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Episode 22's summary.
Pokemon: Black and White Episode 22: Hiun City! Fushide Panic!
The Episode starts at night time, with a Team Rocket Helicopter flying above the Desert Resort, with a Purple beam, shooting from a laser on the bottom of the Helicopter, it’s scanning the ground below. Inside the Helicopter, the Meteorite is in a glass spherical case, with wires attached to it at the top and two big wires, with circular connectors on the sides of the case. Jessie asks if they can sense anything, James says there is no response, Flint is in the Helicopter, in the same room separate from the Piloting room. Flint asks Professor Seger how it is coming along, the professor says that it’s going to their liking, if it continues at the same rate. Meowth, looking at a laptop says that the energy reading on the land is already at 1216, James looks at another screen, saying that he’s picking up something from the sensor. Seger looks at a screen in front of him, on it, energy appears to be gathering, he says that they have finally found it, the Meteorite. The Helicopter has stopped, the scanner is aimed at a spot on the ground, below the surface of the ground is a yellow glowing rock, the meteorite they need.
*Opening*
Ash and co. are walking through the streets of Castelia during the day, they pass the Pokemon Center, Ash says that he can finally challenge the gym now. Iris says that it sure is huge, Cilan agrees, he says that it is famous for having tasty ice creams, Casteliacones, he’d like to eat one while they’re here, Iris heartedly agrees. Iris says that they should get one before the gym challenge, Ash stops Iris, he says that they can get one when the gym challenge is over, Pikachu agrees. They come close to the center of Castelia City, Cilan says the path through it, leads them to the gym, they can make a detour right through the central area. They’re walking along a path of the central area, park sort of area, Iris asks Ash if he is prepared, Ash says that as of right now, his plan is to battle with a passionate impression. They turn to their left a bit, and they see a group of trees near them, in the center, Burgh is there, he has one leg on the the leg of a tree, he’s standing, right hand on his chin, head up, thinking about something. Ash says Burgh’s name, Burgh turns to see who called his name and he notice Ash, later on Ash tells Burgh that they were heading for a gym challenge in Castellia, right now. Burgh says that they have to wait a bit though, because something is troubling him, Burgh looks away, Burgh asks what it is, Burgh says that he can sense a commotion from some Bug Pokemon, since last night. Iris mentions that Bug Pokemon make noises when trouble is about to approach. Burgh agrees, he says that unlike people, Bug Pokemon have the power to sense electromagnetic waves, which humans can’t do, Iris feels something too. Iris points to a direction saying where it is coming from a place, later they come to where she says it is coming from, Cilan says that they’ve ended up at the Castelia Ice shop, where it’s closed. Ash asks Iris, what the matter with her is, he says that she just wanted an Ice Cream, Iris says it isn’t it, Pikachu sighs but behind them is a Manhole cover on the ground, Pikachu senses something so he turns around on Ash’s left shoulder. Pikachu looks at it, he jumps off of Ash and he comes to the Manhole, Ash asks if something is wrong, so Pikachu points to the Manhole cover. They all turn around and they look at it, Ash asks Burgh what is down there, to which Burgh responds by saying that it’s an underwater canal. Burgh says that it is connected to a river, that stretches as far as he remembers, it appears to stretch to even the Desert Resort, Burgh remembers something, he says that Pokemon have travelled through the underpass, from the Desert, before, Ash says that down there might be something, Burgh tells them that they should take a look down there.
