Battle Aboard the St. Anne

**Battle Aboard the St. Anne** (Japanese: **サントアンヌごうのたたかい！** *Battle on the St. Annu!*) is the 25th episode of season 1 of Pokémon Legends.

## Summary/Synopsis

*Everyone boards a fancy cruise ship called the St. Anne, thanks to tickets provided by two friendly but familiar-looking people. We soon learn that they're actually Jessie and James in disguise, and their latest plan is to lure Pokémon Trainers onto the ship and steal their Pokémon!*

*While onboard, Nanette observes a Raticate defeating a Starmie. She challenges the Raticate with Catie. Though the Raticate's owner removes his Pokémon before the battle ends, he's impressed with her and offers a trade, but she refuses as she is not supposed to give a Pokémon she owns away unless it's for the best. Meanwhile, James is tricked into buying a Magikarp.*

*While all the Trainers are gathered in a room, the ship's employees reveal themselves to be members of Team Rocket! As they suck up Poké Balls with vacuum-like devices, the Trainers fight back; their Pokémon team up to multiply their attacks and drive back the bad guys.*

*During all the commotion, a tumultuous storm brews outside. Eventually, the ship rocks violently, and the consensus is to abandon ship. Only Jessie, James, Meowth, and the magic wielders are unable to flee, as they are knocked unconscious by the jerking movements of the ship—then the ship flips over and sinks!*

*What will become of our heroes? Will they have to join forces with Team Rocket to escape? And how successful could such a partnership be?*

## Plot

After earning the Thunder Badge, the heroes and a recovered Nanette walk across a bridge and spot a luxury liner in the distance. The group takes a closer look at the ship and want to get on board, but Brock mentions that they cannot afford it, so they walk away. However, Jessie and James, disguised as ganguro girls, give them free tickets to participate in a Pokémon Trainer party that is going to be held aboard the St. Anne. While Nanette and her friends look for the luxury liner, Jessie and James head to a nearby lighthouse to meet up with Meowth. Meowth opens up a call with the Boss, and Meowth notices a Persian fondly rubbing its head against the boss; it has replaced Meowth due to the group's constant failure. Team Rocket reveals their plan: the party is a ruse to allow Team Rocket to steal the attending Trainers' Pokémon.

The heroes board the ship and head into the main ballroom, noticing all the people, Pokémon, and merchandise. Nanette notices a battle between a Starmie and a Raticate. Raticate uses Super Fang to break Starmie's jewel, giving Raticate the win. Nanette decides to step forward to challenge the Raticate's Trainer, sending Catie out. Raticate attacks with Jump Kick, but Butterfree counters with Tackle. Raticate uses Hyper Fang, though Catie uses Stun Spore to paralyze it. Nanette prepares to finish the duel, but the Gentleman recalls his Raticate and declares it a draw, much to Nanette's chagrin. Meanwhile, James walks by the vendors. A salesman calls him over and convinces him to buy a Magikarp, tricking him into thinking that the Pokémon is worth a lot of money.

The ship sails out of Vermilion City as Ash and his friends chow down. The Gentleman comes up to Nanette and commends her Butterfree. He proposes a trade between his Raticate and Catie. Nanette asks Brock if she should go through with it, but even though Brock is too attracted to the woman next to him to respond, she realizes the advice Professor Juniper gave her, and refuses, though the Gentleman doesn't mind. Meanwhile, Jessie and Meowth are extremely displeased at James's being conned into buying a worthless Pokémon such as Magikarp, especially when he reveals he used the advance on both his own salary and Jessie's to purchase it. Stella finds Bloom looking out at sea, having second thoughts about going on board, and unsure if travelling with the heroes is a good idea.

