Giving Chase at the Rhyhorn Race!

*Giving Chase At The Rhyhorn Race!* is the 19th episode of Diamond And Pearl.

## **Plot**

The episode begins where Tom asks Serena she decided to go on a journey. Serena responds by taking a handkerchief out of her pocket, explaining she wanted to give it back after so long after Tom gave it to her a long time ago during Stonekeeper's camp in New York City. The flashback changes to a shady forest in New York where a younger Serena is lost, looking for the rest of her group. She's suddenly scared by a rustling in the bushes, which causes her to trip and injure her leg. The rustling Pokémon is only a Poliwag, which quickly runs away. Scared by her surroundings and wanting to go home, Serena begins to cry as she laments that she didn't even want to go to the camp. At the height of her despair, she cries for her mother. She hears another rustling in the bushes and leans back, afraid of what it might be. Calling out for the Poliwag that ran by just now, a younger Tom emerges from the bushes and asks what Serena's doing. He introduces himself to put her at ease and asks her name in return, as well as to what the matter is. Serena sniffs that her leg hurts, to which Ash pulls out the same handkerchief the present Serena is returning. He ties it around Serena's leg as a bandage and calls it a good luck charm to put her further at ease. Serena whines that she still can't stand up.

Standing up himself, Tom offers Serena his hand and tells her "Don't give up till its over", the very words Serena herself used to inspire him while he was training for his rematch with Maleficent. He takes her hand and pulls her to her feet, congratulating her on standing. Still holding her hand, he takes her back to the campsite as Serena looks at him in awe and wonder. In the present, Serena continues to say she washed the handkerchief and kept it for a long time, and when Tom arrived in Sinnoh, she thought it would be a good return gift. She tells Tom she saw him on television during the incident. Tom suddenly lights up, now remembering Serena. (While he refers to her as the "girl with the straw hat", she doesn't seem to mind, and even blushes in response.) Tom is impressed that Serena ventured all this way just to return his handkerchief, and Serena explains that she also thought it would be excited to see him again. She frowns at him not remembering her when they met while also pouting, but Tom responds her feelings by apologizing again. The happy atmosphere is suddenly cut short as a stampede cuts through their route.

The stampede turns out to be a bunch of Rhyhorn racers. As the racers depart, a man arrives on the scene, reprimanding the gang for walking there as the path is closed to the public for the upcoming Rhyhorn race. The man revealed himself as Cyrus, who brings them to a town known for Rhyhorn races and explains how they work, and Cynthia explains that Rhyhorn races are popular in Sinnoh. Serena explains that while there's tons of places dedicated to being race track, this is a very simple course. She also tells Dawn that the Rhyhorn race consists of six Rhyhorn. Cyrus tells Dawn that there is a Rhyhorn race tomorrow that she can take part in and asks if she's interested in taking part. Needless to say, she is. At the Rhyhorn rental area, Cyrus bids the gang goodbye as Paul explains to Dawn that he gets to choose the Rhyhorn he wants to use in the race. Excited at the prospect of choosing, Dawn starts to walk to the rear of a nearby Rhyhorn, but Serena tells him to stop, explaining that a Rhyhorn could get startled and run away if you approach it from behind and demonstrating the proper way to approach one: slowly, while facing it.

When May notices that Serena seems accustomed to being around Rhyhorn, she blushes and explains her mother taught her everything she knows as she was also a Rhyhorn racer. Tom asks Serena if she's trying to become a Rhyhorn racer like her mother which she denies, saying she wants to choose her own goal, although she doesn't know what it is yet. Bugs then asks Serena if she would teach Dawn about Rhyhorn racing. Told by May it'd be good way for them to get to know each other and encouraged further by Jerry, Serena agrees. Through binoculars, Team Plantium watches the others and resolves they are going to steal Piplup and the Rhyhorn, but first they had to recruit the gang.

Later, Serena thanks everyone for waiting as she exits the building dressed in a pink racing suit (with a heart emblem she added herself). She asks Dawn how she thinks she looks, but she doesn't notice which annoys her a little, and she's shown putting on a blue racing suit, which fits her well.

The first lesson is how to get on a Rhyhorn. Serena directs Dawn verbally on how to do it and when she tries to get on, she fails. Miserably. Over and over. Serena demonstrates the correct way to do it, successfully getting on the Rhyhorn and signaling with her feet when she wants to start moving. Before she can explain how to start running, the Rhyhorn suddenly bucks her off. Landing on the ground, Serena's suddenly surrounded by Rhyhorn, and while she's afraid at first, she has nothing to fear as the Rhyhorn all start licking her and eventually May as well. She realizes that her mother's may have been playing all along.

As the sun sets they have finally extracted themselves from the mess, Serena laughing about what a muddy mess the two of them are and May, of course, being in 7th heaven. Meanwhile, the Rhyhorn is still bucking Dawn as Piplup offers encouragement, and Tom and Bugs throw in their own suggestions. Serena is more aggressive and helpful though, shouting out warnings to close her mouth so she doesn't bite her tongue, and to be one with the Rhyhorn.

It works though, as Rhyhorn stops bucking and moves forward at Dawn's command... though maybe that's just because it decided it wanted to drink water from the trough. Dawn happily believes that she has made progress though and says to Rhyhorn they'll do the same tomorrow. Serena watches the happy bond between the two (on Ash's behalf at least) and thinks to herself maybe, just maybe, she didn't really understand Rhyhorn Racing after all.

