*I DON'T OWN POKÉMON OR DC SUPERHERO GIRLS!*
It was another day in Metropolis, and Ash was with Dawn, Goh, Chloe, Diana, Kara, and Jessica at Sweet Justice, enjoying some ice cream!
Kara: [chomping]
Ash: Man is that good!
Pikachu: [eating ice cream] PIKACHU!
Goh: I love this!
Cinderace: [eating ice cream] CINDERACE!
Dawn: Best ice cream ever!
Piplup: [eating ice cream] PIPLUP!
Chloe: I agree!
Eevee: [eating ice cream] EEVEE VEE!
Dawn turned to Ash with a cute smile!
Dawn: Ash, say 'ah'!
Ash: [smiles] Ah!
And she fed him a spoonful of ice cream!
Ash: [chuckles] Thanks, Dawn!
Dawn: Sure! Anything for my best man [boops his nose]
Ash: [giggles]
Then, Kara brought a bowl of ice cream over to Magby!
Kara: Here you go, Magby!
Magby: [excited] MAGBY!
As soon as Magby tasted it…
Magby: [excited] MAGBY! [digs in] MAG MAG MAG MAG!
Ash: Looks like Magby likes it!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Dawn: It would seem so!
Grookey: [reaches for some ice cream] GROOKEY KEY!
Jessica: Aww, you want some, Grookey?
Grookey: [nods] GROOKEY!
Jessica: [gives Grookey some of hers] Here you go! You can have some of mine!
Grookey: [happy] GROOKEY!
Chloe: [smiles, as Grookey eats its ice cream] That's so sweet, Jessica! You seem to get along just fine with Grookey!
Jessica: Well, I just love Grass types! [pets Grookey on the head] [coos] And I just wove wittle Gwookey!
Grookey: [happy] GROOKEY!
Diana was about to enjoy a delicious ice cream cone!
Diana: [eyes sparkle] Come to Diana.
Ash: [chuckles]
[door slams]
Babs: [excited] This is the greatest day of my life! [jumps into the booth]
That caused Diana's scoops of ice cream to be thrown into the air, but she luckily caught them with her cone!
Ash: Whoa, Babs! What's got you so excited?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Babs: [excited] She's the best, best, best!
Diana: [chuckles] Slow down, Babs. Who is the best?
Dawn: Yeah, who?
Harleen: Woohoo! [come out from the booth] Dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang!
[ice cream plopping]
Ash: [startled] Oh, Harleen! Where did you come from?!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Lucario: MRAH?
Harleen: That's my little secret!
Harleen grabbed Diana and started to noogie her!
Diana: [grunts]
Absol: [suspicious] AB…
But then, her ice cream splattered onto her!
Dawn: Oh no, Diana! Look at you!
Harleen: [twirls one of her pigtails] Looks like you missed your mouth a little there, Big D. [laughs]
Gengar: [laughs] GENGAR!
Ash: [sternly] Gengar!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Absol: [rolls its eyes] ABSOL.
Diana: Ah, yes, [glares at her unamused] I am so clumsy.
Harleen: [nudges her playfully] Kiddin'. Come on, Diana. Can't you take a joke?
Diana looked over at Babs smiling eagerly, knowing she couldn't lose her temper in front of her friend!
Diana: [forces a smile] Of course, I can.
Ash: Here, Diana! Lemme get that for you! [wipes the ice cream off her sweater off with a napkin] [wipes her face]
Diana: Thank you!
She then pecked his cheek in appreciation!
Diana: You're always so sweet!
Ash: [blushes] [chuckles]
Harleen then noticed Diana's Absol!
Harleen: WHOA! What is that?
Diana: This is Absol! One of my loyal Pokémon!
Absol: [proud] ABSOL!
Harleen: Nice!
Goh: Plus, it's able to sense disasters!
Absol: [senses something] [gasps] SOL!
Diana: What is it, Absol?
Spider: [hanging from some thread] [hisses]
Ash: Oh! It's just a spider!
Chloe: AAH! DON'T LET IT NEAR MY HAIR! IT'LL RUIN IT!
Goh: Easy, Chloe! It won't bother us if we don't bother it!
Absol: [Razor Wind move] SOL!
That managed to scare the spider off!
Diana: Excellent work, Absol!
Absol: [proud] ABSOL!
Harleen: Neato! It kinda has a fuzzy face! [booping its nose] Bop! Bop! Bop!
Ash: Harleen, control yourself!
Absol: [growling] SOL…
Goh: One thing you'll know about Diana's Absol, it kinda has a short temper!
Harleen: Oh, please! He seems harmless! [continues to bop its nose] Bop! Bop! Bop!
Chloe: Harleen, stop that!
Absol: [with red vein] [teeth clenching] [steam erupting from its head like a kettle] [livid] SOL…
Diana: [takes out Absol's PokéBall] [speaks quickly] ABSOL RETURN!
And Absol was returned to its PokéBall!
Diana: Oh, I just remembered. [scoots out of the booth] [annoyed] I have less hilarious places to be. Come, Combusken. We have training to do.
Combusken: COMBUSKEN!
Diana started to angrily walk off!
Ash: Diana, do you want me to come with you?
Diana: Do not worry, my love! [hugs him] I'll be fine! [kisses his forehead]
And with that, Diana walked off!
Ash: Oh boy.
Jessica: [to Babs] So, what are you so excited about?
Dawn: Yeah! Tell us!
Babs: Oh, nothing really. Just Harleen got me the most insanely incredible, [as Harleen grinned and nodded her head rapidly] amazed, crazed gift in the entire universe!
Goh: And that is...
Then, Babs took out what seemed to be a black spike!
Kara and Jessica: Hmm?
Chloe: [sweat drops] Uh, what's that supposed to be?
Eevee: [tilts her head in confusion] EEVEE?
Kara: Yeah, I don't get it.
Goh: Yeah! What are we supposed to be looking at?
Ash: Is it some kind of spike?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Babs: [serious] This… is Batman's ear.
Ash: [going pale] Batman's... [falls from his seat as he faints]
Pikachu: [gasps] PIKA!
Dawn: [gasps] Ash!
Goh: Are you okay?
Ash: [groans] I think so!
Chloe: Babs, why would you have Batman's severed ear?!
Babs: It's not his actual ear, you guys! It's the ear from his cowl!
Ash: His cowl?
Babs: [nods eagerly]
Ash: Oh, thank Arceus! You almost had me thinking it was his actual ear!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Babs: Yeah... Sorry if I freaked you out!
Ash: [composes himself] Don't worry about it! I'm okay!
Dawn: [hugging him] Don't you ever scare me like that again, Ash!
Ash: Sorry, Dawn! I wasn't trying to!
Dawn: Just don't let it happen again!
Ash: I'll try! [to Babs] Why do you even have that, Babs?
Goh: And how exactly did you get it?
Chloe: And how did it even get sliced off of Batman's cowl?
