Episode 60: The March of the Exeggutor Squad
Hana and her friends have been working very hard on their Pokemon journey, and haven't been able to get some rest in relaxation, but now they are in luck. They've arrive in a town the same day a carnival has arrived. There are rides, games, food, and so many performers. In fact, there's a big crowd today.
"Wow! This place is enormous!" Hana says.
"I'll say. We're going to have a lot of fun," Akira says.
"Pika," (Yeah.) Alistair says.
Winnie and Shippo bark in reply.
"And check out all of the rides and shows," Diana says.
"Let's go have some fun," Chase says.
With that, Hana and her friends go to have fun on the rides, have food, and have all kinds of fun. They ride on a ferris wheel, swings, a merry go round, and all kinds of fun. Soon, Hana and Pikachu find themselves on their own because the others like to check out more stuff while they eat.
"That one was great, wasn't it?" Hana asks.
"Pika," (It was fun.) Pikachu happily says.
Hana asks, "Which one do you want to go on next?"
Before Pikachu can answer, a woman's voice shouts, "I've had it! I quit!"
Hana and Pikachu turn to see a woman dressed as a Vulpix while a man that looks like a magician is bowing and begging her. Next to him is a Pokemon, she recognizes it to be an Exeggcute.
"Please, don't leave me! I promise to pay you as soon as I can!" The man begs.
The woman sternly says, "Then pay me right now!"
"I can't just now, but I promise as soon as I get some paying customers I'll pay you," The man sadly says.
But the woman refuses, "And just who do you think is gonna come watch your lousy show?!"
The man continues to beg her, but she smacks him in the face.
"I've heard your promises before! Humph! Goodbye," The woman says and leaves the scene.
"Don't leave, I need you," The man sadly says.
Hana walks over with Pikachu, and asks, "Excuse us, are you alright, sir?"
"You're some kind people, aren't you?" The man asks.
"I don't know," Hana replies.
"And such beautiful girls, one of you will help me out, won't you? I need one of you girls' help so badly and one of you would be so perfect," The man begs and collapses.
Hana kneels to the man, "Pull yourself together!"
"You're the only one who can help me now," The man says, feeling depressed.
"Uh.." Hana says, confused.
"Please, just listen," The man says.
"Uh, okay," Hana replies.
"Keep an open mind," The man says.
"Uh huh," Hana says with a nod.
The man quickly stands up and says, "I'd like one of you to become the assistant in my act."
"Hmm?" Hana replies, confused.
The egg Pokemon jumps up and down in excitement.
"I'm a magician. Melvin's the name," The man says.
"Hi," Hana says.
"For you," Melvin says and makes a flower appear.
He then makes flags appear, "I'm not very famous yet, but I'm working really hard on my magic act. My dream is to have my own showroom, and perform my magic act before thousands of cheering fans. Won't you help me make my dream come true?"
"I think we can help you, but just for today," Hana says.
"Thank you so much!" Melvin happily says.
Soon enough, Hana and Pikachu decide to help Melvin with his performance. They are on stage when the light shines on them. Hana is wearing a costume that is similar to a Kirlia, and Pikachu is wearing a blue jacket and red bow tie.
"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming. Allow me to introduce myself, I am Melvin, the Magician Magnificent!" Melvin announces.
Hana thinsk look out on the stage, "Poor Melvin, there aren't that many people to see his show.
Suddenly, a familiar voice calls out, "Hey, Hana!"
Hana looks down to see Akira, Chase and Diana.
Akira asks, "What are you doing up there? Are you part of the show?"
"Pika Pi!" (We both are!) Pikachu says.
"What are you doing here?" Hana asks.
Diana happily says, "That's a cute outfit, Hana."
Hana blushes and says, "Um, thank you."
Suddenly, someone shouts, "Come on, hurry it up!"
"Yes, yes. Of course. Thank you for your patience. Please allow me to present my magical Pokemon, Exeggcute," Melvin says.
