Author's note: I'd like to apologize for the long hiatus that Pokemon Quickies went on. I've been going through a rather rough patch health-wise, something I'm really not going to go into, because this is a comedy, and there's nothing funny about it. As of now, I'm doing better, here's hoping it stays that way. I'd like to quickly thank all the doctors and nurses that have helped me so much during the past few months, I really can't thank them enough. Alright, without further ado… here's that Halloween special that was promised you, only 7 months late! (Hey… its still faster then anything shipped Media Mail)

Explanation/Disclaimer: Azarath, Metrion, Xinthos!

Quickie #31: May Halloween be today... (Posted 5/13)

Announcer: "Today we join our heroes on a very important mission. One that may effect the lives of every single one of them. What dangers await them? What obstacles must they overcome? Will they all make it home alive?"

"Here we are!" said Brock, "The largest costume shop in Kanto."

"If we don't find the coolest costumes here," Misty said, "Then we're not going to find one, period."

"And at the very least, it'll put us in a fantastic setting for an episode." Ash added.

"Win/win!" May agreed.

"I'm just psyched that you let me come!" Max said happily.

"Well," Ash said, "Anytime we can get a mask on you, you'll never hear me pass up the opportunity."

Max just stuck his tongue out at Ash. Ash did the same. Brock stepped in and said, "Before this sinks to a lower level of maturity, shall we go in?"

Ash stopped lowering his pants, in an attempt to moon Max, pulled them back up and said, "Oh ok."

"Brock must be powerful… I didn't think anything could stop a full moon!" Max commented.

There was a pause of silence, until Ash grinned and said, "Not bad… not bad…"

INSIDE THE STORE…

"WOAH!" Misty said surprised, "This place is huge… Ash? Ash, are you ok? Are you crying?"

Ash stood gazing over the many isles of costumes, decorations, makeup, candy, and just about every other kind of Halloween paraphernalia imaginable. Ash wiped away a tear and said, "It's just so beautiful, it's like my Mecca."

"He really is a Halloweenie." Brock replied.

"Witch isn't really a bad thing." Ash answered.

"Don't start… please!" Misty begged.

"Oh alright," Ash pouted, "We'll save it for the next episode."

"Fair enough, I'll make sure I'm some place very far away." Misty replied

"Again, that'd be Win/Win." May said with a smile, to which Misty just gave a nasty look.

"Come on guys…" Brock said, "Let's take it easy, we all should be enjoying ourselves now! Now, let's find some costumes!"

Everyone agreed and they moved towards the back of the shop where the costumes were kept. Ash quickly saw something that caught his eye, grabbed the costume and ran into the changing room. In a minute he came out dressed like YuGiOh.

"Hey, we should get someone else dressed like you, that way it'd be duel costumes!" Max pointed out.

"I don't think you should be advertising the competition." Misty pointed out.

May looked at Ash's pointy hair and said, "I just wanna know where you got all that hair gel…"

"Found it in the back…" Ash pointed out.

Brock opened his mouth but Misty put her hand over Brock's face and said, "We really don't want to go down that road, do we?"

Brock thought about it for a second and said, "Nah, I was just thinking there's something about May-ry"

Max came out dressed in a blue tuxedo and red bow tie, "I knew he wasn't going to let that joke go… one goof always prevails."

Brock took this opportunity to run in and come back out dressed like a savage warrior Hun. He wielded his plastic sword towards Max and said with a grin, "My Conan could kick your Conan's butt."

Ash came out wearing a gangster's costume, complete with tommy gun and leveled it in Brock's direction, "You should never bring a knife to a gun fight."

"Shouldn't that gun belong to a blind pinball player?" Misty asked with a smirk.

"Who?" Ash asked.

Max, Misty, May and Brock all exclaimed at once, "EXACTLY!"

Ash grinned and said, "This is a gonna be a good episode!"

Misty giggled and pointed over to May and Max, now dressed like Tweedledee and Tweedledum, and said, "And there's a fun two."

Brock came out dressed out like John Ritter and said, "And three's a crowd, right?"

Misty ran in and came out wearing a plaid pants and wielding a driver and yelled, "FORE!"