[Flashback]
Babs: Legend has it, this ear was sliced off the Dark Knight's cowl by the Joker himself.
[Joker laughing]
Dawn: You're kidding?
Ash: The Joker did that?!
Babs: It's true. It then made its way to the black market where it was snagged by one of Harleen's connections.
Harleen: [blows her hand proudly]
Babs: [wraps an arm around her] Now it is my most prized possession.
Babs and Harleen: [squeal and chuckle]
Ash: Well, I guess that's nice of her to do that! But why would it be sold on the black market? And who was the connection? It had better not have been that evil flightless bird of a man!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Chloe: Evil flightless bird of a man?
Goh: Long story!
Harleen: Don't you worry, Ashy Boy! [nudges him playfully] I have my ways!
Ash: If you say so.
Pikachu: PIKA!
Dawn: Even though her ways almost got Babs into serious trouble because of that dirty flightless bird.
Piplup: PIPLUP!
Goh: No denying that!
Cinderace: CINDER!
Harleen: I told her I was sorry!
Ash: No worries, Harleen! It's cool! Besides, I gave him and his goons a what-for!
Harleen: Yeah! I bet you did! With Gengar's help too! [laughs]
Gengar: [laughs] GENGAR!
Ash: Anyway, since you have the ear bit of the cowl, Babs, you're at least happy now!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Babs: I sure am!
Ash: [as he pulls out a PokéBall] And I know what else will make you happy!
Babs: [excited] EEEEE! What is it? What is it?
Ash: You'll see! [as he tosses the PokéBall] Come on out!
Scraggy: [appearing] SCRAGGY!
Babs: EEEEE!
Dawn: Hey! It's Scraggy!
Piplup: PIPLUP!
Jessica: [as she pulls out her Rotom Phone] So, that's a Scraggy, huh?
Jessica's Rotom Phone: Scraggy, the Shedding Pokemon. A Dark and Fighting type. If it locks eyes with you, watch out! Nothing and no one is safe from the reckless headbutts of this troublesome Pokémon.
Jessica: It doesn't seem to be troublesome!
Kara: Tough little guy! I'm liking him already!
Scraggy: SCRAGGY!
Ash: Scraggy, these are my Metropolis friends, Kara, Jessica, Babs, and Harleen!
Scraggy: [greeting] SCRAGGY!
Jessica: Nice to meet you, Scraggy!
Scraggy: SCRAGGY!
Grookey: [greeting] GROOKEY KEY!
Scraggy: [greeting] SCRAGGY SCRAG!
Kara: How'd ya get the little guy, bro?
Ash: I got him as an egg from a daycare owner during my journey in Unova!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Scraggy: SCRAGGY!
Kara: That's pretty cool!
Babs: I'll say! He's so cute!
Scraggy: [as it stomps up to her face] SCRAGGY! [Leer move] SCRAG!
Babs: [sweat drops] Uh... [chuckles nervously]
Ash: Yeah. Scraggy tends to try and be tough! It's not one to be seen as cute!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Babs: Noted!
Kara: Okay, now I'm liking this guy even better!
Ash: I'm gonna go check on Diana! [to Dawn] You okay with that, Dawn?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Dawn: Sure, Ash! I don't mind! [kisses his cheek]
Ash: Cool! I'll see you guys later! Come on, Pikachu! Gengar! Scraggy! Lucario!
Pikachu: [follows] PIKACHU!
Gengar: [follows] GEN!
Scraggy: [follows] SCRAGGY!
Lucario: [follows] MRAH!
Later on, before Ash went to see Diana, he needed to help Serena! Later that night, Diana was in the base, angrily sharpening her sword!
[swishing]
Diana: I cannot take a joke. [scoffs] Perhaps I will convince you otherwise when I not only take your joke, but shove it down your-
Absol: ABSOL!
Jessica: I'm sensing you're still a little upset about Harleen this morning, huh?
Turns out, Jessica, Ash and Dawn had arrived!
Jessica: [claps her hands]
Then, the lights turned on!
Diana: [facepalms] What does Barbara even see in her?
Ash: Come on, D! I know she's an acquired taste, but she's really not that bad!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Dawn: Yeah!
Piplup: [agreeing] PIPLUP!
Diana: But she just drives me crazy!
Ash: I completely understand, but she's not only Babs' good buddy, but mine too!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PI!
Diana: I know! But what am I supposed to do?!
Jessica: Look, Harleen can be a bit... [gasps] What are you sharpening your sword with?!
Ash: Uh... Diana? Is that Babs' prized possession?
Dawn: Yeah! You better not be using what I think you're using!
Diana: A whetstone, of course. Mine was worn, [grabs the "whetstone"] so I borrowed the one from Babs' desk.
Ash: [exclaims] Diana, that is not a whetstone!
Jessica: That is Batman's ear!
Dawn: You're using Batman's ear! It's ruined now!
[cracking]
The point of it cracked and fell off!
Ash: Not good!
Diana: [gasps] Oh, no.
Dawn: "Oh no" is right! Babs is definitely gonna lose it!
Diana: [tries to put the top back on] I mean, [grabs her whetstone and compares them] they look so similar.
[cracking]
Ash: GUH!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Jessica: But why would Babs have a whetstone?
Ash: Yeah!
Dawn: How could you think those things are similar?! Did you not see Babs' thing over here?!
Jessica: Yes, didn't you see this?!
Turns out, Babs had made a display for Batman's ear!
[triumphant music]
Ash: I honestly didn't know Babs had the time to put this together!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Lucario: MRAH!
Combusken: BUSKEN!
Absol: SOL!
Diana: [blows confetti off her] [guilty] I must have been so blinded by rage.
Ash: [places a hand on her shoulder] It's okay, D! Anyone could make a mistake!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PI!
Diana: But not like this!
Combusken: [reassuring] COMBUSK COMBUSKEN!
Dawn: Well, what are you gonna do?
Piplup: PIPLUP?
Diana: Well, I have no choice but to do the honorable thing. Confess my horrendous mistake to Barbara.
Absol: [agreeing] ABSOL!
Dawn: I don't know, D! Babs really loves that Bat-Ear!
Jessica: She's right. Ordinarily, I'd say honesty is the best way to go. But Babs really loves that ear.
Diana: I know, but I must do what is right.
Jessica: REALLY loves that ear.
Then, they heard Babs singing upstairs!
Babs: [singing] I love you, Bat-ear. If anyone hurt you I'd lose it mentally. Whether it was on purpose or done accidentally.
Diana: [gasps]
Ash: This could be trouble! Hmmmmmm... Oh! I know! I can get Jerry and the tech geniuses at WOOHP HQ to help us with this problem! They can probably make a new Bat-ear so Babs won't get upset and everything will be fine!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Jessica: I don't know! Babs will probably know if it's the real deal or not!
Dawn: She's right, sweet pea! You've seen her detective skills!
Ash: Well, do you guys have any better ideas?
Diana: I'm not sure, my love. What do I do?