Then his Exeggcute jumps on the table.
"Exeggcute huh," Diana says, and brings out her Pokedex.
Dexter says, "Exeggcute, an Egg Pokemon. Although it resembles an egg, it is known to be more closely related to the seed of a plant."
"Now it's time for some Exeggcute juggling," Melvin says, juggling the egg Pokemon.
Hana thinks looking confused, "Exeggcute juggling?!"
"This is magic?" Chase asks, confused.
"I thought he was a magician," Akira replies.
Alistair, Winnie, and Shippo nod their heads
Suddenly, someone shouts, "We don't want to see juggling!"
"Boring!" Chase comments.
Then someone shouts, "We wanna see some magic!"
"Yeah, do a trick, won't ya?!" Another person shouts.
Melvin becomes startled and says, "Hold on, the best part is coming up. My Pokemon and I are gonna do some great magic trick now, which will submaze and aprise you."
"Don't you mean surprise and amaze?" Hana asks.
"That's right. See, that's why we make such a great team," Melvin says.
"I suppose," Hana says.
Exeggcute starts hopping up and down as Melvin tries to conjure some magic with Pikachu to provide the electric charge
Melvin announces, "Raging fire!"
When Melvin tries his trick, it backfires and a small fire appears. The audience falls over in disbelief that the trick flops.
"Oh dear," Hana says, concerned.
Suddenly, someone says, "That was pathetic!"
Melvin panics and says, "Just one more try!"
Then tries it again and unleashes an inferno. Everyone is soon impressed, but Melvin begins to get carried away. Soon, everyone begins to panic and duck their heads.
Hana calls out, "Hey! Be careful, Melvin!"
But Melvin is so pleased by his trick's success that he isn't listening.
"I can't believe it! It never worked before! Fire!" Melvin happily says.
Soon, the inferno sets off the sprinklers and water comes down on everyone, causing them to be angry. Soon, everyone is throwing stuff at him and saying he stink. Melvin tries to do something, but a bottle hits him on the head. And soon enough, Melvin is fired from his job, he begs the owner to let him stay, but refuses. Hana and the others see Melvin feeling depressed.
"I feel sorry for the guy," Chase says.
"He just doesn't know what he's doing," Hana says, and walks to Melvin.
Hana says, "Don't worry, Melvin. Cheer up."
"Fired again. I'll never make it to the big time," Melvin sadly says, feeling upset.
Then hugs his Exeggcute, "I guess we'll have to give up our dreams."
"Give up? You're not gonna give up your dream that easy, are you? If your show's no good, then learn some new tricks and make it good!" Hana says.
"That's a good idea!" Akira says.
Soon, Exeggcute hops happily.
"New tricks?" Melvin asks.
"We'll even help you out. You can do it. What do you say?" Hana says.
Diana says, "Don't quit now! Come on, Melvin!"
Melvin smiles and says, "Okay, I'll give it a try."
Meanwhile, Jessie and James are relaxing on top of the balloon as Meowth spies on them.
Jessie asks, "What are those twerps up to now?"
"It looks like they're talking to a magician," Meowth answers, spying on them.
"Talking to a magician, huh?" James says.
"Wait till they see our bag of tricks," Jessie says, removing her sunglasses.
Down below, Hana and her friends watch as Melvin prepares his new tricks.
"Okay, well, here I go," Melvin says, sounding nervous.
He spins his stick, "Abracadabra! Ta da!"
With that, he makes a bouquet or roses appear. Everyone clapped with a smile.
"That was great!" Hana says.
"Uh, thanks," Melvin happily says.
Soon, the roses fall off the bouquet.
"The flowers are dead!" Chase says.
"So's his act," Diana says.
Melvin soon falls to his knees, "All my life I've dreamed of becoming a magician, entertaining people, seeing their faces light up. But now the dream is all over."
Soon Exeggcute falls into depression too.
