AG001
Get the Show on the Road
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Credits
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Get the Show on the Road! (Japanese: 新たなる大地! 新たなる冒険!! A New Land! A New Adventure!!) is the first episode of Advanced Generation. It was first broadcast in Japan on November 21, 2002 and in USA on March 15, 2003 as part of a special preview. It was later broadcast in sequence on November 1, 2003.
In this episode, Ash finally arrives in the land of Hoenn, at a port near Littleroot Town. But with a sick Pikachu in his hands, entering the Hoenn League is the least of his concerns. With no Pokémon Centers nearby, he calls up Professor Birch for help.
Meanwhile, May, the daughter of the Petalburg Gym leader Norman, heads towards Professor Birch's lab, so she can get her starter Pokémon.
Synopsis
The episode starts off with May riding her bike heading to Littleroot Town. She's really excited since today is the day she has to visit Professor Birch to become a Pokémon trainer. A Duskull appears next to her and spooks May out. She speeds off, but May loses control of her speed and zips down smack into a tree. However she continues on and stops at a cliff and sees Littleroot Town, knowing she's closer to becoming a trainer. Though, she admits that she doesn't really like Pokémon and is only interested in traveling.
Meanwhile on the ferry, Ash Ketchum is worried about Pikachu. Then he thinks that perhaps there's a Pokémon Center in town and he could take Pikachu to Nurse Joy. On the upper deck, Team Rocket hears the call for Littleroot Town and wonders where they got to this time. Jessie seems rather happy to be here, it's Hoenn, new lands, a fresh start. Finally when the boat docks, Ash asks the port attendant where's the Pokémon Center. The attendant says that there isn't a Pokémon Center around. Ash feels defeated, but he remembers that Professor Birch might have some healing equipment. He calls Birch's residence, but with some bad timing as Birch's assistant says that he is doing field work but will notify him ASAP.
Ash waits on the bench, starting to feel a little relieved. A screeching of a car is heard after a long while and it's Birch. They ask if they are who they said to meet and Ash jumps into the van. Along the way, Pikachu gets a little wild and Professor Birch knows what's wrong, and knows it's serious. Birch says that Pikachu got an electric overload, sooner or later, Pikachu will overdo itself by releasing it. He drives the jeep through a forest and swiftly heads to his lab. When they get there, Birch's assistant informs that everything is set up and they go in. Birch hooks up the diagnosis equipment and his assistant turns it on. The electricity levels in Pikachu are surprisingly high, so high it causes the machine to explode. After the explosion, Pikachu makes his way out, and Ash follows. Birch takes his Pokémon and follows Ash and tells the assistant that if May comes, tell her to wait.
Ash runs around through the forest, trying to find Pikachu, but at this rate, it'll take a long time. Meanwhile May arrives at the lab and is given the message to wait. Despite that, she heads off saying she can find Professor Birch. While trying to find Pikachu, he slips on a cliff and lands smack down on a Poochyena. Professor Birch recovers from the pain, but is greeted the Poochyena is angry. He tries to calm it, but the two more Poochyena appear and they all start growling. Professor Birch remembers some growling patterns and figures out they're going to use Rage. As much as Birch would like to feel happy at his knowledge, he's soon chased down by the angry pack.
May luckily arrives at the scene and wonders what's with Birch as he's climbing a tree. Birch is grateful and tells May to get one of his Pokémon to get rid of the Poochyena. May opens the bag and takes a random one hesistantly. A Mudkip pops out and Professor Birch tells May to have it attack. May doesn't know what Mudkip knows, but Birch says to have it do Water Gun. May tells does so but Mudkip sprays her instead. The branch Birch is on breaks and he ends up being chased again. He tells Mudkip to come down and the Pokémon does. As soon as Birch is behind Mudkip, the Pokémon fires a Water Gun, hosing down all the Poochyena.
Pikachu walks through the forest weakened, and hears Ash nearby. But he can't tell who it is and gets enraged, releasing a giant thunderbolt. Birch and May see it and Birch tells her that they should hurry there. At the site, everyone meets up and at the last moment see Pikachu run off. But where Pikachu is going, is straight down a cliff. Ash follows Pikachu and manages to catch him and a branch. Birch soon throws down a rope and tells Ash to grab on. Along the way, Pikachu starts trying to escape and eventually bites Ash's arm. Ash holds on tight, and soon Pikachu comes back to his senses. Ash soon makes it back on the cliff and is relieved.