They walk around in the canal, along a path on the right, Ash sees something sticking out of a pipe wondering what it is, so he pulls out his Pokedex. It says, “Venipede, the Centipede Pokemon. It uses it’s head and tail to feel with it, it catches and explores vibrations surrounding it.” Ash puts his Pokedex away and they run to the stuck Pokemon, Ash mentions again that is has a sense of feel. The Pokemon wiggles as it is stuck, Iris is wondering what it is doing, Cilan says that he thinks it’s head is stuck and it wants to be free. Ash says that they should help it out, Ash is about to grab it, until Burgh stops him, saying that it’s special ability is Poison Point, if Ash touches it, Ash will become poisoned. Ash says that it’s struggling though, it shouldn’t stay here, Ash breaks out from, Burgh stopping Ash and he grabs Venipede, he pulls it out, which causes Ash to fall on the cement/sidewalk of the underground canal. Iris asks if Ash is alright, he says yes, Venipede falls in front of Ash on the ground as well, Ash sits up and after Venipede sees Pikachu looking at it, it goes back against the wall in the canal and Venipede uses a screech attack. Burgh says that they should have foreseen it and Ash ask it to stop using Screech, Venipede stops it and it’s head falls down, it has a bruise on it’s back, it closes it’s eyes, looking like it’s in pain, Ash gets on his knees, he asks if it hurt, so Ash says that Venipede was being reckless, even though it knew it’s body was in such a condition. Ash says it needs to treat Venipede right away, Venipede opens it’s eyes and it looks up at Ash, Venipede’s antenna’s shake, Cilan tells Ash to watch out because it might counteract, Iris tells Ash to quit it, Ash tells Venipede that it wont hurt it, Ash tells it politely to calm down, Venipede launches itself, to knock Ash over, but Ash catches it in his hands. Ash is holding it, he says that he himself is alright, Ash says that he just wants to help out, Pikachu talks to Venipede so Ash and Venipede look at Pikachu, Venipede and Ash go back to looking at each other, Ash asks if it understands now, Venipede nods as it understand, as Ash says it is a relief a purple line appears over his nose, Ash has become sick. Ash puts Venipede on the ground, in between his legs, he tells Burgh to treat it now, Ash falls on the ground, they’re all worried, Cilan tells them that Ash has become poisoned, Iris asks if they have an antidote, Cilan says that he is sure that they have some, Burgh says that he will treat Venipede.
Later on, Ash is awake and he is being fed some medicine that Cilan is giving Ash, from a spoon, Ash thanks Cilan, he thanks him because he is still alive, Cilan tells Ash that it’s alright, Iris sprays Venipede with a antidote spray, and Venipede’s bruise clears. Burgh puts a white bandage over the bruise, he says that Venipede’s treatment has also finished, Ash thanks Burgh, Burgh says it’s alright because the important thing is, what Ash did, touched his pure heart. Iris places an Oren Berry next to Venipede, she tells it to eat it, so that it can feel better, Venipede sucks the Oren Berry’s food out of it, until it is reduces to a thin rotting berry. Ash tells Venipede that it is all better, Burgh mentions that they have to think about something else, why was it’s head stuck in the pipe. Cilan hears a noise and he wonders what it is, he looks behind him, and he sees a path connecting the two sides of the Canal, and at the ends of the paths are tunnels, a swarm of Venipede travel from the left tunnel to the right. They are all shocked, Burgh says that Venipede are supposed to be outside of Castelia city in the Desert, and he still wonders why they are here. They are passing down the two sides of the Canal as well, one of them in the swarm, uses Screech which hurt the groups ears again, Burgh says that they appear to be mad, Ash asks why and some of the Venipede shoot some Mud Shot attacks at the group, but the group dodges them, Burgh says it is bad and they have to get out of there, Ash wonders about the hurt Venipede that they befriended. Ash stands there while the rest of them run away, Burgh says they have to run for now, Iris tells Ash to hurry and Ash tells Venipede to take care before he runs off as well. They are all out of the manhole and on the street from before, Ash’s top half of his body is outside and the lower half inside the canal, looking at what’s happening, the Venipede are all causing Chaos, a group of them are pushing over a truck and other ones are carrying away a woman. And they’re firing Mud Shot’s everywhere, so a Police motorcycle pulls up, it’s officer Jenny, and in her sidecar, is a Herdier, Jenny says it’s dangerous and they all need to leave the area. Burgh asks what is going on, Jenny says that a swarm of Venipede are swarming the city, Cilan asks why, so Jenny explains that Professor Juniper is looking into it. A big explosion goes up, a dust cloud is rising from in the distance, Burgh says that it came from the Pokemon Center in the city, so Ash says that they should go and take a look.
