Throughout the process of writing and recording, it came to James's attention that there was no way to offically credit Captain Bob for his work. He thought about this as he and Bob finished a song that really was a collaberative effort. Bob used to help him out with the writing process from time to time, and he certainly inspired him, but with his Bitilerry, Bob was his full fledged partner.
James expressed his worries with his boss.
"Wait a minute, are you saying that your Bidoof actually WRITES music?" He laughed heartily. "I'd have to believe it to see it! And what's this new instrument you've been talking about? Do you have a prototype?"
"Prototype...?" James was confused. "Well I'm not trying to make money off of it, I just wanted Captain Bob to be able to play as freely as I do..."
"You need to get a patient on that thing right away. If what you say is true, this could turn out to be a revolutionary new invention!"
James imagined himself and Captain Bob literally swimming in cash and his long dormant greed started to creep in again.
Larry was familiar with Captain Bob. He came to the studio with James frequently. He just thought that the Bidoof was a quirky pet or something. He was still yet to witness how creative and smart the little guy actually was.
The next day when he brought Captain Bob along with the Bitillery, everyone in the studio was speechless. "I've never seen anything like it!" Rodolfo was entranced by it. Captain Bob had become much more skilled and was able to play almost as well as James played piano. "This is amazing! Do you think other pokemon could play as well?"
"Well I suppose. As long as they could use thunderbolt." Rodolfo and Larry looked like they were even more excited about it than James was.
"This could revolutionize the way we communicate with pokemon!" Larry was in awe.
"The thing that troubles me is that Captain Bob is a great musician in his own right, and I don't want to take credit for his ideas."
"This certainly is a problem we've never had before. Who's ever heard of pokemon owning their own intellectual property?" Larry was a good man. He wanted nothing more than to help James and Captain Bob make itin the industry. Luckily for them, he knew just the way to do it.