Ash came out dressed like WWE Superstar Booker T, and he did a spinaroonie and said, "Five Time, Five Time, Five Time, Five Time, Five Time WCW Champion!"

May quickly came out dressed like completely in lingerie. Everyone looked at her. Brock gave her a quizzical look and said, "I don't get it."

"Well," May explained, "Don't you find me sixy?"

Everyone groaned, everyone except Misty who had ran to the dressing room and came out dressed like Snow White. She looked at May and said, "Nice costume, but don't dress like that around my friends or we'll wind up with 7-up."

Max came rushing out of the room dressed in a costume with a bulging stomach. "Ugh," Max said, "I think I eight too much." then he giggled and said, "Cool costume, huh?"

Brock shook his head, (now dressed like a WWI German solider, and said, "Nine!"

Ash came out wearing slacks and a bowling shirt complete with bowling ball, "So is anyone up for a game of ten pin?"

Everyone completely lost control and collapsed in a fit of laughter and giggles. After everyone caught their breath Ash smiled and said, "I didn't count on this episode being this much fun!"

Misty groaned, "Leave it to you to try to sneak one more in…"

Everyone took off in a different direction looking for more costumes.

Ash came back dressed in a full toga, "Friends, Romans, Pokemon trainers, lend me your ears."

"Ok, here ya go," Misty said, dressed as a farmer, pushing Max (who happened to be dressed like an cornstalk) towards Ash.

"Now that joke's corny." Ash commented.

"Old McMisty had a farm, E-I-E-I- D'OH!" Sang Brock who happened to be dressed like Homer.

"A farm?" May asked, who now was dressed as the Grim Reaper, and wielding a sickle/scythe, "Does anyone need my survives?"

"No," Max said, "But check this out…" and he took off down and isle and came back with an armful of props. In a moment, Grim Reaper May was decked down in sunglasses, a straw hat, a lai, and a coconut drink in her hand.

"What's this?" May asked confused.

"Why, its Death taking a holiday!" Max say laughing.

"Hey buddy," Ash, now dressed like Harry Potter, spoke to Reaper May, "I'm down on my luck, can you spare a silver sickle?"

"But I only got this one!" May protested pointing to her weapon.

Brock came rushing out, dressed like a feline warrior, "Thunder… Thunder… THUNDER… THUNDERCATS…" Then Brock pointed to Misty, (dressed as a French maid), "HO!"

Misty flashed red then grabbed May's scythe and said, "Let's find out if there really IS more then one way to skin a cat."

Misty chased after Brock swinging her fake weapon, meanwhile, the remaining trio ran to get some more costumes.

Ash came out dressed like Darth Vader, and said in a deep voice, "You must surrender to the power of the dark side."

"You mean me?" May asked who happened to be dressed as a powerful DC comics villain.

Max quickly jumped out dressed very grunge with jean shorts, and a black t shirt and a long black wig. "Dude, check us out… I'm Wayne and this is my buddy Darth…"

Ash quickly adopted Max's accent and said, "Cool… bonus…"

The two started thrashing about head banging. Brock interrupted them by coming out dressed like a cowboy. He lifted the ten gallon hat out of his eyes and said, "I'm-a calling you out Misty… draw!"

Misty came out dressed like a pokemon nurse, but also had on a painter's smock and beret and said, "Only if I can draw happy little trees…"

May chuckled and said, "It looks like you've learned about the Joy of Painting."

"Woah woah woah…" Max said, "Take it easel… you don't want to have a brush with a stroke."

"Hue can say that again!" Ash agreed.

Brock came out dressed like a very famous British actor from 9 Months and asked, "I can say what again?"

Misty shook her head, "Grant me the strength…"

Ash came out dressed in full army regalia. "You know," he said, "You shouldn't make fun of British actors… they have feelings too you know…"

"Oh, I'm sorry," Brock said, "I didn't realize… but at least now I know…"

Ash grinned and said, "And knowing is half the battle."

Then Ash, Max and Brock sang, "G.I. Joeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee"

The group split up again to find some more cheap gags… I mean costumes…

IN THE PROPS SECTION:

"Hey Ash!" May called, "I got a great costume for you!"

