AG102

AG102

AG102   ドクター・モロボシの島！化石ポケモン現る!! ???

First broadcast Japan November 11, 2004 United States

English themes Opening Ending

Japanese themes Opening チャレンジャー!! Ending GLORY DAY 〜輝くその日〜

Credits Animation Team Ota Screenplay 藤田伸三 Shinzō Fujita Storyboard 大山和弘 Kazuhiro Ōyama Assistant director ながはまのりひこ Norihiko Nagahama Animation director 広岡歳仁 Toshihito Hirooka No additional credits are available at this time.

(Japanese: ドクター・モロボシの島！化石ポケモン現る!! ) is episode 102 of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on November 11, 2004.

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Synopsis

We see Satoshi and the others riding on a ferry to the next location. Masato exclaims that they’ve arrived at the next island, and Takeshi says that it’s Izabe Island, a crescent moon-shaped island. Satoshi’s excited to think about what kind of rare pokemon will be in this remote island.

On the beach, Haruka is training her Fushigidane for the next contest, trying to teach it Petal Dance. Meanwhile, Satoshi is doing some training of his own, trying to make Pikachu stronger. He has Pikachu hit a log floating in the ocean with its Thunderbolt attack. The attack flips the log up into the air, where Pikachu is ordered to use Iron Tail to chop it in half. After Pikachu lands, Haruka happily exclaims that Fushigidane has learned Petal Dance! She decides to show Satoshi, so she has her grass pokemon use the attack on an incoming tidal wave. The Petal Dance tears right through the wave, cutting a giant circular hole out of the wall of water.

Meanwhile, Masato is out by himself gathering firewood in the forest. Suddenly, he spots a Yureidoll! The pokemon runs off as Masato sits, flabbergasted. Satoshi and the others arrive on the scene, and Masato informs them of what he just saw. After Haruka looks it up on her Pokemon Zukan, Takeshi says that Yureidoll is supposed to be extinct. As Satoshi looks for the pokemon, Haruka suggests that maybe he mistook a different pokemon for Yureidoll. Suddenly, a Kinogassa appears, and everyone assumes that this is what Masato saw. Masato insists that he really saw a Yureidoll and runs off, anxious to prove them wrong.

Masato is searching in the forest when he comes across a huge mansion! He approaches the grounds and peeks through the window, discovering that the mansion has a laboratory inside! Through the window, he’s also able to see a bunch of Lilyla, the pre-evolved form of Yureidoll! Suddenly, a man in a lab coat appears behind Masato and angrily asks him what he’s doing there!

Satoshi and the others are still out in the forest, looking for Masato. Suddenly, Yureidoll appears in front of our heroes! As Satoshi and the others realize that Masato wasn’t as crazy as they thought, a young female in a lab coat appears and happily hug the ancient pokemon, happy that it’s OK. As Takeshi does his usual “fall for a beautiful girl” routine, the girl introduces herself as Annu. Satoshi and the others ask if she’s seen Masato, and the woman responds that if he’s anywhere, he would have found his way to the lab where she works.

Everyone is taken to the lab, where Masato is waiting. Haruka and Masato share a hug while the man in the lab coat from before appears. His name’s Dr. Moroboshi, and he’s studying at the lab with his wife, Annu. Takeshi cries about the fact that Annu’s already spoken for while Haruka looks Lilyla up on the Pokemon Zukan. She then tells Dr. Moroboshi that she thought that Lilyla and Yureidoll were supposed to be extinct, and Annu says that the pokemon came from fossils. The young trainers eagerly ask Dr. Moroboshi to explain how they made the fossil pokemon came to life. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is spying on the doctor from the top of a tree.

Dr. Moroboshi starts his explanation. Many many years ago, when all these fossil pokemon were still alive, the Anopusu who lived on a remote peninsula used to eat a special fruit. Over time, however, the land changed, and the peninsula gradually broke off into its own island, the island that’s now known as Izabe Island. Dr. Moroboshi then explains that they were able to extract Lilyla from the Root Fossil, while Anopusu was extracted from a Claw Fossil. Dr. Moroboshi thinks that he’ll be famous for the work he’s done with the ancient pokemon, but Annu tells the kids that they haven’t made any official announcement to the scientific world at the moment.

Outside, Team Rocket is plotting to steal the fossil pokemon. They plot something about how the Boss will be in the jungle with the pokemon, and then for some reason he rips his clothes off to reveal a loincloth. As he swings on a vine Tarzan-style (Nyasu even does a Tarzan yell for the Boss), they imagine the Boss flipping through the air, diving toward a waterfall as Ptera fly beside him.

Back in the lab, it’s time for another experiment! A cylinder with an Anopusu in it rises from the ground and opens up. As either Haruka or Satoshi looks up the pokemon in the Pokemon Zukan, Annu says that the pokemon is ready to evolve! After it evolves into Armaldo, Satoshi looks it up in his Pokemon Zukan. Dr. Moroboshi and Annu seem happy, but their celebration ends soon when a net thrown by Team Rocket lands on the Armaldo! They start to pull the pokemon in, but Armaldo responds with an Iron Claw attack. It breaks free of the net and uses Water Gun on Team Rocket, breaking them through the wall of the lab and blasting them off again. Suddenly, Armaldo turns on Satoshi and aims a Water Gun at the young trainer! Satoshi dodges as the fossil pokemon starts going on a rampage, breaking every computer in the lab! The pokemon then runs out the hole made by Team Rocket and starts running.