Jessica: Okay, Babs won't be back down here until 6:00 am tomorrow to watch her cartoons. [creates a Batman clock with her ring] That means you have ten hours to find the replacement ear.
Ash: Only ten hours? That doesn't seem so hard!
Diana: But does such a thing even exist?
Ash: Of course! It came from Batman's cowl!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Jessica: If it does, I can think of only one person who'd know.
Dawn: [to Ash] Why do I have a feeling that things are gonna go south?
Ash: I think I know what you mean!
Ash, Dawn, Goh, Chloe and Diana were riding on a bus with Harleen to Gotham City, much to Diana's displeasure!
Harleen: [sing-song voice] Road trip! [chews her gum loudly]
Chloe: [to Ash] So, why do you need me and Goh coming along on this trip?
Goh: Yeah! When you called us, you were like "Emergency! Babs' mentality! Help!"
Ash: Long story short, Babs' Bat-ear is basically broken!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Chloe: Broken?
Goh: How did that happen?
Ash didn't want to put Diana on the spotlight!
Diana: Do not fret, my love! I will say! [to Goh and Chloe] It was because of me! [whispers] Harleen was getting on my nerves so much that I did not notice I was using Bab's prized possession to sharpen my sword!
Combusken: COMBUSKEN!
Goh: Oh boy.
Grookey: GROOKEY!
Chloe: [sighs] Why am I not surprised?
Eevee: EEVEE!
Ash: Don't worry! We'll find a way! [to Diana] [smiles] I plan to help my beautiful warrior with anything she needs!
Pikachu: [determined] PIKACHU!
That made Diana smile! Then, she planted a kiss on his lips!
Diana: Thank you, my love! You are the best boyfriend ever!
Ash: Aww, thanks, Diana!
Diana: My pleasure! [hugs Ash] [presses her cheek against her cheek] I love you!
Ash: I love you too!
Dawn: So, what's the plan of action for this mission, Ashy Baby?
Piplup: PIPLUP!
Ash: Simple! We find Batman, ask him nicely for a piece of his cowl's ear, and then leave and place it on Babs' display thing!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Goh: Well, I guess that doesn't sound that hard!
Dawn: Ash, you are a genius!
Diana: I agree! You are truly a genius!
Ash: [giggles] Ya think so?
Dawn: We know so! [kisses his cheek] [boops his nose] Boop! [snuggles him]
Diana: That's what we love about you! [hugs him and kisses his cheek] Now, let us focus on the task at hand!
Harleen: [leans back] [sighs] Look at us. Just a couple of gal pals and boy buddies on our way to Gotham City. [hugs Diana] It's so exciting.
Goh: Well, I suppose it is! And I might just be able to catch some new Pokémon in Gotham City!
Cinderace: [agreeing] CINDERACE!
Ash: Yeah! I'm excited to know what Pokémon are in Gotham City!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKA!
Diana: Yes, exciting, but let us stay focused. [as Harleen nods] [checks her watch] We have just enough time to get a replacement ear and return before Babs… Harleen, are you listening?
But Harleen wasn't listening! She breathed on the window and drew a picture of her, Diana and Ash being best buddies!
Ash: [chuckles] That's us!
Harleen: [to Diana] Hey, since I'm helping you, you're gonna owe me big time, aren't ya?
Goh: I guess!
Chloe: As long as it isn't humiliating or bad!
Diana: [as Harleen starts to blow a bubble] You have my word, Harleen. I intend to fully repay my debt, no matter what-
But then, the gum splattered onto Diana's face!
Chloe: Ugh! Gross!
Eevee: [disgusted] [sticks her tongue out] EEVEE!
Diana: -you ask.
Piplup: [Bubble Beam move] PIP…LUP LUP LUP!
That managed to clean Diana's face!
Diana: Thank you, Piplup!
Piplup: [smiles] PIP PIPLUP!
Harleen: [plucks one of Combusken's feathers] Yoink!
Combusken: [yelps in a bit of pain] BUSK! [to Harleen] [angry] [red vein] COMBUSK COMBUSKEN!
Harleen: Eh, keep your beak on! It's just one little feather!
Diana: Why did you pluck one of my Combusken's feathers?!
Harleen: Because! [to Ash] It was so I could do this! [tickles Ash with the feather] Coochie coochie coo!
Ash: [laughing] Harleen, stop! It tickles! It tickles!
Harleen: [laughing]
Then, Harleen stopped!
Ash: [panting]
Harleen: Man, it's so easy to get to your tickle spot, Ashy Boy!
Ash: [giggles] I can't help it! I'm very ticklish!
Harleen: Yeah! I know!
[bus stops]
Ash: I think we've arrived!
Harleen: Oh, look at that. We're here. [banging on the door] Open up, open up, open up!
Combusken: [snatches its feather from Harleen] BUSKEN! [places it back on its back side] COMB!
Harleen: Party pooper!
Combusken: [folds its arms and looks away] BUSK!
Ash: It's been a while since I've been to Gotham!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Goh: What's it like anyway?
Grookey: GROOKEY?
Ash: Well... It's a little... dark and brooding!
Harleen: [to Diana] You're gonna love Gotham. But a word of warning. G-town can seem a little prickly to the uninitiated.
Chloe: How prickly?
She soon found out!
[sirens blaring]
Diana: [gasps]
It was still crime filled like last time!
Goh: This is Gotham City?!
Cinderace: [shocked] CINDER!
Chloe: It's completely crime-filled!
Eevee: [scared] EEVEE!
[dog barking]
Harleen: [to a suspicious man carrying watches in his coat] Hey, Jeremy.
Jeremy: [smiles and waves] Oh, hey, Harleen.
Goh: [grabs Harleen by the shirt collar with both hands] You said Gotham was supposed to be a nice city!
Cinderace: CINDERACE!
Harleen: Eh, [ruffles his hair] don't get your pants on a twist, Gohsy! I know it ain't exactly the kind city you had in mind, but this was my home!
Ash: She's right, Goh! Home is home!
Goh: Well, I don't like it!
Rattata (multiple): [scurry along] RATTATA!
Chloe: EEK!
Eevee: EEVEE!
Chloe: I don't like this place either! I wanna go back to Metropolis!
Dawn: Me too!
Piplup: [scared] PIP PIPLUP!
Harleen: What?! But you just got here!
[explosion nearby]
[car alarm]
Man: MY CAR!
Chloe: That's it! We're outta here! Come on, Goh and Dawn! Let's go!
Ash: Come on, guys! Don't go! Besides, you guys have me and Diana to protect you! So you'll have nothing to worry about!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [agreeing] MRAH RAH!
Dawn knew her boyfriend was right and hugged his arm!
Dawn: Okay, Ash! I'll stay with you!
Piplup: PIPLUP!
Ash: Awesome! And don't worry! I'll protect you!
Dawn: [hugs him close] My hero! [kisses his cheek] Mwah!
Ash: [blushes] [giggles]
Dawn: You're my heroic sweetie poo!