"Really? What is it?" Ash asked.

"A Zombie Hunter," May said, check this out…

May ran off and came back with a can of soup, and put it in Ash's hand. "There you go," She said happily.

Ash looked at the can of soup quizzically, "What's this?"

"Isn't it obvious?" she asked, then pointed to him and said, "Ash" then to the soup, "Campbell… see? Perfect."

"Oh… if we're going to go down that road…" Ash said, "You should go as a famous comic book character…"

Ash then walked over to a shelf, took down a giant bug prop and handed it to May. "There you go."
May looked at the bug and said, "Alright, I give…"

"You're Spiderman's relative… Ant May." Ash said grinning.

May groaned then looked over at Brock and asked, "And just what are you two to be?"

"A famous pair" Brock said, who happened to be dressed like a gargoyle.

"Yep." Max agreed, who happened to be dressed like a magician.

Misty, May, and Ash all exchanged glances, and then suddenly Misty groaned. "Don't tell me… Max… are you suppose to be dressed like David Copperfield?"

Max grinned and Misty continued still groaning, "So that would make you two, David and Goliath…"

"Damn, she guessed…" Max said, "Well, should we wrap this up soon?"

Brock looked down at Max and said, "Ohhhh I dunnoooooo Daveyyyy."

Ash chuckled, "heh heh… religious cartoons… priceless…"

BING BONG A voice echoed through the loud speakers "The store will be closing in 5 minutes… please finish up your shopping or bad jokes." BING BONG

"Awww…" Misty said, "I cant believe we've been here that long… well lets pick out our costumes and get going."

"So what are you going to be Misty?" May asked.

"I'm going to take this costume" Misty said and help up a mermaid costume.

"You go as a mermaid every year." Ash complained, "What is it with you and mermaids? The whole thing seems fishy to me…"

Misty ignored him and asked May, "So what did you pick?"

"I'm going as April O' Neil, channel 6 news." May answered.

"The slutty reporter," Brock said, "Cowabunga!"

"What about you?" May asked Brock, "What did you decide on?"

"I'm going as Scarecrow." Brock replied.

"The Batman kind," Ash asked, "Or.. Um.. The gay kind?"

"Batman kind." Brock said.

"Very cool." Ash replied

"Isn't anyone going to ask what I'm going as?" Max asked.

"Wasn't really going to…" Brock muttered.

"Hey!" Max yelled.

"Let me guess…" Ash said, "You'll be going as Jar Jar Binks… right? It's fitting… the two most annoying characters ever…"

"I'll have you know," Max said, "I'm going as Scrappy Doo!"

"Oh yeah…" Ash muttered, "That's MUCH better…"

"So how about you?" Misty asked, "What did you pick Ash?"

"I'm going to go as one of those pumpkin monsters from last year's Halloween special…" Ash said.

"Good idea…" Brock said, "At least something good came out of that train wreck…"

"Why? What happened back then?" May asked, "I wasn't around back then."

"Bleh…" Ash said, "Just be glad you weren't."

"We shouldn't' talk like that Ash." Misty warned.

"Why not?" Ash asked, "What's the worst thing that could hap…

THE END

…pen?" Ash finished, then a moment later, "We just got cut off, didn't we?"

"Oh yeah." Brock said.

"Oh come on man!" Ash said, "First Amendment dude! First Amendment!"

Brock coughed and said, "Aren't we in Japan?"

Ash shrugged, "I dunno where the hell we are…, hey Misty, what country is Kanto in?"

Misty shrugged, "I thought Kanto WAS a country?"

Brock grinned and said, "Well, we must be Asian…"

"Why's that?" Ash asked.

"Because if we are from Kanto, that means our cooking must be… Kanotnese." Brock said with a big grin.

Everyone else groaned loudly, and finally brings us to:

THE REAL END

Hey guys, thanks for reading this story and I really am sorry that I haven't updated sooner, but to be honest, there wasn't much to laugh at the time. But I do want to thank everyone that asked me to update, it was nice to know I wasn't forgotten, it really did help, thank you. Now that things are a bit smoother, I think the updates will come more frequent. Thanks for reading, and reviews are always appreciated.