"Now they're depressed," Akira says.
Hana says, "Your trick was great, but you just need some practice. And well, maybe you should use fake flowers or real live ones."
Diana then has an idea, "I know, maybe your Pokemon can join on the act."
"My Pokemon?" Mevlin says, confused.
"Yeah. Diana is a Pokemon Coordinator and she can perform with her Pokemon's help," Hana says.
"Not such a bad idea," Chase says.
"Maybe, but the only Pokemon I have more Exeggcute," Mevlin says.
"Really?" Hana asks.
Akira places Alistair, Winnie, and Shippo down and walks to the Pokemon, "So, the only Pokemon you have are Exeggcute?"
"That's right," Melvin says.
"Hmm, Exeggcute can use psychic attacks, maybe there's one you can use for your act," Akira says.
And soon the Exeggcute begins to stare at Akira intensely.
Confused, Akir asks, "Why are you staring at me?"
The Exeggcute's eyes start to glow indicating something
Hana notices something, "Something off."
"Stop it, Akira. A staring contest isn't gonna get you anywhere," Diana says.
Melvin says, "I'd like all of you to stop now."
Soon Exeggcute stops staring at Akira.
Akira answers, "Okay."
Hana and the others are surprised by Akira's response, but Melvin is intrigued.
Melvin says, "Turn around three times and act like a Bulbasaur."
Akira ends up doing that, making the others confused.
"What's with Akira? He's acting kinda, weird," Chase says.
Hana looks at the Exeggcute and thinks, "Could the Exeggcute have something to do with it. If so, then they must have known that attack."
Suddenly, Melvin has an idea, "Ah ha."
Soon enough, Melvin has Akira carrying a cart to a forest with his Exeggcute. There is a cation sign saying about Exeggcute and their evolved form Exeggcutor.
Melvin commands Akira, "Keep going straight into the leaf forest."
"Yes, master," Akira says, in a daze.
"I hate to do this to you, but I hate exercise," Melvin comments.
Meanwhile, high in the hot air balloon, Team Rocket spies on them.
"It looks like the magician has the annoying police officer under his spell," Jessie says.
"They're just where we want them!" James says.
"What's our plan?" Meowth asks.
"We follow them and see what they're up to, then we make our move," Jessie says.
Down below, Hana and the others are trying to find Akira and Melvin.
"Someone said that they're headed for the leaf forest," Chase says.
At the same time, Pikachu, Alistair, Winnie, and Shippo sniff the ground for their scent.
Alistair says, "Pika Pika Pika!" (Daddy definitely came here. So this is where the forest is.)
"Alistair said Akira and Melvin came this way," Hana says.
"But why would Akira have gone with Melvin?" Diana asks.
Hana says, "I think I know why. Exeggcute must have used Hypnosis on Akira. They're under Exeggcute's control now."
"They belong to Melvin, so he's making Akira do whatever he wants!" Chase says.
"I don't know what he's doing, but there's going to be trouble if we don't stop this," Hana says.
Diana turns to the Pokemon, "Keep looking, guys!"
The Pokemon nod their heads and continue forward.
Meanwhile, Melvin has Akira go deeper inside the forest.
Then he commands Akira, "Stop."
With that, Akira stops.
Melvina asks, "Akira, can you tell me what those are?"
"They're Exeggutor. A psychic type," Akira answers.
"I'd like you to battle these Exeggutor for me," Melvin commands.
"Yes, master," Akira says.
Akira then sends out Celebaria, Clarissa, Judy to attack the Pokemon
"Now I'll capture all the ones you weaken!" Melvin says and throws his Pokeballs.
Everytime Akira's Pokemon attacks, Melvin throws a Pokeball to capture them. Soon, Mevlin has a lot of Exeggutor in his possession.
"Look at all the Exeggutor I caught," Mevlin happily says.
Then turns to Akira, "That's all, for now."
"Yes. Return, everyone," Akira says as he is told and returns his Pokemon.
