[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!
[camera shutter clicks]
[chuckles] Finally!
-Yes! -Finally what?
I just got an email from Project Mew!
-Seriously? -Hey! What's that about?
Didn't you know?
You see, Goh applied to become a member of a team that's doing
some serious research about Mew.
Oh!
He got a glowing recommendation from Professor Oak,
so the next step is to take the test to become a member.
Well? What does the email say? Did they give you a trial mission?
All they say is to go to their research facility
in the foot of Mt. Coronet in Sinnoh.
Huh?
Since when was there a research facility there?
[chuckles] We'll know soon enough.
-Yeah! You're coming, too, Ash? -Course, I am!
I promised I'd cheer you on, didn't I?
Wow, thanks! What are we waiting for?
[all] Let's go!
♪ 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 ♪
♪ Pokémon ♪
[theme music]
[Goh] "Leaping Toward the Dream!"
[narrator] At the request of Project Mew,
Goh and Ash have come to the foothills of Mt. Coronet,
in the Sinnoh region.
Now, just what awaits them here?
-You sure this is right? -[beeps]
The map says we're right on target.
[Goh] But it doesn't look much like a research lab.
-Huh? -Huh?
[Ash] Hey, it's Gary!
Well, well, I wondered who'd show up.
-[Gary] It's Ash and, um... -[Ash chuckles]
It's Goh!
[Gary snickers]
I hear you're gonna take the test.
And that's why I'm here.
Hey, even a total loser can take the test.
All you need is a Professor's recommendation, right?
[Goh grunts]
But this is where the rubber meets the road.
And what does that mean?
This won't be a cakewalk.
Project Mew is serious business.
[both gasp]
So, just give it your best shot.
[Goh grunts]
Ugh! That guy gets on my nerves!!!
[laughs] That's so Gary!
[Grookey grunts]
[Ash and Goh] Hello?
[Goh] Anyone there?
[Mime Jr. chitters]
[Mime Jr. cheering]
[Amaranth] What is it, Mime Jr.?
[boys] Huh?
[Goh] Excuse us?
I got an email instructing me to come here.
Huh?
Oh, perfect!
[all gasp]
[grunting] This thing must weigh a ton!
Yeah.
Is everything all right?
-[Amaranth] It needs just the right touch. -[door clanking]
[all groan]
[Amaranth] It's heavy, and it takes up so much space.
I loathe when research comes in paper form.
[Goh grunts]
[Goh] Could this be... Mew?
Wow! Let me see!
Everything here is research on Mew.
[both gasp]
[Goh] You're saying all of this?
[Amaranth] Right. But it's not nearly enough.
I've looked it all over at least a dozen times
but wind up with more questions than answers.
Searching for Mew is like getting lost in a labyrinth.
But there's also something about it that's bizarre and familiar
at the same time.
[Amaranth sighs]
We still haven't introduced ourselves, have we?
Name's Amaranth.
I'm the leader of Project Mew.
-Hi. -[both gasp]
[both] Leader?
[Goh] I'm Goh! I hope we can work together.
I've heard about you from Professor Oak. Take it from here!
-[Danika] Sir! -[Ash gasps]
[Ash] You were talking to Gary a while back.
I'm Danika.
[Danika] As you must know by now, Project Mew's primary goal
is to conduct intensive and thorough research on Mew.
And the site for that research is on this island,
at a place called Table Mountain.
This is a mass of rock that began forming two billion years ago.
It encompasses almost 2,500 square miles.
That's a world record.
Nearly 11,500 feet above sea level.
[Ash] Awesome! I wanna see that!
So, where is this island located?
And is that where Mew lives?
-I'll take questions at the end! -[both gasp]
Oh. Wow, she's pretty strict.
Let's just stay quiet.
The project takes place during the week the rainy season changes
to the dry season.
Then it's back to rain, and a thick mist covers everything.
It's at this point, that searching becomes impossible.
Do you have any questions?
[both sigh]
[Goh] Um, so about Mew...
All Mew research information is classified.
You may ask about anything else.
Well, that's all I have.
Then, regarding your membership application,
there are trial missions to be performed.
And each and every one must be performed successfully.
That's the thing we saw Gary do!
The missions test your skills as a Pokémon Trainer.
Your skill at catching Pokémon is one.
They also include giving battle commands, alone and in combinations,
-and working with other Trainers. -[thuds]
[gasps] What was that?
Please refrain from talking.
[both] Yes, ma'am!
Once you have completed a trial mission,
you will receive a special token on your Rotom phone.
[Rotom phone beeping]
[Danika] The one who collects the most tokens during the trial period
will be admitted to the team.
This time, three applicants will be admitted.
Combined with two previously selected,
a total of five will be sent on the search.
They're called Chasers.
-Chasers? -So two people are already selected?
Say, could it be you're one of them?
Yes. I'm one. There's another.
And the other's name is Quillon.
-Quillon. -Any more questions?
-Ma'am? Am I allowed to come and help? -Teamwork is an important skill.
It's also being tested in this trial. I will allow it.
All right!
