EP211
Template:EpisodePrevNext Fly Me to the Moon (Japanese: ポッポとデカポッポ！まだみぬそらへ!!!! ???), was ???. It was first broadcast in Japan on August 16, 2001 and was first broadcast in USA on September 21, 2002
Synopsis
Important characters
Important Pokémon
Episode guide
The gang sets off exploring the first island of the Whirl Cup for a while. Misty spots a Corsola and starts going off with her little speech about being the best water Pokemon trainer there is. Although she wants a Corsola, she can't because she doesn't have a boat. A man comes by and says it would be impossible either way, pointing out the whirlpools all around. He says he's Tobihiro, one of the people who live on the island. He invites them over to his place, which is across a river. As they get to the bridge (a rope bridge), no one really wants to go. Misty goes on first for some reason and everyone follows. A wind begins to blow and it spins the bridge around and throws them to the other side. Afterwards, Tobihiro calls out and a flock of Pidgey come towards him. The Pidgey don't look normal, they look chubbier. Team Rocket scopes them out from above, seeing that there could be another good catch for the day.
When they reach Tobihiro's house, another Pidgey soars by them and lands on the roof. Tobihiro says that's his special Pidgey, Torohiro. When they come inside, there's a painting on the wall with a few Pidgey flying towards the sun. Tobihiro explains that the other Pidgey are overweight, he really doesn't have a clue why. They call up Proffessor Oak and Oak explains that it's probably just their eating habit.
Later Tobihiro starts to explain about Torohiro. A while ago when Torohiro was still a fledgling, he really got interested in that painting. It also set his aim to fly to the sun, which Tobihiro seemed to understand. So he decided to train up Torohiro on flying, which started off to be a good start then improved. One day while Tobihiro was training with Torohiro, he decided to hanglide towards the ocean and see if Torohiro is capable. Torohiro managed for the first few minutes but couldn't keep up and started to lag down towards a whirlpool. Torohiro then noticed the sun, which reminded him of the painting and soon Torohiro was able to fly back up and with ease.
Team Rocket, overhearing this, devised a plan that could get them both Torohiro and Pikachu. Seemed pretty simple. After Tobihiro was done, Team Rocket made the scene, disguised. They made a proposal that they could help Torohiro reach his goal, no charge, and they could monitor him from the balloon. The deal seemed to be too good to pass up so Tobihiro aggreed. Later that night, Meowth came over to where Torohiro was sleeping and started to talk with him, giving him a headset so that they could get communication during the flight tomorrow.
The next day, everyone went inside the balloon and began the accent. James activated the rocket boosters and they went high very fast. After the short accent, Torohiro took off, going upwards. Meowth made relay conversations during the whole time. While they were watching Torohiro, Ash seemed to notice that he was going for something, a flock of Spearows! Torohiro went through them still going upwards and the Spearows started to give the chase, but no Spearow could catch up to him. Then a Fearow took charge and started to chase after Torohiro. Seeing that this might cause Torohiro to fall if he would be attacked, Ash had Pikachu give it a Thunderbolt.
Soon they were pretty high up, everyone had to put on oxygen masks as they watched Torohiro make his way farther up. Meowth continued the conversation with Torohiro. Soon they were so high up that even Pikachu and Togepi who didn't need the masks needed them. Then they saw that Torohiro had reached a altitude so high, he was growing frost all over. Despite this, Torohiro kept aiming for the sun. Torohiro kept thinking as he went and then decided, it was over, he done it. Torohiro went down for a fast dive towards the ground then finally met altitude with the balloon. Everything looked alright, but except for the fact that Torohiro went through the balloon to break the fall. The balloon started to descend slowly and Torohiro was in dire need for some Oxygen, so Meowth grabbed a mask and put it on Torohiro. Torohiro soon woke up. Except now the hole got bigger and they were plunging towards the ground. The other Pidgey on the ground noticed that the balloon was falling fast, which would surely meet a nasty result unless something would happen. They all started to gather up under the balloon and started jumping up as if they were trying to fly. They managed to headbutt the basket, breaking the fall.
Soon everything was alright for Tobihiro and Torohiro, Torohiro soon became a hero to the other Pidgeys. Meanwhile one of the rocket boosters started off automatically, sending Team Rocket off to where-ever they go. The gang says their goodbyes and heads off the first town.
Team Rocket had crashed onto a cliff tree and are hanging. Wobbuffet comes out from one of the brush but they wonder where Meowth is. Meowth, sitting on the top branch, was talking to Torohiro about the moon and maybe he should aim for that.
