NARRATOR: Melemele Island is where our heroes call home,
and its night sky is full of stars!
NARRATOR: What was that?
KARTANA: [ALERT]
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
VIREN: All right!
VIREN: Rehearsals are just now getting underway
for the grand opening...
VIREN: ...of my newly finished Viren Stadium!
VIREN: Listen to my brilliant microphone technique...
VIREN: ...as I announce the best nighttime fireworks
ever witnessed!
VIREN: So gaze high above my solid-gold Viren statue and
behold the best bursts of fireworks anyone
has ever beheld!
VIREN: Got it?
HENCHMAN BLUESHIRT/ HENCHMAN PONYTAIL
(GREENSHIRT/ HENCHMAN REDSHIRT: Yes, sir!
VIREN: So, here we go!
VIREN: Three...
VIREN: Two...
VIREN: One...
VIREN: Spectacular!
VIREN: I now command the best fireworks as well!
VIREN: This should loosen the pocketbooks of the stingiest
members of our audience, producing the sweet sight
of money as it flows its way into my pockets!
VIREN: The ultimate experience!!!
KARTANA: [INTENT]
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
KARTANA: [DISAPPOINTED]
VIREN: My top-quality, solid-gold Viren statue!
RADIO ANNOUNCER(FEMALE): Tonight is the start
of the meteor shower in the Stufful Constellation!
RADIO ANNOUNCER: I wonder who you're planning to watch
the falling stars with...
RADIO ANNOUNCER: So, to put you in the mood,
let's hear a song! Starfall by Astrolove!
MALLOW: First off, I cut this into strips...
ABE: Mallow?
ABE: Would you please check the heat on the stew.
MALLOW: Right!
ABE: And check the seasoning, too!
MALLOW: Okay!
KARTANA: [INTENT]
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
KARTANA: [DISAPPOINTED]
MALLOW: Dad, did you cut this for me?
MALLOW: The cabbage!
ABE: No, dear.
LILLIE: Well, we're off...
LILLIE: Bye, Magearna!
SNOWY: [FAREWELL]
LILLIE: Oh, I see!
LILLIE: So you're trimming back the trees?
HOBBES: Correct. I was hoping to fashion them into some
rather elegant-looking Pokémon topiaries.
LILLIE: Wow!
LILLIE: Can't wait to see them!
KARTANA: [INTENT]
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
KARTANA: [DISAPPOINTED]
♪ Rise! ♪
♪ If you're prepared for the challenge ♪
♪ (Rise to the challenge) ♪
♪ Rise! ♪
♪ If you're a champion at heart ♪
♪ (Rise to the challenge) ♪
♪ Take my hand ♪
♪ We'll train as one ♪
♪ And triumph together ♪
♪ (Rise to the challenge) ♪
♪ Nothin's gonna stand in our way ♪
♪ Stronger and stronger ♪
♪ We'll rise to the challenge of life ♪
♪ Pokémon! ♪
ASH: "LIVING ON THE CUTTING EDGE!"
PROFESSOR KUKUI: Alola!
PROFESSOR KUKUI: In today's lesson,
we will learn about an aspect of Poké- mon moves,
cutting attacks!
ASH: Awesome! That sounds like fun!
PIKACHU: [AFFIRMATIVE]
ROTOM DEX: So, is that what the straw roll is for?
PROFESSOR KUKUI: Wow.
PROFESSOR KUKUI: You know your stuff!
ROTOM DEX: Alolan Detective Laki,
Episode Four, Season Three.
Swordmaster Nogawa cut through a straw roll.
SMEARGLE: [SHOCKED]
PROFESSOR KUKUI: You learn a lot from that show!
PROFESSOR KUKUI: Swordfighters use these
to test their battling skills.
PROFESSOR KUKUI: Today, it's a target for your
Pokémon's cutting attacks.
ASH: Okay! Let me try first!
PROESSOR KUKUI: Right... Then we'll start with Ash
and go from there.
ASH: Great!
If you want cutting attacks, then...
ASH: I choose you!
ROWLET: [SLEEPING]
ASH: Rowlet, wake up!
ROWLET: [AWAKENING] / [QUESTIONING]
ASH: Quick, use Razor Leaf on that straw roll!
ROWLET: [SLEEPING]
MALLOW: Now it's my turn!
Tsareena, Magical Leaf!
TSAREENA: [MAGICAL LEAF MOVE]
SOPHOCLES: Not even a scratch.
LANA: That thing's tough!
TSAREENA: [EXERTION]
KIAWE: I'm up next. Go!
KIAWE: Come on out, Charizard!
CHARIZARD: [APPEARING]
KIAWE: Use Slash!
CHARIZARD: [AFFIRMATIVE]
CHARIZARD: [SLASH MOVE]
KIAWE: But how?!
