[birds chirping]
[narrator]
 This is Pallet Town...
where this young man calls home.
[boy panting]
[grunts, laughing]
Hey, Mom!
[panting]
Can I go? Can I?
To Professor Oak's
Pokémon Camp!
It's a really cool trip
to a camp
where you get to go
and check out Pokémon
with Professor Oak!
Oh! So they have a camp
for that, too?
All right. I'll fill in
an application for you, then.
Yay! All right!
All right! Yay!
But I have an early appointment
that day that I can't change.
-Are you sure
you can wake yourself up?
-Awesome!
It'll be so much fun!
-Are you listening?
-[giggles] Yeah!
I wonder what kind of Pokémon
I'm gonna see.
[narrator] The exciting,
 wonderful world of Pokémon!
 A group of the most unusual
 creatures, teeming
 with mystery.
-[kids laughing]
 -Some Pokémon live
 alongside humans...
-[warbling]
-Cubone!
 ...while some can be found
 in the grasslands.
Cu-- Cubone! Cu! Cu-cu-cu-cu.
[Butterfrees trilling]
[narrator] In the sky...
[buzzing]
 -...and in the water.
-[whoops]
 -Wild Pokémon live everywhere!
-Karp karp!
[all cooing]
[narrator]
And in this particular forest...
Pi-pichu!
[chittering]
Pichu. Pichu?
-Pi-pi-chu?
-[Butterfrees trilling]
Pichu! Pichu! Pi-pichu!
Pi! Pichu, pichu! Pichu!
-Ekans.
-[Pichu continues chittering]
Ekans!
Chu! Pik...
Ekans!
-Chu!
-[sputtering]
[narrator] Pichu is a Pokémon
who can use Electric-type moves.
-[electricity crackling]
-[groaning]
[narrator] However, it appears
 Pichu is still learning
 to control its electricity.
Pi...
Pi-pi-chu.
-Pichu?
-[gibbering]
Pi-pi-chu?
[both murmuring, giggling]
Pichu? Pi-pichu!
Pi-pichu.
[screeching]
[narrator] In the wilderness,
 there are many Pokémon
 who live in groups...
 but it seems that this Pichu
 is all alone.
-[wind blowing]
-Pichu?
[all] Koffing!
-Koffing!
-Pichu! [gagging] Pi-pichu!
Pew-pichu, pew-pichu pichu.
Pichu-uu!
[grunting]
Pichu! Pi... [groans]
Pu-pi... chu.
Pichu. Pi-pi-chu?
-Kanga.
-Pi-pichu! Pi, pi...
-Kangas.
-Pichu?
[grunts] Kangaskhan.
Pi-pichu.
[Little Kangaskhan trills]
 ♪ It's a big, big world
But you know where to find me ♪
 ♪ We'll be together
And we're gonna do it our way ♪
 ♪ We'll discover
 We believe in each other ♪
♪ On adventures with my friends
 Like, every day ♪
♪ And we're already on our way ♪
 ♪ The journey starts today ♪
 ♪ The journey starts today ♪
 ♪ The journey starts today ♪
[Ash] Enter Pikachu!
[giggles, trilling]
-Pichu! Pichu!
-[Little Kangaskhan trilling]
-[trilling continues]
-[Kangaskhan growling]
Pi-pichu! Pichu!
[Kangaskhan] Kanga!
Kangaskhan!
Pi-pichu.
Khan?
-Kanga.
-Pi-pichu.
Pi-pichu.
-[laughs]
-Pichu.
Pichu? Pi-pichu?
[cooing, laughing]
Kanga kanga.
-[laughing]
-Pichu! Pi pichu pichu!
-[Kangaskhan grunting]
-[Little Kangaskhan chirping]
[Kangaskhan] Kanga...
[giggling, trilling]
Pichu.
-[laughing, trilling]
-Pi-pi-chu.
-Kanga!
-Pichu? Pichu?
[chirping]
-Pi-pi-chu. Pi-pi-chu. Pichu.
-[trilling]
Kanga... khan.
Pichah!
[munches]
[laughs] Kanga.
[giggles]
[munching, gulps]
Pi-pi-chu!
[narrator]
 This once-lonely Pichu
 is now happily
 living with a small group
 of Kangaskhan.
[Pichu singing]
[trilling]
-[Pichu singing]
-[trilling]
Khan!
[both gasp]
-[laughing]
-Pichu! Pi-pichu!
[crickets chirping]
[Little Kangaskhan snoring]
[snoring]
-Pi-pi-chu.
-[Kangaskhan] Kang.
Pichu. Pichu.
Pichu?
Pi-pi-chu?
Kangaskhan.
-Kangaskhan.
-Pi-pi-chu.
Pichu.
[narrator]
 A number of weeks later...
[all squawking]
 ...the day finally arrives
 for Professor Oak's camp.
Uh, Professor?
Isn't it time to be on our way?
Yes, but I'm afraid
we're still missing somebody.
[Chloe]
But they should have
gotten here a long time ago.
[Oak] We're
waiting on a lively young man
who lives in the neighborhood.
I know what!
I bet he was
so excited about our trip,
he couldn't sleep!