That night, Tin, Pan & Alley recruit the gang: Pterodactyl, Muttley, Marvin, Red, Shadow and Zeta, who told them about the journey, and Shadow agrees to help Tin and the duo. The next day, the race is set to begin. As the green flag waves to start the race, Dawn and her Rhyhorn get off to a shaky start, but they manage to catch up to the other racers after a while. However, Zeta squirts ink on the cameras broadcasting the race, prompting everyone to go investigate.

Meanwhile, Dawn is confused that she can't see any of the other Rhyhorn racers, but a net suddenly drops out of the sky and snares her as Piplup and Rhyhorn are captured in a cage. Team Plantium appears, reciting their motto, and Dawn sees the other racers tied up the same way she is and their Rhyhorn stolen as well. As Pan starts to drive the train of cages away, he and parts of the cages are hit by a Spacial Rend from Daffy as Daffy arrives to battle Team Plantium. Serena, and the gang approach from the other direction and, much to everyone's surprise, Tom declares that the two girls have to learn about Diamond And Pearl and the battle ensues. May and Serena learns about Diamond And Pearl, causing Alley to drop the device that controls the cages. Before Tin or Alley can stop to pick it up, Wally grabs a rock and aggressively smashes the device, which frees Piplup and the Rhyhorn. Surrounded by the angry Rhyhorn, Team Plantium is sent mercilessly blasting off before Cyrus arrives to check on the situation.

Later that afternoon, Dawn contacts her mother that she made friends. While the girls talking, Tom made a contact with Dialga, Bugs also made a contact Palkia about Tom's new members and Dialga told Huckleberry and Magilla about Diamond and Pearl, and Palkia told Bugs to find some more new team. After this, Serena asks the boys who are they talking to. Dawn replies that Tom and Bugs are talking to Dialga and Palkia. The episode ends where Tom taughts May about Time and Diamond and Bugs taughts Serena about Space and Pearl.

## **Characters**

* Tom Cat
* Jerry Mouse
* Scooby-Doo
* Cindy Bear
* Top Cat
* Wally Gator
* Snagglepuss
* Hokey Wolf
* Atom Ant
* Huckleberry Hound
* Magilla Gorilla
* Captain Caveman
* Dino
* Astro
* Smurfette
* Bugs Bunny
* Daffy Duck
* Courage
* Rita
* Grizz
* Migo
* Anais Watterson
* Rigby
* Mr. Gus
* Garfield
* Woody Woodpecker
* Sonic The Hedgehog
* Casper
* Tin, Pan & Alley
* Eema
* Ajar
* Sheriff
* Dialga
* Palkia
* Dawn
* Paul
* Cynthia
* May
* Serena
* Grace

### **Character debuts**

* Pterodactyl Ghost
* Muttley
* Marvin The Martian
* Red Guy
* Shadow The Hedgehog
* Zeta
* Cyrus

## **Voice Cast**

* D.B. Sweeney as Tom, Shadow
* Robert Naylor as Jerry, Ajar
* Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo, Garfield, Pterodactyl
* Sofía Espinosa as Cindy
* Jeremy Renner as Top Cat
* Will Arnett as Wally
* Billy Crystal as Snagglepuss
* Matthew Broderick as Hokey
* Brendan Fraser as Huckleberry
* Jim Gaffigan as Magilla
* Cheech Marin as Atom
* Liam Neeson as Captain
* Eric Bauza as Dino, Daffy, Woody, Marvin
* Jeff Bergman as Astro, Bugs, Muttley
* Demi Lovato as Smurfette
* Marty Grabstein as Courage
* Chloë Grace Moretz as Rita
* Eric Edelstein as Grizz
* Channing Tatum as Migo
* Kyla Rae Kowalewski as Anais
* J.K. Simmons as Jake
* William Salyers as Rigby
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Mr. Gus
* Michael Dorn as Weasel
* Ben Schwartz as Sonic
* Max Charles as Casper
* Greg Ellis as Tin
* Jess Harnell as Pan
* Richard McGonagle as Alley
* Charlie Adler as Red
* Leslie Jones as Zeta
* Whoopi Goldberg as Eema
* Michael Wallis as Sheriff
* Sean Schemmel as Cyrus
* Willem Dafoe as Dialga
* Awkwafina as Palkia
* Emily Jenness as Dawn, Cynthia
* Sarah Natochenny as Johanna
* Julián Rebolledo as Paul
* Michele Knotz as May
* Haven Paschall as Serena
* Erica Schroeder as Grace

## **Songs**

1. *Plagues*: Greg Ellis, Jess Harnell, Richard McGonagle, Frank Welker, Jeff Bergman, Charlie Adler, D.B. Sweeney, Leslie Jones.

## **Trivia**

* This is the first appearances of Cyrus, Pterodactyl Ghost, Muttley, Marvin The Martian, Red Guy, Shadow The Hedgehog and Zeta
* This is the first time Tom, Jerry, Bugs and Daffy encounter Pterodactyl Ghost, Muttley, Marvin The Martian, Red Guy, Shadow The Hedgehog and Zeta
* This is the first time Tin, Pan, Alley, Pterodactyl Ghost, Muttley, Marvin The Martian, Red Guy, Shadow The Hedgehog and Zeta sings.