CHARIZARD: [SURPRISED]
PROFESSOR KUKUI: Talk about strong stuff! Even black belts
in the sword martial arts have a hard time cutting
through this stuff.
ASH: But that only makes me want to cut it even more!
KARTANA: [DETERMINED]
ASH: Yeah!
ASH: Now we're gonna try it using Pikachu's Iron Tail!
PIKACHU: [EXCITED]
SOPHOCLES: When did that happen?
KIAWE: Charizard?
KIAWE: Did you do that?
CHARIZARD: [CONFUSED]
LILLIE: Professor Kukui?
Something similar happened this morning.
LILLIE: Our garden trees were cut,
and we don't know why!
MALLOW: Now that I think of it, a whole cabbage was cut
into strips at the restaurant!
ASH: Professor, do you know what's going on?
ASH: The alarm's ringing!
KIAWE: Time for the Ultra Guardians!
CLEFABLE: [GREETING]
MELTAN HORDE: [GREETING]
LANA: So many!
LUSAMINE: Alola, good to see you Ultra Guardians!
MALLOW/ LILLIE/ SOPHOCLES/ ASH/ LANA/ KIAWE: Alola!
LUSAMINE: I'd like you to look at this video.
LUSAMINE: What you see here is our latest Ultra Beast target.
ASH: Maybe it cut the straw roll we were working with!
LILLIE: And our trees, too!
MALLOW: And my cabbage, too...
FABA: We've heard of a great variety of items!
So many reports!
ROTOM DEX: Have you given it a name yet?
WICKE: Yes, we have. We've decided to call it Kartana.
ROTOM DEX: Kartana. The Drawn Sword Pokémon.
A Grass and Steel type.
Its paperlike body can change into swords capable
of cutting anything.
LUSAMINE: We don't have any clues as to Kartana's origin.
LILLIE: If it's an Ultra Beast, wouldn't it have come from
an Ultra Wormhole?
PROFESSOR BURNET: We can't confirm any recent
Ultra Wormhole openings.
WICKE: Although we did get a strong,
single signal of Ultra Aura.
FABA: We're presently investigating.
LUSAMINE: In the meantime, we'd like you to catch it to
reduce any more property damage.
MELTAN HORDE: [EXERTION]
LUSAMINE: All right, Ultra Guardians,
off you go!
MALLOW/ SOPHOCLES/ LILLIE/ ASH/ LANA/ KIAWE/ ROTOM DEX:
Right. Ultroger!
SNOWY/ LYCANROC (DUSK FORM)/ ROWLET/ MELTAN/ VIKAVOLT/
TSAREENA/ TORRACAT/ TURTONATOR/ PIKACHU/ SANDY/ PRIMARINA/
TOGEDEMARP/ MAROWAK: [AFFIRMATIVE]
EXEGGUTOR: [EXERTION]
EXEGGUTOR HORDE: [EXERTION]
GARCHOMP: [CALLING]
METANG: [CALLING]
FLYGON: [CALLING]
DRAGONAIR: [CALLING]
ALTARIA: [CALLING]
CHARIZARD: [CALLING]
ASH: I think we should split up and search!
KIAWE/ LILLIE/ MALLOW/ SOPHOCLES/ LANA: Ultroger!
ANELA: No, NO!!!
PIKACHU: [QUESTIONING]
ASH: Anela, something wrong?
ANELA: Ash, just take a look!
PIKACHU: [EXCITED]
PIKACHU: [EATING]
ANELA: Who could've done something like this?
ASH: It has to be Kartana!
ROTOM DEX: You're right! Which means it must still be
in the vicinity somewhere!
YOKO: When it comes to shaping the fur of Pokémon,
no one does it better than celebrity stylist Yoko!
YOKO: Snip, snip!!!
KARTANA: [INTENT]
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
KARTANA: [DISAPPOINTED]
YOKO: A sheer stroke of genius!!!
LILLIE: What? It cut the Furfrou's fur?!
FURFROU TRIO: [DELIGHTED]
RAYQUAZA: [HYPER BEAM MOVE]
ASH/ LILLIE/ MALLOW/ LANA/ SOPHOCLES/ KIAWE:
"Who's that Pokémon?"
ASH/ LILLIE/ MALLOW/ LANA/ SOPHOCLES/ KIAWE:
"It's Kartana!"
PITCH LADY: It's VSN ...
PITCH LADY: Viren Shopping Network!
PITCH LADY: Mr. President, would you please tell us
what wonderful item is up for sale today?!
VIREN: Yes, but we're offering it exclusively to those who
are watching me now!
VIREN: Being the greatest inventor ever,
I used a top-quality metal alloy to create this item,
giving it a golden sheen...
VIREN: The Viren Steal-Proof Safe!
PITCH LADY: Amazing! And it really is golden!