Kind of a simple-minded
and not responsible guy, huh?
[sighs] Pokémon Camp... so fun.
I can't wait! [exhales]
You might have a point there.
Huh? Wait.
-What was your name?
-See, she invited me along.
-I'm Goh!
-[Oak] A friend of Chloe's?
That's right!
He comes to watch the research
at my dad's lab all the time,
so I brought him!
Oh! And how is
Professor Cerise?
Fine!
Chloe's father
does lots of research
on Pokémon, just like me.
Not only that, he's been hailed
as a genius since he was young,
a promising researcher!
So, how long
are we gonna wait for that
irresponsible kid, anyway?
Delayed leaving
means delayed returning.
That settles it!
Let's be on our way!
[shouts]
What time is it?
Professor Oak!
[pants] Wait for me!
[panting]
All right, then,
it's time to observe
the multitude of Pokémon
living in this forest.
[all] Yay! [giggling]
Squirtle!
Whoa! A wild Caterpie!
Squirtle!
Now, go! Poké Ball!
[chirps]
[whirring]
All right! [giggling]
I just caught a Caterpie!
-[kids gasp]
-Just as you observed,
by throwing Poké Balls
at wild Pokémon, you have
a chance to catch them.
And when
the rest of you turn ten,
you can become Trainers.
You'll then choose
a first-partner Pokémon
suitable for beginners.
That's when you and your Pokémon
will be able to go out
on your very own journey!
[kids]
Wow, that sounds so awesome!
[Oak] But before then,
you'll want to learn everything
you can about Pokémon.
[kids] All right, Professor,
we will!
Although, there probably
isn't a thing about Pokémon
I don't know.
But, Goh...
[laughs] Sounds like
you're quite the expert!
[giggling]
Who can tell me
something about this Pokémon?
[Goh]
It's the Cocoon Pokémon Kakuna!
[Oak] Ooh, precisely!
Then you probably
know this one, too.
[Goh] Mm-hmm.
That's a Farfetch'd!
It's got a leek
that it can swing like a sword
and slice up all kinds of stuff!
-Wow!
-Amazing! Wow!
You know everything!
That's a Diglett!
-It likes to eat tree roots!
-[Diglett] Diglett.
The evolved form
of Diglett-- Dugtrio!
[Dugtrio overlapping]
Trio! Trio! Trio!
[Goh] They've got amazing power.
They can dig tunnels
at over 60 miles per hour!
Excuse me,
we do have Professor Oak here
to give us the facts on Pokémon.
[laughs] Though, I have to admit
Goh is quite knowledgeable.
All right,
as Goh previously mentioned,
Pokémon evolve.
Conditions for evolution vary
among Pokémon,
but they're all living creatures
whose appearances change.
-That Farfetch'd
doesn't evolve, right?
-You see-- ah!
Yes, that's correct.
It's not like every Pokémon
on the planet evolves.
The fact is
there are some Pokémon
who actually don't.
-Excuse me.
-[laughs] Why, I don't mind.
Magikarp!
[Oak] Next, some Pokémon
who live in the water!
[Chloe] Honestly, Goh!
This is exactly why
you never make friends!
Who said I wanted
to make friends, anyway?
What I want is to
catch a Pokémon that nobody
has ever seen before.
[Chloe sighs]
Uh, don't make fun of me!
You're talking
like you're in a dream.
It's reality! It's my future!
And I can hold that future
in the palm of my hand!
[Chloe sighs]
-[Nidoking] Nido!
-Huh?
Ah-hh!
It's a Nidoking!
-Hold on.
-Huh?
[mewing, giggling]
Nido!
Meep!
It vanished!
-[mews]
-Nido!
You're kidding!
[mewing]
Nid--
[groaning]
[mewing]
[giggling]
It just used the same move
as Nidoking!
Ni-ni.
Nido!
[mews]
[mewing]
[shouting] Nido!
It used the same move again!
[growls]
[roaring] Nido!
[mews]
[mewing]
Nido! [groans]
It's playing around by using
the same moves as Nidoking.
[gasps]
[Nidoking groans]
[Goh] But who's that Pokémon?
[mews]
[mews]
Agh! [panting]
Goh, wait up!
-[mewing]
-[Goh panting] Agh!
[Chloe panting]
[woman] Who's that Pokémon?
Pika?
Pichu-pichu!
Pika-pika!
[panting]
[panting] Goh! Come on, wait up!
Now, where'd that Pokémon go?
Oh, will you hold on?
-Magmar!
-[both gasp]
-[Goh] A Magmar!
-Mag?
[mews]
[both gasp]
-[panting]
-Hey, Goh!
[mews, giggles]
-[bellows]
-Now it turned into a Tauros!
[bellows]
[shrieks]
And now it's a Lapras!
It won't get away from me!
Goh!
[narrator] In the same forest,
 a certain Pichu has become
 great friends
 with a group of Kangaskhan.
[chirping]
[giggling] Pichu, pichu!
-Pichu!
-[trilling, giggling]
-Pi! Pi-pichu! Pi-pichu!
-[both cooing]
[narrator] These Pokémon
 are called Chansey.
