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Metacritic TV Episode Reviews, Following A Maiden's Voyage!, In the far-off region of Sinnoh, a girl named Dawn is finally 10 and has set out from her hometown of Twinleaf to meet Professor Rowan in. The following is a list of episodes from the anime Pokemon, though there are just so many episodes that it will take some time to add them on this wiki. And this episode list will feature only USA air dates, not Japan. And there will be no descriptions either, though this will only be temporary until all of the episode names and dates are added to their rightful season. To see the real episode.
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Following A Maiden's Voyage! (Japanese: 旅立ち!フタバタウンからマサゴタウンへ!!Setting Off! From Futaba Town to Masago Town!!) is the first episode of Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, and the 467th episode of the Pokémon anime. It aired in Japan on September 28, 2006, the same day as the Japanese release of the Nintendo DS games, Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. It aired in the US on April 20, 2007 as part of a special preview, two days before the American release of Diamond and Pearl. It was later broadcast in sequence in the United States on June 4, 2007.
Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
- 3Major events
- 3.1Debuts
- 3.1.2Pokémon debuts
- 3.1Debuts
- 4Characters
- 5Trivia
Blurb
It's always exciting when new Pokémon Trainers receives their first Pokémon, but for a girl named Dawn, things will be far more exciting than she'd ever imagined! Here in the Sinnoh region, Trainers receive their Pokémon from Professor Rowan, whose lab is near Sandgem Town—but soon after Dawn leaves her home in Twinleaf Town and heads for the lab, she's hopelessly lost. Fortunately, she runs into Professor Rowan on the street and follows him to the lab. But while the Professor was out, his assistants accidentally let two of the starter Pokémon, Chimchar and Pilplup, break out of the lab.
Dawn volunteers to find the missing Pokémon and soon finds Piplup, who runs off and gets into trouble with some Ariados. Though Dawn comes to the rescue, Piplup isn't exactly grateful. Once the angered Ariados return, however, Piplup and Dawn must work together in order to escape. They end up on the shore of Lake Verity, where they spot a mysterious Pokémon. Then, back at the lab, Dawn makes their partnership official and chooses Piplup to be her companion.
Meanwhile, Ash has arrived in Sinnoh with Pikachu and his stowaway Aipom. He's ready for adventure, but not ready for trouble: Team Rocket appears and successfully steals Pikachu! But Team Rocket starts arguing and everyone ends up flying, including Pikachu. Now how will Ash and Pikachu be reunited...?
Plot
The rising sun ushers in a new morning for a young girl named Dawn, who is due to start her journey. She eventually gets up and pushes the window open to admire the view of her hometown, Twinleaf Town. As she gets dressed her mother Johanna along with a Glameow enter the bedroom. Downstairs, mother and daughter discuss Dawn's plans over coffee and Dawn pulls out a postcard that she received from Professor Rowan, inviting her to his laboratory to pick up her starter Pokémon. Examining the postcard, Dawn considers her three choices: the Grass-typeTurtwig, the Fire-typeChimchar, and the Water-typePiplup. Dawn then comments that regardless, all three Pokémon would make a great partner in her bid to become a Top Coordinator just like her mother. She begins fantasizing about performing in Pokémon Contests with the three different Pokémon, acting out all her actions while her mother watches on.
Later, Dawn prepares to leave for her journey, lugging a suitcase behind her full of dresses and jewelry. Her mother, standing on the house porch, tells her to pack more sensibly. They go inside, where Johanna fits everything that Dawn will need in a small backpack. Before she can leave on her journey, her mother gives her one last thing to take: her first Contest Ribbon as a good luck charm. Dawn thanks her mom, gladly taking it and dashes over to her bike. Dawn then sets out towards Sandgem Town from her home in Twinleaf Town along Route 201. She soon arrives in a Sandgem, and runs into a building which she believes to be the Professor's lab, only to find that it is a restaurant. Even with a map as a guide, she gets lost in the town, following every possible direction but unable to find the lab. While reading her map, she bumps into a man who reveals himself to be Professor Rowan, who offers to guide her to his laboratory.
