Episode 36: Primeape Goes Bananas

At Professor Oak's lab, the scientist himself is enjoying a cup of tea as the Pokemon around his lab are living their Pokemon lives.

He sighs, and says, "Ah. Nothing like a cup of tea to start off the day."

The professor is relaxing as the Pokemon at the center is living their lives roaming free and relaxing.

Suddenly, Professor Oak's phone begins to ring.

After a few rings, the professor turns his head and says, "Oh. Thanks a lot, Krabby." Professor Oak says.

He looks to see Krabby has brought the phone over to the professor.

The phone turns on to see Hana on the line.

"Good morning, professor," Hana says.

"Good morning, Hana. I was just wondering when you might be calling. You have some good news?" Professor Oak says.

"I sure do!" Hana says.

She then shows the four badges she has, "I got my fourth badge so I'm only halfway to entering the Pokemon League. Plus, I want to introduce you to two new Pokemon."

Just then, Little Brother and Little Sister come on the screen and say hello.

"My, so your brother and sister evolved into Gardevoir and Gallade. And I must say, your little brother reminds me a lot of your father," Professor Oak says.

"Gallade," (Thank you.) Little Brother says.

"He says thanks," Hana says.

Then Professor Oak asks, "So how are your other Pokemon doing? Especially Latios and Latias. And if I am not mistaken you hatched a Meloetta too."

"They're all doing fine, and have so much fun," Hana says with a smile.

"Indeed. By the way, I just found out this morning that the other two rivals have earned five badges each, including Gary. They all passed through Celadon City, too," Professor Oak says.

"Really. We're heading there now. I'm guessing he already left," Hana says.

"He did and is already heading to the next town," Professor Oak says.

"That's a bummer. I was hoping to see him," Hana says.

"I'm sure you'll see him soon enough. By the way, Gary has already captured thirty Pokemon," Professor Oak says.

"Thirty Pokemon, huh?" Hana asks.

"What about you? I can see you already caught plenty of Pokemon. More like they willingly decide to go with you. Including Krabby," Professor Oak asks.

Then Krabby appears on the screen.

"Hi Krabby, how are you doing?" Hana asks.

Krabby happily smiles as he pinches his pincers.

"We've become very good friends. We especially enjoy teatime, and writing poetry. And some of it's not that bad, either," Professor Oak says.

Then says in a poem, "Every day it's cake and tea, just my Pokemon and me. Like it?"

Hana giggles, "I sure do. Although, I don't know much about poetry."

"Just remember Hana, writing poetry is a lot like Pokemon training. I can't write a good poem without rhymes. And you can't be a good trainer without catching more Pokemon. Have to go now. The tea's getting cold," Professor Oak says.

"Sure. Bye," Hana says.

Then the phone hangs up. Then has her brother and sister return to their Pokeball since they already have something to eat. After that, Hana joins up with the others that are having rice cakes and doughnuts. Diana sits with Pikachu, Pichu, Alistair Meloetta and Cubone as they're eating their snack.

Diana says, "Hey Hana, have a rice cake or a doughnut. They're really good."

"Pika Pika!" (They're really tasty!) Pikachu and Alistair happily say.

"These doughnuts are great! Jelly-filled are my favorite! Nothing beats a jelly-filled doughnut!" Chase says.

"Yeah," Akira says, feeding Winnie with a bottle of Moo Moo Milk, and Alistair is eating a doughnut next to him.

"Sounds good to me," Hana says. Then she takes a doughnut and begins to eat.

Then Hana says, "I just heard Gary has five badges and already left for the next one. It's kind of disappointing cause I was hoping to see him soon."

"That's okay. I'm sure you'll see him next time," Diana says.

"Yeah. All we have to do is walk down this road. It might take a few days," Chase says.

"That's good. Maybe we can get there faster if we ride on Luxray and Celestia," Hana says.

"Good idea. I'm sure they like the exercise," Akira says, feeding Winnie with the bottle of the milk and berries.

"I agree," Hana says, picking up another doughnut.

