Chapter 11: Team Rocket's Blunders Part 1

Later, Team Rocket arrived to the city of Acme Acres. "Man! I thought we'd never get out of Wackyland!" said Jessie. "We couldn't get out the same way we came in," said Meowth. "That dodo wasn't worth trying to capture anyway," said James. Just then, they spotted Serena, Bonnie and Pikachu trying to find a dress shop. "There they are!" said Jessie. "And no sign of the head twerp," said James. "Time to net us Pikachu!" said Meowth. He took out a net missile launcher and aimed at Pikachu. But when he clicked the trigger, nothing happened. "Huh?" asked Meowth. He continued clicking the trigger, but no nets were firing out of the missile launcher. "What is wrong with this thing?!" asked James. Team Rocket looked into the barrel of the missile launcher. Suddenly, the missile launcher fired and Team Rocket were caught in their own net. "Hey!" cried Jessie. "No fair!" cried James. "We're the ones who are supposed to do the trapping!" cried Meowth.

(Insert "Team Rocket's Secret Strategy" from Pokémon)

Minutes later, Team Rocket managed to get out of their own net. "Well, that was just embarrassing," said James. "This has never happened to us before. It never failed to fire on the first try," said Jessie. Just then, Jessie noticed Meowth was starting to walk away. "Hey. Where do you think you're going?" asked Jessie. "The city we're in, this is where that purple skunkette, Fifi La Fume lives at. I've got a score to settle with her," said Meowth. "Our mission is to capture Pikachu!" said Jessie. "But she is the reason why we failed to finally bring Pikachu to Giovanni and kill our foes that day in Hoenn! That day was supposed to be the day that the world finally bowed to Team Rocket! Sure a lot of the twerps' friends interfered besides her, but they wouldn't have come if it weren't for her words of motivation. That skunkette is the reason why Pikachu regained his memory! And she melted my charm, resulting in me wearing a fake charm!" said Meowth.

"Come on, Meowth. It was just a coin," said Jessie. "Oh yeah?! And how is that different from you getting angry whenever your hair and face gets damaged?! Huh?!" asked Meowth. Jessie was silent, for she didn't have an answer. "Yeah. That's what I thought. Let's not forget that after our plan was foiled, Giovanni had us fired and sent his men to try to kill us! It's her fault that we were on the run! And that skunk superheroine that foiled our plan to frame the twerps in Kalos, it must be her!" ranted Meowth. "What makes you think that?" asked James. "Think about it. Why do you think she mauled your Inkay? She likes Pikachu and since Inkay impersonated Pikachu, she made it personal and beat him up the most out of all of us. It's her fault that things haven't been going our way ever since she took away our ultimate victory! As long as that skunkette is still around, she's going to keep interfering with our plans to get Pikachu! That's why she must be painted out of the picture before we catch Pikachu first!" said Meowth. Jessie let out a frustrated growl. "Fine! Do what you must! But James and I are going to still try to catch Pikachu with or without you!" said Jessie. "Whatever," said Meowth. And he left to try to find Fifi La Fume.

(End Music)

Meowth searched Acme Acres until he saw Fifi La Fume, happily skipping down the street. By now, Fifi's lips were back to their normal size. "There is that wretched skunkette!" said Meowth. He used the shadows to quickly sneak past Fifi and hide in the alleyway that was a couple of buildings ahead of her. He took out a missile launcher that launches exploding missiles. Little did he know that Elmyra Duff was hiding in the same alley, waiting to ambush Fifi so that she can make the skunkette her pet. Meowth chuckled as he prepared to fire the missile launcher. "This missile launcher will blast your lovesick brain from here to kingdom come. And once you're out of the way, nothing will stop Team Rocket from stealing Pikachu!" said Meowth. Elmyra gasped in horror when she heard what Meowth was planning to do. "He's going to kill pretty kitty!" cried Elmyra.

Just before Meowth could pull the trigger, Elmyra tackled the talking cat and the two began to wrestle over the missile launcher. "Hey! What the?!" asked Meowth. "You mean kitty! Pretty kitty is mine to make into pet, not yours to kill!" cried Elmyra defiantly. "Get off of me!" cried Meowth. As the two were fighting, Fifi La Fume passed by the alleyway. Meowth then noticed Fifi was walking by. "She's getting away!" cried Meowth. He then scratched Elmyra in the face, making her let go. Elmyra screamed in pain as she clutched her face. He grabbed the missile launcher and aimed at Fifi. "Hasta la vista, stinky!" cried Meowth. But what Meowth didn't know was that he was holding the missile launcher backwards. He didn't notice til it was too late. KA-BOOM! The missile that was fired exploded in both Meowth and Elmyra's faces. Fifi heard the explosion from behind her. The skunkette just shrugged and continued skipping merrily. Both Meowth and Elmyra were black as soot from the explosion. The two then fell unconscious.