VIREN: Right, but the most important feature is its
outstanding toughness!
VIREN: Now observe!
VIREN: Electivire, use Thunder Punch on it!
ELECTIVIRE: [AFFIRMATIVE]
ELECTIVIRE: [THUNDER PUNCH MOVE]
VIREN: Pangoro!
VIREN: Use Fire Punch on it!
PANGORO: [AFFIRMATIVE]
PANGORO: [FIRE PUNCH MOVE]
VIREN: Oh yeah! My finest-quality metal-alloy safe
will take any punishment you can dish out and never, ever crack!
JESSIE: Never is a long time.
JAMES: Well, it's made from a top-shelf alloy.
MEOWTH: With bottom-shelf style.
VIREN: Yes, top-quality safety and shine!
Don't accept anything but a genuine Viren Steal-Proof Safe!
VIREN: And if you act now, I'll include some top-quality,
candid pictures of yours truly!
KARTANA: [INTENT]
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
KARTANA: [DISAPPOINTED]
MEOWTH: Whawassat?!
VIREN: What are you doing?!
VIREN: Do you go around destroying other people's
property all the time?!
VIREN: You are THROUGH!
ELECTIVIRE: [THREATENING]
PANGORO: [THREATENING]
MEOWTH: Wait! I see something!
JAMES: Is that a Pokémon?
JESSIE: I sense a money opportunity!
JESSIE: Getting it to the Boss could land us on easy street!
WOBBUFFET: [AFFIRMATIVE]
PIKACHU: [ALERT]
LUSAMINE: We've just had a report.
LUSAMINE: Kartana is in Viren Tower!
LUSAMINE: Go there immediately!
ASH: Ultroger!
ASH: Let's go!
ROTOM DEX: Hurry!
ELECTIVIRE/ PANGORO: [SURPRISED]
KARTANA: [PREPARING]
KARTANA: [INTENT]
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
KARTANA: [DISAPPOINTED]
ASH: Where's Kartana?
KIAWE: Inside the tower!
LANA: Look! There it is!
MALLOW: It's small!
ASH: Kartana!
ASH: Stop! Right now!
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
KARTANA: [QUESTIONING]
KARTANA: [INTENT]
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
KIAWE: It'll be dangerous in this town!
LILLIE: Let's lure it to the mountains!
LANA/ SOPHOCLES/ KIAWE/ ASH/ MALLOW: Ultroger, Lillie!
KARTANA: [INTENT]
MALLOW: The Pokémon School is over there!
KARTANA: [SURPRISED]
ASH: Don't do it, Kartana!
KARTANA: [SURPRISED]
ASH: I guess maybe you don't know about this...
ASH: ...but cutting things can cause real problems
in this world!
KARTANA: [AGREEMENT]
ASH: I guess it understood me!
SOPHOCLES: We'll get you back to your world.
Don't you worry about a thing!
MALLOW: But you need to spend a little time inside a Beast Ball.
LANA: Here it goes...
KARTANA: [INTENT]
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
KARTANA: [DISAPPOINTED]
ASH: I guess we're just gonna have to battle it!
KIAWE: I'll take care of this!
KIAWE: Quick, Marowak!
MAROWAK: [DETERMINED]
SOPHOCLES: Cut the tension with a knife...
ROTOM DEX: It's just like Swordmaster Nogawa!
KIAWE: Use Flare Blitz!
MAROWAK: [FLARE BLITZ MOVE]
KARTANA: [DISAPPOINTED]
MAROWAK: [SURPRISED]
KIAWE: It's tough!
JESSIE: Stand aside, children!
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
JAMES: That slice-and-dice Pokémon...
MEOWTH: ...will be ours, and then we're outta here!
ASH: What do you think you're doing?!
JESSIE: If someone asks something that's
too dumb for words...
JAMES: It must've been uttered by some Twerpish nerds!
JESSIE: A sharpness so cutting, the dull hide in shame.
A glistening slice of evil in this fleeting world:
JESSIE: Jessie.
JAMES: A double-edged sword of a man!
A swordmaster of darkness slicing back
against a tragic world!
JAMES: It's James!
MEOWTH: Snip, snip here, and snip, snip there!
A shining, shooting star crossing the sky!
Dig it, while Meowth flies high!
JESSIE/ JAMES/ MEOWTH: Team Rocket, what a sight!
WOBBUFFET: [WOBBLING]
JESSIE: Will you quit slicing up the scenery?!
KARTANA: [DISAPPOINTED]
JESSIE/ JAMES/ MEOWTH: BOTS AWAY!!!
PIKACHU: [IMPRESSED]
PIKACHU: [QUESTIONING]
LUSAMINE: Everyone, abort mission at once!
LUSAMINE: One of the Stufful Constellation meteors
has shifted!
LUSAMINE: It's headed straight for us!
