with that thought in mind, Pikachu fires a {{m|Thunderbolt}} at the lock...Torchic adds an Ember and Mudkip helps with a Water Gun attack, all three attacks break the cage open, freeing the Whismur. This loud noise doesn't disturb the Loudred either.

"Hey, what's with da racket?" Meowth demands from another room. Pikachu panics and tells the others to hide...right as Meowth, Cacnea, Seviper, and Wobbuffet charge into the room.

===Prepare for trouble===

'''"Oh no!"''' Meowth yelps when he sees the broken cage. "How did '''dis''' happen? Who was da lamebrain..." he mutters in frustration. "Now what do we do? No maraca squad, no welcome dance for da boss... you lugs go look for da Whismur on da double!" he demands.

Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbuffet quickly oblige, sending Meowth tumbling down the stairs and the Dancing Pokébaton goes flying...

"As if things weren't bad enough...." Meowth continues as the baton lands on Treecko's head, triggering it and causing Polka O Dolka to come blaring into the room.... Pikachu and the others begin dancing... even the Loudred from earlier and a passing {{p|Ludicolo}} join in, all except Treecko.

In his zeal to ''NOT'' dance, Treecko knocks over a barrel, closing up the baton in the process. Meowth suddenly realizes that Pikachu and co. are there.... "'''So!''' It was you behind all of dis, Pikachu!" he growls.

Pikachu and the others dive for cover, but Meowth demands "Give dose Whismur back, right now!" All the noise causes some barrels to come tumbling down...

When Meowth comes to, other junk comes falling on top of them, buying Pikachu and co. time to escape, but Meowth and the others are in hot pursuit! The Loudred just watches the mayhem, clueless as to what's going on.

Pikachu and co. hurry upstairs to a patio, where they climb atop one of the towers. Meowth and co. look around confused as to where Pikachu went, but Cacnea points out the group hanging to the tower for dear life!

"Dis dance is over! You've got nowhere to run now!" Meowth starts. Pikachu, however, attempts to fire a Thunderbolt at Meowth, but Wobbuffet uses {{m|Mirror Coat}} to send it back at our heroes, and Mudkip nearly falls! She looks, and notices that it's a ''long'' way down -- in her panic, she triggers the Dancing Pokébaton -- Polka O Dolka begins again, everyone but Treecko dances (again). All the dancing causes the patio to give way -- Lotad slips and causes the baton to play a tango. Everyone partners up and tangos their way to safety right before the patio completely falls off, after which everyone resumes dancing on a catwalk... until Pikachu accidentally switches the baton off.

The chase resumes as our heroes duck into the kitchen. Mudkip climbs on a table, sending all the food and silverware atop Meowth. Torchic sends Cacnea flying into the ceiling, angering him to the point where he begins firing {{m|Pin Missile}}s in rapid succession, destroying almost the entire base in the process -- even opening the party balls in the kitchen!

===The Chaos Continues===

In his frustration, Meowth accidentally triggers the Pokébaton and Polka O Dolka begins again, and in his panic to turn the baton off, sets it to play a hula, which everyone save Treecko does, at least until a party ball lands on Meowth, deactivating the baton and resuming the chase. The Loudred, however, continues doing the hula as if nothing's going on.

"Catch them on da double!" Meowth calls as he chases our heroes across the rafters. During all the commotion, Cacnea trips and falls on a piece of wood, sending a bucket on top of Seviper. Seviper crashes into Meowth, sending them crashing to the ground... but they trip on a band, and go flying through the air... the Pokébaton, meanwhile, falls on Wobbuffet's head, triggering it. Polka O Dolka begins again, (are you beginning to detect a pattern here?) and everyone tries to dance on the rafters.

In his rush of joy, Wobbuffet tosses the baton in the air... it lands in a pile of wet dirt, causing it to malfunction, and the first thing it does is trigger a waltz; which finally spurs Treecko to join in the dancing. He sweeps Mudkip in his arms and spins her around, getting her dizzy in the process.

As the baton continues to go haywire, the music gets faster and faster, until the baton finally explodes due to overload.

But the mayhem isn't over yet; irked by the spoilt fun, the Loudred grabs a pipe and proceeds to chase everyone, ultimately smashing a column. The whole building shakes; everyone huddles up in the teetering room in fear -- and then Lotad sneezes, causing the whole building to collapse and sending everyone tumbling to the ground!

Lotad fires a {{m|Water Gun}} to halt the impending collision of their half of the flying floor with a cliff wall. Once the gang has landed safely, Pikachu leads the celebrations!

===Le Fin===

"So dat's da story of how music ruined my life...." Meowth muses as he trudges back to the storage room. "My dancin' days are over..." With that, he opens the door... and it falls to the ground, revealing the scope of the damage all the mayhem caused. "Now at least dat stupid stick's broke so nuttin else can go wrong, right?" No sooner does he say that, the entire base comes crashing down completely, taking Meowth with it. "Dis isn't my day!" he screams as he falls.

=Theme song=
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''Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

(Meowth, spoken) No sense stayin' in your chair, NO!

''Music, pumpin', now the joint is jumpin'!''

(Meowth) ''Flyin' and gliding through the air!''

''Now's da time, for shakin, for turnin' round and wakin',
''Da sleepyhead dat's in your bed, da fun is for da takin'!
Forget about da snoozers, 'cause snoozin's for da losers!
Since everything is lookin' up, so let's party down!

Every single Pokémon dat knows what is goin' on,
They're here to sing and shake their thing until the break of day, hey!
Check out the way my friends are spinnin',
it keep's us all a grinnin' and giddy in a Pokémonic way!'''
Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

"No sense sitting dis one out, no!" Meowth cries as the Pokémon logo (literally) crawls onscreen, followed by the short title flying under the logo a few seconds later.

''Don't be, tardy, join the Poképarty!
"Time for the Poképarty '''dance'''!"''

The completed title card suddenly zooms up at the audience during the interlude: '''Pokémon: Gotta Dance!'''

[[Category:Anime shorts]]

User:FlamingRuby

2006-08-20T20:41:49Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork, draws comics, and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show" (active, now in Season 4!)

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Adventures of Kochou and the Beautiflies" (active)

"Tales of the Chibi Trio" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

"Diamonds and Pearls: Pikachu's Shinou Diaries" (working title)

"Adventures at Camp Pikachu"

"Pokemon: The Guardians"

User:FlamingRuby

2006-08-20T20:41:31Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork, draws comics, and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show" (active, now in Season 4!)

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Adventures of Kochou and the Beautiflies" (active)

"Tales of the Chibi Trio" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

"Diamonds and Pearls: Pikachu's Shinou Diaries" (working title)

"Adventures at Camp Pikachu"

"Pokemon: The Guardians"

User:FlamingRuby

2006-05-11T18:12:22Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork, draws comics, and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show" (active, now in Season 3!)

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries" (active)

"The Adventures of Kochou and the Beautiflies" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

"Diamonds and Pearls: Pikachu's Shinou Diaries" (working title)

"Adventures at Camp Pikachu"

"Pokemon: The Guardians"

User:FlamingRuby

2006-04-17T00:53:22Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork, draws comics, and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show" (active, now in Season 3!)

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries" (active)

"The Adventures of Kochou and the Beautiflies" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

"Adventures at Camp Pikachu"

"Pokemon: The Guardians"

User:FlamingRuby

2006-04-03T01:04:37Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork, draws comics, and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show" (active, now in Season 3!)

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

"Adventures at Camp Pikachu"

"Pokemon: The Guardians"

User:FlamingRuby

2006-04-03T01:03:49Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork, draws comics, and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show!" (active, now in Season 3!)

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

"Adventures at Camp Pikachu"

"Pokemon: The Guardians"

User:FlamingRuby

2006-03-14T21:13:42Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork, draws comics, and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show!" (active, now in Season 3!)

"The Prime Cup Tournament" (active)

"Pokemon: A Siren's Voice" (active)

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

User:FlamingRuby

2006-02-19T01:02:42Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork, draws comics, and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show!" (active, now in Season 2!)

"Pokemon Rescue Force" (active)

"Pokemon: A Siren's Voice" (active)

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

User:FlamingRuby

2006-01-06T00:33:15Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork, draws comics, and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (on hiatus)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show!" (active, now in Season 2!)

"Pokemon Rescue Force" (active)

"Pokemon Quest" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

User:FlamingRuby

2005-12-15T00:38:33Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (active)

"Adventures in Pokesitting II: Double Trouble" (active)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show!" (active)

"Pokemon Rescue Force" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

"Pokemon Quest"

User:FlamingRuby

2005-11-22T15:46:00Z

FlamingRuby:

User:FlamingRuby

2005-11-21T15:36:29Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (active)

"Adventures in Pokesitting II: Double Trouble" (now active)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show!" (now active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

"Pokemon Rescue Force" (coming soon!)

User:FlamingRuby

2005-11-08T04:09:46Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (active)

"The Battle Frontier of the Bands!" (nearing completion)

"Adventures in Pokesitting II: Double Trouble" (now active)

"The Ash and Pikachu Show!" (now active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

User:FlamingRuby

2005-10-17T23:32:38Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (active)

"The Battle Frontier of the Bands!" (nearing completion)

"Adventures in Pokesitting II: Double Trouble" (now active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

User:FlamingRuby

2005-09-19T18:05:20Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"The Heart of the Cards: A Pokemon TCG Adventure" (on hold)

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (active)

"The Legend of Pokemon Fantasy" (active)

"Heroes of Legend" (on hold)

"The Trainer Diaries: Adventures on Pokemon Island" (active)

"The Battle Frontier of the Bands!" (nearing completion)

"Adventures in Pokesitting II: Double Trouble" (now active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

User:FlamingRuby

2005-09-19T18:05:03Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"The Heart of the Cards: A Pokemon TCG Adventure" (on hold)

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (active)

"The Legend of Pokemon Fantasy" (active)

"Heroes of Legend" (on hold)

"The Trainer Diaries: Adventures on Pokemon Island" (active)

"The Battle Frontier of the Bands!" (nearing completion)

"Adventures in Pokesitting II: Double Trouble" (now active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

User:FlamingRuby

2005-09-18T01:32:54Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"The Heart of the Cards: A Pokemon TCG Adventure" (on hold)

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (active)

"The Legend of Pokemon Fantasy" (active)

"Heroes of Legend" (on hold)

"The Trainer Diaries: Adventures on Pokemon Island" (active)

"The Battle Frontier of the Bands!" (nearing completion)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting II: Double Trouble"

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

User:FlamingRuby

2005-08-25T23:01:53Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"The Heart of the Cards: A Pokemon TCG Adventure" (on hold)

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (active)

"The Legend of Pokemon Fantasy" (active)

"Heroes of Legend" (on hold)

"The Trainer Diaries: Adventures on Pokemon Island" (active)

"The Battle Frontier of the Bands!" (nearing completion)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

User:FlamingRuby

2005-07-08T20:52:05Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"The Heart of the Cards: A Pokemon TCG Adventure" (on hold)

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (active)

"The Legend of Pokemon Fantasy" (active)

"Heroes of Legend" (on hold)

"The Trainer Diaries: Adventures on Pokemon Island" (active)

"The Battle Frontier of the Bands!" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting II: Double Trouble"

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

User:FlamingRuby

2005-07-01T22:42:46Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"The Heart of the Cards: A Pokemon TCG Adventure" (newly revived, now active)

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (active)

"The Legend of Pokemon Fantasy" (active)

"Heroes of Legend" (on hold)

"The Trainer Diaries: Adventures on Pokemon Island" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting II: Double Trouble"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

"The Battle Frontier of the Bands!"

User:FlamingRuby

2005-07-01T22:42:14Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"The Heart of the Cards: A Pokemon TCG Adventure" (newly revived, now active)

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (active)

"The Legend of Pokemon Fantasy" (active)

"Heroes of Legend" (on hold)

"The Trainer Diaries: Adventures on Pokemon Island" (set to release this week!)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting II: Double Trouble"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

"The Battle Frontier of the Bands!"

User:FlamingRuby

2005-06-09T01:46:17Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"The Heart of the Cards: A Pokemon TCG Adventure" (newly revived, now active)

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (active)

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries (on hold)

"The Legend of Pokemon Fantasy" (active)

"Heroes of Legend" (on hold)

"The Trainer Diaries: Adventures on Pokemon Island" (set to release this week!)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting II: Double Trouble"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

"Let's All Walk Together!"

PK12

2005-05-31T19:08:31Z

FlamingRuby: /* Team Rocket...? */

{{PokémonMovie}}
{{MovieShortInfobox|
title=Gotta Dance!! |
jatitle=おどるポケモンひみつ基地 |
jatrans=Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon}}

'''Gotta Dance!!''' (Japanese: '''おどるポケモンひみつ基地''' ''Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon'') is the first Advanced Generation Pokémon movie short. It was shown in Japanese theaters together with the main feature, and released on a separate DVD. The English dub was as a bonus feature on the [[Jirachi Wish Maker (movie)|Jirachi Wish Maker]] DVD, in the original 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.

A key difference between the original and the dub is the narrator - the original had a 3rd person narrator, whereas the dub was narrated by Meowth.

{{spoilers}}

=Story=

===Trouble in the trees===
The short opens on a scene of a tree. {{p|Mudkip}} appears romping on a branch and calls for {{p|Lotad}} to join her. Mudkip jumps over Lotad, sending Lotad tumbling to the ground -- but is caught by a low branch on the way down. [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] and {{p|Torchic}} hear the commotion and run to help Mudkip.

"Just look at 'em, not a care in da woild!" [[Meowth]] muses offscreen as the Pokémon romp in the tree. "I coulda been happy like Pikachu and dose udders, but not since the day that music changed my life!"

The scene shifts a little further up the tree, where we see {{p|Treecko}} relaxing on a short branch, He looks down to see what all the ruckus is, but in doing so he too slips and falls.

Pikachu, Mudkip, and Torchic see Treecko falling and jump to catch him -- freeing Lotad in the process. Suddenly, the branch springs back, sending Treecko, Mudkip, Torchic, and Pikachu flying.

Lotad frantically rushes about trying to catch the others, but misses: Treecko is the first to land, Pikachu and Torchic land tangled in a heap, and Mudkip lands face first. To make matters worse, the ground suddenly gives way, sending our heroes tumbling down the hill and into a rock.

When the group comes to a few minutes later, Lotad spots a large building painted to look like dice with a giant red R on it: a [[Team Rocket]] base.

===Team Rocket...?===

"My name is Meowth..." Meowth continues from offscreen, "and just when me, [[Jessie]], and [[James]] had completed our big headquarters to show to da boss... right den and dere is where my story begins!

We look inside the base's parlor, which is brightly decorated for a party... [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are with Meowth, admiring the festive decor.

"Now that our base has been beautifully built, we can bask in a carnival of the boss' complimentary comments!" James cries, apparently excited over [[Giovanni]]'s impending arrival.

"And when he figures out what you've just said, I'll be his right hand woman and you two will be his left hand losers!" Jessie retorts, annoyed by James's giddiness.

"Climbing up the ladder, there is no one badder than us!" the three Rockets chant.

Meowth sniffles a bit... "Though it sure does a number on da noives!" he sobs, only to be whacked on the head by a frying pan!

"You have issues, don't you?" Jessie purrs. "James and I are off to meet and greet the boss before his arrival to inspect our base... think you can handle things while we're away?"

"Whatever you say..." Meowth groans.

"Wise answer... that would be my choice..." And so, Jessie and James depart, leaving Meowth in charge.

"Showtime, yeah!" Meowth cries, throwing the frying pan off of him, "Are dose Whismur ready to rock?" At this, we see {{p|Seviper}}, {{p|Cacnea}}, {{p|Wobbufett}}, and three {{p|Whismur}} gathered on a stage.

We look at the Whismur as Meowth explains: "I was in charge of the entertainment for da boss's arrival... so I gave da percussion job to dose three wacky Whismur." The Whismur began to chatter until Meowth booms, '''"Hey! I don't need no Whismur rappin', but I do need some Team Rocket maracas playin'!"''' The Whismur shake their maracas a little to appease Meowth, who smiles and continues, "Good! Now it's time to rehoise da welcome dance we dreamed up for da boss!"

===The entertainment begins===

He twirls a little, revealing a strange blue baton with a red and blue [[Poké Ball]] on the top, and various buttons on the bottom. "What's more, I'm going to lead dis pack of performers with my new Dancin' Pokébaton!" With that, he presses a button at the top of the baton, causing a rousing melody, "Polka o Dolka", to come blaring into the room.