Before she can eat her snack, Hana feels that something or someone is spying on her. She turns her head to see someone, but ducks behind the rock. Hana turns her head away and the strange someone sticks his head out again. Hana turns to see a bipedal and has a round body covered in whitish, shaggy fur. Its nose is similar to a pig's snout, and it has narrow, red eyes and triangular ears with brown insides, three-fingered hands, two-toed feet, and the tip of its curved, prehensile tail are brown.

Curious, Hana says, "Wow. It's a Mankey."

She brings out her Pokedex and Dexter says, "Mankey, a pig monkey Pokemon of the fighting type. Known for its superior footwork it packs a powerful punch."

"It's actually kind of cute," Diana says.

"Yeah. When they're not angry," Hana says.

The Mankey hops over and looks at the food. It sniffs the doughnut that is in Hana's hand. Seeing the Pokemon liking the snacks, it snatches it from Hana's hand, hops to a rock and begins to eat it. Mankey also seems to like it.

Hana giggles, "Guess it's kind of hungry."

"And Mankey really likes it," Diana adds.

Chase says, "That doughnut is my own special recipe. No artificial ingredients."

"No wonder they taste so good," Hana says.

Suddenly, Cubone becomes angry and storms to the rock where Mankey is.

Cubone angrily says, "Cubone Cubone. Cubone Cubone Cubone." (Hey, that's my mommy! Give it back!)

Hana grows concerned and quickly says, "Cubone. I don't think you should…"

Before Hana can finish, the Cubone throws it's bone at Mankey that hits it on the head and knocks it down with the snack in hands.

"That…" Hana says, weary.

Then becomes scared, "Uh oh…"

The next moment, Mankey gets up and it's in a foul moon.

"Looks to me like Cubone got it pretty angry," Diana says, concerned.

"I'm not sure what we can do. They're known for having bad tempers and it's impossible to stop them once they act up. For example, they can use Thrash." Hana says.

"What's Thrash?" Diana asks, worried.

Everyone looks ahead to see Mankey is charging towards them. They all scream and panic. As they run away. Hana is holding Meloetta and Cubone in her arms as Pikachu runs beside her. At the same time, Akira is holding Alistair and Winnie in his arms.

"Cubone should have let it finish that doughnut! Didn't his mom teach it manners?! Diana panics.

"I don't think she would mention Mankeys! Plus, Cubone was mad at Mankey because it took doughnut from my hand and was trying to get it back!" Hana panics.

"I shouldn't have made them taste so good!" Chase calls out.

Hana then says, "Your homemade doughnuts are our only hope! Maybe more doughnuts will stop it!

"Well, it's sure worth a try!" Chase says.

Chase then brings out the doughnut and throws it at Mankey, but the Pokemon obliterates it."

"Lo metta!" (Scary!) Meloetta panics and hugs Hana in fright.

"When you said it's impossible, you weren't kidding," Akira says.

Just then, Diana trips and falls to the ground.

"Diana!" Hana screams.

Diana quickly turns to see the Mankey charging at her. Diana screams and covers her eyes. Mankey then bounces off her head and pounces to Haan that has its target, Cubone. Cubone quickly jumps from her arms and smacks it with its bone. Mankey then attacks it with Thrash and smacks it to the ground.

Hana panics, "Cubone!"

Just then, it runs to Akira and jumps up as it snatches his police hat and bounces away.

Akria quickly turns to the Mankey, "My hat!"

Mankey then climbs up the tree with Akria's police hat on his head. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is spying on them once again.

Jessie says, "Perfect."

Then James, "Perfect.

And Now Meowth, "Purr-fect."

"Now is the perfect time to capture Pikachu and the rest of their Pokemon. While that little twerp is out of the action, we'll make a sneak surprise attack. If we pull this off, the boss will put us on the board of directors!" Jessie says.

Then James says, "Team Rocket will rule the world!"

"You really think so?" Jessie asks.

"When you dream, you've got to dream big!" James says.

Then Meowth says, "You sure are dreaming."