Team Rocket's plan goes into motion, with the ballroom being locked down and Team Rocket Grunts confronting the Trainers with vacuum packs to capture their Poké Balls. When one of the grunts walks up to Nanette and demands his Pokémon, she accidentally powers up (but Parker tricks the public into thinking they're seeing a Ditto) and orders Gigi and Jessica to attack the thugs with Ember and Bubble. She spurs the other Trainers to fight back, and everyone sends out their Pokémon. Ashton, Saur and Char, together with Brock's Geodude, join the other Pokémon in stopping the Team Rocket thugs. Aurea notices a Butterfree swarm attacking with Stun Spore and decides to summon her Minccino. However, she realizes it's better to power-up and the Starlix girls do so, revealing they have their Charmix. Meanwhile, Stella and Bloom realize they are going to be in danger if their teammates aren't with them, so they rush to find the rest of the Winx.

Nanette presses the Etolite Elemen on her EleBracelet and performs Bright Sparkle. The Pikachu group uses Thunderbolt (Ashton's Thundershock becoming one) to send Team Rocket flying off the ship and foiling their scheme. However, during the battle the ship has sailed directly into a storm. Strong waves begin to batter the ship. James drops the Poké Ball holding Magikarp, and runs after it. Meanwhile, Roxy finds the Winx and looks for Bloom and Stella, only to bump into them and realize they spent the entire fiasco looking for each other. The captain tries to calm the passengers, assuring them that the ship is unsinkable, but, after another wave crashes against the ship, he enters a lifeboat. The passengers begin scrambling onto the other lifeboats to evacuate. The other heroes find the Winx, but Sonia says that they mustn't fight during a crisis. Marie grabs a Poké Ball containing a Luvdisc that a passenger had dropped when running to the lifeboats, but another wave causes her to drop it. Marie runs after it and her friends follow.

By this time, most of the passengers have gotten off the ship safely. As Marie grabs Luvdisc's Poké Ball, the ship rocks again, throwing her and the other heroes into another room, knocking them out. Likewise, just as James grabs Magikarp's Poké Ball, another wave sends Team Rocket flying against a wall; they too are knocked unconscious. The ship capsizes, and goes down. The captain, watching from his life boat, assumes that everyone is safe, not realizing that the heroes and Team Rocket are still trapped on board.

## Major Events

* Nanette reveals Bianca's love of adventuring.
* Giovanni, the Boss of Team Rocket, is introduced.
	+ The Smiths are introduced as well since the heroes are apparently going in the same path as them.
* The heroes set off on a cruise aboard the St. Anne luxury liner.
* Cheren teaches the heroes about trading.
* Nanette plans to trade Catie for a Gentleman's Raticate, but later changes her mind.
* James buys a Magikarp from the Magikarp salesman.
* Marie's Bounsweet evolves into a Steenee.
* The St. Anne sinks with the heroes and Team Rocket on board.
	+ Before falling unconscious and after Marie gets Luvdisc's Poke Ball, the heroes realize that Jim and the Smiths are missing, yet they didn't get into the lifeboats.

## Characters

#### **Humans**

* Nanette Daisy
* Marina Daisy
* Glorysia Melody
* Karyll Aguilar
* Red Fire
* Green Leaf
* Chase Ketchum
* Elaine Gabena
* Ethan Gold
* Lyra Silver
* Brendan Birch
* May Maple
* Lucas Diamond
* Dawn Berliz
* Barry Pearl
* Verity Platinum
* Sorrel Virile
* Hilbert Miller
* Hilda Mari
* Bianca Tulip
* Cheren Harkabune
* Nate Miller
* Rosa Mari
* Calem Xavier
* Serena Yvonne
* Elio Sunne
* Selene Moonne
* Mallow Flores
* Lillie Aether
* Lana Davis
* Pollen Yellow
* Victor Woods
* Gloria Tate
* Jim Porter
* Leah Rosie
* Parker Robertson
* Karen Porter
* Lucas Porter
* Asumi Breeze
* Elizabeth Storybook
* Bloom Peters
* Flora Gabena
* Stella Star
* Musa
* Tecna
* Aisha
* Roxy Page
* Chloe Porter
* Mirta Springriver
* Amelia Porter
* Lily Porter
* Ellie Porter
* Jane Springriver
* Brianna Porter
* Fiona Woods
* Marie Fragans
* Yvonne Burns
* Jessie
* James
* Brock Harrison
* Charlie Garcia
* Charlene Garcia
* Misty Waterflower
* Miranda Skylark
* Aurea Juniper
* Fennel Rosetta
* Sonia Magnolia
* Catherine Porter
* Delia Ketchum
* Elis Daisy
* Jackie Smith
* Eli Smith
* Taylor Smith
* Ashley Smith
* Giovanni
* Magikarp salesman
* Gentleman
* Team Rocket Grunts
* Captain
* Passengers