-It's that time. -[Rotom phone beeps]
-[all] Huh? -[rumbling]
-[boys] Huh? -[Pokémon mutter]
[engine rumbling]
[all whimper]
[Goh] We're flying!
[Danika] We are in a glacial region in the northern section of Mt. Coronet.
Goh, your mission is to catch an Alolan Ninetales from this location.
[chimes] [Rotom phone] Ninetales. Alolan form.
The Fox Pokémon. An Ice and Fairy type.
Ninetales has a tranquil personality.
Because it lives on a guardian-inhabited mountain
closed off by snow,
some say this regional form's appearance was influenced by those guardians.
What guardian-inhabited mountain?
[Rotom phone] Mt. Lanakila in the Alola region.
Wait. But doesn't that mean it doesn't live here in Sinnoh?
-[metal rattles] -[Pokémon whimper]
[Danika] Your mission has already begun.
What happens from here on is yours to decide.
-I'll catch it, no doubt! -That's the spirit, Goh!
[Danika] You have a six-hour time limit. Be sure you're back by that time.
[both] Ma'am!
-Let's go. -Right!
[boys grunting]
[Ash and Goh] Everybody, we need your help!
[zapping]
[action music]
[Goh grunts]
[Goh] I never thought it was gonna be this hard.
[Ash] I wonder where it could be hanging out.
[Pokémon grunting]
[Ash] You guys doing good?
[Pokémon mumbling]
I guess it was no good.
Return for a little bit!
Thank you.
[zapping]
[Goh] The only one left is Scizor.
-[Scizor] Scizor! -[boys gasp]
-[Goh] That's Scizor calling! -[Pikachu] Pika!
-[Ash] Let's go! -[Goh] Yeah!
[both grunting]
Scizor.
-Sci... Scizor! -[both grunting]
There it is! Incredible, Scizor!
Ah!
[Ash] It's beautiful...
[snarls]
[yelling]
[boys grunt]
Goh! Are you okay?
-[Grookey whimpers] -Yeah! But what's wrong with Ninetales?
[Goh] My Rotom phone said it had a tranquil personality.
[grumbling]
It's really angry.
[both grunt]
[Ninetales screams]
Hey, Ash? What's effective against an Ice and Fairy type?
-Steel-type moves! -Right! Scizor!
We're gonna use Steel-type moves! Use Metal Claw!
Sci... Scizor!
[Ninetales screams]
No! Scizor!
[screaming]
[all groan]
Scizor, return!
[Ninetales screaming]
-[Nintetales grunts] -Ninetales just...
[wind howling]
-[Ash] Goh, this is bad! -[Pikachu] Pika...
[Ash] If this keeps up, we'll be... [grunting]
We've gotta come up with a good plan!
-[grunts] -[Ash] Goh!
-[Goh] Don't let go! -[Pikachu grunting]
[all screaming]
[soft groan]
-[Grookey gibbering] -[grunts]
-[Goh] Grookey. -[chitters]
[snoring]
[grunting]
-[Ash] Pikachu? -Pi... Pika.
[both grunt]
That's right. So that means...
We got caught up in the Blizzard!
[both gasp]
[Ash] A Weavile!
[Goh] Did that person save us?
-Hello? -Seeing the weak annoys me.
[both gasp]
[Quillon] When the Blizzard lets up, go home.
What... I've got an important mission
-that I came here to do! -[Quillon] You failed.
Huh?
You'd be toast if I hadn't saved you.
Both of you.
-All your Pokémon, too. -[both] Uh?
Wait just a second! What are you talking about, failed?
Hold on. He's probably connected with Project Mew.
Huh?
Isn't that right? Are you Quillon?
That's a name you don't need to know anymore.
[wind gusting]
[Ash] Hey, Quillon, did he really fail?
[Goh] Uh, do you mind if I ask one question?
What's an Alolan Ninetales doing here?
[Quillon] Pokémon Hunters.
[both gasp]
They captured it hoping to make a profit, but they were forced
to make a landing during their return trip.
It escaped around here.
I see. That's why it acted up when it saw us.
So, if we catch it...
We'll return it to Mount Lanakila.
Whoa, is that true?
[wind gusting]
[Quillon] As you promised, go home.
[gasps]
I refuse!
-What's that? -My six hours aren't up yet.
Besides, Quillon, you're looking for Ninetales, right?
Yeah, what about it?
I wanna help get Ninetales back to its home, too.
-I do, too! -Pikachu!
But how do you search for it without clues?
I thought of something.
Since it was living on Mt. Lanakila,
I figured it might try to go to a similar place.
Similar place?
See? Over there.
[Ash] It looks just like Mount Lanakila!
Right. We're headed out.
[gasps]
[both chuckle]
[wind howling]
[Ash] No luck, huh?
[Quillon groans]
Eyes ahead.
[Ash and Goh] Huh?
-[wind howling] -[rumbling]
[both gasp]
Ninetales...
[Quillon] It's adapted to its environment.
Ninetales! I want to help you get back to your home!
-So, please, let us catch you! -Pikachu!
Poké Ball, go!
[grunts]
-[screaming] -[both yelp]
-Cinderace, let's go! -Cin.
Use Quick Attack!
