EP041: Difference between revisions

{{Ash}}, {{an|Misty}}, and {{an|Brock}} are heading for another town, with {{AP|Pikachu}} fast asleep. They run into a [[hippie]], who plays a song on his [[Poké Flute]] which wakes up Pikachu. He then asks them for food, but they don't have any, so they continue on their way. Shortly after, {{TRT}} arrives, and are rude towards the hippie when he plays them a song and asks them for food. After they walk away, he mentions that they give off bad vibes and should learn to respect their elders.

Ash and company reach a town, only to find that the local stores and restaurants have no food to sell, as there are no ingredients to cook with. The town's {{OBP|mayor|EP041}} stumbles upon the hungry group and shows them to his home and feeds them. He tells them that the village is unable to get any food because the river has dried up, killing all the produce a fortnight ago. So, Ash and his friends head upstream to check it out.  

They discover a large tangle of thorns and decide to crawl through it, Misty gets scratched in the process. With the help of Ash's {{AP|Bulbasaur}} and its {{m|Razor Leaf}}, they get through the thorns to find that the flow of the river is being blocked by a sleeping {{p|Snorlax}}, which is very big and weighs close to 1000 pounds. Ash, Misty, and Brock try to wake Snorlax up using an announcement speaker and moving it. Ash even attempts to [[Caught Pokémon|capture]] the Pokémon, but the {{ball|Poké}} just bounces off Snorlax's belly. Soon after, Team Rocket arrives. Team Rocket tries to steal Snorlax, which Ash and his friends try to help them with, as it will unblock the flow of the river. However, their attempt to steal Snorlax by attaching cables from [[Team Rocket's mechas|their hot-air balloon]] doesn't work. Instead Meowth and the balloon are sent crashing into the dried waterbed after the cables snap. Ash states he didn't expect anything less than failure from Team Rocket, but his snide comment infuriates them. So they decide to try to wake up Snorlax once again. After an alarm clock and a bucket of water prove unsuccessful, they decide to try the {{wp|Sleeping Beauty}} approach and get a 'noble' {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} to kiss Snorlax. After some deep thought, Misty tries to have {{TP|Misty|Horsea}} kiss Snorlax; as Ash points out it resembles a horse. Instead {{TP|Misty|Psyduck}} releases itself from its Poké Ball and kisses Snorlax, it blushes afterwards. Team Rocket forces {{MTR}} to kiss Snorlax, but even this doesn't wake it up, even though Snorlax seemed to flinch when this happened.

Snorlax then rolls over, revealing a card that tells them that only the beautiful music from a Poké Flute will awaken a Snorlax. Ash checks his Pokedex for detail, and the file image jogs Misty's memory. They remember the hippie had a Pokémon flute, and run over to him to ask him to wake up Snorlax. However, Ash, Misty, and Brock get into an argument with Team Rocket, and eventually [[Jessie]] tries to attack with {{TP|Jessie|Arbok}}, but a {{m|Gust}} attack from {{AP|Pidgeotto|Pidgeot}}, which turns into a cyclone, sends them blasting off again.

Ash and his friends take the hippie to the Snorlax. As it turns out, the hippie owns the Snorlax. He wakes Snorlax up with his Poké Flute, but the river is still blocked. The real source of the blockage is more thorns, luckily the thorns turn out to be Snorlax's favorite snack food. The hungry Pokémon eats all of the thorns, successfully unplugging the river and ultimately saving the town. In honor of the groups effort, the town's mayor declares a celebratory banquet.