Ash: [blushes] Aww!
Dawn: [cuddles him] [giggles]
Harleen: [jumps off the bus] [grunts]
Ash: [steps down off the bus with Dawn] There!
Then, a huge crowd started to get onto the bus!
[indistinct chatter]
Ash: [gets bumped into] Oh, excuse me!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Goh: [gets bumped into] Hey! Watch it!
Chloe: [gets bumped into] Oh! Beg your pardon!
Diana: [gets bumped into] Uh, excuse me.
[crows cawing]
Old Lady: [shoves Diana] [grunts]
Diana: I beg your…
Dawn: [angry] Hey! Watch who you're shoving!
Ash: Easy, Dawn!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Dawn: Right, sorry! [blows a raspberry at the old lady]
Diana kept getting bumped into!
Diana: Hey! [gasps] My backpack.
Ash: Oh no!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Chloe: Some stole it! Hurry, we have to-
But it was too late! The bus pulled away!
Diana: I have been robbed! That Gothamite thief will regret to–
[alarm beeping]
Diana: There's no time to go after it.
Ash: [gasps] No way! I'm not about to let one of my girlfriends be robbed!
Ash was about to run after the bus, but Diana stopped him!
Diana: I am sorry, Ash! But we don't have time!
Ash: [sad a bit] Hmm…
Diana: [hugs him from behind] Do not worry, my love! It will be fine!
Ash: [smiles a bit] Okay, Diana. Don't worry! I'll buy you a new one!
Diana: Very well! Thank you! Back to the task at hand. We must get Babs' new Bat-ear.
Harleen: Right. [pounds her fist into her palm] So we gotta meet my connection across town at Sprang Station. [wraps an arm around Diana] Don't worry, I'll get us there in no time. This way.
Then, she went off! But then changed direction and went the other way!
Diana: [sighs]
Harleen: I mean, this way! [runs]
Goh: [as they followed] I have a bad feeling about this!
Cinderace: [agreeing] CINDERACE!
And off they went! Soon, they arrived at a chemical plant!
Diana: This is not Sprang Station.
Goh: Yeah! It's some kind of chemical plant?
Chloe: Is this some kind of joke?!
Harleen: [hops off the railings] Nope. This is the Ace Chemical Plant, [points down at a vat of chemicals] and that is the vat [eyes sparkle] [leans her arms against the railing] where the legendary Joker was born.
Ash: You mean someone fell into this vat of chemicals and turned into the Joker?!
Pikachu: PIKA?!
Lucario: MRAH?!
Harleen: You betcha!
Chloe: [scared] W-Why would you bring us to a place like this?!
Eevee: [scared] EEVEE!
Grookey: [looks at the vat] GROOKEY?
Goh: [snatches up Grookey] Be careful, Grookey! Get away from the edge! I'm not letting you fall in! No way!
Ash: [nervous] S-Say, Harleen? If I were to fall into that vat…
Harleen: You'd probably turn into the same thing as the Joker! And that would be awesome!
Dawn: [gasps]
Ash: [gulps nervously]
Harleen: [wraps an arm around him] But I won't let that happen to ya! And if it did, you'd probably be a handsome Joker!
Ash: [blushes] Y-Ya think so?
Harleen: I know so!
Dawn immediately pulled Ash away from the railing!
Ash: Whoa! Dawn!
Pikachu: PIKA?
Dawn: I am not having my man turn into a crazy lunatic like this Joker character!
Piplup: PIPLUP PIP!
Harleen: Isn't it something?
Goh: Oh, it's something alright!
Chloe: Something we don't wanna stick around and end up in!
Diana: [as she accidentally touched some slime] Agreed! And what does this have to do with getting a new Bat-ear? [wipes her hand with a handkerchief]
Harleen: Nothing. Just thought I'd share some of Gotham's rich culture with ya.
Goh: You call something that's completely dangerous rich culture?!
Harleen: You bet your spikey and red streaked hair!
Diana pointed at her watch, indicating they were running out of time!
[watch ticking]
Harleen: Oh right, time crunch.
Goh: Yeah! [as he pushes her along] So, if you don't mind, I'd rather not stick around here any longer!
Harleen: Okay, okay. From now on, I'm gonna stay razor-focused. [sees a butterfly] Ooh, butterfly! [chases after it] [giggles]
Grookey: [chases the butterfly too] GROOKEY!
Goh: Grookey, get back here!
Chloe: [groans] Good grief!
Diana: [facepalms] [sighs in exasperation]
Combusken: [sighs in exasperation] BUSKEN!
Absol: [sighs in exasperation] SOL!
Ash: This may take a while.
[Trainer Choice time]
[as the screen shows Wynaut, Weezing and Combusken]
Ash (voiceover): Trainers, which one of these Pokémon evolves into Blaziken?
Ash (voiceover): Okay, trainers! If you chose Combusken, you were right!
Combusken: COMBUSKEN!
[End]
Our heroes were walking down near an alleyway, but Harleen stopped and began to tear up!
Diana: Harleen, are you okay? What is it?
Ash: Yeah! What's wrong?
Pikachu: [concerned] PIKA?
Harleen: This is Crime Alley.
[lightning crackling]
Goh: Crime Alley?
Grookey: GROOKEY?
Cinderace: CINDER?
Harleen: Two of Gotham's greatest treasures were lost forever right here.
Diana teared up from this! So did Chloe and Dawn!
Dawn: [tearing up] Oh, Harleen!
Chloe: [tearing up] That's terrible!
Piplup: [sad] PIPLUP!
Eevee: [sad] EEVEE!
Ash: [sad] That's awful. I'm so sorry, Harleen.
Pikachu: [sad] PIKACHU.
Scraggy: [sad] SCRAGGY.
Lucario: [places a paw on its chest in respect] MRAH.
Goh: [sad] Me too.
Cinderace: [sad] CINDERACE.
Grookey: [sad] GROOKEY.
Harleen: I was just a kid and I remember it like yesterday. [collapses onto her knees] I was sucking on a pair of all-day Jack Smackers when they fell out of my mouth [lies down] and onto the ground.
Ash: Huh?!
Diana became angry with Harleen being overdramatic and was about to knock some sense into her, but she walked right into a spiderweb and struggled to get it off!
Harleen: I spent hours looking for those two candy balls, but they were gone.
Chloe: You've gotta be kidding me?!
Dawn: Harleen Quinzel, you mean to tell me that a pair of candy balls that fell out of your mouth were the greatest treasures lost forever?!
Goh: That has got to be one of the stupidest things I ever heard!
Cinderace: [agreeing] CINDERACE!
Diana: Harleen, can we please just go and–
Harleen: Oh, look, there they are.
They were in a dirty puddle with some pearls!
Harleen: [picks them up] [tosses the pearls aside] Pesky pearls. [throws the candy into her mouth] [chomps] Wait a minute. These ain't mine. [shrugs]
Chloe: [turning green] [gags] I think I'm gonna hurl!