Meanwhile, at the lab, Professor Rowan's assistants are chatting while examining and feeding the three starter Pokémon. Two other assistants arrive in the room with a Starly and Staraptor. However, a fight quickly brews when Chimchar steals the last of Piplup's food. Piplup begins attacking Chimchar with Bubble Beam while Chimchar runs around the lab. While trying to keep Piplup under control, the chaos irritates Starly and Staraptor, who begin flying around and wrecking books and papers. The gust breaks a window in the lab, allowing the two birds to fly out into the wilderness, followed by Chimchar with Piplup in hot pursuit. The assistants plan to clean up, but as they begin, Professor Rowan arrives with Dawn.
With only the Turtwig remaining, after getting glared at by Rowan, Dawn asks and is allowed to go and search for the four missing Pokémon. After receiving some tips from Professor Rowan, Dawn runs off towards the forest where the Pokémon were headed. Before she reaches the forest, however, she runs into Chimchar and Piplup, Chimchar still swinging away from Piplup's Bubble Beam. Dawn attempts to calm them down, but they ignore her, and Piplup tries to attack her briefly before both disappear into the forest. Dawn runs into the forest after them, only to hear Piplup's cry. She runs toward it, seeing Piplup as well as several other Pokémon trapped in a web created by an Ariados. The Ariados notices Dawn, chasing her through the forest. Dawn quickly hatches a plan, causing the Ariados to destroy its own web, making Piplup land safely in her arms. However, after sliding down a hill, Piplup seems very indignant, using Peck on Dawn several times. Dawn begins to berate him, but then realizes that he is simply hungry. Although Dawn offers him Pokémon food, he seems disdainful and won't eat it. Suddenly the Ariados returns, now with friends, and together they attack Dawn and Piplup.
Trapped in a cage created by String Shot, Dawn distracts the Ariados with the Pokémon food while Piplup destroys the cage with Bubble Beam. Unfortunately, before Dawn can escape with Piplup, an Ariados trips her with String Shot. Piplup steps in and uses Bide to absorb the attacks of the Ariados, then destroys them and the cage with a massive energy wave. Shortly after, the Piplup faints, exhausted from having taken all the attacks and the energy used.
While walking through the forest, Dawn stumbles upon Lake Verity. Piplup wakes up, recharged, but still hungry. Dawn looks into her Pokémon food can, noticing that she only has three pieces left. Despite being disdainful earlier, Piplup accepts the food. She then spots Staraptor carrying Chimchar back to the lab, with Starly close behind. Before they can return to the lab, however, the lake ripples, and a mysterious figure appears for a moment before vanishing. Upon returning to the lab, Dawn asks Professor Rowan about the figure. He notes that it could be the Legendary Pokémon of the lake. Shortly after, Rowan gives Dawn several Poké Balls and a Pokédex. Lastly, Rowan asks Dawn which Pokémon she wants for a starter. Much to Chimchar's obvious disdain, Dawn immediately chooses Piplup, noting that they are already a team. Dawn then sets out for her Pokémon journey in earnest, riding away from the lab, with Rowan and his assistants waving her off.
At the same time, Ash, Pikachu, and Aipom are on a ship bound for Sinnoh. Ash boasts about becoming the Sinnoh Champion while the Team Rocket trio watch from below decks. After the ship docks, Ash calls Professor Oak on videophone to let him know that Aipom has accompanied him to Sinnoh, and Oak muses that he suspected as much and will send Aipom's Poké Ball to Professor Rowan. Before they continue, though, Team Rocket quickly snatches Pikachu from their balloon. Before the trio can leave, Meowth begins to argue with Jessie after she suggests they take a moment to look around. Jessie shields herself behind Wobbuffet, who ends up coping Meowth's Fury Swipes. Wobbuffet then uses Counter, destroying the balloon and sending Pikachu falling into the forest below. Ash and Aipom continue running after Pikachu, while Dawn cycles away from the lab.
Major events
Dawn choosing Piplup as her starter
- Dawn, a beginning Trainer and aspiring Coordinator, leaves Twinleaf Town to start her Pokémon journey.
- Dawn sees the spirit of a Mesprit in Lake Verity.
- Dawn chooses Piplup as her starter Pokémon and receives a Pokédex and six Poké Balls from Professor Rowan.