"With dis contraption, dey'll be shakin' their groove anytime, anywhere!" Meowth cries, and with that, the Pokémon begin dancing to the song as the credits roll.

We join Meowth and the others on the stage as the song concludes and the credits finish. "Mm-hmm.. dat's how it's done!" Meowth smiles... "Da boss will be blown away when he sees Pokémon dance using dis Dancin' Pokébaton! I bet he'll start dancin' a Poké-jig himself!

"In fact, I know just what da boss is gonna say..." Meowth muses as the first scene in the dream shows Giovanni applauding, "I haven't been dis entertained in a very long time! And Meowth, your action was simply brilliant!"

"Of course, he'll have to give his Poisian da boss' big boot bye bye!" Meowth continues as we see {{p|Persian}} flying off into the sky, "and it'll be me, layin' in his lap whilst I wash my whiskers..." We see Meowth doing just that as the dream sequence fades.

Meowth laughs to himself, savoring the memory of his dream, but is soon back to business. "Now, let's take ten, kids!" he orders, slinging the baton over one shoulder. "And put dose Whismur back in their cage, ya got dat?"

===Meanwhile...===

Meanwhile, Pikachu, Torchic, Mudkip, and Treecko approach the base, eager to find a way in... Lotad tries to follow, but lags behind the others.

Back in the base, Seviper scares the Whismur back into a cage. "You weisenheimers put a sock in it while us real musicians put somthin' in our empty tummies!" Meowth orders.

Outside, Pikachu and the others discover an open air vent leading into the base's storage area... as they look inside, Lotad desperately tries to get a look, sending a rock rolling into the den of a snoozing Loudred... yet the rock miraculously does not disturb the large Pokémon.

"Come on gang, it's chow time, time to strap on the ol' feed bag!" Meowth smiles as he leads Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett up the stairs, unaware that Pikachu and the others are watching. As Seviper closes the door behind him, Pikachu and the others try to get a better look, but a push from Lotad sends all five tumbling into the room.

When the gang comes to, Pikachu hears the Whismurs' cries for help and runs over. He asks them what Seviper, Cacnea, Wobbufett, and Meowth (complete with funny impressions of each one) are plotting. The Whismur reply that they're trapped. Pikachu notices the lock on the cage and suggests to the others to use their power to break it open...and with that thought in mind, Pikachu fires a {{m|Thunderbolt}} at the lock...Torchic adds an Ember and Mudkip helps with a Water Gun attack, all three attacks break the cage open, freeing the Whismur. This loud noise doesn't disturb the Loudred either.

"Hey, what's with da racket?" Meowth demands from another room. Pikachu panics and tells the others to hide...right as Meowth, Cacnea, Seviper, and Wobbufett charge into the room.

===Prepare for trouble===

'''"Oh no!"''' Meowth yelps when he sees the broken cage. "How did '''dis''' happen? Who was da lamebrain..." he mutters in frustration. "Now what do we do? No maraca squad, no welcome dance for da boss... you lugs go look for da Whismur on da double!" he demands.

Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett quickly oblige, sending Meowth tumbling down the stairs and the Dancing Pokébaton goes flying...

"As if things weren't bad enough...." Meowth continues as the baton lands on Treecko's head, triggering it and causing Polka O Dolka to come blaring into the room.... Pikachu and the others begin dancing... even the Loudred from earlier and a passing Ludicolo join in, all except Treecko.

In his zeal to ''NOT'' dance, Treecko knocks over a barrel, closing up the baton in the process. Meowth suddenly realizes that Pikachu and co. are there.... "'''So!''' It was you behind all of dis, Pikachu!" he growls.

Pikachu and the others dive for cover, but Meowth demands "Give dose Whismur back, right now!" All the noise causes some barrels to come tumbling down...

When Meowth comes to, other junk comes falling on top of them, buying Pikachu and co. time to escape, but Meowth and the others are in hot pursuit! The Loudred just watches the mayhem, clueless as to what's going on.

Pikachu and co. hurry upstairs to a patio, where they climb atop one of the towers. Meowth and co. look around confused as to where Pikachu went, but Cacnea points out the group hanging to the tower for dear life!

"Dis dance is over! You've got nowhere to run now!" Meowth starts. Pikachu, however, attempts to fire a Thunderbolt at Meowth, but Wobbufett uses {{m|Mirror Coat}} to send it back at our heroes, and Mudkip nearly falls! She looks, and notices that it's a ''long'' way down -- in her panic, she triggers the Dancing Pokébaton -- Polka O Dolka begins again, everyone but Treecko dances (again). All the dancing causes the patio to give way -- Lotad slips and causes the baton to play a tango. Everyone partners up and tangos their way to safety right before the patio completely falls off, after which everyone resumes dancing on a catwalk... until Pikachu accidentally switches the baton off.

The chase resumes as our heroes duck into the kitchen. Mudkip climbs on a table, sending all the food and silverware atop Meowth. Torchic sends Cacnea flying into the ceiling, angering him to the point where he begins firing {{m|Pin Missile}}s in rapid succession, destroying almost the entire base in the process -- even opening the party balls in the kitchen!

===The Chaos Continues===

In his frustration, Meowth accidentally triggers the Pokébaton and Polka O Dolka begins again, and in his panic to turn the baton off, sets it to play a hula, which everyone save Treecko does, at least until a party ball lands on Meowth, deactivating the baton and resuming the chase. The Loudred, however, continues doing the hula as if nothing's going on.

"Catch them on da double!" Meowth calls as he chases our heroes across the rafters. During all the commotion, Cacnea trips and falls on a piece of wood, sending a bucket on top of Seviper. Seviper crashes into Meowth, sending them crashing to the ground... but they trip on a band, and go flying through the air... the Pokébaton, meanwhile, falls on Wobbufett's head, triggering it. Polka O Dolka begins again, (are you beginning to detect a pattern here?) and everyone tries to dance on the rafters.

In his rush of joy, Wobbufett tosses the baton in the air... it lands in a pile of wet dirt, causing it to malfunction, and the first thing it does is trigger a waltz; which finally spurs Treecko to join in the dancing. He sweeps Mudkip in his arms and spins her around, getting her dizzy in the process.

As the baton continues to go haywire, the music gets faster and faster, until the baton finally explodes due to overload.

But the mayhem isn't over yet; irked by the spoilt fun, the Loudred grabs a pipe and proceeds to chase everyone, ultimately smashing a column. The whole building shakes; everyone huddles up in the teetering room in fear -- and then Lotad sneezes, causing the whole building to collapse and sending everyone tumbling to the ground!

Lotad fires a {{m|Water Gun}} to halt the impending collision of their half of the flying floor with a cliff wall. Once the gang has landed safely, Pikachu leads the celebrations!

===Le Fin===

"So dat's da story of how music ruined my life...." Meowth muses as he trudges back to the storage room. "My dancin' days are over..." With that, he opens the door... and it falls to the ground, revealing the scope of the damage all the mayhem caused. "Now at least dat stupid stick's broke so nuttin else can go wrong, right?" No sooner does he say that, the entire base comes crashing down completely, taking Meowth with it. "Dis isn't my day!" he screams as he falls.

=Theme song=
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composername2=Hirokazu Tanaka |
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arrangername=[[Hirokazu Tanaka|たなか　ひろかず]] |
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''Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

(Meowth, spoken) No sense stayin' in your chair, NO!

''Music, pumpin', now the joint is jumpin'!''

(Meowth) ''Flyin' and gliding through the air!''

''Now's da time, for shakin, for turnin' round and wakin',
''Da sleepyhead dat's in your bed, da fun is for da takin'!
Forget about da snoozers, 'cause snoozin's for da losers!
Since everything is lookin' up, so let's party down!

Every single Pokémon dat knows what is goin' on,
They're here to sing and shake their thing until the break of day, hey!
Check out the way my friends are spinnin',
it keep's us all a grinnin' and giddy in a Pokémonic way!'''
Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

"No sense sitting dis one out, no!" Meowth cries as the Pokémon logo (literally) crawls onscreen, followed by the short title flying under the logo a few seconds later.

''Don't be, tardy, join the Poképarty!
"Time for the Poképarty '''dance'''!"''

The completed title card suddenly zooms up at the audience during the interlude: '''Pokémon: Gotta Dance!'''

[[Category:Anime shorts]]

PK12

2005-05-31T19:07:04Z

FlamingRuby: /* Trouble in the trees */

{{PokémonMovie}}
{{MovieShortInfobox|
title=Gotta Dance!! |
jatitle=おどるポケモンひみつ基地 |
jatrans=Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon}}

'''Gotta Dance!!''' (Japanese: '''おどるポケモンひみつ基地''' ''Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon'') is the first Advanced Generation Pokémon movie short. It was shown in Japanese theaters together with the main feature, and released on a separate DVD. The English dub was as a bonus feature on the [[Jirachi Wish Maker (movie)|Jirachi Wish Maker]] DVD, in the original 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.

A key difference between the original and the dub is the narrator - the original had a 3rd person narrator, whereas the dub was narrated by Meowth.

{{spoilers}}

=Story=

===Trouble in the trees===
The short opens on a scene of a tree. {{p|Mudkip}} appears romping on a branch and calls for {{p|Lotad}} to join her. Mudkip jumps over Lotad, sending Lotad tumbling to the ground -- but is caught by a low branch on the way down. [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] and {{p|Torchic}} hear the commotion and run to help Mudkip.

"Just look at 'em, not a care in da woild!" [[Meowth]] muses offscreen as the Pokémon romp in the tree. "I coulda been happy like Pikachu and dose udders, but not since the day that music changed my life!"

The scene shifts a little further up the tree, where we see {{p|Treecko}} relaxing on a short branch, He looks down to see what all the ruckus is, but in doing so he too slips and falls.

Pikachu, Mudkip, and Torchic see Treecko falling and jump to catch him -- freeing Lotad in the process. Suddenly, the branch springs back, sending Treecko, Mudkip, Torchic, and Pikachu flying.

Lotad frantically rushes about trying to catch the others, but misses: Treecko is the first to land, Pikachu and Torchic land tangled in a heap, and Mudkip lands face first. To make matters worse, the ground suddenly gives way, sending our heroes tumbling down the hill and into a rock.

When the group comes to a few minutes later, Lotad spots a large building painted to look like dice with a giant red R on it: a [[Team Rocket]] base.

===Team Rocket...?===

"My name is Meowth..." Meowth continues from offscreen, "and just when me, [[Jessie]], and [[James]] had completed our big headquarters to show to da boss... right den and dere is where my story begins!

We look inside the base's parlor, which is brightly decorated for a party... [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are with Meowth, admiring the festive decor.

"Now that our base has been beautifully built, we can bask in a carnival of the boss' complimentary comments!" James cries, apparently excited over [[Giovanni]]'s impending arrival.

"And when he figures out what you've just said, I'll be his right hand woman and you two will be his left hand losers!" Jessie retorts, annoyed by James's giddiness.

"Climbing up the ladder, there is no one badder than us!" the three Rockets chant.

Meowth sniffles a bit... "Though it sure does a number on da noives!" he sobs, only to be whacked on the head by a frying pan!

"You have issues, don't you?" Jessie purrs. "James and I are off to meet and greet the boss before his arrival to inspect our base... think you can handle things while we're away?"

"Whatever you say..." Meowth groans.

"Wise answer... that would be my choice..." And so, Jessie and James depart, leaving Meowth in charge.

"Showtime, yeah!" Meowth cries, throwing the frying pan off of him, "are dose Whismur ready to rock?" At this, we see {{p|Seviper}}, {{p|Cacnea}}, {{p|Wobbufett}}, and three {{p|Whismur}} gathered on a stage.

We look at the Whismur as Meowth explains: "I was in charge of the entertainment for da boss's arrival... so I gave da percussion job to dose three wacky Whismur." The Whismur began to chatter until Meowth booms, '''"Hey! I don't need no Whismur rappin', but I do need some Team Rocket maracas playin'!"''' The Whismur shake their maracas a little to appease Meowth, who smiles and continues, "Good! Now it's time to rehoise da welcome dance we dreamed up for da boss!"

===The entertainment begins===

He twirls a little, revealing a strange blue baton with a red and blue [[Poké Ball]] on the top, and various buttons on the bottom. "What's more, I'm going to lead dis pack of performers with my new Dancin' Pokébaton!" With that, he presses a button at the top of the baton, causing a rousing melody, "Polka o Dolka", to come blaring into the room.

"With dis contraption, dey'll be shakin' their groove anytime, anywhere!" Meowth cries, and with that, the Pokémon begin dancing to the song as the credits roll.

We join Meowth and the others on the stage as the song concludes and the credits finish. "Mm-hmm.. dat's how it's done!" Meowth smiles... "Da boss will be blown away when he sees Pokémon dance using dis Dancin' Pokébaton! I bet he'll start dancin' a Poké-jig himself!

"In fact, I know just what da boss is gonna say..." Meowth muses as the first scene in the dream shows Giovanni applauding, "I haven't been dis entertained in a very long time! And Meowth, your action was simply brilliant!"

"Of course, he'll have to give his Poisian da boss' big boot bye bye!" Meowth continues as we see {{p|Persian}} flying off into the sky, "and it'll be me, layin' in his lap whilst I wash my whiskers..." We see Meowth doing just that as the dream sequence fades.

Meowth laughs to himself, savoring the memory of his dream, but is soon back to business. "Now, let's take ten, kids!" he orders, slinging the baton over one shoulder. "And put dose Whismur back in their cage, ya got dat?"

===Meanwhile...===

Meanwhile, Pikachu, Torchic, Mudkip, and Treecko approach the base, eager to find a way in... Lotad tries to follow, but lags behind the others.

Back in the base, Seviper scares the Whismur back into a cage. "You weisenheimers put a sock in it while us real musicians put somthin' in our empty tummies!" Meowth orders.

Outside, Pikachu and the others discover an open air vent leading into the base's storage area... as they look inside, Lotad desperately tries to get a look, sending a rock rolling into the den of a snoozing Loudred... yet the rock miraculously does not disturb the large Pokémon.

"Come on gang, it's chow time, time to strap on the ol' feed bag!" Meowth smiles as he leads Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett up the stairs, unaware that Pikachu and the others are watching. As Seviper closes the door behind him, Pikachu and the others try to get a better look, but a push from Lotad sends all five tumbling into the room.

When the gang comes to, Pikachu hears the Whismurs' cries for help and runs over. He asks them what Seviper, Cacnea, Wobbufett, and Meowth (complete with funny impressions of each one) are plotting. The Whismur reply that they're trapped. Pikachu notices the lock on the cage and suggests to the others to use their power to break it open...and with that thought in mind, Pikachu fires a {{m|Thunderbolt}} at the lock...Torchic adds an Ember and Mudkip helps with a Water Gun attack, all three attacks break the cage open, freeing the Whismur. This loud noise doesn't disturb the Loudred either.

"Hey, what's with da racket?" Meowth demands from another room. Pikachu panics and tells the others to hide...right as Meowth, Cacnea, Seviper, and Wobbufett charge into the room.

===Prepare for trouble===

'''"Oh no!"''' Meowth yelps when he sees the broken cage. "How did '''dis''' happen? Who was da lamebrain..." he mutters in frustration. "Now what do we do? No maraca squad, no welcome dance for da boss... you lugs go look for da Whismur on da double!" he demands.

Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett quickly oblige, sending Meowth tumbling down the stairs and the Dancing Pokébaton goes flying...

"As if things weren't bad enough...." Meowth continues as the baton lands on Treecko's head, triggering it and causing Polka O Dolka to come blaring into the room.... Pikachu and the others begin dancing... even the Loudred from earlier and a passing Ludicolo join in, all except Treecko.

In his zeal to ''NOT'' dance, Treecko knocks over a barrel, closing up the baton in the process. Meowth suddenly realizes that Pikachu and co. are there.... "'''So!''' It was you behind all of dis, Pikachu!" he growls.

Pikachu and the others dive for cover, but Meowth demands "Give dose Whismur back, right now!" All the noise causes some barrels to come tumbling down...

When Meowth comes to, other junk comes falling on top of them, buying Pikachu and co. time to escape, but Meowth and the others are in hot pursuit! The Loudred just watches the mayhem, clueless as to what's going on.