Eevee: [disgusted] EEVEE VEE!
Goh: Will you spit those out and get going?!
Harleen: Alright alright! [spits them out] Patooie!
However, she accidently spat them at a certain Trash Bag Pokémon!
Trubbish: TRUB! [looks at Harleen, angry] TRUBBISH!
Harleen: Oops! [chuckles nervously] Sorry, little guy! My bad!
Trubbish: [Sludge Bomb move] TRUB...BISH!
Harleen: [ducks] Yike!
Goh: [as he tosses a PokéBall] PokéBall, go!
Trubbish: [hit on the head] BISH!
Then, the Trubbish was sucked into the PokéBall! And with a few shakes and a 'ping'...
Goh's Rotom Phone: Trubbish has been registered to your Pokédex!
Goh: Alright! My first Pokémon caught in Gotham City!
Cinderace: [happy] CINDERACE!
Grookey: [happy] GROOKEY!
Dawn: Yeah yeah! Congrats! But can we focus on the task at hand?!
Ash: We have to go!
Diana: Immediately!
Goh: Right! Coming!
Harleen: [picks up her candy] [wipes them] [sniffs them] [shrugs] Eh! [plops them into her mouth]
Goh: What did I say?! I said spit those out!
Harleen: You'll have to catch me first! [runs] [laughs]
Ash: [runs after her] Harleen, come back!
Diana was getting fed up with Harleen's antics, and they soon arrived at another chemical plant.
Diana: Harleen, you have already shown me this chemical plant.
Harleen: Ah, you're thinking the Ace Chemical on 3rd. This is the Ace on 27th.
Ash: There's more than one Ace Chemical?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Harleen: You bet your spikey black head!
Dawn: What's special about this chemical plant?
Piplup: PIPLUP?
Harleen: This vat is what turned Dr. Fries into Mr. Freeze!
Ash: Mr. Freeze? I take it he specializes in ice and freezing cold temperatures?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Harleen: [boops his nose] Right again!
Goh: He'd probably get along nicely with Professor Coldheart and Frostbite nicely.
Cinderace: [agreeing] CINDERACE!
Ash: [nervous] So, if either I or anyone else fell into that, we'd end up we'd turn into something like Mr. Freeze?
Pikachu: [nervous] PIKA?
Harleen: Pretty much! Who knows!
Diana: [sighs in exasperation] I do not care about chemical vats.
Chloe: Me neither! Especially the ones that turn people evil!
Harleen: You sure? I wanna show you the Ace on 43rd. That's where this actor guy got turned into a clay monster–
Diana: [grabs her by the shirt] JUST TAKE ME TO SPRANG STATION!
Ash: Diana! Please calm down!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKACHU!
Lucario: [agreeing] MRAH RAH!
Diana: [composes herself] Please.
Harleen: Eh, yeesh. Cranky much? Eh, I still love ya. Now come on.
And off they went!
Harleen: [does a cartwheel and flip] Here we are. Sprang Station.
Goh: This is Sprang Station?! It's just a bridge over an abandoned road!
Cinderace: CINDERACE?
Ash: But why is this place called Sprang Station anyway?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Harleen: I dunno! Probably because it's bouncy! [laughs]
Diana: What do we do now? And, please, try to limit your answer to 20 words or fewer.
Goh: And try not to make it a joking matter!
Harleen: The plan is to get the Bat-ear… by cutting it out of the Batman himself.
Goh: Say what?!
Cinderace: CINDER?!
Grookey: GROOKEY?!
Harleen: Hey, that was only 15 words.
Diana: Are you serious?!
Harleen: Eh, I think so. I counted Batman as one word. I'm not sure if he hyphenates, but…
Diana: [facepalms] I was talking about your plan!
Goh: That has got to be one of the most stupidest and irresponsible ideas I've ever heard!
Cinderace: [agreeing] CINDERACE!
Ash: Harleen, this cannot be your plan!
Harleen: Yep. [takes out a spray paint can] I know this place is on the big guy's night patrol. [shakes the can] All we gotta do is tag us a wall and when Bats comes to wag a finger at us, my connection will sneak up behind him and [imitates a pair of scissors with her hand] snip, that ear is as good as Babs'.
Chloe: Yeah! No way I'm doing that!
Eevee: [shakes its head no] EEVEE VEE!
Diana: This was a terrible idea. I should've known better. I should've been upfront with Barbara from the start.
Ash: I agree!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Harleen: Uh-oh. Sounds like someone's coming down with a case of the "Should'ves."
Goh: [angry] We also have a case of the "shouldn't'ves" because I knew we shouldn't've listened to you!
Cinderace: [angry] CINDERACE!
Diana: Indeed! [points a finger at Harleen] And you, Harleen Quinzel, you are the single most irritating person I have ever encountered.
Chloe: [gasps] Diana!
Eevee: [gasps] EEVEE
Harleen: [laughs] Oh, you.
Goh: [grabs Harleen by the shirt with both hands] [angry] DOES IT LOOK LIKE WE'RE LAUGHING TO YOU?!
Harleen: Hmm, yeah, you ain't.
Diana: [as Goh releases Harleen] Let us just return to Metropolis so I can tell Babs the truth about her ear.
Ash: Yes! Let's!
However, Ash was sad that he couldn't find a replace Bat-ear for Babs, which didn't go unnoticed by Diana!
Diana: Ash? Are you okay?
Ash: [sad] Diana, Babs is gonna be heartbroken!
Pikachu: [sad] PIKA!
Diana: I know, my love, but we must-
[spraying]
Ash: What's that spraying?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Lucario: MRAH?
They looked and saw Harleen tagging the wall!
Diana: [gasps]
Harleen spray painted "BATMAN STINKS!"
Dawn: Harleen Quinzel! Whaddya think you're doing?!
Piplup: [shocked] PIPLUP!
Harleen: Great, huh? They say the best artist is both beautiful and thought-provoking.
Ash: Harleen! What have you done?!
Goh: [panicking] No no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no!
Diana: [runs over] [panting] We must remove this defacement of public property at once. [begins to scrub the graffiti off the wall]
Dawn: Piplup, help out with Bubble Beam!
[dramatic music playing]
Piplup: [about to use Bubble Beam] PIP… [notices a shadow looming over them] LUP? [scared] PIP PIPLUP!
Dawn: What's wrong, Piplup?
Piplup: [pointing] PIPLUP!
The group looked and saw Batman looming over them!
Ash: [gasps] Batman!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Goh: [exclaims] [excited] [eyes sparkle] IT'S BATMAN! IN PERSON!
Cinderace: [eyes sparkling] CINDERACE!
Grookey: [amazed] GROOKEY!
Dawn and Chloe: [amazed] Wow!
Eevee: [eyes sparkle amazed] EEVEE!
Batman then turned to Ash!
Batman: [smirks]
Ash: [smiles and salutes] Hm!
Batman then faced Diana!
Diana: [gasps] Batman! It is an honor.