#### **Pokemon**

* Tepig (Nanette's, Gigi)
* Butterfree (Nanette's, Catie)
* Popplio (Nanette's, Jessica)
* Fennekin (Glorysia's, Skylinda)
* Riolu (Glorysia's, Kestin)
* Charmeleon (Red's, Char)
* Krabby (Red's, Krab)
* Pidgeotto (Red's, Oscar)
* Ivysaur (Green's, Saur)
* Clefairy (Green's, Limey)
* Pikachu (Chase's, Ashton)
* Eevee (Elaine's, Evolite)
* Oddish (Elaine's, Olive)
* Vulpix (Miranda's, Veronica)
* Star Lucario (Jim's, formerly Ryu)
* Charizard (Jim's, Flaris)
* Chespin (Jim's, Chester)
* Rotom (Elizabeth's)
* Ninja Dragonet (Elizabeth's, Bubbles/Dragonet)
* Castform (Elizabeth's, Casty)
* Cherrim (Elizabeth's, Bluey)
* Scorbunny (Bloom's, Kiko)
* Chikorita (Flora's, Plante)
* Eevee (Stella's, Whiteley)
* Bounsweet (Musa's, Stena)
* Rotom (Tecna's, Tony)
* Piplup (Aisha's, Pippy)
* Scorbunny (Chloe's, Wilbur)
* Ralts (Ellie's, Venus)
* Pikachu (Amelia's, Pika)
* Spiky-Eared Eevee (Amelia's, Emily)
* Carbink (Jane's, Carl)
* Sobble (Jane's, Sobby)
* Diancie (Mirta's, Dia)
* Torchic (Mirta's, Fire)
* Squirtle (Mirta's, Squirt)
* Pachirisu (Lily's, Risa)
* Riolu (Lily's, Lu)
* Buneary (Lily's, Bunny)
* Eevee (Lily's, Hearty)
* Cyndaqil (Parker's, Enrico)
* Honedge (Parker's, Shielder)
* Kubfu (Leah's, Jay)
* Rotom (Leah's, Joule)
* Swablu (Leah's, Cloudy)
* Spritzee (Marie's; Citronelle)
* Bounsweet (Marie's; Reena; evolves)
* Steenee (Marie's; Reena; newly evolved; debut)
* Cherrim (Marie's; Pinkie)
* Clefairy (Marie's, Clefy)
* Vulpix (Yvonne's; Pixie)
* Eevee (Yvonne's; Flare)
* Cherrim (Yvonne's; Reddie)
* Ninja Dragonet (Fiona's; Pumpkin Bread)
* Mudbray (Fiona's; Muddy)
* Cherrim (Fiona's; Brownie)
* Buneary (Fiona's; Anna)
* Meowth (Team Rocket)
* Ninja Dragonet (Carrot Cake)
* Ninja Dragonet (Pudding)
* Ninja Dragonet (Sugar)
* Staryu (Misty's; flashback)
* Geodude (Brock's)
* Magikarp (James's; new)
* Persian (Giovanni's; debut)
* Raticate (Gentleman's; debut)
* Squirtle (Gentleman's)
* Squirtle (Trainer's)
* Bulbasaur (multiple)
* Charmander (multiple)
* Caterpie
* Butterfree (multiple)
* Pidgey
* Pidgeotto (multiple)
* Rattata
* Pikachu (multiple)
* Oddish
* Weepinbell
* Geodude (multiple)
* Staryu
* Starmie
* Persian (fantasy; debut)

## Scripts

* Japanese Version
* Italian Nick Version
* Italian Clieume Version
* Italian DuArt Version
* English Nick Version
* English Clieume Version
* English DuArt Version
* 4Kids Version
* Viz Version
* A Sneak Peek at Pokemon Legends (The Full Episode)

