Pokemon Learning League

Peer Pressure

Written By
Timothy Whitfield

(Episode opens with Brock, Cilan, Iris, Axew and Misty on a ship
heading for Cinnabar Island on a mostly sunny day with no
breezes and Misty speaks.)
Misty: Well, there it is, guys.
(The ship arrives to the island and docks into the port. The crew
brings the stairs to the side and they all get off the ship. The
town is bustling with local people and tourists.)
Iris: So, Brock, are the hot springs here really relaxing?
Brock: You bet, Iris. You guys are going to love it.
(They continue on through the town until they come to the
Cinnabar Inn, where there are people checking into their
rooms.)
Misty: Well, here we are, guys.
(They go inside the inn. They head into their rooms, change into
their bathing suits and they go into the hot springs. Brock and
Cilan are on the left side of the gender divider and Misty, Iris
and Axew are on the right side.)
All (relaxed and soothed): Ahh.
Axew (relaxed and soothed): Axew.
Cilan: This certainly feels great.
Brock: Yeah, it sure does.
(Pan over to Iris and Misty relaxing.)
Misty: Iris, have you ever felt this good
Iris: (sighs in comfort) No, I havent.
Axew: Axew.
Brock: Yeah. So, what do you want to do after this?
(Cilan thinks for a few seconds.)
Cilan: How about we have a tag team battle?
Brock: All right. (Calling over.) Hey, you guys up for a tag team
battle?
Iris (calls over): Of course. Misty, you want to do it?
Misty: Sure.
(They continue to relax. A few minutes later, they get out the
hot springs, change back into their clothes and leave the Inn.)
Iris: Where is there a good place we can battle?
(Brock looks over a map of the island.)
Brock: Hmm. Theres a field not too far from here we can go to.
Iris: Okay.
Axew: Axew.
(As they head to the field, they hear a voice nearby.)
Voice: Hmm. No, that wont do.
Misty: Huh?
(They stop to look and see a young girl named Judy pondering.
She has red hair in a ponytail, hazel-brown eyes, a red shirt with
blue overalls and orange shoes.)
Judy: No, this isnt right, either.
(They go over to her.)
Judy: Oh, hello.
Brock: Hey, Im Brock.
Iris: Im Iris, and this is Axew.
Axew: Axew.
Cilan: Im Cilan.
Misty: And Im Misty.
Judy: Its nice to meet you all. Im Judy.
Iris: So, what are you thinking about?
Judy: Ive been thinking about what Pokemon Im going to start
with.
Misty: Really?
Judy: Yeah. Im starting on my journey in just two days.
Brock: I see. And have you decided?
Judy: No, I havent, and Ive been struggling with it for days.
Misty (understanding): Oh.
Judy: Yeah. So, I asked my friends what they think I should get,
and some of them said I should go with a Horsea, and others
say Chinchou.
Cilan: It is a tough choice to make.
Judy: Now, Im not so sure. Should I go with their suggestions or
not?
Iris: Dont worry. I think Quinn can help you with this. (She
pulls out the PokePilot and calls Quinn, who is working on some
blueprints. He notices and stops.)
Quinn: Hey, guys. Hows it going?
Brock: Great, Quinn. What kind of blueprints are you working
on there?
Quinn: Oh, theyre for a new wing of the building.
Misty: Thats cool.
(He spots Judy.)
Quinn: Oh, hello. Im Quinn.
Judy: Thanks. Im Judy.
Quinn: So, what can I help you with?
Iris: Judy is going to start on her Pokemon journey in a couple
of days.
Quinn: Well, thats great.
Brock: Yeah, but shes having trouble choosing which Pokemon
she wants to start out with. Her friends gave her a few
suggestions, but shes not sure if she wants to go with those
choices, so what should she do?
Quinn: If Judy wants to handle peer pressure, she can do one of
many things.
Judy: Like what?
Quinn: One way is to go with your instincts. If something
doesnt feel right to you, go with your intuition. Lets say that
your friends want you to be meaner to your Pokemon to make
them tougher. If you feel that its the wrong way, dont do it at
all.