- Ash arrives in Sinnoh, only to have Pikachu taken away and lost by Team Rocket, who followed him to the region.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.
Pokemon Season 10 Episode 1 Following A Maiden's Voyage Season
Debuts
Humans
- Professor Rowan's assistants
- Marian (voice only)
Pokémon debuts
- Starter Pokémon of Sinnoh:
- Piplup (Dawn's)
- Glameow (Johanna's)
- Mesprit (anime; spirit)
TV episode debuts
Characters
Humans
- Nurse Joy (fantasy and photo)
- Marian (fantasy)
- Raoul Contesta (fantasy and photo)
- Mr. Sukizo (fantasy and photo)
- Rowan's assistants
- Ramen shop operator
Pokémon
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Meowth (Team Rocket)
- Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
- Piplup (Dawn's, new; debut)
- Aipom (Ash's)
- Glameow (Johanna's; debut)
- Starly (Professor Rowan's; debut)
- Staraptor (Professor Rowan's; debut)
- Turtwig (starter Pokémon; debut)
- Chimchar (starter Pokémon; debut)
- Mesprit (anime; spirit; debut)
- Ariados (multiple)
- Chatot (multiple)
- Starly (debut)
- Staravia (debut)
- Bidoof (multiple; debut)
- Bibarel (multiple; debut)
- Budew (debut)
- Buneary (debut)
- Mantyke (debut)
Trivia
- This is the season premiere of Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl.
- The Japanese TV airing of this episode and the followingtwo did not include an opening theme. On DVD releases, Together replaced Spurt! as the Japanese opening theme.
- This and the following two episodes are the first episodes to air in Japan after the earliest releases of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl in Japan and Taiwan.
- By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ replaced I Won't Lose! ~Haruka's Theme~ as the Japanese ending theme.
- Dawn reads the title card.
- This originally aired as a two-hour special on September 28, 2006, together with Two Degrees of Separation! and When Pokémon Worlds Collide!
- Starting with this episode and until Till We Compete Again!, the animation is now playing in 30 frames per second instead of 24 frames per second.
- This episode marks the only appearance of Tracey during Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl.
- This is also the only episode between There's no Place Like Hoenn and In the Shadow of Zekrom! in which Brock does not appear.
- The part where Dawn thinks about having each of the Sinnohstarters echoes Ash's dream in the first episode. Incidentally, Ash's first choice for a starter was also the Water-type of his region, Squirtle.
- An instrumental version of By Your Side ~Hikari's Theme~ is played as background music.
- Piplup's behavior when Dawn offered him food is exactly as described in the Pokédex: Piplup have high pride and hate to receive food from people.
- Dawn seeing Mesprit is mentioned in Dawn of a New Era!, where Ash links it to his seeing Ho-Oh as a starting Trainer, though the scene is more similar to his seeing Suicune on the way to New Bark Town.
- Ash later encounters Azelf at Lake Valor in Pruning a Passel of Pals! and Brock encounters Uxie at Lake Acuity in Uncrushing Defeat!.
- The eyecatches used in this episode feature only Dawn.
- Professor Oak's Pokémon Lecture returns to the series after an absence of almost two years.
- Professor Oak's Big Pokémon Encyclopedia: Sinnoh starter Pokémon.
- Pokémon senryū: シンオウで たびがはじまる ポケモンと Shin'ō de tabi ga hajimaru Pokémon to. 'In Sinnoh, a journey begins with Pokémon.'
- This episode is the last in the English dub to feature Kayzie Rogers as a voice actress until her return in The Rise of Darkrai and for the main series in Tears For Fears!. For the next 51 episodes, Michele Knotz would provide the voice of Mime Jr., while Wobbuffet's voice would be provided through recycled clips of Rogers'.
- Dawn's Starly clock appears to be Shiny.
- Similarly, there was a green Pidgey cuckoo clock in Pokémon Emergency! of the original series. However, Pidgey does not have that exact Shiny coloration.
- After stealing Piplup's food, Chimchar performed an akanbe, which involves pulling its eyelid down and sticking out its tongue at the same time. This is present in the English dub, despite similar shots being removed from A Ruin with a View and The Bicker the Better.
- The name for this episode is based on the phrase 'Maiden voyage', which means the first voyage or trip.