They come to near the Pokemon Center, a bunch of Venipede have been knocked out, they look at a group of trainers near the Pokemon Center, one has a Darmanitan, one has a Pignite and another person has a Pansear, but Ash notices someone else, he notices someone with those trainers, Trip. Trip turns around seeing Ash, but he quickly ignores him, Ash is shocked, Trip tells Lampent to come out, a Pokemon comes out, Ash doesn’t know what is, so he looks it up on his Pokedex, it says, “Lampent, the Lamp Pokemon. It is able to float in the air. In the past they lived deep within the forrest, but they now usually live in large cities and towns.”. Trip tells the other 3 trainers that they should do it together, Trip and the 3 other trainers with fire Pokemon all call for a flamethrower, Darmanitan, Pignite, Pansear and Lampent all fire a Flamethrower attack. The attacks hit a bunch of Venipede’s so another group of Venipede’s attack back, the Venipede’s fire a couple of Mud Shot attacks at them, they explode in the air. Trip tells them to stay focused and the others need to keep using Flamethrower, but Ash gets in front of Trip, telling him that he has to stop what he is doing. Trip tells Ash to move out of his way, or Ash will become their opponent as well, Ash asks him why he is attacking the Venipede, Trip responds by saying that that they are barricading the humans and that it’s understandable that they should take matters into their own hands. Ash says Juniper is currently investigating why it is happening though, Ash tells them to not attack for now, Trip says that Ash is naive, Trip says that place they are in now and Kanto, are completely different. Ash gets angry, a man approaches them as well, saying that whatever is happening, needs to be addressed as soon as possible, the man is the mayor, he says that if this continues, Castelia will plunge into Chaos, as well as the Venipede’s poison being dangerous. The mayor says that they need to trap the Venipede, or they need to evacuate the humans, Burgh tells the Mayor to wait, he says that containing the Venipede, will only anger them more and they will rebel even more.
The Venipede’s antenna's start to shake and Burgh says that if they started a fight with them, it wouldn’t help anyone, so the Mayor asks Burgh if there is another option, Burgh says yes, if they bring the Venipede to the central area of Castelia, they can find out as to why they are acting the way they are. Jenny tells the Mayor that the Police and Juniper are investigating as well, Ash, Iris and Cilan plead to the mayor, to listen to them. So the Mayor asks them, how they will get the Venipede to gather in the central area, Burgh tells him that they need to find the leader and if they can get the leader to follow them, the rest will follow. The Mayor understands, so he tells them that they should try their plan, but if they can’t do the task, the others will take the problem into their own hands, he asks if they agree and Burgh says yes. Burgh says that they will go and find the leader straight away, Burgh tells Cilan to get Nurse Joy, they will need Audino’s help later, Cilan understands, so Cilan runs off and Iris, Burgh and Ash run the other way and Trip wonders about the Venipede leader. At Junipers lab, a guy and girl are on back to back computers, Juniper is behind the man, looking at a compute screen on a wall, the man turns around, telling Juniper that the date from the EXA observation satellite, has been received. The screen on the wall changes to a view of the Unova region, a picture of the desert pops up on the screen of the map, the man asks Juniper why need the satellite to find out about what’s going on with the Venipede. Under the picture of the Desert, pops ups a picture of Castelia, Juniper says that Venipede burry underground and they build their nests in the Desert Resort and the cause of the Venipede moving, could be because of a disruption within the earth’s ground(Team Rocket). Back in Castelia, Ash, Burgh and Iris are running through a street, Ash asks how they will find the leader, Burgh says that wild Pokemon stick side by side, when danger occurs. So they need to find a swarm, gathering around a certain one, and that will be the leader, but leaders are always in a place where they can keep an eye on their swarm. They stop, they look around the city, Iris wonders if the one she sees could be the one, she points to one, in the middle of the edge, of a nearby building, and Ash mentions that the one Iris pointed out, has a bigger body. Burgh says that is another way, to locate the leader, but if it the leader, it will come down to challenge them, the one Iris pointed out eventually jumps off of the building and it lands on the ground without a problem. Burgh goes closer to it, he asks if it is the leader and he says that if it stays where it is, the swarm will be in danger, he tells it to follow him, the Venipede fires a Mud Shot, but Burgh dodges it, the Mud Shot hits a building behind Burgh, but Burgh tells Venipede to calm down.
