DP149: Sticking With Who You Know!

is the 45th episode of Pokémon: DP Galactic Battles.
==Synopsis==
As our heroes get closer to Sunyshore City and Ash’s next Gym Battle, they come across a rather large town. After checking in at the Pokémon Center, suddenly Pikachu and Piplup start to act very strange. They grab onto each other with great affection and won’t let go! They seem stuck to each other like magnets, and when Ash and Dawn try to pull them apart, they don’t stay apart for long.
Meanwhile, a Pokémon research scientist named Professor Kodama, with the assistance of Team Rocket, is working on a machine that is supposed to make Pokémon friendlier to each other—similar to using the move Attract. Professor Kodama’s beloved Quagsire and Magnemite appear not to like each other at all, which is the inspiration for the professor’s work. But unbeknownst to him, his machine is working very well on all the other Water-type and Electric-type Pokémon in the area, putting all of them in the same situation as Pikachu and Piplup!
Meanwhile, Team Rocket decides to steal Professor Kodama’s machine. Brock slowly starts to figure out what may be happening, and Nurse Joy reveals to our heroes that she knows the professor’s Pokémon are not getting along. Team Rocket carries out the plan to steal the machine, and take Pikachu and Piplup (still tightly stuck together) for good measure. They attempt to take off in their balloon. But after a struggle with the professor, the machine comes crashing down. The Attract effect immediately stops, freeing all the previously stuck Pokémon—and Team Rocket is sent blasting off again!
Deciding that Professor Kodama’s next project is to figure out precisely why his machine didn’t work on his own Water-type and Electric-type Pokémon, our heroes take their leave and head off once again toward Sunyshore City.
==Episode plot==
The gang came to a large town and decide to go to the Pokémon Center. Per his instincts, Brock immediately flirts with Nurse Joy and Croagunk's instincts cause Brock to be hit by Poison Jab. They go out and suddenly, Piplup trips over Pikachu and gets accidentally electrocuted. Piplup is very angry, even if it was his fault and argues, while Pikachu apologizes. Suddenly, Pikachu and Piplup begin to act strange, as they begin to hug each other. Meanwhile, Team Rocket are cleaning up a place of a scientist, who is quite angry at something that does not work. Throwing more papers, the scientist orders them to clean up the place. James and Meowth run away, making Jessie the only one available to clean up. Even so, Quagsire and Magnemite in the lab are angry at each other.
Ash proposes to separate them. Dawn pulls Piplup and Ash his Pikachu and though hard, they separate them a bit, but Pikachu electrocutes everyone. Dawn calls Piplup back, making Pikachu to fall down. Even so, Piplup comes out of his Poké Ball, causing more hugs. Brock believes that they might be able to turn them around, as if they were magnets, so they would stop hugging. With some effort, Ash and Dawn pull them and turn them around. Unfortunately, they turn around and hug each other. They go to the Pokémon Center to see what to do, while James and Meowth saw this and go to spy on them.
Inside the Center, they see many trainers with their Pokémon reacting the same. Brock notices that each pair is composed of a Water-type and Electric-type Pokémon. Hearing this, James and Meowth return to the lab. Meowth asks Prof. Kodama if he is trying to separate them, but Kodama angrily responds he is trying to make them friendly, not hostile. Using the machine he constructed, he enables the most hostile enemies to become friends, but this does not work on Magnemite and Quagsire for some reason, though they have been enemies for a long time. They attack each other, causing Jessie and James to be electrocuted. He uses more power for the machine, and while it does not work on them, Pikachu and Piplup hug each other even more. Brock now knows someone is causing this to happen.
Meowth tells James and Jessie they could take the machine. Jessie asks why, so Meowth explains that it could make Pikachu friendly with him, so they finally could take Pikachu and give it to the boss. Quagsire and Magnemite fight again, causing the lever to be pushed and the Pokémon at the Center are not *very* friendly. However, Kodama pulls the lever, causing them to be in the same state once more. Brock hears some boys talking that it might be best to leave them this friendly, as their Pokémon did not go along well with each other. Brock suspects that whoever is causing this has also Pokémon that don't go along well. Nurse Joy remembers Professor Kodama, who is working on such experiments.
Coming into his lab, Ash and Dawn show Kodama Piplup and Pikachu ae hugging each other. Kodama is pleased by this result, but he still does not know why is it not affecting Quagsire and Magnemite. Team Rocket tell they need to relax as they work to get the problem solved. Meowth pulls the lever back and forth, causing Piplup and Pikachu to be normal and friendly. Jessie and James sneak out and Kodama asks where are Team Rocket going, revealing who they are. They undisguise themselves and take the machine. Kodama goes on the machine, while Team Rocket take Pikachu and Piplup, then go away. Quagsire launches Magnemite, so Kodama rides it, while Magnemite electrocutes the machine. Brock thinks they had a bit of battle. The machine falls down and breaks, causing Piplup and Pikachu back to normal. Staraptor saves Piplup and Pikachu. As James and Jessie are about to send Carnivine and Seviper, they get blasted off by Thunderbolt and BubbleBeam.
Brock believes that the machine did not work on Quagsire and Magnemite as Quagsire is a Ground-type and Magnemite a Steel-type as well. Kodama now knows that to do and waves goodbye (with Nurse Joy) to the heroes.
==Trivia==
*The title is a pun on the expression "sticking with what you know".
==Gallery==
==References==
Category:Episodes focusing on Pikachu
Category:Episodes focusing on Piplup