- The Japanese logo as seen in the TV Tokyo premiere.
- The English logo seen in the TV Movie.
- Mesprit in projected soul form.
- Sinnoh senryū.
Errors
- After Dawn finishes the imaginary contest with Turtwig, she twirls around with her boots on, but in the next scene, she is wearing slippers.
- The Staraptor that appears in this episode is far smaller than normal, being around the size of a Staravia instead.
- When Piplup is first shown eating in Professor Rowan's lab, he takes a piece of Pokémon food, but his mouth doesn't open when he goes to eat it.
- Before Chimchar jumps in between the Starly and Staraptor that were brought in the lab, the Staraptor was positioned to the left of Starly. However, it was later shown close-up to the right of Starly.
- Piplup is misspelled as Pilplup on the Pokémon.com blurb.
- In the Finnish dub, Dawn uses the Finnish translated name of Razor Leaf in the Turtwig fantasy, although the Finnish dub has used the English names of the moves since Fear Factor Phony.
- In the Polish dub, Dawn refers to Flame Wheel as 'Koło Ognia'. However, in the next scene, Marian correctly calls the move 'Krąg Ognia'.
Dub edits
- When the first three episodes aired together on April 20, 2007, they were made into a TV movie, cutting several parts out. All of these were restored when the episodes aired separately in reruns.
- After the narrator finishes the introduction in the beginning of the episode, the English opening theme is aired instead, skipping the eight-second part that shows the English logo for the 10th season. In future airings, the English theme isn't shown for the first episode for reasons unknown.
- However, in the Indian Disney XD airing of this episode, the opening theme began right after the eight-second English logo showcasing, but skipped over the first three seconds of that sequence.
- After the narrator finishes introducing Dawn, the episode title was cut out.
- After Team Rocket is seen blasting off near the ending, the remaining part is cut out. After the commercial break, it moves on to the next episode.
- After the narrator finishes the introduction in the beginning of the episode, the English opening theme is aired instead, skipping the eight-second part that shows the English logo for the 10th season. In future airings, the English theme isn't shown for the first episode for reasons unknown.
- In the signpost of Route 201, the Japanese names of Sandgem Town and Twinleaf Town (Masago Town and Futaba Town, respectively) were replaced with their English names.
- In the English dub, it is implied that Dawn's tenth birthday had already passed before she started her journey. In the original Japanese version, her tenth birthday wasn't mentioned.
- The Route 202 sign was edited to contain the English town names.
- In the original Japanese version, when Dawn enters the restaurant, she says she wants one Pokémon. The ramen shop owner responds by saying that one Pokémon is coming up but then realizes that is not what they serve and tells Dawn that they don't serve Pokémon there. In the English dub, the owner says that she came to the right place and asks if she is staying for food as well.
In other languages
Language | Title | |
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Mandarin Chinese | 出發!雙葉鎮到真砂鎮! | |
Dívčí dobrodružství začíná | ||
Af sted på jomfrurejse | ||
Voor het Eerst op Reis! | ||
Timantti ja helmi* Neitsytmatkalla* | ||
Une aurore nouvelle | ||
Lucia startet durch! | ||
בעקבות מסעה של נערה | ||
Following A Maiden's Voyage!* चलो देखे Dawn का सफर! Chalo Dekhe Dawn Ka Safar!* | ||
Un inizio burrascoso & La scelta di Lucinda | ||
새로운 여행! 신참 트레이너 나빛나! | ||
Ut på jomfrutur! | ||
Pierwsza podróż | ||
Portuguese | Seguindo a Viagem de Estréia | |
A Viagem de Estreia | ||
Călătoria Unei Domnișoare | ||
Путешествие одной девочки! | ||
Spanish | Siguiendo el viaje de una novata | |
Una doncella inicia viaje | ||
Jungfruresan! | ||
ออกเดินทาง! จากฟุตาบะทาวน์สู่มาซาโงะทาวน์ |
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The episode begins early in the morning, with the sun shining brightly into the bedroom of a young girl that is just waking up on the dawn of one of the most important days of her life: The start of her adventures with Pokemon. The girl sleepily turns her alarm clock off, and then slips back under her warm bedsheets. After a short time, the girl, Dawn, pushes back her covers and opens the windows of her room to breath in the fresh clean air. Today, she will get her first Pokemon.