"Now that I've captured these Exeggutor, I can put everyone at the carnival under Hypnosis and command all of them to come see my magic show. At last, I'm finally going to live my dream," Melivin happily says along with his Pokemon.
Suddenly, Jessie's voice appears, "In your dreams!"
"Who's that?" Melvin asks, looking around.
Suddenly, smoke appears and Team Rocket begins their motto. As the smoke clears, it reveals that Team Rocket are weary fancy clothes for magic.
Jessie:
Prepare for trouble!
James:
Make it double!
Jessie:
To protect the world from devastation!
James:
To unite all peoples within our nation!
"They look more like magicians than I do," Melvin comments.
Jessie:
To denounce the evils of truth and love!
James:
To extend our reach to the stars above!
As the motto continues, Meowth brings out a magic box and they walk inside. Soon, the box closes with them inside. Soon, each sticks their heads out of the hole of the box.
Jessie:
Jessie!
James:
James!
"Alakazam, alamazoo!" Meowth shouts as he leaps and puts a cloth over the box.
He removes the cloth and says, "Presto!"
With that, the box has disappeared.
Melvin applauds with a smile, "That was great, you guys are wonderful!"
"It's not over yet!" Jessie says.
Melvin looks up to see Team Rocket standing on the basket of the balloon
Jessie:
Team Rocket, blast off at the speed of light!
James:
Surrender now, or prepare to fight!
Then they all leap out of the balloon and land on the platform.
Meowth:
Meowth! That's right!
Melvin applauds
"If you're a real magician, you'd be able to do tricks like that," James says to Melvin.
"That's right!" Jessie agrees.
Melvin lowers his head, "They're right. My magic stinks."
"You obviously have no talent as a magician, but you're good at capturing Exeggutor for us," Jessie says.
"Now we'll make them disappear!" James says.
Meowth then lands on Mevlin's head, "And we'll use their hypnotic power to capture all the Pokemon in the world!"
"No, you can't!" Melvin panics.
"You have.." Jessie says, giving a sinister vibe.
And James says, "No choice."
Soon, Team Rocket ties up Melvin.
Melvin screams, well the best he can, "Stop it! Let me go!"
Exggcute then hop to their trainer's rescue, catching Team Rocket's attention.
"Be quiet or I'll knock the cholesterol out of you!" James scolds.
Soon, the Egg Pokemon stand down.
"That's better. Now, there's something we need you to do for us," Jessie says.
The Exeggcute seed hop and huddles together. Unknown to them, they tap on a leaf stone and begin to glow, catching Team Rocket off guard.
"It's looking at us strangely," James says.
"Yeah! Some sorta magic?" Meowth comments.
The Exeggcute continues to glow white and soon they are starting to get bigger, to Team Rocket's shock.
"No, it's.." Jessie says, shocked.
"Evolving!" James adds.
The glow fades away to reveal that Exeggutor has evolved into Exeggutor.
"It's an Exeggutor!" Team Rocket concludes.
Soon enough, Eceggutor begins to use its Hypnosis attack on Team Rocket.
"I'm feeling.." Jessie says, feeling strange.
James feels strange too, "A bit sleepy."
"Hypnosis waves are coming out of its eyes," Meowth says.
"Well then, just don't make eye contact," Jessie says, turning her head away.
However, Team Rocket notices all of the Exegggutor are using Hypnosis and soon fall deep into their power.
"Too late," James says, dazed.
"I'm going.." Jessie comments.
"Under," Meowth concludes.
"Good work, Exeggutor!" Mevlin happily says, but begins to notice the Coconut Pokemon are using the attack on each other now.
"Exeggutor, no more Hypnosis!" Melvin called out, and then stopped.
Melvin wonders, "What happened?"
Soon the Exeggutor begins to march away.
Melvin calls out, "Hey, where are all of you going?"
Soon, the other Exeggutor follows and trample on Melvin.