Annoyed with Meowth, Jessie gives Meowth a yarn ball and is instantly drawn to it.

"He's easy to satisfy," Jessie replies.

Meanwhile, Chase helps Diana up as Hana checks to see Cubone hasn't received any injuries.

Diana says, "Thanks Chase."

"No problem. Glad to see you're okay," Chase says.

Hana picks up Cubone, "Cubone, are you okay?"

Cubone regains consciousness and begins to cry.

"There there Cubone, it's okay. I really appreciate what you were trying to do, but you need to be careful while being around a Mankey," Hana says, petting Cubone on his head.

That gets him to calm down and stop shedding tears. Meloetta pets Cubone on the head as well, and that makes him feel much better too.

Hana turns to Akira, "Uh Akira, where's your hat?"

"Ask the Mankey," Akira says, pointing up.

Hana and the others look up to see the Mankey wearing Akira's police hat.

"So any idea how we are supposed to get it back?" Hana asks.

"Not sure. I don't feel like it's a good idea to mess with an angry Mankey," Chase says.

"But I gotta get my hat. I had that hat ever since I graduated from the police academy and since I officially became an officer," Akira says.

"I see, so it's special to you," Diana says.

"Yeah. So I have to get it back," Akira says.

"But how do we get it from Mankey?" Chase asks.

Just then, Team Rocket steps in.

Jessie remarks, "Well, hello there, chumps."

"Team Rocket!" Diana says, shocked.

Hana sternly demands, "What are you doing here?"

"Aren't you happy to see us?" Meowth remarks.

"Honestly, no," Hana says.

Just then, Mankey begins to absorb Team Rocket and examine them all over.

Annoyed, James says, "Buzz off!"

And kicks Mankey away, shocking the heroes.

"I wish he hadn't done that!" Chase panics and Diana gasps.

Then Mankey falls into the bushes.

"Still trying to capture Pikachu and the rest of our Pokemon?!" Chase sternly asks.

"We just want to borrow them, permanently," Jessie says.

James says, "Your situation is hopeless. Hand Pikachu and your Pokemon over or else!

"Or else what?" Hana sternly asks.

Unknown to everyone, Mankey sits up and is very angry that it's eyes begin to glow.

Jessie:

To protect the world from devastation.

James:

To unite all peoples within our nation.

Jessie:

To denounce the evils of truth and love.

James:

To extend our reach to the stars above.

Jessie:

Jessie.

James:

James.

Jessie:

Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light.

James:

Surrender now, or prepare to fight.

Meowth:

Meowth! That's right!

"You guys pick the worst time to be here. You'll be in trouble if you don't leave," Hana says.

"Now's the perfect time. You're obviously too distracted to protect your Pikachu," Jessie says.

"If you guys don't get out of here fast, you're gonna get as whipped as Hana's Cubone," Chase says.

"By who?" Meowth asks.

Hana says, worried, "By Mankey."

Confused, Jessie asks, "What's a Mankey?"

"I guess that thing I kicked out of the way," James says.

Jessie and James turn their heads and become petrified in fear to see Mankey standing on the rock that is glowing. Suddenly, Mankey begins to glow and change its shape. Soon it becomes a bipedal, simian Pokémon with a round body covered in whitish, shaggy fur, a throbbing vein on the left side of its forehead, and it has triangular ears with pink insides, narrow eyes with tiny pupils, and a pink, snout-like nose. Its arms and legs are brown and have metal shackles on the wrists and ankles, and hands have no visible fingers, instead resembling mittens or boxing gloves, and the feet have two toes.

Team Rocket panics and says, "It evolved!"

"It's… it's a Primeape now," Hana worriedly says.

Diana brings out her Pokedex and Dexter says, "Primeape. If you make eye contact with this evolved form of Mankey, it will chase you forever."

"Forever?" Diana worriedly asks.

Team Rocket looks at the Primeape and it's not happy.

Jessie brushes it off, "This furball? That's ridiculous. Now let's capture Pikachu and those other Pokemon."

Then she throws her Pokeball, "Go, Ekans!"