However, he noticed the graffiti on the wall!
Ash: Look, Batman! We can explain!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Diana: [smiles nervously] I realize how this looks, but I assure you I would never make such public assertions about your personal odor or–
[clattering]
Ash: What was that?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Then, Harley Quinn appeared with a giant pair of scissors and cut right through a fence!
Harley Quinn: Stay still, Bats!
Diana: Harley Quinn?!
Ash: Not her again!
Pikachu: [cheeks sparking threateningly] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [battle stance] [determined] MRAH RAH!
Scraggy: [determined] SCRAGGY!
Harley Quinn: [jumps] [grunts] Just gonna take a little off the top!
Ash: Pikachu, use-
Then, Batman threw batarangs at Harley Quinn! However, she used her giant scissors to dodge!
Harley Quinn: [grunting]
Harley Quinn kept trying to snip at Batman, but he managed to dodge her attacks!
Goh: Cinderace, use-
Ash: Hold on, Goh!
Goh: Huh?
Ash: I've seen what Batman can do! He can handle this!
Goh: Okay! If you're sure!
Dawn seemed a little clingy to Ash!
Dawn: Well regardless, I'm keeping clear of that jester!
She then turned to Ash with a flirtatious smile!
Dawn: I want my handsome man to protect me!
Ash: [smiles] Don't worry, Dawn! Of course I will!
Dawn: [giggles] [kisses him on the lips]
Ash: [giggles]
Harley Quinn: [grunts] [charges with her scissors] [screams]
Batman stood still, raising his cape, and then one of the Batarangs came back around, pinning Harley Quinn to a wall!
Ash: Alright!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Harley Quinn: [tries to escape] [grunts] Stucco. Why'd this wall have to be stucco? It's itching like crazy.
Batman: [speaking indistinctly]
Goh: Uh, anyone know what he's saying?
Chloe: No idea! But he sounds angry!
Diana: You are not alone in your anger, sir. In fact, this may sound strange, but I had much higher hopes for the first time our paths crossed.
Ash: Yeah! We meant no harm! See, Diana accidentally ruined our friend's prized possession that she got from her best friend, which was the war from your cowl when you fought the Joker, and she wanted to get a new one to replace it! That's why my plan was to ask you since the Bat-ear came from you! I hope you understand, Batman!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKA!
Thankfully, Batman understood as he smirked!
Batman: [places a hand on Diana's shoulder] [speaking indistinctly]
Diana smiled at this!
Chloe: [smiles] I still don't know what he's saying, but he sounds sincere!
Eevee: EEVEE VEE!
Chloe: [to Batman] [bows] It's an honor to meet you, sir!
Goh: We've heard so much about you! All good things of course!
Dawn: It's so cool to meet the Dark Knight in person!
Cinderace: RACE!
Piplup: PIPLUP!
Batman: [nods] Hm.
Chloe: [whispers] By the way, you wouldn't happen to know about Ash's "secret" right?
Batman: [nods] [makes the "lips are sealed" gesture]
Chloe: [smiles] Good to know!
Batman: [nods] [rubs Eevee's head]
Eevee: [happy] VEE!
Chloe: [giggles]
However, they noticed Harley Quinn was gone!
Ash: Aw, Muk! That jester flew the coop!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Lucario: [growls in frustration]
Ash: [to Batman] Think you can handle it from here?
Batman: [nods]
Then, Batman leaped away!
Ash: Oh, double Muk! I forgot to ask if he had an extra cowl ear!
Pikachu: [disappointed] PIKACHU!
However, Diana sadly checked her watch, indicating it was too late.
Goh: Great! And we're out of time!
Ash: Babs is not gonna be too thrilled about this!
Pikachu: [sad] PIKACHU.
Goh: Maybe it's not too late to call Jerry and ask him for help?
Diana: [sighs] I'm afraid not, Goh. Barbara is bound to find out about now.
Ash: If only Ladybug were here! She'd probably help us out with her Lucky Charm ability!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PI!
Chloe: But she's not!
Eevee: [sad] EEVEE VEE.
Diana: Who is this Ladybug you speak of?
Ash: She's an awesome hero and a good friend of mine from another dimension! You met her when we took down Coldheart, Diana!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [agreeing] MRAH RAH!
Diana remembered as a flashback occurred!
Ladybug: [punching and kicking the Vivix and Hengemen] HUH! HYAH!
Wonder Woman: [battle cry]
Ladybug: [swings her yo-yo at Yin]
Wonder Woman: [slashing the symbiotic plant monsters]
Ladybug: [tossing her yo-yo in the air] Lucky Charm!
Everyone: [fist bumps each other] Pound it!
Then, the flashback ended!
Diana: Of course! I remember her now!
Ash: Yeah! Those were good times!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Goh: Too bad she's not here to help us now!
Or so he thought about the "not here" part! For watching them on a rooftop was Ladybug and Cat Noir!
Ladybug: [smiles] We'll see each other again soon, Ash.
Cat Noir: [smiles] Count on it, little buddy.
As they were walking along Diana held Ash's hand!
Ladybug: Looks like Ash has more girlfriends besides Juleka, Zoé, Kagami and Aurore!
Cat Noir: I'll say!
Diana: At least we tried, my love!
Ash: Yeah! But when we find Babs, let me do the talking!
Diana: Very well!
But before anything else, some mechanical claws shot out and grabbed Pikachu, Lucario, Scraggy, Cinderace, Grookey, Eevee and Piplup!
Pikachu: [scared] PIKA!
Lucario: MRAH?!
Scraggy: SCRAG?!
Cinderace: RACE!
Grookey: [scared] GROOKEY!
Eevee: [scared] VEE!
Piplup: [scared] LUP!
Ash: Pikachu! Scraggy! Lucario!
Goh: Cinderace! Grookey!
Chloe: Eevee!
Dawn: Piplup!
Diana: What is the meaning of this?!
[And cue the motto]
Jessie: Prepare for trouble, you've stumbled on the truth!
James: Oh, the annoyance of twerpish youth!
Jessie: And evil as old as the galaxy...
James: Sent here to fulfill our destiny!
Meowth: Meowth, that's me!
Jessie: To denounce the evils of truth and love!
James: To extend our reach to the stars above!
Jessie: Jessie!
James: And it's James!
Meowth: Meowth's the name!
Jessie: Wherever there's peace in the universe...
James: Team Rocket...
Meowth: Will be there...
Team Rocket: To make everything worse!
Wobbuffet: [on cue] WOBBUFFET!
Mime Jr.: [on cue] MIME MIME!
[End of motto]
Ash: Team Rocket!
Goh: Not you guys again!
Diana: Relinquish my friends' Pokémon this instant, you vile fiends!
Jessie: Ha! How can we resist the pomp and circumstance of some fresh Pokémon for the picking!
James: I say if you can't beat them, steal them!
Diana: [angry] I am in no mood to tolerate your childish behavior! Relinquish the Pokémon! NOW!