Pikachu and co. hurry upstairs to a patio, where they climb atop one of the towers. Meowth and co. look around confused as to where Pikachu went, but Cacnea points out the group hanging to the tower for dear life!

"Dis dance is over! You've got nowhere to run now!" Meowth starts. Pikachu, however, attempts to fire a Thunderbolt at Meowth, but Wobbufett uses {{m|Mirror Coat}} to send it back at our heroes, and Mudkip nearly falls! She looks, and notices that it's a ''long'' way down -- in her panic, she triggers the Dancing Pokébaton -- Polka O Dolka begins again, everyone but Treecko dances (again). All the dancing causes the patio to give way -- Lotad slips and causes the baton to play a tango. Everyone partners up and tangos their way to safety right before the patio completely falls off, after which everyone resumes dancing on a catwalk... until Pikachu accidentally switches the baton off.

The chase resumes as our heroes duck into the kitchen. Mudkip climbs on a table, sending all the food and silverware atop Meowth. Torchic sends Cacnea flying into the ceiling, angering him to the point where he begins firing {{m|Pin Missile}}s in rapid succession, destroying almost the entire base in the process -- even opening the party balls in the kitchen!

===The Chaos Continues===

In his frustration, Meowth accidentally triggers the Pokébaton and Polka O Dolka begins again, and in his panic to turn the baton off, sets it to play a hula, which everyone save Treecko does, at least until a party ball lands on Meowth, deactivating the baton and resuming the chase. The Loudred, however, continues doing the hula as if nothing's going on.

"Catch them on da double!" Meowth calls as he chases our heroes across the rafters. During all the commotion, Cacnea trips and falls on a piece of wood, sending a bucket on top of Seviper. Seviper crashes into Meowth, sending them crashing to the ground... but they trip on a band, and go flying through the air... the Pokébaton, meanwhile, falls on Wobbufett's head, triggering it. Polka O Dolka begins again, (are you beginning to detect a pattern here?) and everyone tries to dance on the rafters.

In his rush of joy, Wobbufett tosses the baton in the air... it lands in a pile of wet dirt, causing it to malfunction, and the first thing it does is trigger a waltz; which finally spurs Treecko to join in the dancing. He sweeps Mudkip in his arms and spins her around, getting her dizzy in the process.

As the baton continues to go haywire, the music gets faster and faster, until the baton finally explodes due to overload.

But the mayhem isn't over yet; irked by the spoilt fun, the Loudred grabs a pipe and proceeds to chase everyone, ultimately smashing a column. The whole building shakes; everyone huddles up in the teetering room in fear -- and then Lotad sneezes, causing the whole building to collapse and sending everyone tumbling to the ground!

Lotad fires a {{m|Water Gun}} to halt the impending collision of their half of the flying floor with a cliff wall. Once the gang has landed safely, Pikachu leads the celebrations!

===Le Fin===

"So dat's da story of how music ruined my life...." Meowth muses as he trudges back to the storage room. "My dancin' days are over..." With that, he opens the door... and it falls to the ground, revealing the scope of the damage all the mayhem caused. "Now at least dat stupid stick's broke so nuttin else can go wrong, right?" No sooner does he say that, the entire base comes crashing down completely, taking Meowth with it. "Dis isn't my day!" he screams as he falls.

=Theme song=
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composername2=Hirokazu Tanaka |
arranger=ja |
arrangername=[[Hirokazu Tanaka|たなか　ひろかず]] |
arrangername2=Hirokazu Tanaka |
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choreographername=パパイヤ鈴木 |
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''Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

(Meowth, spoken) No sense stayin' in your chair, NO!

''Music, pumpin', now the joint is jumpin'!''

(Meowth) ''Flyin' and gliding through the air!''

''Now's da time, for shakin, for turnin' round and wakin',
''Da sleepyhead dat's in your bed, da fun is for da takin'!
Forget about da snoozers, 'cause snoozin's for da losers!
Since everything is lookin' up, so let's party down!

Every single Pokémon dat knows what is goin' on,
They're here to sing and shake their thing until the break of day, hey!
Check out the way my friends are spinnin',
it keep's us all a grinnin' and giddy in a Pokémonic way!'''
Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

"No sense sitting dis one out, no!" Meowth cries as the Pokémon logo (literally) crawls onscreen, followed by the short title flying under the logo a few seconds later.

''Don't be, tardy, join the Poképarty!
"Time for the Poképarty '''dance'''!"''

The completed title card suddenly zooms up at the audience during the interlude: '''Pokémon: Gotta Dance!'''

[[Category:Anime shorts]]

User:FlamingRuby

2005-05-31T19:05:33Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"The Heart of the Cards: A Pokemon TCG Adventure" (newly revived, now active)

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (active)

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries (on hold)

"The Legend of Pokemon Fantasy" (active)

"Heroes of Legend" (on hold)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting II: Double Trouble"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

"Let's All Walk Together!"

User:FlamingRuby

2005-05-17T16:51:39Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"The Heart of the Cards: A Pokemon TCG Adventure" (newly revived, now active)

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (active)

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries (active)

"The Legend of Pokemon Fantasy" (active)

"Heroes of Legend" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting II: Double Trouble"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

"Let's All Walk Together!"

User:FlamingRuby

2005-04-02T22:25:35Z

FlamingRuby:

'''FlamingRuby''' is best known around the Pokemon online community for her writing, but she also draws artwork and reviews fanfiction as well.

'''Current works (and status of each):'''

"The Heart of the Cards: A Pokemon TCG Adventure" (newly revived, now active)

"Adventures in Pokesitting" (complete!)

"Born to Be a Champion: Pikachu's Johto Diaries" (active)

"From Champions to Heroes: Pikachu's Houen Diaries (active)

"The Legend of Pokemon Fantasy" (active)

"Heroes of Legend" (active)

'''Coming attractions:'''

"Adventures in Pokesitting II: Double Trouble"

"A Heart So True: Pikachu's Kanto Diaries"

"To the Ends of a Pokemon World: Pikachu's Island Diaries"

"Emerald Skies: Pikachu's Frontier Diaries" (working title; release date unknown)

"I'll Never Forget" (one shot)

"Gotta Dance Even More!" (one shot)

PK12

2005-03-06T21:14:09Z

FlamingRuby: /* Theme song */

{{PokémonMovie}}
{{MovieShortInfobox|
title=Gotta Dance!! |
jatitle=おどるポケモンひみつ基地 |
jatrans=Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon}}

'''Gotta Dance!!''' (Japanese: '''おどるポケモンひみつ基地''' ''Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon'') is the first Advanced Generation Pokémon movie short. It was shown in Japanese theaters together with the main feature, and released on a separate DVD. The English dub was as a bonus feature on the [[Jirachi Wish Maker (movie)|Jirachi Wish Maker]] DVD, in the original 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.

A key difference between the original and the dub is the narrator - the original had a 3rd person narrator, whereas the dub was narrated by Meowth.

{{spoilers}}

=Story=

===Trouble in the trees===
The short opens on a scene of a tree. {{p|Mudkip}} appears romping on a branch and calls for {{p|Lotad}} to join her. Mudkip jumps over Lotad, sending Lotad tumbling to the ground -- but is caught by a low branch on the way down. [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] and {{p|Torchic}} hear the commotion and run to help Mudkip.

"Just look at 'em, not a care in da woild!" [[Meowth]] muses offscreen as the Pokémon romp in the tree. "I coulda been happy like Pikachu and dose udders, but not since the day that music changed my life!"

The scene shifts a little further up the tree, where we see {{p|Treecko}} relaxing on a short branch, He looks down to see what all the ruckus is, but in doing so he to slips and falls.

Pikachu, Mudkip, and Torchic see Treecko falling and jump to catch him -- freeing Lotad in the process. Suddenly, the branch springs back, sending Treecko, Mudkip, Torchic, and Pikachu flying.

Lotad frantically rushes about trying to catch the others, but misses: Treecko is the first to land, Pikachu and Torchic land tangled in a heap, and Mudkip lands face first. To make matters worse, the ground suddenly gives way, sending our heroes tumbling down the hill and into a rock.

When the group comes to a few minutes later, Lotad spots a large building painted to look like dice with a giant red R on it: a [[Team Rocket]] base.

===Team Rocket...?===

"My name is Meowth..." Meowth continues from offscreen, "and just when me, [[Jessie]], and [[James]] had completed our big headquarters to show to da boss... right den and dere is where my story begins!

We look inside the base's parlor, which is brightly decorated for a party... [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are with Meowth, admiring the festive decor.

"Now that our base has been beautifully built, we can bask in a carnival of the boss' complimentary comments!" James cries, apparently excited over [[Giovanni]]'s impending arrival.

"And when he figures out what you've just said, I'll be his right hand woman and you two will be his left hand losers!" Jessie retorts, annoyed by James's giddiness.

"Climbing up the ladder, there is no one badder than us!" the three Rockets chant.

Meowth sniffles a bit... "Though it sure does a number on da noives!" he sobs, only to be whacked on the head by a frying pan!

"You have issues, don't you?" Jessie purrs. "James and I are off to meet and greet the boss before his arrival to inspect our base... think you can handle things while we're away?"

"Whatever you say..." Meowth groans.

"Wise answer... that would be my choice..." And so, Jessie and James depart, leaving Meowth in charge.

"Showtime, yeah!" Meowth cries, throwing the frying pan off of him, "are dose Whismur ready to rock?" At this, we see {{p|Seviper}}, {{p|Cacnea}}, {{p|Wobbufett}}, and three {{p|Whismur}} gathered on a stage.

We look at the Whismur as Meowth explains: "I was in charge of the entertainment for da boss's arrival... so I gave da percussion job to dose three wacky Whismur." The Whismur began to chatter until Meowth booms, '''"Hey! I don't need no Whismur rappin', but I do need some Team Rocket maracas playin'!"''' The Whismur shake their maracas a little to appease Meowth, who smiles and continues, "Good! Now it's time to rehoise da welcome dance we dreamed up for da boss!"

===The entertainment begins===

He twirls a little, revealing a strange blue baton with a red and blue [[Poké Ball]] on the top, and various buttons on the bottom. "What's more, I'm going to lead dis pack of performers with my new Dancin' Pokébaton!" With that, he presses a button at the top of the baton, causing a rousing melody, "Polka o Dolka", to come blaring into the room.

"With dis contraption, dey'll be shakin' their groove anytime, anywhere!" Meowth cries, and with that, the Pokémon begin dancing to the song as the credits roll.

We join Meowth and the others on the stage as the song concludes and the credits finish. "Mm-hmm.. dat's how it's done!" Meowth smiles... "Da boss will be blown away when he sees Pokémon dance using dis Dancin' Pokébaton! I bet he'll start dancin' a Poké-jig himself!

"In fact, I know just what da boss is gonna say..." Meowth muses as the first scene in the dream shows Giovanni applauding, "I haven't been dis entertained in a very long time! And Meowth, your action was simply brilliant!"

"Of course, he'll have to give his Poisian da boss' big boot bye bye!" Meowth continues as we see {{p|Persian}} flying off into the sky, "and it'll be me, layin' in his lap whilst I wash my whiskers..." We see Meowth doing just that as the dream sequence fades.

Meowth laughs to himself, savoring the memory of his dream, but is soon back to business. "Now, let's take ten, kids!" he orders, slinging the baton over one shoulder. "And put dose Whismur back in their cage, ya got dat?"

===Meanwhile...===

Meanwhile, Pikachu, Torchic, Mudkip, and Treecko approach the base, eager to find a way in... Lotad tries to follow, but lags behind the others.

Back in the base, Seviper scares the Whismur back into a cage. "You weisenheimers put a sock in it while us real musicians put somthin' in our empty tummies!" Meowth orders.

Outside, Pikachu and the others discover an open air vent leading into the base's storage area... as they look inside, Lotad desperately tries to get a look, sending a rock rolling into the den of a snoozing Loudred... yet the rock miraculously does not disturb the large Pokémon.

"Come on gang, it's chow time, time to strap on the ol' feed bag!" Meowth smiles as he leads Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett up the stairs, unaware that Pikachu and the others are watching. As Seviper closes the door behind him, Pikachu and the others try to get a better look, but a push from Lotad sends all five tumbling into the room.

When the gang comes to, Pikachu hears the Whismurs' cries for help and runs over. He asks them what Seviper, Cacnea, Wobbufett, and Meowth (complete with funny impressions of each one) are plotting. The Whismur reply that they're trapped. Pikachu notices the lock on the cage and suggests to the others to use their power to break it open...and with that thought in mind, Pikachu fires a {{m|Thunderbolt}} at the lock...Torchic adds an Ember and Mudkip helps with a Water Gun attack, all three attacks break the cage open, freeing the Whismur. This loud noise doesn't disturb the Loudred either.

"Hey, what's with da racket?" Meowth demands from another room. Pikachu panics and tells the others to hide...right as Meowth, Cacnea, Seviper, and Wobbufett charge into the room.

===Prepare for trouble===

'''"Oh no!"''' Meowth yelps when he sees the broken cage. "How did '''dis''' happen? Who was da lamebrain..." he mutters in frustration. "Now what do we do? No maraca squad, no welcome dance for da boss... you lugs go look for da Whismur on da double!" he demands.

Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett quickly oblige, sending Meowth tumbling down the stairs and the Dancing Pokébaton goes flying...

"As if things weren't bad enough...." Meowth continues as the baton lands on Treecko's head, triggering it and causing Polka O Dolka to come blaring into the room.... Pikachu and the others begin dancing... even the Loudred from earlier and a passing Ludicolo join in, all except Treecko.

In his zeal to ''NOT'' dance, Treecko knocks over a barrel, closing up the baton in the process. Meowth suddenly realizes that Pikachu and co. are there.... "'''So!''' It was you behind all of dis, Pikachu!" he growls.

Pikachu and the others dive for cover, but Meowth demands "Give dose Whismur back, right now!" All the noise causes some barrels to come tumbling down...

When Meowth comes to, other junk comes falling on top of them, buying Pikachu and co. time to escape, but Meowth and the others are in hot pursuit! The Loudred just watches the mayhem, clueless as to what's going on.

Pikachu and co. hurry upstairs to a patio, where they climb atop one of the towers. Meowth and co. look around confused as to where Pikachu went, but Cacnea points out the group hanging to the tower for dear life!

"Dis dance is over! You've got nowhere to run now!" Meowth starts. Pikachu, however, attempts to fire a Thunderbolt at Meowth, but Wobbufett uses {{m|Mirror Coat}} to send it back at our heroes, and Mudkip nearly falls! She looks, and notices that it's a ''long'' way down -- in her panic, she triggers the Dancing Pokébaton -- Polka O Dolka begins again, everyone but Treecko dances (again). All the dancing causes the patio to give way -- Lotad slips and causes the baton to play a tango. Everyone partners up and tangos their way to safety right before the patio completely falls off, after which everyone resumes dancing on a catwalk... until Pikachu accidentally switches the baton off.

The chase resumes as our heroes duck into the kitchen. Mudkip climbs on a table, sending all the food and silverware atop Meowth. Torchic sends Cacnea flying into the ceiling, angering him to the point where he begins firing {{m|Pin Missiles}} in rapid succession, destroying almost the entire base in the process -- even opening the party balls in the kitchen!

===The Chaos Continues===

In his frustration, Meowth accidentally triggers the Pokébaton and Polka O Dolka begins again, and in his panic to turn the baton off, sets it to play a hula, which everyone save Treecko does, at least until a party ball lands on Meowth, deactivating the baton and resuming the chase. The Loudred, however, continues doing the hula as if nothing's going on.

"Catch them on da double!" Meowth calls as he chases our heroes across the rafters. During all the commotion, Cacnea trips and falls on a piece of wood, sending a bucket on top of Seviper. Seviper crashes into Meowth, sending them crashing to the ground... but they trip on a band, and go flying through the air... the Pokébaton, meanwhile, falls on Wobbufett's head, triggering it. Polka O Dolka begins again, (are you beginning to detect a pattern here?) and everyone tries to dance on the rafters.

In his rush of joy, Wobbufett tosses the baton in the air... it lands in a pile of wet dirt, causing it to malfunction, and the first thing it does is trigger a waltz; which finally spurs Treecko to join in the dancing. He sweeps Mudkip in his arms and spins her around, getting her dizzy in the process.

As the baton continues to go haywire, the music gets faster and faster, until the baton finally explodes due to overload.