James does the same, "And go, Koffing!

Ekans and Koffing pop out of their Pokeballs while Pikachu begins to defend with Hana by his side.

"Come on!" Jessie says.

Suddenly, Primeape appears behind Jessie and gives her a hard kick that sends her flying like a missile. She flies past the Pokemon. Hana and the others quickly move out of the way and they hear a large crash. They turn to see Jessie has crashed head first on a rock. James and Meowth panic in shock. Jessie then slides down to the ground.

Now Jessie is furious, "How dare you damage my perfection! Now you'll pay! Ekans! Koffing! Never mind Pikachu! Get that Primeape!"

The Pokemon then changes target to Primeape.

Meowth calls out, "But we came for Pikachu!"

"Team Rocket always puts beauty before duty!" James says.

Then grabs Meowth and says, "Come on!"

Soon Team Rocket begins to fight against the Primeape. Unknown to Team Rocket and Primeape, the hat falls off of Primeape's head and lands on the ground. While Akira and the others aren't looking, Winnie hurries over to grab the hat.

"Well, this has surely turned into a brawl," Hana says.

Suddenly Akira feels something tugging his pants and looks down to see Winnie holding his police hat.

"My hat," Akira says.

Akira then takes it and places it on his head, "Thanks Winnie."

Winnie barks with a smile.

"I say we get out of here while we still have the chance," Diana says.

"Yeah. Once Primeape uses Thrash, one of their strongest attacks, they go out of control," Hana says.

Akira picks up Winnie as Alistair climbs on his shoulder.

"Then let's get out of here," Akira says.

The trainers soon begin to run down the path to get to Celadon City, or at least to escape the Primeape. Meanwhile Primeape has already given Team Rocket a hard Thrashing. It looks around to see Hana and the others aren't around, and the hat he likes to wear. Primeape is not happy that it hops up and down on Team Rocket with rage. Then begins to chase them.

Jessie says, "There…"

James stands up , "It..."

Then Meowth adds, "Go!"

Team Rocket prepares themselves to run,

Jessie says, "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting…"

James adds, "Off…"

"Once again!" Meowth concludes.

Then Team Rocket dashes off.

Meanwhile, Hana and her friends are running through the rocky canyon on the rocky path as fast as they can. Akira is still holding Alistair and Winnie while Hana does the same for Cubone, and Meloetta, while Pikachu is beside her. Hana looks behind them to see Primeape is already closing in on them.

Hana, "It's after us!"

"It must really like your hat, Akira!" Diana screams.

"I didn't think Mankey and Primeape like hats," Akira says.

Chase then calls out, "If we split up, maybe we can lose it!"

"Okay!" The group says

Soon everyone split up. Hana, Pikachu, Akira, Alistair and Winnie go on one path. While Chase and Diana go on the other. However, Primeape begins to chase Hana and the others.

Diana says, worried, "Oh no! It doesn't look like Primeape's easy to lose!"

"I just hope none of them look Primeape in the eye," Chase says.

"Now what?" Diana asks.

"Let's go find them," Chase says.

Diana nods her head and they both head off to find the others together.

Meanwhile, Hana and the others continue to run away from the giant pig Pokemon. As they run away past the rocks, Primeape bashes through every single one of them.

Hana panics, "I don't know how much longer we can run!"

Meanwhile, Team Rocket is digging a hole in the middle of the road, again.

"Nothing like, digging a hole, when you want to play dirty," James says, digging.

Team Rocket peeks out the hole to see Hana and the others in the dust.

Jessie chuckles and says, "At last, the moment of truth."

Soon, Hana and the others run so fast that they end up falling into the hole with Team Rocket inside and crash to the bottom. Primeape comes to a stop to see Hana and the others below. The weight of everyone causes Koffing to release the gas from its mouth.

Hana rubs her head, "What's a hole doing in the road?"

"I think I land on my head," Akira says.

Jessie angrily says, "Koffing! You nincompoop!"

Soon Hana and her friends realize that they're in the same hole at Team Rocket.