"I don't get the respect I think I deserve," Melvin says, feeling flatten.
Not long, Hana and the others arrive to see something moving their way.
"Look, over there! The forest is moving!" Diana says.
Hana says, "That's no forest! That's a herd of Exeggutor!"
"And a huge one! Let's move out of the way," Chase adds.
Everyone quickly moves out of the herd's path and are heading straight down the path.
"What's going on?" Daina asks.
Soon Hana sees familiar faces, "Team Rocket?!"
"What in the world happened?" Chase wonders.
Soon Hana and the others are able to find Akira and Melvin. Hana along with Pikachu, Alistar, Winnie, and Shippo hurry to Akira. Diana and Chase do the same for Melvin.
"Akira. Akira wakes up," Hana calls out.
"Pika Pika pi," (Daddy. Daddy, wake up.) Alistair calls out.
Winnie and Shippo shake him to try and wake him up.
"Melvin," Chase says.
Hana turns to Pikachu, "Pikachu, you got to do something to help Akira, quick!"
Pikachu then shocks Akira until he regains consciousness.
"What's going on? I don't remember anything," Akira says.
"You were under deep hypnosis by the Exeggcute," Hana says.
"Hypnosis?" Akira says, confused.
But soon remembers, "Oh, yeah. Where's Melvin?"
"Guys," Melvin says as Diana and Chase help him on his feet.
"What's going on here? What have you done, Melvin?" Akira asks.
"The Exeggutor used Hypnosis on each other and got all confused," Melvin says.
"That's not good," Akira says.
"The Exeggutor are heading into town right now," Chase says.
"We gotta stop them!" Hana says.
"Now they're beyond my control," Melvin says.
Back at the carnival, everyone is having a wonderful time. That is, until they notice something heading their way.
Someone asks, "Hey, what's that noise?"
"The forest is moving!" A girl says.
But someone says, "No, those are Exeggutor!"
The Exeggutor herd continue to march and run as fast as they can through the carnival making everyone scream and panic. When Hana and the others arrive, the carnival has been destroyed.
"Looks bad," Hana says.
"They must've stampeded right through the carnival," Diana says.
"And the town will be next if we don't do something," Akira says.
Suddenly, the carnival owner calls out, "Hey! You better get outta here! Those Exeggutor are coming back this way! I planted a time bomb in this clearing. It'll blow up just as they make it to this field."
"You can't! Those Exeggutor are under hypnosis, they don't realize what they're doing! It's not their fault!" Hana angrily says.
"Who cares?! We can't let em cause anymore damage to the town! Now get outta here and fast!" The Carnival owner says and hurries off.
"Wait, come back!" Diana calls out, but the owner is long gone.
"What are we supposed to do now?" Melvin asks.
"We need to find a way to snap them out of Hypnosis somehow," Hana says.
"But what? I'm not sure what could make a good wake up call for Hypnosis when they did it on themselves," Melvin asks.
"Yeah. What kind of wake up call can wake up a herd of them?" Diana adds.
Suddenly, has an idea, "I think I know. We'll wake them up by using their weakness."
"Weakness?" Mevlin asks.
"Exactly, and what are Exeggutor's weaknesses?" Hana questions.
"They're weak against Bug, Dark, Fire, and even Ice," Chase says.
"We'll use fire to wake them up. Everyone bring out all your fire Pokemon," Hana says.
Hana calls out, "Charmander! Vulpix!"
Diana calls out, "Ember!"
Akira calls out, "Judy. Litten."
Soon, all the fire Pokemon come out of their Pokeballs.
Then the three trainers call out, "Use Flamethrower!"
Soon, all the Pokemon begin to perform their Flamethrower and hit the Exegguctor. Soon, they begin to wake up.
"The Exeggutor are waking up!" Chase says.
Hana calls out, "Stop, Exeggutor!"
Soon, three of the Exeggutor stops
"Alright everyone, rapid fire Flamethrower attack!" Hana calls out.