But the mayhem isn't over yet; irked by the spoilt fun, the Loudred grabs a pipe and proceeds to chase everyone, ultimately smashing a column. The whole building shakes; everyone huddles up in the teetering room in fear -- and then Lotad sneezes, causing the whole building to collapse and sending everyone tumbling to the ground!

Lotad fires a {{m|Water Gun}} to halt the impending collision of their half of the flying floor with a cliff wall. Once the gang has landed safely, Pikachu leads the celebrations!

===Le Fin===

"So dat's da story of how music ruined my life...." Meowth muses as he trudges back to the storage room. "My dancin' days are over..." With that, he opens the door... and it falls to the ground, revealing the scope of the damage all the mayhem caused. "Now at least dat stupid stick's broke so nuttin else can go wrong, right?" No sooner does he say that, the entire base comes crashing down completely, taking Meowth with it. "Dis isn't my day!" he screams as he falls.

=Theme song=
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''Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

(Meowth, spoken) No sense stayin' in your chair, NO!

''Music, pumpin', now the joint is jumpin'!''

(Meowth) ''Flyin' and gliding through the air!''

''Now's da time, for shakin, for turnin' round and wakin',
''Da sleepyhead dat's in your bed, da fun is for da takin'!
Forget about da snoozers, 'cause snoozin's for da losers!
Since everything is lookin' up, so let's party down!

Every single Pokémon dat knows what is goin' on,
They're here to sing and shake their thing until the break of day, hey!
Check out the way my friends are spinnin',
it keep's us all a grinnin' and giddy in a Pokémonic way!'''
Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

"No sense sitting dis one out, no!" Meowth cries as the Pokémon logo (literally) crawls onscreen, followed by the short title flying under the logo a few seconds later.

''Don't be, tardy, join the Poképarty!
"Time for the Poképarty '''dance'''!"''

The completed title card suddenly zooms up at the audience during the interlude: '''Pokémon: Gotta Dance!'''

[[Category:Anime shorts]]

PK12

2005-03-06T21:13:34Z

FlamingRuby: /* The entertainment begins */

{{PokémonMovie}}
{{MovieShortInfobox|
title=Gotta Dance!! |
jatitle=おどるポケモンひみつ基地 |
jatrans=Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon}}

'''Gotta Dance!!''' (Japanese: '''おどるポケモンひみつ基地''' ''Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon'') is the first Advanced Generation Pokémon movie short. It was shown in Japanese theaters together with the main feature, and released on a separate DVD. The English dub was as a bonus feature on the [[Jirachi Wish Maker (movie)|Jirachi Wish Maker]] DVD, in the original 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.

A key difference between the original and the dub is the narrator - the original had a 3rd person narrator, whereas the dub was narrated by Meowth.

{{spoilers}}

=Story=

===Trouble in the trees===
The short opens on a scene of a tree. {{p|Mudkip}} appears romping on a branch and calls for {{p|Lotad}} to join her. Mudkip jumps over Lotad, sending Lotad tumbling to the ground -- but is caught by a low branch on the way down. [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] and {{p|Torchic}} hear the commotion and run to help Mudkip.

"Just look at 'em, not a care in da woild!" [[Meowth]] muses offscreen as the Pokémon romp in the tree. "I coulda been happy like Pikachu and dose udders, but not since the day that music changed my life!"

The scene shifts a little further up the tree, where we see {{p|Treecko}} relaxing on a short branch, He looks down to see what all the ruckus is, but in doing so he to slips and falls.

Pikachu, Mudkip, and Torchic see Treecko falling and jump to catch him -- freeing Lotad in the process. Suddenly, the branch springs back, sending Treecko, Mudkip, Torchic, and Pikachu flying.

Lotad frantically rushes about trying to catch the others, but misses: Treecko is the first to land, Pikachu and Torchic land tangled in a heap, and Mudkip lands face first. To make matters worse, the ground suddenly gives way, sending our heroes tumbling down the hill and into a rock.

When the group comes to a few minutes later, Lotad spots a large building painted to look like dice with a giant red R on it: a [[Team Rocket]] base.

===Team Rocket...?===

"My name is Meowth..." Meowth continues from offscreen, "and just when me, [[Jessie]], and [[James]] had completed our big headquarters to show to da boss... right den and dere is where my story begins!

We look inside the base's parlor, which is brightly decorated for a party... [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are with Meowth, admiring the festive decor.

"Now that our base has been beautifully built, we can bask in a carnival of the boss' complimentary comments!" James cries, apparently excited over [[Giovanni]]'s impending arrival.

"And when he figures out what you've just said, I'll be his right hand woman and you two will be his left hand losers!" Jessie retorts, annoyed by James's giddiness.

"Climbing up the ladder, there is no one badder than us!" the three Rockets chant.

Meowth sniffles a bit... "Though it sure does a number on da noives!" he sobs, only to be whacked on the head by a frying pan!

"You have issues, don't you?" Jessie purrs. "James and I are off to meet and greet the boss before his arrival to inspect our base... think you can handle things while we're away?"

"Whatever you say..." Meowth groans.

"Wise answer... that would be my choice..." And so, Jessie and James depart, leaving Meowth in charge.

"Showtime, yeah!" Meowth cries, throwing the frying pan off of him, "are dose Whismur ready to rock?" At this, we see {{p|Seviper}}, {{p|Cacnea}}, {{p|Wobbufett}}, and three {{p|Whismur}} gathered on a stage.

We look at the Whismur as Meowth explains: "I was in charge of the entertainment for da boss's arrival... so I gave da percussion job to dose three wacky Whismur." The Whismur began to chatter until Meowth booms, '''"Hey! I don't need no Whismur rappin', but I do need some Team Rocket maracas playin'!"''' The Whismur shake their maracas a little to appease Meowth, who smiles and continues, "Good! Now it's time to rehoise da welcome dance we dreamed up for da boss!"

===The entertainment begins===

He twirls a little, revealing a strange blue baton with a red and blue [[Poké Ball]] on the top, and various buttons on the bottom. "What's more, I'm going to lead dis pack of performers with my new Dancin' Pokébaton!" With that, he presses a button at the top of the baton, causing a rousing melody, "Polka o Dolka", to come blaring into the room.

"With dis contraption, dey'll be shakin' their groove anytime, anywhere!" Meowth cries, and with that, the Pokémon begin dancing to the song as the credits roll.

We join Meowth and the others on the stage as the song concludes and the credits finish. "Mm-hmm.. dat's how it's done!" Meowth smiles... "Da boss will be blown away when he sees Pokémon dance using dis Dancin' Pokébaton! I bet he'll start dancin' a Poké-jig himself!

"In fact, I know just what da boss is gonna say..." Meowth muses as the first scene in the dream shows Giovanni applauding, "I haven't been dis entertained in a very long time! And Meowth, your action was simply brilliant!"

"Of course, he'll have to give his Poisian da boss' big boot bye bye!" Meowth continues as we see {{p|Persian}} flying off into the sky, "and it'll be me, layin' in his lap whilst I wash my whiskers..." We see Meowth doing just that as the dream sequence fades.

Meowth laughs to himself, savoring the memory of his dream, but is soon back to business. "Now, let's take ten, kids!" he orders, slinging the baton over one shoulder. "And put dose Whismur back in their cage, ya got dat?"

===Meanwhile...===

Meanwhile, Pikachu, Torchic, Mudkip, and Treecko approach the base, eager to find a way in... Lotad tries to follow, but lags behind the others.

Back in the base, Seviper scares the Whismur back into a cage. "You weisenheimers put a sock in it while us real musicians put somthin' in our empty tummies!" Meowth orders.

Outside, Pikachu and the others discover an open air vent leading into the base's storage area... as they look inside, Lotad desperately tries to get a look, sending a rock rolling into the den of a snoozing Loudred... yet the rock miraculously does not disturb the large Pokémon.

"Come on gang, it's chow time, time to strap on the ol' feed bag!" Meowth smiles as he leads Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett up the stairs, unaware that Pikachu and the others are watching. As Seviper closes the door behind him, Pikachu and the others try to get a better look, but a push from Lotad sends all five tumbling into the room.

When the gang comes to, Pikachu hears the Whismurs' cries for help and runs over. He asks them what Seviper, Cacnea, Wobbufett, and Meowth (complete with funny impressions of each one) are plotting. The Whismur reply that they're trapped. Pikachu notices the lock on the cage and suggests to the others to use their power to break it open...and with that thought in mind, Pikachu fires a {{m|Thunderbolt}} at the lock...Torchic adds an Ember and Mudkip helps with a Water Gun attack, all three attacks break the cage open, freeing the Whismur. This loud noise doesn't disturb the Loudred either.

"Hey, what's with da racket?" Meowth demands from another room. Pikachu panics and tells the others to hide...right as Meowth, Cacnea, Seviper, and Wobbufett charge into the room.

===Prepare for trouble===

'''"Oh no!"''' Meowth yelps when he sees the broken cage. "How did '''dis''' happen? Who was da lamebrain..." he mutters in frustration. "Now what do we do? No maraca squad, no welcome dance for da boss... you lugs go look for da Whismur on da double!" he demands.

Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett quickly oblige, sending Meowth tumbling down the stairs and the Dancing Pokébaton goes flying...

"As if things weren't bad enough...." Meowth continues as the baton lands on Treecko's head, triggering it and causing Polka O Dolka to come blaring into the room.... Pikachu and the others begin dancing... even the Loudred from earlier and a passing Ludicolo join in, all except Treecko.

In his zeal to ''NOT'' dance, Treecko knocks over a barrel, closing up the baton in the process. Meowth suddenly realizes that Pikachu and co. are there.... "'''So!''' It was you behind all of dis, Pikachu!" he growls.

Pikachu and the others dive for cover, but Meowth demands "Give dose Whismur back, right now!" All the noise causes some barrels to come tumbling down...

When Meowth comes to, other junk comes falling on top of them, buying Pikachu and co. time to escape, but Meowth and the others are in hot pursuit! The Loudred just watches the mayhem, clueless as to what's going on.

Pikachu and co. hurry upstairs to a patio, where they climb atop one of the towers. Meowth and co. look around confused as to where Pikachu went, but Cacnea points out the group hanging to the tower for dear life!

"Dis dance is over! You've got nowhere to run now!" Meowth starts. Pikachu, however, attempts to fire a Thunderbolt at Meowth, but Wobbufett uses {{m|Mirror Coat}} to send it back at our heroes, and Mudkip nearly falls! She looks, and notices that it's a ''long'' way down -- in her panic, she triggers the Dancing Pokébaton -- Polka O Dolka begins again, everyone but Treecko dances (again). All the dancing causes the patio to give way -- Lotad slips and causes the baton to play a tango. Everyone partners up and tangos their way to safety right before the patio completely falls off, after which everyone resumes dancing on a catwalk... until Pikachu accidentally switches the baton off.

The chase resumes as our heroes duck into the kitchen. Mudkip climbs on a table, sending all the food and silverware atop Meowth. Torchic sends Cacnea flying into the ceiling, angering him to the point where he begins firing {{m|Pin Missiles}} in rapid succession, destroying almost the entire base in the process -- even opening the party balls in the kitchen!

===The Chaos Continues===

In his frustration, Meowth accidentally triggers the Pokébaton and Polka O Dolka begins again, and in his panic to turn the baton off, sets it to play a hula, which everyone save Treecko does, at least until a party ball lands on Meowth, deactivating the baton and resuming the chase. The Loudred, however, continues doing the hula as if nothing's going on.

"Catch them on da double!" Meowth calls as he chases our heroes across the rafters. During all the commotion, Cacnea trips and falls on a piece of wood, sending a bucket on top of Seviper. Seviper crashes into Meowth, sending them crashing to the ground... but they trip on a band, and go flying through the air... the Pokébaton, meanwhile, falls on Wobbufett's head, triggering it. Polka O Dolka begins again, (are you beginning to detect a pattern here?) and everyone tries to dance on the rafters.

In his rush of joy, Wobbufett tosses the baton in the air... it lands in a pile of wet dirt, causing it to malfunction, and the first thing it does is trigger a waltz; which finally spurs Treecko to join in the dancing. He sweeps Mudkip in his arms and spins her around, getting her dizzy in the process.

As the baton continues to go haywire, the music gets faster and faster, until the baton finally explodes due to overload.

But the mayhem isn't over yet; irked by the spoilt fun, the Loudred grabs a pipe and proceeds to chase everyone, ultimately smashing a column. The whole building shakes; everyone huddles up in the teetering room in fear -- and then Lotad sneezes, causing the whole building to collapse and sending everyone tumbling to the ground!

Lotad fires a {{m|Water Gun}} to halt the impending collision of their half of the flying floor with a cliff wall. Once the gang has landed safely, Pikachu leads the celebrations!

===Le Fin===

"So dat's da story of how music ruined my life...." Meowth muses as he trudges back to the storage room. "My dancin' days are over..." With that, he opens the door... and it falls to the ground, revealing the scope of the damage all the mayhem caused. "Now at least dat stupid stick's broke so nuttin else can go wrong, right?" No sooner does he say that, the entire base comes crashing down completely, taking Meowth with it. "Dis isn't my day!" he screams as he falls.

=Theme song=
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''Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

(Meowth, spoken) No sense stayin' in your chair, NO!

''Music, pumpin', now the joint is jumpin'!''

(Meowth) ''Flyin' and gliding through the air!''

''Now's da time, for shakin, for turnin' round and wakin',
''Da sleepyhead dat's in your bed, da fun is for da takin'!
Forget about da snoozers, 'cause snoozin's for da losers!
Since everything is lookin' up, so let's party down!

Every single Pokémon dat knows what is goin' on,
They're here to sing and shake their thing until the break of day, hey!
Check out the way my friends are spinnin',
it keep's us all a grinnin' and giddy in a Pokémonic way!'''
Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

"No sense sitting dis one out, no!" Meowth cries as the Pokémon logo (literally) crawls onscreen, followed by the short title flying under the logo a few seconds later.

''Don't be, tardy, join the Poképarty!
"Time for the Poképarty '''dance'''!"''

[[Category:Anime shorts]]

PK12

2005-03-06T21:11:27Z

FlamingRuby: /* The Chaos Continues */

{{PokémonMovie}}
{{MovieShortInfobox|
title=Gotta Dance!! |
jatitle=おどるポケモンひみつ基地 |
jatrans=Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon}}

'''Gotta Dance!!''' (Japanese: '''おどるポケモンひみつ基地''' ''Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon'') is the first Advanced Generation Pokémon movie short. It was shown in Japanese theaters together with the main feature, and released on a separate DVD. The English dub was as a bonus feature on the [[Jirachi Wish Maker (movie)|Jirachi Wish Maker]] DVD, in the original 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.

A key difference between the original and the dub is the narrator - the original had a 3rd person narrator, whereas the dub was narrated by Meowth.

{{spoilers}}

=Story=

===Trouble in the trees===
The short opens on a scene of a tree. {{p|Mudkip}} appears romping on a branch and calls for {{p|Lotad}} to join her. Mudkip jumps over Lotad, sending Lotad tumbling to the ground -- but is caught by a low branch on the way down. [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] and {{p|Torchic}} hear the commotion and run to help Mudkip.

"Just look at 'em, not a care in da woild!" [[Meowth]] muses offscreen as the Pokémon romp in the tree. "I coulda been happy like Pikachu and dose udders, but not since the day that music changed my life!"

The scene shifts a little further up the tree, where we see {{p|Treecko}} relaxing on a short branch, He looks down to see what all the ruckus is, but in doing so he to slips and falls.

Pikachu, Mudkip, and Torchic see Treecko falling and jump to catch him -- freeing Lotad in the process. Suddenly, the branch springs back, sending Treecko, Mudkip, Torchic, and Pikachu flying.

Lotad frantically rushes about trying to catch the others, but misses: Treecko is the first to land, Pikachu and Torchic land tangled in a heap, and Mudkip lands face first. To make matters worse, the ground suddenly gives way, sending our heroes tumbling down the hill and into a rock.

When the group comes to a few minutes later, Lotad spots a large building painted to look like dice with a giant red R on it: a [[Team Rocket]] base.

===Team Rocket...?===

"My name is Meowth..." Meowth continues from offscreen, "and just when me, [[Jessie]], and [[James]] had completed our big headquarters to show to da boss... right den and dere is where my story begins!

We look inside the base's parlor, which is brightly decorated for a party... [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are with Meowth, admiring the festive decor.