Hana exclaims, "How did you get down here?!"

"Pika!" (You crooks!) Pikachu angrily says.

"Pikachu!" (Not you three again!) Alistair angrily says.

Winnie barks with a confused expression.

James smirks and says, "Pikachu."

"Why don't you come for a ride on my head?" Jessie says.

"No way!" Hana angrily says.

Hana hops up and grabs the ledge. Akira does the same and holds Winnie in his left arm.

Hana calls out, "Pikachu, Thunder Shock!"

Pikachu then uses Thunder Sock on Team Rocket. Luckily, Hana and the others are out of the way. Once Pikachu is done, he hops on Hana's shoulders. Then Hana and Akira climb out. The group stops to see Primeape is in front of them.

That when Hana remembers what the Professor says to her, "I can't write a good poem without rhymes, and you can't be a good trainer without catching more Pokemon."

Hana knows what she needs to do. Hana then places Meloetta and Cubone next to Pikachu where they're next to Akira, Alistair and Winnie. She's done with running. Diana and Chase arrive to the others as well.

Hana says, "Professor Oak's right! No more games! I'm gonna capture you, Primeape!"

Diana and the others gasp in shock.

Diana says, "That's way too dangerous."

"I know, but my father told me that I need to be strong and that I can't run from fear. And as a Pokemon trainer, I have to try and capture Primeape," Hana says.

"Okay, we're rooting for you," Akira says.

"Pika!" (Go Hana!) Alistair says.

Winnie, Meloetta, and Cubone cheer too.

Hana then throws her Pokeball and calls out, "Squirtle, I choose you! Soak it's head with your Water Gun!"

Squirtle comes out of its Pokeball and uses Water Gun on it. That makes Primeape angry and let out steam so the water evaporates. Diana and the others become spooked.

"Squirtle, return!" Hana says, returning Squirtle.

Then brings out her next Pokemon, "Bulbasaur, I choose you!"

Then Bulbasaur comes out.

Then Hana calls out, "Bulbasaur, Razor Leaf, now!"

Bulbasaur uses Razor Leaf on Primeape, but the fighting Pokemon takes them out with ease. That scares the others, excluding Hana.

Hana then returns her Pokemon, "Bulbasaur, return!"

Then calls out another, "Charmander, go! Use Flamethrower!"

Charmander comes out and instantly uses the attack. Primeape then dodges the attack and punches Charmander. Then throws multiple ones.

"Charmander!" Hana screams.

Charmander continues to be beaten by the Primeape.

"Pika Pika (This doesn't look good.) Pikachu says, worried.

"Charmander," Hana says, concerned.

Just then, Primeape punches Charmander and Charmander flies in the air and begins to fall.

"Charmander!" Hana panics.

She runs as fast as she can and catches Chmander in her arms as she falls on her back.

Hana sits up and asks, "Are you okay?"

"Char Char," (I'm okay.) Charmander says.

Hana begins to sit up and flinches to feel a pain on her face.

"That kind of stings," Hana says, rubbing her back.

Charmander becomes stunned to see Hana in pain. He realizes that Hana has gotten hurt saving him. That makes Charmander mad and turns to Primeape in anger. To Charmander, he's not going to let Primeape get away with hurting Hana. Then the flame on his tail begins to grow.

Surprised, Hana notices, "The flame on his tail! What's happening?"

She takes out her Pokedex and Dexter says, "Charmander's special attack, Rage. It gains more power the more it is attacked. It will continue to fight until it's opponent falls."

Hana smiles, "Alright! You learned a brand new move! Charmander, go!"

Charmander charges and takes a few blows from Primeape. Then a flame appears from his eyes and soon, the table on the battle begins to turn. Charmander is able to fight back against then grabs Primeape's glove with his teeth. Primeaple throws him and Charmander uses Flamethrower. Primeape dodges the attack. Now the two Pokemon are beginning to have a major brawl. Everyone begins to get excited for Charmander.

Ready for the final blow, Hana calls out, "Burn, now, Charmander! Flamethrower attack!"