Trip calls for a flamethrower, Trip is near the group and Lampent fires a flamethrower at the leader, but the leader of the Venipede jumps and dodges. Ash tells Trip to stop it, Venipede fires a Mud Shot, but Trip tells Lampent to dodge it, so Lampent does, Ash tells Trip that he shouldn’t attack, without a reason. Trip says that if the leader will be defeated, the swarm will fall apart, Trip says that is his reason for attacking Venipede. Iris asks Trip how he could say it so calmly, Ash says that they have agreed to lead them to the central area, without hurting them, but Trip disagrees, he says that the leader of the swarm wont listen to them. Trip tells Lampent, that it’s the others, or them, Lampent fires a shadow ball, Ash jumps in front of the leader and the Shadow Ball hits Ash instead, sending Ash flying past the leader and he falls not to far away, on his back. Trip tells Ash that it was pointless for him to do it, Burgh tells Trip to stop it, as the Venipede shake their antenna’s the bandaged one from earlier comes in, it talks to the leader and the injured one moves on, over to Ash. The Venipede rubs against Ash showing affection, Ash recognizes it, he tells Venipede that he is fine, Ash tells Trip to observe that the Venipede can be nice Pokemon. Ash says that there is really no need to attack them, Trip tells Ash that the reason doesn’t matter, but the outcome does, Burgh tells Trip that he is being unjust. He tells Trip that their pure hearts have yet to bloom and reach them, Iris agrees and Ash says that until then, Trip should hold off. Cilan’s voice calls out for Burgh, Cilan is running in, along with Nurse Joy and her Audino, Trip returns Lampent to it’s Pokeball, Trip says that they can do what they want, but he doesn’t exactly agree with them. Iris asks what is with his attitude, Burgh tells Joy that Audino should use Heal Pulse to calm the Venipede, Joy understands, so she tells Audino to use Heal Pulse, Audino creates a pink ball of energy, in between it’s hands, the ball grows and explodes, shooting a wave of healing energy spreading. The wave of healing energy calms the Venipede, Burgh brings out a shell and he tells the Venipede to follow him, the shell is a flute, Burgh plays a gentle tune from it, Cilan says it’s an insect pipe, Burgh walks away whilst he still blows the flute, the Venipede follow Burgh and Iris praises Burgh for doing it. Burgh stops, he says that he’ll go to the central area and he asks Ash and the others to lead the other Venipede, into the Swarm that are following him and Burgh continues to walk whilst playing the Insect Flute.
Nurse Joy and Audino wave goodbye, Joy says that she will help out too, Ash and Pikachu run to a nearby alley way, Ash finds four Venipede, so Ash chucks one of his Pokeballs, and out comes his Pidove. He tells Pidove to use gust, to send the Venipede, back to the swarm, Pidove gets behind the Venipede, the Venipede turn around to face Pidove, Pidove’s wings glow light blue and it swishes it’s wings, causing big gusts of wind. It moves them, so the Venipede walk back to the swarm themselves, after Ash and Pikachu get out of their way, so Ash tells Pidove that it did good. Iris is on a building, where some Venipede are on the rim/the edge of the building, Axew jumps from her shoulder, Iris tells Axew to use Dragon Rage, it caused a Dragon Sneeze instead, a big explosion cloud causes Iris and Axew to be covered in dust from the smoke, Iris says that it didn’t work again, so the Venipede walk down the building and they join the Swarm. Iris and Axew fist bump each other, while Iris tells Axew that they did it. Some Venipede are running towards Cilan and his Pansage, Cilan tells Pansage to use a light flavored, Bullet Seed attack. The weakly Bullet Seeds, fire from Pansage’s mouth, causing the Venipede to become unbalanced, so the Venipede walk back into the Swarm following Burgh. Two Venipede’s are butting heads in anger, Joy tells Audino to use Heal Pulse, the Heal Pulse ball fires, growing and exploding, sending healing waves around the two Venipede, which makes them happy and they walk back to the Swarm. Ash sees some more Venipede on the side of a building, Pidove flies towards them but one the Venipede, fires a Mud Shot, Pidove becomes scared, Trip calls out for an Air Cutter. Trip’s Tranquill appears, it uses Air Cutter destroying the Mud Shot, which causes Pidove to fall and land in Ash’s hands, Ash looks at Trip and Trip tells Tranquill to use Air Cutter to send them back, into the swarm. Tranquill fires an Air Cutter, so the Venipede get blow off of the building, they then crawl down the building and into the Swarm. Ash starts to smile, he tells Pidove to use Gust, the Gust attack fires and some more Venipede get blown away, until they walk back into the Swarm. Pidove becomes happy as it’s in the air, it becomes shocked, it’s body becomes a light blue colour, green bits of Aura circle Pidove, as it glows and it changes shape, Ash’s Pidove is now a Tranquill. So, Ash looks it up on his Pokedex (Really Ash? You checked that info like 12 episodes ago), it says, “Tranquill, the wild Pigeon Pokemon. It evolves from Pidove. It can return to where their trainer is, not counting for how far away it is.”, Ash tells Tranquill to use Gust, to send the separated Venipede, back into the swarm. Tranquill claps it’s wings, causing a big gust to blow, which makes the Venipede blow back, until they walk back into the rest of the Swarm. Trip tells his to use Aerial Ace, Tranquill is coming close to the Venipede, which blows them up in the air and Tranquill flies under them, the Venipede fall on the ground and they walk into the Swarm. Ash smiles, he looks at Trip, Trip sees Ash and he turns away whilst Ash still smiles.