Jessie: Ooh. Some twerpette's got temper problems! Here's my tongue and cheek response! [pulls down her eyelid and sticks out her tongue] Bleh!
Diana: Very well. You wish to battle?! Then I shall grant you your wish! [tosses two PokéBalls] Combusken! Absol!
Combusken: [appearing] [determined] COMBUSKEN!
Absol: [appearing] [determined] ABSOL!
Jessie: Let's see if you can deal with the ones we have!
Jessie and James: [raising their arms in the air] Come on down!
Pelipper: [singing] PELIP PELIPPER!
Then, it dropped the Rocket Prize Master from its bill!
Meowth: [leaps into the air] Charms away! [somersaults then sticks his charm into the coin slot]
Jessie: Our Secret...
James: [turns the crank] Rocket Prize...
Jessie and James: Master!
And out came two PokéBalls!
Jessie and James: [as they toss the PokéBalls] What've we got today?
And they were...
Jessie: The Sludge Pokémon, Grimer!
Grimer: GRIMER!
James: And the Sharp Claw Pokémon, Weavile!
Weavile: WEAVILE!
Ash: You've got this, Diana!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Diana: Let's do this! Combusken, use Fire Spin!
Combusken: [Fire Spin move] COM...BUSKEN!
Jessie: Grimer, gas it up with Poison Gas!
Grimer: [Poison Gas move] GRIMER...
That caused an explosion!
Diana: Use Double Kick!
Combusken: [Double Kick move] COMBUSK! BUSK!
Grimer: [pained] GRIM! GRIMER!
Jessie: You can take it! Use Sludge Bomb!
Grimer: [Sludge Bomb move] GRI... MER MER MER!
Diana: Evasive manuvers!
Combusken: [dodges] COMBUSK! BUSK! COMBUSKEN!
Diana: Now, Flamethrower!
Combusken: [Flamethrower move] COM...BUSKEN!
Grimer: [pained] GRI!
James: Now, Weavile! Show them your Shadow Ball!
Weavile: [Shadow Ball move] WEA...VILE!
Diana: Absol, Dark Pulse!
Absol: [Dark Pulse move] AB...SOL!
The attacks cancelled each other out!
Diana: Now, Razor Wind!
Absol: [Razor Wind move] AB…SOL!
Weavile: [pained] VILE!
Diana: Free our friends with Psycho Cut!
Absol: [Psycho Cut move] AB...SOL!
That broke the mechanical claws!
Team Rocket: Uh oh!
Ash: Alright, Scraggy! Use Headbutt!
Scraggy: [Headbutt move] SCRAG...GY!
Grimer: [hit] GRI!
Dawn: Piplup, use Drill Peck on Weavile!
Piplup: [Drill Peck move] PIP...LUP!
Weavile: [pained] WEA!
Goh: Now, Cinderace! Use Blaze Kick on both Grimer and Weavile!
Cinderace: [Blaze Kick move] CINDE...RACE!
Weavile and Grimer: [pained] WEA!/GRIME!
Jessie: This isn't over yet! Grimer, Shadow Punch!
Grimer: [Shadow Punch move] GRI...MER!
Diana: Dark Pulse!
Absol: [Dark Pulse move] AB...SOL!
Grimer: [pained] GRIMER!
Diana: Now, Combusken!
Goh: Cinderace!
Diana and Goh: Double Kick!
Cinderace and Combusken: [Double Kick move] CINDE...RACE! RACE!/COMBU...SKEN! SKEN!
Weavile and Grimer: [pained] VILE!/GRIME!
James: See if you can handle this! Weavile, use Ice Shard!
Weavile: [Ice Shard move] WEA...VILE!
Diana: Fire Spin!
Combusken: [Fire Spin move] BUSKEN!
That melted the Ice Shard!
Diana: You're a fool to use a Dark and Ice type against a Fire and Fighting type!
Combusken: COMBUSKEN!
James: You didn't expect this ace up my sleeve then! Weavile, use Surf!
Weavile: [Surf move] WEA...
Diana: [shocked] Impossible!
Weavile: [unleashing Surf] VILE!
Combusken: [pained] COMBUSKEN!
Diana: No, Combusken!
James: Beat that!
Diana: You shall regret that! Absol, use Perish Song!
Absol: [Perish Song move] AB...SOL!
James: Quick! Throat Chop!
Weavile: [about to use Throat Chop] WEA...
Goh: No you don't! Cinderace, Pyro Ball!
Cinderace: [Pyro Ball move] CIN...DER...ACE!
Weavile: [pained] WEAV!
James: Oh no!
Jessie: Grimer, use Sludge Wave!
Grimer: [Sludge Wave move] GRI…MER!
Dawn: Piplup, Whirlpool!
Piplup: [Whirl Pool move] PIP…LUUUUUUUUUUUUUP!
The Whirlpool countered the Sludge Wave!
Dawn: Take that!
Ash: 'Kay, Pikachu! Let's finish this! Use Thunderbolt!
Pikachu: [Thunderbolt move] PIKA…CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
Weavile and Grimer: [electrocuted] [pained] [blown back] WEAV!/GRIME! [collides with Team Rocket]
Team Rocket: [electrocuted] GYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
[explosion]
Then, they were sent flying!
Jessie: Insolent twerps!
James: We almost had them!
Meowth: But the warrior twoipette had to ruin everything!
Team Rocket: WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!
Wobbuffet: WOBBUFFET!
Mime Jr.: MIME MIME!
[star finish]
Ash and Diana: Goodbye!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Absol: [scoffs] SOL!
Ash: [to Diana] [smiles] Thanks a bunch, Diana! You really helped us back there! You, Combusken and Absol were so awesome!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Diana: Thank you, my love!
Then, she hugged him and kissed him on the forehead!
Diana: And you were amazing too!
Ash: [chuckles] Thanks! I'm glad you think so!
Goh: Yeah! But now, we have to go back to Metropolis and face a probably devastated Babs!
Ash: [sad] Yeah, I know.
Pikachu: [sad] PIKACHU.
Dawn: [hugs him] At least we'll face her together!
Ash: [smiles] I hear you, Dawn! You know just how to bring a smile to my face!
Dawn: [winks] That's what I'm here for! [kisses his cheek] Mwah!
Ash: [blushes] [giggles]
Soon, our heroes at returned to Metropolis, and were walking back to Sweet Justice with sad looks on their faces. When they arrived, Babs was crying her eyes out.
Babs: [crying] Has anyone seen this Bat-ear?
Ash: [sad] I was afraid she'd be like this!
Pikachu: [sad] PIKACHU!
Dawn: [sad] Poor Babs.
Piplup: [sad] PIPLUP!
When they entered Sweet Justice, Babs seemed to be passing out flyers of her missing Bat-ear!
Babs: [passing out flyers] It's the sweetest little ear you've ever seen. Or at least it was. [collapses onto the floor] [crying]
Scizor: [groans] [rolls its eyes] [telling her she's being overdramatic] SCIZOR SCIZ.