However, Jessie gives the cue for James and Meowth to attack and a giant battery robot stomps in front of Ash. May and Birch ask who they are and Ash fills them in. They give their motto And zip into the robot. Meowth brags about this robot is the best one yet, and how it outlasts any other. An arm shoots out and grabs Pikachu and brings him up. Then the robots arm's puts suction cups on Pikachu's cheeks and absorb the electricity. The battery charges up, which James and Meowth want, but Jessie points out that this is helping Pikachu less than harming him. Soon Pikachu is better and begins to shock the robot. While Ash Birch, and May are watching, May's bike gets fried by a stray bolt.
The robot explodes with the electric attack. And for some reason, Jessie still seems happy as they blast off. Pikachu lands down, but soon collapses onto the ground. Everyone soon heads back into the lab.
At the lab, it looks like Pikachu is doing fine. May takes a peek, but bumps a pot over and everyone notices. She and Ash exchange introductions and they catch up with what's going on. Birch mentions that he has some Pokémon he needs to show to give to May. He first shows Treecko, which Ash asks if it's a Template:Type2-type, but Birch says it's a Grass-type. Treecko's stare gives May the shivers though. Next is Mudkip, which Ash knows this has to be the water type. And lastly Torchic. While Birch is explaining, Torchic goes up to May and happily greets her. May then makes up her mind and goes with Torchic. Birch gives her a gift of six empty Poké Balls and a PokéDex. She makes a few comments about this, Birch wondering what she said before she tries to cover it up.
The next morning May gives a few frowns at her bike, but it can't do much good. She goes to find Ash and scold at him, but when she opens the door, she finds Ash still asleep. May softens up and watches as Ash mutters a few things in his sleep and Pikachu wakes up. Pikachu wakes up Ash and the two are happy, May says to herself that the bike can wait.
Outside May releases Torchic and Ash soon comes outside. May greets him and Pikachu hops off of Ash to meet Torchic. The two Pokémon soon play around, Ash commenting Pikachu sure can make friends with anyone. Birch and his assistant soon tell them that they have to go to Oldale Town's Pokémon Center to register for the league. May makes a few remarks about going alone. Then she purposely says she would, but Ash's Pikachu ruined her bike. (She doesn't realise how effective this is since Misty only got her bike back a few days previously.) May asks Ash if she could tag along with him, and Ash says okay. And soon they head off for Oldale Town.
Major events
- Ash and May decide to travel together.
- May starts her Pokémon journey with a Torchic.
Debuts
Pokémon
Characters
Humans
Pokémon
Trivia
- Advance Adventure replaces Ready Go! as the opening.
- Because the Sky is There replaces Pokettari Monsutari as the ending.
- Pokémon Advanced starts using Kanji in the episode titles.
- Ash starts his journey in Hoenn much like he did in Kanto, with a rather hurt Pikachu.
- Pikachu manages to destroy May's bike in a similar way he destroyed Misty's.
- The half time shots feature Ash and May.
Errors
- Although Ash and Pikachu came to Littleroot Town using a boat, both the anime as well as Generation III Hoenn maps show that there's no water surrounding Littleroot Town. This may, however, be simply because they wanted Ash to start his Hoenn journey in Littleroot Town, just as in the games.
- When May was climbing the mountain with her bike after showing us Ash and Pikachu on the ship, She had long sleeves. May wears short sleeves.
Dub edits
- This episode was first aired on Kids WB as as a sneak peek in March 2003 when Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire were released. The version that has aired since has a slight difference in May's introductory speech:
- Sneak Peek: "But just between you and I, what I'm more interested in is traveling and seeing new places." [screams as her bike goes down the hill]
- Regular version: "But just between you and me, what I'm more interested in is traveling and seeing new places. There it is, Littleroot Town, up ahead!" [screams as her bike goes down the hill]
- The only piece of music kept from the original is the new theme for Team Rocket's motto.
- While the original version does not feature Who's That Pokémon? from this episode, 4Kids keeps it before replacing it with Pokémon Trainer's Choice in What You Seed is What You Get.
In other languages
- Chinese: 新的大地！新的冒險!!
- French: Une nouvelle rencontre
- Italian: Una nuova compagna di viaggio
- Latin American Spanish: ¡Hay que empezar el camino!
- Portuguese: Tudo Começa na Estrada!
- Spanish: Todos en camino