"Now that our base has been beautifully built, we can bask in a carnival of the boss' complimentary comments!" James cries, apparently excited over [[Giovanni]]'s impending arrival.

"And when he figures out what you've just said, I'll be his right hand woman and you two will be his left hand losers!" Jessie retorts, annoyed by James's giddiness.

"Climbing up the ladder, there is no one badder than us!" the three Rockets chant.

Meowth sniffles a bit... "Though it sure does a number on da noives!" he sobs, only to be whacked on the head by a frying pan!

"You have issues, don't you?" Jessie purrs. "James and I are off to meet and greet the boss before his arrival to inspect our base... think you can handle things while we're away?"

"Whatever you say..." Meowth groans.

"Wise answer... that would be my choice..." And so, Jessie and James depart, leaving Meowth in charge.

"Showtime, yeah!" Meowth cries, throwing the frying pan off of him, "are dose Whismur ready to rock?" At this, we see {{p|Seviper}}, {{p|Cacnea}}, {{p|Wobbufett}}, and three {{p|Whismur}} gathered on a stage.

We look at the Whismur as Meowth explains: "I was in charge of the entertainment for da boss's arrival... so I gave da percussion job to dose three wacky Whismur." The Whismur began to chatter until Meowth booms, '''"Hey! I don't need no Whismur rappin', but I do need some Team Rocket maracas playin'!"''' The Whismur shake their maracas a little to appease Meowth, who smiles and continues, "Good! Now it's time to rehoise da welcome dance we dreamed up for da boss!"

===The entertainment begins===

He twirls a little, revealing a strange blue baton with a red and blue [[Poké Ball]] on the top, and various buttons on the bottom. "What's more, I'm going to lead dis pack of performers with my new Dancin' Pokébaton!" With that, he presses a button at the top of the baton, causing a rousing melody, "Polka o Dolka", to come blaring into the room.

"With dis contraption, dey'll be shakin' their groove anytime, anywhere!" Meowth cries, and with that, the Pokémon begin dancing to the song as the credits roll. The completed title card suddenly zooms up at the audience during the interlude: '''Pokémon: Gotta Dance!'''

We join Meowth and the others on the stage as the song concludes and the credits finish. "Mm-hmm.. dat's how it's done!" Meowth smiles... "Da boss will be blown away when he sees Pokémon dance using dis Dancin' Pokébaton! I bet he'll start dancin' a Poké-jig himself!

"In fact, I know just what da boss is gonna say..." Meowth muses as the first scene in the dream shows Giovanni applauding, "I haven't been dis entertained in a very long time! And Meowth, your action was simply brilliant!"

"Of course, he'll have to give his Poisian da boss' big boot bye bye!" Meowth continues as we see {{p|Persian}} flying off into the sky, "and it'll be me, layin' in his lap whilst I wash my whiskers..." We see Meowth doing just that as the dream sequence fades.

Meowth laughs to himself, savoring the memory of his dream, but is soon back to business. "Now, let's take ten, kids!" he orders, slinging the baton over one shoulder. "And put dose Whismur back in their cage, ya got dat?"

===Meanwhile...===

Meanwhile, Pikachu, Torchic, Mudkip, and Treecko approach the base, eager to find a way in... Lotad tries to follow, but lags behind the others.

Back in the base, Seviper scares the Whismur back into a cage. "You weisenheimers put a sock in it while us real musicians put somthin' in our empty tummies!" Meowth orders.

Outside, Pikachu and the others discover an open air vent leading into the base's storage area... as they look inside, Lotad desperately tries to get a look, sending a rock rolling into the den of a snoozing Loudred... yet the rock miraculously does not disturb the large Pokémon.

"Come on gang, it's chow time, time to strap on the ol' feed bag!" Meowth smiles as he leads Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett up the stairs, unaware that Pikachu and the others are watching. As Seviper closes the door behind him, Pikachu and the others try to get a better look, but a push from Lotad sends all five tumbling into the room.

When the gang comes to, Pikachu hears the Whismurs' cries for help and runs over. He asks them what Seviper, Cacnea, Wobbufett, and Meowth (complete with funny impressions of each one) are plotting. The Whismur reply that they're trapped. Pikachu notices the lock on the cage and suggests to the others to use their power to break it open...and with that thought in mind, Pikachu fires a {{m|Thunderbolt}} at the lock...Torchic adds an Ember and Mudkip helps with a Water Gun attack, all three attacks break the cage open, freeing the Whismur. This loud noise doesn't disturb the Loudred either.

"Hey, what's with da racket?" Meowth demands from another room. Pikachu panics and tells the others to hide...right as Meowth, Cacnea, Seviper, and Wobbufett charge into the room.

===Prepare for trouble===

'''"Oh no!"''' Meowth yelps when he sees the broken cage. "How did '''dis''' happen? Who was da lamebrain..." he mutters in frustration. "Now what do we do? No maraca squad, no welcome dance for da boss... you lugs go look for da Whismur on da double!" he demands.

Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett quickly oblige, sending Meowth tumbling down the stairs and the Dancing Pokébaton goes flying...

"As if things weren't bad enough...." Meowth continues as the baton lands on Treecko's head, triggering it and causing Polka O Dolka to come blaring into the room.... Pikachu and the others begin dancing... even the Loudred from earlier and a passing Ludicolo join in, all except Treecko.

In his zeal to ''NOT'' dance, Treecko knocks over a barrel, closing up the baton in the process. Meowth suddenly realizes that Pikachu and co. are there.... "'''So!''' It was you behind all of dis, Pikachu!" he growls.

Pikachu and the others dive for cover, but Meowth demands "Give dose Whismur back, right now!" All the noise causes some barrels to come tumbling down...

When Meowth comes to, other junk comes falling on top of them, buying Pikachu and co. time to escape, but Meowth and the others are in hot pursuit! The Loudred just watches the mayhem, clueless as to what's going on.

Pikachu and co. hurry upstairs to a patio, where they climb atop one of the towers. Meowth and co. look around confused as to where Pikachu went, but Cacnea points out the group hanging to the tower for dear life!

"Dis dance is over! You've got nowhere to run now!" Meowth starts. Pikachu, however, attempts to fire a Thunderbolt at Meowth, but Wobbufett uses {{m|Mirror Coat}} to send it back at our heroes, and Mudkip nearly falls! She looks, and notices that it's a ''long'' way down -- in her panic, she triggers the Dancing Pokébaton -- Polka O Dolka begins again, everyone but Treecko dances (again). All the dancing causes the patio to give way -- Lotad slips and causes the baton to play a tango. Everyone partners up and tangos their way to safety right before the patio completely falls off, after which everyone resumes dancing on a catwalk... until Pikachu accidentally switches the baton off.

The chase resumes as our heroes duck into the kitchen. Mudkip climbs on a table, sending all the food and silverware atop Meowth. Torchic sends Cacnea flying into the ceiling, angering him to the point where he begins firing {{m|Pin Missiles}} in rapid succession, destroying almost the entire base in the process -- even opening the party balls in the kitchen!

===The Chaos Continues===

In his frustration, Meowth accidentally triggers the Pokébaton and Polka O Dolka begins again, and in his panic to turn the baton off, sets it to play a hula, which everyone save Treecko does, at least until a party ball lands on Meowth, deactivating the baton and resuming the chase. The Loudred, however, continues doing the hula as if nothing's going on.

"Catch them on da double!" Meowth calls as he chases our heroes across the rafters. During all the commotion, Cacnea trips and falls on a piece of wood, sending a bucket on top of Seviper. Seviper crashes into Meowth, sending them crashing to the ground... but they trip on a band, and go flying through the air... the Pokébaton, meanwhile, falls on Wobbufett's head, triggering it. Polka O Dolka begins again, (are you beginning to detect a pattern here?) and everyone tries to dance on the rafters.

In his rush of joy, Wobbufett tosses the baton in the air... it lands in a pile of wet dirt, causing it to malfunction, and the first thing it does is trigger a waltz; which finally spurs Treecko to join in the dancing. He sweeps Mudkip in his arms and spins her around, getting her dizzy in the process.

As the baton continues to go haywire, the music gets faster and faster, until the baton finally explodes due to overload.

But the mayhem isn't over yet; irked by the spoilt fun, the Loudred grabs a pipe and proceeds to chase everyone, ultimately smashing a column. The whole building shakes; everyone huddles up in the teetering room in fear -- and then Lotad sneezes, causing the whole building to collapse and sending everyone tumbling to the ground!

Lotad fires a {{m|Water Gun}} to halt the impending collision of their half of the flying floor with a cliff wall. Once the gang has landed safely, Pikachu leads the celebrations!

===Le Fin===

"So dat's da story of how music ruined my life...." Meowth muses as he trudges back to the storage room. "My dancin' days are over..." With that, he opens the door... and it falls to the ground, revealing the scope of the damage all the mayhem caused. "Now at least dat stupid stick's broke so nuttin else can go wrong, right?" No sooner does he say that, the entire base comes crashing down completely, taking Meowth with it. "Dis isn't my day!" he screams as he falls.

=Theme song=
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''Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

(Meowth, spoken) No sense stayin' in your chair, NO!

''Music, pumpin', now the joint is jumpin'!''

(Meowth) ''Flyin' and gliding through the air!''

''Now's da time, for shakin, for turnin' round and wakin',
''Da sleepyhead dat's in your bed, da fun is for da takin'!
Forget about da snoozers, 'cause snoozin's for da losers!
Since everything is lookin' up, so let's party down!

Every single Pokémon dat knows what is goin' on,
They're here to sing and shake their thing until the break of day, hey!
Check out the way my friends are spinnin',
it keep's us all a grinnin' and giddy in a Pokémonic way!'''
Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

"No sense sitting dis one out, no!" Meowth cries as the Pokémon logo (literally) crawls onscreen, followed by the short title flying under the logo a few seconds later.

''Don't be, tardy, join the Poképarty!
"Time for the Poképarty '''dance'''!"''

[[Category:Anime shorts]]

PK12

2005-03-06T21:08:43Z

FlamingRuby: /* The entertainment begins */

{{PokémonMovie}}
{{MovieShortInfobox|
title=Gotta Dance!! |
jatitle=おどるポケモンひみつ基地 |
jatrans=Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon}}

'''Gotta Dance!!''' (Japanese: '''おどるポケモンひみつ基地''' ''Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon'') is the first Advanced Generation Pokémon movie short. It was shown in Japanese theaters together with the main feature, and released on a separate DVD. The English dub was as a bonus feature on the [[Jirachi Wish Maker (movie)|Jirachi Wish Maker]] DVD, in the original 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.

A key difference between the original and the dub is the narrator - the original had a 3rd person narrator, whereas the dub was narrated by Meowth.

{{spoilers}}

=Story=

===Trouble in the trees===
The short opens on a scene of a tree. {{p|Mudkip}} appears romping on a branch and calls for {{p|Lotad}} to join her. Mudkip jumps over Lotad, sending Lotad tumbling to the ground -- but is caught by a low branch on the way down. [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] and {{p|Torchic}} hear the commotion and run to help Mudkip.

"Just look at 'em, not a care in da woild!" [[Meowth]] muses offscreen as the Pokémon romp in the tree. "I coulda been happy like Pikachu and dose udders, but not since the day that music changed my life!"

The scene shifts a little further up the tree, where we see {{p|Treecko}} relaxing on a short branch, He looks down to see what all the ruckus is, but in doing so he to slips and falls.

Pikachu, Mudkip, and Torchic see Treecko falling and jump to catch him -- freeing Lotad in the process. Suddenly, the branch springs back, sending Treecko, Mudkip, Torchic, and Pikachu flying.

Lotad frantically rushes about trying to catch the others, but misses: Treecko is the first to land, Pikachu and Torchic land tangled in a heap, and Mudkip lands face first. To make matters worse, the ground suddenly gives way, sending our heroes tumbling down the hill and into a rock.

When the group comes to a few minutes later, Lotad spots a large building painted to look like dice with a giant red R on it: a [[Team Rocket]] base.

===Team Rocket...?===

"My name is Meowth..." Meowth continues from offscreen, "and just when me, [[Jessie]], and [[James]] had completed our big headquarters to show to da boss... right den and dere is where my story begins!

We look inside the base's parlor, which is brightly decorated for a party... [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are with Meowth, admiring the festive decor.

"Now that our base has been beautifully built, we can bask in a carnival of the boss' complimentary comments!" James cries, apparently excited over [[Giovanni]]'s impending arrival.

"And when he figures out what you've just said, I'll be his right hand woman and you two will be his left hand losers!" Jessie retorts, annoyed by James's giddiness.

"Climbing up the ladder, there is no one badder than us!" the three Rockets chant.

Meowth sniffles a bit... "Though it sure does a number on da noives!" he sobs, only to be whacked on the head by a frying pan!

"You have issues, don't you?" Jessie purrs. "James and I are off to meet and greet the boss before his arrival to inspect our base... think you can handle things while we're away?"

"Whatever you say..." Meowth groans.

"Wise answer... that would be my choice..." And so, Jessie and James depart, leaving Meowth in charge.

"Showtime, yeah!" Meowth cries, throwing the frying pan off of him, "are dose Whismur ready to rock?" At this, we see {{p|Seviper}}, {{p|Cacnea}}, {{p|Wobbufett}}, and three {{p|Whismur}} gathered on a stage.

We look at the Whismur as Meowth explains: "I was in charge of the entertainment for da boss's arrival... so I gave da percussion job to dose three wacky Whismur." The Whismur began to chatter until Meowth booms, '''"Hey! I don't need no Whismur rappin', but I do need some Team Rocket maracas playin'!"''' The Whismur shake their maracas a little to appease Meowth, who smiles and continues, "Good! Now it's time to rehoise da welcome dance we dreamed up for da boss!"

===The entertainment begins===

He twirls a little, revealing a strange blue baton with a red and blue [[Poké Ball]] on the top, and various buttons on the bottom. "What's more, I'm going to lead dis pack of performers with my new Dancin' Pokébaton!" With that, he presses a button at the top of the baton, causing a rousing melody, "Polka o Dolka", to come blaring into the room.

"With dis contraption, dey'll be shakin' their groove anytime, anywhere!" Meowth cries, and with that, the Pokémon begin dancing to the song as the credits roll. The completed title card suddenly zooms up at the audience during the interlude: '''Pokémon: Gotta Dance!'''

We join Meowth and the others on the stage as the song concludes and the credits finish. "Mm-hmm.. dat's how it's done!" Meowth smiles... "Da boss will be blown away when he sees Pokémon dance using dis Dancin' Pokébaton! I bet he'll start dancin' a Poké-jig himself!

"In fact, I know just what da boss is gonna say..." Meowth muses as the first scene in the dream shows Giovanni applauding, "I haven't been dis entertained in a very long time! And Meowth, your action was simply brilliant!"

"Of course, he'll have to give his Poisian da boss' big boot bye bye!" Meowth continues as we see {{p|Persian}} flying off into the sky, "and it'll be me, layin' in his lap whilst I wash my whiskers..." We see Meowth doing just that as the dream sequence fades.

Meowth laughs to himself, savoring the memory of his dream, but is soon back to business. "Now, let's take ten, kids!" he orders, slinging the baton over one shoulder. "And put dose Whismur back in their cage, ya got dat?"

===Meanwhile...===

Meanwhile, Pikachu, Torchic, Mudkip, and Treecko approach the base, eager to find a way in... Lotad tries to follow, but lags behind the others.

Back in the base, Seviper scares the Whismur back into a cage. "You weisenheimers put a sock in it while us real musicians put somthin' in our empty tummies!" Meowth orders.

Outside, Pikachu and the others discover an open air vent leading into the base's storage area... as they look inside, Lotad desperately tries to get a look, sending a rock rolling into the den of a snoozing Loudred... yet the rock miraculously does not disturb the large Pokémon.

"Come on gang, it's chow time, time to strap on the ol' feed bag!" Meowth smiles as he leads Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett up the stairs, unaware that Pikachu and the others are watching. As Seviper closes the door behind him, Pikachu and the others try to get a better look, but a push from Lotad sends all five tumbling into the room.

When the gang comes to, Pikachu hears the Whismurs' cries for help and runs over. He asks them what Seviper, Cacnea, Wobbufett, and Meowth (complete with funny impressions of each one) are plotting. The Whismur reply that they're trapped. Pikachu notices the lock on the cage and suggests to the others to use their power to break it open...and with that thought in mind, Pikachu fires a {{m|Thunderbolt}} at the lock...Torchic adds an Ember and Mudkip helps with a Water Gun attack, all three attacks break the cage open, freeing the Whismur. This loud noise doesn't disturb the Loudred either.

