*I DON'T OWN POKÉMON OR MIRACULOUS!*
Narrator: Ash's goal is to battle one of the world's greatest Trainers, Leon! Goh's goal is to catch one of every kind of Pokémon, including Mew! This is the story of their adventure-filled journey through the world of Pokémon!
A scene then shows Ash, Goh, and all their Pokémon taking a group photo. The scene changes to outside the Dupain-Cheng Bakery!
Narrator: Another beautiful in Paris! And it would seem Ash and Marinette are doing something at this moment! I wonder what they're up to this time?
In the Dupain-Cheng family living room, Marinette was using a French-to-Chinese translation app, with Ash, Pikachu, Tikki, and Popplio observing.
Marinette: You'll see, Tikki. I'll say it just fine.
Ash: What exactly ARE you doing, Marinette?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Marinette: For the billionth time, Ash, I'm trying to learn Chinese! My great uncle is coming to visit all the way from China!
Ash: Oh! Right! That sounds pretty far away!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA!
Marinette: It is! That's why I'm trying to learn with this translator app so I can be able to talk to him with ease!
Ash: Yeah! That makes sense! That's pretty genius of you, Marinette!
Marinette: Naturally!
Popplio: [wants to press the button] POP POP! POP POPPLIO!
Marinette: Easy now, Popplio! Momma needs to learn her Chinese! You're gonna meet your great great uncle today!
Popplio: [happy] POPPLIO!
Marinette: [presses the microphone button on the app] Welcome to my home. My name is Marinette.
Translator App: 欢迎来到我的家，我的名字叫马里内特。
Ash: Ooh. Nice!
Pikachu: PIKA...
Marinette repeated after the translator app, but she pronounced the sentence wrong.
Marinette: No, that's not right.
Ash: Try again, Marinette!
Marinette: [repeats the translated statement and gets it correct]
Ash: Nice going, Marinette!
Pikachu: [happy] PIKA PIKA!
Tikki: Good job, Marinette!
Popplio: [claps] POP POP POP POP!
Marinette: I'm so nervous! Do you think he'll like them? [grabs the flowers off the coffee table]
Tikki: Well of course! They're fine!
Ash: Yeah! They look great!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Marinette: They can't be fine or great, they have to be perfect! [as Popplio sniffs the flowers] My Mom's uncle is a super famous Chinese chef. He's very particular, so things have to be just right.
Ash: You know this isn't something out of that fairytale where you're a blonde and had gone into a house full of wooly bears, right?
Pikachu: [looks up at Ash; puzzled] PIKA?
Popplio: [tilts her head in confusion] POPPLIO?
Marinette: Um. You mean Goldilocks and the Three Bears?
Ash: If that's what the story is called, then yes!
Tikki: How did you come up with that reference?
Ash: She did say "just right", didn't she?
Tikki: Yes, she did!
Ash: That's your answer!
Pikachu: PIKA?
[doorbell rings]
Ash: Oh! That's probably your uncle now!
Marinette: [corrects him] My GREAT uncle!
Ash: Right! I'll get the door for you! Tikki, hide in my vest pocket!
Tikki: Okay!
And Tikki did so!
Tikki: [from in the pocket] Ooh. It's cozy in here!
Ash: [whispers] I stuck a clean tissue and two clean cotton balls in there for you to use as a blanket and a pillow.
Tikki: Ooh. Thank you, Ash! [gets comfy] Hmm...
[Intro: Take Me On A Journey]
Take me on a journey
Please choose me
We could be the best team of all time
We'll do everything together
Learning, training, never stopping
(GO, GO, GO!)
Anywhere you're going, so am I
Take me on a journey to your heart
The journey to your heart
Po-ké-mon!
[End song]
Scene changes to Pikachu in an open field twirling Ash's hat on its tail and then putting on and smiling as Ash reads the title of the chapter!
Ash (voiceover): Chapter 23: Kung Food!
When Ash and Marinette answered the door, Marinette's great uncle was standing behind it!
Wang Cheng: 你好 (Hello).
Ash: Oh! I think that means "hello"! Uh... 你好 (Hello).
Marinette: Uh, welcome Mari you're at Nette's. Uh ah, welcome to Marinette's! You're Chinese! No no no no! In Mandarin! [attempts to greet her Great Uncle in Chinese] Ugh, no wait. [reaches for phone and hands Wang Cheng the flowers, who smells them]
Popplio: [approaches Wang Cheng] POP?
Wang Cheng: [looks down]
Popplio: [curious] POPPLIO?
Wang Cheng: [smiles; kneels down and rubs Popplio's head] 你好，小傢伙。(Hello there, little one.)
Popplio: [smiles; happy] POP!
Marinette: [whisper shouts to the translator app on her phone] Welcome to my home. My name is Marinette. These are my friends, Ash and Pikachu, and my baby girl, Popplio. [to herself] Ugh, this is so lame.
Unfortunately, the translator app repeated what she said!
Translator: 欢迎来到我家。我的名字叫马里内特。 这些是我的朋友，小智和皮卡丘，还有我的宝贝女儿波普利奥。哎，这个真差劲。哎，这个真差劲。哎，这个-... [app malfunctions and keeps repeating "Ugh, this is so lame!"]
Marinette panicked and attempted to turn it off, while Wang Cheng was seemingly picking the petals off the flowers and putting them in his bag.
Ash: Uh oh! [turns off the app] There! That oughta do it! Now, [pulls out his Rotom Phone] let's let my Rotom Phone do the talking! [to Marinette] Go ahead, Marinette! Speak into the translator app and Rotom will translate!
Marinette: Okay! [speaks to the translator] Welcome to my home. My name is Marinette. These are my friends, Ash and Pikachu, and my baby girl, Popplio.
Rotom Phone: [translates] 欢迎来到我家。 我的名字是玛丽内特。 他们是我的朋友小智和皮卡丘，还有我的宝贝女儿波普里奥。
Marinette: Wow!
Ash: What I tell ya? Not bad for a Rotom Phone, huh?
Marinette: Not bad at all!
Ash: Yep! Rotom, repeat translation to Mr. Cheng!
Rotom Phone: [repeats the translation] 欢迎来到我家。 我的名字是玛丽内特。 他们是我的朋友小智和皮卡丘，还有我的宝贝女儿波普里奥。
Wang Cheng: 哦。 很高兴认识大家。(Oh. Pleased to meet you all.)
Rotom Phone: [translates] Oh. Pleased to meet you all.
Ash: [bows] You too, sir!
Rotom Phone: [translates] 你也是，先生!
Marinette let her great uncle inside and then began to dial on her phone!
Ash: Huh?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Popplio: POP?
Marinette: [on the phone with Alya, whom she just dialed] Alya, you've gotta help me. I don't know what to do with my mom's uncle. You know, the one I told you about? Well, I don't think I can pull this off...
The scene cuts to Alya, who was sitting on a park bench.
Alya: Chill out Marinette, I got the solution. Just hang tight. [hangs up]
Marinette: [to the dial tone] Thank you! You're amazing. What solution?
Ash: Um, Marinette? She hung up.
Marinette: Huh? Aw...
Ash: I wonder what the solution is!
Pikachu: PIKACHU?
A little while later, Ash was telling Wang Cheng about himself and Pikachu and telling him about his daring adventures from where he's from, with help from his translator app on his Rotom Phone!
Wang Cheng: [strokes his beard in interest] Hmm…
Ash: The odds were against me to save the world from Dialga and Palkia's wrath! Everything was disintegrating in my path! But was I afraid? Not Ash Ketchum! With every ounce of stamina I put in my legs, I ran all the way to the bell tower so it can play the oracion melody to restore peace between the two Legendary Pokémon! And with the help of my friends, we gave it a power boost with electrical power! And soon, thanks to Palkia, everything went back to normal!
Marinette: [gasps in awe]
Rotom Phone: [translates] 我从迪亚加和帕尔基亚的愤怒中拯救世界的可能性很大！一切都在我的道路上瓦解了！但我害怕吗？不是小智凯彻姆！我用尽双腿投入的每一分耐力，一路跑到钟楼，让它演奏出口语旋律，恢复两只传奇神奇宝贝之间的和平！在我朋友的帮助下，我们用电力提升了它的功率！很快，多亏了帕尔基亚，一切都恢复了正常！
Wang Cheng: 天啊。 你真是个了不起的孩子，小艾什! (Oh my. You are quite an extraordinary child, young Ash!)
Rotom Phone: [translates] Oh my. You are quite an extraordinary child, young Ash!
Ash: [rubs his neck sheepishly] Thank you, sir! Nothing to brag about though!
Rotom Phone: [translates] 谢谢你,先生！不过没什么好吹嘘的！
Wang Cheng: 不对！ 你是真正的传奇! (Not true! You are truly Legendary!)