Sometime later, Dawn is already half-way dressed and is adjusting the clips in her hair in front of her mirror. A knock then comes at the door, and Dawn's mother calls and asks if she can come in. Dawn says that it's fine, and Dawn's mother comes in along with their pet, Glameow and the two exchange morning greetings. Dawn then bends over and says Good Morning to Glameow, who doesn't respond and slinks off to go lie on the young girl's bed. Downstairs, mother and daughter discuss Dawn's plans, and Dawn pulls out a postcard that she received from Professor Nanakamondo inviting her to his laboratory to pick up her first Pokemon. The postcard also contains a map to his lab, and pictures of the three Pokemon that she will be able to choose from. Dawn's mother wonders what Pokemon her daughter will choose, and Dawn looks over the pictures of the three Pokemon: Turtwig the Grass type, Chimchar the Fire type and Piplup the Water type. Dawn then comments that regardless, all three Pokemon wouldmake a good partner in her bid to become a Top Coordinator just like her mother.
The rest of the room is then shown, and we see several photos, awards and throphies that Dawn's mother had previously won when she was a Coordinator that competed in Contests. She then explains about the different paths that one can choose with Pokemon... a trainer, breeder, or a coordinator. After her mother's speech, Dawn then starts to daydream about how her contests will be like... she imagines herself in a huge open topped Contest Hall, wearing a beautiful dress. Then then sends out Chimchar and tells it to use Ember. Chimchar does so, bursting into flames and gliding around the Contest Hall. The fantasy scene ends, and we find Dawn standing in the front room of her house again, posing just like she was while she was fantasising. Her mother smiles and sweatdrops at her daughter's excitement.
Dawn then wonders what it'll be like using the Water type Piplup instead. Another fantasy starts, with Dawn wearing a pretty green dress this time, sending out Piplup. She orders it to use Bubblebeam, and Piplup fires lots of beautiful bubbles into the air, which explode and sends lots of sparkles raining down on the coordinator and her Pokemon while the crowd goes wild. Dawn then ponders the Grass type Pokemon Turtwig, this time wearing a tuxedo in her fantasy. Throwing some pink balls into the air, Dawn then tells Turtwig to use Razor Leaf on them, which splits all of them in half. As they slowly fall to the ground, both coordinator and Pokemon spin around gracefully, which is relfected in real life as Dawn spins and dances around the room. Her mother then reminds that she should probably go get a Pokemon and then think about such things, and Dawn smiles bashfully and agrees.
Outside, Dawn's mother calls her out, and Dawn walks out of the door with a large pink suitcase. Her mother asks what could possibly be inside it, and Dawn tells her that it's full of all the clothes that she's going to need for her journey and coordinating... her mother then opens the case, and disapprovingly pulls out a rather short frilly skirt and insists that she greatly limit what she's taking with her. After a short while, her mother presents her with a small rucksack which Dawn looks at rather sadly... she can't fit as many outfits in there! Finally agreeing, they head outside and Dawn's mother presents her daughter with an old, orange ribbon. Dawn asks what it is, and her mother explains that it's one of old ribbons, and that she should take it for good luck on her contest journey. Dawn thanks her happily, and then runs over to her bike. Her mother calls out and tells her to be careful on the way to Sandgem Town, and Dawn insists that she'll be okay. At that, she bids her mother fareell and rides out, her first step on her way to becoming a Pokemon Coordinator.
After sometime riding, Dawn eventually makes it to Sandgem Town and admires at how beautiful it is. She eventually makes it to what she thinks is the Pokemon lab she's supposed to be at, and opens the doors and asks for her Pokemon. However, when she opens her eyes, she finds that she's actually at a cafe with several people looking at her strangely. Realising her mistake, Dawn jumps back on her bike and rides faster through the town, worried that she'll miss out on her chance to get a Pokemon. After a long time of speeding around, not being able to find the lab, she eventually bumps into an old man. She apologises, and after some time talking, she realises that the old man is in fact Professor Nanakamondo. He walks off, and then asks if she's coming with him or not. After some hesitation, she follows him, pulling her bike along as she does so.
