Episode 52: Ditto's Mysterious Mansion
On a bright and sunny day, Hana and her friends are traveling down the road to their next part of their Journey. Now that Diana has her five ribbons, she can focus on the Grand Festival, and Hana has two new Dratini babies who are sleeping in her backpack. Suddenly, dark clouds begin to travel across the sky where they're at, and a drop of rain hits Pikachu on his head.
"Pika? (What's that?) Pikachu asks.
Soon, the group looks up as it's starting to feel rain.
"A storm?" Chase says, confused.
Soon, the rain begins to come down harder. Seeing that, Hana and the others begin to run as fast as they can to find shelter.
"Talk about bad timing! It's a downpour!" Chase says.
"Let's get out of this!" Hana says.
"Where can we go?! We're in the middle of nowhere!" Diana asks.
Akira notices something, "Look! To the left of the road!"
The group looks ahead to notice a white building with a red roof.
"What's that?" Chase asks.
"I don't like the looks of it," Diana says, concerned.
"I don't like it either, but maybe we can stay here until the storm passes," Hana says.
The group agrees to the idea and hurry toward the building. Chase and Akira quickly open the door and hurry inside and close the door behind them. Pikachu and Alistair shake the water off of them.
Hana calls out, "Hello? Sorry for barging in!"
"Is anybody here?" Diana calls out.
"Can we take shelter from the rain?" Akira adds.
The group looks around to see a theater close by and walk over for a look.
"It looks like some kind of theater," Chase says.
"Yeah," Diana replies.
"Hey, since nobody's around, we might as well stay here until the rain stops," Hana says.
The group nods their heads until Alistair notices something, "Pikachu!" (Look at this!)
The others turn their heads to see Alistair noticing an Egg that has different shades of brownish gray and darkish blue color.
Akira walks over and says, "It's a Pokemon Egg. What's it doing here?"
Suddenly, the egg begins to glow bright as Hana and the others are surprised.
"The egg is hatching," Diana says, surprised.
Soon, the egg hatched into a little baby Pokemon. The baby Pokemon is a slate brownish-gray, fox-like Pokémon with dark blue and black accents. Its ears are triangular with dark insides, and it has a large tuft of fur tipped with blue on top of its head. There are circular, blue markings above the eyes that resemble eyebrows. Its muzzle is short and tapered with two small fangs seen in the upper jaw when its mouth is open. A ruff of black fur around its neck and four short limbs tipped with red. Its tail is short and bushy.
"It hatched," Hana replies.
The baby Pokemon lets out a yawn and opens its eyes to reveal a red color. It looks up to see Akira who is a bit surprised. The baby Pokemon barks and walks to Akira and places it's little paws on Akira's knees.
"I think it wants you to pick it up," Diana says.
Akira picks the little Pokemon up and the little Pokemon snuggles against Akira's chest and falls asleep.
Hana says with a smile, "Aww, he thinks you're his daddy."
"Awww!" Diana happily says.
"Pika Pikachu?" (Who are you?) Pikachu asks.
Hana looks down, "What is it Pikachu?"
They both soon notice that besides Pikachu, and Alistar, there are two other Pikachu.
"Where did they come from?" Chase asks.
"How cute!" Diana says
Then walks over and picks up one of the Pikachu. When Diana looks at the Pikachu, Diana becomes surprised and suddenly, scared to see the face of the Pikachu is different.
Then drops the Pikachu in a panic, "What is this?! What's wrong with it?!"
"What's wrong, Diana?" Hana asks.
"That Pikachu doesn't look right!" Diana says, frightened.
The group looks over to see what Diana means.
"Hmm, something about that Pikachu's seems familiar," Hana says
"What do you mean?" Diana asks.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" Someone asks.
The group turns their heads and becomes shocked to see a trainer that looks exactly like Hana.
Stunned, Diana says, "Hana, that girl looks like you."
"Who are you?" Hana asks.
With the same voice as Hana, the person asks, "Tell me who you are."
"My name is Hana from Pallet Town," Hana says.
"Duplica," The person says in Hana's voice.
Then walks over and reveals her true voice, "From The House of Imite."
"Imite? Like, imitate? Is that why you look just like me?" Hana asks.
"That's right," The girl, Duplica says.
Then she walks to the Pikachu with a strange face, "Aw. It still hasn't gotten over that old habit."
The Pikachu then glows and transforms into a pink blob. The second one then turns into a light blue blob, much to everyone's surprise.