Cilan: All right, what else?
Quinn: Another way is building on your self-esteem. What I
mean is do things to help build your confidence, like celebrating
some of your accomplishments youve done or set up specific
goal for yourself.
Misty: Anything else?
Quinn: Yes, try figuring out who you are. It may sound weird,
but what it means is to have a strong sense of identity and
being sure about what you like, who you are as a person and
being sure about some of your values and beliefs.
Judy: I guess doing any of those can really help out.
Quinn: Yes, they can, but keep in mind that peer pressure can
sometimes be a good thing. Having friends that encourage you
to do good things can sometimes make you feel good about the
decisions you make.
Brock: I can see that.
Quinn: Yep, which is why Im going to show you guys
something.
Iris: Sure thing, Quinn.
Axew: Axew.
(Pan right to a side panel.)
Quinn: Well, you guys up for it?
Misty: You bet.
Quinn: Good. Here, this boy is being pressured by his friends to
attack this man here. What do you think he should do?
Iris: He should go with his instincts.
Quinn: All right, Iris. This girl is questioning how shes raising
her Pokemon every day. What do you think she should do?
Judy: She can think about what she likes and how she does
things.
Quinn: Very well, Judy. Lastly, we have this girl who isnt too
confident about her battle skills. What do you think she should
do?
Brock: She should build on her self-esteem.
Quinn: Okay, Brock. You guys did great.
Misty: Thanks, Quinn.
Quinn: No problem, Misty. Now, I need to get back to this
dance. See you.
Cilan: See you later.
(Iris puts the PokePilot away.)
Cilan: So, what do you guys say we do something before we get
going?
Misty: Okay, Cilan, but lets see if the audience wants to do it.
Brock: All right. (He looks at the viewers.) Hey, you guys up for
it? (He waits for an answer from the viewers.) Okay.
Judy: Do you guys like to do this a lot?
Iris: Yes, we do. The audience can be really great with this.
Judy: Ahh, okay.
(Cut to several images of various people.)
Cilan (V.O): All right, lets get to it. This boy isnt feeling too
good about his breeding skills. What do you think he should
do? (He waits for an answer from the viewers.) Build on his
confidence and self-esteem. All right.
Brock (V.O): This girl is having trouble deciding how to practice
some of hid Pokemons moves. What do you think he should
do? (He waits for an answer from the viewers.) She should go
with her instincts. Yeah.
Iris (V.O): Finally, this boy is struggling with his relationship with
his Pokemon. What do you think he should do? (She waits for
an answer from the viewers.) Find out what kind of a person he
is. Sure, why not.
(Cut back to them and Misty speaks.)
Misty: You guys did great.
Judy: Thanks for the help, guys.
Iris: No problem, Judy.
Judy: I finally know which Pokemon Im going to get.
Brock: Thats great.
Cilan: Well, lets get going.
(They all are about to head over to the field, but Brock stops.)
Brock: Hold on. (Calling out.) Hey, Judy. You want to come
watch our battle?
Judy: Sure.
(She gets up and goes with them. Later, they arrive at the field.)
Brock: Well, here we are.
(They get into their spots. Misty pairs up with Cilan and Brock
pairs up with Iris.)
Judy: Oh, this will be good.
Misty: All right, then. Clawitzer, I choose you!
Clawitzer: (growls.)
Cilan: Its time, Luxio!
Luxio: Luxio!
Iris: Clefairy, lets go!
Clefairy (tough): Clefairy!
Brock: I choose you, Bisharp!
Bisharp: Bisharp!
Misty: Clawitzer, use Bubble Beam!
(It fires a stream of blue bubbles from its large pincer at
Bisharp.)
Brock: Dodge it!
(Bisharp leaps up and narrowly misses the stream of bubbles.)
Iris: Clefairy, use Psyshock!
Clefairy: Clefairy!