Inside Professor Nanakamondo's lab, we find his assistants watching the three starter Pokemon eat as they ponder what Pokemon will be chosen. Two more assistants walk in, with a Starly and its evolved form sitting on a stretcher. While the two assistants who were watching the three starter Pokemon are distracted, Chimchar grabs Piplup's last pieces of food and eats them. Piplup starts to shout angrily at Chimchar, who simply wakes its behind at the angry Pokemon, not bothered at all. Piplup unleashes a Bubblebeam attack, which Chimchar dodges while swinging and jumping around the lab. While jumping about, Chimchar stupidly jumps on Staraptor's head which angers the two bird Pokemon as well as Piplup. Soon all the Pokemon are fighting apart from Turtwig, who continues to peacefully eat its food, not noticing the fighting going on around it. One of the assistants tries to get Staraptor to do something, and the bird starts to flap its wings and create a huge gust inside the room which causes everything tobe blown over and scattered.
The sheer power of the attack causes the windows of the lab to break and smash open, which allows Starly and Staraptor to fly away, and for Chimchar to escape from the confines of the lab. The lab assistants all decide that they must go after the Pokemon, but before they can head out of the door, Professor Nanakamondo and Dawn walk in, and the assistant's faces drop because the lab is in such a state. They all scream apologises at the Professor, and explain what happened. The only Pokemon left is Turtwig, who looks rather scared of the Professor and goes back to eating after stopping to look up. Dawn offers to try to get the Pokemon back, and Professor Nanakamondo is surprised and asks why. Dawn explains that she is here to get her first Pokemon, and if two of them have got away, she has to get them back before she can choose one. Professor Nanakamondo agrees, and Dawn heads out on her search.
Outside, we find Dawn looking around, trying to spot the escaped Pokemon. Just then, Chimchar drops down from a tree, and Piplup appears out of the grass and starts to attack it with Bubblebeam. Dawn calls out to Piplup and tells it to stop, but the penguin Pokemon refuses to listen and fires off a Bubblebeam at Dawn herself. She manages to dodge out of the way in time, but when the smoke from the attack clears, both Pokemon are already running away into a small collection of trees. Dawn runs after them, and after sometime, hears Piplup call out to her. She looks around, and then looks up to find the Pokemon in question all tied up and stuck to a huge web, along with several other Pokemon, including Dunsparce, Ninjask, Pidgey, Rattata and Weedle. Dawn wonders what could have possibly have made the web, and her answer soon drops down and fires off a Sludge Bomb attack which sends her stumbling back: Ariados. Not pleased to see someone invading its territory, Ariados crawls through the trees aroud her and keeps on firing off Sludge Bombs. Thinking of a plan, Dawn shouts out to the spider Pokemon and starts to run off, with Ariados following her. Eventually Dawn circles around, and stops right in front of Ariados' web.
Piplup looks at her confused, and Dawn turns around and winks at the trapped Pokemon and tells it everything will be alright. Ariados then fires off another Sludge Bomb, which Dawn dodges. The attack hits the ground, causing a minor explosion which knocks Piplup out of Ariados' webbing. Dawn grabs the falling Pokemon, and runs away from a very angry Ariados. Piplup is still frustrated, and screams and struggles to get out of Dawn's arms, before Dawn slips and both go sliding down a small hill and into a whole bunch of bushes. Dawn walks out of the bushes, and introduces herself to Piplup, explaining that she just became a Pokemon Trainer today. Piplup isn't impressed, and uses Peck on Dawn's face which causes the young girl to drop it. Piplup continues to screeh loudly, and Dawn asks what the Pokemon's problem is. At that, Piplup's stomach starts to grumble, revealing the fact that Piplup is incredibly hungry after not being able to finish off its meal earlier and after all the running around it has had to do. The Pokemon blushes, and Dawn offers it some Pokemon food, which Piplup cheekily turns its nose up at and sticks its tongue out at the young trainer.