## Trivia

* This is the first episode in which Team Rocket members besides Jessie, James, and Meowth appear.
* While there wasn't an attack by Team Rocket on the ship in the games, an undercover Global Police officer mentions he is on the trail of Team Rocket, hinting that there may be an attack.
* The captain calling the St. Anne unsinkable and then sinking is an obvious reference to the RMS Titanic. Indeed, in the next episode's recap, the narrator acknowledges this by exclaiming "Holy Titanic!"
* The fourth wall is broken when Hilda says "I don't think the show will keep running if this preview's a lie! Am I still alive?" while reading the preview for the next episode in place of the narrator.
* Charlie helps Parker introduce the 'silly Ditto trick' gag in this episode.
* Marie technically "steals" Luvdisc when she decides to keep it after its Trainer abandoned ship with the other passengers, but as said unseen Trainer never makes any appearances at all, she "adopts" it rather than "stealing" it.
* Unlike the canon episode, where only Meowth had swirly eyes, all the Pokémon's eyes are swirly as the narrator narrates the ending scene.

### Errors

* During the battle between the Gentleman's Raticate and an unnamed Trainer's Starmie, the unnamed Trainer tells his Starmie to use an attack called "Spinning Tackle", an attack similar to Rapid Spin, a move that can be considered a spinning tackle. However, Rapid Spin wasn't introduced until Generation II.
* Raticate uses Jump Kick in this episode, a move that can't be learned by Raticate in the games.
* In the scene where James is walking by the Magikarp salesman, the booth to the left of the Magikarp salesman's booth has a pyramid of normal colored Poké Balls on it. Later, in a scene where James is talking to the Magikarp salesman, the pyramid of Poké Balls is now gold.
* In the Italian dub, Giovanni's Persian is referred to as a Persian cat.

### Dub Edits

* In the original version, Nanette calls the man to whom she battles with a "gentleman".
* After the gentleman asks if anyone is brave enough to challenge his Raticate, in the Japanese version Nonomi claims she's "fired up" as flames briefly flash in her eyes. In the English dub, Nanette simply says "I can't wait!" but the flames in her eyes remain. This error also applied in the Italian version, where Natasha says something else.
* Some additional sound effects are added to certain scenes in the English dub, such as Catie and Raticate's battle (where their vocal effects are added as they keep striking each other in midair) and the St. Anne leaving port (where additional crashing wave sounds are added).
* After Jessie announces that Team Rocket will take their Pokémon, in the Japanese version the crowd is silent. The English dub adds overlapping dialogue from the crowd in reaction. Most notably, a man asks "Our Pokémon?" and a boy saying, "They can't do that!")
* The scene with Giovanni talking with Jessie, James and Meowth was used in the VHS A Sneak Peek at Pokémon Legends with alternate dialogue and drawn in Glorysia Melody's art style. Rather than discussing their plan, Giovanni tells them that they need to capture everyone's Pokémon before various Pokémon merchandise such as the anime, manga, video games, trading cards and figures hit the stores or else they'll probably be found out, breaking the 4th wall.
* When the episode aired as a sneak peek, there were narrations that have been since removed from the version that aired in-order:
	+ Opening narration: "Welcome to this special exclusive sneak preview of Pokémon Legends! For this sneak peek, let's pick up the adventure as our heroes are departing Vermilion City. Wait, there's something different about this one. What will happen?"
	+ Closing narration: "Not everyone, captain. And as the St. Anne heads to the bottom of the sea, our heroes are trapped unconscious inside, and so is Team Rocket. Could this be the end? How will they escape their watery fate? Those answers will be coming soon enough, but tomorrow we'll be taking you back to the beginning, to find out how everybody met, and discover how this incredible Pokémon adventure all began."

### Easter Eggs

* Karyll is seen watching *Spongebob Squarepants* on a TV.
* Roxy breaks the 4th wall when she said that she got reincarnated as a 14-year old girl with Charmix instead of a 16-year old girl with Believix, spoiling the third season by accident.
* While Jim and Jackie talking about business, Phoenix can be seen.