Rotom Phone: [translates] Not true! You are truly Legendary!
Ash smiled from being called "legendary"!
Ash: Oh well. [giggles]
That's when the doorbell rang!
[doorbell rings]
Ash: [goes to answer the door] I got it!
Adrien: [as Ash opens the door] Hey, Ash!
Ash: Oh! Hey, Adrien!
Adrien: Is Marinette home?
Ash: [gasps lightly; smiles mischievously] She sure is! Hold on! [calls to Marinette; teasingly] Marinette, a certain someone you like is here to see you!
Pikachu: [calling] PIKA PIKA!
Marinette: [while looking over] What's that you said A- [sees who's at the door] HUH?! [rushes over] ADRIEN!? What in the—uh—what are you—
Adrien: Alya called me. She said you needed someone who speaks Chinese? Well, here I am! Translator at your service. [bows to her]
Marinette: No! I mean, yes! Uh, where's Alya? [receives a text from Alya confirming the situation] Uh, hehe!
Ash: [smirks] So that's what her plan was! She was able to call upon your soulmate to help you out in your situation!
Marinette: [bonks Ash on the head]
[BONK!]
Ash: OW! What did I do?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Adrien: [giggles]
Later on, Ash, Marinette, Adrien, and Wang Cheng were in Adrien's car and on the way to the contest! As for Lucario, it decided to run!
Lucario: [running] MRAH!
Ash: First time I ever been in your family's car, Adrien! It looks nice!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKA!
Adrien: Thanks, Ash!
Lucario: [leaping] MRAH RAH!
Ash: [giggles] This isn't a race, Lucario!
Marinette: [giggles]
Wang Cheng on the other hand, was conversing with Adrien!
Adrien: 郑师傅，这是你第一次来巴黎吗？(Master Cheng, is this the first time you've visited Paris?)
Wang Cheng: 不，我三十年曾经来过这里;你说一口流利的中国话。(No, I have been here 30 years ago. You can speak Chinese fluently.)
Adrien: 谢谢，郑师傅。[bows] (Thank you, Master Cheng)
Wang Cheng: Oh, my English very bad. Not like your Chinese.
Ash, Marinette and Adrien were surprised! They didn't know that Wang Cheng spoke English as well!
Adrien: I thought you couldn't speak English.
Marinette: Uh, me too.
Ash: Me three!
Wang Cheng: Oh, no, not good. My English not good.
Marinette: [giggles]
Ash: Honestly, I think your English is pretty good!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKA!
Wang Cheng: Thank you, young Ash!
The scene changes to the logo of "The World's Greatest Chef" flashing, being broadcasted outside Le Grand Paris as our heroes exited the car!
Alec: Since our "World's Greatest Chef" contest kicked off, the best culinary masters from around the globe have been blowing our minds with their gastronomic creations.
André: Cheng Shifu, [walks over] I am delighted [takes his hands] and honored to have you on our final show, where you will have the chance to defeat all of the chefs who have competed thus far.
Ash: Wait! You never told me your uncle was a chef, Marinette!
Marinette: You never asked!
Ash: Touché! [stars in eyes] But regardless, that means he makes food! [licks his lips] Mmm. I can just imagine what kinds of tasty delicacies he can make! [drools]
Marinette: [embarrassed] Ash, come on!
Adrien: [giggles]
Litten: LITTEN!
Wang Cheng smiles, and he, Marinette, Ash and Adrien walk into Le Grand Paris.
Alec: Only one will be awarded the title of "World's Greatest Chef." The winner's dish will become the new Mayor's Special on the Grand Paris's menu! [as the camera switches to inside the hotel] Tell us Cheng Shifu, what dish will you be honoring our panel with today?
Adrien: [translating what Alec said in Chinese] 你将交给上的菜。(The dish you will be offering.)
Wang Cheng: My dish is: Celestial Soup.
Ash: Ooh. Celestial Soup! Yummy! Uh... What's Celestial Soup?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Marinette: [whispers to him] I've heard it's one of my great-uncle's greatest specialties!
Ash: I see. But what's it made of? By "Celestial" is it made with the sun, moon and stars?
Wang Cheng: Yes indeed.
Ash: It is? But you can't use a sun, a moon and the stars for cooking! Can you?
Pikachu and Popplio: [tilts their heads] PIKA?/POP?
Wang Cheng: [chuckles] Not quite. It's more of the color and texture.
Alec: Wow! I've heard so much about your legendary Celestial Soup, but today we'll actually get to taste it!
Then, the television broadcast ended!
Adrien: Would you like me to come with you, Cheng Shifu?
Wang Cheng: No thank you, Adrien. Cooking needs no words.
Ash: Okay then! Save a bowl for me!
Pikachu: PIKA PIKA!
Wang Cheng: Of course!
Alec then led Wang Cheng off!
Marinette: [to Adrien] Thanks, Adrien. I'm totally sorry for bothering you for nothing. I really thought he couldn't speak English.
Adrien: No problem, Marinette. It was awesome to be able to practice my Chinese, especially with a Shifu.
Marinette: A Shifu?
Popplio: POP?
Ash: What's a Shifu?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Lucario: MRAH?
Gengar: GEN?
Adrien: That means "Master" in Chinese. Your Mom's Uncle is a great master!
Ash: I agree! And I can't wait to try some of that soup he's making! Because I'm hungry!
Pikachu: [saying "Me too!"] PIKACHU!
But then, a certain snob came to ruin the mood!
Chloé: Oh look who it is! My favorite person, Marinette Dupain-Cheng.
Ash: Chloé Bourgeois the Snob! Come to ruin the mood again like clockwork! Haven't you got dresses to sort and nails to polish?
Chloé: Very funny, Ash Ketchum! [to Marinette] I mean, seriously? Does your great-uncle really expect to win the contest with a SOUP!? It's not even a main dish! Please! Doesn't he know how to make sushi like everyone else?
Marinette, Adrien, and Ash glared at Chloé for that remark!
Adrien: Japanese people make sushi, Chloé. Cheng Shifu is Chinese!
Ash: Yeah! That seemed pretty offensive if you ask me!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [agreeing] MRAH!
Gengar: [agreeing] GENGAR!
Popplio: [agreeing] POP POP!
Marinette: Besides, he's not like "everyone else". My Great Uncle is the best chef in the world. His soup is legendary!
Ash: You, on the other hand, are nothing but a spoiled, rotten, bratty snob, whose heart is either two sizes too small or made of stone! Marinette's great uncle is the best Shifu there is! And I'm sure that his cooking skills will put "sushi" to shame!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PI!
Lucario: [agreeing] MRAH!
Chloé: [scoffs] Puh-lease! What would you know about good cooking anyway, [while she flicks Ash on the nose] Ketchum?! You don't even know how to cook for yourself!
Ash rubbed his nose and thought of all the failed attempts of when he tried to cook! Especially in Sinnoh and Alola!
Ash: Okay, I'll admit that I don't know how to cook! But who says I can't learn? Plus, I learned from experience of my attempts at cooking and from the mistakes I made from doing so! But that doesn't mean I can't try again!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [agreeing] MRAH!
Gengar: [agreeing] GENGAR!
Chloé: Yeah. Right. I would just get my head out of the clouds, if I were you! Because you becoming a good cook is never gonna [while she flicks Ash on the nose again] happen! You're just being ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous!
Ash: [growls]
Marinette: [stepping in] I think you said enough, Chloé!
Popplio: [agreeing; pouts] POP POP!
Marinette: The point is my great-uncle is gonna become the greatest chef in the world!
Chloé: Well, I despise soup.
Marinette: So what?
Ash: What does that got to do with anything?!
Chloé: Didn't you know? I'm on the jury. Your uncle will not be getting my vote, for sure.
Marinette: Oh yeah? Well, he doesn't need your vote to win! There are other judges with much better taste than yours.
Ash: Yeah! Your kind of taste is sour! Like the expression on your face!
Chloé: Ugh!
Marinette: Huh, silly me, you don't have any taste! I mean, look at what you're wearing.
Ash: [gasps; snickers]
Pikachu: [snickers] PIKACHU...
Lucario: [snickers] MRAH.
Chloé: Ew! Don't talk about me like that.
Popplio: [laughs] POP POP POP POP POP!
Litten: [snickers] LITTEN.
Gengar: [rolling on the floor; laughing hysterically; banging its fist; crying] GENGAAAAAAAAR! GEN GEN GEN! GENGAR GENGAR! GEN GEN GEN GEN! GENGAR GEN GEN!
Ash: [surprised] Wow! I'm not sure I've ever seen Gengar laugh this hard before!
Pikachu: [surprised] PIKA!
Adrien: Me neither!