At Junipers lab, the same man tells her as they are looking at the same screen, that he is picking up a signal of an unusual energy, Juniper tell him to follow through, so he agrees. A map of the Desert Resort, with arrows from over Unova, moving in and pointing to the Desert, shows up on the screen. The man says that there is a strange occurrence in the Desert Resort and that two unfamiliar energy’s are fusing together, so Juniper wonders, what is happening in the Desert Resort. Later on, a plane is flying through an afternoon sky full of clouds, in it is Giovanni, he is sitting in a seat, with a table in front of him, with a computer on the table. A Team Rocket grunt appears on the screen, he says that they will be arriving in Unova, very soon, Giovanni understand, he looks above the compute screen thinking about the meteonite. Giovanni has an evil laugh, he says that everything that will happen, will happen for the glory or Team Rocket. Back to Castelia City, it’s night time, all of the Venipede’s are in the central part of Castelia, Officer Jenny is making sure the Venipede don’t escape, by using two Herdier’s as a barrier, Ash is kneeling down at the injured Venipede from before, he says that it’s a relief and that they were able to move everybody there without anyone getting hurt. The Mayor says that it is a true relief to the residents, he tells Burgh that he did a good job, he says that Mayor should really thank Ash, Iris, Cilan and Trip too. Ash says that they were just following Burgh’s orders, Cilan says that they knew it would lead to what happened, Iris agrees, the Mayor says thanks, he says that is a relief. Ash turns around and he sees Trip walking away, Ash asks where he is going and Trip mentions, the next town, Ash asks Trip about his gym challenge, Trip responds by saying that the problem with Venipede, wont be resolved for sometime. Trip says that he shouldn’t have to waist time, when he can battle a gym that is running now, Trip walks away, Iris calls Trip and impossible lad, Cilan mentions that Trip’s afterglow taste, only lasted a couple of seconds, but when it comes to it, Trip has his own taste. Ash asks for a battle, when they next meet, Trip asks Ash if he could win at all, when the time comes.
A Helicopter lands on a nearby building’s Helipad , Juniper steps out, Ash is on the building, he runs to Juniper, Juniper says that she knows what happened, because of Officer Jenny, everyone from before, except Joy, Audino and Trip, are on the building, Juniper says that they did a good job. Burgh asks Juniper why the Venipede made such a big migrate, she holds up a portable screen, on the screen is the one with the arrows pointing to the Desert, Juniper tells them to take a look. She says they found a mysterious Energy in the Desert Resort, Burgh says that it disturbed the Venipede so much, that they had to move. Juniper agrees, the Mayor asks Juniper what the energy is, Juniper says that she is about to find out right now. Jenny says that she’ll go too, Ash asks if him and his friends can go too, Juniper tells Ash that it would be too much trouble, Ash tells Juniper that he befriended a Venipede, which suffered from the cause. He says that it’s the reason, as to why he wants to help the Venipede, as well as to restore peace to their home. She understands, they all smile, but Juniper has a condition, if they run into trouble they will have to listen to Officer Jenny. Ash and co. agree, Burgh wants to go, but he has to attend to the Venipede in the Central Area and that he’ll wait alongside them. Officer Jenny thanks Burgh and Ash tells him to take care of the swarm, he says that they should leave it to them, the sun rises and they take off in the Helicopter, Burgh waves goodbye and he says that he is counting on them, then the Helicopter take off into the distance.
Good Points
- Ash befriending a Venipede
- Trip appearing again
- Debut of Heal Pulse
- Pidove evolving
Bad Points
- I didn’t like the plot
- The Venipede are still ugly to me
- Trip being obnoxious again.
An image from Pokemon Smash's Opening, could Monmen from episode 32, be captured by someone on the main cast?