Hana brings out her Pokedex and says, "I thought that face looks familiar, it's a Ditto and there's two of them."
Dexter says, "Ditto, a Transform Pokemon. It is able to rearrange the cells of its body and assume any form. It's only attack is Transform."
Diana pets the Ditton and giggles, "Squishy."
"And they're so cute," Hana says.
"And Ditto can make itself look just like anything!" Chase says.
"Yeah. But, there's something different with the pink one. It's face remains the same. When it transforms, shouldn't it be able to change completely?" Hana replies.
"Yeah, it still can't change its face," Duplica says.
"True. Transform is a very rare move that is close to no Pokemon. I know that Ditto and Mew can change their shape." Hana says.
"That's right. In a way, Ditto is practically one of a kind," Duplica says.
"A transforming Pokemon. It's only attack is to copy other Pokemon. That's all it does," Chase says.
"That may be true, but Ditto not only is able to transform, but depending on the Pokemon, it can perform the attacks that came with it," Hana says.
Duplica says, "I'm glad that you understand Ditto's powers."
"Thanks, and I can see that you also have a Shiny Ditto too," Hana says.
"Oh, that one isn't mine. It's a wild Ditto that likes to visit me and my Ditto from time to time," Duplica says.
"So it's safe to say that this one is a wild Ditto," Hana says.
"You got it," Duplica says.
Akira walks to Duplica, "Hey Duplica, did this egg belong to you?"
"Not really. It is an egg I found just yesterday, but it seems the baby Pokemon hatched and imprinted on you. I guess, you're a daddy now," Duplica says.
Alistair climbs on to Akira's shoulder as Winnie comes out of Akria's backpack and sits on his other shoulder.
"Believe it or not, Akira is already a dad," Hana says.
"Same as you, Hana. You're a mom too," Chase says.
As he says it, the two Dratini come out of Hana's backpacks and wrap themselves around Hana's neck and snuggle her cheeks. Soon, everyone begins laughing.
Sometime later, Duplica brings Hana and the others to her costume room and she has a lot of them.
"Wow! What are all these clothes for?" Diana asks.
Duplica runs to the racks and comes back on the other side to be dressed as Nurse Joy,
"Don't worry, I'll take good care of it," Duplica says, imitating Nurse Joy.
Then Duplica runs into the rack again and is now Officer Jenny.
Duplica says, "My name is Jenny, you're under arrest for Pokemon poaching."
Pikachu, Winnie, Alistair, and the two Ditto and Dratini twins become interested.
"Great imitation!" Diana says.
"That's great," Hana says.
"Can you do anything else?" Chase asks.
"With all these costumes, I can imitate just about anybody. Watch!" Duplica says.
She then runs into the rack again and comes out dressed as Diana.
Surprised, Diana says, "She's me!"
"I'm impressed. I'm also impressed with the knowledge you have Duplica," Hana says.
"Really?" Duplica asks.
"Yeah. I'll bet that transformation, you can know any kind of Pokemon's potential attacks, and you can order Ditto to use the strongest attacks possible according to the Pokemon form it takes," Hana says.
"That's right! I guess that means Duplica must know every attack and every Pokemon there is," Diana says.
Akira turns to Duplica, "You must have studied a lot, Duplica, to be able to battle in any situation."
"Oh, stop it, guys! You're making me blush," Duplica replies and her cheeks turning red.
Diana says, "It looks like you got another rival, Hana. Duplica would make a great Pokemon master."
"No way!" Duplica says.
The group soon becomes confused.
Then Duplica says, "I just want to become the greatest Ditto master."
"A Ditto master?" The group says, confused.
"You got it! And I wanna be a big star!" Duplica says.
"You see, I started this Imite House because I like to imitate Pokemon. This place is so flat and boring, but people pass by here all the time. I thought maybe when they stop here for a rest, I could entertain them," Duplica says.
Hana suspects, "I guess it didn't come easy when they see Ditto couldn't do his transformation perfectly."
"Yes. When people watch Ditto, they don't want to see an imperfect transformation. This little one is trying its hardest to master Transform perfectly, but its face still stays the same," Duplica says.
The Pink Ditto looks depressed.
"I guess being a Ditto trainer's tough," Diana says.
"I'm sure you and Ditto will get it, it just takes time and practice," Hana says.
"Thanks," Duplica says.
Suddenly, the lights go off and the spotlight pan around the curtains. Everyone becomes shocked to see Team Rocket is on the stage.
"That was a touching story," Meowth says.