Ash: Anyway... Face it, Chloé! You're nothing but a cold-hearted demon! I wouldn't be surprised if Team Rocket decided to make you an intern in their organization because of your reputation of your poor attitude and disrespect and a whole lot of other things!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [glares; agreeing] MRAH RAH!
Gengar: [pounding the floor; laughing] GEN GEN GEN GENGAR!
Chloé: [scoffs] As if I wanna be with those three idiots! Especially that talking furball with the coin on its head!
[Scene cuts to the Agreste Mansion where Team Rocket was doing some dusting and other stuff]
Meowth: [sneezes] AH-CHOO!
James: What's wrong, old chum? Dust in your nose?
Meowth: [sniffs] More like somebody was talking about me!
[Scene cuts back to Le Grand Paris]
Chloé: [walks to the stairs angrily] You've made a big mistake.
Popplio: [in a mocking voice] POP POP POP POP POP POP POP.
Litten: [snickers] LITTEN!
Chloé: I saw and heard that, tuna breath!
Popplio: [blows a raspberry at her]
Ash: Aw, go and lay an egg, ya turkey!
Chloé: [growls angrily; storms off]
Adrien was proud of Marinette for standing up for her uncle!
Adrien: Wow, you really stood up for Cheng Shifu. He would've appreciated that.
Litten: [agreeing] LITTEN!
Ash: Well, I'd do it for anyone!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKA!
Marinette: I'm not sure. I don't think he likes me.
Popplio: [concerned] POP?
Ash: Doesn't like you?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Adrien: Oh no, you're wrong.
Marinette: No, I swear! He even ripped up the bouquet I gave him.
Adrien: Cheng Shifu isn't just a chef, Marinette - he's an artist! He told me he was gonna put flowers in his Celestial Soup. He said he improvises on faithful things that come his way. The flowers he mentioned must be the ones you gave him!
Ash: Oh yeah! I remember! Those purple flowers!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Ash: Why is he gonna use flowers in his soup?
Adrien: It's for creativity! I did say he's an artist when cooking!
Ash: A chef and an artist! Now that sounds cool!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKA!
Marinette: [happily sighs]
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Wang Cheng put on his chef hat, and began to slice some vegetables with his ladle and put them into the soup pot, along with some spices, seasoning, and the flower petals!
Little did he know that a certain snob was about to cause trouble!
Chloé was peering in from the hallway to see Wang Cheng tasting his soup, knowing it was ready.
Chloé: Mr. Cheng, Marinette's looking for you outside.
And Wang Cheng went to look for her! After he left, Chloé went into the kitchen and went over to the stove where the soup was cooking.
Chloé: Let's see if the other judges enjoy your [as she begins to put random ingredients and trash into the soup] uncle's soup after this, Marinette Dupain-Cheng. [looks at a bottle] Hmm? [shrugs] Hmph.
Chloé dropped the bottle into the soup, stirred her concoction up, and put the lid back on, just as Wang Cheng arrived back into the kitchen.
Wang Cheng: Marinette wasn't there—
Chloé: No speak Japanese. See ya. [exits]
Wang Cheng raised his eyebrow in confusion from this. While Chloé was walking away, she ran into Lucario!
Chloé: What do you want?
Lucario: [suspicious] MRAH RAH MRAH!
Chloé: I wasn't doing anything! So, mind your own business!
Lucario: [glares at her] MRAH… [gives her the 'watching you' gesture; runs off to find Ash]
Chloé: [scoffs] Nosy jackal. [walks away]
Soon, in Le Grand Paris dining hall, "The World's Greatest Chef" was being filmed.
Alec: As usual, our panel of gourmets is made up of André Bourgeois, [as André waves] the mayor of Paris and owner of this luxury hotel, his daughter Chloé, [as Chloé blows a kiss and winks] representing the younger generation, hot rock star Jagged Stone and his killer crocodile Fang, and finally, the divine head chef of this very hotel, Marlena Césaire, and yours truly - Alec!
Ash: Oh boy oh boy oh boy! I can't wait to see your uncle win this competition, Marinette!
Pikachu: [agreeing; excited] PIKA PIKA!
Popplio: [excited] POPPLIO!
Marinette: I know! Me too!
Soon enough, the soup was served to the five judges, but four of them didn't know it had been sabotaged.
Alec: It's time to determine the fate of Cheng Shifu's famous Celestial Soup.
Ash: [eyes sparkle] Oh wow! Check it out! The color almost makes it look like the night sky!
Pikachu: [eyes sparkle; amazed] PIKACHU!
Lucario: [impressed] MRAH RAH!
Gengar: [drools] GENGAR!
Popplio: [eyes sparkle; amazed] POP...
Alec: Let's get tasting!
The entire jury besides Chloé, who just twirls her spoon inside the soup, took a taste of the soup, while Wang Cheng waited nervously for their approval. But then...
Alec: [spitting out the soup] What IS this!?
Wang Cheng, Adrien, Marinette, and Ash gasped in shock from this!
Pikachu: [shocked] PIKA?!
Lucario: [shocked] MRAH?!
Gengar: [shocked] GEN?!
Popplio: [shocked] POP?!
Litten: [shocked] LITTEN?!
Mayor Bourgeois: [wipes his mouth with a napkin; gags] Uh, I don't think [tugs on his collar] this soup would fare well with our guests! I'll give it a [holds up a plate with three stars on it] 3/10.
Chloé: Seeing as it's pretty unappetizing, maybe I'll pass on the tasting, [holds up a blank plate] but I'll still give it a zero!
Jagged Stone: [spits out the soup] Ech! It's like kissing a member from the Zombeats! [holds up a blank plate] Negative zero.
Ash: [whispers to Jagged] Um, Jagged? As far as I'm concerned, I don't think there's such thing as negative zero.
Pikachu: PIKA.
Jagged Stone: There isn't?
Ash: [shakes his head]
Jagged Stone: Oh. Regular zero then!
Marlena: I'm sorry, but it's inedible. I give it [holds up a plate with one star on it] 1/10.
Wang Cheng: Uh... I...
Ash: This isn't looking too good!
Pikachu: [worried] PIKA PIKA!
Popplio: [worried] POP POP!
Marinette and Adrien were worried too! Wang Cheng Shifu walked over to Chloé's soup, tasted it, and then spat it out!
Wang Cheng: Uch!
Ash: What is it, Mr. Cheng?!
Wang Cheng: I don't understand, I never put these ingredients in. It's a mistake. Someone sabotaged soup!
Ash: Sabotage?!
Pikachu: PIKA?!
Marlena and Jagged Stone look at each other worriedly while Chloé smiles smugly, which Lucario caught in a blink of an eye!
Lucario: [growls angrily] RRRRRRR...
Ash: Huh? What's up, Lucario?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Popplio: POP POP?
Lucario: [saying "It was her!" while pointing at Chloé] MRAH MRAH!
Ash: [gasps; growls] I should've known.
Alec: I'm sorry, Cheng Shifu, but I'm giving you [holds up a blank plate] a zero, too, which brings your score to 0.8/10 - the lowest so far. Celestial Soup will therefore not be in the hotel's menu this year, [as Ash gasps] and you will not be named "World's Greatest Chef"!
Adrien, Marinette and Ash are still feeling sorry for Wang Cheng Shifu as the "World's Greatest Chef" logo flashes. Marinette noticed a flower petal fall from Chloé when she got up and walked away.
Marinette: This isn't right, and I'm certain Chloé's got something to do with it.
Popplio: [pouts] POP POP...
Adrien: I'd like to say you're wrong, but I know her only too well.
Ash: Chloé's the one that caused the sabotage. Lucario told me.
Adrien: [to Lucario] Is it true, Lucario?
Lucario: [affirmative] MRAH.
Wang Cheng was storming off, but his great-niece stopped him!
Marinette: Uncle Cheng? I'm sure it's not your fault. In fact, I know it's not. I'm pretty sure Chloé's behind this. It was actually because of me. I provoked her, and—
Wang Cheng: Shame is on Celestial Soup. I shall never be "World's Greatest Chef"!
Marinette: No! Uncle Cheng!
Ash: Mr. Cheng! Please! It wasn't your fault! It was Chloé's! She was the one who sabotaged your Celestial Soup!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKACHU!
Lucario: [agreeing] MRAH MRAH!
Wang Cheng only patted Ash's shoulder and left!
Adrien: It's horrible to lose face in China. [wraps an arm around Marinette's shoulder] We'll wait for him downstairs.
Ash could only darken his face under his hat as he silently followed!
Pikachu: PIKA?
Ash didn't wanna show it, but he felt upset for Wang Cheng and angry at Chloé for ruining his reputation!
In the kitchen, Wang Cheng was standing sadly over his soup pot after his shameful loss. At Hawk Moth's lair, the said villain sensed Wang Cheng's negative emotions, as the window of his lair opened!