"Hey, what's with da racket?" Meowth demands from another room. Pikachu panics and tells the others to hide...right as Meowth, Cacnea, Seviper, and Wobbufett charge into the room.

===Prepare for trouble===

'''"Oh no!"''' Meowth yelps when he sees the broken cage. "How did '''dis''' happen? Who was da lamebrain..." he mutters in frustration. "Now what do we do? No maraca squad, no welcome dance for da boss... you lugs go look for da Whismur on da double!" he demands.

Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett quickly oblige, sending Meowth tumbling down the stairs and the Dancing Pokébaton goes flying...

"As if things weren't bad enough...." Meowth continues as the baton lands on Treecko's head, triggering it and causing Polka O Dolka to come blaring into the room.... Pikachu and the others begin dancing... even the Loudred from earlier and a passing Ludicolo join in, all except Treecko.

In his zeal to ''NOT'' dance, Treecko knocks over a barrel, closing up the baton in the process. Meowth suddenly realizes that Pikachu and co. are there.... "'''So!''' It was you behind all of dis, Pikachu!" he growls.

Pikachu and the others dive for cover, but Meowth demands "Give dose Whismur back, right now!" All the noise causes some barrels to come tumbling down...

When Meowth comes to, other junk comes falling on top of them, buying Pikachu and co. time to escape, but Meowth and the others are in hot pursuit! The Loudred just watches the mayhem, clueless as to what's going on.

Pikachu and co. hurry upstairs to a patio, where they climb atop one of the towers. Meowth and co. look around confused as to where Pikachu went, but Cacnea points out the group hanging to the tower for dear life!

"Dis dance is over! You've got nowhere to run now!" Meowth starts. Pikachu, however, attempts to fire a Thunderbolt at Meowth, but Wobbufett uses {{m|Mirror Coat}} to send it back at our heroes, and Mudkip nearly falls! She looks, and notices that it's a ''long'' way down -- in her panic, she triggers the Dancing Pokébaton -- Polka O Dolka begins again, everyone but Treecko dances (again). All the dancing causes the patio to give way -- Lotad slips and causes the baton to play a tango. Everyone partners up and tangos their way to safety right before the patio completely falls off, after which everyone resumes dancing on a catwalk... until Pikachu accidentally switches the baton off.

The chase resumes as our heroes duck into the kitchen. Mudkip climbs on a table, sending all the food and silverware atop Meowth. Torchic sends Cacnea flying into the ceiling, angering him to the point where he begins firing {{m|Pin Missiles}} in rapid succession, destroying almost the entire base in the process -- even opening the party balls in the kitchen!

===The Chaos Continues===

In his frustration, Meowth accidentally triggers the Pokébaton and Polka O Dolka begins again, and in his panic to turn the baton off, sets it to play a hula, which everyone save Treecko does, at least until a party ball lands on Meowth, deactivating the baton and resuming the chase. The Loudred, however, continues doing the hula as if nothing's going on.

"Catch them on da double!" Meowth calls as he chases our heroes across the rafters. During all the commotion, Cacnea trips and falls on a piece of wood, sending a bucket on top of Seviper. Seviper crashes into Meowth, sending them crashing to the ground... but they trip on a band, and go flying through the air... the Pokébaton, meanwhile, falls on Wobbufett's head, triggering it. Polka O Dolka begins again, (are you beginning to detect a pattern here?) and everyone tries to dance on the rafters.

In his rush of joy, Wobbufett tosses the baton in the air... it lands in a pile of wet dirt, causing it to malfunction, and the first thing it does is trigger a waltz; which finally spurs Treecko to join in the dancing. He sweeps Mudkip in his arms and spins her around, getting her dizzy in the process.

As the baton continues to go haywire, the music gets faster and faster, until the baton finally explodes due to overload.

But the mayhem isn't over yet; irked by the spoilt fun, the Loudred grabs a pipe and proceeds to chase everyone, ultimately smashing a column. The whole building shakes; everyone huddles up in the teetering room in fear -- and then Lotad sneezes, causing the whole building to collapse and sending everyone tumbling to the ground!

Lotad fires a {{m|Water Gun}} to halt the impending collision of their half of the flying floor with a cliff wall.

===Le Fin===

"So dat's da story of how music ruined my life...." Meowth muses as he trudges back to the storage room. "My dancin' days are over..." With that, he opens the door... and it falls to the ground, revealing the scope of the damage all the mayhem caused. "Now at least dat stupid stick's broke so nuttin else can go wrong, right?" No sooner does he say that, the entire base comes crashing down completely, taking Meowth with it. "Dis isn't my day!" he screams as he falls.

=Theme song=
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''Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

(Meowth, spoken) No sense stayin' in your chair, NO!

''Music, pumpin', now the joint is jumpin'!''

(Meowth) ''Flyin' and gliding through the air!''

''Now's da time, for shakin, for turnin' round and wakin',
''Da sleepyhead dat's in your bed, da fun is for da takin'!
Forget about da snoozers, 'cause snoozin's for da losers!
Since everything is lookin' up, so let's party down!

Every single Pokémon dat knows what is goin' on,
They're here to sing and shake their thing until the break of day, hey!
Check out the way my friends are spinnin',
it keep's us all a grinnin' and giddy in a Pokémonic way!'''
Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

"No sense sitting dis one out, no!" Meowth cries as the Pokémon logo (literally) crawls onscreen, followed by the short title flying under the logo a few seconds later.

''Don't be, tardy, join the Poképarty!
"Time for the Poképarty '''dance'''!"''

[[Category:Anime shorts]]

PK12

2005-03-02T20:45:24Z

FlamingRuby: /* The Chaos Continues */

{{PokémonMovie}}
{{MovieShortInfobox|
title=Gotta Dance!! |
jatitle=おどるポケモンひみつ基地 |
jatrans=Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon}}

'''Gotta Dance!!''' (Japanese: '''おどるポケモンひみつ基地''' ''Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon'') is the first Advanced Generation Pokémon movie short. It was shown in Japanese theaters together with the main feature, and released on a separate DVD. The English dub was as a bonus feature on the [[Jirachi Wish Maker (movie)|Jirachi Wish Maker]] DVD, in the original 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.

A key difference between the original and the dub is the narrator - the original had a 3rd person narrator, whereas the dub was narrated by Meowth.

{{spoilers}}

=Story=

===Trouble in the trees===
The short opens on a scene of a tree. {{p|Mudkip}} appears romping on a branch and calls for {{p|Lotad}} to join her. Mudkip jumps over Lotad, sending Lotad tumbling to the ground -- but is caught by a low branch on the way down. [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] and {{p|Torchic}} hear the commotion and run to help Mudkip.

"Just look at 'em, not a care in da woild!" [[Meowth]] muses offscreen as the Pokémon romp in the tree. "I coulda been happy like Pikachu and dose udders, but not since the day that music changed my life!"

The scene shifts a little further up the tree, where we see {{p|Treecko}} relaxing on a short branch, He looks down to see what all the ruckus is, but in doing so he to slips and falls.

Pikachu, Mudkip, and Torchic see Treecko falling and jump to catch him -- freeing Lotad in the process. Suddenly, the branch springs back, sending Treecko, Mudkip, Torchic, and Pikachu flying.

Lotad frantically rushes about trying to catch the others, but misses: Treecko is the first to land, Pikachu and Torchic land tangled in a heap, and Mudkip lands face first. To make matters worse, the ground suddenly gives way, sending our heroes tumbling down the hill and into a rock.

When the group comes to a few minutes later, Lotad spots a large building painted to look like dice with a giant red R on it: a [[Team Rocket]] base.

===Team Rocket...?===

"My name is Meowth..." Meowth continues from offscreen, "and just when me, [[Jessie]], and [[James]] had completed our big headquarters to show to da boss... right den and dere is where my story begins!

We look inside the base's parlor, which is brightly decorated for a party... [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are with Meowth, admiring the festive decor.

"Now that our base has been beautifully built, we can bask in a carnival of the boss' complimentary comments!" James cries, apparently excited over [[Giovanni]]'s impending arrival.

"And when he figures out what you've just said, I'll be his right hand woman and you two will be his left hand losers!" Jessie retorts, annoyed by James's giddiness.

"Climbing up the ladder, there is no one badder than us!" the three Rockets chant.

Meowth sniffles a bit... "Though it sure does a number on da noives!" he sobs, only to be whacked on the head by a frying pan!

"You have issues, don't you?" Jessie purrs. "James and I are off to meet and greet the boss before his arrival to inspect our base... think you can handle things while we're away?"

"Whatever you say..." Meowth groans.

"Wise answer... that would be my choice..." And so, Jessie and James depart, leaving Meowth in charge.

"Showtime, yeah!" Meowth cries, throwing the frying pan off of him, "are dose Whismur ready to rock?" At this, we see {{p|Seviper}}, {{p|Cacnea}}, {{p|Wobbufett}}, and three {{p|Whismur}} gathered on a stage.

We look at the Whismur as Meowth explains: "I was in charge of the entertainment for da boss's arrival... so I gave da percussion job to dose three wacky Whismur." The Whismur began to chatter until Meowth booms, '''"Hey! I don't need no Whismur rappin', but I do need some Team Rocket maracas playin'!"''' The Whismur shake their maracas a little to appease Meowth, who smiles and continues, "Good! Now it's time to rehoise da welcome dance we dreamed up for da boss!"

===The entertainment begins===

He twirls a little, revealing a strange blue baton with a red and blue [[Poké Ball]] on the top, and various buttons on the bottom. "What's more, I'm going to lead dis pack of performers with my new Dancin' Pokébaton!" With that, he presses a button at the top of the baton, causing a rousing melody to come blaring into the room.

"With dis contraption, dey'll be shakin' their groove anytime, anywhere!" Meowth cries, and with that, the Pokémon begin dancing as the credits roll. The completed title card suddenly zooms up at the audience during the interlude: '''Pokémon: Gotta Dance!'''

We join Meowth and the others on the stage as the song concludes and the credits finish. "Mm-hmm.. dat's how it's done!" Meowth smiles... "Da boss will be blown away when he sees Pokémon dance using dis Dancin' Pokébaton! I bet he'll start dancin' a Poké-jig himself!

"In fact, I know just what da boss is gonna say..." Meowth muses as the first scene in the dream shows Giovanni applauding, "I haven't been dis entertained in a very long time! And Meowth, your action was simply brillant!"

"Of course, he'll have to give his Poisian da boss' big boot bye bye!" Meowth continues as we see {{p|Persian}} flying off into the sky, "and it'll be me, layin' in his lap whilst I wash my whiskers..." We see Meowth doing just that as the dream sequence fades.

Meowth laughs to himself, savoring the memory of his dream, but is soon back to business. "Now, let's take ten, kids!" he orders, slinging the baton over one shoulder. "And put dose Whismur back in their cage, ya got dat?"

===Meanwhile...===

Meanwhile, Pikachu, Torchic, Mudkip, and Treecko approach the base, eager to find a way in... Lotad tries to follow, but lags behind the others.

Back in the base, Seviper scares the Whismur back into a cage. "You weisenheimers put a sock in it while us real musicians put somthin' in our empty tummies!" Meowth orders.

Outside, Pikachu and the others discover an open air vent leading into the base's storage area... as they look inside, Lotad desperately tries to get a look, sending a rock rolling into the den of a snoozing Loudred... yet the rock miraculously does not disturb the large Pokémon.

"Come on gang, it's chow time, time to strap on the ol' feed bag!" Meowth smiles as he leads Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett up the stairs, unaware that Pikachu and the others are watching. As Seviper closes the door behind him, Pikachu and the others try to get a better look, but a push from Lotad sends all five tumbling into the room.

When the gang comes to, Pikachu hears the Whismurs' cries for help and runs over. He asks them what Seviper, Cacnea, Wobbufett, and Meowth (complete with funny impressions of each one) are plotting. The Whismur reply that they're trapped. Pikachu notices the lock on the cage and suggests to the others to use their power to break it open...and with that thought in mind, Pikachu fires a Thunderbolt at the lock...Torchic adds an Ember and Mudkip helps with a Water Gun attack, all three attacks break the cage open, freeing the Whismur. This loud noise doesn't disturb the Loudred either.

"Hey, what's with da racket?" Meowth demands from another room. Pikachu panics and tells the others to hide...right as Meowth, Cacnea, Seviper, and Wobbufett charge into the room.

===Prepare for trouble===

'''"Oh no!"''' Meowth yelps when he sees the broken cage. "How did '''dis''' happen? Who was da lamebrain..." he mutters in frustration. "Now what do we do? No maraca squad, no welcome dance for da boss... you lugs go look for da Whismur on da double!" he demands.

Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett quickly oblige, sending Meowth tumbling down the stairs and the Dancing Pokébaton goes flying...

"As if things weren't bad enough...." Meowth continues as the baton lands on Treecko's head, triggering it and causing Polka O Dolka to come blaring into the room.... Pikachu and the others begin dancing... even the Loudred from earlier and a passing Ludicolo join in, all except Treecko.

In his zeal to ''NOT'' dance, Treecko knocks over a barrel, closing up the baton in the process. Meowth suddenly realizes that Pikachu and co. are there.... "'''So!''' It was you behind all of dis, Pikachu!" he growls.

Pikachu and the others dive for cover, but Meowth demands "Give dose Whismur back, right now!" All the noise causes some barrels to come tumbling down...

When Meowth comes to, other junk comes falling on top of them, buying Pikachu and co. time to escape, but Meowth and the others are in hot pursuit! The Loudred just watches the mayhem, clueless as to what's going on.

Pikachu and co. hurry upstairs to a patio, where they climb atop one of the towers. Meowth and co. look around confused as to where Pikachu went, but Cacnea points out the group hanging to the tower for dear life!

"Dis dance is over! You've got nowhere to run now!" Meowth starts. Pikachu, however, attempts to fire a {{m|Thunderbolt}} at Meowth, but Wobbufett uses {{m|Mirror Coat}} to send it back at our heroes, and Mudkip nearly falls! She looks, and notices that it's a ''long'' way down -- in her panic, she triggers the Dancing Pokébaton -- Polka O Dolka begins again, everyone but Treecko dances (again). All the dancing causes the patio to give way -- Lotad slips and causes the baton to play a tango. Everyone partners up and tangos their way to safety right before the patio completely falls off, after which everyone resumes dancing on a catwalk... until Pikachu accidentally switches the baton off.

The chase resumes as our heroes duck into the kitchen. Mudkip climbs on a table, sending all the food and silverware atop Meowth. Torchic sends Cacnea flying into the ceiling, angering him to the point where he begins firing {{m|Pin Missiles}} in rapid succession, destroying almost the entire base in the process -- even opening the party balls in the kitchen!

===The Chaos Continues===

In his frustration, Meowth accidentally triggers the Pokébaton and Polka O Dolka begins again, and in his panic to turn the baton off, sets it to play a hula, which everyone save Treecko does, at least until a party ball lands on Meowth, deactivating the baton and resuming the chase. The Loudred, however, continues doing the hula as if nothing's going on.

"Catch them on da double!" Meowth calls as he chases our heroes across the rafters. During all the commotion, Cacnea trips and falls on a piece of wood, sending a bucket on top of Seviper. Seviper crashes into Meowth, sending them crashing to the ground... but they trip on a band, and go flying through the air... the Pokébaton, meanwhile, falls on Wobbufett's head, triggering it. Polka O Dolka begins again, (are you beginning to detect a pattern here?) and everyone tries to dance on the rafters.

In his rush of joy, Wobbufett tosses the baton in the air... it lands in a pile of wet dirt, causing it to malfunction, and the first thing it does is trigger a waltz; which finally spurs Treecko to join in the dancing. He sweeps Mudkip in his arms and spins her around, getting her dizzy in the process.

As the baton continues to go haywire, the music gets faster and faster, until the baton finally explodes due to overload.

But the mayhem isn't over yet; irked by the spoilt fun, the Loudred grabs a pipe and proceeds to chase everyone, ultimately smashing a column. The whole building shakes; everyone huddles up in the teetering room in fear -- and then Lotad sneezes, causing the whole building to collapse and sending everyone tumbling to the ground!