In the forest, we see Satoshi and the others running after Armaldo in the forest. Far ahead, Armaldo is seen eating apples from a tree, looking disappointed, and spitting them out. Soon, Satoshi and the others catch up. They ask Armaldo to return to the lab, but the pokemon responds by firing a Water Gun at them. Everyone dodges the attack and runs behind a bush, where they wonder what to do.

Suddenly, Pikachu jumps in front of the Armaldo and begins talking to it. The group is happy that Pikachu is trying to talk things out, so they decide to all send their Bug-Types out to talk to it (since Armaldo itself is part Bug-Type). Haruka releases her Agehanto while Takeshi releases his Forretress, and the two Bug-Types join Pikachu in trying to calm Armaldo down. The talks fail, however, when Armaldo uses some sort of Iron Claw attack on the pokemon. They’re all able to dodge, and as they assess the situation Armaldo takes another apple, bites into it, and spits it out. As Dr. Moroboshi takes notice of this behavior, Satoshi calls on his Heigani and orders it to use Crab Hammer on Armaldo. However, it’s ineffective as the fossil pokemon merely swats Heigani away like some sort of insect. Heigani recovers and uses Bubblebeam, but Armaldo counters it with a Water Gun attack. The two attacks collide and a battle of strength occurs, but Armaldo’s Water Gun proves to be more powerful. It blasts through Heigani’s Bubblebeam attack and hits Heigani, causing it to faint. The pokemon then uses its Iron Claw attack to burrow underground, disappearing from the battle site.

As everyone recovers from their failed attempts, Dr. Moroboshi figures out why Armaldo is so upset—it’s looking for food. It wants the special berries that used to grow during the days when the island was a peninsula, but now those berries aren’t as plentiful anymore. However, they can still be found on the island, but now they’re restricted to the top point of the crescent-shaped island. So, everyone decides to head toward the berries.

At the edge of the island, Armaldo arrives, as does Satoshi and the gang. However, it’s grabbed by a Team Rocket mecha before it gets a chance to eat! The mecha is a tank-type machine with arms, and it’s supposed to be super-strong. After Team Rocket says their motto, Nyasu says that they should go back to the lab to grab the Lilyla there, so the tank-mecha makes its way to the lab. Dr. Moroboshi doesn’t give up, though, and he chases the tank until he’s close enough to jump on the back. The Armaldo inside hears the thud created by Dr. Moroboshi’s landing and tries to scratch its way out of its container, but Kojirou (who’s with the others in a cockpit separated from the containment area) repeats that the mecha was built to be super strong. Outside, Dr. Moroboshi tries to talk to Armaldo. Unfortunately for him, Kojirou notices that they have a stowaway, so he drives erratically in order to shake the doctor off. Dr. Moroboshi still clings on, so Kojirou has the mecha’s arms grab him and toss him off the mecha. The doctor lands with a thud in front of Satoshi and the others, who are trying their best to keep up with the mecha.

Now it’s Satoshi’s turn to try getting Armaldo back. He has Pikachu use Thunderbolt, but the attack is useless on the super-fortified mecha. Haruka then calls on her Fushigidane, who uses Petal Dance on some rocks on the cliff above the mecha. The attack causes an avalanche of rocks to fall down, blocking the road. Team Rocket’s mecha is unable to stop in time and flips over as it crashes in to the rocks. Just then, Masato notices some different-colored patches on the bottom of the mecha, and guesses that Team Rocket was unable to afford to cover the entire mecha in the super-strong material. Dr. Moroboshi tells Armaldo to aim at the weak spot, and the pokemon obeys. It’s able to Iron Claw its way out of the mecha! In addition, Armaldo seems a lot friendlier now!

But it’s not over yet! Team Rocket has emerged from the mecha and is ready to attack, so Nyasu jumps forward and tries to use Fury Swipes on the fossil pokemon. However, the fossil pokemon uses Rock Blaster to bend the cat pokemon’s claws! Fushigidane then steps in and uses Petal Dance, followed by Pikachu with a Thunder attack. With all these attacks combined, Team Rocket is sent blasting off again.

Now that Armaldo has been recovered, everyone is happy. The pokemon has found its favorite berries and eats happily. Haruka comments about how well Fushigidane did in battle, and how she’ll use Petal Dance in the next contest.

Major events

Haruka's Fushigidane learns a new attack, Petal Dance. And a supposedly extinct Pokemon species, Yuriedoll, is revealed to still be alive.

Debuts

Yuriedoll (Cradily), Kinogasa (Breloom), Lilya (Lileep)

Characters

Humans

Satoshi/Ash, Haruka/May, Masato/Max, Takeshi/Brock, Kojirou/James, Musashi/Jessie

Pokémon

Pikachu, Fushigidane (Bulbasaur), Kortoise (Torkoal), Heigani (Corphish), Yuriedoll (Cradily), Lilya (Breloom), Nyasu (Meowth), Ptera (Aerodactyl), Agehanto (Beautifly).

Trivia

Dub edits

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