Jessie and James decided to take a different approach, especially since Meowth wasn't there to help them. They set up a cage to trap Pikachu and the others. They also set up a large canvas in front of the cage and painted fake sidewalk to hide it. "There's no way this trap will fail," said James. The two thieves hid an the alley and saw Pikachu, Serena and Bonnie heading for the canvas and cage. Jessie and James snickered, knowing they'll get caged. But instead of crashing through the canvas and into the cage, they walked into the painting as if the sidewalk was really there. Jessie and James' eyes widened in surprise and their jaws dropped all the way to the ground. They ran out of the alleyway.

"How did they . . . ?! I thought they'd . . . ! THIS DEFIES THE LAWS OF PHYSICS!" cried Jessie & James. Then, one of Jessie's Pokémon popped out of its ball. "Wobbuffet?" asked the Pokémon. Wobbuffet was a Pokémon that Jessie got during her time in the Johto Region. It was a tall, cyan Pokémon with a soft body. Its eyes usually appeared scrunched, and it had a jagged upper lip. The female Wobbuffet had a red marking on its mouth that resembled lipstick, while the male does not. Jessie's was male. It had flat arms that were wider towards the tip and four stubby legs at the base of its body. There were two eyespots on its black tail.

Suddenly, Little Beeper ran out of the painting and rammed Team Rocket, knocking them down. Little Beeper went up to a stunned Team Rocket. The young Roadrunner stuck out his tongue and let out a "Beep beep" before running off. Team Rocket got angry and tried to follow Pikachu and the others into the painting. But instead, they crashed through the painting and ended up getting trapped in their own cage. "No fair!" cried Jessie. "Wobbu wobbu!" cried Wobbuffet. At that moment, Fifi La Fume began to prance happily by Jessie, James and Wobbuffet. The purple skunkette was giving off her skunk fumes. This caused Jessie, James and Wobbuffet to faint.

After his botched attempt to kill Fifi was ruined by Elmyra, Meowth decided to use dynamite to blow up a bridge that crossed a stream. He had dynamite taped to the bridge, which was rigged to a detonator box. Meowth saw Fifi beginning to cross the bridge. "You're all mine, skunk!" cried Meowth. With a maniacal grin, Meowth pushed on the detonator. Unfortunately, the plunger wouldn't move. His grin faded when he saw there was no explosion. He tried pushing harder, but the plunger still wouldn't budge. Meowth then began to stomp on the plunger. When that wouldn't work, he slammed the detonator box on the ground, plunger first. But still, the dynamite wouldn't detonate. By now, Fifi had safely crossed the bridge. "Forget get! I'll kill her myself!" cried Meowth. He began to run toward the bridge. But just as Meowth stepped onto the bridge, the plunger went down, detonating the dynamite and causing the bridge to blow up, with Meowth on it. When the smoke cleared, the bridge was gone and Meowth was black as soot. He just stood there with a dumbfounded expression on his face before falling into the stream.

After getting out of the cage, Jessie and James were ready to unleash their next plan. They now had a robot that looked like a female Pikachu. It even had pink lipstick. "So how is this supposed to work?" asked James. "Simple. Pikachu will fall in love with our Robo Pika-chick. And when he gets close enough, I'll press the button on this remote and it'll transform into a cage, snaring him," said Jessie. She pressed the button to demonstrate and the Robo Pika-chick transformed into a cage. Jessie then turned it back to normal. Just then, James spotted Pikachu, Serena and Bonnie coming their way. "The twerps are coming. Quick, hide," said James. "Wobbu wobbu," said Wobbuffet. Team Rocket hid in the bushes snd Jessie activated the Robo Pika-chick. "Pikaaaaa!" said the Robo Pika-chick, as if saying "yoo-hoo". Pikachu saw the fake female Pikachu and did a wolf whistle. He raised his eyebrows and began to head toward the fake female. "Looks like the love bug's bitten Pikachu today," said Bonnie. "Wait. Something's not right," said Serena. Jessie, James and Wobbuffet snickered. Their plan was working. The Robo Pika-chick began to make kissy faces.

But Pikachu wasn't really fooled. He took out his own remote. He pressed a button and the Robo Pika-chick transformed into a Robotic Female Wobbuffet. "Wobbu?" asked Wobbuffet. The Robotic Female Wobbuffet winked at Wobbuffet. Wobbuffet's eyes turned into pink hearts. "Yahoo!" cried Wobbuffet. He ran up to the robotic female and started kissing it. Jessie and James did face palms. They ran up to Wobbuffet. "Stop, Wobbuffet!" said Jessie. "It's a trap!" said James. Pikachu pressed the button on the remote and the robot turned into a cage that trapped the three thieves. "Well, well, well. So you did follow us, Team Rocket. Looks like you got locked in your own cage," said Serena. Pikachu snickered. "Did you really think I'd fall for that. I've seen so many of your robots I know what is real and what is not," said Pikachu. Serena and co. began to leave. "Hey! You can't leave us here!" yelled Meowth. "Can we?" asked Bonnie. The three then left the park. Team Rocket let out angry yells. This just wasn't their day. As Pikachu, Serena and Bonnie were walking away, Bonnie noticed. "Pikachu, Serena, Meowth wasn't with them," said Bonnie. "He wasn't?" asked Serena. "Pika?" asked Pikachu. "Yes," said Bonnie. "I wonder why," said Serena.