Lotad fires a {{m|Water Gun}} to halt the impending collision of their half of the flying floor with a cliff wall.

===Le Fin===

"So dat's da story of how music ruined my life...." Meowth muses as he trudges back to the storage room. "My dancin' days are over..." With that, he opens the door... and it falls to the ground, revealing the scope of the damage all the mayhem caused. "Now at least dat stupid stick's broke so nuttin else can go wrong, right?" No sooner does he say that, the entire base comes crashing down completely, taking Meowth with it. "Dis isn't my day!" he screams as he falls.

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''Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

(Meowth, spoken) No sense stayin' in your chair, NO!

''Music, pumpin', now the joint is jumpin'!''

(Meowth) ''Flyin' and gliding through the air!''

''Now's da time, for shakin, for turnin' round and wakin',
''Da sleepyhead dat's in your bed, da fun is for da takin'!
Forget about da snoozers, 'cause snoozin's for da losers!
Since everything is lookin' up, so let's party down!

Every single Pokémon dat knows what is goin' on,
They're here to sing and shake their thing until the break of day, hey!
Check out the way my friends are spinnin',
it keep's us all a grinnin' and giddy in a Pokémonic way!'''
Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

"No sense sitting dis one out, no!" Meowth cries as the Pokémon logo (literally) crawls onscreen, followed by the short title flying under the logo a few seconds later.

''Don't be, tardy, join the Poképarty!
"Time for the Poképarty '''dance'''!"''

[[Category:Anime shorts]]

PK12

2005-03-02T20:44:15Z

FlamingRuby: /* Prepare for trouble */

{{PokémonMovie}}
{{MovieShortInfobox|
title=Gotta Dance!! |
jatitle=おどるポケモンひみつ基地 |
jatrans=Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon}}

'''Gotta Dance!!''' (Japanese: '''おどるポケモンひみつ基地''' ''Secret Base of the Dancing Pokémon'') is the first Advanced Generation Pokémon movie short. It was shown in Japanese theaters together with the main feature, and released on a separate DVD. The English dub was as a bonus feature on the [[Jirachi Wish Maker (movie)|Jirachi Wish Maker]] DVD, in the original 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio.

A key difference between the original and the dub is the narrator - the original had a 3rd person narrator, whereas the dub was narrated by Meowth.

{{spoilers}}

=Story=

===Trouble in the trees===
The short opens on a scene of a tree. {{p|Mudkip}} appears romping on a branch and calls for {{p|Lotad}} to join her. Mudkip jumps over Lotad, sending Lotad tumbling to the ground -- but is caught by a low branch on the way down. [[Ash's Pikachu|Pikachu]] and {{p|Torchic}} hear the commotion and run to help Mudkip.

"Just look at 'em, not a care in da woild!" [[Meowth]] muses offscreen as the Pokémon romp in the tree. "I coulda been happy like Pikachu and dose udders, but not since the day that music changed my life!"

The scene shifts a little further up the tree, where we see {{p|Treecko}} relaxing on a short branch, He looks down to see what all the ruckus is, but in doing so he to slips and falls.

Pikachu, Mudkip, and Torchic see Treecko falling and jump to catch him -- freeing Lotad in the process. Suddenly, the branch springs back, sending Treecko, Mudkip, Torchic, and Pikachu flying.

Lotad frantically rushes about trying to catch the others, but misses: Treecko is the first to land, Pikachu and Torchic land tangled in a heap, and Mudkip lands face first. To make matters worse, the ground suddenly gives way, sending our heroes tumbling down the hill and into a rock.

When the group comes to a few minutes later, Lotad spots a large building painted to look like dice with a giant red R on it: a [[Team Rocket]] base.

===Team Rocket...?===

"My name is Meowth..." Meowth continues from offscreen, "and just when me, [[Jessie]], and [[James]] had completed our big headquarters to show to da boss... right den and dere is where my story begins!

We look inside the base's parlor, which is brightly decorated for a party... [[Jessie]] and [[James]] are with Meowth, admiring the festive decor.

"Now that our base has been beautifully built, we can bask in a carnival of the boss' complimentary comments!" James cries, apparently excited over [[Giovanni]]'s impending arrival.

"And when he figures out what you've just said, I'll be his right hand woman and you two will be his left hand losers!" Jessie retorts, annoyed by James's giddiness.

"Climbing up the ladder, there is no one badder than us!" the three Rockets chant.

Meowth sniffles a bit... "Though it sure does a number on da noives!" he sobs, only to be whacked on the head by a frying pan!

"You have issues, don't you?" Jessie purrs. "James and I are off to meet and greet the boss before his arrival to inspect our base... think you can handle things while we're away?"

"Whatever you say..." Meowth groans.

"Wise answer... that would be my choice..." And so, Jessie and James depart, leaving Meowth in charge.

"Showtime, yeah!" Meowth cries, throwing the frying pan off of him, "are dose Whismur ready to rock?" At this, we see {{p|Seviper}}, {{p|Cacnea}}, {{p|Wobbufett}}, and three {{p|Whismur}} gathered on a stage.

We look at the Whismur as Meowth explains: "I was in charge of the entertainment for da boss's arrival... so I gave da percussion job to dose three wacky Whismur." The Whismur began to chatter until Meowth booms, '''"Hey! I don't need no Whismur rappin', but I do need some Team Rocket maracas playin'!"''' The Whismur shake their maracas a little to appease Meowth, who smiles and continues, "Good! Now it's time to rehoise da welcome dance we dreamed up for da boss!"

===The entertainment begins===

He twirls a little, revealing a strange blue baton with a red and blue [[Poké Ball]] on the top, and various buttons on the bottom. "What's more, I'm going to lead dis pack of performers with my new Dancin' Pokébaton!" With that, he presses a button at the top of the baton, causing a rousing melody to come blaring into the room.

"With dis contraption, dey'll be shakin' their groove anytime, anywhere!" Meowth cries, and with that, the Pokémon begin dancing as the credits roll. The completed title card suddenly zooms up at the audience during the interlude: '''Pokémon: Gotta Dance!'''

We join Meowth and the others on the stage as the song concludes and the credits finish. "Mm-hmm.. dat's how it's done!" Meowth smiles... "Da boss will be blown away when he sees Pokémon dance using dis Dancin' Pokébaton! I bet he'll start dancin' a Poké-jig himself!

"In fact, I know just what da boss is gonna say..." Meowth muses as the first scene in the dream shows Giovanni applauding, "I haven't been dis entertained in a very long time! And Meowth, your action was simply brillant!"

"Of course, he'll have to give his Poisian da boss' big boot bye bye!" Meowth continues as we see {{p|Persian}} flying off into the sky, "and it'll be me, layin' in his lap whilst I wash my whiskers..." We see Meowth doing just that as the dream sequence fades.

Meowth laughs to himself, savoring the memory of his dream, but is soon back to business. "Now, let's take ten, kids!" he orders, slinging the baton over one shoulder. "And put dose Whismur back in their cage, ya got dat?"

===Meanwhile...===

Meanwhile, Pikachu, Torchic, Mudkip, and Treecko approach the base, eager to find a way in... Lotad tries to follow, but lags behind the others.

Back in the base, Seviper scares the Whismur back into a cage. "You weisenheimers put a sock in it while us real musicians put somthin' in our empty tummies!" Meowth orders.

Outside, Pikachu and the others discover an open air vent leading into the base's storage area... as they look inside, Lotad desperately tries to get a look, sending a rock rolling into the den of a snoozing Loudred... yet the rock miraculously does not disturb the large Pokémon.

"Come on gang, it's chow time, time to strap on the ol' feed bag!" Meowth smiles as he leads Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett up the stairs, unaware that Pikachu and the others are watching. As Seviper closes the door behind him, Pikachu and the others try to get a better look, but a push from Lotad sends all five tumbling into the room.

When the gang comes to, Pikachu hears the Whismurs' cries for help and runs over. He asks them what Seviper, Cacnea, Wobbufett, and Meowth (complete with funny impressions of each one) are plotting. The Whismur reply that they're trapped. Pikachu notices the lock on the cage and suggests to the others to use their power to break it open...and with that thought in mind, Pikachu fires a Thunderbolt at the lock...Torchic adds an Ember and Mudkip helps with a Water Gun attack, all three attacks break the cage open, freeing the Whismur. This loud noise doesn't disturb the Loudred either.

"Hey, what's with da racket?" Meowth demands from another room. Pikachu panics and tells the others to hide...right as Meowth, Cacnea, Seviper, and Wobbufett charge into the room.

===Prepare for trouble===

'''"Oh no!"''' Meowth yelps when he sees the broken cage. "How did '''dis''' happen? Who was da lamebrain..." he mutters in frustration. "Now what do we do? No maraca squad, no welcome dance for da boss... you lugs go look for da Whismur on da double!" he demands.

Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett quickly oblige, sending Meowth tumbling down the stairs and the Dancing Pokébaton goes flying...

"As if things weren't bad enough...." Meowth continues as the baton lands on Treecko's head, triggering it and causing Polka O Dolka to come blaring into the room.... Pikachu and the others begin dancing... even the Loudred from earlier and a passing Ludicolo join in, all except Treecko.

In his zeal to ''NOT'' dance, Treecko knocks over a barrel, closing up the baton in the process. Meowth suddenly realizes that Pikachu and co. are there.... "'''So!''' It was you behind all of dis, Pikachu!" he growls.

Pikachu and the others dive for cover, but Meowth demands "Give dose Whismur back, right now!" All the noise causes some barrels to come tumbling down...

When Meowth comes to, other junk comes falling on top of them, buying Pikachu and co. time to escape, but Meowth and the others are in hot pursuit! The Loudred just watches the mayhem, clueless as to what's going on.

Pikachu and co. hurry upstairs to a patio, where they climb atop one of the towers. Meowth and co. look around confused as to where Pikachu went, but Cacnea points out the group hanging to the tower for dear life!

"Dis dance is over! You've got nowhere to run now!" Meowth starts. Pikachu, however, attempts to fire a {{m|Thunderbolt}} at Meowth, but Wobbufett uses {{m|Mirror Coat}} to send it back at our heroes, and Mudkip nearly falls! She looks, and notices that it's a ''long'' way down -- in her panic, she triggers the Dancing Pokébaton -- Polka O Dolka begins again, everyone but Treecko dances (again). All the dancing causes the patio to give way -- Lotad slips and causes the baton to play a tango. Everyone partners up and tangos their way to safety right before the patio completely falls off, after which everyone resumes dancing on a catwalk... until Pikachu accidentally switches the baton off.

The chase resumes as our heroes duck into the kitchen. Mudkip climbs on a table, sending all the food and silverware atop Meowth. Torchic sends Cacnea flying into the ceiling, angering him to the point where he begins firing {{m|Pin Missiles}} in rapid succession, destroying almost the entire base in the process -- even opening the party balls in the kitchen!

===The Chaos Continues===

In his frustration, Meowth accidentally triggers the Pokébaton and Polka O Dolka begins again, and in his panic to turn the baton off, sets it to play a hula, which everyone save Treecko does, at least until a party ball lands on Meowth, deactivating the baton and resuming the chase. The Loudred, however, continues doing the hula as if nothing's going on.

"Catch them on da double!" Meowth calls as he chases our heroes across the rafters. During all the commotion, Cacnea trips and falls on a piece of wood, sending a bucket on top of Seviper. Seviper crashes into Meowth, sending them crashing to the ground... but they trip on a band, and go flying through the air... the Pokébaton, meanwhile, falls on Wobbufett's head, triggering it. Polka O Dolka begins again, and everyone tries to dance on the rafters.

In his rush of joy, Wobbufett tosses the baton in the air... it lands in a pile of wet dirt, causing it to malfunction, and the first thing it does is trigger a waltz; which finally spurs Treecko to join in the dancing. He sweeps Mudkip in his arms and spins her around, getting her dizzy in the process.

As the baton continues to go haywire, the music gets faster and faster, until the baton finally explodes due to overload.

But the mayhem isn't over yet; irked by the spoilt fun, the Loudred grabs a pipe and proceeds to chase everyone, ultimately smashing a column. The whole building shakes; everyone huddles up in the teetering room in fear -- and then Lotad sneezes, causing the whole building to collapse and sending everyone tumbling to the ground!

Lotad fires a {{m|Water Gun}} to halt the impending collision of their half of the flying floor with a cliff wall.

===Le Fin===

"So dat's da story of how music ruined my life...." Meowth muses as he trudges back to the storage room. "My dancin' days are over..." With that, he opens the door... and it falls to the ground, revealing the scope of the damage all the mayhem caused. "Now at least dat stupid stick's broke so nuttin else can go wrong, right?" No sooner does he say that, the entire base comes crashing down completely, taking Meowth with it. "Dis isn't my day!" he screams as he falls.

=Theme song=
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''Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

(Meowth, spoken) No sense stayin' in your chair, NO!

''Music, pumpin', now the joint is jumpin'!''

(Meowth) ''Flyin' and gliding through the air!''

''Now's da time, for shakin, for turnin' round and wakin',
''Da sleepyhead dat's in your bed, da fun is for da takin'!
Forget about da snoozers, 'cause snoozin's for da losers!
Since everything is lookin' up, so let's party down!

Every single Pokémon dat knows what is goin' on,
They're here to sing and shake their thing until the break of day, hey!
Check out the way my friends are spinnin',
it keep's us all a grinnin' and giddy in a Pokémonic way!'''
Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

"No sense sitting dis one out, no!" Meowth cries as the Pokémon logo (literally) crawls onscreen, followed by the short title flying under the logo a few seconds later.

''Don't be, tardy, join the Poképarty!
"Time for the Poképarty '''dance'''!"''

[[Category:Anime shorts]]

Two Perfect Girls

2005-02-20T23:15:52Z

FlamingRuby:

"Two Perfect Girls" is Brock's Pokemon Karaokemon song, in which he sings about his love for Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy.

Lyrics:

piano chord] (Brock, speaking) A one woman man's what I wanna be....
[another piano chord] Stay by her side SO faithfully...
[and another piano chord] I would if I could, but it's just no good!
[one more piano chord] (Brock begins singing here) Cause there's two perfect girls for me-hee... (laughs) All right! (music picks up)

(chorus) Jenny, oh Jenny...
Joy, oh Joy...
A one woman man's what I wanna be
But there's two perfect girls for me!

Oh yeah...

(verse 1) Officer Jenny, can't you see?
You can lock me up and throw away the key!
Jenny...if lovin' you's a crime
Then sentence me now, and I'll do the time!
My uniformed beauty is simply the best!
Got my heart under house arrest!
But before that cop makes me her boy,
I'm head over heels... (he's head over heels) I'm head over heels for a nurse named Joy...

Ooo!

(chorus) Jenny, oh Jenny...
Joy, oh Joy...
A one woman man's what I wanna be
But there's two perfect girls for me!

All right!

(verse 2) Nurse Joy, won't you please?
Cure me of this bad disease?
Oh, joy, the diagnosis please,
When I see your face, my knees get weak!
Well, I'm burnin' up...I got the fever,
She's my perfect nurse and I'll never leave her!
Her bedside manner has healed so many,
But why am I in love... (why's he so in love?) Why am I in love with Officer Jenny...

Yeah!

(chorus) Jenny, oh Jenny...
Joy, oh Joy...
A one woman man's what I wanna be
But there's two perfect girls for me!

All right! Swing it!

[dance break]

A one woman man's what I wanna be,
But there's two perect girls for me-heeeee.....

(bridge) Oh, I try...and I try...and I still sweat deep inside...
From these two, I can't choose, I can't stand the bad news,
Bout the name of the girl that I love, ooo!

(verse 3) This can't go on, enough is enough!
I've got to pick one, no matter how tough!
It's time for eeny-meeny, miney-moe...
But wait a second... (wait a second) Wait a second! (come on and wait a second) What's her name? I just gotta know...

I've just gotta know!

(chorus) Jenny, oh Jenny...
Joy, oh Joy...
A one woman man's what I wanna be,
But there's one... no, two...
No, three-four-five-six-seven...so many...
Perfect girls for me-heeeeeee! All right!