(He leaps up into the air and closes his eyes. Three thick masses
of light blue, blue and purple energy form in front of his body,
and fires them at Luxio, hitting it and dealing damage.)
Cilan: Use Fire Fang!
(It jumps up and its mouth becomes covered in flames and bites
down in Bisharp, dealing damage and causes it to get
surrounded in red-orange fire for a brief moment.)
Brock: Counter with Power-up Punch!
(Bisharps fist glows with a red-orange aura and punches Luxio,
dealing some damage.)
Iris: Now use ThunderBolt on Clawitzer!
Brock: Bisharp, Night Slash!
(Clefairy leaps up into the air and fires a powerful bolt of yellow
electricity from his body at Clawitzer. Then, both blades on
Bisharps hands glow crimson and slashes at Luxio.)
Misty: Clawitzer, counter with Shadow Ball!
Cilan: Dodge, Luxio!
(Clawitzer opens its large pincher and forms a black and purple
ball inside it. It fires it at the thunderbolt and collides with it,
cancelling it out. Then, Luxio leaps up and narrowly misses the
attack.)
Judy (impressed): Whoa!
Brock: Bisharp, use Low Sweep on Clawitzer!
(Its sweeps its legs at Clawitzers tail and trips it, dealing some
damage to it.)
Misty: Use Bubble Beam!
(It fires a stream of blue bubbles from its large pincer at
Bisharp, hitting it and doing damage.)
Iris: Now use Flamethrower!
(He releases a red-orange stream of fire from his mouth at
Luxio, directly hitting it and doing damage.)
Cilan: Luxio, use Ice Fang!
Luxio: Lux!
(Luxios fangs glow light blue and releases two light blue beams
of energy from its at Clefairy, hitting him and doing damage.)
Cilan: Now, use Double Kick on Bisharp!
Lux: Lux!
(Its feet glow white and jumps up into the air and comes down,
hind feet first, towards Bisharp.)
Iris: Clefairy, protect Bisharp with Meteor Mash!
Clefairy: Fairy!
(A silhouette of a golden meteor appears around his hand and
punches Luxio, dealing some damage and cancelling its Double
Kick.)
Judy: That was a close one.
Brock: Thanks, Iris.
Iris: No problem.
Brock: Bisharp, use Dark Pulse!
Bisharp: Bisharp!
(Bisharp puts its hands together in front of its chest and fires
black and dark blue circles at Clawitzer.)
Cilan: Luxio, deflect that with Charge Beam!
(Its body sparks with yellow electricity and fires a yellow
electrical beam from its mouth at the Dark Pulse, colliding with
it and cancels it out.)
Misty: That was a good move, Cilan.
Cilan: Thanks.
Misty: Now, Clawitzer, Muddy Water!
(It releases multiple streams of brown water from its body at
Clefairy and Bisharp, hitting them and dealing a lot of damage.)
Judy: Ooh.
Brock: Use Psycho Cut!
(The blades on its forearms glow light blue, grow and extend to
the back and swings it arms repeatedly at Luxio and multiple
light blue crescent blades come out of them and they land a
direct hit, doing a lot of damage.)
Cilan: Now, counter with Double Kick!
(Its feet glow white and jumps up into the air and comes down,
hind feet first, towards Bisharp and kicks it with both feet,
dealing a great amount of damage.)
Misty: Use Aura Sphere!
(It opens its pincer and fires a ball of blue energy at Clefairy.)
Iris: Dodge it and use Thunderbolt!
(He leaps up and narrowly misses the blast and fires a powerful
bolt of yellow electricity from his body at Clawitzer, landing a
direct hit and dealing a lot of damage.)
Misty: All right, get ready for this. Clawitzer, use Shadow Ball!
Cilan: Luxio, use Charge Beam!
(It opens its large pincher and forms a black and purple ball
inside it and fires it. Then, Luxio body sparks with yellow
electricity and fires a yellow electrical beam from its mouth at
the ball, which grows bigger and becomes surrounded in yellow
sparks of electricity and it hits both Pokemon, doing a lot of
damage to them.)