Lycanroc (Ace Jr.): [shoves Scizor angrily] [saying "How could you say that?! Our trainer is heartbroken and you don't seem to care at all!"] LYCANROC?! LYCANROC ROC LYCAN LYCANROC!
Scizor: [saying "That Bat-ear is just a 'thing'! She should know that friends are way more important than some things!"] SCIZOR SCIZOR SCIZ SCIZOR! SCIZOR SCIZOR SCIZOR SCIZOR SCIZ SCIZOR SCIZ!
Ace Jr. knew that Scizor had a point! Then, Barry came over with a bowl of ice cream in an attempt to cheer Babs up!
Babs: No amount of treats can fill the hole in my heart. [takes the bowl of ice cream] But I'll try. Bat-ear would have wanted it that way. [chomping]
Goh: When did she find out?
Chloe: I'm not sure!
Jessica: [walks over to them] In case it wasn't obvious, Babs found out her ear went missing.
Goh: But when?
Jessica: About an hour ago. And she completely lost it.
Ash: Clearly!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Diana: I would give anything to make this pain I have caused her go away.
Babs: [crying]
Lycanroc (Ace Jr.): [comforts her trainer] [patting it on the shoulder] [saying "There there! It'll be okay!"] ROC ROC! LYCANROC! [licks her cheek]
Babs: Thank you, AJ!
Diana: But I'm afraid it is time to come clean.
Ash: Hold on, Diana! Let's go together and I'll do the talking!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Diana: Very well!
And they did just that!
Ash: Babs?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Babs: [tears in eyes] Huh?
Babs looked up and saw who it was!
Babs: Oh! Hi, Ash! Diana! What is it?
Ash: Well, there's something I wanna tell you about your Bat-ear!
Diana: Indeed. There's something we must tell you.
Babs: You found it, right? That's what you have to tell me, [places both her hands on Diana's shoulders] right? Right, right? [presses her cheek against her cheek] You found it?
Absol: [sweat drops] SOL!
Ash: Well technically, no! See, your Bat-ear is gone!
Babs: [tears forming in eyes] Gone?!
Harleen: That's right. Gone. [enters] 'Cause I took it. [blows a bubble with her gum] See, my connection got her hands on some even better Batmobilia and said I could trade the ear for it.
Harleen then took the gum out of her mouth and put it into Diana's hand, much to her anger.
Absol: [growls] AB...
Chloe: Ugh! That's just gross!
Harleen: [takes out a Batarang] Ta-da! A genuine used-in-combat Batarang.
Ash: [eyes sparkling] A used-in-combat Batarang?!
Pikachu: PIKA?!
Lucario: [gasps] MRAH!
Dawn: No way!
Piplup: [shocked] PIPLUP!
Babs then took the worn Batarang with sparkling eyes!
Babs: [gasps deeply] [waves it up and down] A real-life Batarang!
Scizor: [saying "Now THAT is an ancient relic!"] SCIZOR! SCIZOR SCIZ!
Chloe: Well, at least Babs is happy again!
Eevee: EEVEE!
Babs: Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Oh, my gosh. Look at my cool thing!
Diana: Harleen, I believe I owe you an apology and my gratitude.
Harleen: I didn't do it for you. I knew my Babsie was gonna be heartbroken, and there was no way I was letting that happen.
Ash: I was honestly gonna tell her the truth!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Harleen: Well, honesty is the best policy, but for my Babsie, well...
Ash: Don't worry, Harleen! I get it!
Babs: [shows a couple her Batarang] That's right. An honest-to-goodness Batarang. Can you believe it?
Ash: [chuckles] [to Diana and Harleen] I'd better try to get her to settle down!
And he went to do just that!
Dawn: We'll come help you!
Chloe: Yeah!
Diana: [to Harleen] You know, I think I'm beginning to see what Babs sees in you.
Goh: So do I! You two really are best friends!
Cinderace: [agreeing] CINDERACE!
Babs: [running around] [giggling]
Dawn: Babs, settle down!
Harleen: [wraps an arm around Diana] Well, I am delightful!
Diana: [chuckles] All the same, for putting a smile on Babs' face, consider me in your debt, Harleen Quinzel.
Harleen: Better believe you owe me. Batarangs ain't easy to come by, you know.
Goh: I can tell! She seems to love it even more than that Bat-ear!
Diana: [raises an eyebrow] Yes. I can imagine it would be very difficult. How did you say your connection came upon this one?
Goh: I was wondering that too.
Absol: [suspicious] SOL…
Combusken: [suspicious] BUSK…
Babs: [to a boy, having an ice cream cone] See, you can tell this was used in the field. [flicks pieces of stucco off the Batarang] It's got little pieces of stucco wedged in it.
Ash: [tries to pull her away] Okay, Babs! I think that's enough!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKA!
Chloe: You don't have to show everyone in Sweet Justice your Batarang!
Babs: Yes I do! I'm not done!
Goh: Hm? Wait a minute! Stucco?
Diana started to piece it together, until she discovered the horrifying truth!
Diana: [gasps] Merciful Minerva!
Goh: [gasps] No way! How did I not realize this sooner?!
Harleen: [laughing maniacally]
Diana and Goh started to picture Harleen as Harley Quinn! Cinderace, Combusken and Absol came to realize this as well!
Combusken: [gasps] BUSK!
Absol: [gasps] SOL!
Cinderace: [gasps] RACE!
Grookey: GROOKEY?
Diana: You are Harley Qui–
Harleen: [silences her by placing a finger on her lips] Shh! Think I gotta cash in that big favor you owe me and ask you to keep a little secret. [winks sinisterly]
Diana: [gasps]
Goh: I think this is a major uh-oh! Wait until Ash finds-
Diana: Absolutely not, Goh!
Goh: Huh?! But Diana-
Diana: Babs would go mad if she knew about this. Her friendship with Harleen not only means dearly to her.
She then looked over at Ash with a sad look.
Diana: But also to the love of my life!
She then turned to Goh with a sad and firm look.
Diana: So for now, we must keep our lips sealed!
Goh: [whimpers worriedly]
Cinderace: [worried] CINDERACE…
Grookey: [sad] GROOKEY…
[Recap Time]
Babs: It's recap time!
Ash: Hey, girls! Who'd'ya meet today?
[as two Pokémon cards were placed in a binder]
Diana: Scraggy and Grimer!
[as the screen shows Scraggy]
Ash: Scraggy is Dark and Fighting type native to the Unova Region! And they tend to be pretty tough and headstrong!
Goh: And they're the only Dark and Fighting types discovered!
Scraggy: SCRAGGY SCRAG!
Goh: [mumbles] But that's not the only thing discovered.
Ash: Hm? What was that, Goh?
Goh: GUH! Uh, nothing! Nothing at all!
Ash: [with question marks] Hm?
[End]
And that's the end of this chapter! I hope you all enjoyed it! And there's more to come! So until then, see you all next time!