Soon, all the Pokemon continue to perform their flame attack, stopping the many Coconut Pokemon.
"We need to hurry," Diana says.
Soon, they see the Pokemon are starting to get tired.
"Charmander. Vulpix," Hana says, concerned.
"They're all starting to get tired," Diana says.
Akira kneels to Judy, "Are you okay, Judy."
Judy nods her head in reply.
"We've got to stop those Exeggutor, before they reach the time bomb!" Chase says.
Suddenly, Hana has an idea, "Wait! I've got it!"
Then turns to Melvin, "Melvin, you can wake all the Exeggutor at the same time with your fire magic trick!"
"But all I ever do is make a mess of things! I can't do it," Melvin says.
"But, Melvin, you have to try! You said it was your dream to be a magician! You've got to wake the Exeggutor, for their sake and for yours!" Hana says.
Melvin says feeling depressed, "I know I can't do it!"
"You CAN do it! Just look at Charmander and the rest of the Pokemon. If that little Pokemon worked that hard, then you have to at least try!" Hana says.
Melvin looks to see the Pokemon are getting tried, but are refusing to give up.
Determined, Melvin says, "Then I'll give it my best shot!"
"Then let's do it together," Hana says.
All the Fire Pokemon and Melvin nod their heads and perform the attack.
Melvin calls out," Raging Fire"
With that, the fire of the attack and Melvin's trick combine to create a river of fire and awaken all of the Exeggutor, including Team Rocket.
"Who?" James says, confused.
Jessie asks, "What?"
"Where?" Meowth adds.
Soon, the herd begins to march back to the forest, carrying Team Rocket with them.
"I did it," Melvin says, surprised.
Then turns to the others with glee, "I did it! I really did it!"
"Yeah! Great job, Melvin!" Hana says.
Soon, Melvin's Exeggutor steps forward.
Melvin hugs it with glee, "Exeggutor! Your Hypnosis spell is broken! This is so wonderful!"
Right at this moment, the time bomb goes off.
"Wow! That was a close call!" Diana says.
"You're right. Thank goodness no one was hurt," Melvin says.
Hana hugs Charmander and Vulpix, "You both did a terrific job."
"You two Ember," Diana says, petting Emer.
Akira hugs Judy and pets Litten. Alistar, Winnie do the same for Judy.
"You did wonderfully, Judy," Akira says.
Judy smiles and leans to him.
Suddenly, Charmander begins to glow.
Hana gasps, "Charmander…"
"Charmander must be," Diana says.
"He's evolving!" Chase says.
Charmander soon evolves in front of the group. Charmander is now a bipedal, reptilian Pokémon. It has dark red scales and a cream underside from the chest down. It has narrow, blue eyes and a long snout with a slightly hooked tip. On the back of its head is a single horn-like protrusion. It has relatively long arms with three sharp claws. Its short legs have plantigrade feet with three claws and cream-colored soles.
Hana brings out her Pokedex, and Dexter says, "Charmeleon, the Flame Pokemon. It has razor sharp claws and its tail is exceptionally strong."
"It's true, you evolved," Hana says.
Hana hugs her evolved Pokemon, "Congratulations, Charmeleon!"
Charmeleon smiles and hugs Hana back.
Later in the evening, Hana and her friends head off while Melvin and Exegguctor follow their own path.
"Never forget your dream!" Hana says.
"Practice makes perfect!" Chase says.
"See you in the big time!" Diana says.
"See you someday," Diana says.
"Thank you! All of you!" Melvin says.
Hana and her friends say, "Goodbye!"
It has been a big day. They have fun in the carnival, help Melvin the Magician stop a herd of rampaging Exeggutor, and Charmander has evolved into Charmeleon. They sure had a fun and busy day. Meanwhile, Team Rocket is being carried away by the Exegguctor heard and is unable to escape. As the Journey continues.