Hawk Moth: A great artist was wronged today. I can feel it. I can hear his heart screaming for revenge. [readies an Akuma]
Jessie: Rocket Prize Master ready to go, boss!
James: Whenever you're ready!
Meowth: Do your thing!
Hawk Moth: Rocket Prize Master! Give me a Pokémon that has a big gut and supreme strength!
With a single crank and twist, a Team Rocket PokéBall came out of the Prize Master!
Rocket Prize Master: [robotic voice] You have received the Arm Thrust Pokémon, Hariyama!
Hawk Moth: Perfect!
Then, he took the PokéBall and shrunk it, and released his Akuma!
Hawk Moth: Fly away my little Akuma, and evilize him! Victory never tasted so good! [laughs evilly] Mwahahahaha!
Then, the Akuma flew off into the city! Back in the kitchen...
Wang Cheng: [noticing a bottle of olive oil] Marinette and Ash were right. It was evil act by that brat! No respect for Cheng Shifu!
Then, the Akuma went into his hat!
Hawk Moth: Kung Food, I am Hawk Moth. Those who tasted your soup will become your servants. Everyone who wronged you will pay dearly.
Wang Cheng: I will show I am greatest chef in the world!
Then, he began to transform!
Hawk Moth: In addition to your powers, I'm bestowing upon you your own Pokémon partner! [as the Team Rocket PokéBall opens] Introducing the Arm Thrust Pokémon, Hariyama!
Hariyama: HARI!
In Le Grand Paris dining hall, Alec was in the middle of filming a segment when the jury (besides Chloé) began to experience extreme stomach pains.
Alec: [clutches his stomach] Ooohhh, uhh...
Jagged Stone: Ohh, my guts are killing me. [bangs the table] Nrgg!
Mayor Bourgeois: [holding his stomach] I'm feeling quite uncomfortable...
Kung Food: [leaps down with Hariyama; laughs evilly] Bwahaha! You have eaten my soup, you become my servants! [laughs evilly] Nyehehahaha!
Then, their eyes became orange as they were under Kung Food's control!
Alec: At your command, master.
Kung Food: [pointing to Chloé, who was on her phone] Grab the girl.
The possessed people began to creep towards Chloé!
Chloé: [on her phone] Yeah, well, I was wondering if you would like to come—
Then, she noticed the people crowding around her!
Chloé: Uh, wh—w-wait! Calm down now. I'm Mayor Bouvrgeois' daughter, remember?
That's when she backed into her own father!
Chloé: Ugh! Daddy!?
Chloé was in trouble now! Then, she backed into Hariyama!
Hariyama: [grabs her] RIYAMA!
Chloé: Hey! What the?! Who are you?! What are you?! You release me this instant!
Kung Food: Kung Food will make new soup called Brat Soup!
Chloé: [struggling] But I don't like soup!
Kung Food: Eheheheh...
Hawk Moth: Haha! Perfect! It won't be long before Ladybug and Cat Noir show up to meet their doom! [laughs evilly] Mwahahaha!
Meowth: And it won't be long before the twoip shows up and meets his doom and then he and Pikachu will be ours!
Team Rocket: [laughs evilly]
In Le Grand Paris lobby...
Cameraman: [running from dumpling drones] Get out! Hurry! Get out while you still can!
Ash: Hey! What's going on?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Lucario: MRAH?
Gengar: GEN?
Kung Food: [from a projector] Not polite to leave table without permission. Cut off all exits!
Ash: Wait, what?!
Then, Kung Food's minions started pouring caramel all over the building!
Adrien: [trying to push the door open] Eh! [bends down and sticks his finger in the liquid]
Ash: What are you doing, Adrien?
Marinette: What's that?
Adrien: Caramel? [tastes it] Mmm. It might taste good but it's totally indestructible.
Ash: [tastes some caramel] Mmm. Yum! Could taste better coated in chocolate or with some sea salt!
Pikachu: [likes the sound of that] PIKACHU!
Gengar: [licking the caramel off the floor] GEN GEN GEN GEN!
Marinette: Gengar! Now, cut that out! You're licking off the floor!
Gengar: [snickers] GENGAR!
Popplio: [licks the caramel] POP POP POP!
Marinette: [sternly] Popplio! No!
Popplio: [stops; sad] POP POP.
Marinette: I don't want my baby girl to get sick from something she ate off the floor, now do I?
Popplio: [realizing; sticks her tongue out; saying "Yucky!"] POP POP!
Marinette: [giggles] Don't worry! Momma will get you fresh caramel once we get out of here! Okay?
Popplio: [happily claps] POPPLIO!
Adrien: Looks like we're trapped inside.
Marinette: My Great Uncle is still upstairs!
Ash: He might be in trouble!
Adrien: Don't worry, I'll find him. [runs off] Come on, Litten!
Litten: [follows] LITTEN!
Marinette: Thanks. We'll... look for a way out of here...
Ash: IF there is another way out of here!
Kung Food: [from projector] You want to taste Kung Food's soup. Everybody become my servants, and Kung Food become "World's Greatest Chef"! Hahahaha!
Marinette: Uncle?!
Ash: Oh no! Hawk Moth made your Uncle Cheng his newest victim! And no doubt where there's an akumatized villain, there's bound to be a Team Rocket Pokémon partner!
Hariyama: [slams its hands together] HARIYAMA!
Ash: I was right! This time it's Hariyama, the Arm Thrust Pokémon! A Fighting-type! It's impressive bulk is actually all muscle. When its muscles are flexed, they are hard as a rock. It's said that one hit from a Hariyama can send a 10-ton truck flying.
Pikachu: [surprised at what Ash just said] PIKA PI!
Ash: Whoa! I'm surprised I even had that knowledge in me!
But Marinette was more surprised about the 10-ton truck bit!
Marinette: It's strong enough to send A 10-TON TRUCK FLYING?! Good grief!
Ash: I know! I couldn't believe it either!
Switching to Le Grand Paris rooftop pool, Kung Food had seemed to replace the water with soup broth as his henchmen were adding ingredients and stirring it, while Chloé was hangs over it from a pole while tied up.
Marinette: I never should have riled up Chloé! I've gotta save my Uncle!
Tikki: You'll do it, Marinette! I'm sure you will!
Ash: And we'll do it together! Plus, since his specialty is food, I happen to hungry!
Tikki: Do you ever not think about your stomach?
Ash: [embarrassed] 'Course I do, Tikki! Let's do this!
Marinette: [nods] Mhm mhm! [pulls out Popplio's PokéBall] Okay, Popplio! Momma's got work to do! Return! [returns Popplio]
[Transformation Sequence]
Marinette: Tikki, spots on! Yeah!
Then, Marinette transformed into Ladybug! Then, she noticed Ash not transforming!
Ladybug: You're not gonna power up?
Ash: Not this time! Besides, I think I'll fight with my gut! [smacks his stomach]
Ladybug: Are you sure?
Ash: Positive! Besides, if there's food involved, then I'll be there to chow down!
Pikachu: [smiles and shakes his head amusingly] PIKACHU!
Ladybug: Pikachu, you took the words right out of my mouth!
Lucario: [sweat drops] MRAH RAH.
With Adrien, he ran into a staircase within Le Grand Paris to transform.
Adrien: Time to transform!
Plagg: You didn't happen to pick up a little piece of Camembert during all this cooking chaos, did you?
Litten: [sighs and shakes its head] LITTEN.
Adrien: Cheese after the main meal. [to Litten as he pulled out its PokéBall] And I'll be sure to get you a treat for later, Litten! But for now, I gotta go to work! Litten, [returns Litten] return!
[Transformation Sequence]
Adrien: Plagg, claws out!
Then, Adrien transformed into Cat Noir! Ladybug and Cat Noir both did backflips, and they met each other in the lobby, along with Ash and his Pokémon!
Ladybug: Cat Noir?
Cat Noir: Ladybug! I don't know about you, m'lady, but I'm a bit hungry.
Ash: You're not the only one, Cat! Only I'm gonna get the [as Ladybug rolls her eyes] best eats!
Ladybug: Let's go eat then. Shall we?
Ash: Good idea! It's on me! Let's chow down!
Our heroes rushed to the elevators, but unbeknownst to them, they were being watched by one of Kung Food's dumpling drones.
Kung Food: [points to the projector's screen] That boy! Who are those two?
Hawk Moth: [from his lair] They are Ladybug and Cat Noir. They've come to stop you from completing your soup. You must add them to your recipe! But leave the boy alive and make sure you capture him and bring him and his Pikachu to me!
Meowth: And don't forget dem power ups, ya dig?
Kung Food: Surprise ingredients? Hah! Delicious! [points to Jagged Stone] You! Go capture them!