Meanwhile, Fifi La Fume was skipping down the street when she heard a voice. "Hey, you," said the voice. "Huh?" asked Fifi. She turned and saw who the voice belonged to. The voice belonged to Meowth, wearing a piano instructor disguise. He was standing next to a piano. "Cahn I help you?" asked Fifi. "I hear that you want to woo this boy," said Meowth. "I do. Eet's a boy I met seex years ahgo ahnd I wahnt to show how much I lahve heem. Le sigh," said Fifi, thinking about Pikachu. "Well, if you really want to impress him, you'll need to learn how to play the piano. I give free piano lessons to anybody who wants to learn how to play one," said Meowth. "Merci. How very generous of you," said Fifi. Fifi began to walk to the piano. Meowth chuckled under his breath. Once that lovesick skunk strikes a certain, she'll be blown straight to Kingdom Come, thought Meowth.

Fifi sat down on the stool in front of the piano. The music sheet displayed was "Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms". The skunkette began to play the song, but she missed the note that was rigged. Meowth realized this. "No! That's not it! Try it again!" cried Meowth. Fifi began to play the song a second time. But just like before, she played the wrong note and missed the booby trapped one. This annoyed Meowth greatly. "Ooh! You stupid skunkette! Like this!" said Meowth, shoving Fifi aside. Meowth began to play the song himself. But he was so impatient that he forgot about the rigged note. He pressed it twice. KA-BOOM! The dynamite in the piano exploded. When the smoke cleared, Meowth's disguise as well as his fur was blown off. He fell to the ground on his back. Fifi recognized Meowth. "Tsk, tsk. You hahven't learned your lessahn ahftair ahll zese years, Meowth. Deed you really sink you cahn fool me weeth ze piano lessahns treeck? Eet's been dahne by sahme of ze resident toons here zat I know when eet's a trahp. I meessed ze reegged nahte on purpahse," said Fifi. Fifi walked to another piano, which wasn't rigged. She played those endearing young charms perfectly. "So, I know how to play ze piano prahperly. Au revoir," said Fifi. And she walked away, leaving Meowth to fume in his anger.

Elsewhere, Calamity Coyote (a.k.a. Carnivorous Vulgaris Juniorcus) was about to execute another plan to catch Little Beeper (a.k.a. Acceleratii Incredibus Juniorcus). Calamity set up a couple of mousetraps, hopping Little Beeper would het snagged by them. He hid behind some trashcans. "Beep beep!" said Little Beeper as he came running toward the mousetraps. But instead of snapping onto him, Little Beeper ran through the traps, which sent them flying right onto Calamity Coyote. Calamity just stood there, blinking. Seconds later, he jumped into the air, screaming in pain.

Fifi was walking down the street when she heard Calamity coming down, screaming. He landed in front of Fifi with a THUD! "Ahh, Cahlameety. You're just ze coyote I wahz lookeeng fahr," said Fifi. Calamity's eyes widened when he heard Fifi's voice. He had not forgotten when Fifi mistaken him for a skunk after he got covered in tar and white feathers due to a trap backfiring on him. He prepared to run for it. "Wait! I just wahnt to ahsk you a fahvahr!" said Fifi. Calamity stopped running when he heard that. "I wahs wahndereeng eef you cahn help moi weeth sahmetheeng," said Fifi. Calamity tilted his head in confusion. "You see, I finahlly met ziss boy who sahved me frahm Elmyra a while bahck. He's a cute leettle Peekahchu. Ze prahblem ees zat eef I try to keess heem on ze cheeks, I would reesk getteeng zahpped een ze leeps. Cahn you help me figure out how to get ahround ziss prahblem?" asked Fifi. Calamity thought until he got an idea.


This was a hilarious chapter to write. Team Rocket has learned the hard way that their bad luck has taken a turn for the worse. As you saw, Meowth holds a grudge against Fifi for ruining their chance to kill Ash & co. at Hoenn and is determined to destroy her. But Elmyra is also in his way. This chapter is but the first of a couple of chapters where Team Rocket suffer what Wile E. Coyote and Calamity Coyote go through whenever they try to catch Roadrunner and Little Beeper. And speaking of Calamity, you'll see what the solution he comes up with to help Fifi kiss Pikachu safely is when she and Pikachu actually go on their date. Next chapter, we'll see Bimbette Skunk in present time and see why she likes Pikachu too.