"What? Who are you?" Duplica asks.
Jessie:
Prepare for trouble!
James:
Make it double!
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! Let's give em a hand!
The others look at Team Rocket looking dumbfounded.
Hana slowly claps her hands, ""Okay, show's over. Time to go back home."
"Quiet, young twerp. You'll be happy to know we're not interested in your Pikachu today," Jessie says.
"We're here for…" James says.
"The Ditto!" Meowth says, leaping out and taking Ditto.
James throws his Pokeball, "Time for action, Weezing!"
Wheezing comes out of its Pokeball and performs smokescreen. The group coughs as the smokescreen covers them. When the smoke disappears, they see Team Rocket is gone along with Duplica's ditto.
"Oh no! My Ditto is gone!" Duplica says, upset.
Elsewhere, Team Rocket has hidden in their hideout, easily identified with their Meowth hot air balloon, as Jessie and James chuckle in triumph.
"Cute little Ditto, our little Ditto. Why didn't we think of this before? Now, we're unstoppable!" Jessie says.
"Right! Now we can take our names off the loser list and put them in the winning column!" James says with pride.
"And the boss will make me top cat again," Meowth says.
Jessie leans to Ditto, "Alright, little Ditto. We have a little favor to ask you."
Jessie then shows Ditto a book and opens it to a certain page.
Then Jessie points her finger to a picture of a Dratini, "Transform into this. Won't you please? Please? Pretty please?"
"Become Dratini, the Pokemon we've never been able to capture. It would make a handsome gift for the boss," James adds.
However, Jessie says, "What's the hurry? Since Ditto is ours for the moment, let's have some fun before we hand it over to the boss."
"Some fun?" James says, confused.
Then Jessie then shows a picture of someone, "Ditto, what would the person in this picture look like if he were an adult? Transform and show me."
Ditto is rather confused by it.
Curious, James asks, "Who's picture is that? Let me see!"
"No way! This is personal, James! Stop it!" Jessie denies, feeling embarrassed.
"Let's see," Meowth says looking at the picture.
Then sees it, "Ha! It's a little boy!"
"Jessie has a boyfriend?" James says, surprised.
"He was my first true love," Jessie says, still blushing.
"First love?" James says, confused.
"Show me," Jessie replies with glee.
Ditto nods its head and transforms into the photo, but they soon see the problem in their plan. Jessie looks surprised while James and Meowth laugh.
"Your first love sure has an interesting face!" James says.
"Especially if you're interested in Ditto!" Meowth says.
Then Jessie beats James and Meowth.
Angry, Jessie glares at Ditto, "That wasn't funny! Is that your idea of a transformation?!"
Then Ditto licks Jessie's face, making James and Meowth laugh more. Then Jessie makes them harder.
"Now, do as I say!" Jessie angrily says.
Then points to the picture of the Dratini, "Transform into this!"
Ditto then transforms into a book, causing them to fall over in disbelief.
"I'm beginning to see a flaw in this plan," James says.
That makes Jessie furious at Ditto, "How dare you insult us like this! I'm warning you! You better transform perfectly this time or I'll transform you into jelly!"
Ditto begins to shutter in fear.
Meanwhile in the House of Imite, Hana and the others try to cheer Duplica up.
"Don't worry, Duplica. Cheer up. We'll all help you find Ditto," Diana says.
"We've already sent Vivillon, Dustox, and Hurricane out on surveillance," Akira says.
"There you go! See?" Diana says.
"Thanks, you guys," Duplica replies.
"Don't worry, we'll get Ditto back," Hana says.
The blue Ditto snuggles to Hana with a smile. Hana smiles and pats him on the head.
Duplica notices, "I think that Ditto likes you."
"Well, I think any Pokemon Hana meets ends up liking her," Chase says.
Just then, Vivilon, Dustox, and Hurricane fly through the window and land on the floor.
Dustox says, "Dustox dustox!" (We found Team Rocket and Ditto!"
Hana says, "They found Ditto."
"Right. Then let's go save it," Chase says.
"Yeah," Akira says.
"Let's do it," Diana adds.
Suddenly, Duplica says, "Wait! I think I have an idea!"
The group becomes confused by it and sees the smile on her face, meaning she has an idea.
Meanwhile, back at Team Rocket's hideout, Team Rocket is trying to get Ditto to transform. This time, Ditto transforms into a Meowth, but the face is still Ditto.
"What's wrong with you? Why can't you get it right?!" Jessie demands.