Jagged Stone: [bows] Yes, Master Kung Food. [runs off]
Kung Food: Brat Soup even more powerful with superhero flavor.
Chloé: I will not eat your soup!
Kung Food: Foolish girl. You are not eating soup, you ARE soup!
Chloé: Someone help! Let me down!
Kung Food: Don't worry, you will be let down soon enough. Hahahaha!
Hariyama: [glares] YAMA.
["Who's That Pokémon?" time]
[as a magnifying glass shows a big orange hand with Pikachu standing with a PokéBall]
Ash: Who's that Pokémon?
...
[The Pokémon reveals to be Hariyama]
Pikachu: PIKA?
Hariyama: HARIYAMA!
Pikachu: PIKA PIKA!
[End]
Back in the lobby...
Ash: [pressing the elevator button multiple times] Oh, phooey with cheese! The elevator's jammed!
Cat Noir: Phooey with cheese?
Ash: [shrugs]
Then, a dumpling drone flew over and projected Kung Food!
Kung Food: [from a projector] Ladybug! Cat Noir! You soon have privilege to be ingredients in Kung Food's soup. But first — you taste my special of the day!
The elevator door opened and revealed Jagged Stone wielding a seafood mace!
Jagged Stone: Seafood appetizers.
Ladybug: Jagged Stone!
Ash: [slurps while licking his lips] Did you say "seafood"?
Cat Noir: Seafood? This scampi happening. Let's see if you can carry a tuna!
Ladybug: Look out!
They jumped backwards after Jagged Stone swung at them!
Cat Noir: That's not very "rock and roll" of you, Jagged Stone.
Jagged Stone: Rock is one thing, soup is another. When I'm done with you, you'll be nothing but minced meat!
Ash: Not happening! Lucario, Double Team!
Lucario: [Double Team move] MRAH RAH RAH RAH!
Jagged Stone: What the?!
Ash: Try and guess which Lucario is real!
Jagged Stone began to swing his seafood mace! But every Lucario he hit was a fake! Cat Noir jumped in and used his staff to hit Jagged, but he blocked it with his seafood mace! He was about to land a hit on Ash, but blocked it with the two hands grasping the sword technique!
Jagged Stone: Huh?!
Ash: How's about I heat up this mace for you and take care of it so it doesn't hurt your back! Good thing I brought back an old friend! Come out, Infernape!
Then, out of its PokéBall popped...
Infernape: [appearing] INFERNAPE!
Ash: Flamethrower!
Infernape: [Flamethrower move] FERNAPE!
That roasted the mace and charred Jagged black!
Ash: [pulls out a salt shaker and shakes some salt onto the seafood mace] Bon appetit! [starts feasting on the seafood mace] Mmm. Smoky!
Then, ladybug used her yo-yo to wrap Jagged Stone by his feet and throw him into the closet. Ladybug slid over on a chair and used it to block the door in order to prevent the controlled rock star from escaping.
Cat Noir: Good job. [fist bumps with Ladybug]
Ash: [sucks his fingers clean] I should say so! And delicious too!
Cat Noir: Wow! You ate his weapon!
Ash: Yeah! Turns out his mace was made entirely of food! His weapon may have been deadly, but it sure was edible! [hiccups] Oop. [blushes in embarrassment] 'Scuse me.
Ladybug: [looks at Infernape] So, you brought Infernape back!
Ash: Yep! I thought we would encounter a situation like this! So, I brought back Infernape! Plus, I prefer my food cooked instead of raw!
Ladybug: Why am I not surprised? [to Infernape] But it's good to have you back, Infernape!
Infernape: [smirks; gives her a thumbs up] INFERNAPE!
Ladybug: There's no time to lose! Chloé might just be the main dish! And we better not wait to find out!
Ash: Let's go!
Our heroes ran off!
Jagged Stone: [from in the closet; banging on the door from the inside] Ugh, get me outta here! Come on, then!
With Kung Food, Chloé was hanging over the pool of boiling broth!
Kung Food: The soup is going to be Kung Food's masterpiece!
Chloé: Do you have to tie me up above this foul-smelling liquid?! My designer clothes are going to stink of grease!
Kung Food: Soup not greasy at all! Kung Food soup very well-balanced. Hahahaha!
Hariyama: RIYAMA...
A projector from a dumpling drone then displayed Jagged Stone, locked in the closet.
Jagged Stone: Get me out of here! Come on!
Hariyama: MA?!
Kung Food: Bad sous chef. [sees Ladybug, Cat Noir, Ash and his Pokémon enter the elevator; points to Mayor Bourgeois] You! Do me justice!
Mayor Bourgeois: [bows] Yes, Master. [runs off] Phew!
With our heroes...
Cat Noir: Ladybug, come on. It's just you and me together. And our buddy, too. We could go places.
Ladybug: Uh, yeah. Like up.
Ash: Mhm!
Cat Noir: Exactly! We've got nowhere to go but up!
Ash: Oh brother.
Pikachu: PIKACHU...
Ash: [pulling a Daffy line] Cat guys are the crrrrrrraziest peoples!
Gengar: [snickers] GENGAR!
Cat Noir: So you're saying I'm crazy?
Ash: [darting his eyes; smiles cheekily] Maybe! But hey! There's crazier cats!
Cat Noir: What cats are there that are crazier?
Ash: Team Rocket's Meowth obviously!
Cat Noir: Right. Any who, shouldn't be that much longer before-
He was interrupted from the the elevator short circuiting!
Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Ash: Wahhh!
Pikachu: [falls down] PIKA!
Lucario: [standing its ground] MRAH!
Infernape: [wobbles] FERNAPE!
Gengar: [floating] GEN?
Ladybug: You spoke too soon!
Cat Noir: [pushing the buttons multiple times and fails] I think the electricity between us short-circuited the elevator. Or maybe it came from Pikachu!
Pikachu: [pouts] PIKACHU!
Ladybug: You wish. More like us getting ourselves into a sticky situation.
Ash: Maybe we can give this thing a jolt!
But then, the elevator doors opened, and in the hallway was Mayor Bourgeois, wielding a sausage and potato flail!
Ash: Mr. Mayor?!
Mayor Bourgeois: Royal hotpot with its giant string of smoked sausages! [swings the flail around; grunts]
Ladybug: Looks like a food fight is coming our way.
Cat Noir: I prefer my sausages with mashed potatoes.
Ash: [slurps while licking his lips] I'd go either way! But I'm hungry again!
Lucario: [facepalms] MRAH.
Ash: Let's see how good smoked sausages and baked potatoes taste!
They began to fight, and Mayor Bourgeois used the flail to fling the heroes into a hotel suite, right onto a couch!
Ash: Note to self: Never get on Mayor Bourgeois's bad side.
Mayor Bourgeois: Welcome to the world famous Suite 36 of this hotel.
Ladybug: If we're not careful, we'll be the mashed potatoes!
Mayor Bourgeois: You're no competition, Ladybug. [charges at them]
Ash: But my appetite is! Infernape, Flamethrower!
Infernape: [Flamethrower move] IN...FERNAPE!
But Mayor Bourgeois dodged!
Ash: [gasps]
Mayor Bourgeois: Did you really think it would be that easy?! [charges while swinging the flail; yells]
Ash: Look out, gang!
Pikachu: PIKA!
While Ash and Ladybug managed to dodge, Cat Noir wasn't so lucky and got captured!
Ash: Cat Noir!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Hawk Moth: [from his lair] Time to pick up the bill, Kung Food. Grab Cat Noir's Miraculous. His ring. Bring it to me! Do it now!
Ladybug: You've got the wrong superhero, Bourgeois! I bet you don't know how to do this. [does a move with her yo-yo]
Mayor Bourgeois: Really, Ladybug?
He copies the move, but gets his weapon caught on the chandelier. It falls and his weapon traps him.
Cat Noir: Nice work, my lady. Shall we go and find the head chef?
Ash: Right after some grub! [untangles the meat and potatoes from Mayor Bourgeois] Gengar, put the mayor on ice! Some Ice Punch ice!
Gengar: [Ice Punch move] GEN...GAR!
That froze Mayor Bourgeois in ice!
Ash: And now, Infernape, if you would be so kind as to do the honors with cooking these sausages and potatoes!
Infernape: [nods; Flamethrower move] FERNAPE!
Ash: Perfect! Down the hatch! [bites the sausage while and then slurps it the rest of the way; pulls out the string afterwards; chews; gulps] Ah! Smoked sausages and baked potatoes! Delicious!
Cat Noir: Definitely looked like it!
Ladybug: [while Ash sucked the excess grease from his fingers] Satisfied?
Ash: Very!
Ladybug: Good! [grabs his wrist] And stop licking your fingers! It's gross! How do you think Juleka would react to that?
