PJ139: Must Be Our Heroes and the Witch!

is the 3rd episode of of .
==Synopsis==
Ash and Misty stop at a restaurant where they're surprised to learn Brock is the chef! He's helping out a woman who works there, but when he finds out she's engaged to someone else, his mood turns sour. Outside, the group runs into Cilan, and they all take Brock to a flower field to cheer him up. Brock suddenly runs into the woods, so our heroes ask a Hatenna for help. It turns out a Hatterene is trying to trap Brock in the forest so it can feed on his negative emotions. A confrontation ensues, but when Hatterene sees Ash and Brock helping Hatenna, it has a change of heart!
==Episode plot==
Arriving at Stow-on-Side, Ash and Misty head to a café to sate their hunger and are served sandwiches. As they eat them, they remark on the familiar taste before Brock arrives, who made the sandwiches to get the heart of the owner, Kathy. As expected, Kathy then reveals that her boyfriend would be returning soon and they would get married, leaving Brock heartbroken. As Ash and Misty try to cheer him up, they run into Cilan, who Misty recognizes from the lure that he had used in their contest earlier. Ash tries to introduce Cilan to Brock, but Cilan reveals that they already know each other, having watched his match against Leon together. Meanwhile, Team Rocket continues their plot to steal Pikachu.
After learning of the situation, Cilan suggests finding flowers to brighten Brock's mood. While the suggestion works, Brock is heartbroken shortly afterwards. His negativity is soon sensed by a wild Hatterene, who uses her psychic powers to lure him into the forest. The others try to chase her, but she induces headaches in them to get out of sight with her new prey. Cilan then informs the others that Hatterene must've sensed his depression and that they're known to trap them in their forest and violently attacking those who disturb them, prompting them to quickly save their friend.
Heading into Glimwood Tangle, they soon come upon a wild Hatenna and Ash asks her if she could help; Hatenna agrees to and accompanies them. Soon after, they run into a wild Hattrem that attacks them upon sensing their strong emotions, but they manage to elude her by hiding behind some mushrooms. Ash and Cilan begin to get hungry from the running while Misty gets terrified of a wild Joltik that dangles in front of her. As Ash explains that Misty loves -types but despises -types, Cilan asks her how she would feel about a mix of the two, such as Dewpider, but she is not sure herself. Hatterene, having anticipated that they would try to follow her, then induces an illusion on the trio; Ash being served a heaping of croquettes by his mother, placing an array of -type Pokémon for Misty, and both Emmet and Ingo serving boxed lunches for Cilan. As they follow their respective visions, Hatterene then turns them into nightmares, with Ash being overserved, the -types turning into -types for Misty, and Emmet and Ingo leaving Cilan. Team Rocket ends up running into Hattrem and are chased by her.
The three run back out into a field where Pikachu subsequently uses Thunderbolt on them to break them out of the vision before they head back into the forest. They then decide to have Pikachu interpret the emotions that Hatterm sensed, upon which Cilan deduces that Hatterene is inducing both love and rejection into Brock to harvest as much negative energy as possible. Fearing that he might permanently fall into a depression, Ash rushes in to help him snap free. Still stuck in his vision, Hatterene makes Brock believe that Ash is Kathy's boyfriend and manipulates him into sending out Steelix. Hatterene also joins in herself, using Psycho Cut, although this causes her hold on Brock to lessen and eventually snap.
Seeing Ash and a wounded Hatenna, Brock immediately stops the battle and grabs a Potion and bandages from his bag to treat Hatenna. Ash asks Hatterene to let Brock go; seeing that Brock helped take care of her pre-evolved form, Hatterene agrees to release him. Meanwhile, Latias watches the scene from above before leaving.
Walking out of the forest, Cilan reveals that he's heading back to Unova as Emmet and Ingo are going to reveal a new coach and he also wants to try their boxed lunch. They part ways and wave him goodbye. Back in the forest, Hatterene is revealed to have discovered Team Rocket, who are all seated by a tree stump and eating an endless feast. While Meowth and James note that they're still starving despite eating plenty, they fail to realize that they're in an illusion and Team Rocket slumps in hunger while Hatterene giggles from the negative energy.
==Debuts==
===Pokémon===
*Hatenna
==Trivia==
*"Who's That Pokémon?": Hatterene
*"After the story": 
*When Misty spots the Joltik, Misty's rapidly changing expression is likely a reference to the episode Spinarak Attack.
==Gallery==
==References==
Category:Episodes featuring Legendary Pokémon
Category:Episodes featuring Champions