Meowth says, annoyed, "I don't have a goofy face like that!"
"Get it right this time, Ditto, or you'll regret it!" James says, frustrated.
"That's right!" Meowth says, and unsheathes his claws.
Ditto panics and reshapes its face into Meowth's face, perfectly. Team Rocket are very pleased.
"Success!" James cheers.
"You really can do it if you try. Great job, Ditto," Jessie says.
Meowth then asks, "Now, how about a Dratini?"
"Sorry, Meowth!" Someone says.
Team Rocket becomes surprised and turns their heads around.
Jessie shouts, "Hey!"
Soon, multiple spotlights shine around Hana, Duplica and the others and they're all dressed like Team Rocket.
Hana:
Prepare for trouble!
Akira:
On the double!
Jessie and James are not pleased at all.
James angrily says, "Quit imitating us!"
Chase:
To protect the world from devastation.
Diana and Duplica
To ignite all peoples within our nation
Jessie grits her teeth in anger and says, "This is insulting!"
Hana, Duplica, and Diana:
To defend the beauty of truth and love.
Akira and Chase:
To extend our reach to the stars above
Hana:
Hana
Diana:
Diana
Akira:
Akira
Chase:
Chase
Duplica:
Duplica, that's right!
Chase:
Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!
Duplica:
Surrender now, or prepare to fight all of us!
Pikachu, Alistair, Winnie, Shiny and Zorua (Translated):
And that is right!
As Team Rocket feels embarrassed, Hana and the others are talking about doing the motto.
"That was great to do the whole thing!" Diana says.
"Now I know why they like saying all that dumb stuff so much, it's fun!" Hana says.
"I agree," Chase says.
"Yeah," Akira says.
"Hey, I know! Maybe we should all become actors!" Duplica.
Soon, the group begins laughing with smiles on their faces. However, Team Rocket is unable to stand the embarrassment anymore.
Jessie says with rage, "Team Rocket is not something to be made fun of, but if you're going to imitate us, at least do it right!"
"To UNITE all people within our nation, not ignite!" James adds.
"We'll be taking Ditto back now!" Duplica says.
However, Meowth says, "No way!"
And another Meowth says, "No way!"
Jessie and James chuckle as the gang are confused.
"Hey, I can't tell which one is which!" Chase says.
"But I thought Ditto couldn't imitate faces," Diana says.
"That's true, but Ditto was finally perfected under the expert care and training of Team Rocket," Jessie says.
Hana mutters, "Yeah right."
Then Jessie and James laugh in triumph.
Suddenly, Duplica happily says, "Oh, thank you!"
Team Rocket stops laughing to see Duplica looking at them with gratitude.
Duplica happily says, "I've tried everything I could think of to get Ditto to imitate faces."
Then begins to shed tears, "Now Ditto can finally become the kind of Pokemon I always knew it could be."
"Duplica," Akira says.
"That's beautiful," Diana says.
"Yeah," Chase says.
Hana says, "That's very sweet."
Jessie begins to shed tears, "That's so beautiful, I can't stand it."
"Neither can I," James adds, shedding tears.
Hana then suggests, "Hey, you guys! Why don't we solve this without a big battle?"
"Alright. We'll do it your way this time," Jessie says.
"We'll just give you Ditto," James adds.
Team Rocket then hands 'Ditto' over to Team Rocket as they get into the Balloon with 'Meowth'
Suddenly, 'Ditto' panics, "Hey! What are you doing?"
"We'll be on our way now!" Jessie says.
The hideout falls apart and Team Rocket begins to take flight on the balloon. Team Rocket soon waves goodbye.
Jessie says, "Goodbye, everyone!"
"Good luck with Ditto!" James adds.
"Hold it right there!" Duplica says, running over and prepares to throw 'Ditto' at them.
Chase rushes over, "Hey, Duplica! What are you doing?!"
"This isn't Ditto!" Duplica angrily says.
Suddenly, 'Ditto' panics, "Hey! Let me go, will ya?!"
Hana quickly says, "She's right. That's Meowth!"
Then Duplica throws the 'Ditto' that is actually Meowth at them. Meowth is able to grab the balloon.
"Impossible! How could you tell?!" Jessie says, dismay.
"It was a perfect transformation!" James says, stunned.
The real Ditto then bites Jessie causing her to let go. Then Ditto jumps off the balloon and dives into Duplica's arms.
"I wouldn't be much of a trainer if I couldn't see through that transformation. Right, Ditto!" Duplica happily says.