Ash: [smiles sheepishly] Right! Sorry!
Ladybug: Come on! [heads out]
Lucario: [runs after her] MRAH RAH!
Ash: But I'm sure Juleka will still like me even if I do suck my fingers to get grease off!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Cat Noir: I'm sure, buddy! [nudges him playfully] Especially since you treat her like a queen!
Ash: [giggles] You're not wrong there!
Ladybug: [off-screen; impatient] Will you two come on?!
Ash and Cat Noir: [follows] Coming!
Pikachu: [runs after them] PIKACHU!
Infernape: [runs after them] INFERNAPE!
Gengar: [floats after them] GENGAR!
Kung Food: [watching from a projector] Pea-brain! Useless! My recipe not perfect without those two! [points to Marlena and Alec] Capture them, and don't mess up or you'll end up in soup, too!
Alec Marlena: Yes, master. [as they run off]
Chloé: My hair is ruined! Do you know how long it took to style it this morning?
Kung Food: It won't be a problem soon.
Chloé: Ladybug, help me!
Kung Food: Ehehehehe!
Hariyama: YAMA.
Our heroes had reached the dining hall through the hole left from the suite's ceiling, leading into the dining hall, and they used Cat Noir's staff to escalate themselves up.
Ladybug: We're almost there.
Cat Noir: Great. All this fighting has made me hungry!
Ash: You said it, Cat!
Kung Food: [from a projector] Kung Food is generous. No need to choose between cheese and dessert, you get to have both!
Ash: Oh great! Now what?!
Then, the elevator opened and Alec and Marlena stepped out, wielding a cheese crossbow and candy bow and arrows!
Alec: Watch the spectacular demonstration of the famous thousand flying cakes!
Marlena charged at the heroes and fired arrows!
Ash: Look out!
They managed to dodge them!
Marlena fired more arrows but Ladybug used her yo-yo to knock them away!
Ash: Nice one, LB!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Ladybug: Thanks!
Alec: Oh ho! Our guests seem to have a few tricks up their sleeve, but how will they fare against the blinding [aims his cheese crossbow] stinging cheese bombs!
He then began to fire cheese bombs at our heroes!
Ash: Look out!
They managed to dodge!
Lucario, use Force Palm with your eyes closed!
Ladybug: With its eyes closed?
Lucario: [closes its eyes; rushes toward Alec; Force Palm move] MRAH RAH MRAH RAH RAH MRAH RAH MRAH!
When Alec fired more cheese bombs, Lucario was able to detect the shots and use Force Palm on them! But as they blew up, its eyes remained unaffected!
Alec: What?! [hit by Force Palm] OOF!
Ash: Nice going, Lucario!
Lucario: [opens its eyes; proud] MRAH RAH!
Ladybug: Clever move!
Marlena began to fire more arrows, but Ladybug dodged and kicked her, making her retaliate to do the same!
Ash: Oh no you don't! [blocks a punch; grunts]
Ash: Had enough, foodie freaks?!
Pikachu: [cheeks sparking wildly] PIKACHU!
Alec: Oh, we're just warming up! [fires another stinky cheese bomb]
Gengar: [eats it and swallows it whole] GAR!
Alec: [gasps]
Ash: No, Gengar!
Ladybug: Don't eat that!
But then, it exploded inside of it!
Gengar: [burps out a stinky cheese cloud] GAAAAAAAAR!
Ash: Uh oh. Too late.
Alec and Marlena: [coughing]
Then, they both fainted from the noxious smell!
Ash: Huh. That's one way to defeat an enemy.
Pikachu: [surprised] PIKACHU!
Ladybug: I guess so! Good job, Gengar!
Gengar: [grins] GENGAR!
Ash: Now for the final boss!
Ladybug: Agreed! I think it's about time we got to the second course.
Ash: Yeah!
Pikachu: [determined] PIKACHU!
Ash: Let's go!
They got into the elevator and headed up to face Kung Food!
Ash: Going up!
At Le Grand Paris rooftop pool, was Chloé hanging over the pool of hot soup, and was ready to be lowered in!
Kung Food: Ah, temperature's just right. Time to add main ingredient!
Hariyama: HARI!
Then, she began to be lowered in!
Chloé: Oh, no no no no noooo!
Ash: Hold it right there, food face!
Kung Food: What?!
Hariyama: YAMA?!
Cat Noir's staff cut the rope, and Ladybug jumped over the pool of boiling broth and caught Chloé, landing safely on the deck!
Chloé: Ladybug, what took you so long!? Just wait until I tell everyone—
Ladybug: [drops Chloé] Oops.
Ash: [annoyed; sarcastic] You're welcome!
Pikachu: [annoyed] PIKA PIKA.
Lucario: [annoyed; growls] MRAH RAH!
Ash: [to Kung Food] Your recipe for disaster has been thwarted, Kung Food! Even though I think a soup with Chloé in it would be delicious!
Ladybug: [sternly] Ash.
Ash: I'm not finished! But it will still taste sour even though I had a helping of a seafood mace and sausage and potato flail! Which by the way were extremely tasty smoked!
Ladybug: [facepalms; groans]
Ash: Hey, come on, Ladybug! I'm only kidding! I don't believe in cannibalism!
Kung Food: Oh no! My Brat Soup will be so flavorless.
Ladybug: I know you're more honorable than this, Cheng Shifu!
Ash: That's right! You must fight your mind control! Don't let Hawk Moth tell you what to do!
Kung Food: I am not Cheng Shifu, I am Kung Food — the Greatest Chef in the World! And nobody will stop me from finishing my Brat Soup! [pulls out two sushi tonfas]
Hariyama: [glares; pounding its belly] HARI RI RI RI RI YAMA!
Cat Noir: [smirks; spinning his staff] Ah, looks like we're fighting a sumo wrestler!
Ash: That's no ordinary sumo wrestler, Cat Noir! It's Hariyama! Don't get hit by its powerful hands! They're strong enough to even send a 10-ton truck flying!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Cat Noir: A 10-ton truck?!
Ash: In other words, a truck weighing a thousand Pikachus!
Ladybug: Get back, Chloé!
Chloé didn't need to be told twice and ran off while the rope was still tied around her!
Ash: And she didn't even care that the rope was still tied around her! [glares at Kung Food] Get him!
Then, they went on the attack!
Kung Food: I take care of you three myself!
Then, he went on the attack!
Ash: [dodging his attacks] Pikachu, Iron Tail!
Pikachu: [Iron Tail move] CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU...PIKA!
Kung Food: Hariyama! Arm Thrust!
Hariyama: [Arm Thrust move] HARI...YAMA!
Both attacks collided!
Pikachu: [grunting] PIKA...
Hariyama: [grunting] YAMA...
They were evenly matched!
Ash: Lucario, Infernape, help Pikachu out! Use Force Palm and Mach Punch!
Lucario: [Force Palm move] MRAH!
Infernape: [Mach Punch move] INFERNAPE!
Hariyama: [hit] YAMA!
Ash: A direct hit!
Ladybug: Alright
Cat Noir: Score!
Kung Food: [growls angrily]
Ladybug blocked Kung Food's attacks and managed to snatch his tonfas and toss them aside! But then, he took out a burrito staff!
Ladybug: Cat Noir! The Akuma must be in his chef's hat! Try to grab it!
Ash: And I'll do some feasting on that burrito staff!
Pikachu: [cheeks sparking wildly] PIKACHU!
Ash and Cat Noir began to fight Kung Food!
Ash: Have at you, foul fiend! [throwing punches and kicks] HIYAH!
Cat Noir: Since when do you ever talk like that?
Ash: [shrugs]
Then, Cat Noir used his staff to clash against Kung Food's burrito bo staff!
Ash: Set me up, Cat! I'm going in mouth first for the bite!
Cat Noir: [grunts] I'll try!
Ash: [rushes forward] Now, Cat! Move aside!
Cat Noir: [moves to the side] Hup!
When Kung Food went to attack with a jab from his staff, Ash bit the top of it and held tight!
Kung Food: [trying to shake him off] Let go, you free loader!
Ash: [growls like an animal; munches on the staff and works his way down the staff]
Kung Food managed to pull Ash away, but all he had left was the hilt!
Kung Food: WHAT?!
Ash: Mmm. Delicious! Though it needs more salt!
Hawk Moth: The boy ATE one of Kung Food's weapons?! How is that possible?!
Jessie: [nervous] Uh... Did we forget to mention that the twerp has a hearty appetite and likes eating food?
James: [nervous] I believe we did!
Hawk Moth: [facepalms; groans] You three really are imbeciles.
Ash: Get the hat, Cat Noir! He's open!
Cat Noir: Right!
But before he could, Kung Food blew a red powder onto him!
Cat Noir: [hit with powder] Ow! It burns!
