DP014: Leave It to Brocko!

is the 14th episode of , and of .
==Synopsis==
On the way to Oreburgh, Ash and his friends see Nurse Joy trying to help an injured Nuzleaf. Nuzleaf is too upset to accept her help, so Brock steps in to calm Nuzleaf down. With help from Bonsly, who Nuzleaf seems to think is a Grass-type Pokémon, Brock wins Nuzleaf's trust and treats its injuries. This Nuzleaf must be lost, since an old tree on the other side of the mountain is the only place in the area where Seedot, Nuzleaf, and Shiftry are found. Ash and his friends volunteer to get Nuzleaf back where it belongs.
Team Rocket spies on the scene and decides Nuzleaf would be a great prize for the Boss. They show up with Meowth dressed as a Shiftry, hoping to trick Nuzleaf into coming with them. Their ploy is foiled, so they grab Bonsly and Nuzleaf. Brock tries to stop them and ends up getting carried away by Team Rocket too! That's no problem for Brock—Team Rocket lowers their guard after he cooks them a delicious meal, and Brock escapes with Nuzleaf and Bonsly. During the break-out, Bonsly even evolves into Sudowoodo!
Next Brock has to cross a river, but Sudowoodo dislikes water so Brock puts it in its Poké Ball. The problem is that without Sudowoodo, Nuzleaf gets upset! Brock has no choice but to bring out Sudowoodo and encourage it to be brave. Then Team Rocket catches up with Brock. Croagunk does its best but can't hold them off forever, so Sudowoodo pitches in to help fight. When Ash and Dawn arrive on the scene, Brock even tells them he and Sudowoodo can handle Team Rocket themselves! A real Shiftry shows up looking for Nuzleaf, and once Team Rocket is sent packing, our heroes can rest easy knowing that Nuzleaf will soon be back home.
==Episode plot==
Amidst a tree at night, a Seedot falls down by accident, waking a Shiftry. Seedot falls even more and falls down to a branch. A Nuzleaf is bounced off to a Vileplume, who runs away. The sun comes out and Nuzleaf awakes alone, as Vileplume runs away deeper into the forest. The Nuzleaf sees it is not where it should be and jumps away, but accidentally falls down from a cliff.
Meanwhile, the heroes continue towards Oreburgh City. Brock sees on his map that the city lies behind a mountain. Ash wants to go there as soon as possible, though Dawn wants to stay in the Pokémon Center nearby. Bonsly cries in hunger and Brock gives it some food. Suddenly, they see a whirlwind. Nurse Joy wants to help a Nuzleaf, but gets attacked by its Razor Wind. Brock runs to defend her and flirts, but gets jabbed by his Croagunk. Brock knows that Nuzleaf live in groups than alone, while Joy wants to help it get healed. Brock also knows the Nuzleaf is now afraid and calms it down, then takes steps to gain its trust. Also, he takes a leaf and blows it, making tunes.
Nuzleaf is calmed down, but is still afraid. Brock sends Bonsly to befriend it. Bonsly eats a part of the berry, while Nuzleaf the other part. Nuzleaf and Bonsly eat more of Brock's berries. Joy is amazed by Brock's skills and understands, as she is being told he wants to be a breeder. Brock takes a potion and sprays on Nuzleaf's wound and in an instant the wound is gone. Joy wants to know why is Nuzleaf so far from its home, a tree with many other Nuzleaf, Seedot and Shiftry. Ash, Dawn and Brock promise Nurse Joy to take the Nuzleaf back where it belongs. Team Rocket see this and plan to get the Nuzleaf, as Meowth thinks the boss would like to have Nuzleaf play the tunes for him.
The heroes wander, with Bonsly and Nuzleaf becoming friends. A Shiftry (which is Meowth in disguise) appears, while Jessie and James (as scoutsmen) arrive to take Nuzleaf "where it should be". Dawn sees Shiftry for the first time and scans it via Pokédex. This reveals this is Meowth and Meowth tells that it lies and blows the secret. They take their disguises off and take Bonsly and Nuzleaf with them. Brock gets the net they are captured in. Ash sends Staravia, who charges to cut the net. Jessie sends Seviper, who uses Haze to block and Team Rocket got away. Later, Brock is tied to a tree, while Bonsly and Nuzleaf are being put in a cage. Team Rocket is hungry and see that they have not much of food, only what was tossed from the restaurant. Brock offers them to cook it and later, it is transformed into some delicious dishes.