SOPHOCLES: Where will it hit the ground?
PROFESSOR BURNET: We're calculating that now!
WICKE: On screen!
WICKE: It's the Pokémon School!
FABA: Everybody within a mile of the Pokémon School!
Evacuate them right away! Now do it!!!
PROFESSOR KUKUI: Hey, everyone!
PROFESSOR KUKUI: We got everyone out of here faster
than a Quick Attack!
SAMSON OAK: And that also means...you-cario!
ASH: Hold on. I can't let the Pokémon School get wrecked!
KIAWE: No way!
MALLOW: Neither can I!
SOPHOCLES: Same here!
PROFESSOR KUKUI: I understand your feelings, but...
JAMES: It's a school squabble.
JESSIE: Hey, what's that up there?
WOBBUFFET: [SURPRISED]
JAMES: Is it some sort of plane?
MEOWTH: It's what I was rapping about in the motto!
WOBBUFFET: [SURPRISED]
STUFFUL: [PLAYFUL]
WOBBUFFET: [SCARED]
BEWEAR: [EXERTION]
JESSIE/ JAMES/ MEOWTH: We're off with a new blast!
WOBBUFFET: [AFFIRMATIVE]
ASH: Let's go!
MALLOW/ LILLIE/ SOPHOCLES/ KIAWE/ LANA: Ultroger!
KARTANA: [INTENT]
PROFESSOR KUKUI: Hey, hold on! Come back!
KIAWE: That thing is way too hot for us to get close!
What are we gonna do?
LILLIE: Altaria can use Ice Beam,
and Snowy can use Power Snow!
LANA: Dragonair can use Ice Beam, too!
ROTOM DEX: Good thinking!
ROTOM DEX: Extremely hot objects become brittle with sudden,
extreme drops in temperature!
SOPHOCLES: Okay, let's cool it down first...
LANA: Then we can close in...
ASH: ...and blow it up!
MALLOW: Ultroger!
LILLIE: We're on it now!
LANA: Right!
LILLIE: Altaria, use Ice Beam!
LILLIE: Snowy, use Powder Snow!
SNOWY: [POWDER SNOW MOVE]
ALTARIA: [ICE BEAM MOVE]
LANA: Dragonair, use Ice Beam!
DRAGONAIR: [ICE BEAM MOVE]
ASH: Quick, Rowlet, use Razor Leaf!
ROWLET: [RAZOR LEAF MOVE]
MALLOW: Tsareena, use Magical Leaf!
TSAREENA: [MAGICAL LEAF MOVE]
KIAWE: Charizard, use Slash!
CHARIZARD: [AFFIRMATIVE]
SOPHOCLES: Metang, Metal Claw!
METANG: [METAL CLAW MOVE]
SOPHOCLES: No way!
MALLOW: It doesn't look like we were in time!
KARTANA: [CALLING]
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
ASH: Kartana?
KARTANA: [OFFERING]
ASH: Are you saying...?
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
KARTANA: [INTENT]
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
KARTANA: [SATISFIED]
ASH: Awesome...
PIKACHU: [IMPRESSED]
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
KARTANA: [INTENT]
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
LANA/ KIAWE/ SOPHOCLES/ LILLIE/ ASH/ MALLOW: All right!!!
KARTANA: [INTENT]
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
KARTANA: [CONFUSED]
KARTANA: [EXERTION]
SOPHOCLES: I don't think even Kartana can cut up a rainbow.
LUSAMINE: Are you all right?!
ASH/ MALLOW/ LILLIE/ LANA/ KIAWE/ SOPHOCLES: Yes, Ma'am!
LUSAMINE: Thank goodness.
PROFESSOR BURNET: Honestly! You were in way over your heads!
PROFESSOR BURNET: Still... Well done. Good work!
KARTANA: [QUESTIONING]
PIKACHU: [SURPRISED]
ROTOM DEX: It's an Ultra Wormhole!
LUSAMINE: You don't think it actually cut a hole
into space-time, do you?
PROFESSOR BURNET: An Ultra Wormhole appeared
in the distortion...
PROFESSOR BURNET: But wait! When Kartana came to our world,
it opened the same kind of cut.
WICKE: So that must have been the strong Ultra Aura we saw!
What a power!
FABA: Interesting.
KARTANA: [INTENT]
KARTANA: [FAREWELL]
ASH: Thanks, Kartana!
SOPHOCLES/ LANA/ MALLOW/ LILLIE: Safe travels home!
KIAWE: You're a genuine Alolan hero to us all!
ASH: Come back and see us again!
NARRATOR: By combining their efforts,
the Ultra Guardians and Kartana saved the Pokémon School!
NARRATOR: And if you ever find something that's been
mysteriously cut up, it might just be the work of Kartana...
KARTANA: ...as the journey continues...