Kung Food: Haha! Like it spicy?
Ash: I sometimes do! Infernape, Flamethrower!
Infernape: [Flamethrower move] IN…FERNAPE!
Kung Food: [hit] GAAAH!
Ash: Hot enough for ya?!
Kung Food: [growls] Care for a drink?! Hariyama, Brine!
Hariyama: [Brine move] HARI...YAMA!
Infernape: FER?! [hit] INFERNAPE!
Ash: Infernape!
Pikachu: [gasps] PIKA!
Ash: Another Fighting-type knowing a Water-type attack?! [having a flashback about his battles with Bea] Just like how Bea's Grapploct knows Liquidation! I will not be played with that same trick twice! You're gonna have to do better than that, Kung Food!
Kung Food: Okay, hot shot! You'll like this! Hariyama, use your spiciest move!
Hariyama: [Hyper Beam move] HAR...I...YAMAAAAAAAAAA!
Ash: It's Hyper Beam! Hit the deck!
Cat Noir: [ducks] WHOA!
Ladybug: [ducks] WAH!
Pikachu: [dodges] PIKA!
Lucario: [dodges] MRAH!
Infernape: [dodges] FERNAPE!
Luckily, no one was hurt, but Hariyama's Hyper Beam ended up taking out one of the fences!
Ladybug and Cat Noir were shocked!
Cat Noir: Yikes!
Ash: Hyper Beam is quite a devastating attack! But the good part is that it needs to recharge and it can't move!
Kung Food: [gasps]
Ash: Now's the chance to attack! Pikachu! Lucario! Infernape! Gengar!
Pikachu: [determined] PIKA!
Lucario: [determined] MRAH RAH!
Infernape: [determined] INFERNAPE!
Gengar: [determined] GENGAR!
Ash: Attack while you have the chance!
Pikachu: [Thunderbolt move] PIKA...CHUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
Lucario: [Aura Sphere move] MRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAH!
Infernape: [Flamethrower move] IN...FERNAPE!
Gengar: [Shadow Ball move] GEN...GAR!
Hariyama: [pained] YAMA!
Kung Food: NO!
Ash: Now, Lucario! Finish it off with Reversal!
Lucario: [Reversal move] MRRRRRRRRRRRRRAH!
Hariyama: [pained] YAMA!
The Arm Thrust Pokémon fell backwards in defeat!
Hariyama: [dazed; swirls in eyes] HARIYAMA...
Ash: One down, one to go!
Ladybug: [uses her power; tosses her yo-yo into the air] Lucky Charm!
A check dispenser appeared as Ladybug caught it.
Ladybug: A... check?
Ash: You planning to make a receipt for him?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Cat Noir: And I think it's gonna be a steep one.
Ash: What's your plan, Ladybug?
Cat Noir blocked the pizza sword with his staff, giving Ladybug a chance to run across it, but Kung Food flipped her off, making her land onto a deck chair!
Ash: At least you got a soft landing!
Pikachu: PIKA!
Cat Noir, Ash, and the Pokémon continued to fight Kung Food while Ladybug focused on her surroundings to use her Lucky Charm. Her vision saw the pool of boiling broth and the check dispenser, both flashing in a ladybug pattern! Then, an idea flew into her bluenette head! Using the paper from the check dispenser, she dipped it in the pool of hot soup and began to twirl it around like a lasso! With Cat Noir, Kung Food managed to knock him down and was about to strike him with his pizza sword!
Ash: Oh no you don't!
Then, Ash protected Cat Noir and caught the Pizza Sword! Then...
Ash: [sniffs it] MMM. Pizza! Bon appetity! [munches on the sword]
Kung Food: [gasps]
Ash: Hmm. Needs a little more garlic, but what the hey! COWABUNGA! [eats more and more of the Pizza Sword] OM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM NOM!
Lucario: [sweat drops] MRAH RAH...
Cat Noir: At least a Pizza Sword that size will definitely satisfy him!
Soon enough, Ash had finished the Pizza Sword and he soon had a gut bulging out and he was laying on his backside!
Ash: Ah. Phew. Man, I'm filled to the top! [smirks at Kung Food] All out of ammo, Kung Food!
Kung Food: That's what you think, [attempts to dig into his bag] child!
Before he could pull out another weapon, Ladybug wrapped him around in the soup-soaked paper!
Ash: Looks like you've been sushi-wrapped! [laughs like Woody Woodpecker] Hahaha HA HA!
Kung Food: That's what you think, [attempts to dig into his bag] child!
Before he could pull out another weapon, Ladybug wrapped him around in the soup-soaked paper!
Ash: Looks like you've been sushi-wrapped! [laughs like Woody Woodpecker] Hahaha HA HA!
Ladybug: Good one! [to Cat Noir] Cat Noir, all his weapons come from his bag. Destroy it.
Cat Noir: Got it. [uses his power] Cataclysm!
Then, his hand glowed a black bubbly energy!
Kung Food: No!
Cat Noir rushed over and swiped his hand across the bag, destroying it, with Kung Food falling over.
Ladybug: [picks up Kung Food's hat] Your days are over, little Akuma! [rips open the hat]
Then, the Akuma flew out!
Ladybug: [opens her yo-yo; spins it around] Time to de-evilize! [catches the Akuma] Gotcha! [releases it as a purified butterfly] Bye-bye, little butterfly! [tosses her Lucky Charm into the air] Miraculous Ladybug!
Thanks to the magic ladybugs, everything was put back the way it was! And Kung Food turned back into Cheng Shifu! Ladybug picked up Cheng Shifu's hat and held it out to him with a smile upon her face!
Ash: [chuckles]
Pikachu: [smiles] PIKACHU!
Hawk Moth: [from his lair] This evil dinner was almost perfect. Revenge is a dish that is best served cold, so watch yourself — I'll be ready to strike again!
Then, he turned to Team Rocket!
Hawk Moth: And you three! Next time, warn me about certain things that boy has that can try to put me at a disadvantage!
Team Rocket: [salute him] Sir!
James: [smirks] And I do believe there are certain times where he can be rather afraid of heights.
Hawk Moth: [intrigued] "Afraid of heights" you say? [as a devilish smile forms on his face] That may give me an idea for next time.
Then, the window of his lair closed! Later on, the jury was informed that Chloé had sabotaged Wang Cheng's Celestial Soup! Lucky for him, he was given another chance to compete! In Le Grand Paris kitchen, the said chef was cooking up the new batch of Celestial Soup and Marinette brought him flowers.
Marinette: Could you teach me how to make Celestial Soup, Cheng Shifu?
Wang Cheng: With pleasure, Marinette. [takes the bouquet]
Adrien: [smiles] Cooking needs no words.
Litten: [smiles; agreeing] LITTEN!
Then, Adrien saw Ash going to make something too!
Adrien: What are you making, Ash?
Ash: Just a little something that I haven't had in awhile ever since I first met Dracovish! It's a special curry made by a friend of mine back home!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Adrien: Really? What's it called?
Ash: Whipped-Cream Curry!
Adrien: [surprised and dumbfounded] I'm sorry. Whipped-Cream Curry?
Ash: Believe me, I was surprised and unsure of it at first! But as soon as me and my friends tasted it, it was amazing!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKA!
Adrien: But who puts whipped-cream on curry?
Litten: LITTEN?
Ash: Trust me! You'll rethink your words once you try it along with Marinette, Cheng Shifu and the judges!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PI! PIKACHU!
Adrien: You're gonna present it to the judges?
Ash: Yep! And I'm probably gonna force Chloé to eat about 5, 6 or 8 helpings of curry as punishment for sabotaging Cheng Shifu's soup earlier! [to Wang Cheng] That is, if you're okay with it, sir?
Pikachu: PIKA?
Cheng Shifu seemed to like the idea and smiled!
Wang Cheng: Of course!
Ash: [happy] Awesome!
Pikachu: [happy] PIKACHU!
Hariyama: [chopping vegetables with its huge hands] HARIYA YA YA YA YA YA YAMA!
Marinette: Whoa! Look at Hariyama!
Popplio: [awed] POP...
Ash: Who knew Hariyama's hands can also be good for chopping vegetables!
Pikachu: PIKACHU!
Adrien: Impressive!
Wang Cheng: I am most grateful you decided to give Hariyama to me, young Ash.
Ash: Well, after I freed it from Team Rocket's control, I knew I had to give it a new home! And who better to look after it than a master of skills and delicious food!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKA!
Ash: And besides, you're like family to me.
Pikachu: PIKA?
Lucario: MRAH?
Gengar: GEN?
Infernape: FERN?
That made Wang Cheng smile! So did Marinette, Adrien, and their Pokémon!