Still on the balloon, Meowth shouts, "Dimwits! How'd you manage to mess this one up?!"
"You are in no position to complain!" James angrily says.
"It's time for plan B!" Jessie says and presses a button.
The hatch of the basket pens to reveal a cannon that is poking at the shocked trainers below.
"Stop! You can't do this!" Hana shouts.
"Quiet! All of you!" Jessie shouts in rage.
Thenwith with a grin, "We're going to win after all!"
"Ditto! Transform, now!" Duplica says.
Ditto leaps off of Duplica's arm and turns into a cannon.
Hana and the others are surprised.
"That's great! I didn't know Ditto could transform into things like that!" Hana says.
Hana turns to Piakchu, "Pikachu!"
"Pikachu!" (On it, Hana!) Pikachu says.
Then loads into the Ditto Cannon.
Hana calls out, "Pikachu, aim!"
Then Duplica says, "Ditto, fire!"
Ditto then fires Pikachu into the air and right at Team Rocket.
"Fire!" Jessie shouts and presses the cannon to fire a net at Pikachu.
When the net is close, Hana shouts, "Now!"
Pikachu then uses his thunder shock at the net and throughout the balloon and causes Team Rocket to get electricuted. Meowth ends up clinging his claws into the balloon tighter until it pops and sends then blasting off again.
"Jessie, we lose everything!" James screams.
"Even our hot air!" Jessie panics.
Team Rocket then screams, "Looks like Team Rocket's blasting off again!"
Hana then catches Pikachu as Ditto changes back into its original form.
"That was great! You've learned how to completely transform!" Duplica happily says, giving Ditto a hug.
Then Duplica asks, "Ditto, would you please transform into a Pikachu?"
Ditto then transform into a perfect Pikachu
"That's amazing! Ditto transforms perfectly!" Diana happily says.
"I can hardly believe it! Team Rocket was actually good for something," Hana says.
"Yeah, and the way Ditto transforms into objects is great!" Chase says.
"You're just as real as the real thing!" Akira says.
"Hey, Ditto. Great job," Hana says.
Hana then picks up her Pikachu and says, "Right, Pikachu."
"Pikachu," (That's right.) Pikachu says.
Duplica then picks up her Ditto and it changes back to normal.
Later Duplica fixes up her House of Imite and finishes it, "There! The Imite House is reopened!"
"Congratulations!" Hana says.
"You did it, Duplica!" Diana says.
"You and Ditto are gonna become stars!" Chase says.
"Thanks," Duplica says.
The Shiny Ditto reaches Hana and rubs her leg with glee.
Duplica turns to Hana, "Hana, I think Ditto wants to come with you."
"Ir does?" Hana asks, surprised
Then turns to Shiny Ditto, "You do?"
The Shiny Ditto nods its head.
Hana smiles, "Well then I'll be happy to have you aboard."
Hana then taps a Pokeball to Ditto and it goes inside, and the capture is instant.
Hana says to Ditto, "Welcome to the group."
The pokeball shakes like it's nodding its head.
Soon, Hana and the others begin to head out with Akira able to keep the little fox and Hana has Ditto.
"Bye Duplica! Bye Ditto!" Hana says.
"Goodbye, thank you for everything," Duplica says.
Hana and the others begin to walk on the train to their next destination.
Diana turns to Akira, "So, have you decided a name for the little guy."
"Yeah. I've decided to call him, Shippo," Akira says.
Zorua barks with a smile.
"I think he likes it," Hana says.
"Yeah. I think so too," Akira says.
Elsewhere, Team Rocket's balloon has crashed in the woods and Jessie and James are doing something to Meowth.
Meowth panics, "Hey! What are you doing?"
"Meowth, hold still!" Jessie angrily says.
Meowth screams, "Stop it! Let me go! Cut it out, will ya?!"
Turns out, Jessie and James are trying to dress him like a Dratini.
Meowth panics, "Ow! Quit it!"
"Will you stop it, Meowth?!" James angrily says.
Jessie says, "The only way we can get out of this mess is to dress you up like a Dratini and present you to the boss!"
"Pea brains! This won't work!" Meowth angrily says.
And shows off his claws, "Take that! And that!" as he scratches James and Jessie's faces.
Jessie and James are so mad that they attack Meowth.
Jessie shouts, "How dare you touch my face!"
"For that, we'll turn you into a Grimer!" James adds.
The three Team Rocket members continue to fight and attack each other.