Iris: Well show you. Clefairy, use Meteor Mash!
Brock: Bisharp, use Power-up Punch!
(A silhouette of a golden meteor appears around his hand and
throws it. Then, Bisharps fist glows with a red-orange aura and
throws it. Both punches combine together and hit Luxio and
Clawitzer, dealing a great amount of damage.)
Brock: Now use Psycho Cut!
Iris: Clefairy, Psyshock!
(The blades on Bisharps forearms glow light blue, grow and
extend to the back and swings it arms repeatedly at Luxio and
multiple light blue crescent blades come out of them. Then,
Clefairy He leaps up into the air and closes his eyes. Three thick
masses of light blue, blue and purple energy form in front of his
body, and fires them. Both attacks fuse and become a twister.)
Both: Dodge it!
(They both move out of the way of the attack, narrowly missing
it.)
Misty: Now use Bubble Beam!
Cilan: Luxio, you use Charge Beam!
(Clawitzer fires a stream of blue bubbles from its large pincer
and Luxios body sparks with yellow electricity and fires a yellow
electrical beam from its mouth. Both attacks combine
together.)
Both: Dodge that!
(They both leap up into the air and narrowly miss the attack.)
Misty: Time to finish this. Clawitzer, use Aura Sphere!
Cilan: Luxio, use Wild Charge!
(It opens its pincer and fires an enormous ball of blue energy.
Then, Luxio starts running and it body becomes surrounded by
yellow electricity while it appears gold and white. It leaps into
the aura sphere and merges with it. It lands, hits them and
explodes on impact, dealing a ton of damage to them. The
smoke clears and theyre still standing, but really worn out.
Now, we cut over to Judy, watching in amazement.)
Brock: Use Dark Pulse!
Iris: Clefairy, use Moonblast!
(Bisharp puts its hands together in front of its chest and fires
black and dark blue circles. Then, Clefairy raises his hands up
and gather energy from the moon. It forms an orb of pink
energy in front of her hands.)
Clefairy: Clefairy!
(He fires it. The dark pulse encircles the Moonblast and it hits
Clawitzer and Luxio, exploding on impact and doing a lot of
damage. The smoke clears and theyre still standing, but really
worn out. The Pokemon struggle to remain standing on their
feet. Suddenly, Clawitzer and Luxio collapse to the ground,
completely knocked out.)
Both: Yeah.
(They give each other a high-five.)
Misty: Clawitzer, return.
Cilan: Luxio, come on back. You did well.
(They both call them back to their Poke balls.)
Brock: Return, Bisharp.
Iris: You too, Clefairy.
(They both call them back to their Poke balls. Misty and Cilan
come up to them.)
Cilan (complimenting): Those were some great moves, you
guys.
Misty: Yeah.
Brock: Thanks, same to you.
(Judy comes over to them.)
Judy: Wow, that was a great battle, guys!
Brock: Well, Im glad you enjoyed it, Judy.
Judy: Im going to have a great time on my journey. Well, I
better be going. See you guys later.
Iris: See you.
Axew: Axew.
(She walks away.)
Brock: Well, lets get to the Pokemon Center.
Misty: All right.
(They leave the field and head over to the Pokemon Center.
Later, they have some dinner.)
Iris: Brock, your Bisharp was amazing.
Brock: Thanks, Iris. I got to say, your Clefairy was really tough
out there.
Iris: Yes, he can be.
Misty: Your Clawitzer did really well, Cilan.
Cilan: Thank you. You and Clawitzer make a great team.
Misty: Yeah, we do.
(They all turn to the viewers.)
All: Thanks, guys.
Axew: Axew.
(Cut to them back at the Cinnabar Inn.)
Cilan: Well, that was a good episode. Did you like it? (He waits
for an answer from the viewers.) All right. Then, well see you
next time.
(They all wave goodbye to the viewers and head into the hot
springs. We pan over to see them relaxing in it, sigh in comfort
and everything fades to black, ending the episode.)