Ash: And Hariyama! I hope you'll help Marinette's great uncle in any way you can!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
Hariyama: [nods] YAMA! [turns to Wang Cheng; asking if he's willing to accept him as a partner] HARIYAMA?
Wang Cheng: Of course, Hariyama.
Hariyama: [bows; places its hands together; saying "Thank you, master!"] HARI, HARIYAMA!
Ash: Anyhow, best get finished up with our dishes! Don't wanna keep our hungry judges waiting!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKACHU!
However, that's when a certain snob came into the kitchen!
Chloé: Seriously? Still making soup? I told you I hate soup! You think the jury is going to approve of this?
Ash and Adrien were mad at Chloé for her comment about soup once again.
Adrien: Didn't your father kick you off the jury?
Ash: [smirks] Oh, really?
Chloé: No he didn't! I... er... I... resigned.
Ash: Pretty sure you got kicked off the jury! And they asked me to take your place!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PI!
Chloé: [scoffs]
Ash: [smirks] Oh, what? Is someone jealous?
Chloé: Me?! Jealous of someone who's just as ridiculous as Dupain-Cheng?! Nonsense!
Ash: Says you!
Adrien: I think Cheng Shifu and Marinette have got this covered. Why don't we let the real jury decide?
Chloé: [leaves] Ridiculous! Utterly ridiculous!
Just then, Gengar stood in her way!
Gengar: [grins] GENGAR!
Chloé: Hey! Out of my way, you paranormal apparition!
Ash: Sorry, Chloé! But I can't let you leave until you get a proper punishment for your act of sabotage!
Chloé: Punishment?! What punishment?!
Ash: [grins deviously] Oh, you're about to find out with your gut! Tie her to a chair, Gengar!
Chloé: What?!
Gengar then used Psychic and brought a chair over, made Chloé sit in it and used a rope and tied her wrists to the back of the chair and her legs to the front chair legs!
Chloé: Untie me this instant!
Ash: I don't think so! And your punishment is... [reveals a plate of already-made whipped-cream curry] to eat as many helpings of my whipped-cream curry until I say you had enough! [takes a spoon and scoops some] Now, [moves the spoon close to Chloé] open wide!
Chloé: [turns her head away] No way!
Ash: Infernape, make her keep her head in place!
Then, Infernape used both hands, took Chloé by the head and turned it so it was facing Ash while she was making a kissy-type face, giving Ash the opportunity to force the food into Chloé's mouth!
Ash: So? How is it?
Chloé thought it was delicious, even though she was forced to eat it, but she didn't want to admit it!
Ash: Ha! I left you speechless! And you said I wasn't able to cook! Admit it! You were wrong, and I was right!
Chloé didn't really want to admit it, but she knew he was right!
Ash: I'm waiting~!
Chloé: [groans] Okay okay! I admit it! You were right and I was wrong! Your cooking was delicious!
Ash: [smirks proudly] Glad you think so! You know what? Forget the punishment! This whole plate and however many helpings of curry is yours, if you promise to never do anymore sabotaging!
Chloé: [gasps] Deal!
Ash: Okay! But first, you must apologize to Cheng Shifu!
Chloé: [rolls her eyes] I apologize!
Wang Cheng: [smiles and bows his head]
Hariyama: [satisfied] HARI!
Ash: Good! Turn her loose, Gengar!
Gengar: [disappointed] GENGAR!
Ash: She promised not to do anymore sabotaging! Now, turn her loose!
Gengar: [unties her; grumbles] GEN GENGAR.
Ash: [hands Chloé the plate] Here you are!
Chloé: [takes the plate of curry] Don't mention this to anyone, Ketchum! Or else! [storms off; grumbles]
Adrien: [chuckles awkwardly; rubs his neck sheepishly]
Litten: [shakes its head] LITTEN.
Ash: Like you usually say, "no promised guarantees"! [does a Woody Woodpecker laugh] Hahaha HA HA!
Marinette: [rolls her eyes playfully; chuckles]
Ash: Anyhow, shall we tend to the judges, Cheng Shifu?
Wang Cheng: [smiles and nods]
Soon... "The World's Greatest Chef" was on the air, and Cheng Shifu's Celestial Soup had been declared the best dish!
Alec: Cheng Shifu's delicious Celestial Soup has received the highest marks overall, making you the final winner!
Adrien and Marinette looked at each other and they gave applause
Popplio: [claps happily] POP POP POP POP!
Litten: [smiles] LITTEN!
Pikachu: [happy] PIKA PIKACHU!
Infernape: [happy] FERNAPE!
Gengar: [happy] GENGAR!
Lucario: [pleased] MRAH!
Hariyama: [pleased] YAMA!
Mayor Bourgeois: [tasting the soup] Ah, and it will soon be the Mayor's Special on the restaurant menu of my prestigious hotel!
Jagged Stone: [finishes his soup] Rock n' Roll! I can't wait to get home and write a song about soup!
Ash: [while eating the soup] Oh yeah! It's delicious!
Wang Cheng: [as he and Hariyama bow their heads] Thank you, but no longer Celestial Soup. Now called: Marinette Soup.
That made Marinette smile!
Marinette: Huh? 谢谢! (Thank you!)
Wang Cheng: You're welcome.
Ash: I hope you guys saved room for another little dish I "whipped" up myself!
Marlena: Oh?
Ash: Bring 'em in, Gengar!
Gengar: [floats into the kitchen] GENGAR!
Then, Gengar levitated out three plates of Ash's Whipped-Cream Curry!
Ash: May I present to you a signature dish native to my home, but with a touch of something sweet! It's called "Whipped-Cream Curry"! Made it myself!
Pikachu: [agreeing] PIKA PIKA!
Mayor Bourgeois: Whipped-Cream Curry?
Ash: Yep! It's really good, sir! Trust me!
Marlena: Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to try it!
Jagged Stone: I'm totally eating this if it was made by Ash!
Mayor Bourgeois: I suppose it couldn't hurt! Since you went through all of this trouble!
When they tried the curry, they were amazed by the combinations of flavor!
Marlena: Oh wow! This is actually pretty good!
Mayor Bourgeois: Mmm, quite so!
Jagged Stone: I like this a lot!
Mayor Bourgeois: It has the right amount of spice, yet the sweet taste of whipped-cream also gives it such a mild taste!
Ash: So... How would you guys rank it?
Mayor Bourgeois: [holds up a plate with nine stars] Nine stars!
Marlena: [holds up a plate with nine stars] Nine stars!
Jagged Stone: [holds up a plate with ten stars] Ten stars!
Alec: I can agree with them! And I also give you [holds up a plate with ten stars] Ten stars!
Ash: [happily gasps] Awesome!
Mayor Bourgeois: And I will also add your curry into the restaurants menu along with Cheng Shifu's soup of my wonderful hotel!
Ash: [excited] Really?!
Mayor Bourgeois: Of course! All of Paris should also have Ash's Famous Whipped-Cream Curry!
Ash: [jumps up] Alright!
Pikachu: [happy] PI PIKACHU!
Lucario: [proud] MRAH RAH!
Marinette: That's our Ash!
Popplio: [happily claps] POP POP POPPLIO!
Everyone in the room applauded! Especially Cheng Shifu! Then, he placed a hand on Ash's shoulder!
Wang Cheng: Well done, young Ash!
Ash: [smiles; bows] 非常感谢你，程师傅！(Thank you so much, Cheng Shifu!)
That made Wang Cheng smile! Marinette and Adrien were impressed at how fast Ash learned Chinese!
Ash: Any chance I could have more of that delicious soup of yours?
Pikachu: [jumps onto Ash's shoulder; wants some too] PIKACHU!
Wang Cheng: Of course you can! I'll prepare some for you, Marinette, and Adrien, as well as that magnificent Whipped-Cream Curry.
Ash: Awesome! But you just leave the curry to me!
Alec: [to Marinette] Come over here and stand alongside your uncle, the "World's [raises Wang Cheng's fist] Greatest Chef"!
Adrien happily told Marinette to go to her uncle, and the baker girl did so as she and Wang Cheng both hug.
Ash: [looks at the fourth wall] Now that's what I call a happy and tasty [winks at the audience] ending!
Pikachu: [smiles] PIKACHU!
Popplio: [jumps in between Marinette and Wang Cheng] POP POP!
And the three family members shared a hug together! The scene ends with Marinette, Adrien, Wang Cheng, Ash, and the Pokémon having Celestial Soup and Whipped-Cream Curry, as Ladybug, Cat Noir, and Ash's faces were shown above!
Narrator: I guess even Ash can learn a thing or two about cooking! Especially when learning through experience in the past! Our heroes have cleared a dish of destruction, but what awaits them as the next course? Stay tuned to find out, as the journey continues!
And that's the end of this chapter! I hope you found it delectable! And there's more to come! So until then, see you all next time!