While they eat, Brock runs away with Bonsly and Nuzleaf. Bonsly uses Double Edge and damages the cage, but hurts itself. Brock tells it can free itself and Nuzleaf, so does another Double Edge and frees itself. With this, Bonsly evolves to Sudowoodo. Staravia did not see Brock, so Ash proposes to Dawn they go to see the site where Team Rocket flew to. Team Rocket are searching for Brock, who took the Pokémon. Brock sees the tree and remembers his mission. He needs to cross a river and calls Sudowoodo back, who does not like water. Nuzleaf is sad because Sudowoodo left, so sends it back. Sudowoodo almost manages to cross the river, but they see Team Rocket.
Jessie sends Seviper and Brock his Croagunk. Seviper uses Bite, so Croagunk retaliates with Poison Jab. Seviper goes to use Poison Tail, but gets countered by Croagunk's Poison Sting. A part of the attack damages the balloon and smoke arises, so Ash and Dawn go to check the site. Seviper uses Wrap on Croagunk, who attacks it with Brick Break, and, after several hits, manages to take it off. However, both Croagunk and Seviper got defeated. James sends Carnivine, who uses Bullet Seed on Brock and Nuzleaf. Sudowoodo sees this and arrives to the other side, though managed to half land on the water. Carnivine uses Bite, but misses Sudowoodo, who uses Double Edge. Carnivine uses Bullet Seed and Sudowoodo counters it with Bullet Seed of its own, as it used Mimic.
Ash and Dawn arrive and see Brock's Sudowoodo evolved. Ash tells him they could help him, but Brock does not want to, as this is Sudowoodo's first battle after evolving from Bonsly. Carnivine uses Bullet Seed and hits Sudowoodo, who pushed the former away with Double Edge. Carnivine Bites it and Sudowoodo throws it away with Flail. Carnivine uses Bullet Seed, though Sudowoodo evades and uses Mimic to attack Carnivine with the same attack, defeating it. Jessie sends Dustox and James sends Cacnea. Ash sends Pikachu and suddenly, a powerful wind blows and Shiftry appears. Meowth persuades that Team Rocket wanted to help Nuzleaf, though the heroes wanted to hinder.
Nuzleaf is taken by Team Rocket, but Shiftry uses Razor Wind to cut the balloon. Nuzleaf falls, though Shiftry uses the wind to put it on the ground, with Ash commanding Pikachu to blast Jessie, James, and Meowth off with Thunderbolt to finish. Ash and Dawn are impressed by Sudowoodo's capabilities. Later, after Nuzleaf is back home with its friends, the heroes leave them at the tree, and continue towards Oreburgh City.
==Debuts==
===Pokémon===
*Brock's Sudowoodo
==Trivia==
*The title is a reference to Leave It to Beaver. It is also one of the very few episode titles that were translated directly from the original Japanese.
*This is also one of the few times the Japanese title was translated directly, or almost directly.
*Everyone shouts out the title card.
*Music from Lucario and the Mystery of Mew and Jirachi: Wish Maker is used as background music.
*Professor Oak's lecture: Ash's Aipom
*A teaser for the tenth movie was broadcast after the Japanese premiere of the episode as part of the special broadcast.
*The Japanese ending credited both A Staravia Is Born! and Leave It To Brocko!.
*While the episode aired as part of an hour-long special, the credits were as they would have been had the episodes aired separately. As such, Staravia was featured but Sudowoodo was not.
*This is one of the few episodes of the Diamond & Pearl series where Dawn's Piplup does not appear.
*Ash and Roark narrate the next episode preview, which is one minute long instead of the usual thirty seconds.
===Mistakes===
*In the scene where Team Rocket is eating the food Brock made, when Wobbuffet eats the food from its fork, as soon as it eats it, another piece of food appears on its fork instantly, without Wobbuffet moving at all.
*When Meowth is lying to Shiftry about who attacked Nuzleaf; he says that Shiftry is the one who harmed Nuzleaf.
*When Brock gave Nuzleaf the Oran Berries in a bowl, there were about 10–15 in the first shot, but in the shot after that, the Oran berries shrunk and multiplied.
===Dub differences===
*When this episode aired in Japan, along with A Staravia Is Born!, there was no opening, and a cold opening intro. It went straight to the episode after the previous episode finished. In the English version, a cold open intro, possibly made up by Pokémon USA, shows Team Rocket starving, and Brock tied in a tree offers them some food.
*When Dawn sees Nuzleaf, she asks, "Who's that Pokémon?", an obvious reference.
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==References==
Category:Episodes focusing on Brock
Category:Episodes featuring a main character's Pokémon evolving