 They share
 their eggs with Pokémon
 they consider friends.
A Chansey egg is very nutritious
and a favorite of many Pokémon.
[chirping]
[chirping continues]
[chirping, mewing]
-[trilling]
-[mewing]
I just know
it flew over this way.
But, Goh, we've got to get back
to the group now!
I'm sure Professor Oak's
worried about us.
[chirping]
[all] Kanga! Kanga!
-[Little Kangaskhan chirping]
-Pi-pichu.
[Little Kangaskhan chirping]
-[Kangaskhan groans]
-Pichu!
Kangas, kangas.
Pi? Pi-pichu?
Kang-kangas.
[birds chirping]
-[growls]
-[Little Kangaskhan trilling]
Pi-pichu!
Kangaskhan!
[grunting]
[growls]
Pi-pi-chu.
-[mewing]
-[Little Kangaskhan shouting]
-Kang, kanga.
-Pichu!
-Pi-pichu!
-Kang kang kanga.
Kangaskhan!
[Little Kangaskhan trilling]
-[mews]
-Kanga?
[crying]
-[screams]
-What?
Kang? Kangaskhan!
Pi-pichu...
[echoes] Pichu!
-Agh!
-Look out!
[screaming]
[mewing]
[screaming, stops]
[all gasp]
-[Kangaskhan groaning]
-[Little Kangaskhan chirping]
-[Kangaskhan cooing]
-Pi, pichu!
[mewing]
[Oak panting]
Huh?
-[panting]
-[Chloe] Professor Oak!
[sighs] So this is where you two
have been!
I looked all over!
Hmm, I'm not certain,
but it could be Mew.
Mew?
They say it lives
in the depths of the jungle,
[Oak]
 but it's said to be able
 to vanish at will,
 so it hasn't been seen
 by many people.
 It's believed to be
 a Mythical Pokémon
 whose DNA resembles
 the DNA of all other Pokémon.
-An extremely rare Pokémon?
-Awesome!
Mew's the ultra-awesome
Pokémon!
[Goh] Man, I wanna be
ten years old now so I can
become a Pokémon Trainer!
So cool!
Then I'll be able
to catch that Mew,
the ultra-awesome Pokémon!
[mewing]
[narrator] Sometimes,
 with new chance encounters,
 even when things
 don't quite work out...
[Little Kangaskhan trilling]
 ...time passes
 at its own speed.
[Kangaskhan panting]
[panting]
[narrator] And so, with time,
Pichu and the Little Kangaskhan
 grew a little bit bigger.
Pichu.
[panting] Kanga. Kanga.
Pi... pichu.
Pi... pi-pi-pi... pichu.
Pich-- pi-pichu?
Kang-kanga.
[grunts]
-[Kangaskhan panting]
Kanga, kanga...
-Pichu.
[insects chirping]
-[grunting] Pichu.
-[snoring softly]
Pichu.
-Pichu-- [gasps]
-[Kangaskhan exhale]
[snoring] Kanga...
[both snoring]
Pi-pi-chu.
Pich, pi... pi-pi-ch--
Pi-pi-chu-chu.
Pichu.
Pichu.
P-pi-pi-pi...
Pichu.
Pichu.
[Little Kangaskhan giggling]
[Kangaskhan] Kangas!
-[trilling, giggling]
-[Kangaskhan] Kang!
-[laughing continues]
-[Kangaskhan]  Kang!
Pichu.
Pich.
Pikach--
[zapping]
Pi?
Pika?
Pi?
Pika? Pi--
Pika?
Pik! Pika!
Pikachu!
Pikachu!
Pika.
[panting] Pi, pi, pi...
[narrator] Goodbyes,
 although not easy, can lead
 to brand-new, happy hellos.
 Sometime later...
Pika...
[narrator] ...a young man
 named Ash Ketchum from
 Pallet Town
 has just celebrated
 his tenth birthday.
[gasps] Huh?
[gasps]
What time is it?
[narrator] On the day when
 he was to begin his journey
 as a Pokémon Trainer,
 Ash overslept... again.
 But even so, he'll manage
 to get his first Pokémon.
[gasps] Agh!
-[Pikachu] Pikachu.
-Ah-hh! [laughs]
-This Pokémon's name is Pikachu.
-It's so cute!
-It's the best of all!
-Well, you'll see.
Oh, hi, Pikachu!
-You and I
are gonna be best friends!
-Pikachu!
Agh! What's going on?
The Mouse Pokémon,
an Electric type.
It usually avoids contact
with humans.
Use caution,
or you'll be shocked.
Ugh.
So, you're Pikachu.
My name's Ash!
Nice to meet you!
[narrator]
 And so, from this moment...
-Pika!
 -...Ash and Pikachu's
 story began.
 They've had many adventures...
 and the curtain
 is about to rise on yet
 another brand-new adventure!
Pika!
[boat horn blares]
[birds chirping]
Come to think of it,
Goh hasn't been to school
in forever.
[scoffs] It seems
like all he ever does
is Pokémon research this
and Pokémon observe that.
It's my reality, my future!
And I can hold that future
in the palm of my hand!
[narrator]
 As the journey continues!
[theme music playing]