Just then, an Ariados drops down at her, causing both trainer and Pokemon to scream out in surprise. Ariados then uses Poison Sting, which sends Dawn stumbling back. Falling down, Dawn then looks up to see a huge web hanging above them containing many Ariados eager to avenge the earlier Ariados' loss. Dawn and Piplup attempt to run off, and the Ariados fire off several String Shot attacks which bars off all the exits that Dawn could have taken. The Ariados then fire off more Poison Sting attacks, which Dawn manages to dodge. However, the force of jumping around knocks the Pokemon food Dawn had from before out of her bag and onto the ground. This gives Dawn an idea, and she explains to Piplup that she's going to throw the food at the Ariados. When she does, Piplup is to fire off a Bubblebeam at the String Shot bars surrounding them. Piplup nods, and Dawn throws the Pokemon food, which the spider Pokemon all snap up and eat. While they do so, Piplup fires off a Bubblebeam which breaks theString Shot. Just as it looks like they can escape, one of the Ariados fires off another String Shot which wraps around Dawn's leg and makes her fall over, trapped. Dawn tells Piplup to go while it can, and that she'll be okay by herself. Piplup doesn't want to leave its new friend however, and stands bravely in front of Dawn, focusing its energy and recieving all the Poison Sting attacks that the Ariados send at it. After more barrages of Sludge Bomb and Poison Sting, Piplup begins to let off a purple light.
After that, the light turns into pure white, and Piplup unleashes a huge Bide attack after taking so much damage, and the attack destroys all the webs and blasts off all the Ariados, Team Rocket style. Dawn thanks Piplup for saving her, and Piplup breathes heavily before falling back into Dawn's hands in sheer exhaustion. The two soon arrive at a beautiful lake, and Dawn offers some food to Piplup after its stomach begins to grumble again. Hearing the sound above, Dawn looks up to see Starly and Staraptor flying high, carrying Chimchar back to the lab. Dawn smiles, now knowing that all the Pokemon are found. At that moment however, a cool breeze starts to blow across the lake, and the lake starts to ripple slightly. Dawn and Piplup look over the lake, wondering what could possibly be happening. After not long, a mysterious waterty outline of the Pokemon, Emuritto, appears above the lake's surface before vanishing into midair. Before heading back to the lab, Dawn continues to stare over the lake and wonders if that could possibly have been a Pokemon. And if so, what sort?
Back inside Professor Nanakamondo's lab, we find that most of the damage has been repaired and that all of the Pokemon have been returned safely. Professor Nanakamondo asks what Pokemon she will choose, and one of his assistants presents a tray to her, containing a pink Pokedex and several Pokeballs for her to capture Pokemon with. Professor Nanakamondo then briefly explains the three Pokemon on offer, who all pose to their possible future trainer. Dawn says that she's already decided, and picks Piplup, much to Chimchar's shock. Dawn and Piplup all stare happily at eachother, before Dawn calls Piplup inside its Pokeball.
Outside of the lab, Professor Nanakamondo and his assistants all bid Dawn off as she rides away on her journey, with her new Pokemon Piplup.
Pokemon Season 10 Episode 1 Following A Maiden's Voyage Episode
Elsewhere however, as Dawn rides away from a town, Ash is just arriving into one on the ferry from Kanto. Ash is excited to be entering Sinnoh, and wonders what new Pokemon and friends he'll meet. Also on the ferry is Team Rocket, who all watch while hidden. Sometime after the ferry hits port, Ash calls Professor Oak and Tracey who are happy to hear Ash arrived safely. Professor Oak notices that Ash took Aipom with him, and says that Tracey was worried where it had gone. He then offers to send Aipom's Pokeball to Ash, who thanks him. Flying above them however, are Team Rocket in their Meowth balloon. James fires out a huge rubber hand from a bazooka, which grabs Pikachu and takes it straight into a glass cage inside their balloon. Ash runs after them, but the balloon continues to float higher and higher. Back with Team Rocket, Jessie and Meowth begin to argue, and Meowth jumps to attack Jessie, who protects herself with Wobbuffet. The power of Wobbuffet's counter causes the balloon to explode, and sends Pkachu falling to the ground and Team Rocket blasting off for the first time in the Sinnoh region.
Pokemon Season 10 Episode 1 Following A Maiden's Voyage Book
The episode ends with Ash running after the falling Pikachu, and Dawn riding to her next destination.
Pokemon Season 10 Episode 1 Following A Maiden's Voyager
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