Brock

2005-02-20T23:10:50Z

FlamingRuby:

[[Image:Brock-anime1.jpg|thumb|A picture of Brock from the Anime]]
'''Brock''' (Japanese: '''タケシ''' ''Takeshi'') in the [[Pokémon anime|anime]] is a [[Pokémon Breeder]] who is currently travelling with [[Ash]], [[May]], and [[Max]] through the [[Hoenn]] region. His Japanese seiyu is うえだ　ゆうじ ''Yūji Ueda'', and his English voice actor is ''Eric Stuart''. His Japanese name can be taken to mean "strength" (武), and his English name literally means "badger" but was selected because it sounds like the word "rock". He originally trained [[Rock (type)|Rock-type]] [[Pokémon]], but has, since the beginning of the Anime, diversified. He makes scrumptious Pokémon food, and he hits on every pretty girl he meets, particularly Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy. (both of whom he sings about in the ''Italic text''Pokemon Karaokemon''Italic text'' song "Two Perfect Girls"). He also sings the ending theme "Takeshi no Paradaisu" ("Brock's Paradise).

He is a domestic, taking care of the tasks of not only grooming his Pokémon, but also those of the kids he travels with. He handles the cooking and the cleaning -- something he is quite used to, being the oldest of ten children.

Brock was also the [[Gym Leader]] of [[Pewter City]]. Trainers who defeat him receive the [[Boulder Badge]].

His family life deserves another mention, owing to it being most peculiar. The father, [[Flint]], left home to become a great trainer. When he never returned, the mother, [[Mizuho]] up and left them, leaving Brock to take care of his siblings by himself (the English version of ''Showdown in Pewter City'' has Flint claming she died, although he was clearly lying). It turned out Flint considered himself a failure and was selling rocks at the edge of town. When Brock left to journey with Ash, he left Flint in charge of the Pewter Gym.

Upon his return after journeying through [[Johto]], Brock was dismayed to find that his mother had returned and commandeered the gym, turning the [[Rock (type)|Rock-type]] haven into a [[Water (type)|Water-type]] den. Brock battled her for the honor of Rock-types and won, promising his brother [[Jiro]] that he would become Gym Leader someday.

=Pokémon=

This listing is for Brock's Pokémon as of [[AG108|''Catch Snorunt!'']]

==On hand==
* Lotad → Lombre → Ludicolo
* Pineco → Forretress
* Mudkip

==At Pewter Gym==
* Geodude
* Onix
* Zubat → Golbat → Crobat

==Released==
* Tauros
* Vulpix (he said, however, that he never considered Vulpix his own, and that he was only raising it for its true owner, [[Suzie]])

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=In the Games=
This listing is for Brock's Pokémon in the video games he has appeared in.

==Red/Green/Yellow/Blue/FireRed/LeafGreen==
* Level 12 Geodude
* Level 14 Onix

==Gold/Silver/Crystal==
* Level 41 Graveler
* Level 41 Rhyhorn
* Level 42 Omastar
* Level 42 Kabutops
* Level 44 Onix

==Pokémon Stadium==

* Round 1 Pokémon
** Onix
** Graveler
** Cubone
** Vulpix
** Omanyte
** Kabuto

* Round 2 Pokémon
** Onix
** Golbat
** Golem
** Ninetales
** Dugtrio
** Omastar

==Pokémon Stadium 2==

* Slowbro
* Rhydon
* Steelix
* Shuckle
* Heracross
* Ursaring

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[[Category:Game characters]]

Game Boy

2005-02-20T23:03:55Z

FlamingRuby:

The Game Boy, Nintendo's flagship handheld console, was first released in 1989, and even today, is considered the best selling handheld console of all time.

The console's first incarnation was large and white, with a monotone dot matrix screen and stereo sound that rivaled larger consoles.

In 1998, the Game Boy Color was released. It was slightly smaller than the original Game Boy, and arrived in a wide array of colores...but the biggest change was in the graphics display, which could now display colors instead of black and white.

The current form of the Game Boy, the Game Boy Advance, was released in 2001. Not only did it look dramatically different (a semi trapezoidal shape compared to the square shape of the original Game Boy and Game Boy Color), but it also contained a powerfull processor, allowing it to display SNES caliber graphics and even play voices.

Pokémon Stadium

2005-02-20T22:55:25Z

FlamingRuby:

Pokemon Stadium, a spinoff series for the Nintendo 64, allowed players to upload their Game Boy Pokemon into the N64 by means of a Transfer Pak and then using them to battle in full 3D.

The game proved to be so sucessful, a sequel was made that featured the Gold/Silver/Crystal Pokemon

Legendary Pokémon

2005-02-20T22:52:18Z

FlamingRuby:

Legendary Pokemon, in general, are Pokemon that have extremely powerful stats. In the games, you have one chance to catch them, and even then, catching them is a major challenge!

In the anime, Legendaries are considered "gods" in the Pokemon universe, appearing only to special trainers.

Some examples of Legendaries:

--Ho'oh (has appeared to Ash to guide him on his journey)
--Mew (supposedly the descendant of all Pokemon, stars in the upcoming 8th movie)
--Suicune (encountered by Ash at the beginning of the Johto arc; made a brief appearance in the 4th movie

PK12

2005-02-19T04:15:41Z

FlamingRuby:

Gotta Dance! (Pikachu short 6)

"Gotta Dance" is the English name of the sixth Pikachu mini-movie. It was shown in conjunction with the sixth movie "Jirachi: Wish Maker"

Synopsis:

We open on a scene of a tree. Mudkip appears romping on a branch and calls for Lotad to join her. Mudkip jumps over Lotad, sending Lotad tumbling to the ground--but is caught by a low branch on the way down.

Pikachu and Torchic hear the commotion and run to help Mudkip.

"Just look at'em, not a care in da woild!" Meowth muses offscreen as the Pokemon romp in the tree. "I coulda been happy like Pikachu and dose udders, but not since the day that music changed my life!"

The scene shifts a little further up the tree, where we see Treecho relaxing on a short branch, He looks down to see what all the ruckus is--but doing so causes him to slip and fall!

Pikachu, Mudkip, and Torchic see Treecko falling and jump to catch him -- freeing Lotad in the process. Suddenly, the branch springs back, sending Treecko, Mudkip, Torchic, and Pikachu flying!

Lotad frantically rushes about trying to catch the others, but misses: Treecko is the first to land, Pikachu and Torchic land tangled in a heap, and Mudkip lands face first. To make matters worse, the ground suddenly gives way, sending our heroes tumbling down the hill and into a rock. (you can tell who landed where)

When the group comes to a few minutes later, Lotad spots a large building that appears to be made of dice: a Team Rocket base!

"My name is Meowth..." Meowth continues from offscreen. "And just when me, Jessie, and James had completed our big headquarters to show to da boss... right den and dere is where my story begins!

We look inside the base's parlor, which is brightly decorated for a party... James and Jessie are with Meowth, admiring the festive decor.

"Now that our base has been beautifully built, we can bask in a carnival of the boss' complimentary comments!" James cries, apparently excited over Giovanni's impending arrival.

"And when he figures out what you've just said, I'll be his right hand woman and you two will be his left hand losers!" Jessie retorts, annoyed by James' giddiness.

"Climbing up the ladder, there is no one badder than us!" the three Rockets chant.

Meowth sniffles a bit..."Though it sure does a number on da noives!" he sobs, only to be whacked on the head by a frying pan!

"You have issues, don't you?" Jessie purrs. "James and I are off to meet and greet the boss before his arrival to inspect our base...think you can handle things while we're away?"

"Whatever you say..." Meowth groans.

"Wise answer... that would be my choice..." And so, Jessie and James depart, leaving Meowth in charge.

"Showtime, yeah!" Meowth cries, throwing the frying pan off of him. "Are dose Whismur ready to rock?" At this, we see Seviper, Cacnea, Wobbufett, and three Whismur gathered on a stage.

We look at the Whismur as Meowth explains: "I was in charge of the entertainment for da boss' arrival... so I gave da percussion job to dose three wacky Whismur." The Whismur began to chatter until Meowth booms "HEY! I DON'T NEED NO WHISMUR RAPPIN', BUT I DO NEED SOME TEAM ROCKET MARACA PLAYIN'!!!!!" The Whismur shake their maracas a little to appease Meowth, who smiles and continues "Good! Now it's time to rehoise da welcome dance we dreamed up for da boss!" He twirls a little, revealing a strange blue baton with a red and blue Poke Ball on the top, and various buttons on the bottom. "What's more, I'm going to lead dis pack of performers with my new Dancin' Pokebaton!" With that, he presses a button at the top of the Poke Ball, causing a rousing melody to come blaring into the room.

"With dis contraption, dey'll be shakin' their groove anytime, anywhere!" Meowth cries, and with that, the Pokemon begin dancing as the credits roll.

'''SONG: "Polka O Dolka"''' (a word of warning: This song can and will get stuck in your head!)

''Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

(Meowth, spoken) No sense stayin' in your chair, NO!

''Music, pumpin', now the joint is jumpin'!''

(Meowth) ''Flyin' and gliding through the air!''

''Now's da time, for shakin, for turnin' round and wakin',
''Da sleepyhead dat's in your bed, da fun is for da takin'!
Forget about da snoozers, 'cause snoozin's for da losers!
Since everything is lookin' up, so let's party down!

Every single Pokemon dat knows what is goin' on,
They're here to sing and shake their thing until the break of day, hey!
Check out the way my friends are spinnin',
it keep's us all a grinnin' and giddy in a Pokemonic way!'''
Here's your, ticket, hit the floor and kick it!''

"No sense sitting dis one out, no!" Meowth cries as the Pokemon logo (literally) crawls onscreen, followed by the short title flying under the logo a few seconds later.
''Don't be, tardy, join the Pokeparty!
"Time for the Pokeparty DANNNCE!!!!"'' Meowth sings... the completed title card suddenly zooms up at the audience during the interlude: '''Pokemon: Gotta Dance!'''
We join Meowth and the others on the stage as the song concludes and the credits finish. "Mm-hmm.. dat's how it's done!" Meowth smiles... "Da boss will be blown away when he sees Pokemon dance using dis Dancin' Poke-Baton! I bet he'll start dancin' a Poke-jig himself!

''::MEOWTH'S DREAM SEQUENCE::''

"In fact, I know just what da boss is gonna say..." Meowth muses as the first scene in the dream shows Giovanni applauding. 'I haven't been dis entertained in a very long time! And Meowth, your action was simply brillant!'

"Of course, he'll have to give his Poisian da boss' big boot bye bye!" Meowth continues as we see Persian flying off into the sky. "And it'll be me, layin' in his lap whilst I wash my whiskers...." We see Meowth doing just that as the dream fades.

''::END DREAM SEQUENCE::''

Meowth laughs to himself, savoring the memory of his dream, but is soon back to business. "Now, let's take ten, kids!" he orders, slinging the baton over one shoulder. "And put dose Whismur back in their cage, ya got dat?"

Meanwhile, Pikachu, Torchic, Mudkip, and Treecko approach the base, eager to find a way in... Lotad tries to follow, but lags behind the others.

Back in the base, Seviper scares the Whismur back into a cage. "You weisenheimers put a sock in it while us real musicians put somthin' in our empty tummies!" Meowth orders.

Outside, Pikachu and the others discover an open air vent leading into the base's storage area... as they look inside, Lotad desperately tries to get a look, sending a rock rolling into the den of a snoozing Loudred...yet the rock miraculously does not disturb the large Pokemon.

"Come on gang, it's chow time, time to strap on the ol' feed bag!" Meowth smiles as he leads Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett up the stairs, unaware that Pikachu and the others are watching. As Seviper closes the door behind him, Pikachu and the others try to get a better look, but a push from Lotad sends all five tumbling into the room.

When the gang comes to, Pikachu hears the Whismurs' cries for help and runs over. He asks them what Seviper, Cacnea, Wobbufett, and Meowth (complete with funny impressions of each one) are plotting. The Whismur reply that they're trapped. Pikachu notices the lock on the cage and suggests to the others to use their power to break it open...and with that thought in mind, Pikachu fires a Thunderbolt at the lock...Torchic adds an Ember and Mudkip helps with a Water Gun attack, all three attacks break the cage open, freeing the Whismur! (and it doesn't disturb the Loudred either!)

"Hey, what's with da racket?" Meowth demands from another room. Pikachu panics and tells the others to hide...right as Meowth, Cacnea, Seviper, and Wobbufett charge into the room!

"OH NO!!!!" Meowth yelps when he sees the broken cage. "How did DIS happen? Who was da lamebrain..." he mutters in frustration. "Now what do we do? No maraca squad, no welcome dance for da boss... you lugs go look for da Whismur on da double!" he demands. Seviper, Cacnea, and Wobbufett quickly oblige, sending Meowth tumbling down the stairs and the Dancing Pokebaton goes flying....

"As if things weren't bad enough...." Meowth continues as the baton lands on Treecko's head, opening the Poke Ball, and causing "Polka o Dolka" to come blaring into the room....and Pikachu and the others begin dancing... even the Loudred from earlier and a passing Ludicolo join in... except Treecko...

In his zeal to NOT dance, Treecko knocks over a barrel, closing up the baton in the process. Meowth suddenly realizes that Pikachu and co. are there.... "SO! It was you behind all of dis, Pikachu!" he growls. Pikachu and the others dive for cover, but Meowth demands "Give dose Whismur back, right now!" All the noise causes some barrels to come tumbling down...

When Meowth comes to, other junk comes falling on top of them, buying Pikachu and co. time to escape, but Meowth and the others are in hot pursuit! The Loudred just watches the mayhem, clueless as to what's going on.
Pikachu and co. hurry upstairs to a patio, where they climb atop one of the towers. Meowth and co. look around confused as to where Pikachu went, but Cacnea points out the group hanging to the tower for dear life!

"Dis dance is over! You've got nowhere to run now!" Meowth starts. Pikachu, however, attempts to fire a Thunderbolt at Meowth, but Wobbufett uses Reflect to send it back at our heroes, and Mudkip nearly falls! She looks, and notices that it's a LOOOOOOONG way down--in her panic, she triggers the Dancing Pokebaton -- "Polka o Dolka" begins again, everyone but Treecko dances (again), and all the dancing causes the patio to give way---Lotad slips and causes the baton to play a tango...so everyone partners up and tangos their way to safety right before the patio completely falls off--so everyone resumes dancing on a catwalk...until Pikachu closes up the baton.

The chase resumes as our heroes duck into the kitchen.

Mudkip climbs on a table, sending all the food and silverware atop Meowth. Torchic sends Cacnea flying into the ceiling, angering him to the point where he begins firing Pin Missiles in rapid succession, destroying almost the entire base in the process--even opening the party balls in the kitchen!

In his frustration, Meowth accidentally triggers the Pokebaton and "Polka o Dolka" begins again, and in his panic to turn the baton off, sets it to play a hula, which everyone (save for Treecko) does...at leat until a party ball lands on Meowth, closing up the baton and resuming the chase. The Loudred, however, continues doing the hula as if nothing's going on.

"Catch them on da double!" Meowth calls as he chases our heroes across the rafters. During all the commotion, Cacnea trips and falls on a piece of wood, sending a bucket on top of Seviper. Seviper crashes into Meowth, sending them crashing to the ground...but they get caught in a band, and go flying through the air...the Pokebaton, meanwhile, falls on Wobbufett's head, triggering it..."Polka o Dolka" begins again, (are you beginning to detect a pattern here?) and everyone tries to dance on the rafters.

In his rush of joy, Wobbufett tosses the baton in the air... it lands in a pile of dirt, causing it to malfunction, and the first thing it does is trigger a waltz; which finally spurs Treecko to join in the dancing! He sweeps Mudkip in his arms and spins her around, getting her dizzy in the process.

As the baton continues to go haywire, the music gets faster and faster, until the baton finally explodes due to overload, and what's left of the base comes crashing down.

But the mayhem isn't over yet.... irked by spoiling the fun, the Loudred grabs a pipe and proceeds to chase everyone, ultimately smashing a column! Everyone huddles up in the teetering room, panicked--and then Lotad sneezes, blowing the cover and sending everyone tumbling to the ground!

Lotad fires a Water Gun attack to slow their platform down to safety...and Pikachu leads the celebration!

"So dat's da story of how music ruined my life...." Meowth muses as he trudges back to the storage room. "My dancin' days are over..." With that, he opens the door...and it falls to the ground, revealing the scope of the damage all the mayhem caused. "Now at least dat stupid stick's broke so nuttin else can go wrong, right?" No sooner does he say that, the entire base comes crashing down, taking Meowth with it! "Dis isn't my day!" he screams as he falls.