Cin. Cin, Cin, Cin...
It's using Dazzling Gleam!
Cin... derace.
Cinderace!
-[Goh] Are you okay? -Cinderace!
Hm...
-[Cinderace] Cin... -Now, use Blaze Kick!
Cin... Cinderace!
[Ninetales screaming]
-This time, it's Aurora Veil! -Cinde...
-Cin. -Shake it off!
-Punch through it using Pyro Ball! -Cin.
Cin, Cin, Cin... Cinderace!
[Ninetales screams]
[Ninetales grunts]
Now, Poké Ball, go!
[ice crackles]
-Grookey? -What was that?
I didn't expect that I'd meet it here.
[ice crackles]
[growls]
-Now what's that? -[chimes]
[Rotom phone] Regice. The Iceberg Pokémon. An Ice type.
Its body is covered in air 328 degrees below zero,
and it is said to have slept inside glaciers
for several thousand years.
Several thousand years?
Regice's body does seem to be made of glacier ice!
Regice may hold clues to the origins of Pokémon.
-It's very important. -Huh?
[whirring]
Pikachu, Thunderbolt!
[mutters] Pika... chu!
[blasts]
Goh! I'll take this one!
Thanks, Ash!
Ninetales!
I want... I want to help you! Please. Let me catch you!
Nine...
Uh...
Ninetales!
[Ninetales grunts]
-[shrieking] -[Goh grunts]
Hold on a minute.
You need to trust me.
Nine...
Let's go! Back to Alola.
Back to Mt. Lanakila, where your home is.
Nine... [snarling]
[Ninetales] Nine.
[Goh grunts]
Huh?
[light music]
You'll do it?
Nine!
[Goh] Here it goes.
[zapping]
[warbling]
[chimes]
[Rotom phone] Ninetales, Alolan form, has been registered to your Pokédex.
[sighs]
-[explosion] -[Pikachu] Pika!
[Goh] Ash, Pikachu!
[groans]
-Stand back. -Huh?
[muttering]
-That's Hyper Beam! -Game on.
[action music]
Shifu.
[Goh] What's that?
Never seen that Pokémon before.
[chimes]
[Rotom phone] Urshifu. Single Strike style.
The Wushu Pokémon.
A Fighting and Dark type, and the evolved form of Kubfu.
Its goal is to win with one strike.
It charges at its opponent's chest, and strikes with its highly trained fists.
-[electricity crackling] -Use Wicked Blow.
[growls]
Shifu.
Urshifu, that's enough for now.
Urshi.
[Quillon] I'll come again.
Please wait quietly until I do.
[zapping]
[Quillon] It's time. We're headed back.
[Ash and Goh] Right!
[Goh sighs]
[Goh] Warms you right up!
[Pokémon chomping]
-[munching] -[door slides open]
We've received your Alolan Ninetales. You can leave the rest to us.
That's great! Thanks so much!
-[Danika] Goh, Ash... -Huh?
-Thanks so much for saving Ninetales. -Oh...
Well, I just wanted to get it back to Mt. Lanakila.
[Danika] And there's something else I should tell you.
Honestly, the mission you just cleared wasn't even an official mission.
Huh?
[Danika] It was a test to see if you could take on
the Project Mew missions or not.
What does that mean?
It means that Goh has now been accepted
as an official challenger to apply for Project Mew.
[Ash gasps]
Oh! This is why Gary said Project Mew wouldn't be a cakewalk!
-Hold on a minute. Quillon said... -[Quillon] Quiet.
-Ah... -Answer this.
Are you going to do it, or will you refuse?
I'll do it! Please give me a chance!
[lively music]
Good for you, Goh! I'm fired up about this, too!
[Goh] Thanks, but it feels like I've just gotten to the starting line.
[Ash] That's okay.
-Just don't let Gary beat you! -[Goh] Right!
[both chittering]
Goh, congratulations!
[Goh] Oh, thanks so much, professor!
Quillon, I hear Regice made an appearance.
The data's being analyzed now.
You're always thinking a step ahead.
It's no wonder you're the Chaser who has the highest score!
[Mime Jr. chitters]
-[Goh] Um, Professor Amaranth? -Hmm?
Is it true that a Regice is vital to revealing the origin of all Pokémon?
[Goh] Quillon said so...
Perhaps. That certainly is my thinking.
Does that mean it's somehow related to Mew?
[Amaranth] Have either of you given this much thought?
[both gasp]
[Amaranth] About what Pokémon actually are, where they came from.
I'd like to solve this, our world's greatest mystery!
And the one they say holds the DNA of all Pokémon is the key.
The one said to be the ancestor of all Pokémon, Mew!
That's why I want Mew thoroughly researched!
It's Project Mew's most important goal!
[both] Great!
I'll do whatever I can to be a member!
Yeah! I'll help any way I can!
-[Pokémon chitter] -[Goh laughs]
[Amaranth] Very well.
On our trip back to Mt. Coronet, shall we look at Regice's data together?
[both] Great!
[narrator] Now that Goh is an official challenger
to apply for Project Mew,
his first official mission awaits, as the journey continues!
[closing theme music]