Charmander then performs the most powerful Flamethrower and attacks Primeape with full force. Primeape is burned and struggles to fight, but collapses to the ground in defeat.

"Good work, Charmander! I'll take over now!" Hana says.

Then throws her Pokeball, "Pokeball, go!"

The Pokeball hits Primeape and has it come inside. Then the Pokeball begins to wiggle a lot. Soon it lets out a click. Suddenly, the Pokeball wiggles again, and in a second, it stops completely, meaning Hana catches Primeape.

Hana smiles and takes the Pokeball, "Alright! Primeape is mine!"

"You did it!" Akira cheers.

"Congratulations!" Diana says.

"And Charmander learned a new attack," Chase says.

Soon, they hear groaning and turn their heads to see Team Rocket climbing out of the hole.

"So. It's the Hole gang," Hana jokes.

Jessie angrily says, "It's your fault we ended up in here!"

But notice something missing, "Where's Primeape?"

Hana smirks and says, "Well, why don't you see for yourself?"

Hana then tosses the Pokeball into the hole making Team Rocket confused. The Pokeball comes out and Primeape appears out of the hole. Team Rocket panics and Primeape gives them a hard thrashing. Then gives them the fine blow blasting them up.

As they fly off, Team Rocket screams, "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!"

Hana and the others watch as Primeape shows the fighting spirit.

"Primeape sure gave them a Thrashing," Diana says.

"You can say that again," Chase says.

"Well, at least, now Primeape is doing the Thrashing on our side," Akira says.

Hana smiles and shows Primeape a fist bump, "Welcome to the team, Primeape."

Primeape looks at Hana and sees her fist. Primeape shows a happy and confident expression and gives her a fist bump too.

"Well, it looks like you earned Primeape's respect," Diana says.

"Yeah. I'm glad," Hana says.

However Primeape says, "Prime Primeape Primeape Prime Primeape." (But I'm still not happy with Cubone for hitting me with the bone.)

Cubone turns his head away with a huff.

"Primeape is still not pleased with Cubone isn't it?" Diana asks.

"And it looks like Cubone feels the same," Chase says.

"Maybe we could try getting those two to get along, but I know we can in due time," Hana says.

Then brings out her Pokeballs, "Charmander! Primeape! Return!"

Then both Pokemon return to their Pokeballs.

Pikachu, Winnie, Meloetta, Cubone, and Alistair soon see something over yonder.

Pikachu calls out, "Pikachu Pika!" (Hey guys, look!)

"Pika Pi! Pika Pi!" (We made it! We made it!) Alistair cheers.

Winnie, Meloetta, and Cubone call out with glee.

"What is it?!" Hana asks, walking to their location.

The others hurry over to see a city up ahead.

"There's Celadon City!" Chase says.

"Talk about a fast arrival!" Akira says.

"You know, if Primeape hadn't chased us, we wouldn't have gotten here as fast as we did!" Diana says.

"Talk about good luck," Hana says.

"Pika Pika," (Lucky indeed.) Pikachu and Alistair says.

Riolu barks with a nod.

Hana looks at Primeape Pokeball and says, "Way to go, Primeape!"

Hana puts it away, "Now that I caught a new Pokemon it's time to earn my next badge. To Celadon City!"

Everyone soon begins to make their way to the city. After capturing Primeape, Hana is one step closer on her journey to the league. Of course, there's more to being a trainer than capturing Pokemon. Hana and her friends know that and know that they still have ways to go on their journey. And they head off to Celadon City for Hana to earn her next badge

Meanwhile, Tea Rocket lands on the ground with a thud.

"Meow!" Meowth yelps.

Jessie sits up and sticks out her tongue with a blech. Suddenly, two more Primeape appear and they don't look please. Team Rocket soon finds themselves in the middle of the Primeape habitat and are in big trouble.

Team Rocket yelps, "I wish we had some doughnuts!"

Soon, Team Rocket is being beaten up by the Primeapes, and this is the worst one they can have, beaten up by a group of them.